In Western culture, “brain” is the same as “consciousness”. In Buddhism, your brain is only a tool that connects to consciousness, like your eyes or ears. Consciousness is the ability to be aware of everything (our own physical senses and the surroundings). This ability has six functions and exists without form. The relationship between consciousness,
About 2500 years ago, somewhere in the upper Ganges area, there was a prince named Siddhartha, who became Buddha. He taught philosophy and meditation for 50 years while his consciousness was still on Earth. Today, there are hundreds of thousands books on Buddhism. The most incredible idea which Siddhartha Buddha taught is that everybody else
Searching Heart creates non-pure consciousness. It creates pollution such as anxiety, ambition, stress, doubt, possessiveness, and insecurity. The result of this is a stage of awareness called Worry. Worry that you are not able to receive what you want. Worry that it isn’t as good as you had imagined. Worry that you might lose it
Ego is not being egotistical or selfish; Ego is when your consciousness takes its Individual I as the main purpose for its existence, which every life does. When your take your Individual I too seriously and are careless towards others – to the point that you will cheat or hurt other life forms – that’s
What is the cause of suffering? Suffering is created by your blindness and then received by your consciousness. If your food is hot, but you are hungry and eat it, then your mouth gets burnt. Suffering has no form, you cannot describe its colour, you cannot point at the suffering itself. Suffering comes from your
