We are born with a mind and intelligence that is clear, clean, pure and open. We are ready to take on whatever view of reality that we are presented with.

As we grow, we use our immense abilities in a way that often just re-creates the life that we experienced and were shown in our early childhood.

If we stay unconscious to this process we take on that way of life as our own with any built-in limitations.

We do this with exquisite attention to detail.

As we do so, we involve the people and events around us to collude with our world view.

If the family, culture and society we are born into is clear, clean, pure and open, then we will flourish and bloom, maturing as a completely, consciously whole person.

As a whole, completely functional human being, we are on the inevitable path to becoming fully "realised", absolutely in the moment, open to the movement of the universe -- at one with the universe.

Actual/Real/Truth: How life, the world, the universe actually is, whatever that may be.

Ideas: Mental creations about life and the world, which we use to build the beliefs that we live our lives by.

Beliefs: Sets of ideas that we consider "true" about our lives and the world, from which we create the content and experience of our lives.

Consciousness: Clear awareness, free of all ideas of "reality". Completely aware of the consequences of ideas and actions.

Identity/Self image: The person, the "me", that exists in the world with name, bank account, job, partner and life history.

Suffering: Life experiences created by a mismatch between ideas of what actually is and what actually is.

Real "Self": The immense and complete being we are, underneath all the filters, ideas and self limitations that give people their sense of identity and meaning.