Nonduality means not two. It seems very simple, but we make it so complex, don’t we? When we talk about nonduality, we always start talking about things. We even talk about things that don’t even exist, like the ego and the self and our sense of separation. Always come back to not two. It means …
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Does the Self Exist?
Does the self exist? This is a big question in nonduality. People can argue this till the cows come home, right? Do cows exist? Does the self exist? Well, of course it does or we wouldn’t be arguing about it. Why are we arguing about it? We have a word, SELF. You define it one …
Where Does Enlightenment Come From?
Where does Enlightenment come from? In nondual studies, that’s what we’re talking about, we’re talking about Enlightenment. I think non-duality is popular these days because nobody wants to admit that it’s really about enlightenment. Where does Enlightenment come from? Much of our teachings focus on the interior experience. We talk about the experience of being …
If all is one… then all is one.
Our basic philosophy is that all is one, but how deeply do we dive into that? If all is one… then all is one. No exceptions. This means that because you’re alive, everything’s alive.
The alive, awakened state is looking for you. Yes, it’s coming from “outside” and trying to break through the crust of separation. Seeing it this way can be a vibrant way to find your core of reality. The entire world is alive and full of consciousness, even the rocks, the plants, the animals, the trees. Everything. We live within a vast aliveness and we are part of it. We’re not separate from it in any way.
If that’s true it means that whenever you’re feeling separate the entire world of life is looking for you; is wanting you to step back into the reality of being a human being here and now.
Welcome.
We Are Everything
We are everything. In typical spiritual teachings we would tend to say we are a part of everything. This is what’s fabulous about nonduality. Because nonduality is always specific. That statement is dual. We are part of everything. Like I’m a little piece sitting inside of everything. Nonduality shows how that’s dual. You’ve taken this …
The Sense of Duality
Our sense of duality, of being separate from things, is so acute these days, so dramatic, even. One of the reasons for that is because we don’t get into nature anymore. Even nature is something that’s way out there. We don’t have the sense that it’s right here, and so we don’t have a sense …
Be Here Now
Be here now. You’ve heard of that statement before, right? This is the perfect example of how we take something that’s really profound and beautiful and turn it into concepts that confuse us. The biggest problem with this statement is “be here now.” We focus on the “now.” You cannot have a “now” without a …
The Problem with Nonduality
The problem with non-duality is that, despite everybody’s best intentions, it always turns into a head trip. It just turns into concepts and concepts and defining words, even though the actual definition of it is that concepts are the problem. You can’t cure concepts with concepts. That’s just simple logic; it just makes sense. So …