Imagining Zero

It’s fascinating to think about zero because our minds are not designed to do this. It’s so easy to think about two of something. Like, imagine two colorful balls. They’re bouncing around. Two balls add another one. Imagine a third ball. So easy to do. Our brains are created to do this. In fact, what happens is that we so easily project ourselves out onto that picture. We can see those two balls. Now, imagine zero. Take away all the balls. Nothing at all. It’s a totally different experience when you truly see zero. The only thing left within your field of consciousness is you seeing that zero.

— Complete Zero —

If you imagine complete zero then everything is gone. The only thing left is the person observing zero. That’s you.

— There is Not Two of You —

There is only one of you; there’s not two of you. Have you ever wished that you were a clone, you know, so that you could get more things done? Divide into two? Well, right there is a moment of revelation. You just realized you’re just one. All you can do is all you can do. You are you. That’s nonduality.

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Nondual Nothing

When you hear about nothing in non-duality studies it’s talking about actually nothing: zero, nothing there, empty. Actual nothing.

— Think about zero —

Just for a second think about zero: the absolute lack of anything. Zero.

— Choose to see nothing —

If you can close your eyes and choose to see that nothing is there—zero. There’s absolutely nothing inside your brain, inside your mind. Nothing’s there. Zero. If you can choose to see that, then the only thing that’s left is you, who is looking at nothing. Step back into yourself, and now there’s only one you.

The natural state is relaxed and simple

The natural state is relaxed and simple, and that’s why it is possible to maintain it forever once you grasp what it is: that you’re just knowing yourself. — Stories about the brutish savage — Always remember that those stories that we hear about the brutish savage, and how awful it was before civilization came …