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 …