Nonduality is not an experience. Experiences can come and go; you can remembrer them, forget about them, have them, or anticipate them in the future. For instance, something happened to you in the past, or you anticipate an experience like graduating from college on a specific day in the future. Those are experiences. But nonduality …
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Nonduality is Interconnected
Nonduality is interconnected. When you step out of duality, you don’t end up floating around in some sort of nebulous field of nothingness, overwhelmed by goodness and happiness. No, you become, well… who you are. And who you are is part of the vast, full, interconnected world we live in. It’s part of the interconnected …
Nondualy is Dynamic
Nonduality is dynamic. One of the consequences of the heavy conditionings that we’re all subjected to our whole lives is that it dampens our spirit; it holds us down because then we’re so much more easily controlled. Awakening out of that reveals a dynamic being who is fully involved in life with each other. This …
Nonduality is Responsible
Nonduality is responsible. We don’t want to think about things like that, do we? We want nonduality to give us freedom from all bounds, right? But what is your actual normal, authentic self like? The true, normal, unconditioned person is responsible because we’re part of life. You don’t get out of duality by becoming separate …
Nonduality is Relaxing
Nonduality is relaxing, and this is the most useful way to think about it. You can’t force yourself to relax, right? If you sit there thinking, “I’ve got 10 minutes to relax,” you’re going to be all tense through the whole 10 minutes. Relaxation comes over us naturally when tension is gone, so it’s more …
Nonduality is Normal
Nonduality is normal. It’s really the most normal state and experience that you can possibly hope to be in. It is that place of total relaxation where all the cravings of the mind are gone. A better word is grasping. All the grasping is gone. When you relax into that normal state, that is who …
The Universe is Looking for You
If all is one, then the unity of the universe is looking for you as much as you are looking for unity. Realizing your Oneness with everything then means all you have to do really is listen and let it come.
We live in an incredible field of connectedness where everything touches and intertwines with everything else. This is Nonduality: nothing is separate.
We Need Aunties
We need aunties if we want to be real human beings. You’re like, “What? Isn’t this supposed to be about nonduality?” Well yeah, aunties, all the women that make life happen for each of us are life itself. This is part of the fullness of being a human being. One of the reasons why we …