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 …
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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 …
Nonduality and White Guilt
Non-duality and white guilt. That’s not a good name, but you know what I’m talking about—white guilt, right? Are we responsible for what our ancestors have done? And white: it’s not accurate because there’s all sorts of conquering cultures that aren’t necessarily white, but what I mean by white guilt, white culture is a conquering …
Nonduality and the Self
Non-duality and the self. So, let’s get one thing just clear: you do exist. I can’t believe that this is even up for discussion. I don’t know what sort of non-duality teachings everyone has been studying, but oh my gosh, you exist! That’s the point of the whole thing; you’re trying to find out who …
What Does Nonduality Mean?
So, what does nonduality mean? Strangely enough, we usually think it means whatever definition we last heard about it, or maybe whatever definition we can remember about it. Very often, when people are saying what Nonduality means, it looks like they Googled it and then copied in something that somebody said about it. But none …
Being in the Present Moment
Native wisdom tells us to focus more on place, on where we are, than when we are. When you do that, being in the present moment is automatic.
In the End
In the end, Sufism is a point of view that is going to either reveal life to you or enhance your illusions about life. The illusions can feel very beautiful, and it is easy to use the concentration practices of Sufism to make your illusions more practical, more popular— all sorts of beautiful things, actually. …