Non-duality is fun because we get to talk about what does not exist. So now I’m spending a week talking about what not to do on the spiritual search. — Lead us from the false to the real — Lead us from the false to the real. That’s what nonduality is really telling us. What’s …
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4 Things to Avoid on the Spiritual Search: Perfection
The number one thing to avoid is perfection. This is where Eastern teachings have gone so wrong because they emphasize the total perfection of the enlightened being. Then everybody tries to be perfect before becoming enlightened, but you literally can’t do that. First of all, I would argue that all of these enlightened beings aren’t …
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Are there steps?
Are there steps to Enlightenment, to reach the non-dual state? Well, the answer is yes and no, and I’m not going to tell you any more than that. — Mapremzareen.com- A lot of my videos might seem kind of disjointed because I’m working on a larger project that they all fit in. There’s no way …
Without language
Without our language always going in our heads and our history giving us our belief of who we are, who are we underneath this? — Enlightenment and joy — Joy doesn’t create Enlightenment. There is no level of joy and happiness that’s going to get you us there. Enlightenment creates Joy.
What We’ve Learned
Let’s do a recap of what we’ve been learning in this series on the intersection between native wisdom and nonduality, so we can put it all together and start moving on to some action steps. To what exactly? How does nonduality help us enter this native wisdom State? How do we change one worldview for …
Unity is bigger than you think
Unity is bigger than you think. Our brains can never grasp the hugeness of everything that exists. — An instinct towards unity — Our natural human instinct draws us towards Unity. That’s why nonduality can be really fun because it is the process of stripping away the false.
The Full Ripeness of Nonduality
As we continue working through this idea of how to find a harmonious intersection between native wisdom and nonduality, I hope that you’re starting to see that nonduality is a bigger, riper, more robust philosophy than we are typically given in nondual studies. Nondual teachings can seem very dry and obscure. But what we’re looking …
A Full Nondual Society
An actual full non dual society would include everyone: men, women, babies, children, teenagers. — Meditating in Real Life — It’s good to meditate in places that are really noisy because that is more like real life. So, don’t become annoyed if you’re meditating and some sort of sound happens. That’s how reality works.