Our number two way to find nondual is math. Kind of makes sense, right? Not Two… it’s very math like. Some really simple math will help us understand that there are not two things inside our heads. One of my favorite stories is a Zen story about ten guys, way back in the day. They …
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6 Ways to Non Dual: Erasing
This week, we are working on six ways to non-dual. Today, we’re going to talk about erasing. This is the basic nondual exercise. This is the one that everybody talks about the most. We’re saying there’s not two . This means that everything you look at you erase it. Try to find yourself in your …
The Process of Elimination
Using the process of elimination, we can find out who we are. Because if we erase enough things, eventually the only thing left is the person who is looking for this. We habitually assign ourselves qualities that are outside of ourselves—our minds, our thoughts. So, if you just start—this is what nonduality is like—if you start just taking those away, taking those away, ‘I’m not that, I’m not that, I’m not that,’ eventually the only thing left over is the person who is looking for this. So, jump-start the whole process. All that stuff—you’re not any of that. Who are you?
— Traditional Nonduality Teachings —
Traditional non-duality teachings are simply a process of subtracting what you are not from what you are. That’s why it’s Not Two. You just go, “I’m not this. I’m not that. I’m not this.” until…
— Who Came up With Nonduality? —
You’ve got to really hand it to the people who came up with the simple idea of nonduality. It means ‘not two.’ It doesn’t mean there’s not two things in the world; it just means that there’s not two of you. So, you can’t find yourself. You are the thing that finds anything that you look for. Trying to find yourself is something that’s not you because you’re the one looking. So, it’s this brilliant system that leads us, fairly painfully, down to a place of zero.
— Erasing Everything —
Here’s a non-dual trick, okay? If you erase everything about yourself—your mind, your thoughts, your perceptions, everything that’s ever gone on inside of your mind—erase it. Erase it down, down, down until you get to the point where nothing is left. The only thing left is the person who has been erasing.
Everything’s gone. You’re still there. That’s nonduality.
— Realizing the Truth —
If you’ve been told a lie and you suddenly realize the truth. You find out what’s really been going on? The everything that was associated with that lie goes away. Poof! It’s like you don’t have to piece by piece, work through every single thing.
As a matter of fact, it all starts making sense. It’s like, “Oh, no wonder! Ah, that makes sense!” Everything associated with the lie just crumbles away.
That’s exactly what happens when you find out who you are. You are not the lie.
6 Ways to Non Dual: Adding
Today, we’re talking about adding. This is actually very advanced non-dual studies. If you went into a monastery and lived there for years and years, at first, you would start with the regular non-dual exercises. The “Not Two” exercises we talked about in the last video. Not two is a process where you’re erasing all …
Total Unity
It’s also possible to find out who you are just simply using the idea of total unity. Everything exists. That exists, you are that. A tree? You’re not really separate from it. Your thoughts? You are not separate from that. Your emotions? They happen within you, with you. You are everything. You’re the sky, you’re …
6 Ways to Non Dual: Unselfish
This is part of a series I’m doing on the intersection of nonduality and Native wisdom. It’s important to kind of watch the series in order, because often the pieces by themselves don’t make sense. You’ll find it on my channel on YouTube, and you’ll also find it on my website in order. This particular …
Unselfish Motivation
Most important in the process of finding out who you are: do it with the most unselfish motivation possible. You’re trying to find how you blend in with all of reality, and all the rest of us really do exist. You really do exist. Know that this is not just about you. This is about …
6 Ways to Non Dual: Mystical
Number six is the mystical. We are accidentally raised with the idea that our thinking brain is us, and that’s just simply not true. The thinking brain is a small part of our perception. By the thinking brain, I’m talking about the language that goes through your head, the stories that go through your head, …