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 …
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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 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 …
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 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 …
The Awakened State is not an Experience
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 …
Nonduality is not an understanding
Nonduality is not an understanding. It is not something that happens in your brain. It’s not something that can be written down or explained with any sort of words, because it uses the bigger part of our consciousness that sees and knows things as they are happening. Like when you know the answer to something, …
Nonduality is not a concept
Nonduality is not a concept. Now, I understand that the concept of a concept can kind of feel like this nebulous thing. What exactly is a concept? One good way to look at it is a concept is a thing that you name. You can put various things that you name together into a sentence …