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 looks and finds anything that you look for.
Trying to find yourself means you are looking for something that’s not you… because you’re the one looking. So, nonduality is this brilliant system that leads us, fairly painfully, down to a place of zero where you realize that you’re the one who looks.
— 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.