NON-DUALITY
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Non-duality Intro Rough Draft
There is no idea more central in Asian philosophy and religion than Non-duality which has the most complete expressions in Mahayana Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta Hinduism. Also Zen Buddhism and Taoism have beautiful expressions, though perhaps not as complete. The Sanskrit word is advaita which means “not 2”.
We say Nondual or Not 2, to express the fact that it is inexpressible. Terms like Oneness or Unity are not ideal because they can be reified and objectified into something that can be visualized and on the path of the seeker, Oneness is something that can happen upon enlightenment. Ironically the idea of Oneness misunderstood can reinforce duality by implying something is lacking for the seeker to find (I want to become one with everything implies you are lacking and separate from oneness).
Also Nonduality emphasizes ultimate reality is beyond all pairs of opposites like good and evil, light and dark, real and unreal, everything and nothing, absolute and relative, etc. It is a Thusness, Suchness, Isness that cannot be expressed in Words but still we use words to Point to this mystery.
What word you use to point to this inexpressible and unknowable mystery is a matter of preference, but as we’ll see, the best terms are those that cannot be visualized or objectified. In this book we’ll use words such as God, Brahman, Tao, Spirit, Ultimate Reality, Being, Unconditional Love, Beloved, Shunya (emptiness), Unconditional Freedom to point to the mystery. Also words and phrases such is Isness, Thusness, Suchness, Just This, What is, Empty Fullness, It, One Taste, What’s Happening, What Arises, All there is is This, and more. Capitalization will be used to emphasize the word is pointing to This Ultimate Reality or God. When I use Consciousness or Awareness I refer or point to Universal Consciousness, called One Mind in Mahayana Buddhism. This is not a consciousness that is dual in the sense of a separate individual being conscious of something. It is pointing to that there is ONLY consciousness, and that all things arising are consciousness. Same with Primordial Awareness which is a non dual choiceness awareness, NOT the aware of a subject that can witness and object. I will capitalize Consciousness and Awareness to differentiate them from ordinary consciousness and awareness.
I will take creative liberties to use all of the above words, which fit better in some contexts, but it is most important that you do not objectify any of them into an object. For example, when I use God in this book, I am not referring to a God that is separate from creation as is commonly believed in Christian dogma which is obviously pure dualism if you think about it. But rather a God that is better expressed by Isaiah, “I am the Lord and there is none else.” As such, God cannot be objectified because God is All in All including the one looking at the words on this page. There is Only God and nothing else but God. For me, the word God touches my heart, so I will use it but please keep in mind I am referring to a non dual God, that is not separate from you, but is you, and is all that arises around you… Not 2! Plotinus used the term 'Godhead' to denote the Nondual mystery of God, but I prefer just 'God'.
There is no idea more central in Asian philosophy and religion than Non-duality which has the most complete expressions in Mahayana Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta Hinduism. Also Zen Buddhism and Taoism have beautiful expressions, though perhaps not as complete. The Sanskrit word is advaita which means “not 2”.
We say Nondual or Not 2, to express the fact that it is inexpressible. Terms like Oneness or Unity are not ideal because they can be reified and objectified into something that can be visualized and on the path of the seeker, Oneness is something that can happen upon enlightenment. Ironically the idea of Oneness misunderstood can reinforce duality by implying something is lacking for the seeker to find (I want to become one with everything implies you are lacking and separate from oneness).
Also Nonduality emphasizes ultimate reality is beyond all pairs of opposites like good and evil, light and dark, real and unreal, everything and nothing, absolute and relative, etc. It is a Thusness, Suchness, Isness that cannot be expressed in Words but still we use words to Point to this mystery.
What word you use to point to this inexpressible and unknowable mystery is a matter of preference, but as we’ll see, the best terms are those that cannot be visualized or objectified. In this book we’ll use words such as God, Brahman, Tao, Spirit, Ultimate Reality, Being, Unconditional Love, Beloved, Shunya (emptiness), Unconditional Freedom to point to the mystery. Also words and phrases such is Isness, Thusness, Suchness, Just This, What is, Empty Fullness, It, One Taste, What’s Happening, What Arises, All there is is This, and more. Capitalization will be used to emphasize the word is pointing to This Ultimate Reality or God. When I use Consciousness or Awareness I refer or point to Universal Consciousness, called One Mind in Mahayana Buddhism. This is not a consciousness that is dual in the sense of a separate individual being conscious of something. It is pointing to that there is ONLY consciousness, and that all things arising are consciousness. Same with Primordial Awareness which is a non dual choiceness awareness, NOT the aware of a subject that can witness and object. I will capitalize Consciousness and Awareness to differentiate them from ordinary consciousness and awareness.
I will take creative liberties to use all of the above words, which fit better in some contexts, but it is most important that you do not objectify any of them into an object. For example, when I use God in this book, I am not referring to a God that is separate from creation as is commonly believed in Christian dogma which is obviously pure dualism if you think about it. But rather a God that is better expressed by Isaiah, “I am the Lord and there is none else.” As such, God cannot be objectified because God is All in All including the one looking at the words on this page. There is Only God and nothing else but God. For me, the word God touches my heart, so I will use it but please keep in mind I am referring to a non dual God, that is not separate from you, but is you, and is all that arises around you… Not 2! Plotinus used the term 'Godhead' to denote the Nondual mystery of God, but I prefer just 'God'.
Mission Statement for Book
My hope for this book is that it will awaken in you the reader, a sense of the fundamental unity of all beings, and at an even deeper level, the Fundamental Oneness of ALL that is in this Universe of ours. And furthermore, may the realization dawn that you are not IN the Universe, but the Universe is truly IN YOU!
If this understanding of Unity becomes our Truth and we can express it in all the different areas of our life, than and only then can a true global transformation into a greater harmony and take place.
The main point I want you to take away is that you are perfect just as you are right now, enlightenment is right here, always and already. As yourself right now, "Am I aware?" "Am I conscious?"
In the very awareness and consciousness you have right now here and now in this timeless moment, you are already all what you are looking for.
My hope for this book is that it will awaken in you the reader, a sense of the fundamental unity of all beings, and at an even deeper level, the Fundamental Oneness of ALL that is in this Universe of ours. And furthermore, may the realization dawn that you are not IN the Universe, but the Universe is truly IN YOU!
If this understanding of Unity becomes our Truth and we can express it in all the different areas of our life, than and only then can a true global transformation into a greater harmony and take place.
The main point I want you to take away is that you are perfect just as you are right now, enlightenment is right here, always and already. As yourself right now, "Am I aware?" "Am I conscious?"
In the very awareness and consciousness you have right now here and now in this timeless moment, you are already all what you are looking for.
One Nondual Essence unifies Religions, unifies religions with science, man with each other, and provides the Ultimate realization of being that Oneness.
The central paradox of this book:
It's not that religion, nonduality, or quantum mechanics proves the mystical spirit and nondual ultimate reality, it's a matter of who is it right now that is aware of that idea. Who Am I?
The ultimate truth is The knower IS the Knowledge, the Seer is the seen, the observer is the observed, and you are already THAT right here and now as the
The central paradox of this book:
It's not that religion, nonduality, or quantum mechanics proves the mystical spirit and nondual ultimate reality, it's a matter of who is it right now that is aware of that idea. Who Am I?
The ultimate truth is The knower IS the Knowledge, the Seer is the seen, the observer is the observed, and you are already THAT right here and now as the
The Grand Illusion
How Quantum Mechanics and Nonduality unify Religion and Science and give a logical foundation for Enlightenment
"I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics" - Richard Feynman (1967)
"Quantum theory makes absolutely no sense" - Roger Penrose (1986)
"It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory - Michio Kaku (1995)
Quantum Mechanics is a radical revision of our ordinary "common sense" logic that we use to perceive, think, act, and move in our brief little life on earth. This common sense logic is called Boolean logic which is the foundation of Classical Mechanics. Classical mechanics is the physics of every day objects and was first systematically formulation by Isaac Newton. Quantum mechanics began as the study of atoms, electrons, photons and other microscopic elements that are far far removed in both scale and time from our ordinary world, though now we know Quantum mechanics applies to the entire universe at ALL scales and it is so fundamental that it is somewhere between math and science in the pyramid of knowledge. It is the operating system (OS) that all scientific theories operate on. To "port" a classical theory to Quantum we use the word "quantize". So for example, Quantum physics is physics that is quantized, quantum chemistry, quantum biology, quantum computing, quantum information, quantum cryptography, are examples of sciences that are quantized. As we'll see. part of the grand illusion is that quantum effects don't appear to take place on larger scales, when in fact that actually DO!
So why did Richard Feymann, who perhaps understood quantum mechanics as deeply as anyone in history and won a Noble Prize for "quantizing" relativistic electrodynamics (which btw is the most accurate theory in all of science), say nobody understands quantum mechanics?
My hope in authoring this book, is to reverse that verdict. We will accomplish this seemingly herculean feat by understanding quantum mechanics in a nondual or spiritual framework VS the common materialistic and dualistic framework (also called Realism, Scientism and other names) that still pervades all of science! The deepest error to this worldview is there exist an objective reality that is outside or separate from our subject experience of it. This leads us to see ourselves as separate from each other and the universe we live in. We'll deeply explore this core fallacy of science and philosophy by taking a deep dive into the world's nondual traditions that give us not only teachings, but practices we can perform to experience this nondual reality directly. And by nonduality reality, I mean Reality with a capital "R". The objective reality of the five senses, mind and intellect create the grand illusion of subject and object, inside and outside, seer and seen, etc.
Using Nonduality this framework not only will quantum mechanics (as strange as it is) make sense and be understandable, but if you can really ponder its conceptual and logical core, but also it will unify BOTH science and religion at their respective deepest levels. Whereas quantum mechanics is the root and foundation of all of science, we'll see that n0nduality is the root and foundation of all religion, philosophy and metaphysics. And while we can logically stretch our minds to comprehend this quantum and nondual logic, logic will only take us so far. We need to deeply ponder these ideas, and perform certain practices that will be outlined in this book.
To give away a hint at the Secret right from the start, in order to understand Nonduality we need to directly experience and BE Nondual! In order to understand and experience the truth of quantum mechanics, we need to BE QUANTUM. This book will lead you as far as a book can to the precipice, but you have to take the leap into the nondual ultimate reality by doing the practice!
The reason why nobody understands quantum mechanics, is the it is nondual to the core, and the ultimate nondual understanding ONLY comes from realizing IT, which means going BEYOND the mind.
This is a profound realization that I had in my 25 years of studying quantum mechanics along with my 25 concurrent years of meditating and studying spirituality, the most profound of which is nonduality (or rather the nondual core of all religions).
So what is nonduality and why does it shed so much light on quantum mechanics?
The deep and profound mysteries of the quantum world will b explored
How Quantum Mechanics and Nonduality unify Religion and Science and give a logical foundation for Enlightenment
"I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics" - Richard Feynman (1967)
"Quantum theory makes absolutely no sense" - Roger Penrose (1986)
"It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory - Michio Kaku (1995)
Quantum Mechanics is a radical revision of our ordinary "common sense" logic that we use to perceive, think, act, and move in our brief little life on earth. This common sense logic is called Boolean logic which is the foundation of Classical Mechanics. Classical mechanics is the physics of every day objects and was first systematically formulation by Isaac Newton. Quantum mechanics began as the study of atoms, electrons, photons and other microscopic elements that are far far removed in both scale and time from our ordinary world, though now we know Quantum mechanics applies to the entire universe at ALL scales and it is so fundamental that it is somewhere between math and science in the pyramid of knowledge. It is the operating system (OS) that all scientific theories operate on. To "port" a classical theory to Quantum we use the word "quantize". So for example, Quantum physics is physics that is quantized, quantum chemistry, quantum biology, quantum computing, quantum information, quantum cryptography, are examples of sciences that are quantized. As we'll see. part of the grand illusion is that quantum effects don't appear to take place on larger scales, when in fact that actually DO!
So why did Richard Feymann, who perhaps understood quantum mechanics as deeply as anyone in history and won a Noble Prize for "quantizing" relativistic electrodynamics (which btw is the most accurate theory in all of science), say nobody understands quantum mechanics?
My hope in authoring this book, is to reverse that verdict. We will accomplish this seemingly herculean feat by understanding quantum mechanics in a nondual or spiritual framework VS the common materialistic and dualistic framework (also called Realism, Scientism and other names) that still pervades all of science! The deepest error to this worldview is there exist an objective reality that is outside or separate from our subject experience of it. This leads us to see ourselves as separate from each other and the universe we live in. We'll deeply explore this core fallacy of science and philosophy by taking a deep dive into the world's nondual traditions that give us not only teachings, but practices we can perform to experience this nondual reality directly. And by nonduality reality, I mean Reality with a capital "R". The objective reality of the five senses, mind and intellect create the grand illusion of subject and object, inside and outside, seer and seen, etc.
Using Nonduality this framework not only will quantum mechanics (as strange as it is) make sense and be understandable, but if you can really ponder its conceptual and logical core, but also it will unify BOTH science and religion at their respective deepest levels. Whereas quantum mechanics is the root and foundation of all of science, we'll see that n0nduality is the root and foundation of all religion, philosophy and metaphysics. And while we can logically stretch our minds to comprehend this quantum and nondual logic, logic will only take us so far. We need to deeply ponder these ideas, and perform certain practices that will be outlined in this book.
To give away a hint at the Secret right from the start, in order to understand Nonduality we need to directly experience and BE Nondual! In order to understand and experience the truth of quantum mechanics, we need to BE QUANTUM. This book will lead you as far as a book can to the precipice, but you have to take the leap into the nondual ultimate reality by doing the practice!
The reason why nobody understands quantum mechanics, is the it is nondual to the core, and the ultimate nondual understanding ONLY comes from realizing IT, which means going BEYOND the mind.
This is a profound realization that I had in my 25 years of studying quantum mechanics along with my 25 concurrent years of meditating and studying spirituality, the most profound of which is nonduality (or rather the nondual core of all religions).
So what is nonduality and why does it shed so much light on quantum mechanics?
The deep and profound mysteries of the quantum world will b explored
Nondual Traditions
1) Cannot Be Spoken, Visualized or Conceptualized (except with complex algebra) QM: Heisenberg/Finkelstein - QM is 'object-less' physics - if you can picture it, it is wrong. Complex Numbers have no analogue with words in ordinary Language (Unlike Real numbers). Closure of Complex numbers is Unique. The Universe is INDEED Complex! 1b) Simplicity - Only One consciousness QM: universe mainly up and down quark, electron, electron neutrino and photon which comprise ENTIRE periodic table. Identical particles 2) Neither Real Nor Unreal (Empty-Fullness = Shunya)- (Relative Side - Object) QM: Nothing = Everything (math/logic) Matter is Mostly EMPTY SPACE - just swirls of possibility waves, no objects 3) Radical Oneness (space) [OMNIPRESENCE/INFINITE] QM: Entanglement and Identical Particles - One Substance (Heisenberg and Vivekananda) 4) Whole/Fullness in Each Part (space), (Relative Side) - Infinite EveryWhere = Infinite HERE (Fractal in Space) QM: "Holo-fractal-graphic" Universe 5) Beginning less (time) - (Absolute Side - Object) - Non-locality in TIME QM: Hawking - 4 dimensions of Space near big bang... no time. Also Delayed Choice Experiments Block Universe... no time even in General relativity 5b) **Cannot Be Attained in Time** - Nonduality and Q.M. There is only Oneness so nothing to Obtain. 6) Immediate (time) - (relative side- Subject) -**Immediacy** It is just What's Happening, ETERNITY = EveryWhen (NOW) (Fractal in Time) QM: Entanglement and Collapse of Wavefunction are Instantaneous and faster than light. 7) One Taste Sameness (absolute side - Subject) - QM: Measurement Problem - Illusion of Collapse, Von Neumann Chain always leads to Oneness. 8) Nothing Ever Happens [Only Appearances - Absolute Sameness - QM: Wheeler / DeWitt Wavefunction of Universe... Nothing Happens only Possibility Waves - Illusion of Isolated Regions (always entanglement with surroundings all the way up and all the way down). 9) Continuous Creation/ FRESH and NEW (relative side - Object) - Unconditional Freedom - No Cause and Effect, No Free Will and Choice. 9.5) The Mind Projects the Body, Universe and God - Instantaneous Creation 10) Snowflakes of Oneness 11) No Subject and Object, Hence No "Me" and No One [No Person or Separate Self] only the One or True Self. 12) Nonduality of Duality and Nonduality - Because Ultimate Reality is unlimited, "It" can also appear as being limited. 13) Nonduality of Man and God - (Absolute Side - Subject) Liberation always present and can be directly recognized. It is within all states of consciousness as simple awareness. Nondual Perception, Thinking and Action. 14) Beyond Nonduality [Manifestation] - Brining Nonduality Back Down to Physical. Purfication, Devotion, Samadhi. 15) Stories of Everpresent Enlightenment Something Deeper Can hear this, Resonance - Contracted energy can melt back into wholeness! Its a surrender of sorts to What is (though no one surrenders), or whatever that happens is ok. It is what it is. IT is! Whatever happens, happens (Jo ho jaye). What is, is (Ja Ta). Ya Ta (Whatsoever Arises Is That) |
Quantum Mechanics
1) Quantum Jumps and Lumps - Discreteness 2) Wave Particle Duality 3) Matter Waves and Regeneration Time 4) Quantum Fuzziness and Uncertainty 5) Non-locality and entanglement 6) Oneness and Identical Particles Potentia - Upward Causation Nondual and Beyond Spacetime Wavefunctions and Superposition Possibility waves, palette of choices Collapse - Downward Causation - Choice Reduction or Choice to ONE Actuality to create an object or event Duality from Self referential consciousness Subject and Object arise together Quantum Logic - No objects or separate elements (basic assumption of boolean logic). Entanglement Nonlocality (2 or more quantum objects) Consciousness can choreograph patterns of interference Wavefunction of Universe - pure state, nothing happens Wavefunction of Region - mixed state - illusion of manifestation or duality Many worlds, Strong and Weak Anthropic, PAP |
1) Cannot Be Spoken, Visualized or Conceptualized
Tao that can be told is not the Tao. Mystery / Unknowing - It is a Thusness, Suchness, Isness that cannot be expressed in Words.
a. Nothing Outside of it, no position. Cannot be known conceptually, because there is no position to take outside of it to know it. It is Unknowing. You cannot point to, because you cannot point to everything, you can only really point to what it is not.
b. Nondual = Not 2, hard to visualize. Good choice, but still has opposite of nonduality.
c. Not 2 points to no opposites, Oneness has opposite manyness.
d. Best to use negatives as to not objectify or reify. Can say what it is not.
1b) Simplicity - It is unspeakable not because it is too mysterious or complex or too sublime, but rather because it is too simple, too obvious, and too close and too all-inclusive (its everything) to be caught in symbols or words. As the scriptures say, it is the One "before whom words recoil".
2) Neither Real Nor Unreal (Empty-Fullness = Shunya)- (Relative Side - Object) Cannot be made real or solid... QM.. All Possibilities in Potentia. This UR is Nothing & Everything, It IS and it ISN'T, its both Real and Unreal, its both form and emptiness, existence and non-existence, etc. The appearance that apparently happens is not an object therefore it is both real and unreal. Emptiness of Spirit. Whisp of Smoke, Insubstantial, Appearance gets thinner - Emptiness Arising.
Nothing = Everything ... To predicate something of nothing is to predicate it as everything and vice versa.
3) Radical Oneness (space) [OMNIPRESENCE/INFINITE] - (cannot be separated from, cannot be objectified, known or conceptualized). Beyond Space. 'What is' is hiding in the obviousness of itself (as everything). What the seeker longs for remains hidden by being everything. Again there is no position to take outside of Oneness to 'know' it, because that is all there is. No material entity, or form which is independent of the single, unbroken movement of UR.
4) Whole/Fullness in Each Part (space), (Relative Side) and everything that arises is inherently empty (Nothing can be attained or added - Perfect Already). All Space
Complete and Full in Everything Arising. Not separate like I - AM presence pictures (HERE).
If everything is perfect already, what is there to seek and find? It is perfect because it is all there is (not our limited definitions of perfection).
Infinite EveryWhere = Infinite HERE (Fractal in Space)
5) Beginning less (time) - (Absolute Side - Object) Non-Origination [Cannot be entered, and Cannot be left]. Ajati (jati born) so Ajati is Unborn, Eternal, Not Produced. The illusion has no beginning but it apparently can end.
5b) **Cannot Be Attained in Time** - Ultimate reality is not something lacking or something to be found or attained, because it is never lost. You cannot be connected to what is not separate.
6) Immediate (time) - (relative side- Subject) -**Immediacy** It is just What's Happening, Just This, What Arises, Just What IS... It is Immediacy like the clapping of your hands or snapping or fingers. It's this and this and this and this... No distance or separation in space or time, nondual HERE and Now. Simple Immediacy of Being. ETERNITY = EveryWhen (NOW) (Fractal in Time)
7) One Taste Sameness (absolute side - Subject) - One Taste. One State. Because it all tastes the same. All there is is what is apparently happening. So while it is always Fresh and New and delightfully varied through Eternity on the Relative side, on the Absolute it is always One Taste vanilla sameness. So paradoxically it is always the same from the Absolute side. The newsness and freshness are only apparent from the relative. So One Taste is the best Vanilla you'll ever have!
8) Nothing Ever Happens [Only Appearances - Absolute Sameness - Objects (one taste is from the Subject Perspective and comes from this fact of nothing happening] - Mystery of Mysteries!
Nothing "Somethinging", This is the infinite appearing finite. The formless appearing as form.
This is not ‘becoming’, it’s unbelievably and beyond conception the same thing. So in that sense it’s not moving , there is nothing actuality happening. doesn’t actually move.
The appearance that apparently happens is not an object therefore it is both real and unreal.
'This' is not Permanent because it’s not happening , only seems to be.. Permanent would mean real time. This doesn’t actually move. Nothing is really happening , it’s only apparent.
Note: From the Self/Atman/Advaita perspective, the Self is permanent, everything else arising is NOT. No self doctrines claim impermanence because the deny the eternal Self.
9) Continuous Creation/ FRESH and NEW (relative side - Object) - Unconditional Freedom - No Cause and Effect, No Free Will and Choice. The oldest thought is completely new. UR is not some Vanilla sameness.
9.5) The Mind Projects the Body, Universe and God - Instantaneous Creation
10) Snowflakes of Oneness [The Shining Relative] - (Relative Subjects) Not some amorphous Oneness Goo, Divine Mush or featureless Unity. More on this in section "Beyond Nonduality".
11) No Subject and Object, Hence No "Me" and No One [No Person or Separate Self] only the One or True Self. Ontology and Epistemology or gnoseological (BEING = KNOWING). Ultimate Reality and Rigpa/Prajna are not-two. Subject-Object polarization transcended.
12) Because Ultimate Reality is unlimited, "It" can also appear as being limited.
Contracted Energy -> Here -> Separate Self -> Objects/Real Things. Ego is real and who I am.
Something not right -> Paths to Fulfillment success / enlightenment.
13) Nonduality of Man and God - (Absolute Side - Subject) Liberation always present and can be directly recognized. It is within all states of consciousness as simple awareness. Nondual Perception, Thinking and Action.
14) Beyond Nonduality [Manifestation] - Brining Nonduality Back Down to Physical. Purfication, Devotion, Samadhi. Relative side. Rainbow Buddha Body, BoddhiSattva, Ascension, Etc. Though nonduality can be realized at any stage of consciousness in the Absolute sense, on the relative side evolution apparently can continue to higher and higher levels of Manifestation leading to the fullness of Spirit.
15) Stories of Everpresent Enlightenment
Something Deeper Can hear this, Resonance - Contracted energy can melt back into wholeness!
Its a surrender of sorts to What is (though no one surrenders), or whatever that happens is ok. It is what it is. IT is!
Whatever happens, happens (Jo ho jaye). What is, is (Ja Ta). Ya Ta (Whatsoever Arises Is That)
Tao that can be told is not the Tao. Mystery / Unknowing - It is a Thusness, Suchness, Isness that cannot be expressed in Words.
a. Nothing Outside of it, no position. Cannot be known conceptually, because there is no position to take outside of it to know it. It is Unknowing. You cannot point to, because you cannot point to everything, you can only really point to what it is not.
b. Nondual = Not 2, hard to visualize. Good choice, but still has opposite of nonduality.
c. Not 2 points to no opposites, Oneness has opposite manyness.
d. Best to use negatives as to not objectify or reify. Can say what it is not.
1b) Simplicity - It is unspeakable not because it is too mysterious or complex or too sublime, but rather because it is too simple, too obvious, and too close and too all-inclusive (its everything) to be caught in symbols or words. As the scriptures say, it is the One "before whom words recoil".
2) Neither Real Nor Unreal (Empty-Fullness = Shunya)- (Relative Side - Object) Cannot be made real or solid... QM.. All Possibilities in Potentia. This UR is Nothing & Everything, It IS and it ISN'T, its both Real and Unreal, its both form and emptiness, existence and non-existence, etc. The appearance that apparently happens is not an object therefore it is both real and unreal. Emptiness of Spirit. Whisp of Smoke, Insubstantial, Appearance gets thinner - Emptiness Arising.
Nothing = Everything ... To predicate something of nothing is to predicate it as everything and vice versa.
3) Radical Oneness (space) [OMNIPRESENCE/INFINITE] - (cannot be separated from, cannot be objectified, known or conceptualized). Beyond Space. 'What is' is hiding in the obviousness of itself (as everything). What the seeker longs for remains hidden by being everything. Again there is no position to take outside of Oneness to 'know' it, because that is all there is. No material entity, or form which is independent of the single, unbroken movement of UR.
4) Whole/Fullness in Each Part (space), (Relative Side) and everything that arises is inherently empty (Nothing can be attained or added - Perfect Already). All Space
Complete and Full in Everything Arising. Not separate like I - AM presence pictures (HERE).
If everything is perfect already, what is there to seek and find? It is perfect because it is all there is (not our limited definitions of perfection).
Infinite EveryWhere = Infinite HERE (Fractal in Space)
5) Beginning less (time) - (Absolute Side - Object) Non-Origination [Cannot be entered, and Cannot be left]. Ajati (jati born) so Ajati is Unborn, Eternal, Not Produced. The illusion has no beginning but it apparently can end.
5b) **Cannot Be Attained in Time** - Ultimate reality is not something lacking or something to be found or attained, because it is never lost. You cannot be connected to what is not separate.
6) Immediate (time) - (relative side- Subject) -**Immediacy** It is just What's Happening, Just This, What Arises, Just What IS... It is Immediacy like the clapping of your hands or snapping or fingers. It's this and this and this and this... No distance or separation in space or time, nondual HERE and Now. Simple Immediacy of Being. ETERNITY = EveryWhen (NOW) (Fractal in Time)
7) One Taste Sameness (absolute side - Subject) - One Taste. One State. Because it all tastes the same. All there is is what is apparently happening. So while it is always Fresh and New and delightfully varied through Eternity on the Relative side, on the Absolute it is always One Taste vanilla sameness. So paradoxically it is always the same from the Absolute side. The newsness and freshness are only apparent from the relative. So One Taste is the best Vanilla you'll ever have!
8) Nothing Ever Happens [Only Appearances - Absolute Sameness - Objects (one taste is from the Subject Perspective and comes from this fact of nothing happening] - Mystery of Mysteries!
Nothing "Somethinging", This is the infinite appearing finite. The formless appearing as form.
This is not ‘becoming’, it’s unbelievably and beyond conception the same thing. So in that sense it’s not moving , there is nothing actuality happening. doesn’t actually move.
The appearance that apparently happens is not an object therefore it is both real and unreal.
'This' is not Permanent because it’s not happening , only seems to be.. Permanent would mean real time. This doesn’t actually move. Nothing is really happening , it’s only apparent.
Note: From the Self/Atman/Advaita perspective, the Self is permanent, everything else arising is NOT. No self doctrines claim impermanence because the deny the eternal Self.
9) Continuous Creation/ FRESH and NEW (relative side - Object) - Unconditional Freedom - No Cause and Effect, No Free Will and Choice. The oldest thought is completely new. UR is not some Vanilla sameness.
9.5) The Mind Projects the Body, Universe and God - Instantaneous Creation
10) Snowflakes of Oneness [The Shining Relative] - (Relative Subjects) Not some amorphous Oneness Goo, Divine Mush or featureless Unity. More on this in section "Beyond Nonduality".
11) No Subject and Object, Hence No "Me" and No One [No Person or Separate Self] only the One or True Self. Ontology and Epistemology or gnoseological (BEING = KNOWING). Ultimate Reality and Rigpa/Prajna are not-two. Subject-Object polarization transcended.
12) Because Ultimate Reality is unlimited, "It" can also appear as being limited.
Contracted Energy -> Here -> Separate Self -> Objects/Real Things. Ego is real and who I am.
Something not right -> Paths to Fulfillment success / enlightenment.
13) Nonduality of Man and God - (Absolute Side - Subject) Liberation always present and can be directly recognized. It is within all states of consciousness as simple awareness. Nondual Perception, Thinking and Action.
14) Beyond Nonduality [Manifestation] - Brining Nonduality Back Down to Physical. Purfication, Devotion, Samadhi. Relative side. Rainbow Buddha Body, BoddhiSattva, Ascension, Etc. Though nonduality can be realized at any stage of consciousness in the Absolute sense, on the relative side evolution apparently can continue to higher and higher levels of Manifestation leading to the fullness of Spirit.
15) Stories of Everpresent Enlightenment
Something Deeper Can hear this, Resonance - Contracted energy can melt back into wholeness!
Its a surrender of sorts to What is (though no one surrenders), or whatever that happens is ok. It is what it is. IT is!
Whatever happens, happens (Jo ho jaye). What is, is (Ja Ta). Ya Ta (Whatsoever Arises Is That)
When Jesus was asked, "When will the kingdom come?" He
replied: "It will not come by waiting for it. . . . Rather, the
Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men
do not see it.'" Jesus also said, ".. . the Kingdom is inside of
you, and it is outside of you."
—Gospel of Thomas, Gnostic Gospels
replied: "It will not come by waiting for it. . . . Rather, the
Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men
do not see it.'" Jesus also said, ".. . the Kingdom is inside of
you, and it is outside of you."
—Gospel of Thomas, Gnostic Gospels
Sanatana (Son-at-uh-nah) Dharma (eternal path)
The Perennial Philosophy
In spite of all the confusing complexity and seeming contradictions found in spiritual and philosophic literature of the world, running throughout that literature there is a common thread of simple truth, which is easy to discern if we are able to understand the ORIGINAL teachings of the real sages down through the ages. Because the same fundamental truth of non-duality has been expressed in the recorded words of sages from so many diverse cultures throughout time immemorial, modern philosophy often calls non-duality the "perennial philosophy" which is a term that corresponds to the Sanskrit term sanatana dharma, which literally means 'that which always upholds' or 'that which is ever established'
Understanding non-duality in its simple and direct core concepts, and stripped of all the dogma, mistranslations, allegories, hidden symbols, and misunderstood metaphors, we can easily recognize that this same truth of non-duality is expressed in all major spiritual traditions and profound philosophies. Stated another way, all true sages that had authentic non-dual realization all experienced the SAME fundamental ultimate reality which is known by many names and forms, as well as nameless and formless. But the great sages lived in different times and places, which unique cultures, languages, rituals, etc. that clothed this bare truth in multifarious garbs of expression. Not only that, but each time and place was host to a unique population at a certain level of consciousness so the great sages taught differently to meet the level of development the society. Most could not handle the ultimate truth undiluted so teachings had to be laid out in stages. But regardless of the cultural time and clime, all true paths lead to the same omega point, which is sahaja samadhi, or effortless nondual enlightenment.
Experience based rather than belief based.
Without any ideological divisions.
Beyond any historical date of founding.
The process of growth, which comes from the seed.
Inherent in, and inclusive of all.
Applicable to all people of all places and times.
In the world, while above the world.
God-centered rather than prophet-centered.
Devoid of sectarianism or denominationalism.
Both immanent and transcendent.
The whole and the parts.
Loving of all and excluding of none.
Is in harmony with science, but not defined by it (other way around).
Evolutionary, not static… includes many levels/stages of understanding based on consciousness and evolution.
12-15 core Nondual Concepts that form the basis of the Perennial Philosophy.
The Perennial Philosophy
In spite of all the confusing complexity and seeming contradictions found in spiritual and philosophic literature of the world, running throughout that literature there is a common thread of simple truth, which is easy to discern if we are able to understand the ORIGINAL teachings of the real sages down through the ages. Because the same fundamental truth of non-duality has been expressed in the recorded words of sages from so many diverse cultures throughout time immemorial, modern philosophy often calls non-duality the "perennial philosophy" which is a term that corresponds to the Sanskrit term sanatana dharma, which literally means 'that which always upholds' or 'that which is ever established'
Understanding non-duality in its simple and direct core concepts, and stripped of all the dogma, mistranslations, allegories, hidden symbols, and misunderstood metaphors, we can easily recognize that this same truth of non-duality is expressed in all major spiritual traditions and profound philosophies. Stated another way, all true sages that had authentic non-dual realization all experienced the SAME fundamental ultimate reality which is known by many names and forms, as well as nameless and formless. But the great sages lived in different times and places, which unique cultures, languages, rituals, etc. that clothed this bare truth in multifarious garbs of expression. Not only that, but each time and place was host to a unique population at a certain level of consciousness so the great sages taught differently to meet the level of development the society. Most could not handle the ultimate truth undiluted so teachings had to be laid out in stages. But regardless of the cultural time and clime, all true paths lead to the same omega point, which is sahaja samadhi, or effortless nondual enlightenment.
Experience based rather than belief based.
Without any ideological divisions.
Beyond any historical date of founding.
The process of growth, which comes from the seed.
Inherent in, and inclusive of all.
Applicable to all people of all places and times.
In the world, while above the world.
God-centered rather than prophet-centered.
Devoid of sectarianism or denominationalism.
Both immanent and transcendent.
The whole and the parts.
Loving of all and excluding of none.
Is in harmony with science, but not defined by it (other way around).
Evolutionary, not static… includes many levels/stages of understanding based on consciousness and evolution.
12-15 core Nondual Concepts that form the basis of the Perennial Philosophy.
I. The Non-Duality of Ultimate Reality
1. There is Only Spirit, Beingness, Aliveness, The Absolute, Godhead, Beloved, Wholeness, Unconditional Love, Absolute Freedom, Shunyata
or aptly termed Ultimate Reality (UR) which is a mystery that cannot be known.
2. This UR is Nothing Being Everything, It IS and it ISN'T, its both Real and Unreal
3. It is just What's Happening, Just This, What Arises, Just What IS... It is Immediacy like the clapping of your hands or snapping or fingers.
4. It is a Thusness, Suchness, Isness that cannot be expressed in Words but we use words to Point to this mystery.
We say it is Advaita or NonDual both which mean "Not 2" to express the fact that it is inexpressible. We can only say what it isn't.
5. Ultimate reality is not something lacking or something to be found or attained, because it is never lost.
6. Terms like Unity or Oneness are not ideal because they can be objectified, reified, desired, grasped and ironically reinforce duality by implying something is lacking for the seeker to find (I want to become one with everything implies you are lacking and separate from oneness).
7. **Everything that seems to happen is only an appearance of nothing happening. That is the mystery!
8. If something is fundamentally nothing, than it is also fundamentally everything.
II. Duality and the Dream of Me
1. There is an apparent Dream, Illusion, Veil that creates an apparent Individual, Me, I, or Separate Self.
2. This dream of ME is a result of a contracted energy, granthi, knot or energetic tension, not a mere belief. It seems to be hardwired into us by our biology combined with societal upbringing.
3. With the energy contraction emerges a sense of HERE, or a CENTER for the "I AM" to stake its Individuality.
4. Concurrently a Subject / Object Duality apparently arises again because of our biology and upbringing and we see ourselves as separate individuals and hence the stage is set and the game of the seeker is afoot!
III. There is a Seeker Born Every Minute - The Great Search
1. Now that I am a limited individual, it appears that there is a lot of things OUT THERE, I can attain, wealth, love, sex, happiness, fancy cars and nice houses, and when that doesn't satisfy me.... Enlightenment!!
2. The illusion of free will and choice. If I do this, it causes that. I can walk a path, become a seeker, engage in a process to get or add something I think I am missing.
3. The apparent law of cause and effect gives the illusion of real sequence of events in time which I can control, and the ME have a HERE location with things out THERE gives the illusion of Space.
4. I make the story real by adding an illusory SOLIDITY to things by knowing and owning them. This realness allows me to create a Story of Me called My Life that I can possess and carry around (including thoughts, beliefs and emotions).
5. The Great Search and the Separate Self are on and the same. There is a tangible sensation to seeking (contracted energy or interior tension). This is the sensation of grasping, desiring, wishing, wanting, avoiding, resisting... Its the senastion of effort, or seeking!
6. ALL This creates a cloud of Knowing, which is a thick fog of illusion that adds another layer to the veil of duality and further clouds my perception of What IS.
7. What ME doesn't realize ALL ALONG, is that the it, the seeker is looking for that which it already is.
Pointing out (faces in the landscape puzzle) ==> Original Face (Zen)/ Supreme Identity (Sufi)/Christ Consciousness (Christians)/True Self/ Primordial Awareness/Being
IV. Liberation/Enlightenment/Moksha/Satori - Primal Glance - One Taste
1. This is the death of Me, Death of the I while the body is still alive.
2. The contracted energy uncoils, the knots are undone, the bodymind relaxes and all that is left is just what arises, just what is happening. No more Subject and Object, inside and out and is recognized there never was, it was all a dream.
3. Recognition of THIS being radical wholeness, everything is in everything and there is nothing to seek. How can you seek anything when you have everything? What better hiding place than being everywhere.
4. It is the Immediacy of Just What is, Just This, Just what is happening which is Everything and Nothing, Absolute Freedom (no causality)
4. Can happen spontaneously for no reason, through resonance or pointing out instructions from a non-dual teacher.
5. This Game, the Great Search is undone in that Primal Glance, and all that remains is Emptiness itself, perfectly obvious in the singing of a Robin on a bright Spring Dawn.
1. There is Only Spirit, Beingness, Aliveness, The Absolute, Godhead, Beloved, Wholeness, Unconditional Love, Absolute Freedom, Shunyata
or aptly termed Ultimate Reality (UR) which is a mystery that cannot be known.
2. This UR is Nothing Being Everything, It IS and it ISN'T, its both Real and Unreal
3. It is just What's Happening, Just This, What Arises, Just What IS... It is Immediacy like the clapping of your hands or snapping or fingers.
4. It is a Thusness, Suchness, Isness that cannot be expressed in Words but we use words to Point to this mystery.
We say it is Advaita or NonDual both which mean "Not 2" to express the fact that it is inexpressible. We can only say what it isn't.
5. Ultimate reality is not something lacking or something to be found or attained, because it is never lost.
6. Terms like Unity or Oneness are not ideal because they can be objectified, reified, desired, grasped and ironically reinforce duality by implying something is lacking for the seeker to find (I want to become one with everything implies you are lacking and separate from oneness).
7. **Everything that seems to happen is only an appearance of nothing happening. That is the mystery!
8. If something is fundamentally nothing, than it is also fundamentally everything.
II. Duality and the Dream of Me
1. There is an apparent Dream, Illusion, Veil that creates an apparent Individual, Me, I, or Separate Self.
2. This dream of ME is a result of a contracted energy, granthi, knot or energetic tension, not a mere belief. It seems to be hardwired into us by our biology combined with societal upbringing.
3. With the energy contraction emerges a sense of HERE, or a CENTER for the "I AM" to stake its Individuality.
4. Concurrently a Subject / Object Duality apparently arises again because of our biology and upbringing and we see ourselves as separate individuals and hence the stage is set and the game of the seeker is afoot!
III. There is a Seeker Born Every Minute - The Great Search
1. Now that I am a limited individual, it appears that there is a lot of things OUT THERE, I can attain, wealth, love, sex, happiness, fancy cars and nice houses, and when that doesn't satisfy me.... Enlightenment!!
2. The illusion of free will and choice. If I do this, it causes that. I can walk a path, become a seeker, engage in a process to get or add something I think I am missing.
3. The apparent law of cause and effect gives the illusion of real sequence of events in time which I can control, and the ME have a HERE location with things out THERE gives the illusion of Space.
4. I make the story real by adding an illusory SOLIDITY to things by knowing and owning them. This realness allows me to create a Story of Me called My Life that I can possess and carry around (including thoughts, beliefs and emotions).
5. The Great Search and the Separate Self are on and the same. There is a tangible sensation to seeking (contracted energy or interior tension). This is the sensation of grasping, desiring, wishing, wanting, avoiding, resisting... Its the senastion of effort, or seeking!
6. ALL This creates a cloud of Knowing, which is a thick fog of illusion that adds another layer to the veil of duality and further clouds my perception of What IS.
7. What ME doesn't realize ALL ALONG, is that the it, the seeker is looking for that which it already is.
Pointing out (faces in the landscape puzzle) ==> Original Face (Zen)/ Supreme Identity (Sufi)/Christ Consciousness (Christians)/True Self/ Primordial Awareness/Being
IV. Liberation/Enlightenment/Moksha/Satori - Primal Glance - One Taste
1. This is the death of Me, Death of the I while the body is still alive.
2. The contracted energy uncoils, the knots are undone, the bodymind relaxes and all that is left is just what arises, just what is happening. No more Subject and Object, inside and out and is recognized there never was, it was all a dream.
3. Recognition of THIS being radical wholeness, everything is in everything and there is nothing to seek. How can you seek anything when you have everything? What better hiding place than being everywhere.
4. It is the Immediacy of Just What is, Just This, Just what is happening which is Everything and Nothing, Absolute Freedom (no causality)
4. Can happen spontaneously for no reason, through resonance or pointing out instructions from a non-dual teacher.
5. This Game, the Great Search is undone in that Primal Glance, and all that remains is Emptiness itself, perfectly obvious in the singing of a Robin on a bright Spring Dawn.