To summarize: in duality your conscious awareness appears in the universe. In non-duality the universe appears in your conscious awareness. They’re two sides of the same coin. Duality is what you experience when you believe your thoughts about your experiences. Nonduality is what you experience when you focus on your sensory input without paying attention to your mind’s interpretation of that input. The funny thing is that I think most people have already experienced no separate self, and it just wasn’t that big of a deal. If you’ve ever “lost yourself” in a book or a movie, or been “in the flow”, where it seemed like your body was on autopilot and was just doing its thing with no “you” controlling anything, then guess what. That was the experience of no separate self. Congratulations! Once you’ve recognized the illusion it becomes easier and easier to see through. Douglas Harding’s Headless Way provides fantastic methods for experiencing non-duality.
That's a fine explanation. Even though I 'get it', and indeed have experienced what fits the description of 'flow' when motorcycling or drumming for example, trying to pin it down and stabilize it in the course of a session is proving a challenge.
@@geneharrogate6911 I remember Mooji describing the ego like a weed. You chop it off, it stays down for a while, it eventually comes back, but maybe not as strong and convincing as before. For me, the ego only appears in thought and not pure experience. The more I can feel into experience in the present moment (what is being seen, heard, felt, smelled, etc.), the less room there is for egoic thoughts.
It’s actually actually something completely different Some people can awaken spontaneously, and become self-aware Others can be led or guided to self-awareness This first level of Self-awareness can be described as kundalini Then there’s the awakening derived through wisdom, which is gaining perspective through experiences This second level of awareness can be described as Samadhi
@@jaemolina your making a huge Assumtion that people that spontaneously awaken have not been seeking or have had religio/spiritual influences , even if subconsciously. Its impossible not to have been influenced by your culture & most cultures to my knowledge have religion & or spiritual practices. This Kundalini, Samaadhi is something you'vs been taught & accept as your belief.
Kundalini can be described as self-awareness Whether you’re seeking this or not, many people become self-aware Samadhi is the same when it comes to an inner peace that comes with age Given a name or not, these two forms of enlightenment occur, and many people with no assumptions made I am a yoga teacher and spiritual teacher, and not of the North American lineage I give workshops on The Duality Method, which is the system that I created I am very familiar with both types of a awakening that may happen in a person‘s lifetime
Thanks to you !! 🙏🌟 I also love how clearly (visually and verbally) and calmly you communicate ! ❤🙏🌟 I am so glad now that I became aware of duality before so I could choose to see myself as non-dual going forward.
I think that the "real nonduality" is both oneness and separation but also neither at the same time. This conceptual distinction between duality and nonduality is also duality. 'Real nonduality' is beyond comprehension. To understand it, you need to throw logic out of the window.
Yesterday I took advantage of and treated another person badly and I felt very bad about it. Today, however, I realized that this other person is actually a part of me and I have no reason to feel remorse or guilt. This gave me a great sense of relief.
Would it have felt even better to apologize and say to that person "I'm sorry for the way I treated you because the way I see it you are another version of me and I hurt me and I love me so I don't want to cause pain and suffering to me or you and us! I'm sorry" Because if you think that you're them then wouldn't you want to teach yourself not to hurt others which is yourself as well? Wouldn't that be an action to further help protect you and make you a better you!
@@amr8457 when we treat others the way we would like to be treated sometimes it is a trap. For example I like it when other people challenge my beliefs because it can result in an interesting discussion and exchange of views, although many people do not like it and feel attacked
Other person is not a part of you, but the whole of you from a different vantage point. You can feel remorse, because on the receiving end is also YOU.
@@MahadevanIyer yes, point of view is a good term, we can analyze every situation from different perspectives, however in situations where our biological survival is at stake, the non-dualistic perspective seems to be of little use
So non duality doesn’t literally mean that everything is one? More that everything is connected and part of one? There is a lite between a tree and the ground, but not a line that separates them, more a line that connects both. So the difference between me and a chair is that we are different aspects of the same thing. Like the 2 sides of one coin. Like two different dream characters are manifestations of my whole psyche. They are not the same, but their source so to say is the same thing. I also imagine it like these cards that start to look different when you tilt them. The picture is different, but the card is the same. Or if you imagine that everything in existence is a movie behind a wall with an infinite amount of holes in it. Every time god looks into a hole it sees the exact same movie but from different angles. One for example being through my eyes, one through yours, one through my cats and so on. Is that correct? Non duality doesn’t mean everything is the exact same thing, but everything is an aspect of the only thing in existence? There are no clear lines between different things, but they are different because they are different aspects?
Two vibrations that appear separate yet harmonize then become one, however, if there is no harmonic resonance between the two then there is dissonance, not harmony
Nice. I love the "celebration of the fact that its a dream" part. I like to think that this simulated person is created so we can have fun without consequences for the real one. I think youre missing a point though. Its about non-discrimination. You have likes and dislikes. They bind you to this world as if its real. So the point is that when you dislike something you defeat that dislike through the knowledge that this here is an illusion unrelated to you. And you just say "oh wait, I dont care" and you step out of the position in which it has an effect on you. And eventually reach the position where you are unaffected by this existence and become a constant. To the point where you are so blurred by the bliss of the external that you dont mind the death of the body. And so the yogi walks into the fire and comes out new, young, and shining.
you are a daydream that god is having. you are a figment of his creativity. just as when you daydream, every projection of a person or character you believed was separate from you was actually a figment that your mind created. you are not existing above the daydream but a living sentient part inside of it. you are infinitely more complex than that two-dimensional projection will ever know. and so, god is that much more complex than us
You say „11:11….and you realize that this Consciousness that you are can appear as anything and can appear as any dream“ Non Duality says: There is no you ! It is dreamed as Consciousness too. Consciousness is - I am here, I exist - this is the Illusion. There are teachers, with Methods and so on…..
Please anyone clarify my doubt - he is equating dream and reality that means in dream when I dream there is dream world,me and every other sentient being but when I wake up I can only say I experienced dream world from only one subjective point of view. So In dreams other beings in dream are not aware but only me. So that can also be reality meaning iam the only experiencer and all other supposidely seperate subjects are just objects of my consciousness.
Actually, you can make yourself whole. Ramanuja said it very clearly it happens with enlightenment. Enlightenment in its full state is done after death. At that point you can be whole.
"God cannot know himself but by me!" - Meister Eckhart Can the entirety of Mind be fully perceived (by Consciousness, us) unless thought/ego/duality is included? How else can non-duality be known/experienced, though, but by duality? Ultimately, non-duality Reality/Universe is time/spaceless. Non-dual Reality is a Singularity! The 'tempo-spacial' illusions of duality allow Consciousness something that 'lasts long enough' to appear/perceive, and appear to have actual dimensions (11 at last count? ;) to perceive, and last long enough to allow intimate, precise, in-depth micro-fine examinations of that which is perceived, that which exists. ;)
Dark Night of the Soul. I agree and disagree. As an Extraterrestrial Earth Angel Healer Egyptian Shaman Empath Seashorse I am One and need no other in my life for my joy or contentment. Yet there are Karmic demonic lucifarians.....how do you explain this. Do we simply lay down and allow these to take us over?????
Duality and non duality are both true and they're noth equally true. Paradox? Yeah, but the closer you get to absolute truth the more paradoxes you'll find.
Great, thank you! 🙏 Now just one question. When there is realization, is it possible to change the life of the character that we have taken for ourselves or is there a predetermined destiny? For example, if the character cannot find work (or a partner or friends) or has no drive to find work (or establish relationships), is it possible to change this by changing any beliefs or is it determined by karma/past actions and cannot be changed at all ? I know that Ramana Maharshi said that " Yes, everything is predetermined" but what your view on this subject ? Thank you 🙏
Predetermination would only makes sense if time exists. It doesn’t. So it would be more accurate to say that everything is created by itself right now, spontaneously, infinitely, timelessly
Using the present moment as the source to inform you, using discernment you will impact positively or negatively whatever happens from that moment on. You must work thought from your natural state of awareness and not through ego to break past cycles. I would recommend look into the Ra material or law of one (search Gabo Lugo law of one)
Still remains to figure out the methodology for waking up. Neuroplasticity I think is required. Like learning to bicycle, swim, or juggle. Would be nice for those who have awakened to get together as team, compare notes, and figure it out.
I was thinking a “Manhattan project”. But where the Manhattan probably has set us on a path to extinction, maybe this should be something like the Anti-Manhattan project. If we find a way to awaken people, and do it soon, we may be able avert extinction. One thing is 100 percent certain, it can be done, though few believe it.
That's what I'm communicating. There is no methodology ultimately! You can do self-inquiry, Non-Duality meditations, or listen to talks. They can help on the relative level. But ultimately, you already are this Consciousness Appearing. It's just the mind and feelings that come in and appaear to tell you otherwise
Seems like so many of those who follow a Guru or sit in Zazen, meditate for years, never cultivate the “observer”, perhaps for a few minutes. My thoughts are that there must some “ingredient” or method that brings about the epiphany, the realization, that you are not your conditioning.
And what of "individuality" vs "dividuality"? The reason that my Being asks is because, my Being itself is a "dividual", as opposed to an "individual". So what say you about those who are nonhuman, that are "dividuals". 🤔
Love the visual, but I think the dream bit is going to confuse people. I find that nonduality seekers already believe they don't exist and that's their biggest barrier.
Gave me a good idea of how to explain it though. Our brains use the exact same mechanism to process reality that is used in a dream. Processing, however, is processing once we stop projecting on either the object that the mind is trying to process or the experience of processing then we are in wide awake land. (I just made that last bit up :)
Because you're expecting an experience of time, because that's what you usually experience. In deep sleep there is no experience of time but Awareness isn't broken
Good explanation but the whole issue is, in my opinion, irrelevant. It isn't just me who is a separate individual. All the other things are separate from each other as well. All the objects and people (and me) are all part of the universe but they are all still separate. In a field of daffodils each plant is a separate thing even though they are all part of the same group. I am part of the universe. I am part of one reality, one group of objects, one group of animals, one group of people but that doesn't mean there is no separation. In any case what difference does it make. We still live in our reality as it appears to us. It seems to me that non-dualists are inventing a problem and turning cartwheels to solve it.
Based on you comment, non duality will tell you that all the seperation you see is your subjective experience not universal truth. Afterall only you are seeing the seperation, and even the seperation of other things are too you own subjective experience. Words and senses are putting an obligation on you to experience seperate not free will. Non duality is about realisation not becoming an another content in your mind.
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Non-duality have become the new buzzword on internet and RU-vid. Everybody seems to want to talk about and explain the non-dual reality of our experiences. Does these people know what non-duality really means? The nature of true non-duality is such that there can only be one form of non-duality. In that sense it is the ultimate state. The ultimate reality that cannot be partial or experienced in stages. Non-duality is what remains as the only reality when all other descriptions of reality have been examined and found to be false. At that point even the slightest idea lingering in the mind about the concept of non-duality will also effectively prevent it from being experienced or realized. The idea of non-duality will thus become the toughest obstacle towards the realization of complete enlightenment. Only when notions of both duality and non-duality are abandoned can true realization of enlightenment be approached and accomplished. But Hindu practitioners doesn’t know anything about that since they still cling to an array of concepts concerning more refined types of self. Which utterly defeats any attempts to approach the pure awareness that goes beyond both duality and concepts of non-duality. Hindu practitioners does not accept the Buddhist version of Śūnyatā because they are blocked from abandoning the concepts of Athman or Brahma. For that reason they take much pleasure in talking loudly about non-duality as if it could be categorized into a philosophical view or a topic of particular interest. They do not understand that only through the completion of the abandonment of ALL views, including any form of refined types of self such as Athman or Brahman, can awareness begin to approach a state beyond both concepts of either duality or non-duality. Non-dual experience can only mean an experience that is utterly devoid of any object/subject notions. As long as there’s the slightest awareness of an I, me or existence a non-dual experience is still happening but is not experienced as such, even though we may think we’re having a non-dual experience. Non-duality can only be realized when all efforts and contrivances have been abandoned. It can only reveal itself when true and timeless awareness is present as the joining factor between experiencer and the which is experienced. In that state of awareness neither existence - non-existence, self - non-self, athman- anathman are longer relevant. When ultimate reality is revealed it is not seen as yet another view or newly acquired knowledge. It is called Ultimate because it is primordial. That means it is ever present, never absent, never partial, all accomplishing, beyond notions of duality and non-duality. It is never created yet nothing whatsoever appears outside of it. It defies any descriptions and can never be held or grasped. Enlightenment can only mean one thing, -remaining effortlessly in this awareness. It is free of all movements and the principles of karma are not applicable in the ultimate state of awareness. just as ultimate nature never moves the superfluous principles of cause and effect are transcended when the awareness of ultimate reality arises. For a Buddhist this is the only form of enlightenment worthy of its name!
You overcomplicate it. Yes, no amount of words or intellection can explain what it is like to be in that state. That doesn't mean we can't have a word to use when we want to refer to that state and non-duality does just fine. To say that everyone suddenly wants to talk about it and explain it seems more like an echo chamber effect.
Watching the first five minutes of the video I tend to disagree with the given explanation. At least it is not very precise. It's not that in nondual perception things "appear in you" instead of "outside of you". Yes, the appearing of "outside of you" ceases to exist. But it's also not "inside of you" because the whole "you" is gone, too. It's more like life simply takes place in a totally impersonal sense. Instead of "life is happening to you" life is "simply happening", but not for anyone. "I" feel like that instead the outsideness of the world not being there anymore it is rather the insideness of the world being no longer. Nondual perception is totally ANTI-SOLIPSISTIC. Who would wake up from the dream? It's the dreamer who dies. But the dream continues regardless. Without a dreamer who is dreaming it. It is the dream itself that wakes up to the fact that all is a dream. All there is is the dream. There is no escape from that since there is nothing "outside of it". Of course there is still individual perception. But there is nothing behind it. It is completely impersonal, empty like space and without a center or any substance whatsoever.
The rest of the video is good. Like for example what's said about what changes about the perception of the world. Things / objects appear to be without any inherent substance. But "visually" they are the same. Well said.
I get what you're saying but this is a lot of concepts: A thick conceptual layer over what is actually pointed to. You're trying to point out remaining dualities whilst still in your own dualities. i.e. In order for there to be "nobody", there has to be the concept of "somebody". At the absolute level all dualities collapse. The invitation is to go beyond concepts to the direct reality.
@@AlexShailer Concepts? What I was saying didn't contain any concepts whatsoever. It was merely an actual description of the nature of reality. I don't like explanations like "the world appears in you" ect. In my opinion *that* is dualistic. The world is simply impersonal. It doesn't appear anywhere. It simply appears. "I" and "you", "outside" and "inside" are concepts, nothing more. So why use these phrases? They are ambiguous and misleading. Other comments beneath this video show it. Things are a thousand times simpler than that. And also nowhere did I talk about "nobody" in contrast to "somebody". You're putting words in my mouth here, sorry. I have said "impersonal" and "not for anyone". I don't see much ambiguity in that.
You people make me laugh till I fall off my chair why do you people have to make something into something and then turn it into a whole program we sketches and loads of information all you have to do is to stay as conscious as possible through your life rather than go through life on autopilot that's all you have to do it is simple no need for all there to rubbish you lock key coming out with torn attorney into something technical when he isn't life is simple just stay as conscious as possible at all times so you're not doing everything on autopilot and your brain doesn't take over simple
you are a daydream that god is having. you are a figment of his creativity. just as when you daydream, every projection of a person or character you believed was separate from you was actually a figment that your mind created. you are not existing above the daydream but a living sentient part inside of it. you are infinitely more complex than that two-dimensional projection will ever know. and so, god is that much more complex than us
You say „11:11….and you realize that this Consciousness that you are can appear as anything and can appear as any dream“ Non Duality says: There is no you ! It is dreamed as Consciousness too. Consciousness is - I am here, I exist - this is the Illusion. There are teachers, with Methods and so on…..
