Catherine Noyce Describes the Experience of Non-duality

Conscious.TV did an interview with Catherine Noyce about what it’s like when the identity of the separate self is lost.

I absolutely LOVE this ~40 min. interview because Catherine is such an ordinary person describing the ordinary experience of the awakened state of being everything and nothing, the state that so many people desire to experience. What Catherine has to share is so authentic and so on the mark, again pointing out that it’s not about the fireworks and the spiritual experiences. It’s about THIS aliveness that’s right here right now. She’s not a spiritual teacher. She’s just another regular person who’s woken up and realized who she is.

A few of the topics discussed in this interview include:

• What changes upon awakening
• How life is experienced once there’s no longer a separate self present
• The loss of the seeker
• If the negative emotions are still experienced or if there’s just permanent joy
• If one liberated person can tell if another person is liberated
• The supposedly enlightened people who have problems with sex, money, and power
• If fleeting glimpses into one’s true nature even matter
• If she still has dreams and goals in life that she projects out into the future
• Connecting to universal wisdom
• What (if anything) someone can do to wake up

If this interview resonates with you, the book mentioned at the end is Everyday Enlightenment: Seven Stories of Awakening, of which Catherine’s story is one of the the seven shared, I presume. Also included in the book is Jeff Foster, an awakened author and spiritual teacher who has also been featured here before.