Non-duality: Separateness and Oneness are the Same

Let’s get into the heart of Non-duality itself.

What does Non-duality mean in the first place? It means that there are “not two” different things. Really it is all One, even two seemingly separate and different things. In essence they are truly One. Completely. Totally.

In the Buddhist tradition, Nirvana is basically the state of enlightenment, heaven, oneness with God. It is karmic completion to where you no longer need to embody here on earth.

Samsara is the unenlightened state of consciousness whereby you continue to reincarnate and play here on earth to realize who you truly are.

Nirvana and Samsara are the same, but only identically the same.

-Zen Koan

Of course they’re the same. There IS nothing else!

Becoming One

We start by living in a world of separation in this lifetime and seek, through various religious or spiritual practices, to attain a true sense of Oneness with God.

There are numerous ways of doing this. The path I personally advocate is through withdrawing attention from the illusion (thought and the external world) and surrendering it all away to God, as discussed previously. Negate the validity of the mind and focus on the Self, for what you focus on expands.

Realize the Self with a capital S. This is called Self-realization.

The world is then recognized to be totally an illusion and unreal. This physical world feels limited and finite due to the limitations of the mind, yet beyond the illusory dream of physical reality lies the Infinite, the boundless and unlimited Reality which is the Truth of your being. In Hinduism, this infinite reality is called Brahman.

There is a perfect saying which I’m going to paraphrase, which really gets to the heart of non-duality.

The world is illusion.

Brahman alone is real.

The world is Brahman.

It sounds paradoxical, and it is, yet this is how existence is structured.

What Is The Illusion?

The world we see is totally an illusion and there is an infinite reality completely beyond space and time, yet it is this infinite reality which expresses itself in this world of the relative. Thus the illusion of this world is actually Absolute reality in physical expression. The world of the relative is a playground where we get to be who we truly are and reintegrate the reality of the Absolute within the illusion of the Relative.

The world functions as a mirror that reflects back to us who we’re being and shows us where our beliefs are in or out of alignment with our true nature.

So appreciate everything in the Universe for every one and every thing you see actually IS God. Not just an aspect of Divinity or a part of Divinity, but literally the same infinite Love of Creation itself. Everything you see is God, appearing to express itself as this or that.

This physical world, just like the human ego that we all have, is not something to be escaped from, nor something to be destroyed, but something to simply disidentify with.

The Process

We first learn to disassociate from everything that is not us including thoughts, ideas, our body, our history, and so on, only to ultimately loop back around and realize that it is all “you”. It’s not that you are either this OR that, but rather this AND that. There is nothing ‘else’ in existence but you for it is all One. There can not be anything other than you. This is the essence of non-duality.

Even separateness and oneness themselves are “composed” of the same one thing.

So do not seek to become One with God or to become enlightened, for you already are. You can’t become enlightened.

Stop seeking and just be.

To be honest, this whole site is starting to seem like a humorous joke, just like everything else in duality, as well as all other beliefs.

The content of this post is not anything to be believed in or not believed in. It’s just a hint of what’s to come if you choose to drop all beliefs entirely. ALL beliefs.

Rest in the mystery of the unknown, the silence, the infinite nothingness beyond name and form.

A Personal Note

I don’t expect anyone to believe this, nor do I actually want anyone to. I’m sitting here laughing at the absurdity of duality.

Without giving attention or thought to the outside world, it feels like everything is starting to fade once again from physicality to oneness. Everything that’s looked at is the One. Separateness is Oneness. It’s true non-duality. This is starting to come up BECAUSE the beliefs are all being let go of, as well as all attachment and clinging. It’s pretty wild…

Words feel like they’re of no use, no value. It’s more like resting back in a silent bliss.