Nonduality is myth and not belief. But reality is easier to believe than realize.
Look, nonduality is like a map published by a trusted source.
It tells you where you are metaphysically speaking and where truth is.
Careful, just because truth is on your map doesn’t mean you’re there.
Neither does it mean you’re not. That’s where honest self-inquiry comes into play.
It follows non-abiding realization is a common understanding.
Believing it's abiding is a common misunderstanding.
in isvara universally reflexive maya
an evolutionary admixture of functional compounds and organic chemicals is becoming so subtle
pure consciousness is reflecting perfectly off it's early evening glassy surface
If brahman is one without a second, then this must be maya.
If brahman is one without a second, then my essential self is brahman.
If brahman is not one without a second—that’s just maya talking.
Nonduality is divine imagination—deconstruction and revelation; existence, consciousness, and bliss. One’s highest self is the absolute reality.
The world is name and form superimposed upon being-awareness-infinity. Without a doubt, nihilism is one of the greatest feats of imagination.
In advaita, self-evident existence, self-shining consciousness, and self-contained bliss is satcitananda, the nature of brahman the absolute.
Satcitananda is one brahman in three tantamount aspects, the holy trinity of nonduality. Real myth is divine imagination. The world is imagination through a glass darkly.
The second mahavakya Vidyaranya explicates is aham brahmasmi.
Focusing on the first word of the three words—aham, or I—
what does this I represent, the physical or metaphysical?
This is essentialy self-inquiry: the I is paramatman, the supreme unlimited self.
Pure consciousness is the witness of reflected consciousness which by the eye is not seen but by which the seeing is seen, that I of I Am, the prajnanam of jnanam.
How marvelous! The consciousness of any creature in creation is the same one consciousness of the Creator itself.
Consciousness not only passes through the eye of a needle but encompasses the cosmos. Prajnanam brahma.
Julia of Norwich wore the pink panther faithfully. There are two macrocosmic universes: general relativity and quantum mechanics. And so on. It’s not as much scriptures as revelations. It’s not as much free will as non-doing. It’s not about how it should be but as it is.
It's neither religious nor scientific nor all the sub-divisions. Being is intuitive. Separate the wheat from the chaff. The gem in their pocket is your gem. The lint in their pocket is their lint. My paraverse is busy separating my gem from their lint. Owning it intuitively is sometimes called lectio divina.
Self-realization is not a goal. It happens. It’s like this transcendental stage of evolution within the subtle body of brahman. Enlightenment is a popular name for it. One day at a time. Don’t take it personal. Do your best. As one is well aware, waking is gradually spontaneous.
There are two creations, two dualities. The first is the macrocosmic universe called Isvara. The second is the microcosmic personal called Jiva.
There’s nothing wrong with the universe at all. All manner of things will be well. The personal, on the other hand, tells a different story.
The Pancadasi says there are two divisions of duality in the personal as well. First, there’s the evolutionary intent of realization manifesting
as personal deconstruction and self-inquiry. Second, there’s the desire and imagination of the personal loving the personal so much it hurts.
Isvara wields the wand of Maya—
Atman said let there be many.
Maya says let there be individuals!
As Satcitananda wills the space
of Maya into being,
Maya fills it with Avidya
of nonexistence,
unconsciousness,
and suffering.
Om of existence.
Self-shining light of consciousness.
Bliss of infinity.
The Svetsara says, creation is the magic of a great magician. The Aitareya says, atman said, let me be many.
The Taittiriya says, satcitananda wills space into being. The Chandogya says, earth, wind, and fire are the vast vibrations of absolute existence.
The Mundaka says, it’s all like the dazzling sparks from an awesome fire. Vidyaranya's Pancadasi says, there are two creations.
The one is brahman appearing as a manifest universe in all the various ways in which the Upanishads are telling it.
Second is that brahman, a subtle body, and the reflection of consciousness on this subtle body, creates the person, jiva, psychological duality.
