Tag: Non-Duality
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Christianity and the Structure of Being – 1: The Eternal Intuition of Christianity
The Seeds of Truth in the Christian Vision From its very beginning, Christianity has spoken of eternity. Not merely as a distant realm beyond this life, but as something that enters into history—something that breaks into time through incarnation, resurrection, and the promise of a kingdom that shall have no end. In this, Christianity reveals…
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The Final Non-Duality 5 – Why Every Path Is Necessary and Yet Must Be Surpassed
The Longing for Being and the Inevitability of Its Recognition To one who has deeply entered the history of spiritual traditions, it may seem impossible that so many sincere seekers, mystics, and teachers — across millennia, cultures, and languages — could be mistaken. And in fact, they are not. Each tradition, from the earliest shamanic…
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The Final Non-Duality 4 – Modern Non-Duality: Awareness, Realization, and the Trap of Sudden Awakening
The Self Does Not Awaken — It Eternally Is Modern non-duality, especially in the traditions emerging from Advaita Vedānta and later crystallized in the teachings of figures like Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and more recently Rupert Spira and Francis Lucille, offers what seems to be one of the most radical breaks from ordinary consciousness. The…
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The Final Non-Duality 1 – Advaita Vedānta: The Identity of Self and Brahman
The Eternal Truth Beyond the Path of Realization Among the world’s spiritual philosophies, few have exerted as profound an influence as Advaita Vedānta. With clarity and subtlety, it proclaims a truth that stands at the heart of the human search: that the Self (ātman) is not separate from the ultimate reality (Brahman), and that the…
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The Final Non-Duality: Rereading Spiritual Traditions in Light of Being — Introduction
The Spiritual Quest and the Hidden Contradiction Across the world’s spiritual traditions, from ancient Vedānta to contemporary non-dual teachers, we encounter the same longing: a desire to overcome division, to dissolve the sense of separation, to awaken into unity. Whether spoken of as enlightenment, liberation, realization, or union with God, this quest appears as humanity’s…
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The Last Dualism 5 – Direct Cognition and the Necessity of Recognition
The End of the Search and the Fulfillment of Seeing There is a growing interest today in what many call direct experience, pure awareness, or non-conceptual knowing. People seek a state beyond language, beyond belief, beyond thought—something immediate and unmediated, where truth is no longer a theory but lived, seen, known. This yearning often carries…
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The Last Dualism 4 – The Eternal Structure of Thought
Beyond Self, Ego, and Silence Modern non-duality often speaks of “going beyond thought.” Thought is treated as noise, as interference, as the domain of the ego. Silence is upheld as the pure state—the absence of self, of mind, of conceptual filters. Enlightenment, in this view, is the cessation of thought, or at least a radical…
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The Last Dualism 2 – The Myth of the Body’s Illusion
Plato’s Legacy and the Persistence of the Great Dualism In the midst of today’s non-dual revival, a strange contradiction persists. While the language of unity, presence, and wholeness is widespread, the body—this visible, touchable, vulnerable being—is often spoken of as an illusion, a veil, a mistake. In countless spiritual teachings, the body is subtly or…
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The Last Dualism 1 – What Is Truly Non-Dual?
Beyond the Confusion of Experience, Metaphor, and Ontology In recent decades, few terms have gained as much traction in spiritual and philosophical circles as “non-duality.” From Eastern teachings like Advaita Vedanta and Dzogchen, to Western spiritual movements, therapy sessions, and even casual Instagram posts, the term has become a kind of shorthand for ultimate truth,…
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The Last Dualism – Intro: How Non-Duality Preserves the Root of Nihilism
Introduction A growing chorus in contemporary spirituality and philosophy sings of non-duality, interconnection, and wholeness. Eastern traditions, modern mystics, and therapeutic modalities echo the same refrain: separation is an illusion, all things are ultimately one, and awakening lies in transcending dualistic thought. Terms like oneness, pure consciousness, and non-separation circulate freely, suggesting a new paradigm…
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Post 12 – The Empirical vs. Transcendental Self: Understanding Duality
Body and soul, flesh and spirit, empirical and transcendental—the list of dualities used to describe reality and the human condition is extensive. But does this dualism truly reflect reality? If it does, how do these two sides of existence relate to one another? Is this division a fundamental part of reality, or merely a framework…
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Post 8 – Eternal Being and the Illusion of Change: Eastern Insights and Nihilistic Paradoxes
The East“For the soul, there is neither birth nor death at any time.It has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being.It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval.It is not slain when the body is slain.”— Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 20 This verse from the Bhagavad Gita…
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