![]() ![]() So we can say that the cloud and the paper inter-are. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. Without a cloud, there will be no rain without rain, the trees cannot grow: and without trees, we cannot make paper. If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Thich Nhat Hanh describes it in this way, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh refers to this as ‘interbeing’ – or, the fact that one thing cannot exist without the other. While yes, on the surface this is the case, non-duality ultimately points to the underlying interconnectedness of everything. We eat a banana and then we eat an orange. ![]() We talk with a friend and then we see an enemy. We go to bed and it’s nighttime, and we wake up and it’s daytime. We might wonder, how can everything “be One” if there are clearly differences in our experience. After all, our minds work by creating divisions through words, concepts, and ideas – and the notion that “everything is One” is diametrically opposed to that.Ĭommon examples of dualistic notions that we’re quite familiar with are the following: us/them, black/white, good/bad, right/wrong, day/night, up/down, nice/nasty, exciting/boring, spiritual/unspiritual, mind/heart, male/female, young/old, and so on. The reality is that non-duality may appear totally strange, confusing, and even nonsensical to our minds at first. To understand the meaning of non-duality a little more in-depth, let’s break down some of the basic facets of non-duality which are: Meaning of Non-Duality (Explained in More Detail) (Note: please see the section below entitled “Dangers of Non-Duality” for a disclaimer of sorts.) ![]() In my many years on the spiritual awakening journey, the most direct path I’ve found to Illumination, True Nature, Self-Realization, or Oneness is the path of non-duality. Or what is known in Vedanta philosophy as Sat-chit-ananda or “truth, consciousness, bliss.”įor those who reach a point of utter depletion, for those who feel that there’s “something more,” and have done bucketloads of inner work but still feel there’s something missing, non-duality is the full stop at the end of the sentence. On a human level, it’s crucial to have some kind of guiding “roadmap” and practices to carry out because it helps to settle, ground, and orient the mind and heart.īut on a deeper level, on the level of not just Soul, but Spirit, what we’re always and only ever searching for is Home, Freedom, Love, and Peace. Start your Spiritual Awakening journey now!Īt what point can we finally rest? At what point can we finally find solace from the endless seeking, searching, and grasping?ĭon’t get me wrong. Explore soul retrieval, shadow work, and more. You have made the first step on the pathless path.Discover profound insights and practices that will help you to access deep levels of love and freedom. The pathless path isn't a straight line it doesn't even lead from point A to point B.ĭeepak Chopra: Walking the Pathless Path: Do We Need to Travel to Have a Spiritual Journey? 2010 To expand on Joseph Campbell, we are reaching a " pathless path" as humanity, a process that each person should reach in his or her lifetimes. Horror born of the jungle gloom and death on the pathless sands. The theory of navigation, which enabled the ships to travel unerringly their courses over the pathless ocean, was made clear to him. Ulysses, Ulysses, soaring through all the galaxies 2009 You, all the while, in cities of exile, in that exile that was your detested and chosen instrument, the weapon of your craft, erected your pathless labyrinths, infinitesmal and infinite, wondrously paltry, more populous than history. ![]() Weatherwatch: Winter snow fades in the highlands 2011 Instead, realising his perilous position, Montrose persuaded some shepherds of the Macdonald clan to lead the army to safety through the pathless wastes round Ben Nevis. Though these wilds may be called pathless still there were here and there narrow trails, which the moccasined foot of the savage had trodden for centuries.įrom Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services 1859 With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. All Central Africa and the great Southern or Antarctic continent was described as pathless desert - "a land uninhabitable from the heat" and the sources of the ![]()
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