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    Thread: What is non-duality?


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    07-26-2014, 03:47 AM (This post was last modified: 07-26-2014, 03:57 AM by Stranger.)
    Thank you for sharing this, Raz. A wonderful bit of spiritual inspiration to keep in mind.

    I recognize that what is written here is true. But I have trouble reconciling the idea of striving being unnecessary, or even counterproductive, with the fact that our Logos has created a game for us all to play, a game that we must complete, with clear rules for advancement.

    Perhaps the answer to the paradox lies in recognizing that there are multiple levels of truth and illusion. Within illusion, the game is on. Within Truth, there is only unity. Yet we are now existing within both. And therefore striving is as necessary as recognizing that all is already perfect. To deny either of these two realities is to deny a part of the Truth, because the illusion is contained within Truth.

    Personally, the part I have the most difficulty with is recognizing that I'm a perfect part of the perfect whole, even in my within-game imperfection. I have no trouble accepting the Infinite Creator, the One Being, as perfect, or the Logos as a perfect manifestation of it. I don't see how I can see myself as perfect while, despite years of practice and intention and self-transformation, I continue at times creating suffering for those around me.

    I had an experience once where I saw myself as a conceptual shell, an agglomeration of concepts and attributes that were themselves lifeless and unimportant, but forming a vessel that was filled with pure, beautiful and vital light that had nothing to do with the identity it was inhabiting. This insight was a representation of the falseness of the identity we associate with our being, and the transcendent beauty and reality of the actual Being that pretends to be our selves for a while.

    Shortly after perceiving this, I read about an injustice - a man in prison who had no paper, and could only get paper to file an appeal by making a written request. I thought, "those f***ers" - then had the realization, "they’re not f***ers. They're shapes in a swirling current. They only exist as concepts superimposed on the flowing stream" - and my guides said, "now you are beginning to see the truth." This is probably how Logos, whom I prefer to call Father, sees us. But it sure is hard to see ourselves this way, as His light in a temporary and ultimately unimportant conceptual form.

    Perhaps to make headway in this illusory game requires self-acceptance, and self-acceptance requires seeing ourselves from that perspective, but I haven't a clue how to do it.
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    What is non-duality? - by Raz - 07-22-2014, 09:17 PM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Raz - 07-25-2014, 10:23 PM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Stranger - 07-26-2014, 03:47 AM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Stranger - 07-26-2014, 01:18 PM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Raz - 07-26-2014, 09:08 PM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Stranger - 07-26-2014, 10:47 PM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Raz - 07-27-2014, 12:11 AM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by Stranger - 07-30-2014, 09:37 PM
    RE: What is non-duality? - by AnthroHeart - 07-30-2014, 09:56 PM

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