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Just finished this book which was recommended by Guru Fat Bastard in High Consciousness resources. It's also on Audible. Wow wow I don't know what else to say other than wow. Here is a quote from the book: "Consciousness is all there is, flowing, streaming through these instruments in a manner which, in accordance with the perfect unfolding of totality, is perceived as discreet individual entities autonomously performing actions, but in truth this is not the case. There is no individual, no entity, no separate self here to do anything or to be anything, awakened or enlightened included." -- David Carse, Perfect Brilliant Stillness

Yes...❤ there's plenty of wisdom there to be had.

And you step through that illusion as well ❤

? nice one...yeah I think Sean Connery read this book to me on Audible... or maybe it was Terence Stamp...?

THIS is it ? ❤ I wasn't trying to disrespect your thread topic or Rupert... there's plenty of wisdom there to be had. Thanks for sharing btw ❤

The division is a misunderstanding. You could describe the ego as a veil of Illusion. It creates an illusory experience of separation... So then something that was never separate cannot unite... because it was never separate in the first place.

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Im eating white rice and listening to Rupert now ❤ Jane on the Streets of London and Peter on the beach in the Bahamas are just separate viewpoints of Consciousnesses infinite mind ? Weeeeee

The sense of self is a tough cookie to crumble... it cannot conceive of its own unreality. So it goes on doing what the sense of self does best... keep itself alive. The higher self, pure consciousness, awareness, true self, God, Infinity, The I AM... any kind of identity to keep itself from complete annihilation. Regardless of a belief about what this is... the trees are still treeing, the birds are still birding, the clouds are still clouding, the grass is still grassing. It simply doesn't matter because it already is what it is... Listen to Nike: ....Just do it!! Just do life.... stop asking why it's too short. ❤

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Every version of the paper strip you described and everything you said is all happening within everything. That's non-duality. The unavoidable everything.

Yes Duality is a word that points to something that was never real. 0 is an intuition and also points to the middle way -3-2-1 "0" 1 2 3. The empty fullness of everything, the pregnant nothingness, the real and unreal, the everything and nothing. Between nothing and everything IS...

You're free to do whatever you want expecially nowadays... It's only are culturally conditioned mind thoughts that say otherwise. Stop listening is the trick ?

@Member @Pugfishpanda Duality is a misunderstanding... this video may or may not help ❤

The importance of the emptying your glass before enquiry. The letting go of concepts and preconceived notions. Starting without bias.

@WaveInTheOcean ? take care bro...love you 2 ❤

no it's not puzzling at all and in fact it makes complete sense... the separate sense of 'I' does not want to die. It will always deny this message. there is absolutely nothing wrong with meditation eating white rice and listening to Rupert Spira at all. All that is being illuminated here is that it's very common for Spiritual Seekers to fall into the trap of the spiritual ego. From the experience here, it usually begins with some sort of awakening, glimpse or mystical experience where as the sense of 'self' or ego feels threatened and sneaks in the back door and relabels the sense of 'I' as Higher Consciousness; The true self; higher self; God; Infinite consciousness etc... It's not an attempt to criticize judge or invalidate anyone else's direct experience. It's just food for thought!! It's real and unreal unnamable unfathomable incomprehensible....THIS ❤

Yes it's a ?

❤ also if you haven't already, maybe check out: "Perfect Brilliant Stillness" by David Carse Just wow ?

Understanding how the identification with mind creates suffering. Going into details on how our parents were taught certain behaviors which led to the way they raised us and how it affects our lives. David Bohm & J Krishnamurti are great resources on this topic ❤

Nobody becomes enlightened. Enlightenment is the collapsing of the apparent separate individual thus making separation or duality an impossibility... as in it actually never happened. "The separation never occurred" -- A Course in Miracles

And believing it's something that needs to be killed perpetuates it's existence.. Simply recognize its unreality.