Not Two (Nonduality) or just One (Oneness)? AMA

[Dodo]

This is a different type of AMA - Answer Me Anything

Is Oneness or Not-twoness the better pointer to the Truth? Or perhaps some other term or thing or event is better pointer. 

Seeking the greatest pointer. 👉 

Perhaps also, why? But you can just tell me which one and not explain why if you dont want to.

[Water by the River]

Not two.

Oneness (or a Unity experience of being one with the visual field and all arisings) easily leads to the "I am God", a merging/Unity experience. Oneness basically is Nonduality, which can be had as Unity experience with a subtle identity still well and alive, hijacking the nondual state.

Which is then not true Nonduality with the center/identity fully transcended/seen through/gone, but a nonduality/unity experience hijacked and misinterpreted by a remaining subtle separate-self, which basically leads to continued suffering/resistance because its not fully seen through/transcended/cut off in real time.

Oneness is still one too many... Not understanding this (but thinking one understands it) is basically to a large part the Leitmotiv of this lovely place here...

And since this can only be understood once it fully happens, ones soul either intuits that truth and goes for it, or doesn't and goes happily exploring ET & company, and yours truly has to be happy with

Selling Water by the River 

 

... which he luckily is absolutely content with.

 

PS: The nondual/oneness trap:

 

Edited April 12 by Water by the River

[Dodo]

14 minutes ago, Water by the River said:

Not two.

Oneness (or a Unity experience of being one with the visual field and all arisings) easily leads to the "I am God", a merging/Unity experience. Oneness basically is Nonduality, which can be had as Unity experience with a subtle identity still well and alive, hijacking the nondual state.

Which is then not true Nonduality with the center/identity fully transcended/seen through/gone, but a nonduality/unity experience hijacked and misinterpreted by a remaining subtle separate-self, which basically leads to continued suffering/resistance because its not fully seen through/transcended/cut off in real time.

Oneness is still one too many... Not understanding this (but thinking one understands it) is basically to a large part the Leitmotiv of this lovely place here...

And since this can only be understood once it fully happens, ones soul either intuits that truth and goes for it, or doesn't and goes happily exploring ET & company, and yours truly has to be happy with

Selling Water by the River 

 

... which he luckily is absolutely content with.

 

PS: The nondual/oneness trap:

 

 Thank you this post seems really insightful and detailed. Much appreciated. 

[Leo Gura]

Not-two is just a convoluted way of saying one.