Four Steps to Non Duality

You've read all the Non-Duality books and have been going to non-duality speakers for years. You still have not got this.

Can Awakening be Lost?

Awakening is knowing who I am - which is oneness and non duality. And this knowing cannot be unknown, cannot be lost.

Can Words Express Non-Duality?

There is a problem that all non-duality teachers come against. How can you express what is essentially indescribable?

Who Chooses What You Think?

Who chooses the images that appear in your mind when there is no conscious recognition of choosing? Who chooses what you think?

Is There a God Spot in the Brain?

Is there a God Spot in the brain and will this cause you to get non-duality?

Is There a Separate Self?

There is is a sense of aseparte self, an appearance of a separate self, and this is what we need in order to function in this world.

Is Awakening The End of Attachment?

The mind is sometimes like the fire - it can rage and burn. Allow it to be, observe its games. None of this is happening to you.

Lessons From Krishnamurti Standing Alone

Now, having come to the end of seeking, I understand what seeing Krishnamurti standing alone means.

What Goes On In Your Brain Mind?

You live in a world that you call reality. It certainly looks real, but this world is in fact constructed by you.

Who Owns Your Life?

"No," I replied, I'm going to the cinema to see a film starring Jimi Hendrix." My fellow devotee looked shocked

Do You Need To Go to the Extreme?

When the Self disappears, so does doubt and with it the fears and anxieties that inhibit the human potential, both physical and mental.

What Happens When You’ve Gone?

I saw this interview with a lady who claimed to have had a spiritual awakening. During her awakening Princes Diana came to her as an ambassador of the dead to reveal that we survive after death. One inescapable truths is that everything is impermanent.

How to Live Longer

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I was watching a video on the internet today. It was a talk by a man who had been involved in research into the secret of a long life. He looked at several areas of the world where the average lifespan is considerably longer than the average.

He showed slides of 102 year olds water skiing, a 97 year old heart surgeon and a 103 year old grannie. They all appeared to live happy and active lives. When he looked into why they lived longer, one thing that these people had in common was a strong social life and a religious belief. In American, there is a community of Seventh Day Adventists who spend 24 hours every week worshipping God and socialising. Research has shown that a religious faith can add about 4 years to your life.

So, if you are an atheist living alone who doesn’t get out much, then this implies that your life will be short lived.

Non duality is presented as dealing with truth rather than faith of belief. One of the problems with finding truth is that you may not like the truth. From my perspective the Adventists are living an illusion that is far from the truth, and yet with their faith and community they appear to be living the ideal life that makes them happy and adds years to their life.

Some people when they suspect that the non-dual perspective could be true, feel a sense of flatness, as seeing the illusion of the self does not appear to provide much comfort. Many non dual speakers say that non-duality is not about self improvement or easing your pain. This is a stark message. Then when you mix in the concept of everything being empty, all things arising from emptiness, what is there left for you? What’s in it for me?

Maybe you should blindly take up a religious faith and don’t allow yourself to question that faith. That route, researchers say, can lead to happiness and a longer life.

Or perhaps you are one of those people who stick with finding out what is real, what is true. You yearn to know absolutely. Faith and belief are not enough for you.

The silver lining is that when you fully embrace non-duality, your life may get better, there will be an ease and, just maybe, you will live longer. But at this point you are so dis-identified with the separate self, that the thought of dying does not concern you. Survival is not what motivates you.

You are happy to live as long as you live, whether that be to 50 years old or 100 years old. The search for longevity is over.