The Secret Essence

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The human brain has evolved to do complicated things. Whenever I see a scientist pictured in front of a blackboard covered with equations, I think to myself how complicated the equations look, and what a brilliant mind the scientist must have to figure it all out.

I’ve just finished a computer program Life Manager Pro that involved hundreds of lines of computer code. My brain managed to sort out all the complex interactions involved to make the program do what it is supposed to do.

The human brain is great at complex stuff like this, but when it comes to non-duality there is a tendency to over complicate what it is all about. If you go to Non Duality Press you will find lots of books written about non-duality. If you read them all there is the danger that you mind will make non-duality into some intellectual puzzle that needs solving.

I was thinking of how to express the essence of my perspective in as few a words as possible. How do I reduce all the ideas and concepts to their essence?

There is no need to ponder about the nature of non-dualism, speculate on oneness or the existence of the separate self.  As complex as the brain is, it will never really get this, so don’t bother trying.

The short version of the essence is:

Let it be.

The long version is:

Let everything be as it is.

If you can stop here and get this, then there is no need to read any other of my blog entries or go to non-duality press and order any of their books.

If you want further explanation of what let it be means, then it may help to see what starts to falls away when you let it be:

• Seeking
• Clinging
• Choices
• Preferences
• Identity
• Judgement
• Identification
• Every thing
• No thing

Rest in your own being. Be indifferent to your mind and your ego. They are not your friends neither are they enemies.

There is nowhere to go. Nothing to be. Nothing to do.

Is this non-duality?

When the labels and logos have gone, nothing is left.

Welcome to paradise, or is this hell? At this point you do not care.