Duality, Separation, Non-duality

A drop of water does not separate to be a part of the ocean, but rather dissolves its partiality. Until it surrenders, it is relatively powerless in comparison to the sea. The separate self is the time-based mind's attempt to separate and it will prove to be futile. Only separation is unattainable. Self-realization is an ease, since it is already complete.

Desire inherently contains its opposite, which is fear. Dual in nature, they depend upon one another. So while we are creating our personal desire, we are also creating poverty, greed, sexual obsession, power over others in the herd, and every form of lack. In other words, when we desire, we are actually saying that we are lacking. Consequently, both seem to be created. That is the way of the dual mind and it points to madness, but at least "I have what I want." Do you? "Probably not, but I will in the future."
If you are acquiring in order to be happier at a future time, ever-present joy will elude you. It is not a future endeavor. It is here now, uncaused and free of every-thing. The dual mind will prove to be ravenous for its desires, as it runs from its fears. Its bottom line will always be "more!" When it finally discovers that its treasures only provide a fleeting happiness, it discovers the root of all its longing, which is the realization of the Heart.

The dual mind is incapable of realizing joy since it is arising from a deeper Totality, let's call it a deeper dimension, exclusive of none. The ego is searching in objectivity (within people, places and things) to find happiness. It may discover a fleeting, relative happiness; meaning a happiness that will inevitably cycle to unhappiness which will once again cycle to happiness. The object that was attained did not cause the moment of happiness. In an instant of attainment, we were free of desire and stopped all searching and wanting. In this stopping, we slip into timelessness or our true nature, that is joy. One could say that when happiness and unhappiness merge, we discover that which is transcendent ... joy. This joy is ever-present, caused by nothing and in need of nothing. It is our natural state. It is realized by being still and noticing what really exists here and now. We become more conscious of what actually is.

Non-duality is not a concept or philosophy. It is who you really are here and now. A philosophy can be learned, disputed, practiced, etc. True Self is virtually free of every concept and every philosophy and yet excludes none. It is the pure awareness within which they are appearing.

I might also point to the fact that Non-duality cannot be understood by the dual mind. We can never 'know' it in any objective sense whatsoever. We can only be the Self. Once you make the Self into an object, you are speaking as an object and that is separation.

The only alternative is to stop all attempts to mentally understand and conceptualize. Even this happens automatically by itself, one the mind gives up.

The Self is not a destroyer. It is the unconditional Love that you are that accepts all as it is. As non duality, it is the virtual end of all suffering, since it is timeless which does not allow the opposites to take flight. In other words, time cannot embrace timelessness, but timelessness has no problem whatsoever with the appearance of time.

Now, first things first ... discover who you really are. For this realization, we stop, rest in "AM" and be still, while we curiously become aware of what is present within us.

~Katie Davis