Yesterday I obsessed over something I said that was really stupid. I just couldn’t stop thinking about it and then every time I did think about it, a huge pang of guilt and embarrassment washed over me. I think this obsessive thinking is an old remnant from having social anxiety. Growing up [...]
Posts under ‘Nondualism’
Seeking Enlightenment Sucks
I’m to the point of being completely frustrated and uninterested in reading and thinking about all this advaita oneness enlightenment stuff.
I have these books and I’m just completely not interested! There is too much to understand with all these words and concepts, and I really don’t care about all that. I [...]
What Question Should I Ask?
It occurred to me today (meaning Friday since it is a little past midnight on Saturday right now) that I can’t know what to seek if I don’t know what it is I’m seeking in the first place.
When I was depressed, I sought happiness. That’s easy. Dualism 101…just take the thing you don’t [...]
Being One with Zip-lining and Snorkeling
Tomorrow I’m off to a 9 day cruise in the Caribbean. It’s my first cruise, my first time to the Caribbean, my first time traveling over seas!
It’s very exciting and a completely new experience for me. The only other REAL vacation I ever had before this–meaning a getaway that lasted longer [...]
Getting it!
Today I “got it.” I’m pretty sure. Could it really be that simple?
To know yourself at your very core, without all the baggage and emotions and thinking. The you-ness that is simply there in the midst of all that.
Whoa!! This is the simplest thing EVER. Why is [...]
The Well of Ignorance
I know this poem is written to reflect Franklin Merrell-Wolff’s perspective on being a teacher, but I like to pretend it is also about me–and you–and anyone else who is ‘aware’ trying to get themselves to see the light.
The Well of Ignorance
By Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Pathways Through to Space
I dip into the well of Ignorance [...]
The Perpetual Intentional Choosing
FINDING THE MOST DIRECT MEANS TO INNER PEACE AND LIBERATION
Looking back at the progress of my life, from being desperately empty, lost and almost always depressed to now knowing peace more easily and quickly at almost any given moment, it seems likely that “enlightenment” could occur within this lifetime. Maybe?
I am [...]
Goodbye 100 Things List
Ever since making The Decision, I really don’t care about goals anymore. So I’ve deleted my 100 Things To Do page.
Visiting Sedona. A front seat ticket to Radiohead. Zumanity in Las Vegas.
Those things are all super cool and I’d still love to do them, but it just seems so trivial [...]
Focusing on the “I” Within
I am reading Pathways Through to Space by Frank Merril-Wolff. It is very rich and full of insight, but also the kind of book that can only be taken in bite sized pieces. I read a few pages at a time and then need a 15 minute bread to absorb the material. [...]
Nondualism and A Course in Miracles
Nondualism
Nondualism is the concept that everything in the universe is an illusion of separation, while true reality is pure oneness. I’ll refer you to Wikipedia which has the most straightforward definition I’ve been able to find:
Nondualism may be viewed as the understanding or belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena. Examples of dualisms [...]
