It is natural that fear would arise when we consider the liberation of our true infinite nature. For it is this very fear that has been the block to liberation. This fear is not the natural protective impulses of the body, which perhaps may be better not to be called fear but something else to avoid confusion.

Why do the mind and body feel peace and calm in the presence of beautiful landscapes, paintings and architecture, a great symphony, the moon, or a beautiful animal?

Non Duality In A Nutshell

Once we have allowed ourselves to recognise the reality of the "looker" (what is perceiving these words right now), recognised this as our true self, and, without effort, allowed ourselves to become self-aware, this aware presence will effortlessly come to the fore in our experience.

Without question, the mind assumes that because what appears through its senses is localised, what knows of these perceptions is also localised. Without question, the mind believes that because what appears through its senses is limited in time and space, what knows of these perceptions is also limited.

If we ask ourselves, "What am I really?" — which is another way of asking, "Do I exist?" — what experience enables us to know we are real?

I love this quote from the 13th-century Buddhist sage Nichiren Daishonin, a teacher of a non-dualistic form of Buddhism.

"An individual at odds with himself will not achieve anything because his heart is not dedicated to a single purpose.” [Nichiren Daishonin Gosho p. 1389)

The hidden belief of being a separate self shows up in the mind and body in the form of fearful misidentification, feeling separate and thoughts of lack and personal desire that indicate separateness.

Why wouldn't a mind and body awaken and be at peace because we are knowingly at one with all existence? In this experience of Oneness, the boundaries between our mental and sensorial existence and the world disappear.

There are no practices to be at one with and experience the aware reality we are, only to open the mind that blocks this understanding. Sometimes called true self (Advaita Vedanta-like) or no self (Zen-like) or heart (Sufi-like), or God's Being (Christian Mystic-like), depending on tradition. The important thing is that the experience is the same.

What the most important social policy beyond all else that is recommended by spiritual leaders the world over throughout time? The universal number 1 priority and conclusion is world peace and all this entails. Nearly all spiritual leaders have made public pronouncements on this. So what is wise? PEACE! Always peace.

The misunderstanding about the nature of psychological suffering is getting in the way of meeting the physical needs of the planet in a balanced way, which is the central issue of physical survival.

Many spiritual teachers emphasise that society begins with individual behaviour and that this inner revolution needs to be the focus. On an experiential level, the world is considered a school. It's not about making the world perfect, and facing challenges is something that, as consciousness, we have created for our mind and body to get through somehow, as they are essential vehicles for us to achieve strength and express ourselves like forging iron rids it of impurities. These challenges help us become even stronger examples to our society of the life-affirming qualities of consciousness.

If we examine our experience at this moment, we will find that phenomena appear and disappear, but there is always something that never appears or disappears. This is the reality of all temporary phenomena that is the always present elusive something, not nothing. It is the essence of everything; unlike the appearances of the mind that come and go, it never does.

In studying Human Givens psychotherapy, which was revelatory in many respects, I learned the full honorific title for the mind. "The Metaphorical Pattern Matching Mind ". We have a mind that learns through the recognition of patterns.

am timeless, spaceless, silent, aware stillness. What I perceive of sensations as I peer through the lens of this mind are countless, beautiful mirrors of the reflected loving light I am.

A successful relationship can only be based on loving others for who they are, not what we want them to be. The consciousness we are is a free-flowing creative force.

When we talk with an apparent other, we are talking with ourself. Realising this, we can be conscious of this truth and instantly realise a profound rapport.