Isn’t the self awareness manifest in the form of a body-mind? There is no self apart from the awareness that it is. Non-duality doesn’t deny the existence of the self does it? The illusion is simply that the self is separate from awareness.
This is sort of like the Buddhist concept of "emptiness", the idea that all things are impermanent and dependent on other things. There is no "self" or perhaps it is the ego. Just as the self must label all things, ie. a tree. The tree is just a tree that we've labeled but it is so much more; it is the earth, sun, rain, and wind all incorporated into "tree". We label "self". Who is "We"?
The thing is : I remained me when I had an OBE many years ago. i also had an experience when my father was having an OBE and I saw his solid shadow sitting in his normal chair at the table early in the morning getting up at 4.00am to go surfing as a teenager. My personal OBE felt more real than normal 3D existence and I kept my “ body” looking exactly from my POA at my hands body etc , I was shocked and thought to myself “ I better jump back in case I get possessed by another entity ( pre programmed cultural fear) so there is still a self when you leave , just more lucid than our Cartesian reality.
I don't know about OBEs because I haven't had one. In any case, I am also saying there is still a self: "what before was considered to be a person (body + actions) continues"
Absolutely , there is a young man who teaches a method to be able to do it at will ! I am very intrigued by Darius J Wright. When he talks about more real than real that resonated with my experience also ! I still resonate with the non self as we are definitely a fractal of the one mind playing “ David” :)
I recommend finding out in experience instead of figuring out what the non-dual answer would be
Isn’t the self awareness manifest in the form of a body-mind? There is no self apart from the awareness that it is. Non-duality doesn’t deny the existence of the self does it? The illusion is simply that the self is separate from awareness.
Thanks Kat. Clear bell of what is.
This is sort of like the Buddhist concept of "emptiness", the idea that all things are impermanent and dependent on other things. There is no "self" or perhaps it is the ego. Just as the self must label all things, ie. a tree. The tree is just a tree that we've labeled but it is so much more; it is the earth, sun, rain, and wind all incorporated into "tree". We label "self". Who is "We"?
"The world was over today
The time is already gone
Throw your mind in the sea
Eternity doesn't last very long
There's some people on Earth
They live in separate minds
Dissolve your body today
There is no in or outside"
Swans - Mind/Body/Light/Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY6qjHrJJHQ
That's also beautiful 🌟
The thing is : I remained me when I had an OBE many years ago. i also had an experience when my father was having an OBE and I saw his solid shadow sitting in his normal chair at the table early in the morning getting up at 4.00am to go surfing as a teenager. My personal OBE felt more real than normal 3D existence and I kept my “ body” looking exactly from my POA at my hands body etc , I was shocked and thought to myself “ I better jump back in case I get possessed by another entity ( pre programmed cultural fear) so there is still a self when you leave , just more lucid than our Cartesian reality.
I don't know about OBEs because I haven't had one. In any case, I am also saying there is still a self: "what before was considered to be a person (body + actions) continues"
Continuing only, exists. "Now I would like to talk about our zazen posture. When
you sit in the full lotus position, your left foot is on your right
thigh, and your right foot is on your left thigh. When we
cross our legs like this, even though we have a right leg and
a left leg, they have become one. The position expresses the
oneness of duality: not two, and not one. This is the most
important teaching: not two, and not one. Our body and
mind are not two and not one. If you think your body and
mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one,
that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.
We usually think that if something is not one, it is more than
one; if it is not singular, it is plural. But in actual experience,
our life is not only plural, but also singular. Each one of us
is both dependent and independent." Shunryu Suzuki
Yin Yang :)
Absolutely , there is a young man who teaches a method to be able to do it at will ! I am very intrigued by Darius J Wright. When he talks about more real than real that resonated with my experience also ! I still resonate with the non self as we are definitely a fractal of the one mind playing “ David” :)
So clear. TXS
We create problems and we solve them by realizing there is no self and no problem, nice👍
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It IS the solution to all problems.