The Nature of Non-Duality Blogs
You may have observed several blogs(genuine ones, not talking about those manifestation mixed ones, lol) on Tumblr talking about non-duality. You also see that I created like 100+ posts. You see there are resources, gurus, scriptures, podcasts, videos, ancient schools and lineages and all kinds of stuff on non-duality. All of this might create the impression that non-duality is something really complicated. I did say that my blog in particular is not about "teaching" anything. But it doesn't stop people from taking blogs/bloggers as authorities on the matter. This applies to everyone. Gurus, sages, influencers... all of them seem like authorities on the matter. As if they are "enlightened" beings. As if they have access to some mysterious and sophisticated information. As if you need to follow their guidance.
That's not it. They don't know anything you don't. They aren't "enlightened". They don't understand something you don't. And yet, there's all this "seeking" as if there is. Does this mean what they are doing is pointless? Well, yes, as pointless as anything else.
Non-duality isn't anything new. It's just the simple fact that only " " is and everything else is simply what it seems to be.
How come there are so many different ways to describe it then? How come there are a zillion resources on it? Well, that's all thanks to your "mind". Your mind complicates and attaches meaning to everything. It doesn't matter if it's a non-duality blog or an ice cream. It doesn't matter if it's silence, or if it's straight to the point or if it's big long essays. The mind always has a way to misinterpret it, complicate it and give it a special existential meaning. It's the habit of the mind.
Obviously, it's not wrong. That's just how the mind works. I am not saying the mind is at fault here. Whether it complicates it or not, the matter at hand is quite simple. The mind makes it seem complicated. But is it so?
Common pointers you see are "Who am I?", "Look inward" etc. The mind obviously makes even this into a "method" and then complains about it achieving nothing. So what?
In my defense, everything is best treated as art. My posts and everyone else's are art pieces. They are not here to make you achieve anything, whether they make it seem that way or not. It's all seeming to a fault.
For example, this post. What am I trying to achieve here? Obviously nothing. It's just here. A seeming decoration.
What do you gain by consuming all these resources? Nothing. It isn't the point anyway. It seems quite important given how we make it out to be, intentionally or not. But is it? It's like appreciating art. There's no reason. And this isn't just about these blogs. It applies to everything else. Be it an actual painting, a science textbook or some animal. It's all there purely for entertainment.
A rope might look like a snake or something else. But it isn't. And yet you are quite entertained. You know it isn't a snake. What it actually is is all that matters to you, no matter what it seems to be.
" " seems to be "you", a "world", a "universe", a "cat", a "human" and a number of other things. But it's all " ". Isn't it all that matters?
If you know it's a rope, why would you care about what it seems to be? Isn't it all just entertainment? In fact, what it seems to be is not the point. What it is was always the point. And goodness gracious, it isn't a "snake". It isn't a "monster". It isn't a "devil" out to get you. It isn't a "prison". It isn't a "world" with 999+ rules. It's just " ". Everything else is simply what it seems to be.
Would you care if a rope looked like a snake? Would you care if " " looked like a monster? No matter how terrifying or beautiful it is, it's only what the infinite eternal limitless " " seems to be.
This " " which is simultaneously everything and nothing is all there is. No matter what it seems to be, you know it isn't that. You know that the only actual reality —" "— is unconditionally perfect already, forever.
Wasn't the truth always the point, anyway? What does it matter what something seems to be? What does it matter if a rope looks like a snake?
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