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Originally Posted by ethereal  The main principle of Advaita Vedanta is that of non-duality, which is that whenever you have any kind of division at all it is the mind's concepts superimposing themselves over the true reality. What happens in non-duality is that there is no objectification possible. Any objectification means that there is a split between subject/object, which is a concept and cannot be the Absolute Truth. Yet, we are aware of our awareness, and that there is a "subject" that is aware of everything. The paradox is that in assuming there is a subject, it splits Reality into subject and object, no matter how deep you go within. The only way out is to realize that the subject is what is objectivising itself, i.e. subject does not even exist, the supposed "subject" is actually only subjectivity -- and it is the same as "I".
Not sure if that made any sense  I took these ideas from Wei Wu Wei's books, highly recommend them if you enjoy giving yourself huge headaches  |
I've been reading Jed McKenna's books recently, and he talks a lot about Truth, and "abiding non-dual awareness", but he never actually
says what it is! So frustrating. I mean, what he took a whole book to convey, without success, you've made clear in one paragraph. Of course this paragraph doesn't equate to true understanding but I guess only achieving non-dual awareness would.
Time for me to give myself a headache or two
