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How many of you out there have fallen into the trap of thinking you know what you know?
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The problem that I had with it nearly killed me. I always used to think in terms of what "I" knew. That somehow, the "I" was separate from the rest of knowledge. There seemed to be a center, and for whatever reason, that center took the helm and made itself mightier than the same knowledge it was composed of.
Eventually, I questioned all of that. What is "I" composed of? Isn't it built from our experience, our cultures, and our traditions? If that is true, then doesn't that mean the "I" is handed to us? Coming from outside of us? If we are told what "I" is, and we accept it, how is that different from any other knowledge we might possess? Is there some "I" that is different from the rest of the knowledge in this organism? It was this sort of questioning led to my realization on December 1st, 2006.
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I freed my mind in that moment, but when I did I realised before, what I thought was free, was merely another trap I got myself stuck in.
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Freedom is elusive because the freedom we believe in does not exist. Our beliefs about freedom keep us from it. There is absolutely nothing to be free from psychologically. It is certainly easy to fall into the trap of thinking it is so, however. When the "I" sets itself up for business, it thinks of itself as somehow being different from the rest of knowledge. But "I" is composed of the same stuff it is trying to escape from. That would be like trying to physically escape from yourself.
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I reasoned I would have to meditate on the belief of Non-Duality some more.
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I'm all for meditation, but be careful. If you believe in non-duality and are attached to the idea of it, and set that up a system of belief for non-duality in yourself, then isn't that duality?
If one is non-dualistic, can there be a point of view based on thought or knowledge? Can there be a point of view at all?
I'm just asking.