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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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This is what one non-dualist discovered. His last step was releasing the desire to be free. At that point, he embraced what is.
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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.
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No, in non-duality there is no point of view. Pure is-ness. No I, no mind, just simply what is. The world unfolds before you in each moment, how that happens is unknown, the great mystery.
Separation, labeling, the I. These things exist in the mind. Go beyond the mind and just see what is, and there is only awareness. Not I am awareness, just awareness or beingness.
So consequently, that must be my true nature, the real "I", that which is aware. And in the absence of something to perceive, is there awareness? Perhaps this is a flaw in non-duality, it conceives it is also that which is perceived. However, my understanding is that this is something that is seen or felt intuitively.