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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

”Knowing others is wisdom,

knowing yourself is enlightenment.” Lao Tzu

What is our True nature - Nondual awareness?

“Nondual” means "not two", or "one without a second " in Sanskrit. The simplest term would be "Unconditioned". Direct recognition of our unconditioned nature allows us to realise the most liberated dimension of ourselves, where we are complete as we are, beyond our conditionings (judgments, preferences, and aversions). As human beings, we naturally have our conditioning. It is a necessary function of our mind to ensure our survival & maintain the quality of our lives, but when it comes to our self-image (known as ego), things can get a bit tricky. Our conditioning consists of ideas, concepts, preferences, and judgments. They manifest as psychological & emotional patterns and create reactions to our experience. These patterns are like filters that interpret our experience and create narratives for our lives. These conditions fuel our behaviour for good or bad, and we are mostly unconscious of them. On the other hand, when we are resting in our Unconditioned awareness*, we know we are complete as we are. Nothing is missing. This dimension of consciousness is also called "ultimate medicine" in Buddhism, because it is a dimension of ourselves in which nothing needs to be changed. In other words, there is nothing that needs to be healed. There is nothing that needs to be worked on or maintained. No pressure. We are totally at ease with what is, in the moment we live. Here, we are where our goal is - simply content as we are, although nothing is excluded. When we are resting in our unconditioned awareness, we are simply being present with any phenomena we experience, whether thoughts, feelings, sensations or perceptions, regardless of their quality. Here, we realise that our experience itself is actually neutral, but our interpretation of the experience is conditioned. The more we familiarise ourselves with this unconditioned witnessing, the more we become aware of our own interpretations. Our unconscious patterns become conscious. As the light of our pure awareness starts to shine upon our conditioning, our reactivity starts to ease off, as if the rigid cast around our freedom starts to melt away. Our capacity somehow expands, and we can let go of our thoughts & feelings much more easily, rather than identifying with them. Our reactions to avoid, deny and manipulate our feelings and thoughts, in an attempt to eliminate our suffering, start to ease off. Instead, some kind of fundamental ease arises within us, and we realise that we are the unconditioned awareness in which our thoughts and feelings appear and disappear. Resting in Unconditioned awareness allows us to recognise the impermanent nature of our feelings and thoughts. This recognition helps them to lose their potency. Our identification with them starts to loosen, and we start to see their transient nature against our ever-present awareness. This gives a wonderful opportunity to inquire who we truly are, rather than who we “think” we are. Whilst it might be uncommon to be immersed in unconditioned awareness at all times like enlightened sages, we can certainly have a taste of it from time to time. As we get familiar with this dimension of ourselves that is inherent within us and seek refuge in the totality of our lives, fundamental trust in our life process emerges. I hope to share this timeless wisdom that you don’t need to go anywhere to obtain it because we are already that! *: It is also known as Nondual awareness, No-boundary Awareness, Buddhamind, Shiva, Christ consciousness, No-mind, Mind-itself, Nothingness, Centeredness, Suchness, That which is prior, Ultimate state of evolution, "Self" as "non-personal, all-inclusive awareness", etc.

Ocean

You are not a drop in the ocean.
You are the entire ocean, in a drop. 
Mevlânâ Celaleddin-i Rumi

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