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Not-Two<\/h3>\n

Advaita<\/span><\/span>, or non-duality, is an intelligent mental concept about Unity behind the human experience of and in duality. It is a paradigm, a framework within which humans interpret reality. This paradigm has been developed by humans over the centuries and its truth cannot be proven, as the human mind with all its powers cannot transcend its own boundaries. However, without any ‘proof’, the non-dualistic principle of this paradigm, the unity behind all duality and polarity, can be experienced. The experience shows itself (possibly ultimately) by learning to see and follow unity in every aspect of life. Knowing the theory of the paradigm is not the same as experiencing it. Many ‘know’ the paradigm, but only with the mind and then it is nothing more than an anthropocentric<\/em><\/span><\/span> standpoint.<\/p>\n

Realizing ‘non-duality’ (making real \/ self-realization) means making unity real internally in our manifest dual state (or in our earthly existence). This means we face duality within ourselves and, where we are able, dissolve the non-True (the lie, the illusion) within ourselves (you can also say: leave behind) to thus become a True human; essentially a human as it’s ‘intended’. And this means that a human will have evolved in a certain sense. It means becoming sustainable in our perception of ‘ourselves in the world’ and experiencing that essentially no ‘two’ exists. Then you still live fully ‘in the world’, from an unchangeable (sustainable) ‘I and will’, but you are no longer ‘of the world’. These principles were articulated centuries ago in the Advaita Ved\u0101nta<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

What we call the ego is the dual division in our personality<\/em><\/span><\/span> that we refer to as ‘I’. We bind ourselves to many limited things by identifying with them and this creates the ego as a false identity. As soon as the ego binds to one thing, something else becomes an opponent to it and we lose the experience of unity. Identification with a soccer club is a good example, but so is identification with ‘being right’. And of course, this includes identification with the non-duality paradigm.<\/p>\n

Self-remembrance<\/h3>\n

P.D. Ouspensky already talked about realizing a sustainable I and Will, by stopping inner lying and imagination on one hand, and no longer believing that we would be all those opposing ‘selves’ (fighting for priority within ourselves) on the other hand. By seeing them, continuously observing them whenever they present themselves, and transcending them. This is possible by living and acting according to the real knowledge that is already within us. We do this by consciously observing everything. Our optimal attention to the situation we are in, to our actions therein, and to our own inner state in this regard (mind+feeling) is necessary. Self-remembrance<\/em><\/span><\/span> therefore. Attention, after all, is the conductor of consciousness and sheds our inner light on the shadow causes.<\/p>\n

In (awake) sleep, our usual inner state and thus actually accepting unconsciousness, none of this can happen. Practically realizing inner unity depends on our genuine desire to be present in the Now. In a mechanical sleep state, we only partially experience our potential possibilities because we are mostly not in the moment, but in an illusory world that our mind creates by playing with thoughts of before and after Now<\/em>. “Hey, I’m at work, but how did I mentally drive here?” can then occur to us in a moment of wakefulness.<\/p>\n

Realization<\/h3>\n

In the awake state (awareness), in our experience and perception, the world and we become much larger. Then we experience more and more unity behind all those manifestations we deal with, and thus also behind all the division within us that the ego (as it’s fashionably called nowadays) can maintain in sleep. The ego dissolves (dies) in an awake state of complete devotion to action or non-action in the Now and so all the ‘selves’ that this ego consists of will resist this tooth and nail. Mechanicity through unconsciousness is therefore the ego’s best friend.<\/p>\n

In Self-remembrance – i.e., full attention in the moment in the situation you are in, including observing your own inner mental state – identification is impossible and so the ego simply cannot exist. We then realize ourselves (make real). Our personality then serves our essence entirely.<\/p>\n

All of this is therefore practice! It requires a disciplined application of what we know. First, we need to align our thinking with what we truly Know internally. Then we align our expressions with our thinking. Next, our actions align with our expressions, and in the moment, we then see our action in line with our Knowledge. This gives rise to the following beautiful perpetual motion principle: “I think what I Know, I say what I think, I do what I say, and I know what I do.”<\/p>\n

Non-duality \/ Advaita is only a mental concept and thus theory. However, the unity behind everything is observable in practice, so non-duality \/ Advaita can, by applying the above, eventually be experienced and realized, and this theory, this mental concept, or paradigm, suddenly becomes True Knowledge. Before this realization through experience<\/em><\/span><\/span>, it is only a theory that doesn’t “improve” us just by knowing a lot about it and remains mental baggage. As humans (with an undeniable psychology), it doesn’t bring us any self-realization, just entrenched dualistic thinking because every opposing theoretical opinion will take us out of our self-proclaimed fake unity, lead to a discussion, and thus drive us out of our inner peace. Do we feel opposition? Then there’s no practical non-dual experience and we need to come into unity with ourselves in the Sattvic non-dual space<\/em><\/span><\/span> behind the movements of mental and emotional turmoil. In peace, for peace knows no opposition.<\/p>\n

For this, it’s important that our head, heart, and body align: they experience an equal development. Because the head gets excessive attention, the heart gets neglected, and we don’t know what to do with our body. Relevant articles on this are:<\/p>\n

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  • Our story<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Thoughts and feelings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Open or closed<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Willing or answering<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Find the third point and duality disappears<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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    \u00a9 Michiel Koperdraat<\/h6>\n

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    Niet-Twee<\/h3>

    Advaita \/ non-dualiteit is een mentaal concept over Eenheid achter de illusionaire menselijke beleving van dualiteit. Het 'realiseren' (making\u00a0real \/ zelfrealisatie) betekent de Eenheid Waar-maken in onze eigen manifeste duale staat (ofwel in ons aardse bestaan). Realiseren (waarmaken) betekent dualiteit in onszelf onder ogen zien en daar, waar we er toe in staat zijn, het niet-Ware (de leugen) in onszelf doen oplossen (je kunt ook zeggen: achterlaten) en duurzaam te worden in onze perceptie van 'onszelf in de wereld'. Dan leef je nog ten volle 'in de wereld' maar bent niet meer 'van de wereld'.\u00a0<\/p>

    Wat wij ego noemen is de duale verdeeldheid in ons waar we 'ik' tegen zeggen, en\u00a0ons ego bindt zich middels identificatie aan vele beperkte dingen. Zodra het zich\u00a0bindt aan \u00e9\u00e9n ding, wordt iets anders hieraan opponent (identificatie met een voetbalclub is een goed voorbeeld, maar identificatie met 'het eigen gelijk' ook).\u00a0<\/p>

    P.D. Ouspensky had het reeds over het realiseren van een duurzaam Ik en Wil, door innerlijk liegen en verbeelding enerzijds, en het geloof in dat we al die tegengestelde 'ikjes' die in onszelf om de voorrang strijden zouden z\u00edjn\u00a0<\/em>anderzijds, te z\u00ed\u00e9n en te overstijgen. Dit is mogelijk door te leven en te handelen naar de werkelijke kennis die al in onszelf aanwezig is. Dit doen we door werkelijk alles Waar te nemen. Onze optimale aandacht is nodig voor de situatie waarin we verkeren, voor ons handelen daarin, \u00e9n voor onze eigen innerlijk staat hierbij (verstand+gevoel).\u00a0Aandacht is de geleider van Bewustzijn.\u00a0<\/p>

    In (wakende) slaap, onbewustheid in feite accepterend dus, kan dit allemaal niet, en dus is het praktisch waarmaken van innerlijke eenheid afhankelijk van onze werkelijke wens om in NU aanwezig te zijn. In mechanische slaapstaat ervaren we maar met mate onze potenti\u00eble mogelijkheden, want we verkeren dan merendeels niet in het moment, maar in een illusionaire wereld die onze geest schept omdat die\u00a0aan het spelen is met voor en na NU<\/em>. 'H\u00e8, ik ben al op m'n werk maar hoe ben ik er in godsnaam in gedachten heen gereden?' kan dan in ons opkomen in een moment van wakkerheid.<\/p>

    In wakkere staat (awareness) worden in onze beleving en ervaring de wereld en wijzelf enorm veel groter. Dan ervaren we meer en meer een eenheid \u00e1chter al die verschijningsvormen waar we mee te maken hebben, en dus ook \u00e1chter al die verdeeldheid in onszelf die door ons ego (zoals dat tegenwoordig zo trendy heet) in slaap lekker in stand kan blijven.
    Het ego lost op (sterft) in een wakkere staat van volledige toewijding aan handelen of niet handelen in het Nu (Bhakti<\/em> genaamd in de Vedische filosofie) en dus zullen alle 'ikjes' waaruit dit ego bestaat zich hiertegen met hand en tand verzetten. Mechaniciteit (onbewustheid) is dus zijn grootste vriend.\u00a0<\/p>

    In Zelfherinnering - d.w.z. aandacht volledig in het moment in de situatie waarin je verkeert, en m\u00e9t inbegrip van het waarnemen van je eigen innerlijke geestesstaat - is identificatie onmogelijk en dus kan het ego gewoonweg niet bestaan. Onze Persoonlijkheid is dan geheel dienstbaar aan onze Essentie.<\/p>

    Dit alles is dus praktijk! Het vereist het in praktijk brengen van wat we Weten. Allereerst dienen we ons denken\u00a0in lijn te brengen met wat we innerlijk diep Weten. Dan brengen we onze uitingen in lijn met ons denken. Vervolgens onze handelingen weer in lijn hiermee, en in het Nu zien we dan onze\u00a0handeling\u00a0in lijn met wat we Weten. Zo krijg jet het vogende mooie perpetu\u00fcm-uitgangspunt: \"Denk wat je weet, zeg wat je denkt, doe wat je zegt en weet wat je doet.\"<\/p>

    Non-dualiteit \/ Advaita is enkel een mentaal concept en dus theorie. De eenheid achter alles is echter waarneembaar in de praktijk en dus kan non-dualiteit \/ Advaita door toepassing van bovenstaande op een gegeven moment worden waar-gemaakt (ge-real-iseerd) en wordt deze theorie, dit menale concept \/ paradigma) opeens Ware Kennis, Voor die realisatie door ervaring is en blijft dit\u00a0slechts theorie waar je niet\u00a0'beter' van wordt en niet veel mee opschiet als het gaat om het realiseren van innerlijke vrijheid.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-126695","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}