non-guruality (1 of 2)

Talking about the One is impossible, as part of the agreement inherent to grammar is that there is an ego who talks to others, or a subject which acts upon an object. To utter a coherent sentence, this simple axiom must be respected, otherwise no sense is made. The problem with non-duality, then, is that it is non-sense (and so not even formulable as a problem).

"Astrophysicists must reckon with the possibility that their outer world is only our inner world turned inside out." -Lewis Mumford

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[patternsinchaos]

By non-duality do you mean oneness?

[0ThouArtThat0]

I have no idea.

[0ThouArtThat0]

"non-duality is..." got cut off from the beginning of this video.

[IpsaPaphum]

2:17-2:23 "Time is a way of spatializing change". I sometimes think of time as a dimension needed to display infinite unity, to present that which cannot be presented as a whole at once, because the infinite by definition cannot be comprehended. How can you show an infinite mass of water? By letting it flow by as a river.

[tygesh]

Here is a fellow who likes to hear himself talking. But the whole point of the matter goes by his (big) nose, since he intellectualizes the whole thing. What about KEEPING QUIET boy, - have you ever tried that?

[ovolactoporkchoppo]

All the questioning, all the analysis, all the longing for evidence, is nonduality. It cannot be engaged or described, but it is all that appears to be, whatever the appearance. It is so obvious it confounds the mind. Especially the apparent mind of the seeming individual in this video!

[JasonOnEarth]

Or for leaves to fall in the Autumn. Good example. :-) Thanks.

[zencat]

She teaches because it is natural for her to teach- in the same way it is natural for flowers to bloom in Spring.

[JasonOnEarth]

The vacuous nothing is actually something. The vacuum/space contains hydrogen plasma, electromagnetic radiation, and other "stuff" that's currently unknown (dark matter, and so on). There is a physical connection. (not sure if my comment pertains to what you are trying to postulate, though)

[JasonOnEarth]

If she understands teaching has no purpose then why is she a teacher? :-)

[zencat]

It's actually fairly easy to tell a true teacher from a charlatan, especially after you've been on the path awhile. For one thing, a true teacher has no agenda and therefore will never attempt manipulation. A true teacher doesn't even think to herself, "my purpose is to teach". She understands that teaching has no purpose.

[shiftinaction]

Interesting discussion. Your question regarding guru legitimacy and speculation that one cannot tell a charlatan from an authentic teacher is curious. Trust your inner guidance. Someone who may offer a place to grow for one person may not for you. Even those with a large ego may have some value to share. You may like Eckhart Tolle - he has a very unassuming personality.

[0ThouArtThat0]

i think they are connected in the same underlying way that isolated fractals arise in a julia set like this:

math.mcgill . ca/~dubois/Math578/julia.gif

that is how i am conceptualizing it, anyway. other solar systems seem to be distant from ours, but they are not disconnected, they are just reiterations of our own.