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Freedom Beyond Knowledge
Stillness and silence in non-duality
Magdi‘s comment, regarding
Stillness & Silence
Dear Holger,
Concerning the usage of the terms
stillness
and
silence
in non-duality,
the following should be noticed:
In non-duality,
we speak of
stillness
and
silence
in absolute terms.
In other words,
non-duality refers to the
stillness
and
silence
which have no opposite.
From the perspective of mind,
this is difficult to comprehend
since we usually refer to
stillness
and
silence
in their relative sense.
There is such a thing as the
stillness
of the body
and such a thing as the
silence
of the body
(no talking)
and the
silence
of the mind
(no thinking).
But that is not what
the non-dual understanding
is referring to.
There is an underlying
silence
which lies beyond the
silence
of the body
or the
silence
of the mind
and which does not depend on
the
silence
of the body nor the
silence
of the mind.
This
silence
is the underlying reality
of the world body mind,
the uninterrupted universal
silence
out of which, to which and in which
all creation manifests.
The non-dual teaching is about
the revelation of this absolute
silence.
Love,
Magdi
Love & Math
Nisargadatta Maharaj spoken by Samaneri Jayasāra
Stillness & Silence
ChatGPT falling short…
Magdi‘s comment, regarding
Don’t mistake understanding for realization:
ChatGPT falls short here.
In terms of understanding, there is a difference between phenomenal and noumenal understanding. Non-duality is not concerned about phenomenal understanding. Rather, the focus is on noumenal understanding, meaning understanding about truth, about reality, about consciousness, the unborn.
There is no such thing as intellectual understanding. The intellect is used as a tool towards understanding, but understanding itself is non-intellectual. At the instant of understanding, there is no mind, no intellect as the mind/intellect has already served its purpose in bringing you to the edge of the cliff. Understanding is the free fall.
Concerning realization and liberation. Various teachers use the terms differently. There is no one-way in which these terms are used in the advaitic teaching. Keep in mind that the teaching is a live teaching, a sort of transmission from teacher to student.
To simplify things, let us consider that there are two stages in the non-dual revelation.
1) The glimpse into the reality of consciousness (sometimes referred to as enlightenment or kensho) whereby truth is revealed to be non-dual and the illusion of the separate me, the separate self is seen to be void and illusory.
2) The establishment of/as this non-dual reality whereby the belief in separation and the feeling of separation no longer arise, or no longer arise 99.99% of the time.
One could use the terms for realization for stage 1 and liberation for stage 2.
But I would suggest not to get so caught up in the terms and how these words are used. In following the teaching of various different teachers, the student who does not have a deep understanding, will get confused by the terms since each teacher uses the terms differently and this will slow down the exploration.
Finally, I would mention that speaking of the non-dual teaching as consisting of two stages is very simplistic and at best pedagogical.
These two stages are not in fact apart. They are concomitant.
ChatGPT is a schematic rendition when it comes to non-duality.
Much love,
Magdi
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