Help me out with Non-Duality

@faithfulCoconut848

I hope you get to converse with people that hold the same ideals as you 🩷🤗

Have a great Sunday!

@faithfulCoconut848

I don't have lived experience with non-dualism, but from what I've read it feels like certain perspectives in Buddhism and Hinduism are intellectually aligned with that critique, they'd view it as helpful rather than a hindrance, and it's pretty central to the mindset behind certain practices (i.e. emptiness meditation, Koan practice, self-inquiry)--aiming to see through or deconstruct in order to arrive what's leftover that's always/already there, apophatic spirituality, etc.

@faithfulCoconut848

give yourself temporary amnesia. Don’t hold on to anything from the past. Be here now. What is left? 

I am a non dualist but I am more than that. That term doesn’t describe me all the way. We all have an ego. It’s part of being a person. But we don’t have to let it drive us. We can let love be our compass  

@faithfulCoconut848

I appreciate your honesty. One sentence especially stood out to me:

"If ego is already fake, who is saying 'I am the universe'?"

That question is deeper than it first appears.

May I offer another possibility?

Perhaps the problem is not that the ego exists, but that it misunderstands itself.

Imagine a mirror. A mirror has no light of its own, yet it reflects the sun. The mistake would be for the mirror to say, "The light is mine." Breaking the mirror would not create more light, but neither would worshipping the mirror. The answer is simply recognizing where the light comes from.

Maybe the human "I" is similar. It was never meant to be the ultimate reality, nor was it meant to disappear into the universe. Perhaps it exists as a sign—pointing beyond itself.

Our ability to know, love, create, and choose is real, but it is limited. Those very limits invite a question: if my knowledge is limited, what would Unlimited Knowledge be? If my love is limited, what would Perfect Love be? If my power is limited, what would Infinite Power be?

Perhaps our limitations are not defects to overcome, but signs that point beyond ourselves.

Instead of saying, "I am the universe," or "I do not really exist," perhaps there is a third possibility:

The self is neither the destination nor an illusion to be erased. It is a window.

A window has value not because people look at the glass, but because it lets them see what lies beyond it. In the same way, the human self finds its deepest meaning not by declaring, "I am everything," nor by denying its own existence, but by recognizing the One from whom everything comes.

A mirror does not lose its value by admitting that the light is not its own. On the contrary, it fulfills its true purpose. Perhaps the human self also fulfills its true purpose when it reflects, with humility and gratitude, the infinite wisdom, power, mercy, and love of its Creator.

For me, that understanding preserves both humility and meaning. It neither inflates the ego nor denies our existence—it transforms the self into a witness rather than a substitute for the One who gave it existence.

These reflections were inspired by the writings of the Muslim scholar Said Nursi, who offered a fascinating perspective on the human "I": not as an illusion to be erased, nor as an absolute reality to be glorified, but as a trust placed in our care that points beyond itself to its Creator. I found that perspective surprisingly relevant to conversations like this one.

All the best.

@faithfulCoconut848 ♥️

Non dualistic is hard to attained my friend you just need to choose!

@faithfulCoconut848 Question 🙂 what is the difference of the universe and any living being? 

Does not the universe, and the human body look the same, if you look in a microscope at the human celluar level?