a question

[Guest guest]

Happy TGIF! (TMIF?)

 

I am feeling hopelessly confused and suspect Manoj is right: it's time to quit

thinking and surrender this particular struggle at Mother's feet.

 

I have the feeling I am misunderstanding what the term "nondualist" means. It

seems that it should refer to those who do not accept that there is separation

anywhere. I had assumed that nondualists believe that duality does not exist -

that, ultimately, the Creator/creation are one.

 

Would someone with a better brain/more insight please clarify this for me.

 

I think I had presumed that all, or most, of us on this list are nondualists but

my understanding of the word may well be completely backwards.

 

Help, please!

 

Namaste,

Snehalata

 

 

[Guest guest]

I believe dualism is seeing God and Atman as eternally

separate. Many vaishnavites are dualists in that the

ultimate goal is to exists eternally by God to

whorship Him.

 

Non-dualism is seeing God and Atman as ultimately One.

Many Saivtites are non-dual in that the ultimate goal

is to merge back into the Supreme Reality, or God, or

Brahma.

 

I think seeing Amma only is dualism, but seeing Amma

as only an aspect of the Ultimate Reality is

non-dualism. (Amma is the lightbulb, be aware of the

electricity)

 

It is Amma's teaching, as well as many other saints',

that neither path is superior and both will lead to

Realization. Both paths will likely be followed by

every individual among their thousands of lives.

Whichever path one follows in this life is likely the

correct path right now.

 

I think I read in Awaken Children a story where Amma

says that God gives us what we need whether we're

dualist or non-dualist. God either comes to us or

waits for us to go to Him. Neither is "better".

 

 

> I have the feeling I am misunderstanding what the

> term "nondualist" means.

 

 

 

 

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