Good morning my dear friend, my dear Self. Just a quick note to express my gratitude for your support over the past 2 weeks. These messages reminding me of Self-Knowledge have been like a lifeline you threw into the apparent hole for me to crawl out of. Slowly, it feels like I can see the big picture again: the God’s Eye View versus the Bug in the Rug perspectives. Have you heard of the Overview Effect which is akin to the God’s Eye View? It is something astronauts experience, and it reflects Self-Knowledge, referencing ‘Sanskrit philosophies’. Edgar Mitchell writes about it.
Sundari: I am just a voice for what you already know. Yes, I have heard of the Overview Effect. All earthlings are afflicted by the “nearsightedness” of duality until they can step out of the box. Would that all humans could take a trip into space out of the limitation of their little psychological earthen dungeons, to see with God’s Eye View the beauty and truth actually there, covered by the bug in the rug perspective, courtesy of Maya.
Q: Learning how to be a Nobody versus a Somebody is the most delightful and purposeful teaching for my existence. Thank you for your presence and guidance. Non-dual therapy is the most evidence-based therapy there could be!
Sundari: Nondual vision is not therapy – it is you seeing you. But yes, I know what you mean. It is without a doubt the most evidence-and experience-based ‘therapy’ in existence. However, nonduality is not about being a ‘nobody’ unless you mean you are that without a body. ‘Nobody’ versus ‘Somebody’ are the same thing. Both are identities that do not apply to the Self, but being a ‘nobody’ implies something is wrong with being a somebody, a person. This idea is an obstacle to peace of mind because inherent is the idea that you cannot love the jiva. But the jiva is the Self, how could you not love it?
It’s ok to be you as a jiva, with your quirks and foibles. There is only a problem with that when you believe that is who you really are, and are causing injury to yourself and others as a result. There is the persistent belief in the spiritual world that we have to somehow get rid of the ego identity as though it is the enemy. Identification with it is the enemy of peace of mind, this is true. But just as you cannot negate that which is real, you cannot get rid of that which is not. You can only understand the difference. Living as the love you are as the Self means loving your(not)self unconditionally. This person doesn’t have to improve for you to love it, but it will automatically improve as Self-knowledge scours away ignorance, and you will like it a whole lot more.
Q: “What you have you will lose. What you are, you will not lose”. This statement appears to reflect where I am with Self-Knowledge. I have it but I am not IT (yet). God bless you Sundari and thank you again for your generosity of wisdom.
Sundari: You are always welcome, I love talking to you. Your statement above is correct, there is nothing one can ever keep in mithya because nothing is permanent. Only the Self, the witness of the apparent keeping and losing, can never be gained or lost. You cannot NOT have ‘IT’, though there may still be ignorance in the way of fully appreciating that fact. You are closer than you give yourself credit for.
Hang in there, you are doing great
Much love
Sundari
