The ground and expression of meditation is peace
Ruben Feld Goldman has a slightly different terminology, but his message seems the same as that of J. Krishnamurti- Unitary Perception.
Interlocutor 3: I was under the impression that subtle duality, the ego being thought and duality must come to an end.
RFG: True, but when you say, “must come to an end… ” well the language implies that it’s something that has to be done with effort, or deliberation, but it truly happens in Unitary Perception, that end of duality happens spontaneously when you enter this different activity of the brain, which is B, which is Unitary Perception, then this cyclic activity ends, then the constant wakefulness, the end of somnolence, the end, and then… the end of the cyclic pattern of C and the end of duality, the end of conflict. Meaning, there’s an end to, “I like it”, “I don’t like it”. See what I mean?
Then useless repetition ends. Conflict ends (fear, anger, sorrow, the desire for superfluous things).
Domhnall got a good hotel for me and was asking, “Do you like it?”
Never crossed my mind, whether I like it or not. It has a bed and I’m going to sleep in it, no big problem of liking or not liking. It is an excellent hotel.
No problem, you know? And they wanted me to go to a different room, which was supposed to be better. I said, “I’m ok here”, I said, “I’m ok here”.
And so there’s not this duality of liking or not liking, better – worse, none of that. That’s it. The duality ends because you are feeling the weight, because you are listening to the sound at the same time, simply, not because you need any effort for duality to end. See the point?
There are different schools of traditional advaita- much of it is hair-splitting dogma. Here is an interesting introduction into Shuddhadvaita of Sri Vallabhacharya- Truth:
"The difference between Advait philosophy of Shankaracharya and the Advait philosophy of Vallabhacharya is that, in Shankaracharya’s philosophy the soul, Nature (universe) and everything else is Brahm but look different because of the illusion created by the ignorance (avidyā) and veil of maya. In Vallabhacharya’s philosophythe soul, Nature (universe) and everything else is real but appears distinct from Brahm until one is totally engrossed in the bhakti of Krishna (God), at that time everything is realized as God, just as Gopis used to see and realized everything as Krishna and nothing but Krishna."
The ground and expression of meditation is peace- Iglesia Descalza
Spirituality is not just knowledge, but mainly being able to sense the dimensions of the radical human. The effect is a soft deep peace that comes from the Deep.Mankind desperately needs this spiritual peace. It is the secret source that feeds humanity in all its forms. It bursts from within, radiates in all directions, raises the quality of relationships and touches the hearts of people of goodwill. That peace is made of reverence, respect, tolerance, sympathetic understanding of the limitations of others, and acceptance of the Mystery of the world. It feeds love, caring, willingness to accept and be accepted, to understand and be understood, to forgive and be forgiven.In a troubled world such as ours, there is nothing more sensible and noble than to anchor our quest for peace in this spiritual dimension.
