Everything Is That One

If all appearances are actually That Formless One, then they do exist. There has never been anything but existence since the One I has always been and always will be. Saying we don't exist is the same as saying the Absolute doesn't exist. If non duality is the truth then everything is that and does exist. 

The Absolute And The Relative

Despite the fact that everyone is that One I Am, most people are not conscious of this fact. Ignorance of this fact is why most of us are unenlightened. Enlightenment is simply recognizing the fact that ultimately we are all That One. 

Knowing this does negate the person in the ultimate sense, but it does not negate the relative form. We can even call the form illusion, or an appearance, but the form remains. We live with the form. It is via the form we post here on media sties such as this one. 

To say there is 'no' you is misleading as it is only the perspective from the absolute. Most people don't have that view. Even with that view, the relative still exists. To deny it altogether is not helpful. 

Only the ignorant need enlightenment and there are many. To say there is 'no' you doesn't help them at all. 

Theories and Beliefs

First we have theories and beliefs. Then we test. What works we keep, what doesn't we don't. Hopefully this sharpens our clarity. Everything is tentative, although a deep truth will resonate deeper and deeper. 

Unknowability

My best life is to do the most I can to understand truth as I see it and then try and live that truth. How relative it is, who knows? That means that ultimately we live in an unknown. J. Krishnamurti made this clear. Acceptance of this unknowability can bring peace.

Aware Formless Subject

I just see an aware formless subject that creates whatever it wishes. Just like we create a dream out of nothing but thought and feeling. The brain and body are dream appearances that seem real to the form awareness embodies as us.

We borrow that awareness for the body/mind and believe it is ours and belongs to us. We are, in fact, just an appearance. We are a thought projection in form. The ultimate subject then gets to have experience and watch the evolution that unfolds. 

Truth is just the rules of the game. If we pay attention and perceive the rules, pursue truth, we play a better game and have a better life. 

Knowledge is Primary

I've had mystical experiences. They do come with authority that is mind boggling. And the ecstasies were wonderful. But these are experiences and they come and go. That is why Advaita talks consistently about knowledge being primary. Knowledge removes ignorance. We can say that experience is a kind of knowledge and I would agree to that. But knowledge is necessary and truth doesn't come and go.