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In Enlightenment, Does Duality Dissolve?
by Openhand | Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
Duality, oneness or both?
Some spiritual teachings would tell us that the full state of Enlightenment is to be beyond the perception of duality completely, that there is only the experience of oneness or pure presence. In my opinion this is not Enlightenment. Although we might realise that multiplicity of form within the relative universe is an illusion and experience oneness, to me, Enlightenment is being able hold the apparent duality of being the absolute and a finite expression of the absolute simultaneously in every moment…
In other words the absolute is expressed uniquely through each of us. We experience the eternal unchanging nature of existence which cannot be affected by the illusionary phenomenal world and yet we can be deeply engrossed in all the feelings of being human without attachment:
“Less pain without more wisdom defeats your purpose; does not allow you to experience infinite joy – which is what I am.
“Be patient. You are gaining wisdom. And your joys are now increasingly available without pain. That too is a very good sign.
“You are learning to love without pain; to let go without pain; to create without pain; even cry without pain. Yes you’re even able to have your pain without pain, if you know what I mean.”
~ from Conversations with God – Book 1 – an Uncommon Dialogue
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/07/in-enlightenment-does-duality-dissolve/
