The point one gets to after thoroughly applying ''Neti neti, not this not this'' to everything perceived is mostly concluded with the thought ''So I am That'' or ''So I am That which perceives all''. And this being a spiritual perspective there comes up the thought or idea ''to become truly enlightened or liberated I have to meditate on [that which is left] to become That or merge with That.

Well now exactly this is what happened here, after ''I'' saw there is no self at all, in real life, non whatsoever, there was seen that body and thoughts were occuring totally by itself, without any seperate I doing it, that this I there was a strong belief in was nothing but a fiction without an author, only the thought ''I am so and so and thus I am doing this and that''.

After having seen this clearly in direct experience there stayed the urge to find out more and more about enlightenment from so called enlightened masters or sages. And some that were found surely are/were very much resonated with and helpful along the way, but it needed to be seen and understood here, directly without any aid.

And so now here it is, the final understanding, beyond these words which are only pointing out what cannot be described but only seen directly.

''There is no seperation between subject and object or, you are beyond or before subject or, where is subject when no object [physical or subtle] appear?'' Sounds great huh? Well that's not the point! The truth, the real and whole truth, that matters.

Well it is just this: Bare experience, seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling, thinking, no self doing any of these. So yeah there is pain and suffering, pleasure and enjoyment but again no self having them. Perceiving and perceived, no perceiver. Object no subject nor anything to meditate on or become or merge with or sink into beyond them. Do not take this on just as just another fancy concept to take along in your goodiebag!

Really try it on for size, test drive it, there is seeing, am I doing that or is it just happening? There is hearing, am I really doing that, or is it just happening? And so on for the other senses, where is the self in them? Thoughts are also there almost all the time, but look, are you really in control of them? After a clever thought there is a proud thought claiming them and after an unwanted one the thought ''I shouldn't have thought that''. Did you control when senses and thinking exactly started this morning? The exact moment it is gone? Look into this, really test the shit out of this, let me know what is seen.

Now this may sound nihilistic and all, but its not, it just means that meditating on or staring into an eternal changeless void is not possible, neither is it helpful and moreover it is denying a part of reality. There are no parts to reality but it is believed to be so very widespread, leading to people meditating for years and years cutting themselves of from life [even after ''liberation''] and let them of the hook to do anything about unnecessary suffering. Fighting, killing, wars, hunger, greedyness and so on.

Another thing is the concept of the snake in the rope, that phenomenal existence is superimposed on the eternal. Or that existence is like a mirage, illusion or dream. And although these are only concepts pointing out the nonduality of reality this is easily taken as ''oh so now there is nothing to do, everything is futile''. Just saying that although in reality there is no one there to liberate and be liberated as long as this is not seen by every human being there is unnecesarry suffering.

A few more things to be clear about: There is no Source and what came from it, no cause and its effect, no subject nor object, just the whole of reality without anything separate, let alone a self anywhere... Alhough as buddha said it is neither this nor that, neither self nor non-self, neither bondage nor liberation neither permanent nor impermant, is totally beyond opposites, there are no set positions, it is beyond any concepts whatsoever.  Still he travelled through India by foot spreading the news to all who would listen.

Now a quote from the buddha which sums it all up very short practicle and simple:

''In the seen there is only the seen,
in the heard, there is only the heard,
in the sensed there is only the sensed,
in the cognized there is only the cognized:
This, bahiya, is how you should train yourself.

When, Bahiya, there is for you
in the seen only the seen,
in the heard, only the heard,
in the sensed only the sensed,
in the cognized only the cognized,
then, Bahiya, there is no 'you'
in connection with that.

When, Bahiya, there is no 'you'
in connection with that,
there is no 'you' there.

When, Bahiya, there is no 'you' there,
then, Bahiya, you are neither here
nor there
nor anywher in between the two.

This, and only this, is the end of suffering.'' You probably heard this one before, but now look, was he right or not?



Nothing more left to say than, read this: http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2011/12/1000-well-spent.html and see how it fits.

In trying to become liberated there is assumed that there is a seperate self needing to achieve all kinds of things to become, well you name it. What needs to be recognised is you already are that which is sought, that which is seeking and that which is striving to reach this.

Probably most of you have already heard this more than once but please don't just overlook this statement without really looking deeply into this exact experience of right now. If it is true it can be seen right here right now, all that is needed is an honest look at now. What is happening right now?

This was mentioned before, there is looking at the screen, reading and interpreting what is read, hearing of sound in your environment, the feeling of the chair and the clothes your probably wearing, there is the way your feeling today, there is breathing, all the other body functions going on, there are thoughts coming and going, body movements, the things happening in the world, the universe functioning like it does and so on, now where is it that makes up you?

Did you find anything?              

If so is it there all the time?

Every second of life?

Or does it come and go?

Commonly there is the core belief that one is the body, but are you in control of the body functions?

Is it really always there? Also in deep sleep?

Of course there is the assumption the body is still there, but how do you know for sure?

This are just words and concepts, look beyond them!

Look to find what is there during waking, dreaming and deep sleep...

Another way to look at it is this: There is the perceived, let's call it the object, this then means there has to be a perceiver right'? This would then be the subject. Now one could say all objects come and go, they are impermanent, so when object or the perceived is gone where does that leave the perceiver or subject?

What is left?

Franklin Merrell-Wolff called it Consciousness-without-an-object. But the only thing that matters is that it can be recognised right now, nothing needs to be done to remove any obstacle, it is already the case, it only needs to be seen once. Although it cannot be cognised by any of the senses nor grasped by thought.

What is left is the only thing that is eternally there, does not come and go, is undifferentiated,  is never created or destroyed, never born nor can it ever die. Subject-object-subject, subject=object=subject, perceiver=perceived=perceiver, there is in absolute sense no duality between subject and object at all.

Can this be seen?

There is no you and ... the now, there is only the now and everything that's happenig now.

There is no you and ... others, we are all in the same boat, no one good or bad, high or low, enlightened or unenlightened, free or bound.

There is no you and ... thoughts, there is only what's happening right now, including thoughts about what's happening right now.

There is no you, nothing is separate, full stop, look in the direct experience of right now, is there something there separated from life doing all that? Aren't thoughts, body functions and actions happening whether you think about them or not? Look, not such a big deal, life flows on like it always has whether there is identification with anything or not...


If you read this look here right now, there is guidance by seeming others to look together if the above is just belief or already true in the immediacy of right now:

No self means non-duality means there is no self at all, in real life, here and now. No one in control of thoughts, feelings, actions, experiences, life as a whole and awareness just are, your not the separate controling person the thoughts seem to create.
If there is the feeling you need to see this for yourself there is a lot that can be said about it but eventually its gonna have to be seen if this is true in the normality [or abnormality] of everyday life. Looked at the simplicity of it, asked what would [need to] change if this were true?

Sit, let go of the need to control or change anything that is, was, or will be. Thought will flow, allow it no matter the content, look, notice everything that happens, from the body functioning, pain, breathing, everything around you, thoughts about that or what was, is, shall be or should be. Where are you in all of this?

Doesn't it all just happen? Without a you in control? Aren't it just the thoughts after the fact of what is that make it seem that things happen to someone separate from life? Allow focus on this, can this be seen?

You know yourself[body], the world[universe] and others through the mind which enterprets the senses, right? These sense are in fact nothing other than extensions of the mind and are impermanent (as the mind is). And even more importantly everything you are aware of takes place in the mind.

So where is the mind in deep sleep? Arn't you by definition that which is there always? Look for that which is always there.

So the mind and everything it is aware of is impermanent, look for the eternal I can say.



But not anything I say can make you see what this blog points to, you need to see it for yourself!

Thoughts are there almost all the time, what is their source?

Are you in control?

Thoughts will always say there is more, more to realise, more to enlightenment. Which can only happen now, now and now, meaning it is a continuous process and not a moment in the future for a separate person!

This is it!

Nothing is ever really yours, not even the body(and its pains) and the mind(and its thought loops), just life, nothing more. This blog is not really mine, course it seems to be, typed by this body/mind in this room on this computer.

I mean look, are you doing that reading or are it just the eyes going over the letters and the brain interpreting it? No separate controlling entity Stephen Wingate says, there is the thought here ''and he is right'' is he? Did I control that thought coming right at this particular moment? Just after I decided to turn this latest thing the mind came up with around this topic into a blogpost, just a coincidence.

Still need to think about where I want to go with this as now words are popping up in the mind and being typed by the hand without any control, as with all the words typed on this blog and anyone elses and anything ever typed, conscious of this or not.

From very little on you are constantly taught that you are a separate individual, responsible for your actions and reactions, are we? Well how many times in life have you said or done something where immediately after or later you think ''Did I say that (out loud)?'' or ''Did I do that?''. That talking and that action happen totally involuntarily and without intention right? Then could it not be so always?

That after everything thought, said, done, sensed, felt or experienced, thought comes in and labels it as my thought, my words, my action, my sensation, my fear/sadness/happiness or my experience?

Is all the stuff around you yours or just stuff? You might have bought it or created it still it is just matterial, protons, neutrons, strings, quarks all that jazz. Just like the body is built up out of stuff, mostly elements. Are you the elements? Are you the separate body parts? The limbs? Torso? Head? Intestins? Lungs? Heart? How are you then all of this together?



Maybe this little exercise will help see what I mean:

''Step 1
Take a look in front of you right now. Choose an object in the field of view and describe it in your mind. Note color, size, shape, texture. Try to describe everything about what you see.
Write out the description for me here, please.

Part 2
While still looking at that object, think about the last movie you really enjoyed watching. See a scene in your mind, and describe it. Don't tell me the title yet ;) But keep looking at the object.
Write out a very brief description here.

Part 3
Try describing the object and the movie at the same time, and watch the thoughts. Do they happen simultaneously, or one at a time? Are you able to think about both at once or is there a sequence?
Try to think two thoughts at the same time.

Write out a very brief description of what happened when you did this exercise.

Take the time, really do this as thoroughly as possible, or don't do it at all. Go for it ;)

Do the exercise with the body. Look at the hands without the thought, "my hands". For a second or two, let the "my" thoughts fall away. Then, look at the legs without the thought, "my legs". Just gaze at them. See how they exist even without the "me" or "my" thoughts, and how nothing about reality changes one bit without those thoughts.

Bring yourself back to thoughts of "my hands", then repeat the exercise a few times. Look at them without thought, then bring the thought back in.

What happens to the body without the thoughts? Can you say what the object even is? Does it "belong" to anything? Does it continue to exist in physical reality?''


If you want to, send me your answer and we can look into this.


One more thing to say: It has been said by Ramana Maharshi and others that the observer, observing and the observed are one. And although I neither agree nor disagree I would like to ask you if there really is an observer? And if so how you are it? And if so how you are doing it? Do you snap your fingers and stop observing/noticing?

There is only the Self/That/Life/Awareness/Consciousness are ways of putting it, but why add ''and you are that''? Isn't that redundant and just another way of holding on to having an identity? Nothing ever really yours...

Just life.......................................................................................................................

Could end this blogpost right here and it would say what is intended. Look at that statement ''just life...'' is anything excluded from it? Think real hard...

Can you think of anything? Let me know if you do!

Life, nothing separated from it, do you agree?

Just like nature, the universe or existence, what is there separate from that, you?




So no self or anatta as the Buddhas say(look it up for a better understanding of what this blog is about) coupled to impermance[everything that is impermant is non-self] and suffering[because of impermanence there is suffering]. ''No self'' and ''only life'' are two sides of the same coin, a double edged sword so to speak.

Both need to be seen as the actual truth in real life before any difference is noticed. Most people interested in non-duality stop at the first insight, identify with a non-dual consciousness or higher self and discuss about it all day rather than checking what the implications are.

An important distinction to be made in what is meant by no self is that it does not mean I am no self and not even I have no self and you do no it means no I there to have a self or not. No self anywhere at all in all eternity! Nothing to remove, hold on to or (dis)identify with...


Then an invitation if you want to see if what this blog points out really is true and want an appearing other to help you see this go to the brand new Liberation Unleashed site this blog is now part of and specially the Lliberation Nation Forum register open up a topic and start asking questions and someone already seeing this will respond and start pointing, although there is no separation.