“The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing; it refuses nothing; it receives but does not keep.” ~ Chuang Tzu

“Truly adopting a new holistic philosophy, believing in Gaia, or even thinking in integral terms— however important those might be, they are the least important when it comes to spiritual transformation. Finding out who believes in all those things: There is the doorway to God…

The Witness is huge step forward, and it is a neccesary and important step in meditation, but it is not the ultimate. When the witness or the soul is finally undone, then the Witness dissolves into everything that is witnessed. The subject/object duality collapses and there is only pure nondual awareness, which is very simple, very obvious.

Like a famous Zen Master said when he got his enlightenment, When I heard the bell ring, suddenly there was no ‘I’ and no ‘bell,’ just ringing.”  ~The Simple Feeling Of Being by Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber explains…

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