Duality sees the mind and body as seperate.
The usual understanding of Non-Duality is an emphasis on spirit. The existence of a spiritual realm. Maya, reality is the illusion and consciousness is the truth.
My view, and this is just my path to mental maturity, is that a separate spiritual conscious self is the illusion. There is no separate conscious self. Yet you might say I feel, I experience, my conscious spiritual self is real. How can "I" be an illusion. I exist. I think therefore I am. The ultimate in self-determination.
I'm not saying the "I" does not exist. What I am saying is that the "I" is the physical body/Central Nervous System. So for me, non-self is letting go of the idea of a separate spiritual reality. The I that feels, experiences, observes is the physical self.
I understand it is more a matter of perception, perception being a construct of viewpoint. However I identify as a physical body. That to me is all that there is. Nothing needs to be added to explain existence.
The usual understanding of Non-Duality is an emphasis on spirit. The existence of a spiritual realm. Maya, reality is the illusion and consciousness is the truth.
My view, and this is just my path to mental maturity, is that a separate spiritual conscious self is the illusion. There is no separate conscious self. Yet you might say I feel, I experience, my conscious spiritual self is real. How can "I" be an illusion. I exist. I think therefore I am. The ultimate in self-determination.
I'm not saying the "I" does not exist. What I am saying is that the "I" is the physical body/Central Nervous System. So for me, non-self is letting go of the idea of a separate spiritual reality. The I that feels, experiences, observes is the physical self.
I understand it is more a matter of perception, perception being a construct of viewpoint. However I identify as a physical body. That to me is all that there is. Nothing needs to be added to explain existence.