divatakesontruth

[divatakesontruth]

Hey, I've been reading about non dualism and I'm new to it. I ofcourse have been, was, I don't know what to say anymore but at a hard phase in my life and I found out about law of assumption, void state but it didn't really resonate much with me and I wasn't able to "get my desires", even though I tried, tried and tried, it didn't work for me which, I mean, of course it may work for some but it wasn't for me and non-dualism really resonates with me and I even believe in it but yes and I, um, I am just confused. Right now, like, what am I supposed to do? I, of course, came, reached this point to get to know about non-dualism because I wanted to achieve something because I wanted to get something in my life, get my desires and okay, even hearing that I have to give them up, I'm fine with it, I'll give them up and I'll understand but is it like, after that I'm going to be like, a monk who has like, a life, like, life is going on bad or good and I'm just going through it like, according to normal terms like, bad and good, how normal people who doesn't know about non-dualism perceive things or is it going to be more like, that if I want, after having this freedom, giving up my fears and desires, I will be the one like, how we watch TV shows and it would be my choice if I wanna watch the sad show or the happy show, like, not choice exactly but it changes according to me and just automatically happens like I witness it according to me, I don't know, I don't know even what I'm asking but I'm really confused what I'm supposed to do right now and like, what am I supposed to do, I'm really confused, I'm sorry if this is a repeated ask you get and i couldn't find your masterlist. so, I couldn't really find where you said the major points and I don't know what to do, I have read 4D Barbie, and read some Nisargadatta maharaja teachings but I actually quite don't understand what am I supposed to do or not do, especially because I came to this point because I wanted to have some desires and now i know to have freedom and everything and nothing and way more than this i need to give em up cuz they are an illusion, but I don't know what to do right now. can you pls help?? i am sorry if this is an annoying ask or repeated ask but i am genuinely lost and i even read one of your posts or maybe repost saying to understand non dualism you need to understand you can't understand and this is so true cuz i am confused but i am not and i understand but i don't- also can i change to witness something else instead of this?? like better after freedom and all and truly how do i give up these desires of mine which i have been chasing with so many feelings i have due to them??

There is nothing to do, ND is not a practice that needs repetitive actions to produce a result, that contradicts the very teachings of it

ND gives a different perspective of life, disproving reality of it’s truth, I have a post that explains how awareness is the only reality

https://www.tumblr.com/divatakesontruth/792069064502689792/awareness-as-only-reality?source=share

you are spiraling thinking there is something you are supposed to do to reach a point and that is just not the truth, CALM DOWN

Notice how Awareness has been the only constant in all experience, you are not your thoughts, feelings, you are not even ‘you’ . That is just an idea , an illusion, a story .

Rid yourself of this mentality that there is a future ND is going to “give you” , what you think is happening “now” and “here” is not the case, it is simply a narrative and truly nothing.

you said “change to witness” listen to me carefully YOU HAVE ALWAYS ONLY BEEN THE WITNESS AWARENESS

stop with all these things like “give up desires” or “silence the mind” I have never once advocated for that, doing this to achieve something will not help you to notice what has always been here unless you NOTICE WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE

And there is no “how to notice “ because you haven’t been anything but Self, you have not been anything but Awareness if not you wouldn’t even be able to identify this confusion , worry because you are the awareness of it

You are running in circles looking for yourself, like trying to view your eye with your eye

awareness is the only truth , all else are false stories that appear within the vast light of Self.

[divatakesontruth]

If someone insults you, does that mean you're insulting yourself?

it means someone is insulting you

you,someone,being insulted = all false stories

[divatakesontruth]

https://www.tumblr.com/divatakesontruth/792069064502689792/awareness-as-only-reality?source=share

Hi diva I'm super sorry if this sounds stupid but what about the time when there was no life on earth.

Did that didn't exist because there was no one to be aware of that. (N I'm not talking about humans or human awareness but just awareness. Like imagine just a tiny piece of rock earth is aware or what 😭)

Ik you probably gonna answer that, that time period exist(within the field og awareness)because we are aware of that but still that's not what I'm asking. Like we discovered it by doing research n stuff that earth was super hot in beginning so there was no life that time. Hope you understand what I'm asking 🫠

Hope you answer thank you ❤️

I understand what you’re saying and it’s important to note that even though I said something “exists” when there is Awareness of it I didn’t mean it had a tangible reality, I meant it seems to be ; in whatever moment

nothing exists, existence is purely just a narrative, a story

the concept of life before earth is just a concept, an idea same as life now is equally just a concept ; both are unreal

Awareness is timeless and without conditions, time too is just a concept

life before earth, life yesterday, life now are all equally false stories that appear in this seeming world without any tangible reality

[divatakesontruth]

Awareness As Only Reality

The only real thing in all of existence is not matter, not you and I , not physics, not space , not earth , not anything perceivable or able to be experienced. The only thing that is with a hundred percent undeniable absolute truth is Awareness

you might be thinking what the hell is Awareness? It is exactly what it sounds like the presence of being aware. Everyone is constantly aware of what they are experiencing, it is so obvious that we overlook it, the fact we are aware has been truth since we became conscious on this planet

everything before you is observed by You ; thoughts,feelings,perceptions, sensations etc all things that shape the “world”, it is impossible for anything to exist outside of awareness, if you do not know of it then it doesn’t exist , the instant anything is brought into awareness, it is given a sort of “reality “, think of it like shining a torchlight on a dark area, take away the torch you cannot see what is there, bring back light you can see it , without the light the thing has no observable existence.

Even prior to you, the character and story of your life are all stories within Awareness so this can only mean what you essentially are, fundamentally and ONLY are is Absolute Awareness

this awareness is the only ‘thing’ in existence because it is the constant amidst the appearance or disappearance of experience, it is the only thing in existence because due to Awareness there is the appearance of experience, if I tell you to think of something that doesn’t exist for example a flying crocodile, before the thought of it did such a thing exist? No it was just blank but now I’ve brought it to your awareness/mind it now IS, it now exists

You could be wondering if it exists why doesn’t it feel real? Well guess what? That is just another observed idea that also now exists

you might say oh okay diva but why do some things remain in existence while others (such as the ludicrous thought of a flying crocodile) seem to disappear when the mind is not on it , simple it is not the thing that remains in existence but rather there is Awareness of the idea “this ___ remains constantly here” and even the effect of that is observed by awareness

one isn’t more true than the other, it is just ideas popping in and out of the observable field

let me get crazy here, the laws of physics are about as real and false as the flying crocodile, the effects of the laws are only observed ,take that away (that’s saying there is no awareness of the effects of the laws then they don’t exist, how could they if they are not within the Knowing

this is why nothing should be taken seriously, it’s all just a big story that Self is Aware of

[divatakesontruth]

https://www.tumblr.com/divatakesontruth/792021914335035392/nothing-but-self

"all it takes is a simple plain notice of truth, just try and see it for yourself"

hi, how do you "notice" the truth ? also, i have another question, isn't saying "just try and see it for yourself" limiting and just another thought ? if so wouldn't that mean that it's impossible to "see it" since we already are what we are "trying to see" 🤔 i hope what i said made sense

to be honest your ask didn’t really make a lot of sense but I’ll try my best to navigate it and give a reply

firstly ,there is no textbook step by step tutorial on “how to see truth”, this isn’t a hidden archive or a level you achieve as though this is some sort of video game. What is the main thing we talk about? Awareness being the only reality and all seeming others being “objects” that appear within this Awareness, I showed how this was true when I said every experience that appears is first KNOWN by You , everything that is presented before you is first KNOWN by you , Awareness

that is the truth, that’s all there is to acknowledge, it is like you read an article and learnt new information yet you ask how do you acquire the knowledge of what the article says; there is no how, you simply acknowledge the words being said and see the truth in them through resonation of which I pointed as saying you/awareness are aware of anything that arises within an observable field

if this isn’t enough and you wish to do more you can observe this awareness as you wish but ultimately the truth isn’t something to obtain it is just something you see when it is brought to mind.

secondly, you said “see it for yourself” is a limiting thought, I find this quite funny that you pick just this as what you think is a limiting thought and not the whole ask

certainly it is a limiting thought, everything in existence is a limiting thought if we choose to go that way however when I said see it for yourself I’m telling you to acknowledge what I said and and notice the truth in them from what you experience

notice how you have been prior to everything in existence and not just taking my word for it , are you aware now? The answer is yes , you are constantly aware , so see what else is subject to Awareness (hint :everything) if I describe the taste of a foreign food to you that you wanted to try would that be enough for you? Or would you not want to see for yourself how it tastes?

thirdly I don’t understand the last part about seeing it and impossibility so if you can expand on that I’ll answer it

[divatakesontruth]

There's really no point in realizing self then because it is always an inevitability

Maybe to have fun?

living life in delusion is like looking through red tinted glasses unable to see the real beauty of the world and only perceiving reality through a limited frame. Realizing Self is equivalent to taking those glasses off , taking off the limitations and definitions and seeing the truth for what it is

that is the point of self recognition

[divatakesontruth]

The desires aren't mine, but the talking also not me right?

Then, why do I have to keep living? To keep eating, when is it all illusional? When, it's all about identity?

the desires aren’t yours they only seem to be, talking isn’t something you do it only seems to happen, you do not live you only seem to, you do not eat you only seem to

it is all seeming, you have never actually existed the way you think you do

it is only an appearance YOU are aware of

the fact that you are aware of all these things enough to point them out can only mean that you aren’t doing them, they are just appearing to happen

you are the timeless witness

[divatakesontruth]

what do you think of OSHO?

what I think of everyone else , just imaginary teachers and imaginary teachings

[divatakesontruth]

So I can never truly forget or lose any experience? Are all appearances always here?

yes, appearances are always here , you asking me this question is an appearance and not the truth of what is happening in the present moment

appearances are how Self is able to ‘interact’ (very strong quotation marks) with the seeming world

if there were no appearances there would only be an unfathomable infinity of radiant energy and this is the best description I can give yet it doesn’t come close to what pure That is

I do not know what that would be , I do not know the nature of Self all I know is I am That and unbounded to the unreal stories that arise

[divatakesontruth]

Nothing But Self

it is imminent to recognize this , this should not be taken lightly because in the most literal sense it is the truth

there is no actual anything separate from Self and since Self is all that is, there is nothing in existence

nothing at all , even the concept of Self is imaginary; whatever descriptions or definitions we might draw are not at all close to what Self is, it is beyond definitions , stories , thoughts, ideas because all this appear in it

the very essence of what it is cannot be seen but only be, you can only be it because you ARE it

the fact that you can fathom this, the fact that saying everything appears within an awareness even if it doesn’t feel like truly you is enough to see what you are this because a human cannot know this

the fact that You are aware proves that you are beyond mortality, think about it, don’t let it just be something you accept

know it

when you know it, automatically you stop feeding into the storyline and you awake to the joke that it is

you don’t need meditation, you don’t need to silence the mind , you don’t need to observe awareness (they can be helpful) but the truth is they are not necessary

all it takes is a simple plain notice of truth, just try and see it for yourself

this is not a practice or a school of spirituality , it is simply an unveiling , simply a revealing of what has never left

[divatakesontruth]

Idk if this is the “bad side” of knowing yourself but i kinda annoyed by how many people still putting on mask i mean like they don’t have the same level of self awareness as you and they live unconsciously and sometimes you just can through their bs but whatever imma keep on being mySelf ( this is like another cloud passing)

I mean yes, it’s a passing idea but why acknowledge it at all? Feeling annoyed about such a thing is not something to take into any account

there aren’t levels of self-awareness, it is not self awareness but rather just Awareness

I fear telling yourself it is unreal yet still actively engaging with the thought when we know it to not be true, when we know it to be a blatant lie seems backwards to me

[divatakesontruth]

💔💔💔

today i found out there was a thing here where people said ''The more you are aware of Self, the more you will lose memories."

I thought that was a lie at first until I asked another blogger and she confirmed that was indeed a thing here.

Now how backwards is that..

[divatakesontruth]

i’m sure you probs mentioned this but how do you ‘live’ your life now, as in your day to day after learning nd?

what i mean is how is it different to how you used to operate?

i’m scared of like accidentally driving myself insane lol 😭😭

I live my life how I always did. I wake up , laze around in bed, eat or forget to eat, watch tv all day and feel useless cause it’s already 7pm and I’ve accomplished nothing, go to bed and repeat, or go to school but I’m currently on holiday

what’s it to me? Nothing is anything, anything is nothing

just a story I can choose to take into account or not

[divatakesontruth]

Heyy

So ultimately, desires, they’re something you ‘desire’ ‘want’ etc which is why part of the concept of non dualism is you don’t have ‘desires’ as it’s all you. There’s nothing to desire if you are it. The i am.

How do you stop desiring though? By just placing your awareness on already having what you ideally want? Because if you already have it what is there to want? Or are it. Like the person with this house or blonde hair idk, anything.

Anddd i know nd isn’t about getting things but i’m not sure how else to phrase it i’m sorry 😭😭because, ultimately anyone living and breathing wants something, even you. I saw your post about caramel skin and how you want it to be smoother or something i’m pretty sure and then you received money from your uncle for your birthday. These are desires right?

But the only reason you now have these things is because your awareness is now on them. They’re in your awareness instead of the absence of said thing.

i want to learn more abt non dualism but i think i’m still struggling with the ‘it’s not about getting things part’ because if nobody’s life changed for the better after learning about nd then what would be the point if it. So i think for you to have a whole blog about it, it must be something you’re passionate about and want to teach and help others in. It must have changed your life for the better as well. Another things is well i like desiring things and i like getting them even more and i think everyone can agree??

So from my understanding of non dualism, it’s not a method that you can use if it’s just the fact of your existence. Everything is your perception and awareness. You created this reality through your awareness, meaning it can change at any moment by placing awareness elsewhere, as nothing can exist without your awareness being placed on it. You are pure consciousness living life as human. everything comes from your imagination and there’s no separation, only what you decide to perceive as ‘more real’. This house you’re living in is only your home as it came from your awareness first. you decided that and know it to be ‘true’. There’s no good or bad as that is also your perception and you’re the one placing labels on those things.

i know it sounds a little jumbled sorry 😭

also i have another question and sighhh its an loa based one

if loa isn’t real then why does it work for others?

i try and answer this myself and im just assuming it’s because in their reality they know it to work. they know that by deciding having said has to be true.

First of all let’s revise your current understanding of what ND and AV is , it is not a person having an awareness in a world with other people who have their own personal awarenesses, that seems to be the foundational problem right now.

there is ONLY awareness in the sense that everything else INCLUDING the “I Am” are (for the sake of this ask I’ll use the word imaginary even though it’s not very accurate) imaginary concepts , they are not real in the way that they are not final/dire. You mentioned I have desires; yes , that is part of the human experience however the glaring fact is that I KNOW that I am not a person having desires (in the most literal sense) but rather I am the awareness of desire , or desire with a story ; such as being a young girl wanting caramel skin.

this recognition is a very powerful one you see because what happens when something is realized to be false? It becomes impossible to take the experience of it into account, I never condemn desires , I have a million desires in one day ranging from as little as wanting a snack or wanting to explore Rome

The point of non duality is simply, as I’d like to say it, removing delusion and that delusion is that ‘your’ seeming experience of being a mortal being in a physical world is truth. If you can recognize this as truth fully then you would reach a place where the appearance of it is not something to bother with

yes, everything only becomes apparently real through the observation of awareness and that is what You are, so if what you appear to be doesn’t serve you then you do not have to bother with it, it is not a death sentence , it is merely just an idea in the vastness of THAT (self/awareness)

if you were in a dark room and you saw a snake and you got scared but soon saw the snake was actually a rope , does the fact that the rope still looks like a snake have any actual effect? If I know myself to be That , does the appearance of desire,worry,fear (whatever) have any effect ?? If it is known that they are unreal

it’s an illusion, it appears , it is experienced , it is felt but it is not real.

nothing changed but perspective.

Because there was nothing here to be changed in the first place, there is just awareness

whatever you choose to do now that you know the rope isn’t a snake is up to you, if you wish to take it out because it still bothers you or simply because you want to , or if you choose to leave it there because really it will not harm you Is your choice to make. There are no rules

whatever rule that exists only does if you want it to

asking me why loa works is equivalent to asking me why eating food leads to digestion, it’s illusion, unreal, a story

just like the existence of a person with desires and a need to fulfill them. the purpose of my blog is only to unveil the truth, to open your eyes and heal our mass delusion

what you choose to do WITH opened eyes is entirely up to you

have fun or don’t , it’s all unreal anyway

but the important thing is that YOU KNOW

That you know life is nothing but an idea in the mind of God.

[divatakesontruth]

How long do I have to abide in awareness to stop feeling like a scared limited and worthless human? Have you seen yourself Diva? Why does this seem like some process? Why some of you say it's instant but then some of you say to keep noticing?

it is instant, all it takes is a shift in perspective, you were never a scared human, you were That which knew of such an idea, you ARE that, in fact you are what makes it possible for such a conclusion to be drawn through the simple act of your noticing.

it is not a process, that is just a story ; it doesn’t have to mean anything to you if you don’t want it to,it doesn’t have to be a hard difficult journey if that’s not what you want. There is no power in existence, there is nothing in existence except if you decide so

just see, look for Awareness, it is always here. That is you, not the content of experience, not the rules, not the stories. Nothing is true but you.

all you need to do is See

[divatakesontruth]

How are you not afraid that you're not real? I don't want to exist anymore! This existence is a nightmare come true and it feels like I'm dying.

I’m sorry but are you asking me to tell you if I’m afraid of not being real? By your logic who exactly is supposed to answer this if I don’t exist.

it appears a lot of you still have a wrong idea about all this, take it this way , A dream in its core is unreal however during the course of the dream despite it not having a fundamental reality , it doesn’t take away the experience of it, likewise if I was to look for myself I would only find an idea ,a well developed narrative but nothing beyond that, There is no fundamental reality to a “me” but that doesn’t take away the fact that there is such a narrative

the issue lies in if I take this narrative to be absolute fact and not see through it.

I am not a cloud of dust nor am I a void of essence, there is nothing to be afraid of ; I never was , I have only ever KNOWN of myself, I have only ever known of experience

pull away from the play and go back to see the effortless determinant of all appearances

[divatakesontruth]

I feel like this whole thing is about stop believing in concept rather than replacing concepts with better concepts

the central idea is no concept is truth besides the Awareness that is prior to all seeming, in that way you stop taking all concepts as facts. That’s it