That which precedes the prime unity.
Prime unity, `oneness’, is a concept derived from the contemplationContemplation, unlike Meditation, does not follow a sequence of ideas through time to discover a pattern and an organisation of ideas. It simply observes the ‘pattern’, the ‘organisation’, discovered in Meditation. Contemplation is essentially silent. To attain it we still every mental process. Then the pattern discovered by the Meditation... of a plurality held together as a whole in the mindThat which contains and arranges ideas. An idea is a form in consciousness. A series of related ideas is a pattern in consciousness. An idea has a form, a characteristic binding line that defines it. Mind refers to the space in which ideas are presented singly, or in groups, simultaneously....
‘Duality’ is a concept derived from the breaking of an observed unity.
Non-dualityThat which precedes the prime unity. Prime unity, `oneness’, is a concept derived from the contemplation of a plurality held together as a whole in the mind. ‘Duality’ is a concept derived from the breaking of an observed unity. Non-duality transcends oneness. Non-dualism (Advaita) is not Monism. Monism is the... transcends oneness.
Non-dualism (Advaita) is not Monism.
Monism is the doctrine that the ultimate reality is only substance, whether this substance is conceived as matter or spiritThe first cause of all things. It permeates all things which things are its modifications. These modifications are simply the ways in which spirit acts. The individualised spirit is called ‘soul’. The difference between the soul and spirit, is that the soul is individualised or limited, and spirit is not.....