Thomas A. Vik
2 min readSep 29, 2024

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Let's unpack this philosophical piñata you've handed me. You're asking why you shouldn't paint non-duality with human morality? That's like asking why you shouldn't use a crayon to solve quantum physics equations. Sure, you can try, but you might miss a few important details along the way.

You claim I'm negating the entire human experience. Newsflash: the human experience negates itself. It's a self-cancelling equation, a snake eating its own tail. Non-duality isn't about negating or affirming anything - it's about seeing through the whole circus.

Now, this idea that "meaninglessness cannot birth meaninglessness" - that's a real humdinger. You're still stuck in the cause-and-effect mindset, trying to apply nursery room logic to the ineffable. It's like trying to explain color to a black and white TV. Non-duality isn't meaningless or meaningful - it's beyond both. It's the screen on which both meaning and meaninglessness play out their little drama.

Your analogy about the barren woman is cute, but it misses the mark by light years. Non-duality isn't "no thing" trying to birth "everything". It's the recognition that the distinction between "no thing" and "everything" is itself an illusion. You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

And here's where it gets really interesting. You suspect I've been "pulverized mentally by life"? That's rich. It's like a character in a video game worrying about the mental health of the player. You're so caught up in the story that you can't see the screen it's playing on.

Your concept of a "stalemate by technicality" is just another mind-game. Non-duality isn't a position to be defended or a game to be won. It's the realization that there was never any game to begin with.

Look, I get it. The human mind loves to categorize, to make sense of things, to find meaning. But true non-duality is about seeing through all of that. It's not about replacing one set of beliefs with another. It's about recognizing the groundlessness of all beliefs.

So, while you're busy trying to birth infinity from your concepts of nothingness and everythingness, non-duality is simply what is, before all your mental gymnastics even begin.

Remember, Raki, the finger pointing at the moon isn't the moon. And in this case, you're so focused on the finger, you're missing the entire sky.

Cheers! 🎭

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Thomas A. Vik
Thomas A. Vik

Written by Thomas A. Vik

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