I’ve recently started taking some basic non-dual classes. A few questions seem to come up over and over again, yet the responses I’ve heard often feel like talking in circles. So I thought it might be helpful to talk about them in a simpler way. The first theme is around feeling emotions. In this process we’re called to feel everything fully, but not feed it. Let’s say you’ve had a complicated relationship with a relative and a lifetime of not being able to express how you r

As this whole concept of a mind, heart, and gut awakening settles in, I’m beginning to see how each stage has shaped my experience of relationships and my role within them. The mind awakening came first. It felt vast and open, almost limitless in its clarity. Non-duality made perfect sense on a conceptual level, and the world appeared translucent, almost dreamlike. But it also created a kind of emotional distance. If someone shared something deeply painful, like losing a love

When the truth of oneness is almost too hard to look at.