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Embracing the Void: The Astronaut's Guide to Nonduality

For the Seekers Who Dare to See Beyond the Illusion

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Thomas A. Vik
Dec 16, 2023
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Life isn’t a spiritual journey; it's a cosmic con game.

Picture this: you're an astronaut floating in the void of space, no stars, no direction, just you and the engulfing darkness.

That’s us, right here, right now. We think we're grounded, defined by age, gender, and societal roles. But, in the vastness of existence, these are mere illusions, laughable attempts at finding meaning in the meaningless. It’s like this: you're in space, no guide, no path. You're told to navigate, but where to? Every direction is equally meaningless.

That's the human condition in a nutshell. We're floating, grasping at straws, hoping for a hint of direction. And in this aimless drift, we lose our minds. We have to. Sanity in such a scenario is a myth…

…a fairy tale we tell ourselves to sleep at night.

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Seeing Through the Facade

Consider reality as a grand masquerade, a charade of cosmic proportions.

We're led to believe it's a tapestry of intricate design, but in truth, it's a void, a sheer nothingness. It's like we're all admiring the emperor's new clothes, yet what stares back at us is the starkness of delusion, naked and unadorned.

In this grand illusion, our orientation heavily favors emotion over reason, to such an extent that for many it might resemble a 50:1 ratio, although this varies widely from person to person. This immense skew towards emotion is the linchpin of our collective deception, a necessary tilt to keep us entrenched in what we perceive as reality. But here's the kicker: this isn't a spiritual escapade. It's about human development, about peeling away the layers of self-deception.

Through this process, we begin to unravel the possibility that we might not be the coherent, informed beings we presume ourselves to be. Instead, we might more closely resemble naive children, emotionally underdeveloped, having been diverted far from our authentic path…

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