Oneness revealed...

A realization beyond words. Intellectualizing Oneness will provide, at best, a good conceptual framework of non-duality. Although it may be helpful to have a conceptual framework, Oneness itself is not a concept. The descriptions are pointing to an actual realization.

Oneness is merely a label for realization in the way the word “juice” is pointing to the orange, tangy-sweet liquid you drink for breakfast. The word is never the thing it describes. Incessantly thinking about Oneness is like having your head stuck in a map of Scotland while driving in Scotland, missing the actual territory to which the word “Scotland” is pointing.

Oneness simply is. You cannot think your way into it. The dream self tries to step outside of Oneness and intellectualize her way into it. Don’t fall into that trap. Drop whatever concept you are holding onto right now (including the word “Oneness”) and simply notice the non-conceptual awareness that is here. Notice the fact that you simply are. Return—again and again if necessary—to the simple fact that you are. That awareness reveals the seeing.

Once Oneness is revealed, see that conceptualization and intellectualization arise within what you are. They cannot provide the direct experience of what you are. They can merely describe it. There is nothing wrong with talking about or describing Oneness. But recognize directly what the words are pointing to first. Then use descriptions to point others to this realization beyond words.


Scott Kiloby, Reflections of the One Life: Daily Pointers to Enlightenment