' From Dualism to Duality '...

The basic split of duality happens in Consciousness
itself, as a part of the process of perceiving
manifestation.

For any manifestation to exist, it has
to be observed.

For observing to happen requires an
observed object and an observer object.

This duality
between observer object and the observed object is the
basic split.

In the human the split goes deeper
into the dualism of "me" and the other.

The observer
object assumes the subjectivity of the Absolute or
Totality or God, saying, "I am the subject, the rest
of the world is my object."

The moment the "me" and
the other come into play duality gets further
subdivided into dualism.

The observer object considers
himself the observer subject, the experiencer, the
doer.

Enlightenment is merely the reverse process where the
pseudo-subject realizes that there cannot be a
separate entity and the body-mind can only function as
an instrument in the manifestation of Totality.

When
the sense of doership is lost, dualism is restored to
its basic duality.



Consciousness Speaks pp. 111-2
- Ramesh Balsekar