I woke up this morning realizing how hard it is to transcend duality consciousness. The perception of an “other” is a reminder that there is still some path ahead of me. In a state of divine love, there is no other. There are those who have realized this who have had destinies of monastic-type lives. There are those who have realized this who have lived fully in this life amid the din and roar. Wherever we have been placed, it is the perfect place to come to Self* recognition.

*The Self is that which by its very nature is indivisible. All things appears as reflections inside of the Self. When we identify with a fragment, believing that we are that fragment only, this is described as wrong identification (a term used by G.I. Gurdjieff). I don’t believe it is really “wrong.” But in this state there is always at least an underlying sense of deprivation and lack of contentment. In the end, we will not be satisfied until we reach divine awareness and supreme inner peace.