Nonduality exists in the space beyond the mind. The mind cannot grasp it.

No doubt you have heard spiritual teachers say this, for it is the one consistent thing that can be said about nonduality. Other than that, nonduality completely defies description.

Lao Tzu calls nonduality “The Tao.” The Bible calls it “The peace which passeth all understanding.” Rumi calls it “The Friend.” Jewish mystics seek to honor the ineffable nature of God by refusing to utter God’s name at all. In writing, they note it as “G-d.”

The love and peace of nondual Being can only be recognized in an “Aha” moment; and it is recognized as something that you have always known, you just didn’t see it for what it is.

The implication of this, of course, is that it’s a real head-scratcher if you try to figure it out mentally. I remember sitting with awakened spiritual teachers in many satsangs over the years and the overriding experience when I would hear them talk was, “Huh???” I could feel their genuineness and their love—I could feel it in my heart. But my head? My head was totally confused. Their words did not make sense.

That tells you something right there.

It was uncomfortable, sitting with that “Huh??” We like to know things. We like to be right. We like certainty.

So be prepared to be uncomfortable as you get nearer and nearer to the breakthrough into nondual consciousness. The rights, the wrongs, and “shoulds” that we rely upon to orient ourselves (and sometimes flagellate ourselves)—they all fall away. They are discovered to be false. For navigating in this earthly plane of existence, a facility with duality is an operational necessity. But in spiritual reality, duality is transcended.

This is why the task of people whose consciousness has become nondual is to “be in the world, but not of it.”

What belief do you hold to be most true? The belief about which you are so certain and clear that the conviction has become part of your identity. Often such a self-identified belief takes the form of something you know that you would never do. “I would never lie.” “I would never have an affair.” “I would never let myself run out of money.” “I would never be a quitter.” “I would never ______” (fill in the blank).

Then what if even that most core conviction got shattered? Then where would you be?