The Highest Teaching

(it’s not really a teaching; it’s what we are)

The highest spiritual teaching is non-duality; oneness or not twoness. What else can it be?

Non-duality is pure consciousness, just before we start intellectualising. It’s the perfect state of being; it’s not at all complicated, but so simple that we ignore it. It’s not even a teaching – it’s what we are.

In our practice, we may be invited to do some very strange things,
but the completion stage is always non-duality,
so why not start there?

Realisation is the personal experience that ultimate reality is undivided consciousness, and that the feeling of separation between self and other is an illusion. While specific phrasings vary across cultures and time, the absolute pinnacle of reality converges beyond concepts.

It is realising that, in the moment of perception, there is no reaction. That is ‘not two’, just before habitual concepts step in and create division = two.

This moment of reality is destroyed when we say “I think it’s this” or “I think it’s that”, and conflict comes into action.

Loving kindness is a one-way action without expectations. It’s still ‘not two’; zero expectation radiates goodwill without demanding a return. It’s not a transaction – it’s a gift, not a trade. If we expect validation, ego is still running the show.

Ultimately, loving kindness dissolves the illusion of separation. There is neither higher nor lower.

Practising loving kindness towards someone toxic doesn’t mean approving of their actions. It is refusing to let their chaos dictate our internal state.

If, for an instant at 11 o’clock every day, we remember that all sentient beings have a good heart, a constant tsunami of consciousness would envelop the world … but don’t expect it to happen. 😀