thoughts on nonduality, which will probably make no sense unless you are already familiar with Advaita

I'm actually revisiting this Advaita/NonDuality stuff by reading John Wheeler's The Light Behind Consciousness. Years ago I attended satsang with Gangaji and various other teachers as they visited Boulder. I borrowed and purchased many books, by Ramesh Balsekar and others. My copy of Wayne Liquorman's book No Way: A Guide for the Spiritually "Advanced" (which he authored as Ram Tzu) is dog eared from being read so often.

I'm noticing that I'm not quite ready or willing to give up the notion of a Self yet. I'm still enjoying it. I like the play of Lila ... the hiding and seeking and finding.

I still like creative visualization, the Work, EFT, and the other games we can play with our seemingly separate selves. I figure the idea of a Self will dissolve sooner or later all on its own, so I'm in no hurry to rush it along.

I've never really been a seeker, so to speak. More of a hedonist, I'd say! Not interested in enlightenment, not trying to achieve true liberation ... just hoping to ease my suffering a bit when it arises. I am probably still quite deeply attached to my ego identity, and I'm feeling fine about that state of affairs for now.

In Wheeler's book, he says awareness, love, and truth are identical, and comprise All There Is. At the core, I think all the philosophies and models I study are basically saying that same thing.

Some approach this central concept through cognitive channels (The Work), some energetic (EFT, Yuen), some mental (Advaita, Science of Mind, Eckhart Tolle), and some are physical (yoga, chi gong).

But essentially, they all seem to suggest that the evaluation of ourselves, each other, and our circumstances is the root cause of suffering, while love and acceptance are the remedies.

ps: if you groove on this nonduality stuff, check out jeff's post. he's my soul brother (I have lots of soul sisters, but he's my first soul brother...) and we are clearly running on parallel tracks lately! http://joyanddisquiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/just-because.html