Updated May 20, 2023
What you see in this image is not a man and a woman but their symbols. Their colour or look does not resemble actual men and women. That is common knowledge. However, very few know that none of their experiences is real but symbols of that which is, namely oneness, although they do not resemble it. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
Everybody knows that the letters w + a + t + e + r will not quench their thirst. However, that is not something they have to think about because, due to past experiences with water, they know the letters are just a symbol of it – likewise, when you know there is no more than that which is One, the experience of a world where there seems to be more than one is not perceived as real but a symbol of oneness.
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Anxiety is related to the wish for more. First, you are worried about not getting it. Second, when you achieve it, you fear losing it. However, if everything is perceived as a symbol of that which is One, you always have enough. That does not mean you cannot look forward to seeing your children, for example. But it means you are not attached to a specific outcome because anyone symbolises oneness.
Should you be attached to a specific outcome, it is not a problem because attachment is also a symbol of that which is One. Whatever you think, feel or do or not think, feel or do are symbols of it.
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You are always protected when you see everything in the world as symbols of oneness because it takes more than one to be attacked.
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The humidity that appears to be in this image cannot damage your electronic device because the picture is a simulation. Likewise, nothing in a world where there seems to be more than one can hurt that which is you because it is that which is One, and it takes more than one to suffer. Photo © Alexius Jorgensen.
How to escape the illusion of more than One? That is like asking how to escape the world in a computer game. There is nothing to leave because you are not there.
In other words, there is nothing to escape other than believing there is more than One. A way to do that is to see everything in a world where there seems to be more than one as a symbol of that which is One.
You cannot go wrong doing that. Whether you love or hate someone, the difference does not make a difference when you perceive every experience as a symbol of oneness. And should you not do it entirely but suppress specific experiences, you are still on track because denial is also a symbol of oneness.
The more everything in a world where there seems to be more than one is seen as a symbol of that which is One, the more you feel free. Thus, eventually, you do not feel limited by such a world. Thus you forget it.
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You cannot choose to undo the belief in a world where there seems to be more than one because that confirms there is more than one. But fortunately, there is nothing to choose when you do not interpret your experiences as real but as symbols of that which is real namely oneness.
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Perceiving everything as a symbol of that which is One will not change the world. But since all its appearances symbolise the same, their apparent difference makes no difference. Hence, believing in a world where there seems to be more than one makes no sense, thus falling apart. Photo © Alexius Jorgensen.
Since a world where there seems to be more than one, according to Alexius’ Enlightened Non-Teachings, is make-believe, so is that statement. Nevertheless, you cannot appear in such a world without believing in something, so you choose what to believe.
Suppose it makes you feel good believing that a world where there seems to be more than one is an illusion. In that case, you can perceive everything as a symbol of oneness. Therefore, since nothing seems to make a difference, separation does not appear to hide reality is which is One – not in the sense that you see oneness but that, eventually, you are not aware of anything, wherefore you are what you always were and will be, namely that which is One.
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Oneness is formless, thus endless. That is why it cannot comprehend that you believe in seeing more than One, thus not knowing the suffering this belief entails and that you try to solve it by becoming and having more. However, you do not solve your desire for more by being or getting more. All you need to undo the belief in more is to change the purpose of your appearance in a world where there seems to be more than one. If it is to see everything as a symbol of oneness, differences make no difference. Thus it does not matter whether you get more.
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Since life is formless, thus without a beginning and end, everything definable is lifeless. Therefore, you are not alive if you believe in being someone definitive. Nevertheless, you symbolise the formlessness of life because, without it, you could not experience being someone definitive.
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There is no more than that which is One since it is formless, thus endless. That is why you must always talk with yourself to uphold the belief in being someone in a world where there seems to be more than one. Photo © Alexius Jorgensen.
What you believe in hearing, seeing, feeling, and smelling is a construction of thoughts the brain builds based on what it imagines to receive from the sensory organs in the body where it pictures itself. But to make its fantasy appear as something real experienced externally, the brain needs you to interact with it constantly. If not, you do not appear to be someone substantial in a tangible world.
But this does not mean you need not stop thoughts to undo the brain’s fantasy. All you need is to change the purpose of following them so it does not confirm the brain’s fantasy but reality. So if you perceive thoughts as symbols of that which makes it possible to experience them, namely oneness, your talking does not establish you as someone in the brain’s fantasy but as a symbol of oneness.
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Alexius’ Enlightened Non-Teachings are like fairy tales you read for stray kids to shed some light on what and where they are so they can find their way home. However, the path is not definable and cannot be followed since your home is oneness, and it takes more than one to pursue something.
Fortunately, there is no need to find a way to oneness because it is formless, thus endless, so you cannot be anywhere but there. Thus it is only your belief in being somewhere else that needs to be undone – for example, by perceiving where you appear to be as a symbol of oneness. Then the belief in being there fades out.
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Nobody expects a movie projector to be in the world it projects on a screen because neither that nor anything else physical can be part of a virtual world. Likewise, oneness is not in a world where there seems to be more than one. But since oneness is endless, it is the reason you can experience more than one, That is why everything in a world where there seems to be more than one symbolises that which is One. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
You can compare a world defined by time and space to a movie projected on a screen and the formlessness of oneness to the projector. The movie projector is not in the projected film, nor how you perceive it, And neither the projected nor the perception of it is in the projector. It is indifferent to both because they are not real.
When perceiving everything as a symbol of what makes it possible to experience something, it does not matter how it appears. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
In the context of this metaphor, the fantasy of a world defined by time and space is projected on a flat screen by oneness. However, it does not know that you believe to be someone in its projection. Nor does it know that you want to be there because you prefer the excitement of more than one over the peace of that which is One. Oneness is also unaware that you believe in being someone with a beginning and end. It does not know of separation but sees the reel with the movie as a whole, wherefore everything happens simultaneously. See What time is it!?
So if you are not identified with the projected movie but with what is projecting it, nothing changes when the movie is over because the projector is still there, as it was when it appeared to cast a film of a world defined by time and space. One way of not identifying with the movie is to perceive it as a symbol of that which generates it, namely the projector.
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This picture shows where an analogue movie in a cinema comes from. And as you can see, it has nothing to do with the world that appears on the screen. Also, it is much smaller than the world experienced on the screen. The same applies to that which is One. It is so much smaller than a world where there seems to be more than one. Actually, sit is so tiny that it cannot be seen. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
Some may respond to the above movie metaphor by asking, »Who has put the film in the projector?« believing the question proves the movie is real.
The graphic is grabbed from the web.
But nothing proves a world defined by time and space is real. There are foolish explanations about an almighty god, an explosion of nothing coming out of a black hole as something, ‘I think therefore I am,’ or naive beliefs like ‘I exist because I can feel pain when I pitch the body.’ The latter would be the same as saying, I am the coat I wear because I can feel something when I touch it. But you are not your coat or body, nor soul or consciousness. That is why you say my coat, body, soul and consciousness.
You are not anything at all because it takes more than one to be something, and there is no more than that which is One.
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Since there is nothing real in a world with more than one, Alexius’ Enlightened Non-Teachings are also unreal. But since it feels good to perceive everything in such a world as symbols of oneness, and since it does not matter what you do when perceived as a symbol of that which is One, why not apply Duality Hack #3 Seeing duality as a symbol of non-duality. Besides, if you do that, the belief in seeing more than one is undone while having fun experiencing more than one.
NOTE: This article is part of Duality Hack #3 Seeing duality as a symbol of non-duality.
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