Acknowledging and fully including a feeling leads to a state where definitions and separations disappear. That is the bliss of nothing.
Duality Hack #4.1 in Alexius’ Duality Hacks.
You get the bliss of nothing by including opposing elements
Once upon a time, Alexius assumed that relaxation would replace his irritation if he justified it with the world. But it was stressful to always look for something outside him to blame for the discomfort inside him. So, justifying his irritation with something outside him did not entail relaxation but stress.
Eventually, he recognised that there was no relaxation to contrast irritation if he included it by being it entirely. So, since irritation could not be categorised by relaxation and vice versa, both feelings turned into nothing. Therefore, since he was neither irritable nor relaxed, those feelings did not shape him as someone separated from others. Hence, he entered a state of not-knowing.
By not excluding but fully including your feeling of worthlessness, you are nothing but that. Therefore, since there is no contrast to define your worthlessness, you are not definable as someone definitive. Hence, you are in a state of not-knowing, which is the bliss of nothing. [Photo: Alexius]
In the bliss of nothing, everything is the same, except nobody is bothered
But let us elaborate on being fully inclusive. It does not mean you laboriously have to include every bit of irritation but that you are willing to be nothing but annoyed. In other words, it is not about perfection but willingness. Should the latter be lukewarm, you are still fully inclusive if you are willing to include your reluctance.
Inclusiveness has nothing to do with acceptance or forgiveness because inclusion leaves nothing to accept or forgive. Nor does it have anything to do with embracing or owning your feelings, as that enhances the belief in being someone definitive, thus separated. Inclusion is the absence of separation, which is a state of not-knowing.
In a state of not knowing, you are momentarily undone as somebody. Therefore, since nobody cares about appearance, thoughts and feelings are not considered tools for manifesting one as someone definitive but navigating the world. For example, pain may prevent you from walking on a broken leg and fear from stepping out in front of a car.
However, until you return to the conscious experience of something, you are not aware of the bliss of nothing you had when not being someone definitive. [Photo: Alexius]
In this context, pain does not cause suffering. Neither does fear scare you because when you do not use thoughts and feelings to establish yourself as someone definitive, you are in the bliss of nothing.
However, as soon as you use thoughts and feelings to achieve something specific, such as unconditional love, you are in the frustration of something.
But even if you do not try to achieve something specific, a state of not-knowing cannot last more than 20 minutes, 45 at most, because, without the constant acknowledgement of separation, the Enlightenment of that which is One erases the awareness of differences. See Duality Hack #9.10.
Trying to understand inclusiveness and categorise when, why, or how long you are in a state of not-knowing before you return to the conscious experience of being someone complicates things. To be inclusive is not to be exclusive. Since the result is a state of not-knowing, you will not get there through understanding.
Simply put, as long as you want to appear as someone in a world of duality, do not stay too long at a time in a state of not-knowing. If you do that, the Enlightenment of that which is One erases every memory of duality. Fortunately, even a split second in a state of not-knowing wipes the slate clean. So when you return to the consciousness of something, you can enjoy believing in a world of duality while gently having it undone.
That is the purpose of Duality Hack #4. Therefore, read on if you would like to enjoy your favourite aspects of something special while slowly but surely including them. Thus, again and again, you enter a state of not-knowing until you forget to leave it, and the Enlightenment of that which is One erases all memories of duality.
If the boxes in Alexius’ Duality Hacks make it harder to focus, you are lucky. Defocusing leads to a state of not- knowing.
Multitasking also does. It distracts the brain from focusing, making it difficult to categorise an experience as different. Applying the Immortal Sweetness technique, described in Duality Hack #11.2, helps you defocus. [Photo: Alexius]
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