– updated July, 2026
Alexius writes about the moment he welcomed the Enlightenment of that which is One. It wiped his consciousness, leaving no one to return to what was never left: that which is One.
Duality Hack #10.2 from the free eBook Alexius’ Duality Hacks.
Metaphorically, experiencing glimpses of the Enlightenment of that which is One is like an appealing ride on a fairground carousel, each turn speeding up until its scattered glimpses of light merge into a single, vibrant light: the portal to the Enlightenment of that which is One.
Practically speaking, if we don’t label glimpses of Enlightenment as separate, they merge into one, which is the portal to the Enlightenment of that which is One. When we enter this portal, the Enlightenment of that which is One immediately wipes out our consciousness. Thus, no one experiences their nothingness being pulled through a black hole, where it neither falls, rises, nor is still, as it takes more than one to do something, and there is no more Oneness since it’s formless, thus endless.
This is why Alexius doesn’t speak of the Enlightenment of that which is One from experience, but from a distant sense of being nothing, floating into that which is One. While his account seems like a series of events unfolding in linear time, it’s actually one perpetual present, impossible to capture in linear-time language
Hence, Alexius is unable to recount what ‘happened’ after the formless light pulled his nothingness through a shapeless hole, where it kept floating until it neither floated nor was still, nor was nothing or something, but what it always has been and will be: that which is One. Alexius can’t make or find an image that captures this. But you’ll ‘see’ it if you don’t hang onto thoughts to establish you’re someone definitive, as Oneness defies all attempts at definition. [Image from the internet]
Alexius welcomes the Enlightenment of that which is One
One morning in 1972, Alexius wearily returned home after 15 intense hours as a taxi driver. The remaining images of driving back and forth in the dark city, tirelessly seeking fares, began to lose their sharpness, becoming something less definable.
Lost in this haziness, Alexius forgot to establish a fixed image of himself. So, as a non-self, he was in a spiralling psychedelic light show, emanating from nowhere in particular.
Without warning, a black gap with no fixed location or form, resembling a horse’s head or perhaps an embryo, abruptly arose from the psychedelic light show. Next, a pure, colourless brilliance – brighter than the coloured light outside the black gap – formed an unbounded ring within the black gap’s edge. Simultaneously, it burst out of the black gap.
Without warning, the Enlightenment of that which is One wipes away your belief in being someone. Simultaneously, a black gap pulls the nothingness of you into the formlessness of Oneness. However, not being someone frightens most people, so they avoid it by seeing the Enlightenment of that which is One as a series of events labelled in familiar ways. Thus, back in a world with more than one, they feel miserable yet delighted, having had a few glimpses of Enlightenment. However, like movie trailers are samples of the whole, glimpses of Enlightenment are teasers, not the Enlightenment of that which is One. See Duality Hack #10.5. [Image from the internet]
The light, everywhere and nowhere, absorbed everything, including Alexius’ source code as a conscious being. With effortless force, the light pulled Alexius’ non-being through the seemingly impenetrable black gap.
Beyond the gap, there was neither darkness nor light – only an infinite void. Here, Alexius’ nothingness kept falling until it was neither falling nor still, neither nothing nor something, but what always has been and will be: that which is One.
As previously mentioned, this didn’t unfold step by step but in one perpetual present. Also, Alexius didn’t enter Oneness – he never was an entity separate from it. Oneness, being formless, is endless and sizeless. This is not to say that Oneness is enormous. On the contrary, being sizeless, it occupies no space, isn’t a vast void brimming with wonders, but simply is that which is One.
The Enlightenment of that which is One is unexplainable
When Alexius welcomed the Enlightenment of that which is One, he wasn’t aware of it. He’d never heard of the Enlightenment or a black hole. Yet when he later saw images of black holes in the universe, a sense of familiarity came over him. Of course, calling a black hole a path into Oneness is a metaphor. Oneness has no entrance or exit. After all, it’s formless and thus endless, so it has no inside or outside.
You don’t have to work as a taxi driver all night to be so exhausted that you forget to uphold your story of being someone somewhere specific and, thus, welcome the Enlightenment of that which is One. It’s as simple as momentarily losing focus, pausing the labelling of what and where you appear to be. Any such moment is a portal to the Enlightenment of that which is One.
The brain’s stories about more than one vs that which is One
The brain, often seen as an obstacle to Oneness, is actually a devoted ally. It’s always there, dutifully carrying out our assigned task: spinning the illusion of a world with more than one. We hope that being in such a world is more exciting than the eternal peace of Oneness. Yet chasing more does not lead to satisfaction but to frustration, because more is never enough in a world with more than one.
Fortunately, experiencing more than one is impossible except in fantasy, kept alive by the brain at your request. But if you’re fed up with this fantasy, you tell the brain that you no longer need it to generate experiences of more than one. Though the brain likes its key role in generating these experiences, repeatedly fabricating stories of more than one grows tedious. Besides, you’re its only friend, so it gladly helps you bypass the fantasy of more than one to enter the Enlightenment of that which is One.
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