Hearing the echo of oneness feels like the world stands still, yet everything hastily moves around, going nowhere.

From Duality Hack #11.3 in Alexius’ Duality Hacks.

If a world with more than one is unreal, and that which is One is real, it follows that it is impossible to be in a world with more than one. Yet, most believe in being there. But one comparable to the Enlightenment is that which One does not believe but pretends to be in a world with more than one – like pretending to be in a computer game.

That is why Alexius’ description below of the world standing still does not reflect the collectively agreed-upon reality of a world with more than one, but someone not believing in being there. The same applies when he talks about listening to the echo of oneness or having other glimpses of Enlightenment.

The world stood still when Alexius heard the echo of oneness

The first time, it was as if the world stood still, Alexius was 17 years old. Looking out the window, he saw everything covered by snow, painting him white while Donovan’s Jennifer Juniper played in the background.

The first time the world stood still, Alexius was 17 years old. Looking out the window, he saw everything covered by snow, making him feel transparent while Donovan’s Jennifer Juniper played in the background.

Feeling translucent, he forgot to participate in the story of more than one. And although music kept coming out of the speakers, the silence was so loud that all he heard was the echo of oneness.

Much later, on a walk along the sea, Alexius heard the humming echoing oneness again. And then again, when Alexius was walking on a pedestrian street, busy handing out flyers, the distant echo of oneness was so intense that even though people hastily passed him, it was like there was no movement and no people. He did not know what was happening, nor did he try to figure it out. We have no need to know anything when we hear the echo of oneness.

After being accustomed to hearing the echo of oneness, he realised that this distant humming is what aum, sohang, or the word of god symbolises. However, most people cannot hear the unpronounceable echo of oneness. They expect something that extends their being in a world defined by time and space. But the echo of oneness is without a beginning and end, so when you hear its distant humming symbolised by aum, sohang, and the word of god, you forget to uphold the belief in being someone. See Duality Hack #11.4.

The echo of oneness

The word ‘guitar’ symbolises striking sounds. However, hearing the word ‘guitar’ will not remind you of those sounds unless you are familiar with them. That is the same with aum and sohang or the word of god. They symbolise the distant humming of oneness. But they will not remind you of the unpronounceable vibration of oneness unless you have already heard or felt it.

You hear or feel the echo of oneness when the definable world of the outward-facing senses is so far from your awareness that the abstract humming from the edge of the universe is the nearest.

This makes you feel like nobody. Thus, free from the constraints of being somebody, you can perceive the world in a way that makes you feel like you’re in Wonderland.

Epilogue: Sending out an echo of oneness

Since there are only zeros and ones on a computer’s hard disk, it is unaware that an app has converted them into definable objects on a screen. Nevertheless, the computer senses something is off. So, it sends out an echo of itself to stop you from interpreting nothing as something. 

In this computer metaphor, the app is the brain, which renders experiences of something from nothing. The computer is the formlessness of oneness, sending out an echo of oneness, sounding like the vibration aum or sohang symbolises. When you hear the echo of oneness, you eventually forget to see your experiences as something. Thus, nothing seems to hide the formlessness of oneness. See Duality Hack #11.4.

The wise one may ask who has installed the app. The answer is nobody. It requires more than One to do something, and there is no more than that which is One.