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Hence, there exist two understandings of the world, reflected as two types of consciousness:
• Dualistic consciousness is the conventional view of our world as consisting of individual divided entities, which function separately, with little or no interchange, often competing for existence.
• Non-dualistic, spiritual consciousness is the understanding that there is only one general Essence that comprises all the temporary individual forms of existence, while only the universal Essence is enduring and important. This Oneness worldview is backed by Quantum Physics.
As Buddha said,
“the mind is everything”, and
“what you think you become”
thus, dualistic and non-dualistic types of consciousness have sweeping effects, not only on individual health, but also on the health of family, society, and the world, as well.
To understand the effects of dualistic vs. non-dualistic consciousness in our lives, let’s compare consciousness to a mirror. When broken and fragmented, the mirror reflects reality in divided, sharp, injurious pieces. However, if they were “re-integrated” or “made whole”, meaning, “healed”, then every shard would be restored to smooth and harmless surface once again. It is the same with dualistic, injurious shards of awareness vs. non-dualistic oneness consciousness: the person with a divided, i.e., dualistic consciousness, sees or perceives a stressful, tormented world that is comprised of conflicting slivers of existence called “entities”, which are at odds with
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