Hello,
Being Is A Verb is not necessarily meant to be absorbed all at once, especially if the nondual understanding is a new concept for you.
What is spoken of here, nondual awareness, is not something abstract or theoretical, although it may appear to be at first. No special knowledge in philosophy, psychology, religion, or science is required, at all; in fact, prior schooling and conditioning can be an obstacle to understanding. Sometimes a genuine and earnest desire for peace and happiness is enough to create an opening, a space for receptivity, through which a different way of being can be known.
The brief articles are relatively self-contained explorations of awareness. One reader may start from the beginning while another may prefer the organization of the Topical Guide.
The material is presented as it is written, chronologically, and the topics are largely determined by what is on my mind each day.
Also, the content is not necessarily meant to be read from beginning to end because, for some, when the recognition occurs, a realization arises: becoming firmly established in nondual awareness happens in the world. And when the world is your teacher, the book can be closed.
Alan Watts said, “When you have reached the opposite shore, you do not carry the raft on your back, but leave it behind.”
It is my sincere hope that this raft carries attentive readers safely to the solid ground of their essential Self.
—Greg Reddick
What is Nondual Awareness?
Nondual awareness refers to the direct experience of the nature of reality minus the belief in a fundamental separation between subjects and objects. Through understanding one knows that although separation is real as an appearance in awareness, the reality of awareness cannot be divided.
Nondual awareness can be difficult to embody due to several factors including cultural conditioning and the egoic need for control which stems from natural desires for security and survival. Nondual understanding, then, with its concepts, analogies, and philosophical frameworks like dual-aspect monism,* can serve as a helpful guide.
*Dual-aspect monism suggests that the two aspects of reality—mind and matter—are ultimately manifestations of the same underlying reality. In religious traditions this underlying reality is referred to conceptually as God.
About Being Is A Verb
Being Is A Verb explores the essence of nondual awareness and the experiential reality behind the concept of God.
The Introduction provides a few samples of the understanding for context. The primary articles are on the Main Pages. The Topical Guide is an alphabetized and categorized list of the content for easy reference.
The three pages of Q & A offer brief comments on topics like the similarities and differences between nondual interpretations of Jesus’ core teachings and the traditional views of Christianity; the question of salvation; the nature of our sin nature; the nature of our true nature; witnessing presence; the deeper purpose of life; the nature of reality; the hard problem of consciousness; near-death experiences; the problem of evil; angelic beings; unfavorable influences and the paranormal; protection; and the innate freedom and happiness at the heart of experience.
New articles are added weekly.