Truth Addict

Non-dual exercise (the "X" method)

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This thread is of my own creation, I don't claim any value within it.
Imagine if we'd removed all pronouns (subjects and objects) from the English language, and have replaced all of them with one single pronoun, let's say it's: "X".
Now imagine what life would be like:
You see people talking:
"X thinks about X" for "I think about you".
"X was walking in the X, and X fell down directly to the X" for "I was walking in the street, and I fell down directly to the ground".
"X has succeeded in the X" for "My friends have succeeded in their exams". And so on..
Notice, you don't get an actual practical value or understanding of the situations without pronouns.
The point of this exercise is to appreciate direct experience.
What is there to understand without belief?

Who can say what's true and what's false but the experiencer?

How does belief affect your direct experience through veils of delusion?

Now Imagine the same X phrases written on a wall with no one has written them. What do they even mean?
That's what it's like to be deluded. And that's what we do all the time (occurring right here) ?
What this thread is, is just an arrow pointing back towards the experiencer.
Now let's take it one step further.
Imagine if we'd removed all the verbs and have replaced them with the same "X".
"X X about X" for "I think about you".
"X X in the X, and X X directly to the X" for "I was walking in the street, and I fell down directly to the ground". And so on..
The goal here is to remove the doership from the doer.
Who's doing anything at all?

What does it even mean to say that someone or something is doing anything at all?

When is a verb occurring? When does it start and end? And where is it occurring?

Now let's move one step further.
Imagine if we'd removed all the miscellaneous words, and have replaced them with the same "X".
"X X X X" for "I think about you". And so on..
The point here is to silence the mind by removing all language once and for all (mantra-like).
Notice how crippling this exercise is in the everyday life.
We're just using it here as a tool for Truth-realisation.
And well that's about it.
Let me know what you think about it. All comments are appreciated.

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@Truth Addict That’s wonderful. I’d add that while it seems silence is the absence of the sound of a spoken “X”, truly all sounds arise within the silence (you). And so “you”, can never be said, and the sound is secondary, or, always of the silence - though the sound appears not to be silence.  


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7 minutes ago, Nahm said:

@Truth Addict That’s wonderful. I’d add that while it seems silence is the absence of the sound of a spoken “X”, truly all sounds arise within the silence (you). And so “you”, can never be said, and the sound is secondary, or, always of the silence - though the sound appears not to be silence.  

I get that!

I am Silence.

I am the source of all sounds, which must always be Absolute Silence, allowing sound to occur.

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