<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Nondualism is not very well understood due to the... > Nondualism is not very well understood due to the dominant systems of thinking in Western culture. {{The ultimate deception is in the dichotomy; by choosing one or the other we tend to overlook possible interconnectedness between the two.}} {{Dualism makes you forget there ever was a whole.}} Most of your thoughts have been isolated, concentrated and refined by dualism; a violently divisive and narrow model of consciousness. Practicing nonduality splits open our outer oppositions surrounding our spiritual nucleus. {{Just as the planets orbit the Sun, our emotions revolve around the nucleus of our conflicts and oppositions.}} {{When you sink to the center of yourself, you reach the calm enormity of what defines your being.}} There is a dimension of peaceful wholeness in the surrendered, non-dualistic mind — a dimension of non-meaning. {{Surrender is finding the balance between the fighting sides inside of you.}} The meditative surrendering from constantly balancing between oppositions is healing. {{We are emancipated from polarity when we hover above opposites in the meditative state.}} Restful nothingness can be achieved in both the thinking and feeling states of observation. Move to the center of yourself and you will find a calm presence of release that is not easily disturbed. **Source:** [[books/Simple Reminders Book (2014-2018)|Simple Reminders]] <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->