2. Dual & Non-Dual Philosophy - Part 2/3
Self Meditated by Nicky Grimsdale
Episode notes
The witness is not the destination. It's the doorway - and Advaita Vedanta shows you what's on the other side.
This episode is the philosophical heart of the 3 part series, and the most personal.
Picking up from Part 1, Nicky goes deep into the distinction that changed everything in her own practice: the difference between dualist and non-dual philosophy. Not as an abstract debate, but as a live question with real consequences for how you experience your life, your mind, and your sense of self.
Using a simple but precise analogy drawn from classical Advaita - a shadow in a dim room mistaken for a figure - the episode shows the fundamental difference between the Samkhya-Yoga approach (developing a stable witness that stands apart from experience) and the Advaitic approach (investigating the very nature of the witness itself, and ...