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Nothing is at last sacred
but the integrity of your own mind.
All is Mind, other than which, naught exists.
That’s it, that’s the complete teaching. All is mind; that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Everything else that Zen, pop-nonduality, Advaita Vedanta or anyone else has to say caters to your deep-seated life-or-death fight-or-flight urge to avoid the ramifications of that one simple and true statement (better known to you and I as not-two). All is mind. You can call it truth or godmind or Brahman, or Skippy if you like, but it’s most useful to call it as you know it; awareness.
Only two things exist, one of which doesn’t.
Awareness is true and does exist.
Appearance is untrue and does not exist.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet, best known for leading the Transcendentalist movement. His works emphasized individualism, self-reliance, and the connection between nature and the human spirit. Major works like Self-Reliance and Nature promoted personal intuition over societal norms. He was a mentor to Henry David Thoreau and influenced American thought on spirituality, literature, and social reform. His speeches and essays championed optimism, freedom, and the power of the individual mind.
