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If we’ve been bamboozled long enough,
we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.
We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.
The bamboozle has captured us.
I don’t write about things that I can see and you can’t. If I can see it, you can see it too. If your thick skull has been pierced by the diamond bullet of the initial nondual insight, then everything I talk about is fully visible to you, you just have to open your eyes and learn to look. It would be pretty shitty of me to throw shade on sacred traditions, spiritual luminaries and beloved asstalkers unless you could see what I’m saying for yourself. Nonduality is a strict meritocracy where everyone does not get a trophy. You pay for every step you take; a pound of flesh apiece. Even if you’re a total flopdoodle in every other area of your life, you can be a lord of nonduality; it all comes down to eliminating wrongness, allowing the revelation of rightness. There’s nothing to learn, nothing to practice, nothing to become, only a bird’s nest of feelings and opinions and wrong-knowings to deconstruct and discard.
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"It is far better to grasp the universe
as it really is than to persist in delusion,
however satisfying and reassuring."
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. He was a leading figure in popularizing science, best known for his award-winning book and television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which brought the wonders of the universe to a global audience. Sagan made significant contributions to planetary science, particularly the study of Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, and played a key role in NASA missions such as Voyager and Viking. A passionate advocate for skepticism, scientific inquiry, and the search for extraterrestrial life, he also co-founded the Planetary Society. His famous quote, “We are made of star stuff,” captures his poetic vision of humanity’s place in the cosmos.
