Removing the veil of separation

[Anders]

@Ming the Merciful You bring up an important point about experiencing reality without concepts. Spiritual teacher Shunymurti has mentioned that there is a trans-conceptual state of awareness possible. I think in theory that's possible, even to the point of being able to perform practical tasks without thinking yet still being aware.

I have an idea of the Nothingness as meaning that reality is made of only relations. So there is no substance at the fundamental level of reality. I have a sense of being able to get a more direct and practical experience of it. It's still mostly only intellectual understanding I have. Concepts are like pointers that may or may not be true. Nonduality teacher Ramesh Balsekar said that everything he said, everything any teacher has said at anytime, everything in scriptures, are concepts.

I believe concepts can be useful as pointers, as a guiding tool towards actual realization of what the concepts point to. And it's also useful I think when or if a breaking through the veil happens, it allows a smoother adjustment to the new level of consciousness than without spiritual conceptual knowledge.