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Where Do You Fall on the Duality - Nonduality Spectrum?

[Updated Oct 4, 2022] Duality and Nonduality are opposites of one thing, with shades of beliefs between them.

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The more nonduality speakers and teachings I listened to, the more I wondered about the different version of nondualism. After mulling this over, I came up with the following Duality-Nonduality Spectrum. (Click on the table to see a larger version.)

(click to enlarge) The Duality-Nonduality Spectrum, by Alan Lew, author, cc-by

1. Duality*

• Materialism, Modernism, Scientism (some consider these types of religions)
• Everything exists as separate, material things. The measurable, objective and material universe is the only thing that is real.
• God, a soul, and spiritual and subjective realities are fantasies that do not really exist. Or if they do exist, they can never be known objectively.
• The purpose of life is to evolve in measurable ways. But what “evolve” means, and “who” evolves (individual, family…