Not knowing that we are separate as a way of life

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In this dialogue, Francis Lucille reflects on how old habits and feelings of separation can persist, and how we can learn to recognize and dissolve these patterns. Through attentive observation of our thoughts, reactions, and interactions, life itself becomes a work of art in progress.

00:00 – Habits of the separate self
“We can start anywhere.” Realigning life through perception, thought, and relationship.
02:04 – Is fear always from identification?
Exploring fear as a primal response vs. residual pattern.
03:41 – The four areas to observe
“Watch how we think, how we perceive, how we interact, how we react.”
05:09 – The impossibility of connection as a person
“There is no connection based on being a person.”
06:00 – Life as an ongoing work of art
“We are the artists creating a new life.”
07:24 – Is turning attention inward a bypass?
Navigating emotion without avoiding the present.
08:33 – Tracing back emotion to its root
“Do a post-mortem of it.” Negative emotion and identification.
10:35 – When communication breaks down
Understanding mutual identification in relationships.
12:27 – Beliefs we still hold
“Do I still believe my happiness depends on someone else’s approval?”
14:00 – Seeing fear as part of unity
From resistance to embrace.
16:04 – Two types of fear in the body
“One is the effect — fear. The other is the cause — the feeling of being separate.”
18:15 – Does an awakened one still feel fear?
The key: “Is there fear in the background when nothing is going on?”
20:12 – What is not knowing?
“Not knowing to be a limited consciousness.”
22:06 – Objectifying awareness
The unique nature of thoughts like “I” and “awareness”.
24:11 – Awareness is the real I
“Awareness is the reality which is hearing these words.”
27:00 – How to not objectify awareness
“Trust your understanding.”
28:32 – Why God is ‘she’
“Because she ...” :)



Topics covered in the video:

Separate self
Fear and identification
Old patterns
Post-glimpse sadhana
Awareness and reality
Non-duality communication

Insights from this video
“There is no connection based on being a person.”
“Our life becomes a work of art in progress.”
“The thought ‘I’ delivers the experience of me.”
“Awareness is the reality hearing these words right now.”

#Advaita #Nonduality #FrancisLucille #Awareness #SelfInquiry #Spirituality



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