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Even if you get what you want, you won’t be happy.

I would immediately ask, “where are you looking?” And then follow that up with, “what is looking?”

This is really a nasty question. If I say “yes”, then you will think there is nothing to realize and remain stuck in suffering.

Not at all. Nonduality is about seeing through our identification with this separate wave we call “me.” Even after awakening, the separate wave will still exist as a thing.

Let me start by saying I had no guru or teacher (living or dead) that gave me, lead me, or otherwise helped me to awaken.

You can do nothing to Awaken.

I know…not the answer seekers want to hear, but there is more to this answer than meets the eye.

Nonduality is the English equivalent of the Sanskrit term, Advaita. Dvaita is a Sanskrit word that means duality, dualism, and dual. “A” is a prefix that makes it negative.

It means something specific when I use the term. Spiritual awakening, Enlightenment, Self-Realization, and several other terms are all equal and point to the same happening.

It is a common question I hear, but you can not battle the ego. It is the ego (me) that would be fitting the ego.