Find the exact point where you end and the rest of the world begins. Not roughly, exactly. You might say it’s your skin, but close your eyes and see if you can actually feel that border. No matter how much I meditate on this, it’s murky. This is non-dualism, the idea that the “me in here, world out there” split is a story the mind lays over the top of experience. Stanford-trained psychologist and philosopher John Astin treats it as an experiment you can run on yourself, and he reckons it’s a life-changing discovery. In a good way.
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