It’s not uncommon that someone might argue, “You say self is a thought, but no-self is also a thought, isn’t it?”

Or, “Isn’t nonduality another belief?” 

Everything is a thought or belief when it’s a thought or belief. So yes, no-self can be a belief exactly like self can be a belief.

But what’s between self and no-self? What’s here that’s not a thought or belief? 

That’s where these words attempt to point and it’s really all that matters. 

I also discuss how I used to talk about paradigm shifts and sea changes, but how it doesn’t look that way anymore. What I’m pointing to now is not a paradigm at all. It’s what’s before paradigms.

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