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This, the sixth book in a progressive series by the author, finalizes and further clarifies the true nature and core of the condition termed Enlightenment. Although it draws on consciousness research for explanation and contextualization, it is primarily an instruction
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Source: Devotional Nonduality (Discovery of the Presence of God), Page: 80-81
Contributed by: Tribble.
Q: But what about the classical spiritual teaching of “the space between two thoughts”?
A: It is a misunderstanding for there is no detectable space 'between' two thoughts through which one can glimpse the Infinite. The supposed 'space' is not between the thoughts but prior to the thoughts.
Perception moves at the same rate as does mentalization; therefore, to expect that perception will discern a space between two thoughts is impossible because perception would have to then move faster than 1/10,000th of a second, that is, the perceptive faculty of the mind moves at the same rate as the content of the mind. Thus, to try to witness the space between two thoughts is like a dog's trying to chase its own tail. This is why many serious and committed meditators do not reach Enlightenment, even after many years of devoted meditation. They are simply looking in the wrong place (calibrates as true).