Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: “The truth is that there is nothing but God. When you see things as separate, it is due to the limitations of your own perception.”
Saint John of the Cross: “The center of our soul is where God and the soul meet and infuse each other, where God and I become one, not by way of confusion of substance, but by transforming union.”
Meister Eckhart: “The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.”
“That which is called the spirit is not different from space. The space within the heart and the space outside are the same.” – The Upanishads, c. 800-400 BCE.
“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao.” – Tao Te Ching, c. 600 BCE.
“The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven’s light forever shines, Earth’s shadows fly.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, c. 170 CE.
“I am He whom I love, and He whom I love is I. We are two spirits dwelling in one body.” – Hadith, c. 8th century.
“The Sufi is he who has seen himself in all and all in himself.” – Al-Hallaj, c. 857-922.
“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” – Heart Sutra, Mahayana Buddhism.
“All things are marked with Self; the self is unmarked.” – Udana, Theravada Buddhism.
“The duality of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ is the root of all suffering.” – Dhammapada, Theravada Buddhism.
“The nature of all things is emptiness, like an illusion.” – Nagarjuna, Madhyamaka Buddhism.
“The two sides of a coin are not separate; they are inseparably connected.” – Longchenpa, Dzogchen Buddhism.
“The Self is one, without a second.” – Adi Shankara, c. 788-820.
“The Atman [Self] and Brahman [Absolute Reality] are not two, but the same.” – Ramana Maharshi, c. 1879-1950.
“There is no other than the Self, who shines as consciousness in all.” – Anandamayi Ma, c. 1896-1982.
“The essence of the world is pure consciousness, without duality.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj, c. 1897-1981.
“In the Self, all dualities disappear.” – Sri Nityananda, c. 1900-61.
“The duality of the world is a mere appearance.” – Sri Ramakrishna, c. 1836-1886.
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” – Rumi.
“I have no religion, my faith is in love. I have no caste, my grace is humanity.” – Mirabai, a 16th-century.
“All things are permeated with God, just as all things are permeated with air.” – Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Christian mystic.
“The soul that is fully realized in God neither loves nor hates anything created, for she is beyond all created things.” – Teresa of Avila, a 16th-century Spanish mystic
“The one who realizes the self is not two, but one with all that exists.” – Amma
“The separation between you and everything else is an illusion.” – Eckhart Tolle.
“Non-duality is the recognition that everything is one undivided whole.” – Mooji.
“Non-duality is not a destination but a recognition of our true nature.” – Adyashanti.
“The duality of the world is created by the mind and disappears in the absence of thought.” – Toni Packer.
“The universe is a seamless, infinite, unchanging oneness, beyond time and space.” – Rupert Spira.
“In non-duality, there is only the present moment, and in that moment, there is no separation between the observer and the observed.” – Paul Hedderman.
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