nondual
One without other
Nondual describes a perspective or state in which apparent opposites—self and other, subject and object, mind and matter—are experienced or understood as fundamentally not separate.
The term comes from Eastern philosophy, particularly Advaita Vedanta and certain Buddhist traditions, but appears increasingly in Western spiritual and psychological contexts: a nondual awareness that dissolves the boundary between observer and observed.
Nonduality is the noun form.
State of being unified
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- interconnectednessState of mutual linkage
- indivisibilityCannot be divided
seamlessness · inseparability · totality · singularity · undivided · unbroken · boundaryless · emptiness
Single-substance metaphysics
- vedantaHindu metaphysical system
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- atmanEternal inner self
- Kashmir ShaivismNondual tantric tradition from northern India
metaphysics · ontology · epistemology · idealism · holism · immanence · transcendence
State of sentient awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- observingPerceiving attentively
- self-inquiryExamining one's own mind
attention · presence · mindfulness · wakefulness · lucidity · clarity · spaciousness · openness
Return to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- samadhiProfound meditative absorption state
- realizationGrasping what's true
recognition · glimpse · shift · dissolution · absorption · presence · stillness · silence
Meditative calm
- tantraEsoteric spiritual discipline
- vedantaHindu metaphysical system
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- transmissionSending of information
inquiry · contemplation · meditation · self-inquiry · direct path · sudden · gradual · pathless
oneness
State of being unified
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- interconnectednessState of mutual linkage
indivisibility · seamlessness · inseparability · totality · singularity · undivided · unbroken · boundaryless · emptiness · fullness
monism
Single-substance metaphysics
Kashmir Shaivism · metaphysics · ontology · epistemology · idealism · holism · immanence · transcendence
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- observingPerceiving attentively
self-inquiry · attention · presence · mindfulness · wakefulness · lucidity · clarity · spaciousness · openness · boundlessness
awakening
Return to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- samadhiProfound meditative absorption state
realization · recognition · glimpse · shift · dissolution · absorption · presence · stillness · silence · peace
zen
Meditative calm
- tantraEsoteric spiritual discipline
- vedantaHindu metaphysical system
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
transmission · inquiry · contemplation · meditation · self-inquiry · direct path · sudden · gradual · pathless · effortless
nondualdual
Having two parts
dualistic · binary · dichotomous · pluralistic · divided
nondualdualistic
Consisting of two parts
subject-object · relational · perspectival · objectifying · representational
nondualdualistic
Consisting of two parts
Manichean · Zoroastrian · exoteric · theistic · devotional