In her book, about her near death experience, ‘Dying to be Myself’, Anita Moorjani’s NDE describes non-duality as a state of “oneness” where the illusion of separation dissolves, revealing that all is interconnected as pure love. She experienced herself as being everything and everyone, free from the limitations of a physical body or ego, realizing that fear creates the false sense of “us vs. them”.
Key aspects of her NDE experience included:
Expansion of Consciousness: Without a physical body, she felt her consciousness expanding, allowing her to be anywhere and everywhere simultaneously.
No “Other Side”: She realized there is no separation between the “other side” and physical life, suggesting that separation is an illusion created by the mind.
Pure Love as Essence: She understood that at the core, everyone is “pure love,” and that living in fear is the only separation.
The Mind Creates Duality: She perceived that the ego and the mind are responsible for the illusion of disconnection from “all that is”.
The State of “Allowing”: She describes non-duality as a state of “allowing” or being free from judgment, where one is simply in the moment.
Freedom from Fear: The experience showed her that we do not need to fear, but rather trust, and that her life could change just by realizing her own magnificence.
Moorjani’s NDE, very similar to other person’s recorded NDEs, taught her that we are already one with the universe, and we are not separate from the Divine. ‘In the deepest stillness of my NDE, I felt it—everything, everything, is made of love. Not the kind of love we often try to earn or measure… but pure, infinite, unconditional love. Even what we label as “dark” or “negative” holds its place in that sacred spectrum.’ In other words, you are not separate from it. You are it.
Her fascinating and researched story and experience have inspired many to transform their life by living more authentically, discovering their greatest passions, transcending their deepest fears, and living from a place of pure joy. They report feel energized as Anita explains such mind-expanding concepts as timelessness, non-duality and simultaneous realities; in such simplified terms that everyone can understand. In fact, anyone may experience many “A-Ha!” moments as she explains how by merely understanding and becoming aware of these concepts and adopting an “inside out” view of the world, one can radically alter your own reality.
FYI, According to Dr. Jeffrey Long, MDA, careful, evidence-aligned conclusion is that NDEs are real experiences with recognizable recurring features that can be studied with validated measures and rigorous prospective designs. NDEs are not explainable as dreams, hallucinations, medication effects, or oxygen deprivation. As the overwhelming majority of those who had NDEs recognize: NDEs are, in a word, real.
Anatta: Nothing lives on its own, all are interdependent. We are alive not only due to our parents, air, food, water, but the entire ecosystem we live in. Dependent Origination recognizes that everything, including the psychophysical compound that we call individual, exists only in relation to other beings and things and undergoes constant changes responding and reacting to them. There is a plural causality of all things whereby each thing arises in relation to all others, and can therefore be said to be conditioned by all others. There are vast numbers of influences that affect us constantly- some help us thrive, others not. We cannot remain the same for two moments. We are like a flame. Whatever is subject to origination is also subject to cessation. Every form has the rycle of existence- to begin, age, to become disordered, and eventually cease to exist. That which carries on after death is our life elements and trends. There is nothing that can be called a permanent “I”. The identities of ‘I’, “me” and “mine” are illusions that we construct with our minds.
Until we go beyond the superficiality of basic sense perception and investigate and see the complex tapestry of existence, we stay in the it realm as Martin Buber explained in his book, I and Thou. Once we see the strands of our life within the unique fabric of existence with the magnificent, interconnected unity and complexity of life and living things, we are finally able to empathize with the essence of All and enter a thou relationship. Then our relationship with the world, with all living beings, changes fundamentally to seeing the empathetic symbiosis of ourselves with all other living life forms. It is at that point that existential care, affinity, compassion and friendliness appear and are expressed in our interactions and relationships with all the others.
The Buddha was the first thinker in known history to teach the doctrine of human equality and social freedom amongst all humans. Society should be open to all, regardless of caste, color, or class. No caste, class, or race privileges existed among his lay followers or in the Order of the Sangha that he founded. Instead, social classes and castes are nothing but functional divisions of society, man-made, subject to change and resulting from social and historical factors. Any social doctrine based on the alleged superiority of a caste, class, or race, and advocating to keep it dominant using force, will lead to the perpetuation of social tensions and conflict, and never bring about harmony and equality. The Buddha’s doctrine of equality means each person should be treated equally with dignity and given an equal chance to develop their inherent potentials of economic, moral and spiritual progress, and of human perfection. Also, the Buddha was the first who attempted to abolish slavery, which included the traffic in, and the sale of, females for commercial purposes. In fact, this is a prohibited trade for his followers.
We are all Interconnected even with the Universe 