Duality ⇒ Non-Duality 

"The true measure of a human being is determined 

primarily by the measure and sense in which 

he has attained liberation from the self." 

So it's not thinking and the existence of the self is 

bad, thinking is a

wonderful tool when the mind is in service to the 

heart. The mind makes 

a good servant but a poor master. The ego 

perpetually filters reality through

 language and labels, and is constantly 

judging, preferring one thing over another. 

When the mind and senses are your master, 

they will create endless suffering, 

endless craving and aversion, locking us into 

the matrix of thinking. Don't judge 

your thoughts as good or bad, but find out 

who you are prior to thought, prior to the 

senses. When all labels are dropped then it 

is possible to see things as they are. 

The moment a child is told what a bird is, 

if they believe what they're told then they 

never see a bird again, they only see their thoughts.