What is nonduality?

You may have heard of this concept that's expressed in all of the world's major meditation traditions, from Advaita Vedanta and Sufism to Buddhism and Kabbalah, that claims we're "one with everything."

It sounds nice, but what does that actually mean?

Nondualism is pointing to the direct first-person experience, upon careful inspection, revealing that the mind contains no separate observer from its contents. The result is a feeling of unity and connection to the world.

When living from a place of nondual recognition, you don’t see the computer in front of you but rather feel as if you are the computer. It’s as if the world appears to be occurring inside of “you.” That is to say, inside of nondual awareness. The duality of separation between self and other disappears.

You realize nonduality when your sense of being a witness, or subject, looking out at the world disappears. If you don't think this is possible, try the reverse - locate the part of you that appears to be the witness right now…

And you'll quickly realize that you can't locate one. It's just a mental construct.