13 March 2015 - QA 4

Dear Gurudev, theoretically I can understand advaita (non-duality) philosophy. But how to bring that as an experience?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

No, no, this is pure science. For pure science, you do not need to bring it to experience.
Advaita is seeing everything is one. This will help you to be stable. But when you are dealing in the world, you have to deal with duality only. Got it?

You should know everything is made up of wood - the table, the door, the chair. But how do you apply it? There is no need to apply it! Simply know it. And you use it as per their designation. You use a table only as a table, don’t go and sit on the table, it will break. Don’t use a chair for the door, or a door for the table. We have to use them all for their designated purpose. At the same time, we should know all this is wood.