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Originally Posted by God-Like
As I have experienced and understood, there can be individuality without being any separation.
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I agree, the individual is not separate from non-duality. Non-duality is not selfish one sided thinking.
Negating or viewing individuality in a negative way, with non-duality philosophy, raises red flags, because individuality is a person's sense of self, whether this person's (thinks) sense of self is separate from non-duality or not. Destroying or negating individuality, destroys and negates the person's sense of self, whether this person's (thinks) sense of self is separate from non-duality or not. Only the paternalist seeks to destroy or negate individuality for the paternalist's own gain and benefit.
There are 2 ways to view spirituality, like there are 2 ways to view politics, morals, and economics, and these 2 viewpoints are individualism and paternalism. I do not doubt at all that a person's spiritual view or stance is the same person's political, moral, and economic view or stance.