While mindfulness practice is useful in recognizing thoughts and emotions, and becoming more present, it is important to use mindfulness to ultimately experience the world from a more integral perspective. Notions such as good vs. bad, mind vs. body, and self vs. other, do not really exist in nature. They are dualistic mental concepts based on a fragmented, and limited view of reality. Dualistic thinking can distort reality and prevent full integration of experience. According to the physicist David Bohm, rather than being fragmented, nature is governed by a continuous process of change and development, or the process of becoming. In this process, there is no limit to the new kinds of things that can come into being, no dissociation between one aspect of nature and another, and no limit to the number of transformations that can occur.
The prevalence of mental disorders such as anxiety and depression in the modern world indicates that a fragmented, or dualistic, view of reality has unfortunately become the norm. Increasing awareness of nonduality in nature, and therefore in human life, can be an important step in regaining balance and wellbeing. Gaining understanding of the deep interconnectedness in nature, and of change and transformation as natural processes, can provide clear perception, and reveal a new way of experiencing the world that is more creative, unitive, and authentic. Awareness of nonduality can prevent dissociation, and contribute to more sustainable ways of living. Gaining nondual awareness can be the ultimate key to freedom, revealing unlimited ways to develop and become all that we can be.
