By the age of two, all functional human beings have figured out the difference between inside and outside, between self and world. It is the first essential stage in human development -- and most of us spend the great majority of our lives there. Our lives are comprised of dualities, binaries, and boundaries.  Yet a "next step" is possible.

Theravadan Buddhism addresses the illusion of the ego and its grasping onto impermanent phenomena. Nondual Judaism addresses the illusion of the ego and its grasping onto the unreal. The solution in Theravadan Buddhism is training in wisdom, concentration, and virtue; in nondual Judaism, it is the three paths of contemplation, ecstasy, and fulfillment of the commandments. 

Come to East/West Living in NYC for a discussion about whether there's a difference between saying "all is one,” “all is empty,” and "all is God". (Dec 9)

God is who is reading these words and writing them, who is thinking and what is thought.  This is the world without an observer, with no inside and no outside, in which That (what seems to be without) and You (what seems to be within) are the same.