Author: toomajj

I love metaphysics and nonduality! My passion is a scavenger hunt in western and eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions to find the commonalities among them. I have found that one and the same truth is expressed in all of them, and that they all differ only in the outward form of their expressions. My search is primarily inspired and shaped by Vedanta Metaphysics and Husserlian Phenomenology, particularly Husserl's method of Phenomenological Reduction which allows one to access the transcendental dimension of consciousness. I started my blog NOEMAYA in 2013 to share my findings and experiences. I also started a book series on nonduality and published my first book called "Nondual Perspectives on Quantum Physics" in 2014. I have a degree in theoretical physics from the University of Maryland and currently teach physics and mathematics to high school students.

Reflections on The Nature of Reality

12 May 2026

The quality of reality seems to have been mixed up with the objects of experience; we attribute the quality of reality to them, but upon further investigation we could see that it cannot depend on objects because this quality, or its magnitude if you will, remains the same; it is formless. As in a projection on the screen, both the projection and the screen seem to coincide, but the reality of the screen is distinct from that of the film and the events in it. The screen is not something in the film, but it must be there and become anonymous for us to be able to experience the film. … More Reflections on The Nature of Reality

The Seer Has All The Answers

5 May 2026

To pull oneself out from a beginningless enchantment that’s called the world! This enchantment is the humanness. To be human, to experience oneself as such, is to be entrenched in enchantment; it is God in trance! Distinction, separation, to have a place, to have time, the duality of the reflected and the reflection, all are dances of longing. There is no motion where there is no where to move.  … More The Seer Has All The Answers

Starving the Old Narrative: You’re Not Stuck in Life, You’re Embedded in Fantasy

28 Apr 2026

Once you begin to starve those beliefs, consistently and without drama, something else takes their place; you don’t replace them; life does, and how it does it isn’t your business. Remember, the old self cannot envision or construct the new self; it can only annihilate itself by releasing itself. The replacement, i.e. the revelation, comes from an altogether different place that is entirely closed off to the the cognitive possibilities of the olds self and the old environment. That is not an idea or a belief. It is simply the nature of how things unfold. … More Starving the Old Narrative: You’re Not Stuck in Life, You’re Embedded in Fantasy

The Magic of Embodiment: The Role of Body in Resolving Anxiety & Conflict

21 Apr 2026

Not every unpleasant sensation is a messenger of threat, but if we treat them like that, then we find ourselves running into the attic of the mind and to weave more stories, to try to fix, manage, and control. We will end up living most of our lives in that tight space, instead of dwelling in the expansive space of the heart which is open and free of the need to interpret, judge, and read into the spontaneous flux of life. … More The Magic of Embodiment: The Role of Body in Resolving Anxiety & Conflict

Surrender: the Key To Acceptance

14 Apr 2026

To surrender is to gently shift focus from the projection, from the face we’ve given to the problem (which is often a scary face), to the objective parameters of the alleged problem. We’d often be surprised to see that in reality there’s barely ever a problem in front of us; it is rather our tendency to avoid imperfect decisions that keep us in the projection.

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Geometry of Spiritual & Psychological Transformation

7 Apr 2026

We move through life like polygons convinced we’re complete, each of us clinging to our current shape, mistaking familiarity for finality. The triangle defends its three corners, the square prides itself on its balance, all while missing the quiet possibility of becoming something entirely different. Real change doesn’t come from trying harder within the same form; it comes when we stop insisting on who we are long enough to let something new emerge. … More Geometry of Spiritual & Psychological Transformation

Samsara is Nirvana

31 Mar 2026

A reflection on the illusion of separateness: the world we chase is shaped by our own ideas, and the self we cling to is only a layer over something deeper. What we call personality, desire, and even reality are constructions laid upon a more fundamental awareness. Peace doesn’t come from fixing the world or acquiring more—it comes from seeing through the ideas that bind us and recognizing that we are already whole, already the ground from which all experience arises. … More Samsara is Nirvana

The Origins of Objectivity: World as an end product of subjective constitution

17 Mar 2026

The world is a world of appearances; there is nothing out there behind appearances; all Being and actuality and reality is on the Subject side of experience and not on the object side. The Being and reality of the world is the reality of the Subject that is falsely attributed to a thing out there, a logically meaningless notion upon reflection. Out where? Are not out and there both meanings experienced and made sense within consciousness!  … More The Origins of Objectivity: World as an end product of subjective constitution

The Nauseating Discomfort of Facing Core Stories

10 Mar 2026

But who came first? I or the story? Who’s the storyteller, and who is the listener? What do you believe deep down? What do you hold true about yourself? And what’s the origin of these truths? And who verified them and gave them the status of truth? What if none is true? What if I float? What if the water is murky! What if I drift away, hit something, or be bit by a surprise! … More The Nauseating Discomfort of Facing Core Stories