107. Tony Parsons

The Open Secret of Absolute Nonduality

Tony Parsons joins Rick Archer for a direct conversation about his uncompromising nondual teaching, often called “The Open Secret.” The discussion centers on the illusion of separation, the seeker’s search for fulfillment, and the radical claim that there is no separate self, no path, and no personal doer at the center of life.

Together they explore why spiritual practice can seem to reinforce the sense of a future goal, how awakening differs from liberation, and why clarity is not the same as the collapse of the separate “me.” Tony also speaks about free will, purpose, reincarnation, karma, time, and the ordinary simplicity that remains when the dream of becoming falls away.

Tony’s books:

• • As It Is: The Open Secret of Spiritual Awakening
  • The Open Secret
  • Nothing Being Everything

Tony’s website

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 2/2/2012

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Opening interview with guest Tony Parsons
• 00:02:30 – Searching for a message
• 00:04:56 – Separation filter and dissatisfaction
• 00:07:46 – Liberation from the illusion of separateness
• 00:10:48 – Spiritual practices and liberation
• 00:13:11 – Theory of quantum physics and free will
• 00:15:27 – The seeker lives in an illusion
• 00:17:52 – Deliverance regardless of story
• 00:20:18 – Personal Enlightenment and Personal Liberation
• 00:22:16 – Hidden answers and searches
• 00:24:37 – Difference in teaching and communication
• 00:26:50 – Lack of intention and motivation
• 00:29:01 – Immersion in artificial reality
• 00:31:14 – Clarity and separation in perception
• 00:33:24 – Life as an answer to the search for fulfillment
• 00:35:32 – Searching for reason, understanding and liberation
• 00:37:51 – Awakening and enlightenment
• 00:40:00 – Search
• 00:42:11 – “Liberation and infinite energy”
• 00:44:06 – Existence of a Universal Energy
• 00:46:04 – Appearance of suffering
• 00:48:26 – Back to the individual perspective
• 00:50:37 – Nothing is infinite energy
• 00:52:42 – Meaning of divine
• 00:54:57 – Contributions by Tony Parsons and the important difference between description and prescription
• 00:57:01 – Apparent reincarnation and karma
• 00:59:38 – The illusion of time and reality
• 01:01:36 – Illusory elephant and tree
• 01:03:17 – The impact of implementation on family life
• 01:05:41 – Searching for enlightenment
• 01:07:48 – Upcoming Interviews and Notifications