Revised First Editorial: Gary Nixon, PhD

WELCOME to the first issue of Paradoxica: Journal of Nondual Psychology. This journal is grounded in the paradoxical consciousness of attempting to write what can not be put in words, but attempting it anways because sometimes writings, a form of fingers pointing at the moon, may be helpful in the life of a seeker coming to a place of seeing and understanding. Here our moon is nondual awakening and enlightenment. So, in a way this journal is a set up, destined for failurehoood most of the time, but miracously, occasionally, a reader will read an article that helps ripen the process or is the last straw in  the reader coming back home to embrace existence.   

The title of this editorial, from one of Osho's books is truly unique, "The Sun Rises in the Evening." This is a fitting description of the experience of final awakening when miraculously and in a bedazzling way the sun rises in the evening of a seeker's life, just when all hope is over, and the prospect of permanent darkness is setting in. Here, one becomes drunk on existence itself through a wondrous relaxing into the vastness and suchness of existence. This is an experience that is beyond desciption, but is so mesmerizing and enchanting that nevertheless it must be not only celebrated but shared.  Moving from personal will to the cosmic will and the absolute has been called by Adyashanti a change in occupancy, a death and a new beginning. This awakening process is what this journal is dedicated to in all of its pathways; Zen, Sufi, Advaita, Vedanta, Hindu, Christian, transpersonal, Neo-Advaita, and radical nondual.

Please share this exciting journey with us by reading our journal with its assortment of articles. Authors always love feedback, so pleas e-mail them with your comments (see author e-mail at the end of each article) or e-mail me as the editor ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). And away we go, enjoy. 

References

Osho (1980). The sun rises in the evening. Poona, India: Osho International Foundation.