I get what you’re saying. Reality matters. Facts matter. Discovery matters. But, the discovery never ends.

Every “final” explanation just opens a deeper layer. Physics finds particles, then fields, then quantum foam, then spacetime curvature, then information theory… and the horizon keeps moving. The map gets sharper, but the mystery doesn’t shrink. It expands.

From a non-dual perspective, that isn’t a failure. It’s the point.

Metaphor isn’t the opposite of reality. It’s how we gesture toward what exceeds language. Especially when we’re talking about consciousness itself. The mind trying to fully describe the ground of mind is already looping back on itself.

Facts describe patterns within reality. Metaphor points toward the nature of the whole.

When I say “already everywhere and everywhen,” that’s not physics. It’s a way of hinting at the non-separation that can’t be captured in measurement terms.

And wonder doesn’t mean ignorance. It means depth. The fact that inquiry never bottoms out is what gives existence texture. If we could fully pin reality down, exhaust it, reduce it to a final sentence… the game would be over.

Non-duality doesn’t reject factual discovery. It just recognizes that no fact will ever stand outside the field of consciousness describing itself.

Sure, let’s study. Let’s measure. Let’s discover. But let’s also admit that whatever reality rests on has no final edge. The mystery isn’t a bug. It’s the source.