Hi Graham — Good questions.

I have been wondering about the first one for some time.

According to Tony Parsons, and most others, “nondual liberation” is instantaneous, complete, and permanent — it happens suddenly and changes everything forever. But no, nothing like that has happened (yet) in this life of mine.

But, I very much resonate with the radical nondual “sharings” I listen to these days. They seem to bring together much of what I have come to believe since my teenage years about the nature of reality.

Based on the Q&As there are others who resonate like I do. It seems like maybe a partial, but maybe not full, “nondual liberation”. I don’t really know, and I don’t really try too hard to think about. (And of course I don’t really exist, from a nondualism view.) It’s just what’s happening. :D

As for food, it is what it is. It doesn’t matter what I think about it. It is an energy being food and I (my body) am an energy that is being hungry. I accept both those things as the universe being perfectly what it is.

I have heard that the Buddha was not a vegetarian. He accepted and ate whatever was served to him and was totally appreciative. While I favor organic vegan foods because I think it is better for our world, I appreciate whatever I am served by others, though I only nibble at the meat. (I call myself a “flexitarian”.)

Like “chop wood, carry water”, nothing in the outer world changes. It is only the “I” that is different.

Listening to Ken Madden’s YT post today (6Feb2022), he seems to address these same topics in interesting depth:
https://youtu.be/0obbNq54dJ

I will add a version of this response to the article… Thanks.