esoteric nondual thought
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Perception is Deception,
You observe the stars, your thumb, your thoughts, your first memory….
In one swift movement of your awareness, you seem to traverse infinite space. And time. And scale.
How is that possible?
We see the world as multitudes, as complexity, as “other”.
At the same time, we intuit everything to be one whole,
because our awareness is the medium that connects everything we experience.
It is all oneness,
wholeness shining with your awareness.
Unbroken awareness that in every millisecond tries to become conscious of itself, embrace itself,
and thereby produce an appearance of infinite changes, infinite lines of separation.
We are that power which constantly unites and splits the observed,
by the very act of observation.
How?
To answer the question, we have to find out what we are.
But we seem to have forgotten who we are.
Is the world a projection of your longing to be free?
Yes, you are the master of imagination who has enslaved himself through forgetfulness.
We, being truly all, cannot resonate with any fragment.
Don’t you remember?
Picture this:
A man walking in a thick fog, he can only see one meter ahead on all sides. His senses reflect impressions to his mind, his mind is aware of the landscape within a one-meter radius. He carries his sphere of knowledge and the horizon of knowledge with him wherever he goes.
The fog is invisible to him because it is made of tiny floating particles endlessly reflecting his sphere of limited clarity. He is the reflective centre of this tiny self-reflecting world.
What is a Seeker? What is a Guru?
An absolute field of unwavering stillness is said to permeate and contain everything. This field is absolute consciousness. It is Oneness. Knowing this infinite background field is said to be the highest purpose of life. This purpose, this wish, has driven the universe into existence.
In this infinite field of consciousness, a succession of more and more complex patterns appears. They all seek knowledge. They all push evolution. At one point the human body- mind entity appears as a pattern vibrating in consciousness. The specific human pattern is a result of all the preceding patterns, whose work has preprogramed the human being for the possibility of self-awareness and liberation. The consciousness alive in the human pattern can return to Oneness by knowing itself as the stainless field of absolute consciousness, in which all vibrations are perceived by themselves.
The Doorway of Contradictions
The impact of a self-contradictory statement can either be meaningless or mind-blowing.
Never both.
Unless it is both.
A poetic self-contradiction can open your eyes in wonderment and wordless insight. You might even laugh. When the limits of square logic are challenged, we find it delightful. Thrilling. Hence, the love of a good joke or poem. It does not make sense, yet it does. Meaningful things that make no sense to our reason gifted mind, resonate within a hidden place, quickening our heartbeat, stopping us in our tracks and bringing laughter to bobble up or tears of relief to our eyes.
Someone said: “When you hear a self-contradictory statement, agree with it.”
Where Did The Ego Come From?
Where did the ego come from?
Does the world manifest material complexity outwards, resulting in subtler layers of existence? Does it start from insentient matter which then becomes biological life that develops into sophisticated beings with specific senses, ego and finally this consciousness now reading these words while thinking I am reading? This sequence of unfolding is what we are told is true. But have you investigated it?
Everything is Alive, Are You?
Are you Alive?
Are you alive? You would probably reply: Yes I am.
Are you conscious? Since you are reading this you are most likely not in a coma and so you would say: Yes I am conscious”
Who is this “I” you refer to? Do you point to yourself?
Is your body conscious?
Is all of it conscious, or only parts of it? Your left big toe? No?
Is your brain conscious? Is the fat lining the nerves conscious?