03-25-2012, 02:45 PM
I just wanted to share with anyone interested my personal understanding of the Light that is often spoken of in terms of a path or goal.
This Light is not to be compared with the light of polarity. It is not be seen as the polarity of dark, as in black and white or love and hate.
This Light is how many of the Ancients acknowledge the Mystery behind the universe. They refer to it as Light because when we come to realize its presence we become both a light to our own understanding, and a light to those to whom we are able to express this understanding. This is why understanding the things of creation has come to be known as 'being enlightened'.
So when we refer to the path of Light as opposed to the path of darkness, we are referring to a direction that leads one to an understanding of the universe. And in that understanding also comes the realization that we are not individuals in our complete sense of being, but only in our incomplete fragmented sense of being. And it is in this fragmented sense that we experince this creation right now. And as individual experiences we have the choice of direction. A direction which either involves growing in knowledge, wisdom and love which we ancients would call walking toward the Light, or the direction that involves only seeking after self gratification where no wisdom is gained, which we would call walking in darkness.
To attempt to understand this as polarity will not bring you to an understanding of it. Light and dark polarities are not choices of direction.
It is my understanding that with the realization of the One Consciousness also comes the realization that we are One, which means that we are not individual. And with that realization, we must therefore understand this illusion that we have thought of as our self. With awareness of the One Consciousness also comes an awareness that we are not this individual self attached to this temporary form. And with that awareness everything else that was attached to the experiencing of that self also becomes irrelevant. we begin to understand that in order to evolve we must grow beyond this self that we thought we were and all of things that it was attached to.
Now this does not mean abandoning life or not appreciating the beautiful aspects of life. What this means is that we realize a much larger life with a much larger basket of opportunity, and that we have a direction to choose. What this means is that now that we realize we are One consciousness, we also understand how that One experiences its creation via the many fragments of the One, each choosing to either grow and develop according to the divine design, or to be retarded in that evolution and evolve at a slower pace.
This choice as to which direction to walk, is acknowledged by the ancients as walking in the Light, or walking in darkness. And in this existence at our level of consciousness/evolution, reincarnating more times than one might have to, is also considered to be walking in darkness.
This Light is not to be compared with the light of polarity. It is not be seen as the polarity of dark, as in black and white or love and hate.
This Light is how many of the Ancients acknowledge the Mystery behind the universe. They refer to it as Light because when we come to realize its presence we become both a light to our own understanding, and a light to those to whom we are able to express this understanding. This is why understanding the things of creation has come to be known as 'being enlightened'.
So when we refer to the path of Light as opposed to the path of darkness, we are referring to a direction that leads one to an understanding of the universe. And in that understanding also comes the realization that we are not individuals in our complete sense of being, but only in our incomplete fragmented sense of being. And it is in this fragmented sense that we experince this creation right now. And as individual experiences we have the choice of direction. A direction which either involves growing in knowledge, wisdom and love which we ancients would call walking toward the Light, or the direction that involves only seeking after self gratification where no wisdom is gained, which we would call walking in darkness.
To attempt to understand this as polarity will not bring you to an understanding of it. Light and dark polarities are not choices of direction.
It is my understanding that with the realization of the One Consciousness also comes the realization that we are One, which means that we are not individual. And with that realization, we must therefore understand this illusion that we have thought of as our self. With awareness of the One Consciousness also comes an awareness that we are not this individual self attached to this temporary form. And with that awareness everything else that was attached to the experiencing of that self also becomes irrelevant. we begin to understand that in order to evolve we must grow beyond this self that we thought we were and all of things that it was attached to.
Now this does not mean abandoning life or not appreciating the beautiful aspects of life. What this means is that we realize a much larger life with a much larger basket of opportunity, and that we have a direction to choose. What this means is that now that we realize we are One consciousness, we also understand how that One experiences its creation via the many fragments of the One, each choosing to either grow and develop according to the divine design, or to be retarded in that evolution and evolve at a slower pace.
This choice as to which direction to walk, is acknowledged by the ancients as walking in the Light, or walking in darkness. And in this existence at our level of consciousness/evolution, reincarnating more times than one might have to, is also considered to be walking in darkness.