(06-06-2010, 03:04 AM)unity100 Wrote:(06-05-2010, 07:12 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: Wow, yeah!
Unfortunately this means we cannot get anywhere with thought alone. If you want to know anything at some point you're going to have to stop thinking about it.
you didnt understand what monica was saying :
(06-05-2010, 12:07 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: If it can be named or defined in any way, it's a distortion. Everything that has any degree of separation is a distortion of the One Infinite Creator.
that means, if you can name it, you can think about it.
the 'mystery' you cant know about, you already dont know about, therefore, cant even name, or begin to think about it.
Actually, I think (
) Ali's comments were a little closer to what I was trying to convey.When I said:
The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao
I meant that the Tao, which is the Taoist name for the One Infinite Creator, is the total unity of all and beyond all distortion. Any attempt to name, describe, or even think about the Tao is a distortion; therefore, it is not the eternal Tao (the One Infinite Creator). It's part of the Tao, but it isn't the Tao, because Tao means the Oneness, the Unity, that includes all and has no distinction. Numeralogically, it is the 0, the undifferentiated wholeness before Creation. And it is also the fullness of all that there is, including Creation. It is ALL.
You see? I am stumbling as I attempt to describe the Tao. I can only make a clumsy attempt using thoughts and words.
Hence,
The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao
We can think about the Tao, yes. We can attempt to describe our own experiences and perceptions. We can meditate and get a glimpse of that boundless Unity. But as soon as we attempt to put it into thought, we are expressing our experience as we interpreted it. It is our perspective and thus a distortion. In Law of One lingo, a distortion is any delineation, separation, description, or piece of the One Infinite Creator. Anything less than 100% total understanding of the One Infinite Creator is a distortion. If we attempt to describe what we perceived as an experience of the One Infinite Creator, that certainly has value, but it too is a distortion. Not even a SMC can claim to have total understanding of the One Infinite Creator.
Quote:16.19 Questioner: Can you give me some kind of history of your social memory complex and how you became aware of the Law of One?
Ra: I am Ra. The path of our learning is graven in the present moment. There is no history, as we understand your concept. Picture, if you will, a circle of being. We know the alpha and omega as infinite intelligence. The circle never ceases. It is present. The densities we have traversed at various points in the circle correspond to the characteristics of cycles: first, the cycle of awareness; second, the cycle of growth; third, the cycle of self-awareness; fourth, the cycle of love or understanding; fifth, the cycle of light or wisdom; sixth, the cycle of light/love, love/light or unity; seventh, the gateway cycle; eighth, the octave which moves into a mystery we do not plumb.
That isn't to say that thought isn't an important part of the process. But it too is a distortion.
I hope this clarifies!