03-30-2012, 01:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2012, 01:54 PM by godwide_void.)
@Shin'Ar: That was very, very well said! It is interesting that through the experience of duality and polarity one may better understand unity. The same goes for understanding infinity through the experience of being finite. I much enjoy your analogy of the bird taking flight from the branch as it relates to one's awakening to the greater truth, though I was impacted even greater by your stating that man is God's continuing Being, and might I add that whatever we become, will still be in the same eternal process of simultaneous being and becoming.
The many paradoxes one discovers when one has begun approaching the divine mystery is astounding. We learn that we are permanent beings in temporary forms. We are here, but who we think we are is not who we really are and where we think we are is not where we really are. What we believed to be a foreign, external, unknowable force that we have to travel far and wide to find was really always within us and around us at all times.
It boggles the mind to think of just how many different interactions take place with every passing moment. An infinite combination of factors exists in every moment, leading to so many outcomes, with so many new possibilities always presenting themselves. There are infinite things to experience, and infinite opportunities to create. Our ability to forge reality is somewhat restricted, limited only to the degree allowed within the confines of the moment and the various parameters set up. But nevertheless, it is still a capability inherent to us and one which occurs on many different levels, in many contexts, in many applications. We are constantly creating, each and every moment is a creation of ours. We are Creator in the most extreme sense of the word.
Although we are not yet at the level of churning out things such as entire galaxies (a point which we will one day reach), it is important to note that any creation, no matter how major or minor, is equally cherished seeing as it is merely another fragment of the Creator adding onto the Creation, from skyscrapers to a small drawing. This is all a god-wide jigsaw puzzle, in which we are the entirety of the puzzle, we are the pieces, we are the mover and fitter of those pieces, and with every passing moment we actually create new pieces to add to the puzzle. In this way the puzzle continues forever, but at the same time it has already been solved. We are now experiencing the whole puzzle as the piece, we're in the process of solving the puzzle again. It will solve itself in the end, then once more fragment itself into new pieces to even more puzzles.
The above post was a response to your 1st post Shin'Ar, I did not see you just posted something new while I was typing out my response!
This was an especially excellent point:
We may give homage to Creator in any way we like, regard it however we will, and seek it however we will, and it will reveal Itself to us in many ways. But it must be remembered, that though the many signs we are given of its existence is done so through external mediums, that we are the very being who is behind the scenes of all that occurs. Contemplate the self as being the literal eye of God. Understand then that what one is looking outwards at is what we have created for ourselves to see. We are the seer, and the seen.. The experience and the experiencer. Creator and Creation are one in the same.
As was written in my OP:
The many paradoxes one discovers when one has begun approaching the divine mystery is astounding. We learn that we are permanent beings in temporary forms. We are here, but who we think we are is not who we really are and where we think we are is not where we really are. What we believed to be a foreign, external, unknowable force that we have to travel far and wide to find was really always within us and around us at all times.
It boggles the mind to think of just how many different interactions take place with every passing moment. An infinite combination of factors exists in every moment, leading to so many outcomes, with so many new possibilities always presenting themselves. There are infinite things to experience, and infinite opportunities to create. Our ability to forge reality is somewhat restricted, limited only to the degree allowed within the confines of the moment and the various parameters set up. But nevertheless, it is still a capability inherent to us and one which occurs on many different levels, in many contexts, in many applications. We are constantly creating, each and every moment is a creation of ours. We are Creator in the most extreme sense of the word.
Although we are not yet at the level of churning out things such as entire galaxies (a point which we will one day reach), it is important to note that any creation, no matter how major or minor, is equally cherished seeing as it is merely another fragment of the Creator adding onto the Creation, from skyscrapers to a small drawing. This is all a god-wide jigsaw puzzle, in which we are the entirety of the puzzle, we are the pieces, we are the mover and fitter of those pieces, and with every passing moment we actually create new pieces to add to the puzzle. In this way the puzzle continues forever, but at the same time it has already been solved. We are now experiencing the whole puzzle as the piece, we're in the process of solving the puzzle again. It will solve itself in the end, then once more fragment itself into new pieces to even more puzzles.
The above post was a response to your 1st post Shin'Ar, I did not see you just posted something new while I was typing out my response!
(03-30-2012, 12:02 PM)ShinAr Wrote: For thousands of years the Consciousnesses that have gone before us have been teaching exactly that which you have professed above.
That we do not control the wind; we are the wind.
We are the matter that was propelled from deep within the Infinite.
The elements, the entire universe, and the very force empowering it all, share the All as One.
When one interprets the symbols and codes which were left behind by those who have gone on before us and finally unravel the Mystery, we may articulate them as we so choose. But how we express those understandings is not as important as how we identify our true self. Until we can realize that we are not the person in the mirror, we will neither move a thing with our mind nor be One with them.
Whether one chooses to name their Creator, or to refuse to name one, is secondary to realizing its true identity.
And whether one chooses to relate to their understanding by ritual, prayer, or study is also secondary to knowing that which you are relating to.
First, know thyself.
Then, become what thou will.
You create what you will become.
This was an especially excellent point:
Quote:But how we express those understandings is not as important as how we identify our true self. Until we can realize that we are not the person in the mirror, we will neither move a thing with our mind nor be One with them.
We may give homage to Creator in any way we like, regard it however we will, and seek it however we will, and it will reveal Itself to us in many ways. But it must be remembered, that though the many signs we are given of its existence is done so through external mediums, that we are the very being who is behind the scenes of all that occurs. Contemplate the self as being the literal eye of God. Understand then that what one is looking outwards at is what we have created for ourselves to see. We are the seer, and the seen.. The experience and the experiencer. Creator and Creation are one in the same.
As was written in my OP:
Quote:I am Brahman… I dwell within all beings as the soul, the pure consciousness, the ground of all phenomena... In the days of my ignorance, I used to think of these as being separate from myself. Now I know that I am All.