Tuesday, June 06, 2006

WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTE…THE “THAT”? Part One

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F.: The Absolute is what there is, prior to manifestation and consciousness and beingness, during manifestation and consciousness and beingness, and after manifestation and consciousness and beingness. The Absolute is even beyond the non-beingness, so aberrations of the Original Understanding that result in some now speaking of a “Supreme Being” or of a state of “everlasting supreme beingness” are distortions. (What I AM and What You Are is far beyond any non-beingness, much less any beingness). All labels, in fact, are merely smokescreens that block the understanding of the Absolute, which is That Which Is...even prior to consciousness. It Is also That Which Is post-consciousness. It is the no-consciousness (but potentially-conscious) pool of energy from which all consciousness manifests. It is the most basic “common denominator” of all that is. It is that Absolute, unadulterated state that is “pure” but that becomes impure when manifested in programmed humans who take their personas to define who they are. It is the infinite “pool” or “ocean” of vibrational energy with the potential for awareness if manifested; otherwise, it is what some call “awareness, at-rest,” though “rest” is not truly accurate since energy is always in motion. The word “rest” in reference to conscious-energy, as far as discussion with humans is concerned, merely points toward the state in which conscious-energy is not manifested in any particular space.

For comparison, consider the energy at an electrical wall outlet. It might be thought to be “at rest” and “waiting” but it is not. Most humans might consider the energy to begin movement when the line from an appliance such as a vacuum cleaner is plugged into the outlet and activated, but even before traveling through the line and to the motor, the energy is still active…though supposedly “resting” at the plug. The energy moves from the outlet and into the space of the vacuum’s motor and then the energy does what it does—automatically. Then, the vacuum does what it does. Such is also the case in regards to the cyclings which persons are so preoccupied with and which persons fail completely to understand.
Imagine how many persons in the last five thousand years have been plagued with anxiety and frustration and rigidity and fear (and false hopes). That all began when the first gullible person bought into the dogma of the first self-proclaimed medicine man or priest. And what was the message from that medicine man or priest? He claimed to be able to hear an entity in “another world” speaking to him while he was in “this world.” He also reported that the superpowerful entity had given him certain rules that were to be passed on and to be followed by all persons within the sound of his voice. Such anxiety and frustration and rigidity and fear (and false hopes) have marked the “lifestyle” of persons as they no longer follow nature but follow the dictates of their learned behavior (also known as “religious or spiritual knowledge” or otherwise known as “learned ignorance”). What of your relative existence? Is it happening in a natural fashion, or in a supernatural, magical fashion? Are choices being made, or are all of your actions a result of programming that dominates every aspect of your relative existence? Have your "spiritual disciplines" and your accumulation of more and more "knowledge" turned your life into an arduous job, or are you merely sailing along and witnessing this relative existence without attachment or emotional intoxication, as does the eagle in the vision? Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]

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