From a site visitor: “When Christians say that an inanimate object, such as a rock, has no soul, or you say consciousness manifests itself in anything with a nervous system, we are limiting the Absolute or God to only what we can understand—right?”
F.: Next, before trying to separate the "lowly stuff on the planet" from the "lofty humans on the planet," remember that “humans” are physically and mentally the most bastardized “form” on earth, meaning that they (a) are the most mutated from the original shape of the space that evolved into its current configuration and (b) suffer from the greatest degree of bastardization of consciousness. The ego prefers to discount consciousness in a rock or in mammals or plants while elevating the status of human consciousness, even applying a lofty name like “soul” as a label. Yet all is one and has been since the formation of the universe (and for infinity prior to that).
Prior to the formation of this universe, one original hydrogen atom manifested in a vacuum, split, then interacted or recombined because the atoms were aware of each “other”—the atoms being self-aware (or as Moravec puts it, operating with a complex “self-aware mind”). When a group of four hydrogen atoms combined to form another mutated atom that is now called “helium,” then the hydrogen and helium atoms interacted because they were also aware of each other. The interaction of those two lightest atoms resulted in a nuclear reaction and an explosion which began a process that evolved into what is now called “the universe.” (Why “universe”? “Uni” = “one”…all made from one. Know the reality of the unicity and discard all illusions of duality.) Now, most stars and earth’s sun are nothing more than nuclear furnaces, constantly fusing hydrogen to helium and releasing energy. All of that began with one atom manifesting in a vacuum, though nuclear burning has since resulted in other, heavier elements; however, know that all on this planet and all in this universe began with one, single atom. By comparison, the awareness (the knowing of Reality) can only manifest in the “vacuum” that results from discarding every concept. Realization happens in the vacuum of “no mind.”
While the egotism of persons will discount the rock and elevate the status of “humans,” the truth is that all may appear to be different…but is not. The truth is that energy and matter may appear to be as distinct as a rock from a person…but are actually one in essence. Anything that you call “matter” is still nothing more than conscious-energy. The steel beam that persons take to be matter is really a mass of atoms in which electrons surround a nucleus of protons and neutrons in a complex configuration of energy, swirling in specific and complex ways as a result of the electrons and protons and neutrons all being conscious of each other. So much for rocks or anything else being “devoid” of consciousness.
Next, another clarification should be offered regarding what has been happening in the universe for billions of years (namely, awareness) vs. what has been happening on this planet for only 200,000 years (namely, the cyclings of consciousness in humans via plants). Understand that awareness is primordial while consciousness happens only on contact. (There’s the clarification of your question regarding the involvement of contact with something with a “nervous system”—such as a plant on earth—and the manifestation of consciousness.) After the original hydrogen atom split, awareness happened. When the splitting continued and the first helium atom evolved, the hydrogen and helium atoms were aware of the presence of the other. On contact, they were conscious of each other and an explosion of a nearly-immeasurable magnitude happened.* [Additional information follows today’s posting for several advanced protégés who promptly submitted inquiries such as, “If consciousness is all there is, what about awareness?”]
Finally, to your use of the word “inanimate.” What is “inanimate”? A person is believed by other persons to be “inanimate” or “dead” at what point? When the consciousness is no longer manifested and the person is no longer in animation (that is, the body is no longer moving as it once appeared to…walking, talking, etc.) Yet look to the rock or the steel beam, study them under an electron microscope, and you will see greater activity or “animation” than you could imagine. The term “life” is misused among humans. Persons apply the term narrowly to describe what they think they are seeing (movement or animation) and they use the term “no life” or “death” to describe that they think is the opposite, namely, no movement and no animation. But movement and animation are constant, so there is no “in-animation” or “non-movement.” There is matter and energy which are of one essence and there is consciousness which is energy; in any case, movement is happening. More to the point for both persons and protégés who are trying to understand the relative existence is this: in the relative, all there is…is consciousness.* Please enter into the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
*In order to understand more accurately the Absolute/the relative (the I AM THAT/I AM or the "not two") know that the Absolute is awareness without consciousness (as in the DEEP SLEEP state discussed days ago). At rest, no observation of—no consciousness of—anything happens. Awareness is…period; consciousness, conversely, is of something. So awareness has been functioning in this universe for 14.5 billion years, and atoms that are interacting are conscious of each other; the manifestation of consciousness via plants in humans has been happening for only a few hundred thousand years. (More on that tomorrow.) Awareness is THAT; Consciousness IS. Consciousness is relative, but awareness is Absolute. Awareness is pure; consciousness is soon bastardized after manifestation in the space called “a person,” but it can be re-purified via Realization (which is the elimination of learned ignorance and the restoration of sanity, the seeing of all concepts as lies, and the being in touch with Reality). Consciousness in the pre-programming, pre-conditioning, pre-bastardization stage knows it Is; in the post-programming, post-conditioning, post-bastardization stage, consciousness mistakenly believes that it is something, that it is “this” or it is “that.” Corrupted consciousness always believes that it is something, and that is why all beliefs must be abandoned in order to know the Absolute and to understand the Functioning of the Totality, i.e., to understand how energy with a stamp of consciousness can (1) manifest from the Absolute pool and (2) realize that it is not what it was told it is and then (3) know itself for That Which It Truly Is. I Am the Absolute; conversely, in your beingness, consciousness has surfaced and in that now-corrupted consciousness, your world seems to appear to the varied false personas assumed as identities. As for Me, when you speak of Me, speak of Me as I AM.
You also believe in what you take to be the “parts” of your world that seem to appear or disappear or that—in your belief—will disappear at some “future” time. For Me, there is no such inconstancy and there are no “parts.” (NOTE: That awareness is not about “feeling at one with all people.” It is about knowing this: That Which I AM is also That Which All Is. How could I be “at one” with people/persons when “they” are nothing more than mirages anyway?) The temporary manifestation of consciousness via plants is “new” to planet earth; the awareness which I Am, on the other hand, is timeless, pure, infinite and, therefore, prior to this universe. Being THAT, I have been present for the creation of all of the universes. Before this universe was, I AM. But remember: awareness cannot be aware of “itself” in the Absolute. Only when a portion of that energy manifests from the universal pool of Absolute energy (energy which is marked by the stamp of consciousness and reality) can it know itself and be aware of Absolute awareness.
TOMORROW: “…We are limiting the Absolute or God to only what we can understand—right?”
F.: Next, before trying to separate the "lowly stuff on the planet" from the "lofty humans on the planet," remember that “humans” are physically and mentally the most bastardized “form” on earth, meaning that they (a) are the most mutated from the original shape of the space that evolved into its current configuration and (b) suffer from the greatest degree of bastardization of consciousness. The ego prefers to discount consciousness in a rock or in mammals or plants while elevating the status of human consciousness, even applying a lofty name like “soul” as a label. Yet all is one and has been since the formation of the universe (and for infinity prior to that).
Prior to the formation of this universe, one original hydrogen atom manifested in a vacuum, split, then interacted or recombined because the atoms were aware of each “other”—the atoms being self-aware (or as Moravec puts it, operating with a complex “self-aware mind”). When a group of four hydrogen atoms combined to form another mutated atom that is now called “helium,” then the hydrogen and helium atoms interacted because they were also aware of each other. The interaction of those two lightest atoms resulted in a nuclear reaction and an explosion which began a process that evolved into what is now called “the universe.” (Why “universe”? “Uni” = “one”…all made from one. Know the reality of the unicity and discard all illusions of duality.) Now, most stars and earth’s sun are nothing more than nuclear furnaces, constantly fusing hydrogen to helium and releasing energy. All of that began with one atom manifesting in a vacuum, though nuclear burning has since resulted in other, heavier elements; however, know that all on this planet and all in this universe began with one, single atom. By comparison, the awareness (the knowing of Reality) can only manifest in the “vacuum” that results from discarding every concept. Realization happens in the vacuum of “no mind.”
While the egotism of persons will discount the rock and elevate the status of “humans,” the truth is that all may appear to be different…but is not. The truth is that energy and matter may appear to be as distinct as a rock from a person…but are actually one in essence. Anything that you call “matter” is still nothing more than conscious-energy. The steel beam that persons take to be matter is really a mass of atoms in which electrons surround a nucleus of protons and neutrons in a complex configuration of energy, swirling in specific and complex ways as a result of the electrons and protons and neutrons all being conscious of each other. So much for rocks or anything else being “devoid” of consciousness.
Next, another clarification should be offered regarding what has been happening in the universe for billions of years (namely, awareness) vs. what has been happening on this planet for only 200,000 years (namely, the cyclings of consciousness in humans via plants). Understand that awareness is primordial while consciousness happens only on contact. (There’s the clarification of your question regarding the involvement of contact with something with a “nervous system”—such as a plant on earth—and the manifestation of consciousness.) After the original hydrogen atom split, awareness happened. When the splitting continued and the first helium atom evolved, the hydrogen and helium atoms were aware of the presence of the other. On contact, they were conscious of each other and an explosion of a nearly-immeasurable magnitude happened.* [Additional information follows today’s posting for several advanced protégés who promptly submitted inquiries such as, “If consciousness is all there is, what about awareness?”]
Finally, to your use of the word “inanimate.” What is “inanimate”? A person is believed by other persons to be “inanimate” or “dead” at what point? When the consciousness is no longer manifested and the person is no longer in animation (that is, the body is no longer moving as it once appeared to…walking, talking, etc.) Yet look to the rock or the steel beam, study them under an electron microscope, and you will see greater activity or “animation” than you could imagine. The term “life” is misused among humans. Persons apply the term narrowly to describe what they think they are seeing (movement or animation) and they use the term “no life” or “death” to describe that they think is the opposite, namely, no movement and no animation. But movement and animation are constant, so there is no “in-animation” or “non-movement.” There is matter and energy which are of one essence and there is consciousness which is energy; in any case, movement is happening. More to the point for both persons and protégés who are trying to understand the relative existence is this: in the relative, all there is…is consciousness.* Please enter into the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
*In order to understand more accurately the Absolute/the relative (the I AM THAT/I AM or the "not two") know that the Absolute is awareness without consciousness (as in the DEEP SLEEP state discussed days ago). At rest, no observation of—no consciousness of—anything happens. Awareness is…period; consciousness, conversely, is of something. So awareness has been functioning in this universe for 14.5 billion years, and atoms that are interacting are conscious of each other; the manifestation of consciousness via plants in humans has been happening for only a few hundred thousand years. (More on that tomorrow.) Awareness is THAT; Consciousness IS. Consciousness is relative, but awareness is Absolute. Awareness is pure; consciousness is soon bastardized after manifestation in the space called “a person,” but it can be re-purified via Realization (which is the elimination of learned ignorance and the restoration of sanity, the seeing of all concepts as lies, and the being in touch with Reality). Consciousness in the pre-programming, pre-conditioning, pre-bastardization stage knows it Is; in the post-programming, post-conditioning, post-bastardization stage, consciousness mistakenly believes that it is something, that it is “this” or it is “that.” Corrupted consciousness always believes that it is something, and that is why all beliefs must be abandoned in order to know the Absolute and to understand the Functioning of the Totality, i.e., to understand how energy with a stamp of consciousness can (1) manifest from the Absolute pool and (2) realize that it is not what it was told it is and then (3) know itself for That Which It Truly Is. I Am the Absolute; conversely, in your beingness, consciousness has surfaced and in that now-corrupted consciousness, your world seems to appear to the varied false personas assumed as identities. As for Me, when you speak of Me, speak of Me as I AM.
You also believe in what you take to be the “parts” of your world that seem to appear or disappear or that—in your belief—will disappear at some “future” time. For Me, there is no such inconstancy and there are no “parts.” (NOTE: That awareness is not about “feeling at one with all people.” It is about knowing this: That Which I AM is also That Which All Is. How could I be “at one” with people/persons when “they” are nothing more than mirages anyway?) The temporary manifestation of consciousness via plants is “new” to planet earth; the awareness which I Am, on the other hand, is timeless, pure, infinite and, therefore, prior to this universe. Being THAT, I have been present for the creation of all of the universes. Before this universe was, I AM. But remember: awareness cannot be aware of “itself” in the Absolute. Only when a portion of that energy manifests from the universal pool of Absolute energy (energy which is marked by the stamp of consciousness and reality) can it know itself and be aware of Absolute awareness.
TOMORROW: “…We are limiting the Absolute or God to only what we can understand—right?”
