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WHAT IS THE NON-BEINGNESS?

F.: In the vision, the final stages of beingness, of manifested consciousness, are witnessed and described in this fashion:

You begin to ascend the steps, leaving the water behind. You, and millions of Yous, walk in exactly the same fashion, moving toward the narrowing peak that leads to the door of the dome. You wonder, "How could so many be entering the dome? It really isn't that large, now that I can see it more clearly." It seems that much that You perceived as more is really...less. But the nearer You All move toward the door, the more You witness a siphoning effect of sorts. As All near the door, All seem to dissolve into a form of light being drawn inside. As You approach, You feel the last remnants--remnants of whatever You had formerly thought yourself to be--gradually fading away. The dissolving seems to be occurring in slow motion, and you feel ecstatic. It's almost as if You are feeling blissful as your beingness seems to be dissolving into non-beingness. Finally, You merge with the All, into the light, and it seems...it seems over.

The energy that manifested...unmanifests. It did not change. It was not "this" and then became "that" or "THAT." THAT is all there is. What was erroneously taken to be one thing and erroneously taken to be many things was only THAT. Manifested as the temnporay "Is-ness," THAT became aware of itself, not unlike a child finally noticing its hand for the first time. Early on, the child knows that It Is. Clap your hands loudly near its face and the child will jump, wanting instinctively and archetypically to preserve its Amness. It is no different from the bird which is aware that It Is. Wanting to preserve that Is-ness, it will fly away from a human walking along a trail in the woods.

Initially, humans sense THAT. A child does not know it is a "boy" or a "girl." It does not think, so it does not think that it is "a good boy" or "a good girl." Only after being exposed to the nonsense of "reward vs. punishment" and "good vs. bad" and "heaven vs. hell" does the child begin to suffer from the illusions of fear that are generated by dual-mindedness.

If Realized, however, it is known that this beingness is temporary and that the non-beingness is the completely natural state (as opposed to unnatural states or supernatural states as adopted by non-Realized persons). Energy manifests and is aware of the beingness, then energy unmanifests and has no space or form by which the beingness can be known. THAT is perfect peace, not unlike the delta-sleep state of brain movement during deep sleep. The non-beingness is that natural state with no body, no mind, no form, no space, no...anything. It is the Void, the Nothingness, when THAT Which Is does not even know that It Is. Call it "bliss" if you like, but the Realized know that bliss can only be known during the beingness if the Void and the Nothingness are Realized during the manifestation of consciousness. If one is at perfect rest during a deep sleep, that might appear to be a blissful state, but the human in deep sleep does not know that it is and is not conscious of "bliss." Only when fully awake, aware and conscious can the bliss be known--if Realized. Bliss is the stuff of being manifested and Realized during the period of Amness. The non-being state that follows has no awareness of awareness. Having transitioned into the non-beingness, the Consciousnss Is, but it cannot know It Is. Enjoy it NOW, for no other opportunity exists. Please enter the silence of contemplation.

WHAT IS THE PURE WITNESS, THE TRUE SELF, THE BEINGNESS, THE I AM?

F.: Yesterday’s post mentioned that, with the witness, an element of subject-object ‘separation’ remains: I (subject) see that (object). The Pure Witness, by contrast, functions with no subject-object aspect. Rather than observing all objectively, it observes all accurately as it ignores the limited physical realm and the distorted mental realm and turns its focus on the infinite and the real. It does not have any subject-object misunderstandings such as “I see that” but knows instead “I AM THAT.” The Pure Witness (the True Self, not to be confused with the Absolute which is beyond all self-ness and Self-ness) is aware of the Oneness so no perception of subjects vs. objects exists. The false perceptions about various dualities end and the unicity is Realized. In the vision you were invited to read yesterday, the True Self in the cave sees the following:

To your left and to your right drift millions of forms, and on closer inspection, You see that they are . . . You! Each looks to be a clone—maybe a transparent clone but a clone nevertheless—of You!

All “doingness” ends since it is Realized that there is no “do-er.” Then, the urge to go and do and zoom ends, and the Realized can just be. Whatever must happen in order for the basic physical needs to be met (which allows the manifestation of the consciousness to continue for a period) happens, but it happens spontaneously and naturally. Even after the ego-state of Super Teacher ends, teaching can happen…or not. Even after the ego-state of Super Employee ends, employment can happen...or not. Persons, on the other hand, are driven to be in control and to seek power while the Realized know the bliss of simply being “moved along,” not unlike a leaf that is being moved gently along a stream, in the flow rather than fighting the current. The joy of moving through the AS IF existence in that spontaneous and natural fashion was described thusly in the vision:

As You near the water, You automatically pivot so that Your back faces the opposite shore. Sinking shoulder-deep into the water, You feel Your feet rise. Your entire body stiffens momentarily, Your feet rise further, You float onto Your back and then You bob on the surface of the water. Now relaxed, You begin to be moved along, gently propelled toward the opposite side of the cave. Your movements just happen, no effort on Your part required. The music of the organ—ethereal and heavenly—sounds softly, beautifully; the waters are now calm and warm.

No longer is there any notion that you are “this persona” or “that person.” The I AM, finally, registers in awareness. Later, looking toward the light, it is eventually understood that the “I-Amness” is temporary and the awareness of THAT comes about. For the moment known as NOW, the I AM is known and, concurrently, the I AM THAT is also Realized. That is why, when you speak of me, you’re told to speak of me as I AM. And when you speak of Your Self, speak of That True Self as I AM also. Yet the invitation is to Realize that the Amness is only temporary, while THAT is forever. Please enter the silence of contemplation.

WHAT IS THE WITNESS?

F.: First, please focus on the eagle as you read the content of the vision described at http://www.floydhenderson.com/article1.htm . Now, review the conduct of the eagle. The eagle soars above it all, attached to nothing in the material realm but able to witness it all clearly. It observes that, in one case after another, what appeared to be one thing turned out not to be that at all—just like “the snake in the rope.” It sees that in every case where it had taken itself to be one thing or another, it was none of those at all.

It can look back on the “physical body” standing outside the archway, witnessing it objectively and seeing that What It Truly Is was not that body at all. It can observe objectively the persona that entered the mental realm and can see that all of the imagined roles during its lifetime never truly identified Who or What It Really Is. It can look back on the raven that seemed to believe it "had it all" and soared with emotional intoxication as it reached new heights by playing its lofty religious and spiritual roles. It can witness that What It Truly Is is not any role either. It can look back on the bird of ignorance—the gull—and witness its unlimited joy during the child ignorance stage. Yet even after moving through the child ignorance stage and merely witnessing without judgment, an element of subject-object “separation” remains: “I (subject) see that (object).”

At what stage of the vision are you? Have you moved beyond body identification? Have you moved beyond mind identification? Have you seen that the various personas being played are not You? Have you seen that personality has nothing to do with Who or What you Are? Have you forfeited all of the religious concepts and spiritual knowledge (also known as “learned ignorance”) which lead to “perceived separation”? If so, what are you perceiving differently? Are you seeing that what had been previously perceived as a snake is nothing more than a coiled rope? Can you now list the many things that you were once so sure of as being one thing but that you now see were not that at all? Please enter the silence of contemplation.