ALL
KNOWING IS EMBRACING THE UNKNOWN
An
all-knowing state is what many aspirants view as the penultimate of their
spiritual journey, and it is somewhat startling to realize somewhere along the
way that there is no such state as ‘all-knowing’. Not even as ‘Godself’. And paradoxically it is this
knowing, this recognition that there is no thing like an all-knowing God or
Self that truly comes closest to it!
All That Is-‘God’- is a continually
creative state of being anew; bringing to life, as Creation, its all
potential…and even as that is realized, there is a new expanded pool of
potential to further explore from! Expanded universes forming the basis for
yet more expansion! Indeed creation is a state of being where the
Whole…God…chooses not to know it all- to indeed burst out in the adventure of
exploring its infinite potential…every nuance, every possibility, every
probability through inestimable, never-ending combinations and permutations –
and thus in your terms, unknown to even Source…the Whole…!
And this mystery of the unknown is the
bliss of any creative venture- it is the propellant of the creative force- it
is why creation is! Ponder on this through the analogy of your own life-
what meaning would it have, would you indeed live it through…if you knew its
details moment-to-moment ahead of time? Would you indeed play a game if it were
charted out before hand, every throw of the dice and every move preset and you
only had to do the motions? It is the unknown that beckons surely?
And thus ironically, the much-touted
‘bliss’ of God does not rest on It’s all-knowing state but quite the opposite!
Whereby ‘God’, ‘Spirit’, the ‘Whole’- ‘All That Is’ –call it what you may, can
sit back (centered, witness, still) and yet enjoy the unraveling of its own
mysteries, the glorious surprises of its potential state! And in this then lies
the secret of joyful life…not to seek to know it all, but to enjoy endless
discovery! Not to feel inadequate without answers, but to view questions as
vehicles to new frontiers! Not to rest in accomplishment but to seek its
further explorations! Thus fear not the unknown… nor seek its end, but make
place for it in your lives and welcome the opportunities it offers! That’s the
point of creation- to endlessly explore all That I Am.
And lets take a clue from ‘God’ towards
this- a God who is surely having his cake and eating it too…safe at home yet
enjoying a glorious adventure! Be the witness! Enjoy your life and its
creative endeavor much as you would a movie with its romantic scenes and
violent melodrama’s…its funny dialogues and its tearjerkers- from the vantage
point of knowing that the ‘you’ is safely ensconced in his seat within. And
just like a God who does not know all that ‘he’ will discover through his big
bang, but bursts out in complete abandon wholly secure in the knowing that it
is only Its own glorious aspects that will unfurl, may you too rest in the
knowing that the unknown poses no risk or harm but only the realization of
potential commanded by your highest self!
Thus dearest aspirants on the spiritual
path- do not aspire to merge with the Whole so that you may know all! It quite
defeats the purpose! A state of all knowing is embracing the unknown; and
without this joyful embracing of the unknown you cannot be an all-knowing God!
Mull on this paradox…because even as you become one with ‘God’ ...'you' will
begin a new game, a new creative endeavor that no body… not even ‘God’ knows...
Divyaa Kummar
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