‘GOD'
- 'CONSCIOUSNESS' – ‘SPIRIT’ IS A DYNAMIC STATE OF BEING
'God' -
'Consciousness' – ‘Spirit’ implies a dynamic state of being... a kinetic state
of perfection…. not something finished and done with! As ‘God' -
'Consciousness' – ‘Spirit’ experiences, expresses, and revels in Itself, through its
'individuations', It expands, deepens and enriches Itself... and then 'that'
enriched God' - 'Consciousness' – Spirit’ has more to experience, express and revel
in... and thus individuates, separates, sets
forth, begins a new game, dream, venture
… again…and again… infinitely...always from this ‘more’ enriched experience of
Itself! Infinitely (in linear language, because ofcourse all of this 'happens'
in the now!
It’s the
paradox of how All That Is ...ever becomes 'more'
So many
seekers wonder …so many ask me… why creation? Is ‘God' - 'Consciousness' –
‘Spirit’ bored, unfulfilled that it chose to create existence? So many think
that only that someone or something that is not complete would want to
experience itself! But think: of a master artist who then wants to paint
for sheer pleasure; or the most accomplished singers...who then
want to sing for the joy of singing...or the fulfilled mother who wants to enjoy
the experience of her child growing up…or the complete lovers who as an
expression of that complete love want to make love ... best friends who are
complete together choose to play a game… all of these spring not from
boredom ...not from inadequacy/in-incompletion...
but as an expression of one’s completion! Being...is what consciousness’
is..! It’s not a noun... so experiencing expressing, exploring, reveling
in its perfection. And that’s the answer as to why creation!
Indeed it
is only in separation that we ask why creation? Why forgetfulness? Why
separation? -We embrace creation -We move from belittling the material
experience/self -We understand the seeming separation &
seeming ignorance as aspects of the Whole that I AM -We become aware there is no Self without its
selves! Self is not a separate Whole somewhere... Self comprises of all its
states & selves! In this there is no yearning for this or that
'better' state - we live in the perfection of where we are in the Now knowing
we are simultaneously in all states as Self
‘God' -
'Consciousness' – ‘Spirit’ simultaneously straddles: 'desire-yearning'... and
'discovery-exploration-play'... and ‘fulfillment-rest'… all together!
Indeed, as we experiences this seeming
paradox …as we experience that one state of being cannot be without the others…
we enjoy each state as an aspect of our beingness as Authentic Self…without any
being better, finer, lesser!
Ah to the
paradoxical cosmic mating dance: to the simultaneous divine yearning and
divine fulfillment; fulfilled even as we yearn and yearning even in
fulfillment; seeking union even whilst enjoying the cosmic foreplay; the Shakti
in me seducing the Shiva in me; the Shiva in me stretching it that wee bit
longer…Ah to the Now.
Let me end
with a beautiful quote by Nisargadatta Maharaj: "It is the instinct of
exploration, the love of the unknown that brings me into existence. It is in
the nature of being to see adventure in becoming, as it is in the very nature
of becoming to seek peace in being. This alternation of being and becoming is
inevitable; but my home is beyond." |