IMAGINE IF THE INFINITE ALONE EXISTS AS SPIRIT (AWARENESS)

 

Imagine if The Infinite alone exists as spirit:

 

The Infinite would be immaterial, because there is no material (substance) in spirit


The Infinite would be non-spatial, because there is no space in spirit
(its not a certain size nor exists in any place)


The world could not exist, since it cannot be created without material (to build it) and space (in which to place it)


The Infinite would never change, because there would be no substance in
which to change (as in milk to curd)


The Infinite would never move (do anything), because there would be no space in which to move (or do anything)


Just as a movie to be experienced (seen) must be projected upon something that remains still, which is the movie screen

 

Life to be experienced (lived) must be projected upon something that remains still, which is spirit (The Infinite)


For an experience to exist, there must be division between experiencer (subject) and the experienced (object)


But since spirit (The Infinite) is indivisible, spirit simply imagines division (variety) within itself for the sake of experiences


And just as a movie screen is unaffected (unchanged) by any movie projected upon it


Spirit (The Infinite) is unaffected (unchanged) by any life imagined (projected) within itself


Imagine if The Infinite alone exists as spirit, then one's own spirit (Self) must be The Infinite (spirit) since nothing else exists

 

People talk about the spirit of The Infinite or their own spirit, but rarely realize both are one and the same


Hence searching all over the world for The Infinite is like searching the world for one's own face


It’s impossible to find
(experience) what you already are since there's no division of seeker (subject) and sought (object)


Hence when your own spirit is The Infinite, its impossible to ‘find’ The Infinite
(since seeker and sought are one)


The Infinite cannot be experienced by the senses and mind, since The Infinite (spirit) is subtler than the senses and mind

 

Due to absence of separation, just as sugar cannot taste sugar (because it is sugar itself), The Infinite (spirit) cannot experience itself


So ironically, it is the very seeking to ‘experience The Infinite’ that prevents the simple ‘realization (awareness) of The Infinite’


Hence one needs only to ‘be still' to realize (become aware of) the spirit within one’s heart (which is The Infinite)


Again, since spirit (The Infinite) alone exists and all experiences can only be a dream (imagined) within spirit

All reflections of The Infinite (Jesus, Buddha, etc), religions, myths, visions can only be a dream (imagined) within spirit


Ironically, only those who realize all of this is imagined for play, truly play.

 

The rest continue swinging between pleasure and pain

 

So from the absolute viewpoint, life is simply the self-experiencing and self-expression (dreams) of spirit to itself within itself

 

Hence in absolute truth, since The Infinite alone exists as spirit:


Simply ‘be still’ to realize the spirit (the awareness 'I am') within one’s heart as The Infinite (the Self)


And remain aware that one’s spirit never moves nor is ever changed by any experiences imagined for play 


Leaving nothing more to do than to 'choose a fulfilling role' in the world 'imagined for play'


by Pardeep