...or to move a millimeter away from being "what is," but most folks are distracted by their thoughts and jerked around hither and thither, psychologically. The path of discovering the living truth is ignoring distractive thoughts and becoming still enough to see what is already the case.
John WL apparently had a cosmic consciousness experience, and searched, unsuccessfully, for other people who had both experienced his unitive state of mind and also understood the implications of it. Many people have such experiences, but very few people go far enough to see, understand, and then internalize the implications. Bottom line? Who we are is "what is" manifesting momentarily as human beings. Cosmic consciousness experiences and everyday life experiences are all part of the seamless continuum that constitutes "what is." All separateness is an illusion. Shifting attention away from thoughts to "what is" leads to freedom from the mind (mind as servant rather than master) and becoming comfortable living in the emptiness of "what is" as "what is." One/Oneness then lives an ordinary life free of expectation, desire, or self interest. If grace appears, grace. If humor appears, humor. If sadness appears, sadness. If suckiness appears, suckiness.
Not knowing is the Way.
John WL apparently had a cosmic consciousness experience, and searched, unsuccessfully, for other people who had both experienced his unitive state of mind and also understood the implications of it. Many people have such experiences, but very few people go far enough to see, understand, and then internalize the implications. Bottom line? Who we are is "what is" manifesting momentarily as human beings. Cosmic consciousness experiences and everyday life experiences are all part of the seamless continuum that constitutes "what is." All separateness is an illusion. Shifting attention away from thoughts to "what is" leads to freedom from the mind (mind as servant rather than master) and becoming comfortable living in the emptiness of "what is" as "what is." One/Oneness then lives an ordinary life free of expectation, desire, or self interest. If grace appears, grace. If humor appears, humor. If sadness appears, sadness. If suckiness appears, suckiness.
Not knowing is the Way.
