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bito
13th December 2008, 09:49 PM
Every thought man has about his life - how it should or should not be - is another added layer of conditioning to be cleaned off his awareness so that Life, in its omnipresence, can move, by the spirit of omnipresent thought, the pure awareness of man according to the gestalt of the moment.

Man is never separated from the omnipresence that is Life, or God, or Consciousness, and yet, he behaves as if he is, offering fragments of thought to one another as if these fragments can bring him to some sort of conclusion about Life, about God, about the Universe.

Knowledge of one's omnipresent nature sets one free from the repetitious living of one's "I think , I believe, I hope, I dream, I conjecture, I opine."

How does one break free of the glass ceiling that is their "I think" mentality? There is but one way, and that is by contemplating their omnipresent nature.

As a man who dedicated every fibre of his being to being transformed by his contemplation on his true omnipresent nature once said: Seek and ye shall find. Knock, and the door shall open.

VossistArts
25th December 2008, 01:14 AM
Interesting. I can agree with the point of this, as it seems that by considering ones self to be one's self, a separate entity or individual, well, that effectively creates a separate entity, thus a separation; the one who perceives and that which is perceived, right? But how can we offer these fragments of thoughts to one another to consider without doing just that? Isnt it likely true that as long as we exist such as we do, inhabiting individual bodies with minds, that some switch back and forth at best will always be necessary? Isnt it also true that it is necessary to follow along fragmented perceptions and ideas to spaces where they seem to converge into greater truths and realities? How is it even possible to contemplate omnipresent nature from an subverted individual perspective and then ever speak of it to others afterwards?

Seeking and finding are still questions and answers. The metaphor of knocking on a door and having it open are fourfold more involved in particulars still yet.

It more practical terms I think one can effectively apply some of what youre getting at here by teaching one's self to apprehend the world around them more directly with the senses, like a painter would take in a landscape they may wish to later paint, while practicing NOT committing those perceptions to internal dialogue. Most of the basics of what we perceive at this point are already known to us, so they really dont require any kind of linguistic fortification. Its a good place to start in my opinion.