Thoughts March 18, 2023
That condition in which knowing arises is the same as that which is its limit. So knowledge is bounded, is useless if not an impediment beyond that whence it arose. Beyond knowledge's limit another faculty is needed and that is understanding.
The desire to know is the desire to feel. This is akin to desire for an object. And. The desire of a thing is animalistic. So. Wanting enlightenment, release, salvation, is falling again into the snare of delusion. The way out is simply to yield.
There are doors that open only of themselves. You won't even know they are there and desire to find them only obscures. Seeking impedes.
Yes, "if you seek you will find, if you knock it shall be opened unto you." However, forcing the issue means that what is opened, what you find is an ephemera, an illusion. It is merely a projection of yourself, in other words.
The effulgence of the Ultimate Reality will sweep you away of its own accord, if you exercise patience. And you might be left bewildered but you will understand you have been owned!
The embrace of the Lord, the Light, is eternal Bliss!
No matter your view, there is always another to benevolently enhance it. But don't think there is only one outlook. If there were we would have a partial view. Imagine if there were only one science, say botany. Think about it.
Maybe the Lord is an equal opportunity redeemer.
When the Ultimate Reality is revealed knowledge ceases its activity. Or, rather, one who would realize this would be advised to inhibit knowledge's activity, its grasping. The instrument of knowledge, invariably connected with its employer and an object can act only in the plane of duality. With the negation of duality, the instrument of knowledge itself becomes ineffective.*
That is why knowledge should be used as a negator more than affirmer.
That is why simply yielding to the will of God is the only way to Truth.
And that brings me to this. That which can said to be eternal cannot be a member of the class of things or objects which all have in common the ability to be named, that is, delineated - which means limited, in a sense. Further, any naming results in a designation of said thing as being finite, as having the characteristic of coming into being, of persisting awhile, of passing away. So. When God is named he becomes something we own, something we know, something we think we understand. In other words, God becomes an idea, a thing, an object, when named. Though its not intended THAT becomes an illusion. The Truth escapes in our effort to hold it close. That's all.
* Mandukya Upanishad 1-7 Shankara's commentary
