There are two states of consciousness:
- duality or separation
- wholeness or unity consciousness
we confront on a dual daily basis that consists of opposites like:
- good and bad,
- light and dark,
- pleasure and pain
We choose the preferable side of each opposite but somehow separation perpetuates suffering, no matter how good, pure, and well-intentioned you are. Therefore, for thousands of years, there have been wisdom traditions that say,
"Separation is a given if you choose to remain in a certain state of awareness. It feels natural because you accept that the mind is the same as the contents of the mind, all the thoughts, images, desires, and sensations that fill your head. But this activity takes place against a background that is silent, whole, and free of suffering. This is your true self, and when you arrive here, wholeness is just as natural as separation."
Wholeness is a state all its own. It is the beginning of creation, the only real "stuff" from which the world "in here" and the world "out there" are created. Meditation has the ability to transform each of us into this wholeness. We can be whole and not know it That's the mystery that meditation presents. At the same time, it presents the answer to the mystery: Wholeness is the silent ground of existence and therefore cannot be known as a thing, the way we know other things like rocks, clouds, and trees.
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