NOVEMBER 04 ~ DAILY REFLECTION ~ from: ALONG THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT ~ by: Dr. David R. Hawkins. ►In Reality, there are no events; there are no beginnings or endings. The backdrop is silent, still, and undisturbed by the movie. Ones reality is the context and not the content. The oneness of life appears to perception as multitudinous. What makes the appearances of the world seem real is a projection of the radiance of the Self. The movie itself has no intrinsic reality as perceived. The actual locus of the sense of realness lies totally within consciousness as subjectivity. Even if there were such a thing as an independent, objective reality, it would only be knowable because of ones internal subjectivity.◄ From: “I: Reality and Subjectivity” (2003), Chapter 11: Transcending the World, p.180 --------------------------------- With Additional Context: --------------------------------- ►In Reality, there are no events; there are no beginnings or endings. The backdrop is silent, still, and undisturbed by the movie. Ones reality is the context and not the content. The oneness of life appears to perception as multitudinous. What makes the appearances of the world seem real is a projection of the radiance of the Self. The movie itself has no intrinsic reality as perceived. The actual locus of the sense of realness lies totally within consciousness as subjectivity. Even if there were such a thing as an independent, objective reality, it would only be knowable because of ones internal subjectivity.◄ Q: That statement is really saying that the only Reality is God. A: God can only be known and not proven. Beyond subjectivity, no world exists. Without the presence of God, nothing could be known or experienced, including one’s own existence. Existence as subjectivity is complete, total, and whole, and it is the very basis of joy. The Self is the Presence of the Source of Existence as the Infinite ‘I’. Q: What is the subjective experience or realization of Allness like? A: It is an awareness of a condition that has always been present. The novelty of sequential experiencing disappears, as do expectation, regret, or the desire to anticipate or control. Existence as Existence is total and complete. All one’s needs are already fulfilled. There is nothing to gain or lose and everything is of equal value. It would be like all movies being equally enjoyable because the pleasure stems from ‘going to the movies’, and the movie that is playing is irrelevant. With the elimination of preference, all form is seen to be equal in value; in fact, its common value is only that it has form. The weed is the same as the diamond—each may differ in appearance but not in intrinsic value. Their beauty is equal because it is innate in all form. Everything is equal by virtue of having existence. Nothing is in the process of becoming; it already is its own identity, complete and perfect. Existence is never incomplete. An ‘instant’ is an artifact of attention and has no independent reality. There are no ‘instants’ in the world. The unfolding of Creation is continuous; it does not go from incomplete to complete but from complete to complete. In one instant, it can appear to be completely ‘this’, and in the next instant, it can appear to be completely ‘that’. Everything exists outside of time and not within it; therefore, nothing exists in time nor is subject to it. Time is merely a style of perception. If one looks at a chair, one just sees a chair and does not see time. If one looks at a clock, one sees change but not time. Time is an abstract concept projected onto observable form. From: “I: Reality and Subjectivity” (2003), Chapter 11: Transcending the World, pp.180–181 --------------------------- Related Teachings: --------------------------- From 2002 Lecture Series: The Way to God, December: ‘Realization of the Self: The Final Moments’, (Paraphrased): This particular pathway, Devotional Nonduality, emphasizes the difference between content and context, the linear domain and the non-linear domain. Your mind is focused on content, on the specifics. Ego identifies with content. We sense that there is something other than content. Spirit is context. The relationship of content and context is what spiritual work is all about. The experience of the Presence of God is when context totally sweeps away all but the Infinite Allness. In the meditative or contemplative style, you constantly surrender all content (force) as it arises. We surrender to God; we do so in the interest of context. If you committedly—constantly, assiduously, devotedly—surrender everything as it arises to God—and stay related to generality instead of specifics, one eventually transcends identification with content within the ego.
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