In order to develop a pure and clear state of mind, we need to begin by recognising that we don’t actually KNOW what anything is.
While a ‘conditioned mind’ will try to fool you into thinking that you KNOW what things are, the truth is, this is never actually the case.
Let’s take this step-by-step and work through this together.
Take a look at the ‘object’ that you see in front of you. Maybe this is a ‘Computer Monitor’, ‘Tablet’ or ‘Phone’. However, is the label or word that we use to describe the ‘object’…the actual thing itself?
Take a look at a few more ‘things’. Maybe you can see what we call a ‘Tree’? Or a ‘Wall’? A ‘Chair’? Are any of these ‘words’ the ACTUAL things that they describe?
As you read these words, your mind should now be starting to recognise this fundamental insight which was true when you were born, just as it is true right now – You don’t actually KNOW what anything is.
What you do in fact ‘know’, are just words that are used to describe the objects and experiences that you see, hear, smell, taste, touch, think, feel and experience. If we did not create these ‘words’, we would have no common language by which we are able to communicate to each other about life.
As you know, some countries also have their own language. While the word ‘Tree’ is used to define the object in the English language, in French it would be called ‘Arbre’, in German it is ‘Baum’, in Arabic it is ‘Shajara’…and so on. However, none of these words ever define what it ACTUALLY IS. The simple fact is: we don’t know what is it – which is why we create words to define and describe the objects that exist.
Look a little deeper
When you were born into the world, you had no name or label to describe or identify you. Therefore, you were given a name – or a word to identify you. However, are you the word itself?
Of course not.
Once again – this is just another word which is used to define the object (in this case a ‘human being’), because we do not know what it is. In our case, we have labelled our species ‘Human Beings’. However, is that what you are? Or is this again, just another label to define a lifeform that exists on this planet?
Do you actually know who you are? Or do you only know the word – or name, which is used to identify you as a human being?
As you keep looking deeper into this insight, you will realise, that just as you don’t actually know what the objects are that you can see, you also don’t know the objects that you can’t see.
Do you know what a ‘thought’ is? Or just the word that is used to define the internal sound and experience?
Take your time here. Just work through this slowly.
Look around you. While your eyes see many ‘things’, do you recognise that you don’t KNOW what a single thing is?
Depending on the ‘clarity of your mind’, some individuals recognise this truth quite easily. Others – especially if they have an academic and/or intellectual mindset, will often struggle to see this ‘simple’ truth. They will keep insisting that they KNOW what everything ACTUALLY is. Ego plays a part here. Put any ego aside and just LOOK at an object. You don’t actually know what it is. That is WHY we label it.
As without, so within
Now look within. Do you recognise that you don’t KNOW who or what you are? You have a name – but that name is just a label that is used to identify you as an individual. YOU are NOT the word.
Do you KNOW what a thought is? Do you KNOW what a feeling is? I’m sure that you could describe these ‘things’ using many different words or descriptions. “Thoughts are the sounds that I hear inside my head”. “Thoughts are a set of neurons firing off in sequence within the human brain”. While we can ‘describe our thoughts’, do we actually KNOW what they are?
Do we KNOW what ‘Atoms’ are? What about ‘Energy’?
Could we use the word ‘Energy’ to describe all that we see – and not see? Could we say that LIFE is just an expression of Energy which is in a constant state of change?
Again – take another look around you. Just look. Calmly. Quietly. Just look. Can you see clearly now that you don’t KNOW what ANYTHING is?
You are living in a constant state of ‘Unknownness’. While the human body sees…it does not KNOW what it sees. It is all UNKNOWN.
Why do we not KNOW what anything is?
The next question which arises when you can recognise that you are living in a constant state of unknownness, is “Why don’t we know what anything is?”
How is it, that we are living in a constant state of unknownness – about literally EVERYTHING?
When we look at life CLEARLY – without any mental conditioning (programming) or distortion (ego) – when we just LOOK with clear AWARENESS, we realise something very significant.
We realise that we don’t actually know what it is that our eyes see. We realise that we don’t actually know who we are. We don’t actually KNOW what anything is – at all!
Why?
Why don’t we know what anything is? Is it just YOU who doesn’t know what anything is?
Not at all. The same is true for myself. I also don’t know what anything is. And the same is true for every human being on this planet – whether they individually recognise this truth or not. Therefore, the question that we need to ask ourselves, is ‘what do we all have in common’ which produces the same experience – regardless of race, ethnicity, belief and so forth?
We all come from the SAME ‘stuff’
The answer to this question, could be expressed in different ways. We could say that we share similar ‘Energy’. What makes up a human being and its ability to be conscious of the world around it, is the SAME ENERGY that makes up a Tree, Flower, Table, Chair…albeit – with each object arranging this energy in its own unique way.
Therefore, when you look at a Tree and recognise that you don’t KNOW what it is, it is because you do indeed share the SAME ENERGY as the Tree. In one respect, YOU and the Tree are the SAME!
And you are not just the same as a Tree. As you don’t KNOW what ANYTHING is, you are in a way, the SAME as EVERYTHING that exists!
This should not really come as much of a surprise. Traditional Science has been discussing the physics of particles for some times. While the atomic structure of a human form may be arranged differently from the other objects that we see in the world around us, we all come from the SAME STUFF – so to speak.
And therefore, what you see when you look around you, must ALSO share that same state of Conscious-Energy in some respect.
It is the one element that we all share, which is the same in every one of us. I use the word here is the context of conscious awareness. Everything that you see, hear, taste, touch, think, feel…comes into contact with this Consciousness field. It is the foundation at the heart of EVERYTHING that exists.
Let’s consider an analogy which may make this a little easier to understand. Try to imagine that the ‘transparency’ between one object and another – all around you – is the ONLY thing that exists. Visualise ALL objects disappearing. There are no forms and no shapes. No light. No sound. There is no planet. No universe. No LIFE. Not even you – no identity at all.
All that is left, is a state of ‘Pure Absolute Consciousness’. It is so absolutely pure, that there is no element of differentiation within it at all. It is…in the most profound sense…the ONLY thing that actually exists. If you’ve managed to imagine this, then there would literally appear to be nothing at all.
In fact, as Science is now starting to realise, there ‘appears’ to be NOTHING at the heart of existence itself. Except for one very important detail; while a state of Pure Absolute Consciousness does exist at the heart of ALL THAT IS, it is by no means – NOTHING – in the traditional use of the word.
In truth, EVERYTHING is actually ‘contained within’ this so-called NOTHING. This will appear paradoxical at first, but I will attempt to explain this apparent paradox in another article.
As absolute Consciousness is the ONLY thing that actually exists, is it possible for IT to KNOW ITSELF?
Do you understand, that in order to KNOW something, it must in some way, be ‘different’ from you. If – in essence – you are EXACTLY THE SAME as that which you observe, then it is simply not possible for you to KNOW IT. It would be like water trying to KNOW water. Or air trying to know air. When the ‘subject and object’ come from the same SOURCE (ConsciousEnergy), it is simply not possible for Consciousness to KNOW itself.
In this case, it is an expression of Consciousness (You) trying to KNOW another aspect of ITSELF (what you see, hear, experience, etc).
While Science does not yet fully comprehend how this is possible, it does acknowledge that the source of REALITY is indeed ONE and the SAME. It would define life as just different expressions of Energy. It will eventually discover that ALL aspects of energy also have a conscious ‘mind element’ to them as well.
If you still cannot quite grasp this insight, let’s try a different analogy. When you observe a TV screen, it ‘appears’ to display all kinds of moving images and sounds that are constantly changing. And yet, the different images that you are watching, are all being created from the SAME source of light. Our LIFE experience is very much the same.
While life appears different on the surface, at its source, it is one and the same.
Can we ever KNOW what anything is?
In one word – No.
While we can come up with infinite labels, definitions and descriptions to define everything that exists, in essence, it’s all exactly the SAME. At the heart of LIFE, is an absolute pure undifferentiated state of conscious-energy. Being ONE and the SAME, it can NEVER KNOW ITSELF.
However, it contains within it – the ‘INFINITE POTENTIAL’ to express ALL that it is! And that potential is what we call LIFE.
Some refer to this Conscious-Energy as ‘God’. To others, it is the ‘Divine Spirit’ or ‘Supreme Consciousness’. It has been given many labels over the centuries.
Whatever label we use, IT is the reason why, when you look at any object, that you don’t actually KNOW what it is. And you can never, ever KNOW – for eternity!
Regardless of how spiritually enlightened you become, you can never KNOW the reality of what you are. However, while you can never KNOW that reality, you can most definitely experience this reality in the human form.
And indeed…this is an incredibly powerful experience!
