That we call existence and that we say that it exists, in fact, exists as one togetherness. It exists as one, as oneness. That one exists in everything and everyone. That one makes everything and everyone to exist. That one exists as that one existence in everything and everyone. Man exists. Man exists in togetherness. Man exists in the togetherness of one organic body-mind and being. Man does not exist in hands or feet or head alone but man exists in togetherness in the oneness of body-mind and being. Together man exists in the togetherness of existence.
The man carries within a drop of the ocean of existence which never separates from existence. That drop of the ocean of existence in its aloneness is a drop if one perceives that in time. But in togetherness, the drop is in fact the ocean and not a drop.
Existence is one and together. Man is also one and together. This oneness is also the togetherness of everything and everyone. Man is one. In myriad forms and shapes. It is that existence that exists as one togetherness that has flowered in myriad appearances. Together myriad appearances are myriad but are one. Myriad is myriad but together all myriad is one.
It is only that one existence that exists. It is existing as void. It is blowing as air. It is gushing as water. It is flowing in trees and vegetation. It is running in man. It is flowering in flowers. It is warming in the sun. It is flying in birds. In fact, it is the one same thing, one same existence that is manifesting in myriad things and beings. When you feel deeper, you will sense that who is That-Which-Is is within you. You will feel his presence, his light, his sound. You will feel his being present in you as your being. It is in fact not your being but his being. That his being exists in you. You are able to conduct yourself by his being. Your body is connected to his being through his presence, his light, his sound and his being.
You are flowing in that wholeness of the presence. Like a boat in the stormy sea. You are miserable, you are happy. You are powerful, you are powerless. Storms that existence sways you with. That which is the existence that overwhelms everything and everyone. And it exists by itself therefore it is called existence because it exists by itself.
Man always thinks that man has to live. Man lives in thinking. So for living man needs food. Man needs family. Man needs society. Man needs money. In fact, the one who is existing as existence is the one who is living in one’s appearance.
The one who is living in one’s appearance is the one who is making your life lived. In fact, man perceives existing as living in time because the mind knows nothing beyond time. So the man thinks that life is to be lived by him. In fact, man perceives that life is to be lived that has a beginning and an end. But life is lived as existence. In fact, life that we call life is existing in the existence which never begins nor ends. Existence simply exists. So life lived is essentially a statement stated in time because time cannot explain existence because it is beyond time.
If the man does not live then who lives in place of man? Most of the time we don’t know the one who lived in one’s place because man is so forgetful that he forgets to live in the being. Man exists that we may call he is living. In fact, man thinks that he lives and the man thinks that he is making it to live. Man thinks therefore he lives. It means that man is forgetful of his being and forgetful of the existence that exists in him. You don’t live or die here. You are code-named here, and your code name is born and dies. You have been hypnotised to that code name. You think your name is the truth that you have. But the truth is always the truth. Your name is a lie but your being is the truth. Your name is just not even worth a water bubble.
That which is the force to live that is making you live the life is not caused by you. You don’t cause it. Sigmund Freud calls it ‘eros’—the life instinct. You are not doing something to drive that force of life that is making you live which means that force of life is making you exist as life.
Man who lives in forgetfulness will always be miserable. In the end, he will lament that the one who was that someone who lived because the man never lived but forgetfulness makes you live in dreams and tomorrow.
Man who lives in the beingness of his being by ‘simply being’ will exist as the existence and will always be blissful. So whenever you find misery, you can learn that whatever that you do is essentially a sin and misery is manifestation. And whenever you find bliss, you can learn that whatever you do is a virtue and goodness.
In existence when you exist, you exist in the beingness of your being that is the seat of existence. When you don’t understand your existence as pure existence, you need a blue book to follow—scriptures. That which we call virtue and goodness is not to be practised. Like Buddha who was awakened. Buddha did not practise awakening. But Buddha followed how to be in the nowness of the being. Buddha got awakened. You don’t have to change what you have to do but you have to be what you are. You have to be who you are. Your doing is not precious but being is the most invaluable. You cannot learn goodness. You will never be able to learn that by practising ethics of virtue and goodness. Ethics and principles are practised in the absence of religiosity as a poor substitute for religion.
In reality, people feign to be religious by practising ethics of virtue and goodness by reading scriptures. If people are religious, we might not need the law because there wouldn’t because of any lawlessness. Lao Tzu said ethics is born when religion is lost. On the other hand, his contemporary Confucius became very popular by creating all kinds of virtues. Ethics of virtue and goodness suit masses but masses are not religious. One cannot learn goodness or virtues but goodness is the flowering of religion.
When you are in the beingness of your being, you become one with the existence. That becomes your religion. This is how religion is born to Buddha. That was personal flowering. Religion is a personal flowering. Being religious one becomes one with existence. Ethics of virtue and goodness are flowering of religion. There is no shortcut to it. Practising goodness is a poor substitute for religion, in fact, a mock-up of religion. Practising happens in thinking, religion is an experience of That-Which-Is.
Practising religious ethics of virtue, goodness, morality are thoughts conducted in time. Being one with existence happens in the now-ness of being. You become the wealthiest in the world. Not in the sense that the wealth of the world that enslaves you. But in the sense of nowness of your being to make you the wealthiest in the world because there is nothing that enslaves you. Hindus call that moksha which means the ultimate freedom. If you are aware totally aware of your existence in the now-ness of your being, you are. You simply are in the being by simply being. That’s the ultimate truth.
The author is a spiritual teacher. He can be contacted at arunavlokitta@gmail.com.
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