Life is limitless. Life is infinite. Life is eternal. But we view life from our limited dimension of mind. Our dimension is abysmally limited and this life is limitlessly unlimited, infinitely infinite and eternal.
That which is existence always exists. It always existed as it is. And it will always exist as it is. There is no past no present no future. But an is-ness exists. Existence exists as is-ness. Our limited dimension of mind divides existence into past present and future. But the fact is that we call past that existed and that we call present is existing and that we call future will be existing. In fact, past present and future exist together in existence. Existence simply exists and it has never existed or will exist.
Our dimension of mind is like a peeping hole. What we see is seen within limits of view from the hole. What we are seeing we call present. And that we will see will become future and then what we saw becomes past. Therefore we have invented time and space which have become divisions to define past and future and the point where past is embracing future, we call it present. Therefore present is also part of the time.
Existence is beyond time and space. Existence always exists as one existence. In that oneness of existence, we all exist. That oneness of existence exists in us.
What we call life from our limited dimension is a life that is created on the canvas of existence. This world is created on the canvas of existence. Existence is unveiled in man. In fact, existence is revealed in mankind man is a part of that oneness of existence.
Existence is a great mystery. We cannot fathom or know this mystery by the limited dimension of mind. Our dimension our view cannot view the canvas on which we exist. Because we ourselves are that canvas on which the artwork of life is created. So obviously our ego has not created the artwork on the canvas. All we have is a limited dimension and a limited view of thinking that is thought by our minds. Ego does not exist beyond thoughts.
Obviously, a thought cannot be bigger than the thinker’s mind. Like an artwork cannot be bigger than the artist. Therefore, our view cannot be bigger than the canvas on which life is created.
Existence is that canvas on which this world this universe is created. And part of that existence is revealed in us. So we are that canvas on which our life is created. But the limited dimension of the mind cannot fathom an infinitely infinite existence that exists limitlessly and eternally.
To know life from the side of existence, life becomes a limitless existence of eternity beyond life and death. But from the side of our limited dimension, we meet a narrowed path subservient to limited thoughts and gripped with fear of beliefs.
In this life, we don’t lose anything. We only gain. But hopes and desires make us a beggar. We start thinking that we will be getting something. Like we will lose something. Hope to get something. The desire of having something that we don’t have.
Desires script future. Hopes extend future. Big hopes extend the future into the next lives and reincarnations. You never pay attention to what you have. But you are always full of dreams that have not come true. The greed of getting and fear of losing that life may not be lost. And what you have will not be taken away.
We don’t value or utilise or enjoy what we have. We worry about the future because in future we create bondage. The more the future worries you, the more you don’t live in present and life is lived in the present.
Between fear of losing and greed of getting, we don’t accept what we actually are. We don’t accept life. We are living life in denial mode. We want to be someone else. We want to be something else. Denial is our state of mind.
Once you have the money you want more. You have the power you want more. But this existence is a way to know that there is nothing in front of you or behind you. Seers say that there is nothing else but existence. Existence is the only reality. You will ultimately lose everything that you see from your limited dimension. You will die because you are pure ego. And only ego dies. Existence does not die. An existence that exists in you will continue to exist in everything else, but only your limited dimension will be lost.
We are eternal. Eternal because existence manifests in us and the body on which existence manifests breeds and it incarnates when existence sets in. So the body continues to make copies for eternity and existence keeps manifesting in the body for eternity.
That which has the sense of losing is the ego. All such fears have accumulated into the sense of losing. And this limited dimension is a mixture of your ego.
The ego wants to live life according to desires hopes and thoughts. Ego desires a life subject to conditions. In fact from the side of existence, if you look at life, you will meet life and you won’t meet the desire because desire is not there. Desire is a mere thought that breeds greed.
Because of your fear of losing you extend hopes into creating God. Fear of losing life sculpts your God. When God is lost and your faith and religion are lost, fearlessness of existence springs in you.
But you always wish to depend on others. You need someone else to live your life. You depend on others to recognize you. Others depend on you too. You follow others’ eyes to become all that what others praise about. Others will follow you. In fact, you follow others’ eyes so others follow you. You follow money, power, fame because others are also following that race. If there is no one on earth, you won’t follow money, power, and fame. You make religion and God part of your race.
Desires and hopes breed a future. Ego needs dependence because it is nothing but a thought and ego needs to depend on something to exist. We are here to be ourselves. Buddha has asked us to be Buddha, nothing less than that. Life is a song. You have to be one with your song. You are here to sing your own song. You are not here to follow the songs of others. You got to attain to your song. Let the lyrics and rhythm be strewn out of you, let the symphony burgeon and let the song of life that you are here to sing be sung out of you. And you rejoice in that eternal melodious melody that is created in this world.
The author is a spiritual teacher and he can be contacted at arunavalokitta@gmail.com