Post by siftingtothetruth on Jan 25, 2019 20:02:55 GMT -5
What is, is, and can never not be.
Ignorance and liberation, however, aren't, but merely seem to appear -- indeed, even that cannot be said of them. Why not? Because words are mere appearance too. They cannot capture Truth.
Why and how does ignorance and the world arise? Why is there something rather than nothing?
The mind to which these questions appear is locked in unreal concepts. These questions are born of unreal concepts.
The mind which has ceased to appear, which has known its own illusoriness, cannot ask these questions. It is silent. It is not disturbed by these questions.
And yet, and yet... some question that cannot be spoken remains. It cannot even be called a "question that cannot be spoken."
There can only be said to be something more, entirely beyond human logic, entirely beyond all experiences or realizations.
It has no relationship to the end of suffering or to peace of mind or wholeness.
It neither is nor is not the Self. It might be called the "source of ignorance," the source of apparent creation.
It might be called God. This word is merely a placeholder for a mystery so mysterious it cannot even be called mystery.
Ignorance and liberation, however, aren't, but merely seem to appear -- indeed, even that cannot be said of them. Why not? Because words are mere appearance too. They cannot capture Truth.
Why and how does ignorance and the world arise? Why is there something rather than nothing?
The mind to which these questions appear is locked in unreal concepts. These questions are born of unreal concepts.
The mind which has ceased to appear, which has known its own illusoriness, cannot ask these questions. It is silent. It is not disturbed by these questions.
And yet, and yet... some question that cannot be spoken remains. It cannot even be called a "question that cannot be spoken."
There can only be said to be something more, entirely beyond human logic, entirely beyond all experiences or realizations.
It has no relationship to the end of suffering or to peace of mind or wholeness.
It neither is nor is not the Self. It might be called the "source of ignorance," the source of apparent creation.
It might be called God. This word is merely a placeholder for a mystery so mysterious it cannot even be called mystery.
