Imagine I am holding a bright red hibiscus in front of you. What do you see? The bright red colour of its petals and the gold powdery dust in its stamen. You would say it is a beautiful “flower”. Now imagine that I tear all the petals out and separate out the stamen. What do you see now?
Do you still see the flower? Do you still see the beauty?
All the parts are still the same. What happened to it? Though the parts are same you do not perceive it as a flower any more. Flower is just a name you have given to a particular form, which no longer exist as you pull the petals apart. Was there ever a separate thing called flower?
Have you observed the waves in the ocean? What are waves but a form taken by the ocean? And what is Ocean but a form taken by body of water. Waves and Ocean are names relating to particular forms. The waves does not exist separate from the ocean because we have given it the name “wave”.
The mind gets trapped into the world of name and form and is ignorant that the wave is nothing but the Ocean.
Another example. If I present you a gold necklace. You would be caught in the design and functionality of the necklace. “Ah this is a beautiful necklace, I would look pretty wearing with this dress or it would make a nice present for so and so.. and all such ideas associated with the form of a “necklace” would occupy your mind .
Now imagine I held a chunk of gold. What would you think now? Would you see the necklace in the gold? Would you see the gold in the necklace. For when you aware you see things in its totality. The gold was never separate from the necklace and the potential of the necklace is always in the gold.
Approach everything you see with this attitude. With practice you will start to remove layer by layer. Experiencing the oneness.
Do you still see the flower? Do you still see the beauty?
All the parts are still the same. What happened to it? Though the parts are same you do not perceive it as a flower any more. Flower is just a name you have given to a particular form, which no longer exist as you pull the petals apart. Was there ever a separate thing called flower?
Have you observed the waves in the ocean? What are waves but a form taken by the ocean? And what is Ocean but a form taken by body of water. Waves and Ocean are names relating to particular forms. The waves does not exist separate from the ocean because we have given it the name “wave”.
The mind gets trapped into the world of name and form and is ignorant that the wave is nothing but the Ocean.
Another example. If I present you a gold necklace. You would be caught in the design and functionality of the necklace. “Ah this is a beautiful necklace, I would look pretty wearing with this dress or it would make a nice present for so and so.. and all such ideas associated with the form of a “necklace” would occupy your mind .
Now imagine I held a chunk of gold. What would you think now? Would you see the necklace in the gold? Would you see the gold in the necklace. For when you aware you see things in its totality. The gold was never separate from the necklace and the potential of the necklace is always in the gold.
Approach everything you see with this attitude. With practice you will start to remove layer by layer. Experiencing the oneness.
The beginning of this questioning is the first step.
Invite your intellect into your journey, question everything along the path. Until you experience it .
Invite your intellect into your journey, question everything along the path. Until you experience it .
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