Throughout my writing I use the terms space and time to reference apparent form and its cascade. Yet, since only the One IS, both are merely dream states, which consciousness uses to format and enjoy Life. Always realize that human language is but the Taoist finger pointing at the moon. As you regard that finger pointing merely as a navigational tool, your Real Identity—infinite mystery evolving through Selfhood—meaningfully resounds you. THAT continuously gives way to Shiva dancing the Great Great Silence before an audience of One. Your primordial purity of pristine awareness embraces THAT mystery to radiate momentary joy.
Grasping Alchemical Architecture
Accelerates Consciousness
Much, perhaps most, spiritual insight is delivered in a poetical vein geared to accelerate feelings of wholeness. While universal feeling is sine qua non for Real spiritual advance, a more alchemical understanding serves to accelerate such growth further. This piece is a step in that direction.
I encourage you to meditate upon Being’s architecture to help you to ascend more inclusively upon the heavenly ladder. You can know you are freeing yourself from fallen estate tendencies as your frequency increases, however slightly, as you perform your everyday affairs. This extends the Real estate you are concomitantly nourishing.
Assume Your Real Space/Time Perch
Of primary importance, I detail here the Real Space/Time perch upon which ascending Ones navigate Life. I will have succeeded if it helps you to focus your daily walk upon the Real estate’s heaven/earth interface. I often refer to this viewpoint as the Living, spontaneous Great Unknowing. Anchoring consciousness there will divulge infinite mystery as Your entirety irrespective of where your affairs call you to direct your attentive focus.
It’s commonly known that the tenor of your attention conditions the energy you draw to yourself. That’s why it’s advisable to keep your attention riveted to the Great Unknowing. Therein, you can actively live in and as the One evolving infinite mystery and fulfill all of Life’s reason for Being. Once you hit THAT spot, stay on it in every milieu. A modern day Ramakrishna would confide: Samadhi beckons always, whether stuck in traffic sittin’ at a red light, slaloming down a mountainside, engaging entertainment or concentrating upon your job.
A Certain Slant of Light
Life’s fractal nature keeps every level of the One’s cycling immanently active. Whichever segment of its cycle you wish to focus upon is up to you. You’ll accelerate spiritual fulfillment as you include in your viewpoint what Emily Dickinson describes as a wintry sub-cycle: the going within to draw inspiration from Life’s night, as a “certain Slant of light.” While devotees of the One embrace this mode of Being, happy-go-lucky humans find this Slant oppressive. They take umbrage as it denudes and subdues their perspective escapades. Dickinson observes:
“When it comes, the Landscape listens—
Shadows—hold their breath—
When it goes, ‘tis like the Distance
On the look of Death.[1]
This “Slant of light,” comporting with fractally omnipresent zero-point cycling, imputes each moment’s sparkle—its substance being there, yet not there—like the [infinite] Distance on the look of Death.”
Neil Young on the Flame
Here’s some more down-to-earth insight into this fiery Slant of light:
“When you listen to the song, you find yourself goin’ my God, that’s great. That’s fantastic. She’s got it. It’s real. It’s a feeling. It’s more than music. It’s more than…. It’s Life, and it’s there. And nobody gets to keep it for very long; and then it’s gone. You can have it, and then it’s gone halfway through a sentence. Oh, I’ve lost it many times; and been lucky enough to be around when it came back many times…You don’t really know when you’ve lost it as much as you know when you get it back. You don’t really feel it go. But you feel it when it comes back. This whole light. This feeling comes over your whole body, and you feel right. And everything you do is right. You can’t make any mistakes. And then you wake up one morning, and it’s over. And that’s what it’s all about. There’s no preconceptions.”[2]
Indeed, there’s no “you” to preconceive the flame or make it happen; but…. The more your spiritual practice accrues spontaneously awakened, victorious momenta, the more God-Control you assume of the flame’s coming and going. The closer its deathlike distance conditions your Way.
Summary
Before getting into this piece’s details, I wish to emphasize, as I said at the beginning, that feelings of wholeness—reflecting the Living BEING of infinite mystery—are sine qua non. While you are grasping this piece’s intellectually oriented import, never allow mentality to cause you to lose your awe, your unfounded ecstasy. I needn’t remind your forest about the briars around its trees.
The summary below captures Being’s Living architecture in a nutshell. The piece’s body details these components. Far from a desire to burden you with intellectual claptrap, my intent is to provide handles that your mental appendages can grasp as you spring from one false summit to the next.
Adopt Tibetan Rigpa
Thus, I implore you to grok and adopt Keith Dowman’s rigpa description throughout this conceptual adventure. Dowman comes close to throwing up his hands to the heavens as he expounds upon the difficulties he faces as he attempts to translate the Tibetan term rigpa—nondual Being—into English. Unable to do it justice, he settles upon simply using the word rigpa, itself, in his translation of Longchenpa’s treatise on Radical Dzogchen: Natural Perfection.
Here is Dowman’s best shot at describing the rigpa I earnestly hope you will engage as you traverse my offerings:
“If rigpa is to be defined at all, it is as brilliant radiance, as a constant experience of pleasure, as lightness and clarity, as the soft silence in every moment.”[3]
I have long related to rigpa’s light as the acronym Love Is God’s Highest Thrust (or Thought). Transcendent alchemy in God’s mind expresses as the divine One’s Father/Mother, embracing nature. Rigpa’s magnetism enhances Christ/Soul, drawing to the One’s Presence Artful instances of infinite mystery joyously surprised in unfounded ecstasy.
The Form-Becoming Dance
Here’s this piece’s alchemical take-away:
Both the night (Spirit) and day (Mater) focused Life enjoy three dimensions of form and one of becoming.
- Spirit comprises formative Causal Body engrams becoming holographic, spatial, inspiring dance. This is consciousness proffering opportunity to condition Spirit’s becoming.
- Mater comprises formative mandala (relations) becoming I AM THAT I AM’s joyous, radiant dance. This is consciousness Naming the One to condition Mater’s becoming.
Together, THAT form in its state of becoming makes You happy to sacrifice contented ALL-ONE complaisance for passion. THAT Tai-Chi-becoming produces more inclusive instants of the One plenum, growing ever more refined.
Now, let’s encounter more detail.
The Commonplace Space-Time Scam
Most everyone conceives of space-time as the fallen estate’s three dimensions of space along with one time dimension, which supposedly pushes the whole show along. Yet, in Reality, time is not passing and spatial form is not moving at all. Indeed, NOTHING, the entry point to infinite mystery, positively cascades frames of Real imagery as plenary still life instances of the Great Great Silence through human perception.
Get it! No “thing” is Really moving because each cascading momentary instant presents a whole, holographically rendered Real image: a timeless/spaceless plenum. The faster that those frames appear, the higher is One’s conscious vibration, and the more inclusive is their loft in the spiritual Hierarchy.
In Reality, infinite mystery’s urging quest pushes unique Being along through evolutionary cycles. In addition, the Casual Body concomitantly evolves as Soul adds Artistic treasures to its radiance.
Reality’s Eight Dimensions
Reality, so far as humans are concerned, comprises eight dimensions. (I have no idea what cosmic consciousness entails in the multiverse and beyond.) The Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet alluded to this eight-dimensional format as she said that when she was accomplishing her highest, most attuned spiritual work, she was occupying “the eighth floor,” and was not to be disturbed.
Reality’s eight dimensions comprise four “above” and four “below.” Alchemical skill arises as consciousness recognizes these realms as intra-active viewpoints of the One.
Each moment portends an alchemical equation for consciousness to solve. This comes about by virtue of one Spirit space dimension inserting engrammatic opportunity into Mater time’s inspirational realm. This alchemy gives rise to Soul Beauty as consciousness skillfully blossoms.
AM and FM Form
The two types of radio transmission are AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation). Both carry information, which a radio translates into sound. Mater and Spirit consciousness compare to these transmission styles. Mater space hosts an AM-style milieu; Spirit time hosts an FM-style milieu.
- Consciousness “below” expresses as three dimensions comprising the amplitude-modulated waves of spatial form. These waves combine to produce the appearance world we think we walk around in.
Via one time dimension, consciousness radiantly assumes its Artful Beauty in the Casual Body.
Humans choosing to focus consciousness in the fallen estate interpret time as pushing space along. However, this merely gives rise to human illusion.
- Consciousness “above” expresses as three dimensions comprising the frequency-modulated waves of temporal form. These waves combine to produce the Causal Body engrams of divine personality.
Via one space dimension, consciousness radiates opportunity as human inspiration.
Humans choosing to focus consciousness in the fallen estate ignore Spirit’s inspirational offering. Instead, they take the illusory phantoms that their mistaken time produces as their raw materials. This merely gives rise to dukkha’s pain and suffering.
The following section expands upon this eight-dimensional Tai Chi Life.
Real and False Time and Space
“Below” and “Above”
This section may appear unnecessarily complex. Let me suggest that taking the time to meditate upon the two-cents I have added to Being’s architecture here will help you to subconsciously attune to your Reality as your Higher Self gracing the One’s own graciousness with Loving co-operation.
BELOW
- Real time “below” substantiates divine evolution as the frequencies of consciousness composing the dance of Soul Art in the One. Ma’s attentive caress flows THAT Life ”below,” victoriously appearing “above” as transcendence in the Causal Body.
Space/Time’s Real time doesn’t pass, one image to another. Real Time down here renders opportunity sensibly sensate. It’s the sentience that enlightens LIGHT. It’s the Presence of mystery NOW appearing: a uniquely intimate Great Great Silence declaring I AM.
IAM THAT I AM resolves Life’s questing resolve.
- Real space “below” substantiates divine evolution as Vishnu/Shiva expressing THAT as the One, perceived as mandala. That is, consciousness in this mode relates to apparently different appearances as components of One infinitely vast image. Never lose sight of the infinite scope that limited human perception is grasping.
- False time “below” substantiates illusory forms assuming the sense of causality. This produces time’s arrow, opening the way to blame and confusion. Such confusion may make for good mystery novels, but it is no way to live a fulfilling life. Happiness throws relative past, present and future to the dust bin, and appreciates (raises the value of) All NOW.
- False space “below” substantiates illusory forms as consciousness assumes the sense of separation. This produces the sense of “other,” which involves ignorant ones in human dukkha and fear.
ABOVE
- Real time “above” substantiates divine evolution as infinite mystery’s urgent quest. This draws Living possibility from infinite mystery to configure the One with the personality of infinite Beings.
- Real space “above” substantiates divine evolution as Causal Body engrams. Inspired from “above,” consciousness partakes of them “below” as holographically distributed in-formation. Causal Body engrams tie Being in with infinite mystery by enabling consciousness to engage them as spiritual “objects,” which victorious Soul Artfully treasures and adores. The alchemical process of Soul realizing Who I AM gifts Presence with Self esteem “above” and “below,” lavishing the One as Beauty.
A Note on Semantics
Neither false time nor false space exist above; for, in heaven worlds all is harmony, grace and Beauty. However, everything is possible. Even the contorted misqualifications that can surround the outer realm’s white fire cores produce some level of responsibility above. While these have no direct effect upon heavenly “time” and “space,” they strongly condition human conceptions of higher energies and formations. That’s because all form ultimately relates to possibilities apparently coming from “above.” Thus, in human terms, jagged and out-of-kilter spectra seemingly derive from “above” as false-time possibilities. Their accompanying, apparently substantiated echoes “below” comprise their distorted false space reflections.
Thus, owing to their nature as possibility, we can very loosely ascribe the following falsities as being seemingly sourced from above.
- False time “above” plays out as consciousness entertaining illusory forms vibrating with no regard for Causal Body engrams. This gives rise to phantom idolatry. Relating that to selfhood, it’s important not only to reject idolatry of “other,” but to eschew the hubris that deprives a person of Life’s ever-deepening humility: Real spiritual attainment.
- False space “above” becomes the flip side of false time’s idolatry. It expresses as misplaced conscious focus. Outwardly, possibility’s idolatry positively substantiates the illusory forms of the fallen estate. Inwardly, universal idolatry brings about the worship of false gods.
More important, false space “above” negatively appears as ignorance of the spiritual Hierarchy’s essential nature. All Beings ARE the expressive levels of your own Selfhood, for only the One IS. The spread of consciousness ranges from the smallest—as quarks and microscopically beyond that—to the largest—as galaxies, universes, the multiverse and beyond. If you haven’t “gotten” your awe-inspiring majesty yet, meditate upon the Truth that You ARE our Milky Way galaxy. You ARE endowed with Alpha and Omega’s body: our entire universe. Expand your conscious outlook/inlook to revel in Your Selfhood’s spiritual Hierarchy. It’s easy to star off simply by realizing the obvious. You are the cells in your little pinky nail. You are your bones and organs. You are your entire body. Indeed, That same you are your interpenetrating mental, emotional and memory bodies. Then just go on from there to realize and Live and breathe as your city, state, country, planet and beyond. True spirituality IS this reverence for the spiritual Hierarchy THAT I AM: Being evolving the One, worlds without end.
Remember, only the One IS! Time is not; space is not. Righteously living humans eschew false time and false space. Instead, they cleave to Reality’s formative “space/time” mutually imputing THAT “above/below.” Their embodiment of Tai Chi’s figure-eight flow cascades victory’s instantaneous alchemy. Time’s arrow in THAT Presence is pointedly moot.
Real Space/Time Is the Interface
Of Nowhere with NOW
Real space/time refers not to the fallen estate’s three space dimensions and one time dimension. Instead, the Real Space/Time we experience as our everyday life refers to the “above/below” interface at which space from “above” alchemically assumes time from “below.” Each gives rise to One another instantaneously cascading as spaceless/timeless Real imagery.
In Reality, human ascenders actively occupy the fifth dimension—space from “above”—simultaneously with the fourth dimension—time from “below.” The Tai Chi symbol implies this figure eight flowing, instantaneous mutual give and take. Living the Tai Chi Life is to radiate divine Love’s kissing twin flame union as instants of Beauty cascading upon THAT Beautifully presenting Space/Time interface. Thus, Real Life is divine evolution: realizing Selfhood “above/below,” all One. Real Life perches upon THAT “above/below” interface as the alchemical processing that humans relate to as joy: Joining the Om to You. THAT nowhere/NOW interface displaces NOTHING. Au contraire, it dawn upon the blooming, infinite One.
Yes, the mysterious One Lives in and upon Space/Time; but, THAT Life has naught to do with fallen estate illusory space-time phantoms. THAT has All to do with the I AM Presence simply proclaiming.
Practicing the Real Space/Time Interface
Centering consciousness “above” in the fifth dimension accepts Holy Christ Self inspiration. Centering Consciousness “below” in the fourth dimension activates Soul Art. Together, THAT Christ/Soul, Space/Time interface melts all illusory fallen estate elements to render you a figure-eight flowing, radiantly glowing fruit upon Life’s Edenic tree. In Great Service, you nourish the evolving One’s own raison d’être. You leave off from vagabonding ways to enjoy the Way welcoming you HOME; for, you ARE the House of OM Energy becoming.
Just Being You Is Enough
You don’t even need to be what humans might consider exceptionally skillful or artistic. Just Being You is enough.—indeed, more than enough. You ARE the One and only star of the one-and-only I AM Presence. You are of priceless value to the evolving One as you pronounce mysterious Beauty in and as yourSelf. Your only Real job is to express divine Individuality. Living in eternity NOW, in and as all of the spiritual Hierarchy’s akasha, You’ve already done it All. This moment, you are rendering All++.[4] Your selfless, aghast attunement with THAT, Artfully Beautifies Holy Christ Self inspiration simply by re-cognizing the One’s awe in You; for, infinite mystery realizing opportune Selfhood IS Life’s miraculous Presence. Self-deprecation goes right along with the sense of separation as the original sin.
Assume your perch as the Real Space/Time interface, and enjoy this plenary moment.
[1] Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. Thomas H. Johnson (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1960), pp. 118-9.
[2] Video of Neil Young interview: “10 Pearls Of Wisdom From Neil Young,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9Vc1bnxao
[3] Keith Dowman, Natural Perfection: Longchenpa’s Radical Dzogchen (Somerville, Mass: Wisdom Publications, 2010), p. 17.
[4] ++ is a C computer programming language operation that increments whatever variable it modifies. I remember how, when I was a programmer, I often used to eat a breakfast of toast and coffee. Then I realized how boring just plain toast is. So, I would bake my own sweetbreads, a different concoction each time. I knew that I wasn’t producing some sort of gourmet delight, just something a little better than toast. Natch, as a C programmer, I used to call my creations “toast++.”