There are so few elements in this creation.
On the bulk, this place is made up of a few primary ingredients: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. The stuff our bodies are all made of.
And on the psychic plane of life, our minds are comprised of the astral form of these elements too.
In addition to the meat and potato elements, there are a few special herb and spice elements thrown in to make other stuff possible. But that’s it.
Observing the trees and flowers, waters and mountains, the diversity of animal species and the complexity of reproduction, it’s not easy to reconcile how the periodic table turned out to be so strikingly small.
What appears to be diversity in this creation is actually a whole bunch of same-sameness!!
So when we talk about this same-sameness in spiritual discussions (or "oneness" as it is popularly termed), when we get right down to it, it must be concluded that when a person says they feel "oneness" with the creation, what they are saying is that they feel one with: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorous, etc, as well as multiple highly radioactive elements found in the Earth’s crust.
Really?
We certainly know that life in this Earth dimension “carbon” copies itself. (pun intended)
Sacred geometry, fractals, star trails, mathematics, cell division, reproduction and reincarnation verify this in obvious ways.
And sometimes, when a person meditates and successfully quiets the body and mind, they may sense less constraint within the confines of their narrow, immediate, basic consciousness. They may interpret this as meaning they are everything and no individual identity exists. For many, the mere experience of this no-mind condition can be enough to convince them that omniscience and omnipresence were experienced - even though nothing of the sort happened at all.
In reality, they simply quieted their mind.
Which is the very first step of self-awareness.
A feeling of oneness/nothingness is the first of many stages of self awareness - as it is likely that that is how much you know about your spiritual self.
Basically nothing. You've been totally caught up in the life of the kundalini and her elements.
But if that is all you have then that is where you begin.
Here is the great paradox WITHIN the paradox:
It is within this creation of same sameness (which appears super diversified) that we will find individuality, if we really look for it and go to its location.
Aaaaand it is within the one pointed focus of meditation (which can appear to be oneness or nothingness in elementary stages) that we find the truth of duality, the existence of the singular self among many singular selves.
As one repeatedly returns to the location of the spiritual self in the center of the head, the awareness that a self exists within this dimension as a singularity becomes profoundly obvious and the reality of eternal, not just duality, but multiplicity, becomes unavoidable, acceptable and joyous.
For most people, going to the center of the head to locate the spiritual self turns up a big blankness. Try it.
What do you find when you quiet your mind in deep meditation?
When you investigate this supposed spiritual self in the head center, what do you find there?
A black hole?
Pineal gland?
Nothing?
A spiritual personality?
Anything?
I’ve found that the spiritual self is unknown to most who actually believe themselves to be fully enlightened, including many, many of the biggest named Gurus out of the east.
If you did know about your spiritual self you would not be assigning that self to oneness-ship with the periodic table of the elements, I do know that for sure.
Everything is backwards and upside down in this domain and to be a philosopher in this place takes an ability to not only go down the rabbit hole, but to navigate the tunnels and strange dimensions encountered within it, whilst keeping ones shit together and remembering the experience.
originally published 8-5-18
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