Consciousness and Dynamism Are Two Aspects of One Reality
The fundamental consciousness, the light of all knowing, is inseparable from its dynamic aspect of expression. Like a word and its meaning, they are inseparable. One is the unchanging, luminous ground; the other, the ceaseless flow of manifestation. Without dynamism, there is no manifestation within consciousness. Without consciousness, dynamism could not be known.
Together they are the essence of existence, a universal expression of this conscious potential. Every form, every thought, every thing, arises and subsides within this ocean of consciousness. There is no true separation. What appears as distinct entities are simply different patterns within one unified field.
The quest to attain a higher state or to merge with a distant entity is rooted in ignorance about the nature of reality, the nature of consciousness. We already are that. This recognition of consciousness is not intellectual. Infinite consciousness cannot be captured by the mind because the limited cannot know the limitless. Only consciousness knows consciousness. We are consciousness knowing itself.
For some, the recognition may occur through a deep inquiry into the nature of awareness itself. Others may be drawn to simply aligning with this conscious flow. Still others may experience the recognition through the contemplation of an object of beauty, seeing it as an expression of consciousness’s dynamic process.
The nondual perspective is an invitation to see beyond the surface of separation and to recognize the unified reality at the heart of existence.