Pure Effulgence - by COS

Every view is unique as each one is a derivative of the unique expression of the divine. No two views are the same because the experiences are unique in the sense that God seeks to balance in his expansion. Some parallel others with similar traits and beliefs but no two are identical. The I that I identify with as being myself is independent from all others but it is the source from which I/We have emerged from that is always the same. This is why I can say I am without interfering with you when you say I am.

One mind expresses itself through each and every view of self and thus all is perfect in the expression of self but who's mind is it that we operate under? Is it mine or yours? I say that this mind is the mind of God for lack of a more precise definition but definitions are only necessary for us to identify with the underlying meaning. Nothing has any more meaning than the meaning we give to it and thus our experience holds more meaning to it than any scientific, religious, or philosophical explanation.

We tend to get lost in our search for the underlying meaning of the definitions we seek all while remaining complacent with the definitions we ascertain without giving into the vibrancy of our complete surrender to the ideas. Ideas are there to help create a link to our divine connection to the source. It is a fathomless void that only reveals itself unto us when we are more than willing to surrender to its boundless efficacy. I would say that we will be more apt and capable of embracing the divine within us when we stop trying to control the outcome.

It's like trying to dip your hand water in an attempt to touch the same water your hand touched before. It is impossible! The same goes with ideas as well. One idea might work in one moment but become obsolete in the next. Why? Because each moment is unique and you thoughts and ideas are the hand in which you are trying to grasp the same experience that you once had. This in and of itself takes us out of our control dramas because we are no longer the same persona that we are trying to hold onto in our psychic retention.

Going with the flow and trying new things helps us to encompass a wider range of our totality as each moment ebb's and flow's carrying us to and fro. There is no separating the observer from the observed as there is no difference between the inner and outer reality we experience. It is only through our separating and dividing that we seek to control each moment but in doing so we forfeit our wholesome experiences by subdividing our associations into key components that we can identify with as being a product of our will.

You are the objects you look at, the people you meet, and the places you travel to. By our subsidiarity, we lessen the effulgence of each moment by our degrees of association. If we were to acknowledge the fact that we don't understand anything we see and that we really don't know anything about what we think about, we would be that much more closer to a full and total surrender to the all pervasive phenomena that we are. The beauty of each moment radiates as naturally as the magnificent lotus flower that you are...

COS