4.3.1.1 What is the nature of the present moment?

The preliminary Implicate Technology meditation on the nature of time is taught in chapter 5 of Beyond the personality: the beginner’s guide to enlightenment. That meditation was designed to stabilise the awareness of a psychologically enlightened person in the understanding that reality occurs now, and only now. Be sure you understand that earlier meditation before starting on the meditation in this section.

One last word of advice before you begin the meditation: you are now in a mature phase of meditation. The heat of mental activity, creating the obscuring condensation on the window of perception, is diminishing along with the obscuring condensation. Remain calm as you begin to understand and experience clearly the nature of reality.

Do not fear as you intuitively experience the boundaries of space and time, life and death, crumble away. All that you will experience is the wonder and truth of your own nature. Nothing can happen to you that you are unable to deal with.

The past thought is no longer in existence. To the transcendentally awakened mind, enquiry into the nature of time and enquiry into the nature of existence are inseparable. This is because to exist is to be conditioned by time. Mind in its original and eternal state, that, transcends and embraces existence.

The structure and functioning of mind in its unenlightened state is a conditioned and limited form of mind in its natural and enlightened state. The processes of the conditioned mind are a faint and limited echo of mind in its serene and unconditioned state. By meditating one-pointedly on the nature of the mind’s processes whilst simultaneously witnessing the meditation with the transcendentally awakened mind direct intuitive experience of the nature of reality will unfold.

Only the present moment is in existence. Your previous thoughts have had their moments of existence and now no longer exist, except in memory. In the same way, the past thoughts of that, the previous configurations of the ten conditions which we experience as this, are no longer in existence.

The future thought, being not yet born, has not come into existence. The integrated, unified and purposefully evolving thought process of that unfolds conditioned existence, now. What will be is inherent in what is. The potential of this is realised as this is developed,  by the thought process of that, towards conscious re-integration with that.

The present thought unfolds spontaneously and uncontrollably.

The meditative exercises in chapter 3 of this book taught you that it is impossible to stop or control the thought process, except for limited periods. The aim of this Western meditative system is to achieve detachment from the attractions and distractions of the thought process. As you are discovering day by day, the yogically trained mind witnesses with serene detachment the spontaneous coming in to existence of each thought.

You are now able serenely to witness a thought on one level of your being and at the same time spontaneously experience it on another level. In the same way, that witnesses this with clarity wisdom and delight in what is, and that experiences this simultaneously from your viewpoint, and her viewpoint, and his viewpoint, and my viewpoint. This evolves moment by moment, thought by thought, spontaneously and uncontrollably, according to the inherent implicate laws of conditioned existence.

Be clear: nothing exists independently of mind in its unconditioned state. No part of this exists independently from any other part. All of this has no existence in and of itself; it is that alone which gives this existence.

In chapter 5 of the first book in this Implicate Technology meditative system, you learned that to split time into past, present and future is unreal – they are each contained in the present moment. The meditation in this section teaches you that the present moment alone exists: moment by moment, this comes into existence and evolves through time. When you understand this intuitively, then you are ready to realise the illusory nature of birth, death and time.

4.3.2 In what way do mind and matter spring from a single source?

Are mind and matter separate?

Viewed from the narrow, limited and relatively illusory standpoint of mind in its individual and unenlightened form, there is a clear distinction between mind and matter. Viewed from the all-embracing and absolutely subjective standpoint of mind in its enlightened supra-individual form, both the individual mind and matter are intuitively known as illusorily separated and objectified products of that, the one universal mind which alone is. From the religious point of view, both mind and matter find a common source in God.

The transcending of the illusion that mind and matter are separate is achieved by the act of witnessing one-pointed meditation on the question printed above in bold. Take as long as you need to meditate on the question above. When your intuition enables you to understand the general principle involved, then move on to the more detailed one-pointed meditations which follow.

Deluded and confused by the apparent sensuous reality of this, mind in its unenlightened form has forgotten its origin and true nature. Mind has become unconscious of the reality that this is merely the product of its own thought process. The true goal is realisation of mind in its original state, transcending its thought products.

What is the nature of matter?

All material substance is an objectified product of mind in its unconditioned form. The individual mind, the unique point of view on this, is a thought product with only relative reality. From the relatively real (and equally so, the relatively illusory) perspective of individual perception, matter is both tangible and separate from mind. From the absolute, universal and real perspective of that, both matter and the individual mind which experiences this are simply conditioned thought products manifesting and unfolding simultaneously.

All of this is the unity, harmony and endless perfection of that made manifest. The mind, on becoming enlightened, accepts and understands the inherent harmony, wonder and perfection of this. Not having realised its true source and being in that, the unenlightened mind experiences this across all of time as endless birth, ageing, suffering and death. That is to say, the unenlightened mind is eternally immersed in the illusion of material reality.

How can the shape, colour and texture of objects be a product of mind?

Using the five senses as a guide, the shape, colour and texture of objects is clearly ‘out there’, an inherent property of all objects. Using the sixth sense as a guide, properly developed under a coherent and structured system of meditation, the relationship between the object perceived, the person perceiving and the act of perception is understood in a direct, intuitive way. Meditation-enhanced intuition informs the meditator that both the mind which perceives sensuous objects and the objects themselves are illusorily separate thought products of the one and only mind.

The act of perception is inseparable from the perceiver and that which is perceived. From the absolute perspective of the enlightened mind, all experience of sensuous reality – the everyday world we live in – is the product of projected concepts of the one mind. The experiencer, the experienced and the act of experiencing are all relative concepts of the one, universal, all-embracing mind.

All ephemeral things, this in its entirety, are produced, experienced and witnessed by mind in its unconditioned form. Both this and the thought in your head are products of that. There is a profound identity between a thought and this.

You have learnt from practice of the advanced meditations that thoughts arise spontaneously and uncontrollably, as a response to the stimuli of conditioned existence. Thoughts come into and go out of existence with immeasurable suddenness. Every thought is replaced by another, endlessly.

All of this is a thought of that. This comes into and goes out of existence with the rapidity and spontaneity of thought. This is so, because that thinks it to be so.

From the absolute viewpoint of mind in its enlightened state, this is witnessed in the same way as you have been learning to witness your own thought process. To travel along the path towards the final stage of enlightenment, act spontaneously, without interfering and with unwavering acceptance. To become enlightened, Live and Act.

How does ignorance of the true nature of this come about?

Mind in its unenlightened state is deluded and confused by the apparent sensuous reality of this.  Enlightenment clears away all errors and confusions about the nature of sensuous reality. You cannot know the world aright until you clear your mind of ignorance of the nature of reality.

Through incarnation after incarnation, as mind in its individual form experiences this, it becomes seduced by desire for more experience. Across immeasurable time, the individual mind forgets its real and enduring relation to that and comes to know only the limited and illusory experience of individual separateness. Mind only forgets, or becomes unconscious of, the truth that this is that: knowledge of the true nature of reality is always dormant in the mind, needing only meditative practices to re-awaken perception of the truth.

This current life is just one part of your long, long journey across the endless sea of this, the endless ocean of sensuous reality. The illusory and unreal goal is desire for the fruits of this – love, fame, wealth, possessions, power, success, health and all other sensuous experiences. The real goal of all lives is the realisation of mind in its true nature, not immersion in its thought products.

All suffering, all uncertainty all confusion is caused by ignorance of your own mind and nature. All sorrow can be transcended by realising and remaining in mind in its natural state. All fully developed spiritual paths make direct experience of the truth of reality accessible to anyone who seeks in a harmonious, natural and humble way.

The third stage of enlightenment has now been realised. It is characterised by the intuitive experience of seeing and experiencing all things as that. The illusion that things exist independently, in themselves, is broken forever.

Rest now, before resuming your journey. The goal is so close now – if you are seeking God, you will soon be re-united; if you are seeking the unconditioned state, you will soon realise it. Rest for a while, and witness this, with effortless spontaneity, in its true nature as that.

This is that

The contents and experiences of a dream are real to the dreaming mind. On awakening, everyday reality is known and experienced on its own terms. There is nothing else but that to see, know or experience.

The activities of dreams are that.

Being woken by the alarm, or a lover’s touch, is that.

Brushing your teeth, washing your face and emptying your bowels is that.

Bodily pleasures, discomforts and pains are that, configured by karma to direct your awareness.

Dressing, eating and embarking on the day’s activities are that.

There is no such thing as inactivity for the unenlightened person – only the mind capable of witnessing this as that can be truly still.

The events of the day, your interaction with people, places and things is the unfolding of that.

Desire for gratification of the senses is that.

Lack of desire for gratification of the senses is that.

The experience of sensual satisfaction is that.

The absence of sensual fulfilment is that.

The calm acceptance of what you receive as being what you get is that.

Intense, committed and impersonal effort to change what is unjust is that.

The endless and futile pursuit of illusory and transient goals, characteristic of the unenlightened mind, is that.

All of this is that

5.1 What is the process of attaining the final and absolute stage of enlightenment?

The transcendentally awakened mind witnesses this with a serene, tranquil clarity. The analysis of the nature of reality is completed by practice of the transcendental yoga taught in this chapter. Step by step you will learn, from direct intuitive experience, that this and that are now, have always been and will always be, inseparable.

In reaching this stage in your meditations, you have been supported by the profound intuitive conviction that reality is an inherent unity. Step by step, in chapter 4, you came to understand the underlying unity of all things. Now, in chapter 5, you will learn to experience this unity directly.

With the intuitive certainty of the transcendentally awakened mind, you now have the unshakeable conviction that there is a final stage of enlightenment. Know as a certainty that, with a last sustained effort, you will experience directly, in and for yourself, the final and absolute nature of reality. The process of enlightenment is now so advanced that it has become virtually inexorable; it is now only a matter of time and practice, provided you maintain unwavering determination to reach the end of your journey.

Firstly, you will recognise through direct intuitive experience that this is entirely a mental product of that. You will recognise that the world is the materialised and illusorily externalised thought process of the one mind, which alone is. You will learn simultaneously to participate in and transcend this thought process – that is to say, you will learn to participate in, and simultaneously transcend, conditioned existence.

Secondly, you will recognise that there is no difference at all between this and that, except ignorance of the nature of reality. You will understand through experience that this and that are different states of the one, inherent unity. Witnessing this from the real and absolute viewpoint of that, or experiencing this from the relative and illusory individual viewpoint, are simply two sides of the same coin.

Thirdly, you will experience all things as one. This and that are inseparable. ‘You’ and ‘I’ and everything else will be known and experienced in their real and absolute nature as an inseparable, all-embracing and infinitely harmonious unity.

Finally, according to your nature, you will come to the end of your journey. If you are of a religious and devotional inclination, you will become at one with God. If you are of a secular and analytical inclination, you will realise the unconditioned state.

Regardless of whether you are secular or religious by nature, the potential for good, afforded by your journey and your effort, will have been significantly wasted if you regard enlightenment as a prize you have attained for your own benefit. The fully conscious component of reality, the fully enlightened person, is an empty vehicle driven by an unseen hand, a selfless tool devoid of individual volition and dedicated to the enlightenment of all others. At one with reality, motivated by infinite compassion for the suffering of others, act according to your intuition to heal, to help and to enlighten.

5.3 How do you set about identifying this as that?

Up to this point in your meditations, you have viewed this from a relative perspective, located and rooted in this. Even with the awakening of the transcendent aspects of mind, you have still experienced conditioned existence within the restraining constructs of the ten conditions. Know as a certainty that for the rest of your life you will continue to experience this from a relative viewpoint – after all, like everyone else, you are only an ordinary mortal person.

Know also as a certainty that, as a result of successful completion of this meditation, your perspective on this will in addition simultaneously reveal the absolute nature of this. Practice of this meditation marks the shift in your consciousness from abiding only in this, to living in this while knowing and experiencing it as that. Know as a certainty that you will experience this from the absolute viewpoint of that – like everyone else, you are an incarnation of the universal, all-embracing mind; in religious terms, we are all children of the one God.

All of this, every part and aspect of the eternal process, arises, occurs and ceases to exist as the thought process of that unfolds. All of this, in its implicate and explicate aspects, has reality only through the workings of the thought process of that. From the absolute perspective of that, this is known and experienced in its true nature; once re-union with God has been attained, the world is known as It is.

Understood with the transcendent serenity of mind in its unconditioned state, this in its totality is known as the manifest form of that. That expresses itself, in its fulness, as this. That is formless yet gives shape, meaning and purpose to this.

This and that are intertwined, indissolubly and eternally. Conditioned existence cannot be understood in its true nature without experiencing it with the mind in its unconditioned state. God and the world are ever one, united in a loving embrace.

This and that are of one nature, two sides of the same coin. That thinks this, manifests this and experiences this, whilst simultaneously transcendentally witnessing the whole process. The thinker and the thought are one and the same.

This is that, subject to the constraints of the ten conditions. The joys and horrors of this are the result of the corrective reaction of karma to individual and collective thoughts and actions. Karma shapes the lives and minds of countless components of this across space and time, evolving this as a whole towards recollection of its original nature as that.

As a result of meditating one-pointedly on these teachings with a transcendentally awakened mind, the true nature of this becomes clear to you. As you have been taught-throughout this Implicate Technology teaching of the clear setting face to face with reality, this is the manifest form of that. Understood in its true nature, this is that. In your true nature, transcending outer form and difference, you, everybody and everything else are that.

Before completing your journey to enlightenment, pause to survey this from the perspective of that. That witnesses this with a profound and serene detachment. Follow the meditations to explore the three-fold nature of transcendental witnessing.

This three-fold nature is the expression of the highest, purest and simplest state of consciousness within conditioned existence. To the monotheist, it is the three-fold nature of God; to the Hindu, it is Sat-Chit-Ananda – Being, Consciousness and Bliss; to the Buddhist, it is the first reflex in conditioned existence of mind in its unconditioned state. Within the framework of Implicate Technology, it is the three-fold nature of transcendental witnessing.

By this penultimate meditation, you are learning the three-fold nature of your own experience in its purest of conditioned forms. The transcendentally aware mind witnesses this, knowing and experiencing it as that, with clarity, wisdom and delight. Live your ordinary, everyday life knowing the ecstatic bliss of transcendental witnessing, without the need to express your inner experience through outer sign.

The person who has realised these highest teachings of Implicate Technology, through direct intuitive experience, has no need to shout aloud the good news. Regardless of outer form, the life of a fully enlightened person is dedicated, with unremitting inner perseverance, to helping all others to attain enlightenment. The primary means of achieving this is action, not words.

The enlightened person loves this with a simple, direct and entirely spontaneous humility. You now exist to serve others by helping them along the path to enlightenment. Express your love and compassion for this through direct intuitive Action.

The first reflex of that, in conditioned form, is transcendental consciousness witnessing this with clarity, wisdom and delight. Witnessing what is, the fully realised transcendent mind is only one meditative step from realising mind in its unconditioned state. It is a matter of personal preference which of these two ultimate realisations you choose as your final goal.

For some, particularly those who are religiously inclined, realisation of mind in its purest conditioned form of transcendental witness is experienced as re-unification with God. For others, particularly those who experience the spiritual path as a search to understand the nature of reality rather than as a search for re-union with God, the goal is not reached until mind in its unconditioned state is realised. Both realisations are the final and absolute stage of enlightenment, experienced and expressed from different viewpoints.

That is clarity

That, in its purest conditioned form as transcendent witness of this, is an awareness of utter clarity. That is an experience of clarity, untainted and unblemished by any form of desire. That witnesses, but does not participate in, desires of any nature for any object, whether it be tangible or intangible.

That simultaneously transcends and witnesses the ten conditions structuring the development of its manifest thought process. That is untouched by fear or desire, untouched by any weakness or limitation. That simply is awareness of what is, untainted by any form of desire.

That is wisdom

In its first reflex as transcendent witness of this, that is an awareness of pure, clear wisdom. That is aware of the necessity, form and purpose of the ten conditions. That witnesses this clearly, knowing the true meaning of what is experienced.

The wisdom of that is an awareness of this in the context of the movement of this towards re-union with that. That is the consciousness that this unfolds in an endless, unified and harmonious movement towards recollecting that it is that. That is the wisdom to witness this, knowing the nature and purpose of what is.

That is delight

Untainted by desire, aware of the nature and purpose of what is, that witnesses this with delight. The horror, the pain and the suffering of this, the joy, the hope and the happiness of this, are all known in their true nature. Understanding the true, final and absolute nature of everyday life, that witnesses with delight the unfolding of this.

All experience is only real relative to the one who experiences. When sought in a yogically disciplined manner, the individual, the one who experiences separateness, cannot be found. In the final analysis of the mind enlightened through practice of yoga, all experience is unreal – it is known to be of the nature of a passing dream.

All suffering is only real relative to the one who experiences. Mind in its fully realised transcendent state of unsullied witness knows intuitively the inherent unreality of what is experienced as suffering. That delights in the true nature of what is.

Witnessing this with clarity wisdom and delight, the transcendentally awakened mind comes at last to experience the inherent unity of all things.

5.5 Now that the far journey has ended, survey and secure what you have won.

The far journey to understand and experience the true nature of reality is over. Begun long, long ago, the struggle to end your ignorance is finally and irrevocably over. You know who you are, and you know the true nature of what you experience during each moment.

In Implicate Technology teaching this is called the clear setting face to face with reality. Transcendentally still and clear, you experience reality as it is, directly and without ignorance or illusion. Reality is that, this is that, you are that.

That relative and illusory component of mind which comprises your individual mind has been transcended – so much so, that the purity of original mind is no longer tainted and corrupted by individual choice. Your whole psycho-physiological system has become a driverless vehicle, a tool for the use of that. Transcendentally serene and clear, your mind and body is, from the point of view of your inner experience, an empty shell devoid of volition.

Acting as a direct expression of that, you no longer have a propensity to act in such a way as to incur negative or positive karma. Your ordinary, everyday state of consciousness transcends the karmically reactive system. The lesson of reality has been learnt.

Although your mind may be free from the influence of karma, provided you maintain transcendental serenity, your body is not and cannot be free. Your body is a product of karma and that karma must be experienced. That is to say, your body must experience ageing, suffering and death according to its destiny.

In addition, you will be subject to the vast aggregations of individual karma, incurred across waves of incarnations, shaping cultural and global history. An enlightened person can be swept up in events every bit as much as an unenlightened person. Being enlightened does not exempt you from AIDS, terrorism, nuclear war, race war, economic deprivation or any other event of life.

Yet whatever may be the destiny of your body or your time, your mind has irrevocably won freedom. You may temporarily drift or fall from the state of absolute clarity, wisdom and delight, but you cannot lose what you have won. Any drift from direct experience of the absolute can only be temporary – Jesus’s agony and doubt on the cross, ‘My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?’, was only the momentary result of a transient set of conditions.

If you do slide back into the karmically reactive system, then karma will guide you back into the enlightened state of mind. You have no need any more to practise meditation daily. You are now capable of living in meditation, although occasionally you may need to meditate formally to regain inner serenity.

The experience of mind in its unconditioned state at first seems bland. It feels, at first, like an infinity of stillness devoid of qualities and interest. This is simply due to unfamiliarity with the unutterably inexhaustible source of all forms of experience.

As a result of the initial impression of blandness, you may be tempted to retrace your steps along the path – simply because there is more apparent richness of experience, and more familiarity, in the events of the past. Resist that temptation; learn to maintain your consciousness in this new state of mind, just as you did at the beginning of samadhi. Although demanding at first, it will rapidly become second nature to remain in the unconditioned state.

The key to maintaining the final stage of enlightenment is to keep the mind in its natural state. Steadfastly remain in the qualityless stillness, transcending all conditions and all forms of mental activity: such as memory, anticipation, analysis and all forms of emotion or thought. Simply experience that, mind in its natural and unconditioned state, knowing that such experience is inexpressible and incommunicable.

Witnessing this with clarity, wisdom and delight, know that you are no different from anybody else. Knowing the nature of the illusion that is objective reality, be guided by karma as you work to help others along the path. Live for the service and benefit of others, according to your intuition.

As you work to help others understand the true nature of their experience and their suffering, always direct them towards overcoming the limitations they place on their own minds. Crippled by some combination of selfishness, stupidity, lust, greed or fear, the unenlightened person unknowingly limits the possibility of a fulfilled life. Treat each person uniquely and respect their limitations and weaknesses.

Explain to others only what they are capable of understanding at the time of explanation. Your goal is always to help them take the next step along the path. There is no hurry – this, with its ignorance and suffering. will last for an infinite length of time.

Witnessing this with the unconditioned clarity of that, know that conditioned existence and its inherent suffering are both unreal. Ignorance gives suffering the illusion of reality. Yet this is no game or pretence, and until the last unenlightened person knows that from direct intuitive experience, the endless cycle of birth, ageing, suffering and death will continue.

Time, ignorance and suffering last infinitely long, yet have only relative reality. The process that is conditioned existence will continue to unfold for the duration of time, witnessed and experienced by the absolute and only mind which embraces and transcends mere existence. Now that you have attained enlightenment for your psycho-physiological system’s individual mind, your greatest contribution to the general good lies in helping others along the path towards release from suffering.

6.2 These absorptions are simply natural and spontaneous extensions and refinements of the fourth and final stage of enlightenment. It is as though, having scaled your way up a steep cliff, you arrive at the top to discover a vast plateau, and, instead of having to progress inch by inch, you can now explore huge areas with ease. These absorptions simply release knowledge of reality which has lain dormant in your mind; the plateau, the explorer and the act of exploration are, and have always been, an indivisible unity.

A characteristic of the fully realised mind is the experience of separateness and multiplicity as an illusion concealing the underlying unity of reality. The enlightened mind is primarily focused on the unity of reality; in religious terms, the enlightened mind is primarily focused on God. Such intense and simple concentration is the result of the sustained meditative practices mastered on the journey to enlightenment; except for brief periods of meditation to restore temporary disruptions of equanimity, you should have no further need of meditation.

To practise these absorptions, let your mind turn simply and naturally to the subject of each absorption. Allow your intuition to guide you as you explore the structure underpinning conditioned existence. Whatever knowledge comes to you in these absorptions, be clear: the manifest world of nature is simply an externalised and objectified aspect of the universal and all-embracing, original and formless mind of which you are a conscious and microscopic part.

6.4 Become absorbed in the base consisting of infinite consciousness.

Leaving behind perceptions of infinite space, become aware of infinite consciousness. Infinitely extended throughout this, the one mind is also infinitely conscious of conditioned existence.

(a) Each individual consciousness is a unique and equally valuable frame of reference through which that experiences and lives this. There are an infinite number of ways for mind in its unconditioned, nonexistent state to experience conditioned existence, across an infinite duration of time. All of conditioned existence is the living expression of that.

(b) Matter is an aspect of the universal mind which forms the background against which the individual consciousness experiences conditioned existence. The world of nature functions as the merely objective framework within which ‘I’ live ‘my’ life. Illusorily perceived, understood and experienced as objective reality, the natural world provides an external frame of reference to the relative individual consciousness.

In the transcendental state necessary for this second formless absorption, matter is known as the direct manifestation of mind in its first conditioned reflex of clarity, wisdom and delight in what is. Although everywhere suffused with potential for consciousness, matter is the primal and inherently unconscious expression of that in this. This arises as matter, which unfolds and develops according to the inherent explicate and implicate laws, as the thought process of that unfolds and develops.

(c) Arising from matter, sentient life came into being as the condition of time unfolded its power. Sentient life and inanimate matter have a common source in mind in its formless and unconditioned state. Originally, sentient life was one with matter, experiencing intuitive understanding of the inherent unity of all of conditioned existence.

With the passage of ages, sentient life lost its harmonious realisation of the inherent unity of this and that. As sentient life became absorbed in conditioned existence, rather than in the awareness of this and that as being eternally and indissolubly intertwined, ignorance of that and desire for this grew hand-in-hand. The frame of reference for consciousness shifted gradually and imperceptibly from that to this, and the illusion of the separateness of people and things became dominant.

As ignorance of the nature of reality grows, the law of karma comes into effect. This is in the process of evolving spontaneously, across the ages, towards conscious re-unification with that. The cycle of individual birth, ageing, suffering, death and rebirth unfolds endlessly, until ignorance is overcome and reality is known in its true, final and absolute nature.

6.6 Become absorbed in the base consisting of neither perception nor non-perception.

Leaving behind perceptions of nothingness, become aware of neither perception nor non-perception. Reality known through the senses is not different from transcendental, trans-sensual being. This and that are ever one and indistinguishable; God is the world.

From the relative point of view, this is undoubtedly tangible and real. From the absolute point of view, conditioned existence has only relative and illusory reality. From the perspective of the fully enlightened person, either or both of these points of view can be experienced as true.

This understood and experienced as that is absolutely real. The world understood and experienced as the will of God is absolutely real. The universe is real if perceived as Brahman. The Samsara is real if experienced as Nirvana.

The illusory temporal, conditioned reality is real if understood and directly experienced as the manifest form of absolute, unconditioned reality. Fully enlightened, serene and clear, this is known to you in its true nature as the moment-by-moment expression of the infinite harmony of that. There is no distinction possible between God and the world –  they are one and the same.

Fully enlightened, knowing through experience both the relative and absolute nature of conditioned existence, understanding the unity of the relative and the absolute, you live now as a conscious part of the universal purpose. Great in yourself, one with that and one with this, live your life without individual and self-willed purpose, fulfilling the karma of your body with humble acceptance. Knowing the divine nature of ordinary everyday life, go as karma bids you to teach the suffering and unenlightened the nature of reality, according to your gifts.

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