Ultimate Reality, the something that lies beyond everything, may be called “Nothing”. It is also variously called Chaos, Creativity. Tao, God.

 

Chocolate! Yum yum. Wow, wait, you say you have never tasted chocolate? Well, let’s see, it is smooth, kinda sweet but also bitter, rich and satisfying. Does that help? Not really; you could write a book but you cannot fully communicate the taste of chocolate. One must either experience it for themselves or be satisfied with whatever they can learn from a class or a book.

 

So it is with Nothing. Anyone who says they can tell you what Ultimate Reality is like, does not know Ultimate Reality. Those who know Ultimate Reality also know they cannot communicate what they know. They are satisfied with their futile attempt at approximation. But many who come to such knowledge feel a comradely urge to share what they know. So, they try.

 

What is nothing?

Nothing is all

Nothing is before, after, above, and below

Nothing must be realized

Not sought

 

Nothing is timeless

Formless

Without beginning or end

Cause or effect

Disorganized chaos

Infinite potential

 

Nothing is all. Not as humans’ senses reveal their reality, but a Reality that is everywhere all at once, beyond senses. To find Nothing one must cease seeking rationally and just know with the totality of one’s being.

 

There is no time or space to Nothing, therefore no beginning, no cause and effect. Nothing may be thought of as disorganized chaos, not in a negative sense, but in the sense of unlimited potential.

 

The wise one knows nothing

Knows all

Is joyful in harmony with nothing and all

 

To be truly wise one must come to an understanding of Ultimate Reality. Only then may one know true joy, peace, and harmony.

 

Nothing is in eternal motion

Neither forward nor back

Up nor down

 

Beings are of the motion of nothing

But may not perceive the motion

 

The motion of nothing manifests

But does not create

Bubbles in water

Clouds in air

Of but not apart

Beings, things, entities

Are revealed but not separate

Nothing is all

Beings, things, entities

Dissipate, return, but not separate

Nothing is all

Beings, things, entities

See themselves

But never nothing

 

Ultimate Reality may be thought of as being in motion even though, paradoxically, there is no time or space. Beings—things, stuff, us, planets—only apparently exist, only apparently know themselves as separate, but are never separate from the Nothing. Beings are manifest in an infinite variety, then dissipate, but are never separate from the Nothing. Again, this is a paradox due to the limitations of human communications. Manifest and dissipate imply time, but there is no time.

 

The unknowing claim

I am the scale by which reality is measured

And mine is something

The wise one knows

That the something is finite, time bound

And reveals a path to your own discontent

Unharmonious with nothing

Infinite stimuli

Infinite sensations

Infinite relations

Finite receptors

Finite processors

Finite milieu

Finite universe

What folly to expect

Finite something to know nothing

 

One who has no understanding of Ultimate Reality firmly believes that their quotidian reality, their something, is all there is. One who has an understanding knows the limitations that lead to discontent and disharmony. The Ultimate is infinite, but beings are finite in their ability to sense and understand such infinity. It is folly to expect otherwise.

 

The chaos of nothing

Boundless currents

Coming, going

Perfect beautiful chaotic currents

Beings

Ants

Planets

Humans

Black holes

Tables

All

Manifest at the cusp

But never separate

Simply

Ripples in the currents

 

Again, beings are not created, are not separate from the currents of Nothing.

 

The sage senses

Feels

The fabric of the currents

Succeeds without triumph

Wins without exulting

Loses without disappointment

 

Understanding Ultimate Reality brings a new meaning to winning and losing. They lose their sense of opposition. Competition can be fun and winning is rewarding, but triumph has no meaning, and loss can be accepted as equally rewarding.

 

Sensing not the currents of nothing

Breeds human hubris

Societal mismanagement

Personal anguish

Existential angst

For individuals

For societies

For humanity

For Earth

For the universe

Forever

 

Without an understanding of Ultimate Reality, humanity too easily views the world from their own perspective. The inability to see beyond the near hypnotic perception of day-to-day existence breeds human suffering and the mismanagement of societies—leading to wars and unproductive competition. Humanity’s impact on the known universe becomes increasingly negative.

 

Human hubris

Seeks organization

Control

Fights entropy

Fights the current

Creates disharmony

 

Human hubris

Begets science

Religion

Rationality

Wars

Existential threats

Disharmony

 

Human hubris conceives values

Binary opposites

Good and bad

Human hubris

To organize and control

 

Humanity feels it is the lens through which reality is known, measured, and controlled. Humans cannot abide disorder or the unknown. I’m not talking about the disorder of an unmade bed or dirty dishes in the sink, but we want our reality to be predictable and comfortable. So, we seek to organize and understand. To comprehend Ultimate Reality, we invent time and dimensions, societal rules and laws, science and religion to explore the unknown, values and competition. To be comfortable in our reality we seek to get it under our control. Our progress has brought us into direct confrontation with existential threats. Our progress too often comes at the expense of Universal Harmony.

 

The harmonious current

Inner rhythms in sync with nothing

Must be felt

Must be followed

Doing nothing achieves not nothing

The sage smiles

Helping others find their current

Who they are

Not

Who they should be

 

How can you find your way

Unless you know nothing

 

The cusps and warps of nothing

All beings find a current

Follow it in harmony

Beings

Individuals

Societies

Tribes

Herds

Planets

Stars

Galaxies

Beings in harmony know nothing

Ride the current of nothing

 

 

Each being is a part of the universal whole. Each being’s existence in the quotidian reality is on a path, is riding a current. That path must be felt and followed in sync with the currents of Ultimate Reality to achieve harmony.

 

Harmonious society recognizes

Existing forces

Disruptive by nature

Disruptive by choice

Disruptive to harmony

 

The sage ruler allows spontaneous symbiosis

Blends currents to mutual succor

Seeks to instill humility and harmony

While recognizing that metaphoric

Boulders, eddies, precipices, undercurrents

Deter the smooth integration of all into nothing

 

A harmonious society must deal with disruptive forces, some natural and some precipitated by the conscious actions of individuals. A ruler who has a sense of Ultimate Reality seeks to blend individual currents into a mutual, spontaneous, humble harmony. At the same time the ruler must recognize and integrate or isolate disruptive currents.

 

The wise seek to have

But not to hold

Success is fleetingly finite

Nothing is all

 

Success is relative and fleeting. Enjoyment may come from seeking success, winning the game, but winning and losing in the search are not lasting. Only Ultimate Reality is permanent.

 

Practice begets proficiency

Harmony with the current begets art

 

You can practice and practice at any endeavor—painting, playing an instrument, playing a sport—and become proficient. But to turn that practice into art one must let go of the mechanics of practice and let the current become the production. Put another way, to go beyond being good through practice one can only become great by letting go of thinking, and performing with the entire, intuitive self.

 

Relax, ride the current

You are, were, and will be

The murmur of a misplaced woof

In the fabric of nothing

 

Separate is an illusion

Order is an illusion

Time is an illusion

Space is an illusion

 

Predestination is an illusion

No pre

No destination

Only nothing is

 

Relax in the current of your life, don’t fight it. Remember that you are always a part of Ultimate Reality where nothing is separate, there is no order, and time and space do not exist. You are not predestined to anything.

 

But

Live in your relative reality

Enjoy it

Smell the roses

Love your partner

Seek for answers

Relish the good and the bad

 

But your reality is very real to you, so enjoy it, have friends and lovers, pleasures. Lead a thoughtful life seeking Ultimate Reality. Learn to relish the good as well as the bad, both are a part of living.

 

All is chaos

Warm welcoming nothing is all

Harmony results

 

Be open to feeling, finding the Nothing, the Chaos, Ultimate Reality.  It is warm, welcoming, comforting, and brings harmony to your life.