Zen Rants III

The idea of creation is based on the premises that the material world exists.

It is a common illusion like the illusion of solidity.

There are no solid objects.

They appear solid but under a microscope, you can see the empty space.

The material world is both existence and nonexistence blended together.

We have a bias in perceiving the "existence” part of it.
Our mind automatically discards the non-existence out of our perception.

We hear the sound but not the silence; we see the light but not the darkness.

But silence and darkness are nonexistence yet we don't count them as such.

We only see the YANG and not the YIN, We see the mountains but not the valleys.

For every + there is a - They could not exist without the other;

Pleasure cannot exist without pain, hot without cold, high without low, good without evil God without Satan.

The ONE that defines everything but cannot be defined is nonduality,

It is above and beyond existence and nonexistence.

Let’s have a little experiment

Please take a blank piece of paper and look at it.

What do you see?

Do you see a blank piece a paper?

I hope so, otherwise, we are in deep trouble with our little experiment.

But do you also see the “nonexistence” the hole?

No?

Then, take a pair of scissors and cut a hole in the middle of the paper.

Look at the paper again.

Do you now see the nonexistence the hole?

Yes?

What about the other non-existence, can you see that too?

(hint; the one outside the paper)

Nope you don’t, because your mind, our mind is programmed to see only what exist and not what it doesn’t exist.

Our brain cannot comprehend the nonexistence and that is reflected in our language.

We say: “There “is” a hole in the paper”

How can something that doesn’t exist “be”?

And if you still think the hole exists, try to pick it up from the paper and move it.

We see light but not darkness we hear sound but not the silence.

We see around us solid objects which in fact are mostly empty space.

We see the reality as existing when in fact the reality is both existence and non-existence blended together.

Try to imagine non-existence, an absolute nothingness, an infinite hole.

You can’t

Your brain tells you that a hole exists only if defined by something.

Nonexistence and existence are two sides of the coin. They define each other.

The funny part is that an infinite existence, an infinite universe is an accepted concept.

Although you have to realize that an infinite universe is as absurd as an infinite hole.

Just think about it: Millions of galaxies, made by zillions of stars and planets made bazillions of atoms made of god knows how many particles.

Do you have any idea what kind of energy it takes to make that machine tick, to move all that around at cosmic speeds?

How about this: Zero, nothing, nada.

The universe is effortless.

Have you ever seen “running” Chrisman’s lights?

You know, the bulbs do not actually move, right?

They just turn on and off. The movement is just an illusion.

Just think the universe as an ocean of quanta popping in and out of existence.

I don’t know about you but to me, that feels like a more plausible reality than the huge moving clockwork model we’ve been indoctrinated to.

You may not understand it but you know that to be the truth, because you are experience it, here and now.