Void or Allness

The Void and Allness

The Void is sought by Buddhists and other seekers of Allness.

However there is a distinct difference - the Void is a place of silence and peace, and as anyone knows that has touched that space, it is quite exquisite.  It is a place where all brain/mind activity has ceased and one can just experience the peace.

However, the Void does not contain the Allness as experienced in the Presence of Divinity, which is at a significantly higher level of consciousness - really at the limit if human consciousness - and a fullness of the Presence of God.

The confusion can be found in our definitions and experiences of love/Love.

• love is a human thing with emotions attached and when practices is an incredible point of human experience.
• Love is the field of Allness which is past words, ineffable and exquisite.  This is standing unveiled, ego, thoughts and emotions "transcended" and in the pure field of Divinity which is characterized by pure Love.

The confusion is between the two, and until the latter is experienced (even for a micro-second, one could say they have touched The Allness, but were however just in The Void.

I went there while unconscious for 10 days, and have yet to describe in full the Love and Grace there while there was no emotion or thought.  I was in a place of decision, but not in the traditional sense of accumulated facts to create a way to go - I could stay or I could go.  There was intense yet gentle invitation with no compulsion to do anything.  My Being returned to physical life and cannot explain why at this time.  This life is permanently and irreversibly changed.

A momentary glimpse (unseen) and touch (unfelt) is transformative and permanent - there is no going back from this.  One can continue to live and work in the physical world, but will see all in a new context - that is, context will take precedence over content.  The endless judgment and comparison, egoic thinking, and over-concern with events and opinion will give way (dissolve really) to the context of existence.  The I will cease to be the main focus as Being is found to be in perfection and unity with All That Is (It is what it is, however trite, takes on a reality) - The Allness.

This is not about worthiness, attainment or merit, it is merely about surrender of all that would be in the way of this ever-present Allness - and it is there, in it's fullness in our Being.