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We are the unlimited but our unlimitedness is not something that can become an object of knowledge in thought because that presupposes duality. Our unlimitedness is however something that can be realized, realization being higher than objective knowledge. The fact that our thoughts never end, though the thoughts itself are finite, indicates the infinitude of our awareness. We are the space in which thoughts come and go. It is pretty much like empty space; we do not directly perceive empty space as an object but still we are aware of it; it is something realized by the Buddhi.
The act of seeing is an archetype of this kind of realization. Notice when you are seeing, the objects are all there before you but are not touching or effecting you. Seeing is the most detached mode of perception. In seeing you see objects that are finite, but the seeing itself is an infinite field within which objects appear. Now to go one step back notice that when you are seeing you also know that you are seeing; you don’t confuse seeing with hearing or touching. The seeing that sees your seeing, hearing, touching, etc is infallible; you are that ray of knowing that sees your seeing, sees your hearing and feeling, sees your thinking, etc. That cannot become an object of rational knowledge because it is the very light by which rational knowledge is known as what it is. We cannot grasp that by thinking about it or though scripture, etc because we are it. We can however realize it when we drop all notions whatsoever. For me something that helps me go to that place of detachment is meditation where I stop thinking about truth or reality or using concepts. Then I see again that I am the very light behind all things. The reason that thinking and seeking doesn’t get us there is that we are ourselves that. Where there is only one thing existent (I mean your true Self) how can anything be found by seeking? Seeking presupposes a duality, the seeker and the sought. When the notion of this duality is dropped then you realize your unlimitedness which is never accessible through concepts and thoughts.
https://tomajjavidtash.com/2015/05/04/truth-eclipsing-time/
We are the unlimited but our unlimitedness is not something that can become an object of knowledge in thought because that presupposes duality. Our unlimitedness is however something that can be realized, realization being higher than objective knowledge. The fact that our thoughts never end, though the thoughts itself are finite, indicates the infinitude of our awareness. We are the space in which thoughts come and go. It is pretty much like empty space; we do not directly perceive empty space as an object but still we are aware of it; it is something realized by the Buddhi.
The act of seeing is an archetype of this kind of realization. Notice when you are seeing, the objects are all there before you but are not touching or effecting you. Seeing is the most detached mode of perception. In seeing you see objects that are finite, but the seeing itself is an infinite field within which objects appear. Now to go one step back notice that when you are seeing you also know that you are seeing; you don’t confuse seeing with hearing or touching. The seeing that sees your seeing, hearing, touching, etc is infallible; you are that ray of knowing that sees your seeing, sees your hearing and feeling, sees your thinking, etc. That cannot become an object of rational knowledge because it is the very light by which rational knowledge is known as what it is. We cannot grasp that by thinking about it or though scripture, etc because we are it. We can however realize it when we drop all notions whatsoever. For me something that helps me go to that place of detachment is meditation where I stop thinking about truth or reality or using concepts. Then I see again that I am the very light behind all things. The reason that thinking and seeking doesn’t get us there is that we are ourselves that. Where there is only one thing existent (I mean your true Self) how can anything be found by seeking? Seeking presupposes a duality, the seeker and the sought. When the notion of this duality is dropped then you realize your unlimitedness which is never accessible through concepts and thoughts.
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