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Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 1:34
PM
Subject: RE: Theos-World
Consciousness/Unconsciousness
Dear
Gene,
Here are some
reflections that arise from reading yours.
You
ask, "What is the difference between 1 and 0? (same as between10 and
0)"
When I try and
sense into this it seems there can be no difference. There is only
ever the ONE.
To the conceptual
mind that is born of differentiation, and thus cognises
differences, the Absulute is reduced to NOUGHT that
can be conceived.
To the intuition
it is always the ever-present
ONE. The ever incognisable PRESENCE.
It is not that it
is no-thing. It just isn't
any-thing.
In other words it
is 'empty of other'... empty of any-thing other than ITSELF, the
ONE.
This ishow I
would understand the description of SPACE given it in the Secret Doctrineas
"bare subjectivity." It only appears "unconscious" to our limited
kind of conceptual conscoiusness. Reall it is pure consciousness,
Absolute Consciousness.
It makes sense to
me that this ONE which is 'empty of other', "bare subjectivity", isalso
what Franklin Merrell-Wolff terms "Consciousness without an object." (in
Pathways through to Space & Philosophy of Consciousness without an
object)
Perhapsa
different kind of question is, ""What is the difference between the
unmanifested ONE and the manifested ONE?"
The conceptual
mind adds and subtracts and either ends up in duality "2" or nothing,
"0".
The
heart senses the ONE is in the ONE.
The heart can live
with the paradox that the ONE is in the OTHER and yet is always 'empty of
other-ness'.
Anotherkind of
question is, "What is the difference between the 1 and the
10?
How do we just
sense into that... within ourselves...?
... theONE that
is in the ONE and is everywhere
... the O
that is also the ONE which is nowhere... because it cannot be limited to any
'one' place or time.
""The
One is an unbroken Circle (ring) with no circumference, for it is nowhereand
everywhere..." (Secret Doctrine, vol 1, p 11)
Just some
reflections to add to yours.
all the
best,
Peter
-----Original
Message-----
From: Eugene Carpenter
[mailto:Ecarpent@co.la.ca.us]
Sent: 05 December 2000
16:39
To: Esoteric Science; theos-talk@theosophy.com
Cc:
poles@iitp.ru
Subject: Theos-World
Consciousness/Unconsciousness
Big question: What is the difference
between 1 and 0?(same as between 10 and 0)
Using set notation and praying for
clarity:
zero or
( )
one or ( ( )
)
