God
Sine Qua Non of Moksha
by Kosi
God is a loaded word. It evokes antiquated ideas, or the religious perspective, of a personified God. This small three-letter word can evoke painful memories of church or the sickening feeling that you hoped religion would satisfy the mysterious longing deep inside of you only to discover it leaves you feeling empty and dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction has led to the pervasive idea that God is not real and you simply liberate yourself from your suffering through the power of your intellectual understanding, but is this really true? Is intellectual understanding all that is required to transcend the suffering nature of your egoic mind? How can your intellect overcome the potent visceral presence of your ego infused with your genetics or the unconscious tendencies known as vasanas? Does this make any sense? How do you address something you are completely unaware of? But if God is the sine qua non of moksha—who or what is God?
God is omniscience. This invisible presence is so vast, so profoundly intelligent that it is beyond human comprehension. God as omniscience is the sine qua non of moksha—the invisible silent presence absolutely essential for liberation from the karmic wheel of suffering—samsara. It is simply impossible to liberate yourself from the suffering nature of your mind, ego, genetics, and prarabdha karma (destiny) without the vast omniscient intelligence often referred to as God, Self, Allah, or Siva. In other words, ego cannot overcome ego. The ego trying to overcome ego with the intellect of your mind is like holding up a mirror to a mirror—there is no end to the potent visceral illusions it generates.
The invisible or formless nature of God that eludes your senses is the primary reason you tend to trust the limited perspective of your egoic mind versus this vast intelligent omniscience of the entire universe. The mind is always a bit skeptical of the invisible. It prefers the solid physical nature of life versus the uncertainty of a realm you cannot see, feel, or touch. But what if God is actually infinite intelligent consciousness? What if you could access this vastness directly through the gateway of your own heart? Wouldn’t it be much more logical to trust this unseen realm of this unlimited intelligence versus the minuscule perspective of your mind?
From a scientific perspective, the invisible realm of the universe is teeming with light, sound, and energy. The infinite invisible nature of the universe is referred to as the quantum field or the Higgs field. This invisible realm seems to defy the laws of physics that govern the physical realm that you can see, feel, and touch. The intimate examination of the invisible has led to major scientific discoveries that reveal that what seems to be solid actually is mostly made up of empty space, but even stranger qualities exist in the subatomic realm that seems to defy the known laws of time and space. It seems that subatomic interactions can actually move faster than the speed of light.
This invisible realm is not random but has an intelligence that can be calculated with advanced mathematical equations and scientific research. Whether you call this invisible realm the quantum field or God—the power of the invisible is absolutely essential to see through the potent visceral illusion of ego and latent tendencies stored in your genetics that serve to keep you trapped in repeating patterns of suffering. In other words, it is impossible to free yourself from something that completely eludes your senses with your mind. It is simply impossible to think your way to liberation.
In the do-it-yourself nihilistic culture of the west God has been kicked to the curb leaving you with the idea that you are the one who frees yourself from your suffering through your own effort. But this is only a surface understanding of sādhanā or the essential practices required to see through the very potent illusion of you. No spiritual bypass exists. The electromagnetic nature of consciousness has wired your brain for suffering. To break free of its ironclad grip requires the deepest surrender to the invisible intelligence with the innate power to burn through the unconscious tendencies that by their very nature you are completely unaware. But what exactly is surrender?
Surrender is letting go. It is the deepest trust in the unseen. Surrender is the conscious act of relinquishing whatever you perceive you want—even your desire for liberation or moksha. This total letting go opens your consciousness to the living truth—the infinite power that annihilates the grand illusion of suffering in its myriad of forms. It opens your awareness to awareness—the stateless state of joy that lives in you and all around you (sat-chit-ananda).
The nature of this joy is unending. It is not a bliss state that comes and goes. This joy is permanent or the ground of being—the invisible energy that animates your physical body. Surrender to this vast eternal presence is absolutely essential to see through the grand illusion of you and visceral feeling you are in control. The invisible realm was always in charge of every moment of your life. It is not enough to know this joy exists—you must let go of the feeling of you into this infinite presence.
The relinquishment of the illusion of control, the deep letting go of all ideas of you and whatever you think you want, is the very beginning of a deep dive into the invisible realm of God. This vast omniscience is electromagnetic energy—a silent frequency of light and sound with the capacity to burn through the visceral illusion generated by your ego. It re-wires the physical structure of your brain aligning your conscious awareness with the eternal
Once the silent frequency of the electromagnetic field of consciousness within you aligns fully with the silent frequency of the omniscience your realization of the vastness as the vastness becomes permanent.
The more you dive into the invisible depths of yourself melting into the omniscience the more you will taste the vast presence of bliss that never comes and never goes.
In that endlessness, there is no one who suffers.
Tat Sat
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