The Divine Play

There is really no point in separation. This is the world that we live in, and it couldn't be here without the thought of separation. What is the meaning of all this? In itself, it means nothing. It was a useless wish, a mad idea, that caused ourselves to forget our unity resulting in a dual existence of separation and time. We have lost sight of our Reality, but once we reclaim it, this world will be a divine play.

It is a lot like a video game programmer that forgets he made the game and identifies himself as the character. The video game as a whole sprung from his idea, and he has all power over it. He forgot about it, and he's now limited to the struggles of role-playing. This is what happened with us. The God-realized are in no way limited by lila, "the divine play." If we were to realize that our true nature is not a dual nature, then we would awaken from it and become a "free actor" as Jesus, Buddha, and many others have done.

How do we know that reality is unity and not separation, and how can we see it as a divine play? If we look at a wave at the beach, we can identify it as an object when we're surfing. But if we realize that the wave comes from the ocean and is formed by the water bunching up in front of the wave and the rest of the water behind it, as well as the ocean currents and wind currents, this is all connected. The wave cannot exist without these other elements. Another example is if we see a woman walking. That woman is not an object by herself, because she cannot be walking without the earth, the ground or sidewalk below her. She cannot also exist without the air she breathes, and all vital aspects of her body. She couldn't have a healthy, working body without the food and drink she consumes, and she couldn't have a body without the sperm and egg of her father and mother. There are so many links and connections to everything, so it is impossible for them to be separate. It is false thinking to identify with the body if it is so linked to everything else.

This whole universe of separation could not be held together if we have no thoughts to support it. Whenever we have dualistic thoughts, of good and bad, of subject and object, and so on, we are holding together the world of separation. Identifying our body as the subject and something else as the object indicates in our mind that we aren't united with everything. We are as much the body as we are everything else. So if we were to have non-dual thoughts, we would awaken from the dream of the divine play. We would not be limited by anything because we know we are everything. This is when we can use our role as the "free actor" to help free others from the illusion of separation.