Sunday, April 02, 2006

It's all God-It's all o.k.- It's all awesomely o.k.-read2nd

Dave and Lut both coincidentally happened to be followers of the advaita philosophy. Whereas taoism holds that there are two universal dualities: yin and yang that need to be balanced and in harmony to have a satisfying life, Advaita holds that there is no duality and that everything is perfect the way it is, that everything is God... the plants, animals, pollution, cars, ocean, it’s all God...We had this whole conversation the first night about it, and I don’t think that I quite understand everything, but I was struck by this lightness and joy and all down-to-earth quality that Lut and Dave both had... They both had these awesome senses of humor and we laughed a lot...
It’s wierd when you think about it though, and the philosophy causes lots of conflicts: “George Bush is God,” “The child abuser is God.” “The starving man is God.” All non-duality, all existing at once, good and bad, light and dark, etc...
I kept saying,
“Yeah, I get it, but I still believe in a source, a God that I like to pray to,” and Dave kind of through up his arms and was like,
“But who are you praying to?”
“God, of course,” I answered.
“But its all God!”
We laughed and went to bed. Conceptually I understand it, but it is an overwhelming thought. However, advaita continued to creep into my thoughts the following days, and I was thinking about some of the harder experiences I’ve had in the last 5-6 years, and how it is all God, and it does bring some peace, some happiness to it...
And I still don’t quite get it...

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