The Infinite Veiled with Itself

In response to Carlo's earlier question about the one thing we can do, Rupert reframes the exploration for Sufis, mystical Christians, and devotees using Balayani's teaching: 'You do not know yourself because you have veiled yourself with yourself'. There is nothing in the infinite other than itself with which it could veil itself. The infinite rises as thought and perception, refracting into apparent multiplicity without ceasing to be itself alone. It freely consents to this, drawing unmanifest potential into form – what Shakespeare called giving 'airy nothing a local habitation and a name'. To perceive a world, the infinite must narrow its attention to know just one thought and perception, seeming to become a finite mind while fragmenting into numerous selves. This creates the wound of separation in each heart. If the finite mind gives attention to its essence prior to thought and perception, it stands revealed as the infinite. Our being is God's being – the name 'I am' is God's signature in our minds, the feeling of being is God's presence in our hearts, and love is God's shining in our friendships.

From event 09 - 16 March, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mercy Center, 9–16 March 2025

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