Absence of Otherness Is Love

We start with the felt recognition that we are the one infinite being that appears on the inside as the amness of our self, and on the outside as the isness of things. But from the point of view of this one infinite being, there is no inside or outside, just itself – infinite, indivisible, whole, perfect, complete. And everything is a temporary colouring of that, while the one infinite being, never ceases being itself. From its point of view, nothing ever comes into existence with a discrete and independent reality of its own. And nothing ever goes out of existence. This absence of otherness is love, which is said to be God’s nature. God is love. This one infinite, indivisible, whole, of which everything and everyone is a colouring, an appearance – and we are that. When this becomes clear, we don’t just end with this recognition, we start there, and we stay there.

We start with the felt recognition that we are the one infinite being that appears on the inside as the amness of our self, and on the outside as the isness of things. But from the point of view of this one infinite being, there is no inside or outside, just itself – infinite, indivisible, whole, perfect, complete. And everything is a temporary colouring of that, while the one infinite being, never ceases being itself. From its point of view, nothing ever comes into existence with a discrete and independent reality of its own. And nothing ever goes out of existence. This absence of otherness is love, which is said to be God’s nature. God is love. This one infinite, indivisible, whole, of which everything and everyone is a colouring, an appearance – and we are that. When this becomes clear, we don’t just end with this recognition, we start there, and we stay there.