Infinite Being and Finite Forms

"If being is infinite and formless, how can it appear as finite forms without contradicting its infinite nature? Rupert says: ‘Being doesn’t become finite when it appears as finite forms, just as the white paper in a watercolour doesn’t become the landscape painted on it. The forms are like transparent washes of colour that temporarily qualify being without changing its essential nature. Think of water and ice: when water freezes into ice, it acquires a temporary name and form, but its essential nature as H₂O remains unchanged. When the ice melts, nothing is lost – water simply loses a temporary configuration. Likewise, when anything emerges within being, being acquires a temporary name and form without ever ceasing to be infinite. The forms are real as expressions of being, but they don’t limit being any more than waves limit the ocean. Being lends itself to forms without becoming them.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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