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Originally Posted by absvan  I would leave that question to be answered by you. You will know the precise answer when you reach there. |
I know my answer - it's no, I am not nothingness. The true "I" may become submerged or forgetful but it never disappears. God makes sure of that.
I realize we are just playing around with nuances of meaning and definitions. If I am meditating in the garden, OK, I may reach a state where the normal ego self fades away and I 'seem' to become the garden. There is just 'garden' and no me. The sense of "I" as normal everyday me has gone, and perhaps I am then perceiving as higher self, the more true "I", bypassing the body and ego self.
But it still doesn't mean I AM the garden. If I was, what would people think when they came outside, looking for me. They may say, "Oh my God, look at him! He's turned into the garden. Is there a special number we can ring?"
I also claim that I am not the garden, because, if I was, I would be acutely aware of every leaf and blade of grass, which I am not.
Isn't it more the case that I am just suffusing my consciousness (field of perception) and presence into the garden, and because I am feeling so relaxed, there is an element of peace and contentment to it?
It is a temporary state, an experience.
If you believe you are the garden, what if a bomb suddenly hit it? What would you be then?