The Absolute is the inherently paradoxical binary, simultaneously dual and transdual, both vertically and horizontally extended. The extension of the Absolute is samsara. Its ground is nirvana. Together, samsara and nirvana constitute the vertical axis of samsara – the paradox of the local and the non-local, differentiation and non-differentiation. Horizontally, it is the sheer proliferation of worlds, in time, space, and dimensionality, characterized by the ubiquitous point of view. The metaphysical point of view is the ultimate differentiation of the void or essential emptiness. Together, differentiation and non-differentiation constitute the ground. The metaphysical point of view is the deathless. It is pure temporal extension from which the mirage of spatiality arises. It is the universal unity. Abide in this, and thou art not far from the end that is also the beginning. Being is a circle. The circle is the point.
Author: Alexander Duncan
Alexander Bruce Duncan (born 9 April 1954) is a Canadian writer and editor who has contributed to the financial planning industry, Buddhist philosophy, Thelemic studies, poetry, and social and political activism in print and online.