The Path that is not a Path
Wise men have said that you are the center of the universe, in sanskrit “Sat Chit Ananda”. That everything around you is moving, a dance of light and shadows. A play at reality but not real. That we are all walking a path that is not a path. How does one begin to comprehend these statements? It is a paradox of contradictions, wrapped in circular logic that defies what we think is real.
Picture this, while driving down the road or highway, have you ever felt as if instead of the car moving past the scenery, it was the scenery moving past the car. It was as if the car was stationary with a moving background. Now take the next logical step, the awareness that is you is stationary, everything else is in movement around that awareness.
Even your physical body is in constant motion, rebuilding and renewing itself completely every seven years. Our bodies are streaming and sharing molecules and electrons with our environment in a never ending dance. It is a dance that most are unaware of, but is the underlying realty. All is in motion, except the awareness, the “I am” that you truly are.
The “I am” awareness that is your true reality has never moved. It is the paradoxical center, which can only be defined by what it is not, not this, not that, “neti neti”. Not only can it not be defined, it cannot be found. There is an old buddhist saying, “Looked for, it cannot be seen; Listened for, it cannot be heard; felt, it cannot be touched.”
Dr. Suess, a truely wise man, would have written it this way, or maybe he did: “It’s not here, it’s not there, it’s not any, anywhere. High or low, near or far, it can’t be found, wherever you are.” The path that is not a path reveals the simple truth of who we really are.
If I have thoroughly confused you, get used to it. The deeper we get into this, the more you will begin to not understand, which is the beginning of “The Path that is not a Path“.