No Distance
One of the characteristics of an awakening beyond our human self - to F7 (nature mysticism), F8 (deity mysticism), and/or to F9 (witness) - seems to be a deepening sense of intimacy with the whole world, a deepening sense of no separation.
Jen has shifted in and out of the witness over the last few weeks, and I asked her tonight if she also experiences a sense of intimacy with the world. She immediately said yes, and that it seemed that the world had become two dimensional - that there is no distance anymore, although also of course the usual distance in meters or feet that we all are familiar with.
There is the conventional space, measured in meters or feet, within the context of a sense of intimacy with it all, of no distance.
Early sense of ground
And why is it so?
It seems that it is an early intuition or sense of the ground, an early taste of nondual realization. Consciousness is beginning to be aware of itself as everything, including the seer and the seen.
Early sense of God watching God
In addition to this deepening sense of intimacy with the world, there may also be glimpses beyond this - where there is a stronger realization that this is God watching God.
When I look into somebody's eyes, it is God watching God through God. And this can be very obvious sometimes, especially with the right people in the right setting.
We can have tastes of this even as there is still a vague sense of I placed on this human self or the witness.
Deepening further
As this deepens further, it shifts into a more clearly nondual realization. There is not any inherent I anywhere. It is all just happening. There is no doer, only the doing. It is all the play of God, all emptiness dancing.
Labels: deity mysticism, ground awakening, nondual, space, witness