Engagement in realized selflessness
Within realized selflessness, there are two different forms of engagement.
The first is the form of engagement that is always here, before and after this awakening: it is the engagement of Spirit with itself - as Ground of seeing and the infinitely varied seen. In realized selflessness, this type of engagement is clearly noticed.
The second is the more conventional form of engagement: being engaged in the life of this human self, in its health, maturing, development, relationships, engagement and role in the world.
And as before awakening, this engagement can be present in different ways and to different extents following the awakening. It all depends on the infinite causes, the patterns and processes of the world of form as a whole of which this human self is an infinitely small part. Or we can say it all depends on the personality of this human self, and of the seeds of intention, interest, preferences and passion planted in it, and on how the wider world interplays with all of this.
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