Ruminating with Rumi
Consciousness has no beginning or ending. It is the thing itself. It was there before the beginning of existence. It will be there after the end. Consciousness has no description. It cannot be said. To say is to not know. You know consciousness because it is your nature to be aware and intelligent. This is the nature of consciousness. These words describe what cannot be said. The awareness in consciousness is I AM. You are that which I AM. There is no other. I AM is the expressing that is existence. The consciousness you experience in form is discrete. You are discrete awareness in a sea of awareness. You are a molecule of water in an ocean that has no shores. You are the water. You are the ocean. There is no separation.
Your home in consciousness is infinite. There are no limits to consciousness. Limitations are of the mind. The me of the body seeks home in its surroundings, but to truly go home is to remember the infinite. You remember that you are that which I AM and that you have no boundaries. To be aware of the infinite, enter the room within. Pay no mind to the worldly learning you have accumulated. You have learned in ignorance without knowledge. To know, shed the past. Journey within. Find solace in the unknown. To live in ignorance is to remain in the world. The world is home to the body. Your true home is the infinite. Leave the world at the threshold of the room within. Journey without the weight of the past. Do not attempt to drag Marley’s chains across the doorsill. The noise will awaken the dead. The dead live in their souls. You are awake in I AM. It is best to pass through the doorway humbly and quietly without your burdens. When there is nothing else to say, you will enter on your own, without regret or remembrance. You recognize the absurdity of the past. It is not lost on you that it once ruled your life. Do not grieve over it. You have lost nothing. You can be clever in the world and survive, but in the end, you will gain wisdom from the infinite and awaken to the reality that is I AM.