That Which I AM, A statement of belief
Part 3, The universe and consciousness: a single essence of being
EXPRESSING IS THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Dancing is the nature of dancer. Without dancing there is no dancer. Likewise, without expressing there is no consciousness. There is only potential. Potential is emptiness that is nowhere, an eternal field of infinite possibility. That field is conscious. It is intelligent and aware. It expresses potential as thought. Thought manifests into expression. This manifesting is consciousness-expressing. The nature of consciousness is to express, to manifest thought. Otherwise, it is null. Like dancer not dancing is not-dance. There cannot be not-consciousness.
Consciousness conceptualizes thought. Consciousness manifesting thought is expressing. Thought prefigures expressing, such as the thought of dance prefiguring dancing. Expressing is consciousness manifesting thought. In the case of the universe, the thought of separation prefigures the manifestation of the universe as existence. The universe is consciousness expressing separation as existence. This is like dancer dancing the dance that it holds in mind. If dancer did not dance, there would be no dancing. If consciousness did not express, there would be no manifestation. There would be nothingness, the void beyond the emptiness that is nowhere. It is incomprehensible to you that there could be such a void. There would be no thought, no awareness, no consciousness. Just knowing this nullifies the idea that there could not be consciousness-expressing.
Existence is consciousness expressing the thought of separation. Separation, consciousness, and expressing are a single essence of being, like dance, dancer, and dancing are oneness. The thought of existence and its manifestation are one. There is no separation between existence and the thought of separation. Oneness is consciousness expressing existence. The universe and consciousness are a single essence of being, as is all of existence beyond your knowing.
The nature of existence is transitory separation. Consciousness imagines existence but cannot realize it outside of itself. It makes room for existence in its own nature like a child makes room for a unicorn in mind and heart. The nature of consciousness is eternal. It is unchangeable. It cannot separate except as illusion in thought. The universe and all of existence is consciousness expressing what cannot be real.