That Which Flows from Steven Kaufman's blog

There is a subtle difference

between knowing yourself as form

and Knowing yourself as That

of which form is composed.

 

That of which form is composed

is Emptiness, Beingness, Formlessness,

whereas form itself

is just a pattern of flow

that arises

where Emptiness, Beingness, Formlessness

flows in relation to Itself.

 

Because form is composed

of That which is formless

it is easy for the Formless

to mistake Itself for form,

easy for That which flows

to mistake itself

for what is only a pattern

of its Own flow.

 

It is as if water

flows in the pattern

we call a whirlpool

and then thinks of itself

as only the form,

as only the pattern of flow,

and not as that which flows,

and in so doing

becomes blind

to its true nature.

 

When you are at home

you may be a father or a mother,

and when you go to work

you may be a boss or an employee.

 

But these are just forms,

whirlpools that arise,

where what you actually Are

flows in relation to Itself.

 

What you actually Are

is That which knows itself

as father or mother,

as boss or employee.

 

What you actually Are

is That which knows itself

as whatever form

you think of yourself as being.

 

What you actually Are

is That which knows itself

as whatever form

you think of as your being.

 

For That which knows itself

as these various forms,

which change according to circumstances,

does not Itself change

just because it flows

into this or that form,

as water does not change

just because it flows

in this or that pattern.

 

Find within yourself

That which does not change

as circumstances change,

That which does not come and go

as forms come and go,

and you will have found

your True Nature.

 

You are not

a pattern of flow

that comes and goes.

 

You are That which flows,

That which, in flowing

creates the patterns,

creates the forms,

that come and go.

 

And That which flows

is not other

than That which knows.