The revealed yet still hidden relation between form and the formless from Steven Kaufman's blog

That which sees cannot itself be seen.

That which hears cannot itself be heard.

That which feels cannot itself be felt.

That which knows cannot itself be known.

That which comprehends cannot itself  be comprehended.

 

What is seen and heard and felt and known are all forms.

That which sees and hears and feels and knows is formless.

 

And so in a world of sight and sound and feeling and knowing

That which apprehends it all has been completely forgotten,

or if it is remembered, has been cast aside

as unimportant, or as less important

than what is seen and heard and felt and known.

 

And so science holds that it is form

that gives rise to the formlessness

by which all form is apprehended. 

 

Science holds that when physical form

reaches a certain level of complexity

that formless Consciousness

poofs into being.

 

Science has no proof of this,

it is only an idea, a belief,

mistaken for fact.

 

Science has never even considered

the opposite possibility.

 

What is the opposite possibility?

 

That it is when formless Consciousness

reaches a certain level of complexity

that physical forms poof into existence.

 

How does that which is formless become complex?

 

By flowing in relation to itself,

over and over and over again.

 

When the formless first flows in relation to itself

the first forms that poof into existence

are what we refer to as emotions.

 

And so arises one level of complexity,

one level of reality,

composed of formless Being

flowing in relation to itself,

and then apprehending as experiential reality,

as emotional reality,

the forms that arise within itself

as it flows in relation to itself.

 

And then, while already flowing in relation to itself,

while already creating and apprehending emotional reality,

the formless flows in relation to itself again.

 

And when the formless again flows in relation to itself,

while already flowing in relation to itself,

the next forms that poof into existence

are what we refer to as thoughts.

 

And so arises a second level of complexity,

a second level of reality,

composed of the same formless Being

flowing in relation to itself,

and then apprehending as experiential reality,

as mental reality,

the additional forms that arise within itself

as it flows yet again in relation to itself.

 

And when the formless flows yet again in relation to itself,

while already flowing in relation to itself,

as it already flows in relation to itself,

the next forms that poof into existence

are what we refer to as physical objects.

 

And so arises a third level of complexity,

a third level of reality,

composed of the same formless Being

flowing in relation to itself,

and then apprehending as experiential reality,

as physical reality,

the further forms that arise within itself

as it flows once again in relation to itself.

 

Which seems more likely,

that form already is

and then somehow combines with itself

to somehow create that which apprehends form,

or that the formless already is

and then flows in relation to itself

thereby creating the forms

it then apprehends as reality?

 

Prior to the advent of quantum physics

it certainly seemed that form

had an objective existence

independent of the formlessness

by which it was apprehended.

 

But with the advent of quantum physics

it has become apparent

that how form appears,

that the form that is created,

has no existence

apart from the formlessness

by which it is apprehended.

 

Be in relation to what is there in one way

and this form appears.

Be in relation to what is there in the opposite way

and the opposite form appears.

 

This is called wave-particle duality.

 

And while being in relation

to what is there

in one way

so that this form appears,

it is not possible to be in relation

to what is there

in the opposite way,

and so not possible

to make the opposite form appear.

 

This is called uncertainty.

 

Wave-particle duality and uncertainty.

The two pillars upon which all quantum theory rests,

and which two pillars refute the notion

that form has an objective existence,

or any existence,

apart from the formlessness

by which it is apprehended.

 

It is as if we had a machine made of wood

that we somehow thought produced trees.

And then someone came along

and took the machine apart

to the point where the parts of the machine

were found to have no existence

outside the context of the trees

they were thought to produce. 

 

How can a machine produce

that which its parts

cannot themselves exist without?

 

How can form produce

that which it

cannot exist without? 

 

Prior to quantum physics

there was the assumption

that in the absence of

an apprehending Consciousness

form still was.

 

And so it was possible to believe

that form could be

prior to Consciousness

and so could produce Consciousness.

 

However, quantum physics has shown

that in the absence of

an apprehending Consciousness

there is no form,

but only the potential

for form to arise.

 

This makes problematic the assumption

that in the absence

of an apprehending Consciousness

form still is,

making it no longer tenable to believe

that form can be

prior to Consciousness,

making absurd the notion

that form somehow produces

the formlessness,

the Consciousness,

by which it is apprehended,

and apart from which

it cannot be demonstrated

or said to even exist.

 

Name or think of one form

of which you are not conscious,

of which you are not aware.

 

It cannot be done.

 

Thus the dependence of form

upon the formless,

upon Consciousness,

revealed by quantum physics,

is really quite obvious.

 

And yet, because we live in a world

that places form first

dominated by a science

that places form first,

the findings of quantum physics

that reveal form to be

that which is created,

and so reveal form to be secondary,

are simply ignored,

because those findings conflict

with the preconceived notion,

with the belief,

that form is primary

and Consciousness secondary.

 

Such is the nature of beliefs,

such is the nature of thoughts,

such is the nature of forms,

that because they are created

by the involvement in a relation

of the formlessness which apprehends them,

that while held to,

while being created by the formless,

and so apprehended by the formless,

they make impossible the creation and apprehension

by that same formlessness

of any opposite beliefs, thoughts, or forms.

 

This is also uncertainty,

only now operating at the level of thought creation,

where mental form is created,

rather than at the level of physical creation,

where physical form is created.

 

In the same way that a scientist's creation and observation of a particles' position

makes impossible their simultaneous creation and observation of its momentum,

a scientist's creation and apprehension of the idea of form as primary

and Consciousness as secondary

makes impossible their being able

to simultaneously create and apprehend

the opposite idea,

wherein Consciousness is seen as primary

and form is seen as secondary.

 

And so scientists have not really ignored

the findings of quantum physics

with regard to the relation

between form and formlessness

for the past one hundred years,

because one can only ignore

that which it is possible to apprehend.

 

Rather, scientists are blind

to the findings of quantum physics

with regard to the relation

between form and formlessness

because those findings

cannot even be comprehended

by any scientist, or any person,

that continues to maintain their belief

in the primacy of form.

 

Because to maintain that belief

requires one's continued involvement

in a relation

that makes impossible one's involvement

in the opposite relation

necessary to create

the opposite idea,

the opposite form,

wherein form would be seen as secondary,

or as that which is created,

rather than as that which creates.

 

Why do we apprehend emotional, mental and physical reality?

Science tells us that it is because

the form we call brain

became complex enough

to create Consciousness.

 

And yet science also tells us

that if we dig deep enough into form

there really is no form,

only the potential for form to arise

when observed by the formless.

 

And so why do we really apprehend emotional, mental and physical reality?

Because we are the uncreated formlessness

that is flowing in relation to itself

creating all these forms within our Self,

and then apprehending as reality

that which has arisen within our Self,

becoming more complex,

more entwined within our Self,

and yet remaining unchanged

in our essential nature

as formless uncreated Being.