08-22-2016, 04:11 PM
Aha I must say, you do seem to place your intentions in to the words of others as we all do, so discussing the works of others becomes and interesting exercise. Since anyone can say 'I believe they meant this' you can essentially take anyone's words and give your own meaning to them. Of course, each of us will see someone to 'mean' whatever is most conducive to our thought structures. Not saying there is any fault in this, just an observation.
However, perhaps we have a different understanding of intelligence and that might account for our different perceptions. Intelligence, to me, is the potential and consciousness is the kinetic, and so infinity is the potential and awareness is the kinetic.
So yes, we can say they are 'one', but I personally would NOT say they are same concepts became they are in fact the FIRST difference (distortion) and so I actually believe that the difference between infinity and awareness IS the first distortion.
Ra describes the Creator as the unified first three distortions, and that is what they call Intelligent Infinity. Notice however that when Don asks what the first known thing is they said 'infinity', not intelligent infinity. That is because Intelligent Infinity is actually the culmination of the difference between Infinity and Awareness, imo. Yet, you cannot equate awareness with infinity and still get that difference. I believe awareness is 'finity', so infinite awareness is infinity exploring 'finity'.
Essentially I think that's why nothing ends and everything cycles, because awareness demands finite experience because if infinity is entirely aware of itself then it is also aware of nothing for there is no differentiation. It is only with limits and difference that awareness becomes meaningful.
So, sure, we can say the awareness was 'always there', but to me the potential that is infinity came first, and then awareness is the defining difference of Infinity within itself juxtaposed with 'finity'. Perhaps I am going in semantic circles though and we are not saying such different things. I guess we each will perceive our own meanings in each others words.
However, perhaps we have a different understanding of intelligence and that might account for our different perceptions. Intelligence, to me, is the potential and consciousness is the kinetic, and so infinity is the potential and awareness is the kinetic.
So yes, we can say they are 'one', but I personally would NOT say they are same concepts became they are in fact the FIRST difference (distortion) and so I actually believe that the difference between infinity and awareness IS the first distortion.
Ra describes the Creator as the unified first three distortions, and that is what they call Intelligent Infinity. Notice however that when Don asks what the first known thing is they said 'infinity', not intelligent infinity. That is because Intelligent Infinity is actually the culmination of the difference between Infinity and Awareness, imo. Yet, you cannot equate awareness with infinity and still get that difference. I believe awareness is 'finity', so infinite awareness is infinity exploring 'finity'.
Essentially I think that's why nothing ends and everything cycles, because awareness demands finite experience because if infinity is entirely aware of itself then it is also aware of nothing for there is no differentiation. It is only with limits and difference that awareness becomes meaningful.
So, sure, we can say the awareness was 'always there', but to me the potential that is infinity came first, and then awareness is the defining difference of Infinity within itself juxtaposed with 'finity'. Perhaps I am going in semantic circles though and we are not saying such different things. I guess we each will perceive our own meanings in each others words.