Removing the veil of separation

[Ming the Merciful]

@Ming the Merciful We can use concepts I believe to transcend conceptual understanding, like Ramakrishna said to use a thorn to remove another thorn and then throwing them both away. Teachings like the Law of One are useful for expanding our sense of possibilities even if it's just conceptual understanding. Also, there is a risk of mistaking a partial awakening for a full awakening. As long as we are still in yellow-ray bodies I believe we still need conceptual knowledge as a tool for moving into a green-ray body. And the veil can be seen as that which blocks that transition.

Yes, I agree, we can use concepts, except do not cling to them, or see them as "Absolutes". There are no Absolutes from that perspective. A Philosophy is only created to bring an incomprehensible concept to the lower Intellectual Mind. All the Philosophies taught by the Great Teachers were only explaining the Spiritual Essence at the lowest common denominator. Their true teachings were always on a higher Spiritual level, (reading between the lines). Zen is the perfect example. In Zen we were taught that the moment we learned a new Spiritual Understanding, to destroy it. At the moment a new truth is discovered, we will cling to it, considering it as the new "Ultimate Truth". There can be nothing greater than this? Once we have an understanding of our newly found Knowledge, discard it and return to finding an even deeper meaning, (where new Truth is hidden). The fact is, we never will find the "Ultimate Knowledge", because the more we understand, the less we know. That too is part of the acceptance. Once we accept that, then Knowledge comes more easily because we have opened our Mind to other possibilities. Never think that you are at the pinnacle of your understanding, because that will never happen. Spirituality is eternal and boundless.