“There is a theory which states that if anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” – Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“The transcendent state we call Absolute Unitary Being refers to states known by various names in different cultures—the Tao, Nirvana, the Uno Mystica, Brahman-atman—but which every persuasion describes in strikingly similar terms. It is a state of pure awareness, a clear and vivid consciousness of everything as an undifferentiated whole.
“Although mystics report that this state of ultimate being cannot be understood through reason, or even rationally described, that hasn’t stopped legions from trying.
Zen Master Huang Po describes One Mind, this state of ultimate being:
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[Source: Why God Won’t Go Away, Andrew Newberg, M.D., Eugene D’Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., Vince Rause, 2001 Ballantine Publishing Group]
