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BEYOND OUR OUTER APPEARANCES: WE ARE ONE(NESS)

Being SPIRITUALLY ANONYMOUS in the world of names and form is a revolution of consciousness. We must take a stand by dropping all of our mind-made identifications/associations that we have attached to our essence identity.  At the deepest level, we are all connected to the invisible field of pure potentiality. 

We are One Spirit (universal consciousness) having space-time experiences (as apparent individuals). Ego consciousness is our form identity (body-mind); by definition, forms take on the illusory appearance of being separate and distinct from one another. We must awaken to the deeper truth that we are not limited or defined by of our given birth names (labels/titles) - thoughts - emotions - behaviours - survival instincts - victim consciousness - concepts - beliefs systems - physical bodies (genders) - social roles - status - tribal identities - personal stories  - material possessions - occupations - religious dogmas and creeds - socio-political views - nationalities - cultural codes/traditions

Becoming ‘spiritual nobodies’ in the world is being free from the distractions of false ideas of who we have mistaken ourselves to be (based on social-cultural conditioning). To fully awake, we must make a radical shift in perception by recognizing our limitless, indivisible nature and detach our identity to ‘anything’. We are not the conceptual identities that give rise to the illusion of separateness (I and other, us and them). In the eyes of Universal Consciousness (the underlying fabric of reality), we are all existentially anonymous - the nameless and formless expressions of the Source Consciousness (All-That-Is) made manifest. Step into the ‘I AM’ state and abide in the ever-present awareness of your true self.

-Anon I mus (Spiritually Anonymous)

While I was a novice monk practicing in a temple called Hai Duc in Vietnam, I once observed an old Zen master sitting all alone, not in the mediation hall but on a traditional low seat. We didn’t have tables or chairs at this temple, just flat pieces of wood to sit on. I saw the master sitting there very beautifully and very straight. That image has stayed with me. He was sitting so upright, so peacefully and naturally. I looked at him and realized in my heart that I had a longing to sit like that. I, too, wanted to be able to sit in such a way—without effort, without any apparent purpose. Sitting like that would bring me happiness. I wouldn’t need to do anything. I wouldn’t need to say anything. I would just sit.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, in ”Work”.