I was just thinking about the concept of the inner child and how people often see it as something tied to their past, a part of themselves they carry within. But in terms of infinite consciousness and non duality everything exists now right ?

Which means the inner child is also not just a memory or a distant version of you. The younger version of you LITERALLY exists in this very moment too.

Whenever you think of the past or your memories, you’re connecting to that version, not recalling something that’s “gone.”

When you “heal your inner child,” you’re not healing the past. You’re healing a younger part of you that is still right here with you.

1.35

The subject and object are unseparated and inseparable;

That undivided One is you.

When this is so, when no "other" exists,

How then could the Self be objectively perceived?

1.36

Non-duality is taught by some;

Some others teach duality.

They don't understand that the all-pervading Reality

Is beyond both duality and non-duality.

1.37

There is no color or sound to the one Reality;

It has no qualities at all.

How can one even think or speak of That

Which is far beyond both mind and speech?

1.38

When you know all this universe of forms

To be as vacant as the sky,

Then you'll know Brahman;

Duality will forever cease to be.

1.39

To some the Self appears as other;

To me, the Self is I.

Like undivided space, One alone exists.

How, then, could the subject and object of meditation be two?

1.40

Nothing of what I do or do not eat,

Exists for me.

I am Purity itself, beyond birth and death.

1.41

Know that the whole of the universe is without any form.

Know that the whole of the universe is forever unchanging.

Know that the whole of the universe is unstained by its contents.

Know that the whole of the universe is of the nature of God.

1.42

You are the ultimate Reality; have no doubt.

The Self is not something known by the mind.

The Self is the very one who knows!

How, then, could you think to know the Self?

Consciousness and the void in Hindu scriptures

I will be focusing on the concepts of consciousness and the world only, also there are some stuff about the void state here.( Yes, the concept of void is thousands of years old, in eastern spiritual traditions)

1) Adwayaraka upanishad-

(2) Always realizing "I am of the nature of Consciousness (cit)," with eyes completely shut or else with eyes somewhat open, by looking inward above the eyebrows - he, beholding the Absolute, the Supreme, in the form of a multitude of fires of Being Consciousness Bliss, assumes the appearance of luminosity.

2) Mandukya Upanishad

(6)The experiencer of these states of consciousness is the Lord of all. This one is all-knowing; this one directs everything from within. This one is the womb of all. All things originate from and dissolve into this.

As you know there are three states- waking, dreaming and sleeping state. Now there is a fourth- called turiya( this is my Tumblr name lmao) TURIYA is not state, but the experiencer of all! Turiya is what experiences the world in waking state, creates a new world in dreaming state and is still present in the sleeping state.

"When one experiences all the states of consciousness, then he establishes himself in his essential nature-Pure Consciousness and realizes that he is the all-knower. Then he acquires the knowledge that the Pure Consciousness flows on various degrees and grades, termed waking, dreaming, and sleeping. These states or modes of consciousness have arisen from their source, turiya, and finally dissolve in it. Yet the nature of Pure Consciousness, which is self-existent, never changes. It is everlasting, infinite, and changeless. "( From enlightenment without god-manduya upanishad)

(7)Turiya is the fourth state. In this state, consciousness is not turned inward nor outward nor both. tis undifferentiated; it is beyond the spheres of cognition and non-cognition. This state cannot be experienced through the senses or known by comparison or inference; it is incomprehensible, unthinkable, and indescribable. This is Pure Consciousness. This is the real Self. It is the cessation of all phenomena; it is tranquil, all-blissful, and one without second. This real Self is to be realized.

3) kashmiri shaivism

Consciousness of lord Shiva is not overshadowed by this created world. The world cannot obscure consciousness. On the contrary, consciousness gives rise to the existence of this world.

( swami lakshmanju)

When there is no sensation, only the supreme existence of God consciousness, that is the hightest state (parā).It is without sensation, because sensation remains only there where the sensation is felt by the feeler. God consciousness is not felt; it is your own Self.

( swami lakshmanju)

something very interesting about the void~

One should meditate on the void in one’s own body on all sides simultaneously. When the mind has become free from thoughts, one experiences everything as the Void.

(VERSE 43)

Therefore, before starting the practice of dharana on the internal space, you should first define the directions. within yourself and then mentally conceptualize those directions as nothing but empty space or void. By doing so you will find that gradually the mind ceases to identify with the gross body. Then, as the experience intensifies, the mind and body are separated and the thoughts cease. Having transcended the body and mind, the awareness identifies with the vast expanse of consciousness, which pervades the space all around it.

( This sound very similar to the void state right? It's a spritual practice from Vijanana bhairava tantra, a particular scripture for kashmiri shaivism. Yes, the translations are actually THE VOID, the void is translated from the word shunya in Sanskrit. From the concept of shunya, concept of zero was developed in India)

If one contemplates simultaneously that one’s entire body or the world consists of nothing but Consciousness, then the mind becomes free from thoughts and the supreme awakening occurs.

(VERSE 63) vijnana bhairava tantra

O great Goddess, one should concentrate on this universe as nothing but void. Dissolving the mind also like this, one then experiences the state of laya, or total dissolution.

Translation (58)

Laya means the state of dissolution'. Here, as in the previous dharanas, the universe is first dissolved into the void through a process of annihilation of everything that is contained within it. Thus the concept of the universe is transformed into nothing but the void of consciousness. When the universe is nothing but void, or shoonya, the mind is dissolved in the same way. By focusing the awareness on the void or empty space, the mind, which acts as a barrier to the higher experience on account of its continuous movement into the past, present and future, begins to lose its support and also dissolves. This leads to a totally new dimension of awareness, known as shoonya, which is all pervading stillness.

Commentary( 58)

Beyond reckoning in space or time; without direction or locality; impossible to represent; ultimately indescribable; Blissful with the experience of that which is inmost; a field of awareness free of mental constructs: that state of overflowing fullness is Bhairavī, the essence of Bhairava. It is that essence which is ultimately real & fundamental; it is that which ought to be known & experienced; it is that which is inherently pure, and it is that which pervades everything.

(Translated from Christopher wallis, Vijanana bhairava tantra)

4) Advaita vedanta

Our minds are just waves on the ocean of consciousness. As waves, they come and go. As ocean, they are infinite and eternal. Know yourself as the ocean of being, the womb of all existence.

-Nisargadatta Maharaj

"Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognize your true self as undifferentiated awareness, unaffected by time, past, present or future, and enter peace."

Adi Shankaracharya

One should not think ‘I am this – I am not that’. To say ‘this or that’ is wrong. They are also limitations. Only ‘I am’ is the truth. Silence is ‘I’. If one thinks ‘I am this’, another thinks ‘I am this’ and so on, there is a clash of thoughts and so many religions are the result. The truth remains as it is, not affected by any statements, conflicting or otherwise.

(Source: Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Talk 248)

5) Ashtavakra gita

In me, the shoreless ocean,the ark of the universe,moves here and there, driven by the wind of its own mind(universalmind).I am not impatient.

O Marvellous! Iam really pure Consciousness.The world is like a magic show.Hence,how and where can there be any notion of rejection or acceptance in Me.

You are the endless sea In whom all the worlds like waves Naturally rise and fall. You have nothing to win, Nothing to lose.( 15.11)

You are in whatever you see. You alone. Just as bracelets and bangles And dancing anklets Are all of the same gold. (15.14)

The universe is but a thought in Consciousness. In Reality it is nothing. One who sees the true nature of existence and non-existence never ceases to exist. The Self--which is absolute, effortless, timeless, immaculate--is without limits and at no distance from you. You are forever It.

Beside all this you must have heard of this statement right?

Aham bhrahmasmi

which means I'm the ultimate reality. Here, the I is one's individual consciousness.

tat tvam asi

Which means you are the true essence or root or origin of everything which exists.

Si tu casa está hecha de deseos, quémala.

Es sólo la ausencia de deseo la que otorga paz interior, así que no permitas que surja ningún deseo.

Simplemente permite que el Amor te disuelva.

Cuando no hay deseo, hay Amor y Belleza.

Si has de desear, entonces desea Paz.

Porque te conviertes en aquello en lo que piensas.

El agua vertida en el Océano se convierte en Océano.