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That which is without-name is the beginning of heaven and earth.
That which is without-name is the beginning of heaven and earth.
That which possesses a name is the mother of the ten thousand creatures."<ref>  Laozi, Dao De Jing, trans. Bruce R. Linnell, 2015, https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/49965/pg49965-images.html.</ref>
That which possesses a name is the mother of the ten thousand creatures."<ref>  Laozi, Dao De Jing, trans. Bruce R. Linnell, 2015, https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/49965/pg49965-images.html.</ref>
=== Buddhism ===
<blockquote>"I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī at Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. And on that occasion the Blessed One was instructing, urging, rousing, & encouraging the monks with Dhamma-talk concerned with unbinding. The monks — receptive, attentive, focusing their entire awareness, lending ear — listened to the Dhamma.
Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:<blockquote>There is that dimension, monks, where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither dimension of the infinitude of space, nor dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, nor dimension of nothingness, nor dimension of neither perception nor non-perception; neither this world, nor the next world, nor sun, nor moon. And there, I say, there is neither coming, nor going, nor staying; neither passing away nor arising: unestablished, unevolving, without support [mental object].[2] This, just this, is the end of stress.</blockquote></blockquote>


=== Sanatana Dharma ===
=== Sanatana Dharma ===

Revision as of 17:44, 18 October 2026

Undifferentiated Consciousness

Undifferentiated Consciousness is the original blissful and aware Fabric of Consciousness, before the Intensification of Consciousness and before the emergence of Original I . [1]

Concept Map

Key Terms

Consciousness >

States of Consciousness

State of Consciousness >

Syncretic Terms

Undifferentiated Consciousness > Absolute Essence, Ain, Dhat, E, Govinda, Light of the Void, Nondual God, Para Brahman, Supreme Essence, Tao, The Imperishable, The Unity, Undifferentiated Godhead, Unmanifest, Wuji

Related LP Terms

Undifferentiated Consciousness>

Non-Related Terms

Undifferentiated Consciousness>

Notes

Quotes

Dao De Jing

"The Dao that can be spoken of is not the ever-constant Dao. The name that can be named is not the ever-constant name. That which is without-name is the beginning of heaven and earth. That which possesses a name is the mother of the ten thousand creatures."[2]

Buddhism

"I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī at Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. And on that occasion the Blessed One was instructing, urging, rousing, & encouraging the monks with Dhamma-talk concerned with unbinding. The monks — receptive, attentive, focusing their entire awareness, lending ear — listened to the Dhamma. Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:

There is that dimension, monks, where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither dimension of the infinitude of space, nor dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, nor dimension of nothingness, nor dimension of neither perception nor non-perception; neither this world, nor the next world, nor sun, nor moon. And there, I say, there is neither coming, nor going, nor staying; neither passing away nor arising: unestablished, unevolving, without support [mental object].[2] This, just this, is the end of stress.

Sanatana Dharma

In the Taittirya Upanishad, the distinction between non-being and being.[3]

In the beginning was the golden womb (Hiranyagarbha),

The seed of elemental existence,

The only Lord of all that was born,

He upheld the heaven and earth together,

To what God other than him should we dedicate our life?

ATHARVA VEDA 4.2.7

Sufism

In Sufism, the various states of consciousness are all collapsed into a single attribute of "meaning" <Ref>Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983.</ref> which is distinguished from "form," which is the physical manifestation that eventually results from the [[Emanation of Consciousness]]

"People look at secondary causes and think that they are the origin of everything that happens. But it has been revealed to the saints that secondary causes are no more than a veil. (F 68/80)"[4]

"Light is the First Cause, and every secondary cause is its shadow. (D 525) "[5]

"Thou art the Sun, and all things follow Thee like shadows, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right. (D 21966)" [6]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Template:BOL
  2. ↑ Laozi, Dao De Jing, trans. Bruce R. Linnell, 2015, https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/49965/pg49965-images.html.
  3. ↑ Sosteric, Mike. “Analysis and Update of the Taittiriya Upanishad,” 2019. https://www.academia.edu/40121182/.
  4. ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 21.
  5. ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 22.
  6. ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 22.