Isness

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The ‘emanation of divinity,’ as cognized by the ancients, may be described today as the ‘manifestation of pure consciousness.’ In either case, it is ‘isness,’ defined as ‘the state of things as they are.’

Practical spirituality requires that
we acknowledge what really is.

This is because divine emanation
(manifestation or reflection)
is never separate from its Source.

A divine emanation or manifestation is also never ‘in’ something, but rather its divine qualities appear ‘as’ something. The concept of divinity being ‘in’ something is a holdover from the old matter-based paradigm. Today’s knowledge and experience of pure consciousness demand that we drill down further.

God is not in you
in the same sense
that a raisin is in a bun.
That is not unity.
God is in you
as the ocean is in a wave.

The wave is nothing
more nor less than the ocean
expressing as a wave.¹

— Eric Butterworth

In a very similar regard,

[there is an important distinction]
between saying
that ‘everything has consciousness’
and saying that ‘everything is Consciousness.’²

— Dr. Tony Nader

You cannot escape the responsibility
of establishing for yourself that
that which is, is all there is.³

— Herbert Eustace

Whatever Is, Is, or is not.⁴

— Margaret Laird

References

[1] Eric Butterworth, Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to the Unexplored Depths Within, (HarperSanFrancisco, 1989), p. 34

[2] Dr. Tony Nader, Consciousness: A New Paradigm — Making Life Work for Everyone: A Master Class, based on Dr. Nader’s book One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness: Simple Answers to Big Questions in Life, (Aguilar Press, 2021, Kindle)

[3] Herbert Eustace, Christian Science, It’s Clear, Correct Teaching, (Lederer, Street and Zeus Co.) p. 121

[4] Margaret Laird, We Are the World We Walk Through, (The Margaret Laird Foundation, 1993), p. xxxi

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