ONTOLOGICAL RUMINATIONS Bodhi Tree: 1-24-97 Q: You mention the One light, where did come from? B: It always Is. It did not come from anywhere, remember again, Isness only has one quality-Isness. There is no before to Isness. Isness has never not been Isness. Q: But before awareness it was dark. B: Again, this is an analogy. Remember: when we say before and after these are only concepts that exist within Isness. There never was /truly a before/ /and after. This is difficult to translate into your 3//rd/ /density reality/ /domain./ Nevertheless, this is the best that can be done with your language. /Q: I understand non- lin- linearity somewhat./ B: All right, all you have to do is learn how to pronounce it. /{/Audience laugh's/}./ Q: The light I understand to be intelligence. B: You can understand it that way, although, more specifically, just to put a more precise definition upon it that is more relevant to your reality intelligence, although it can be used the way you are using it, intelligence is really, more precisely-the application of awareness, not awareness itself. Consciousness is consciousness, awareness is awareness. Intelligence is what you do with that awareness? The application there of, although again, we understand we don't have to be that strict with the definition, and if you want to say that it is simply intelligence we will understand and acknowledge that idea. Q: What is the difference between consciousness and awareness? B: Yes, in a sense, again, it is the idea that there maybe consciousness that can be aware in a variety of ways. Although, /consciousness/ to some degree implies the idea of awareness, self-awareness so on and so forth. There may not even be a term for what you might call that /SUBSTANCE/ that is unaware-you understand? Q: Okay. B: So we, just in your language, translate it to Isness, that would be the term that would best represent /that idea of that substance you are/ /referring to; that once it became aware is referred to as consciousness./ /Does that make sense?/ Q: Okay, yes, to some degree. B: So Isness is simply like the fabric of existence itself. Consciousness is when the fabric knows it is the fabric. And, also immediately creates the idea of reflective self-awareness that creates difference in the fabric. In other words, awareness of the threads that make the fabric up. Does that make sense? Q: Yes. B: So Isness, then, is awareness of itself as the fabric and then self- reflective awareness of the threads that make up the fabric. But, at the same time, going back to Isness and understanding that every single thread is also-THE WHOLE-THE ISNESS. Does that make sense? Q: Okay, that makes some sense.