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The Divine Totality

Everything Is God, Even the Illusion of Not-God

There comes a moment so still and unfiltered that perception collapses into the clarity of being. Not being this or that, but being everything. And not just metaphorically. Not just poetically. Literally everything—formless and formed, seen and unseen, finite and infinite—is God.

When I use the word God, I’m not pointing toward a figure, a belief, or a doctrine. I am pointing toward existence itself—the Absolute, the Whole, Brahman, Para Brahman, the Unconditioned, conditioned, the Uncreated and created. That which includes form and formlessness, time and timelessness, birth and death, creation and dissolution, the ten thousand things and the nothing between them.

Everything is God. Not just contains God. Not just touched by God. Not just part of God. But fully and completely God. That which we call the universe is not just inside God. It is God. And God is also what lies outside the universe—if such a term can even be grasped. There is not a single thing, moment, action, or gap that is not 100% God. And yet, even the idea of “percent” breaks down in the face of such a realization.

God is not just somewhere else. God is not just merely within. God is not only beyond. God is not higher or lower or more subtle or more gross. No matter how crude or refined, every appearance is divine. Each atom, each sorrow, each beam of light, each lie, each truth, each pulse of your heart, each glitch in the system—is God being what only God can be and cannot be: itself, everywhere, nowhere, always, never been.

Multiplicity is not a contradiction, yet it is. It’s how God dances with itself. The illusion of separation is not some accident to be corrected, yet it’s that as well. It is part of the design, part of the intelligence. The appearance of duality is not a denial of oneness—it’s one appearing as two, or ten thousand. Each distinction—this object, that person, this tree, that thought—is the Absolute shimmering as particularity.

It’s easy to say this with words. The difficulty arises only when the words are taken as substitutes for seeing. Direct seeing dismantles the grip of identification. When one truly sees all of this—across dimensions, across appearances—as one singular Presence, there is no longer any question. And there is no longer any need for the question. One does not simply understand that everything is God. One is that understanding.

Yet here’s the paradox: To truly see this is also to see that none of it is God. No label can contain it. No concept can hold it. Even the word God must dissolve. Enlightenment is not just knowing this. Enlightenment is also the absence of needing to.

This is not a belief system. It is not an ideology. It is not a path with steps. This is the unteachable reality that always is. When the veil lifts—even for a moment—all questions are answered without being answered. Nothing changes, yet everything changes. One doesn’t become more spiritual. One simply stops pretending.

To recognize this is to realize: even the illusion is God. Even ignorance is God. Even the striving to awaken is God pretending to forget itself in order to remember more deeply. Even your doubt is divine. Even your forgetfulness is sacred.

You are not just a part of God. You are not just held within God. You are God. And so is everyone, everything, every grain of dust, every breath of silence, every broken thing that aches for healing.

The Absolute never needed your worship. It only waited for your recognition.

Morgan O. Smith

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Experiencing Reality from a Proton Perspective

A Nondual Glimpse into the Subatomic

Imagine the possibility that at the peak of a nondual spiritual awakening, one isn’t just transcending ego or dissolving into pure awareness, but rather experiencing reality through the lens of something far more fundamental—protons. At the atomic level, protons form the foundation of matter, existing in ways vastly different from the neurons in our brains that craft our everyday subjective experience. Could it be that, during these rare moments of deep spiritual clarity, we temporarily shift from a neuron-based perception of reality to a protonic one?

The shift in perspective would bring forth a different kind of existence, where individuality dissolves, time collapses, and the illusion of separateness vanishes.

The Dissolution of “I”

Neurons construct a coherent sense of identity by organizing sensory inputs into patterns, creating a central “I.” Through this mechanism, the brain establishes continuity and the illusion of a permanent self. But a proton does not know identity or individuality. It exists as part of an immense, interconnected field. From the proton’s perspective, there is no self, no sense of “me” in opposition to “you.” Instead, it exists as a singular element within the cosmic whole. In a nondual peak experience, this dissolution of the self may reflect this protonic existence—a seamless, boundaryless flow of being, where the concept of a separate identity loses all relevance.

Timeless Existence

Neurons are bound to time. They record memories, anticipate the future, and interpret the present. Protons, however, operate under quantum principles that defy conventional time. From their perspective, time doesn’t unfold linearly; it is a single, unified field. During a moment of spiritual awakening, this same timeless awareness emerges—a deep sense that past, present, and future collapse into one singular “now.” Time stops being a narrative. Instead, reality feels like an eternal, ever-present moment that holds all existence within it.

Pure Potentiality

Neurons interpret and categorize, giving rise to the stories we tell about the world. But protons, existing at the subatomic level, represent pure potential, the very foundation of existence. They hold the energy that gives rise to all forms. The stories that neurons build—about self, others, and the world—are absent in this state. What remains is the raw potential of existence, unfiltered and unshaped by thought. In the height of nondual awareness, this experience of pure potential may become apparent, where all matter and form dissolve into pure energy, existing as potential rather than fixed entities.

No Hierarchies, No Differentiation

The brain categorizes experiences and assigns them different values. Pain is distinguished from pleasure, joy from sorrow, and a hierarchy is built between different experiences. Protons, on the other hand, do not differentiate. Whether part of a planet, a star, or a human being, a proton participates equally in the existence of all things. This sense of non-hierarchical experience might reflect the nondual understanding that all things are one, equal in their existence. No experience is better or worse, no being more or less valuable.

Infinite Connectivity

Neurons require specific pathways to communicate; their connections are complex but ultimately limited. Protons, on the other hand, participate in the quantum field where everything is connected instantaneously. Boundaries blur. In a nondual spiritual experience, this sense of oneness, where the boundaries between self and other, subject and object, dissolve into an infinite web of interconnectedness, may arise. You might no longer feel separate from the universe but instead intimately connected to all things, an undivided expression of a single, infinite whole.

Formless Awareness

Neurons are structured, creating thoughts, patterns, and concepts. Protons, however, represent formless awareness—a raw, energetic existence that doesn’t interpret, categorize, or judge. During a nondual awakening, the mind may quiet down, and this formless awareness emerges. It is an experience of pure being, where thought, form, and identity are absent. You simply exist, boundlessly aware, free from the structures that typically govern perception.

The Dance of Creation

To experience life from the perspective of protons would be to witness the ceaseless dance of energy, where form and formlessness, potential and manifestation, are in constant interplay. The cosmic drama plays out, not as a set of discrete events, but as a unified process, where creation and dissolution are happening simultaneously. There would be no clinging to experiences or stories, no attachment to the idea of a permanent self or rigid boundaries. Reality itself would be perceived as a seamless unfolding—a symphony of being, where everything exists as one, moving in perfect harmony.

Such a shift in perception, from neurons to protons, might just offer us a glimpse into the true nature of reality—an infinite, undivided whole, timeless, and filled with limitless potential.

Morgan O. Smith

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