Tag: silence

Once Enlightened… Your Problems Have Just Begun

The illusion is that awakening is the end of the road. That the moment the self dissolves, suffering bows out, and the curtain falls. But what if that moment is not an arrival, but a beginning?

Before awakening, the ego fights battles it believes are personal. After awakening, the battlefield is not smaller—it’s vaster, quieter, and infinitely more subtle. The old problems—desire, fear, control—don’t disappear. They shape-shift. They clothe themselves in spiritual garments and reintroduce themselves as paradoxes: “Should I speak, or is silence more aligned?” “Is this surrender or passivity?” “Am I still pretending there’s a me who can do or not do?”

No one warns you that after the clouds part, the sun may burn.

Liberation is not the end of pain. It’s the end of avoidance. One no longer flinches. One no longer hides. You feel fully raw, exposed, without anesthesia. And still, you sit. Still, you breathe. Still, you bow.

You now see with clarity what others can’t. You watch the mechanisms of ego turning behind the eyes of those you love, and the weight of compassion grows heavier, not lighter. You begin to weep for the world—not out of despair, but from a reverence so deep it bends your knees.

Once you’ve seen through the illusion of self, the world becomes impossibly intimate. Every leaf becomes your body. Every scream, your own. Every cruelty, a mirror reflecting the exact frequency of your forgotten selves. There is no refuge. There is only recognition.

You don’t get to leave the world. You return to it—with your skin ripped open, your boundaries gone, and your heart unarmored. Enlightenment doesn’t make you untouchable. It makes you unable to turn away.

There are no medals for realization. No applause for dissolving. No reward for merging with the absolute. What you get, instead, is a silence that never leaves you. A love so vast it terrifies the small mind. A clarity that strips you of every comfortable lie.

And you carry it.

Not as a badge.
As a burden.
As a blessing.
As a vow.

You walk through the world invisible, but more alive than ever. And your problems—they don’t vanish. They deepen. They purify. They sanctify.

Not because you are broken.

But now, you are whole.

Morgan O. Smith

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Beyond Comprehension

Dwelling in the Field of Opposites

Want to understand the mind of God? Think of two opposites, accept those two opposites, become the two opposites, go beyond both, erase both, yet include. Even then, it won’t be understood.

Fire and water seem to be opposites. Yet steam arises at their meeting point—a form that is neither purely one nor the other, yet depends on both entirely. This is not the cancellation of difference but its transformation. What appears is both, neither, and something beyond classification.

To become opposites means allowing yourself to be fierce and gentle, clear and confused, bound and free, without settling on any of these as the final truth. It is to hold them fully, see their mutual necessity, and recognize that their apparent contradiction points to something that includes, exceeds, and dissolves them without denying them.

Human longing for comprehension seeks the safety of closure—a single statement that ends all questioning. Yet the source of all perspectives cannot be bound by any one of them. Every claim about it is true, false, and everything in between.

Stepping into the space where opposites remain distinct yet inseparable invites a new kind of seeing. Certainty and doubt illuminate each other. Every perspective holds a partial truth, a partial untruth, and a silent remainder that escapes both.

Silence here is not mere emptiness but a fullness that holds every possibility without settling on any. Words illuminate and obscure in the same breath. Every statement unveils something while hiding something else. Language does not capture what is beyond it but points, imperfectly, toward what cannot be bound.

This is not a teaching about removing opposites so they disappear into sameness. It is about becoming vast enough to hold their full tension, to see that going beyond them does not reject them but includes them in a larger whole. The mind of God is not merely where opposites cease to matter but where their interplay, necessity, and transcendence are equally revealed.

Here, everything can be affirmed, denied, and moved beyond at once. Nothing is excluded. Nothing stands alone.

Morgan O. Smith

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The Silence That Speaks

Fragments Cannot Contain the Whole

Every word spoken about enlightenment is a slice taken from an indivisible whole. A shard. A sliver. No matter how sincere the voice or radiant the realization, the moment it’s articulated, it becomes partial. Even the most luminous sage can only gesture toward it, never deliver it in full.

This isn’t a critique of language. It’s the recognition that language belongs to duality. Enlightenment does not.

You may hear poetic metaphors. You may hear silence treated as a superior form of expression. You may even be told that silence is the teaching. But neither speech nor silence can contain the essence. Both exist within the play of contrast—true enlightenment is not caught between them.

It is not hidden. It is not revealed. It doesn’t arrive, and it cannot depart.
Still, it permeates everything.

A leaf trembles. Breath returns. A thought dissolves before it becomes solid. Here, it is already shining.

It is not that one must understand. It is that one must stop pretending it needs to be understood. What remains when seeking falls away is not an answer, but presence. A presence so simple, so immediate, it often goes unnoticed—not because it is distant, but because it is too near.

You are not apart from it. You never were.

Morgan O. Smith

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The Unutterable Silence of Awakening

Awakening defies articulation. To attempt to describe it is to attempt to capture the wind in your hands. Words fall short, no matter how poetic, for what unfolds in the direct experience of awakening exists beyond language, beyond thought, beyond even the sense of “I.”

Many speak of awakening with eloquence, detailing radiant visions or profound realizations. Yet, these narratives, however beautiful, point not to the experience itself but to the mind’s interpretation of it. The mind, ever the storyteller, attempts to reduce the infinite into the finite—an impossible task. To truly know awakening is to step into a space where words crumble, where the sense of separation dissolves, and where only silence remains.

Awakening isn’t an event to possess or explain; it is an unravelling. It feels like the collapsing of a boundary you didn’t realize was there. What remains is indescribable, for there is no longer a “you” separate from it to describe it.

This doesn’t mean one cannot share insights or reflect on the shifts that arise after awakening. But those insights are not awakening itself—they are the ripples of an unfathomable stillness. Awakening is not what you think it is; it cannot be. The moment you attach a concept or image to it, you have moved away from its essence.

So, if you’ve managed to neatly define your spiritual awakening, pause. Ask yourself: who is telling this story? Is this the awakening, or is this the ego dressing itself in spiritual robes? Authentic awakening is not something you have—it is something you are. And when the truth of that hits, no words will suffice.

In the wake of awakening, the need to articulate dissolves. Silence becomes the truest expression of the infinite. Perhaps this is why the great sages often spoke so little, allowing their presence to say what words never could.

Morgan O. Smith

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The Great I AM

The Great I AM Cannot Be Uttered by the Chattering Tongue

The essence of “I AM” defies articulation. Language, though beautiful, often becomes a noisy river of concepts, attempting to capture something that simply cannot be grasped. The chattering tongue thrives on duality, building walls between subject and object, speaker and listener, self and other. Yet, the Great I AM stands outside this dualistic framework, unbounded, whole, and utterly silent.

“I AM” is not a statement. It is the root of being itself, preceding thought, identity, and all constructs of the mind. To utter it is to already veil its truth. Words can point to the presence of the I AM, but they are shadows trying to explain the light. The moment you speak, it slips through the cracks of description, retreating into the stillness from which it arises.

Why, then, does the tongue chatter? It chatters because it fears the void—the stillness where the mind dissolves, and the self is no more. The ego’s survival depends on noise, distraction, and the endless creation of stories. In silence, it falters, confronted by the stark and undeniable simplicity of being.

To encounter the Great I AM is not to think about it but to dissolve into it. It is to rest in the awareness that observes the thoughts, the feelings, the words, and even the idea of “I.” This awareness has no form, no beginning or end. It is neither here nor there, neither this nor that. It is simply what is—timeless, spaceless, and unchanging.

When the tongue is still, the mind quiets, and the veil of separation thins. There, in that profound stillness, lies the Great I AM. It cannot be possessed, named, or claimed. It is the ground of all existence and yet entirely untouched by it. It is not yours or mine, yet it is undeniably the essence of what we are.

To live in the awareness of the Great I AM is to recognize that all the noise, all the chatter, is simply a dance of form arising within the formless. It is to see that even the ego, with all its stories, is just a fleeting ripple in the infinite ocean of being.

Silence does not mean the absence of sound; it means the absence of resistance. It is the acceptance of all that is, without judgment or clinging. In this silence, the Great I AM reveals itself—not as a word, a concept, or a thought, but as the ever-present reality of existence itself.

The chattering tongue will never grasp this truth, but the silent heart already knows.

Morgan O. Smith

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The Silence Beyond Words

The Inexpressible Nature of Ultimate Truth

In a world populated by nearly eight billion souls, each one of us carries within the potential to encounter the ultimate truth, the absolute essence of reality that lies beyond the reach of ordinary perception. Yet, even if every individual were to experience this profound truth firsthand and attempt to articulate it through words, symbols, or metaphors, we would still find ourselves standing at the edge of an infinite abyss, gazing into a mystery that language cannot touch.

The challenge lies in the very nature of ultimate truth itself. It is not a concept that can be fully captured by thought, nor a phenomenon that can be neatly packaged into language constructs. Words are tools of the mind, shaped by dualistic thinking, and while they can point towards the truth, they inevitably fall short of embodying its essence. The absolute truth transcends all distinctions, including subject and object, observer and observed. It is a realization that obliterates the boundaries between self and other, time and timelessness, existence and non-existence.

When we attempt to speak of this truth, we find ourselves constrained by the limits of our minds. No matter how profound, each interpretation remains a reflection of the observer’s perspective—an individual prism through which the light of truth is refracted. The truth itself, however, is like pure light, beyond the colours it produces when passed through different lenses. Every articulation of truth, therefore, is not the truth itself, but a facet, a glimmer, a hint of the infinite.

The spiritual journey, then, is not about defining or grasping the ultimate truth in terms of intellectual understanding. Instead, it is about surrendering to the experience of that which cannot be defined. It is about allowing the mind to rest in the silence that follows the realization that no word, no thought, no image can ever encompass the vastness of the ultimate.

In this silence, we encounter the truth directly—not as something to be explained, but as something to be lived. It is the truth that reveals itself in the spaces between thoughts, in the stillness of the heart, and the quietude of being. It is the presence that pervades all things, yet remains unseen, the substratum of reality that gives rise to all forms and yet is untouched by them.

Ultimately, the recognition of this truth calls us to a different way of being in the world. It invites us to dwell in the mystery, to embrace the unknown, and to live from a place of deep humility and reverence for the ungraspable nature of reality. In doing so, we align ourselves with the flow of life itself, moving beyond the need to categorize or control, and instead, opening to the boundless, ineffable reality that is always here, always now.

Morgan O. Smith

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When Silence Echoes

The Power of Unspoken Revelations

We exist in a world where sound often dictates our experiences. From the cacophony of traffic to the incessant chimes of social media notifications, we’re constantly immersed in a sea of noise. But every so often, in the rare moments of introspection and spiritual awakening, we come to realize that the loudest voice doesn’t always need to be heard; it can be felt.

“During a mystical experience, my silence is the loudest voice in the room.” This quote encapsulates a profound truth about human existence. Amid a mystical experience, words often fall short. They are too limited, too confined by human construct, to adequately convey the depth of such moments. In these times, it is our silence that speaks volumes.

Silence, in this context, isn’t the absence of sound. It’s a resonant force, brimming with emotions, insights, and revelations. When we’re silent during a mystical encounter, we’re not devoid of expression; we’re teeming with it. The silence carries the weight of the universe, the wisdom of ages, and the profundity of personal epiphanies.

Our world tends to value verbosity. We admire those who can articulate their thoughts eloquently, who can debate, discuss, and declare with conviction. But what about those moments when words are insufficient? When does the experience transcend the boundaries of human language? That’s when silence takes center stage.

Imagine being in a room where everyone is talking, but you alone are silent. Yet, your presence is palpably felt, more so than anyone else’s words. That’s the power of silent revelation during a mystical experience. It’s not about shutting out the world, but about tuning into a frequency that words cannot reach.

As we navigate our lives, it’s crucial to recognize and respect these moments of silent resonance. Whether it’s during meditation, in nature, or the midst of a profound spiritual experience, let’s honour the voice of silence. For, in its depth, we might just find the answers we’ve been seeking.

Morgan O. Smith

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Nonduality

The Middle Ten Expressions

**Introduction:**   
Continuing our journey into the expansive realm of nonduality, let’s delve into the next ten expressions that capture its profound essence.

**11. The Intrinsic Harmony of the Universe:**   
At a deeper level, the universe operates in a state of harmony, with every piece playing its part in the grand orchestra of existence.

**12. An Experiential Realization of Oneness:**   
True understanding of nonduality isn’t just cognitive but is deeply experiential, felt in the very core of our being.

**13. Unity Beyond the Illusion of Multiplicity:**   
While the world seems diverse, underlying this diversity is a singular unity.

**14. The Space Where Boundaries Dissolve:**   
In the realm of nonduality, boundaries and barriers lose meaning. All merges into one continuous expanse.

**15. The Heart of Many Spiritual and Mystical Traditions:**   
From Vedanta to Sufism, the essence of nonduality has been the cornerstone of many spiritual teachings.

**16. The Fundamental Nature of Existence Unsplit by Thought:**   
Thoughts tend to fragment our reality. But the fundamental nature of existence remains untouched by these divisions.

**17. Direct Perception Without the Lens of Duality:**   
Nondual awareness allows for a raw, unfiltered experience of reality.

**18. Where Divisions of Inner and Outer Lose Meaning:**   
The perceived difference between our inner world and the outer environment fades in nondual understanding.

**19. The Silence That Speaks Louder Than Words:**   
Nonduality can be more deeply understood in silence than amid words and explanations.

**20. The Realm Where Paradoxes Reconcile:**   
Contradictions find their resolution in the realm of nonduality.

**Conclusion:**   
These expressions further enrich our understanding of nonduality, pointing us toward an expansive, unifying worldview.

Morgan O. Smith

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