The Mind Tripping Show: Seeing the Light Through the Crystal of the Absolute

We often find ourselves caught in a restless search for something more, a deeper truth or a hidden reality that seems just out of reach. But who is it that is seeking? And what could we possibly find that isn't already here? The separate self loves to imagine a journey, a long climb up a mountain where a prize awaits at the peak. Yet, the reality is far simpler and, for that very reason, far more elusive to the body-mind. Silence isn’t something we practice to achieve a result. It isn't a ladder we climb to reach a higher state. It is what remains when the noise of the seeker finally realizes there is nowhere to go. Think of the absolute as light. In its pure state, light is invisible. It has no color, no shape, and no boundaries. It only becomes visible when it strikes a surface or passes through a medium. Our mind is like a crystal. When the invisible light of the absolute passes through this crystal, it scatters into a thousand different colors—red, blue, green, yellow. We look at the rainbow and call it "the world," "my life," or "my problems." We get so fascinated by the specific shades that we forget the colors are nothing but the light itself. This is the **mind tripping show**—the one appearing as the many, the invisible playing the game of being visible through the limitation of form. The mind is not an enemy to be destroyed, nor is it a tool that will eventually lead us to recognize what we already are. It is simply the instrument through which the absolute plays the game of "two." Without the crystal, there is no color; without the mind, there is no perception of multiplicity. We often ask what reality looks like "beyond" the mind, but that is like asking what color the light is before it hits the crystal. It isn't a color we haven't discovered yet; it is simply invisible. It is the void that allows all form to exist. When we stop trying to "fix" the colors or reach a "better" shade of blue, we might notice that the light hasn't changed at all. There is a common trap in spiritual circles where we speak of "escaping the illusion" to find the "true reality." But this is just more dualistic thinking. To say something is an illusion implies there is a "real" version hidden behind it, like a mask covering a face. But the absolute has no face other than the one it is wearing right now. The wall in front of you is the absolute "walling." The computer is the absolute "computering." This very moment, with all its perceived imperfections, is the totality. Nothing is hidden. The idea that we are living in a dream we must wake up from is just another story the mind tells to keep itself busy. If the mind stops telling the story, it doesn't leave behind a "void" or a "blank space"—it simply ceases to project the separation. We are so used to the constant input of thought that we have developed a sort of horror vacui. We keep the machine running even when it serves no purpose.