91. Life, a functioning.

The manifestation that is seen, is a functioning ‘of’ life.

There is always a ‘catch’ in words. Especially words like ‘of’. This creates a meaning of duality instantaneously. It is meant for being used, to project meaning to the functioning ‘of’ life, as if an ‘objective world of creatures’. Functioning ‘is’ life, rather than being understood as ‘an aspect’ - ‘of’ life.

When we function we feel alive. It is more so, we think so, of others. If they don’t function, they are not alive. All thinking process, is functioning ‘of’ life itself. But the thinking is ‘required’ to convert such functioning or ‘manifestation’ into a story ‘of’  manifestation or ‘theme’ about the manner in which functioning happens( using space and time as mental reality, being physical).

Functioning is a term used for change. Change is interpreted in the ‘functioning’ aspect as ‘growth’, decay, movement, brightening, darkening, etc etc, to make some meaning within the theme,  that seems to be played out in manifestation. The comedy, is that, the theme plays out, in reverse also and new meanings are given, to take it ‘forward’ in time. For example, change to body is growth and decay, both as ‘functioning’ of life. In both cases, it is a process of aging and even if it is so, after death, as if the dead body also continues to age, as we use them while noting details for fossils. However, it is termed as growth, when body was apparently alive and thereafter, left to archaeologists, to make new words about these bodies. It is not considered as ‘growth’ any more. So words have the strength to make a meaning, that enforces the story of manifestation in time.  However such words happening is also the functioning or expression of life.

Life ‘is’ functioning. The word ‘is’ makes life and functioning as ‘one’ unit. That is how it is. Functioning ‘of  life, makes life as one unit and an ‘aspect ‘of it, makes it as if another, without the first. Words are very tricky. At the most, we can say, change or functioning is an ‘expression’ of life. But ‘expression’ ‘is’ life, in fact expressions bring about aliveness ‘as’ what is expressed. All there is -is expressing- is life. So we must replace all words that point to ‘change’ or ‘expression’ as ‘life’ itself (in action). There is nothing, that doesn’t change, and so, nothing other than ‘life’. However change that is felt, is an aspect of time, and time is an aspect of change, without one, there is no other. Both are same, Time and Life, giving a ‘feel’ of change or expression, which brings about a ‘notion’ of a solid world of objects.

Shape is expression. We change the shape of our face, to expresses. We swing our body to express. You might swing your hand hard to express anger. So all shapes, are meant to bring about an expression, that life ‘feels’. Actually all there is –is ‘feeling’ only, as if moving, as if hearing, as if living etc, but that is another topic.

When we say, flame is the shape of fire, what is meant is that, the functioning of fire, looks as if a ‘flame’. So also, the functioning of ‘life’, looks as if creation. Its like in a dream, the functioning of life, looks as if a dream world. It is magically felt by ‘life’, as an aliveness of itself. So is the seemingly real world.

What is important to know, is that ‘life’ is creation and all functioning of all shapes, meaning all humans, animals, trees etc, is one functioning, which when happens, is manifested to seem ‘as’ world of different objects. So don’t be misled by ‘different’ people, functioning differently. There are no people and no different individual behaviour. It is the mind, that has some ‘memories’ to compare past an future, to bring about the ‘feel’ of change and thus make the difference, seem apparently meaningful. But even that is the ‘functioning of life’ ‘or’ what ‘Life’ is. Is-ness is ‘life’ felt as the changing world. Meaning to say, only change can be felt.

It is life that lives, life that hears, sees, understands, and all this, apparently as ‘from’ individual reference points, which makes a feel of individuality, called ‘me’. But since all this is a movement or functioning of life, meaning, life itself behaves or understands so, as if from a particular reference point.

So next time, when your wife or anybody expresses, note that, your feeling about such expression is also an expression, along with those expressions, that seemed to be of your wife, as one ‘functioning’ or ‘expression’ –which ‘Life’ is.