Definition: Life

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Revision: 29 Jul 2025

Life

The eternal generosity of Love giving love to Love.
The infinite creative expression and experience of THE SUPREME.
A context that contains the whole of manifestation, including all universes, all beings, and all apparently inanimate objects.
A context within which all that is latent in THE SUPREME may be experienced.
A context within which the curiosity of THE SUPREME is fulfilled.
A process by which the curiosity of THE SUPREME is fulfilled.
A means by which THE SUPREME experiences THE SUPREME.
Life evolves to express THE SUPREME through structures of ever-increasing complexity.
Life is infinite and indivisible. All expressions of life are infinite and indivisible.
Each seemingly individual life form is all of life.
Life is integrative. Life is a process of integration by which THE SUPREME comprehends more and more of the limitless possibilities of THE SUPREME.
Life is maximally inclusive and maximally diverse.
The purpose of life is the exploration and fulfillment of THE SUPREME.
Life evolves into ever more refined expressions of THE SUPREME.
Life arises and evolves within Supreme Mind.
Life depends upon apparent distance – in space, in time, between ideas, etc. – in order to be expressed and experienced.
Life is an infinite celebration.
Eternal life is realized when all denial of THE SUPREME ceases.
Life is transcended in the realization of Supreme Reality.

Purposes of life:

Sayings:

“Every moment of life is a maximal gift of revelation.”
“In the absence of confusion, every moment of life is a celebration.”
“Life cannot be owned. Life is to be shared.”
“Life gets easier as fast as we accept ease and effortlessness.”
“Life is not difficult. Unconsciousness is difficult.”
“Life is the ultimate science experiment.”
“Life lived in reverence is an uninterrupted celebration.”
“Life occupies as much space and time as necessary for learning and awakening to occur.”
“The real conspiracy is the infinite goodness of life.”
“When the movement is ready to happen, it will be life itself that is moving. Life is the leader, and the real instigator is always love. By listening (tuning in) and consciously aligning with the currents of life, individuals come to embody the movement. While the movement may seem to have no ‘head,’ it is deeply orchestrated by the all-permeating Intelligence in service to universal flourishing.”