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Definition: The Absolute

by | Mar 22, 2025 | Root Meanings (Book) | 0 comments

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The Absolute

  • THAT which is the unchanging foundation of all that appears.
  • THAT which does not come and go.
  • THAT which is always present, including in the forms that do come and go.
  • The reality that is always present, which is present in all appearances and in the absence of appearances.
  • The Absolute contains all that arises, and in the absence of arising the Absolute is equally present.
  • The Absolute contains what is called the relative.
  • The Absolute has no qualities, though it contains all qualities.
  • The Absolute is neither mutable nor immutable.
  • There is total dynamism in the Absolute. Thus we do not say that it is immutable.
  • There is total stillness in the Absolute. Thus we do not say that it is mutable.
  • The Absolute is beyond traditional distinctions between relative and absolute.
  • “The Absolute” is another name for THE SUPREME.

Sayings:

  • “The Absolute contains the relative and the relative contains the Absolute.”
  • “The relative and the Absolute are one since God is and nothing else is.”
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