Presence, experienced as Light beyond light, Outpouring.
“There was this light that became brighter and brighter and brighter, the light of a thousand suns… This brilliant light, of which I was the center and also the circumference, expanded through the universe, and… this light shone so bright. Yet, it was beautiful, it was bliss, it was ineffable, indescribable.” (Robert Adams)
“In this case it is understood, seen, known, as all-encompassing Presence, experienced as Light beyond light, clear Brilliance beyond any conceivable light or brilliance, which is everywhere and fills and suffuses all because simply it is All-That-Is; there is nothing that It is not. It is understood and experienced as Presence because it is the ultimate Aliveness of pure Being, and the ultimate Awareness of pure Consciousness, and it is ‘Here,’ it is what ‘Here’ is, it is What Is Here, What Is Present. And of its nature it is limitless and uncontained.
This ultimate Being and ultimate Consciousness overflows constantly in the Outpouring of its essence, its nature, which is pure absolute love beyond our conceptions of love: complete compassion, total truth, ultimate beauty, Outpouring. This is what is described as ‘bliss;’ not some great orgasmic physiological or psychological pleasure but all-encompassing unconditional unrestricted love, compassion, gratitude, Outpouring.”
~* P.62 Perfect Brilliant Stillness, by David Carse
His insightful, delightful book is copyright-free, and here’s a link: Enjoy. 🙂
{ also, DC on ‘love’ is on the left side of the page 😉
