If vodka is pure spirit
then whisky is spirit with character.
If
pure spirit
is
steeped in a vat
for three years and more
then vodka becomes whisky
and I am Vodka
and I am Whiskey
and I am spirit
and I am human
I AM
...Spirit
and after four billion years
in the vat of space/time
I am human;
Spirit with character!
and I am Spirit
and I am Human
I AM!
And:
"I am Who Am"
Iamwhoam
...unity
Matj
The following babble is only for those who wonder about trinity.
Elaboration: "In the Spirit of Trinity"
In my poem "Presciently Pissed" I explore this concept of "I Am", using the analogy of Vodka and Whisky. The "I Am" perspective that is common to Mystics, of all religions, exists outside the "Vat of space time" while the "individual life", the Whiskey, abides inside the "vat", along with the rest of time/space existence. Even evolution, over billions of years exists inside the vat. Matj"s vodka/spirit may take many forms and evolve through many existences inside the vat
However "outside the vat" the original Spirit (Vodka) ever-presently exists and is the basis of the Whiskey(and all varieties of whisky!) inside the vat as well.
The interesting thing/perspective here, outside the vat, is that "Vodka" (Spirit beyond space-time) does not have the time/space perspectives/flavours, and can only be singular/undifferentiated "is-ness". (Vodka), great stuff but underdeveloped and never "aged".
This godly perspective is the universal mystic vision.
It is difficult to understand and define from "inside the vat" because it is experienced "outside the vat" of differentiation, the World of the Opposites.
One can only guess at how difficult it is for the Spirit outside the vat to take too seriously the turmoil happening inside the vat. Because this contemplation that ends in understanding takes place in time, which only exists "inside the vat". Because of this peculiarity, God may onlybe able to experience time through inside the "vat" (Creation). Now this poses an interesting thought/hypothesis, in favour of Creation Theory.
Thinking requires time. Time requires space.
When the first thought emanated from the vat-less void of Vodka; space and time and the potential for matter (the Vat itself), were created.
This suggests an hypothesis: The act of creation was an unconscious act.
The Vodka's that now permeate inside and outside the Vat are different. One is "age-ing" and the other "is not aging" as it is not of time or space.
It could be said that a "visitor" from the "vat" (you or me or Jesus or Blake or Rumi or Buddha etc) can only awaken into immediacy of being/knowing/awareness, because all is undifferentiated outside the vat. That is , all is eternally everpresent.
This is what I would call "having two views".
Inside the vat and outside the vat.(I think the Taoists also call it "having two views", so I probably stole the label from them!)
View One: a place in space/time.
View Two: I am Who am.
This leads on, for me, to the concept of "trinity".
Having 3 views!
View One:Individuality, whether dinosaur or futuristic ant. A place in time/space; being Whiskey "somewhere" (time needs space to "be").
View Three: God. Undifferentiated spirit; the omni-ocean of spaceless and timless Vodka.
View Two:The Holy Spirit. The Interface. (The "Vat itself". The zone/means of diffusion, omni-osmosis, between views one and three.
It is possible for the individual to "experience" all three views. That is why people have been chatting about "Trinity" for a long time (in view one
)"drunk sublime",
Matj.
