The merging experience is very pleasant and very beautiful, and you
may or may not ever have it. If you have a particular type of
body-mind, you might experience having it every five minutes. If you
are another type of body-mind, you might have it every five
lifetimes. It means nothing whether or not this happens or how often.
I have met many people who can merge at the drop of a hat, and they
are about as free as a dog chasing its tail in a cage. Merging has
nothing to do with being free or actually having any idea what
Oneness really is.
Oneness simply means that everything is the One. Everything is That,
and everything always was That. When there is a very deep knowing
that everything is One, then the movement of the me trying to find a
past experience ceases. Movement is cut off. Seeking is cut off. The
seeker is cut off. Realization cuts everything off all at once.
Every experience that you will ever have is the One, whether that
experience is merging or having to go to the bathroom. Even when it's
beating a stick on the floor and saying, "This is it. This is the
Buddha. This is enlightened mind. It doesn't get more enlightened
than this!" It is all God.
From: 'Emptiness Dancing', by Adyashanti. www.adyashanti.org
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