Lila

Lila,

of Lila, being the divine play of all creation for it's own amusement and pleasure of performing - and this is perhaps my favorite of any explanation and concept as to why the world exist, that it's all without true purpose and design aside from a grand theatrical presentation of life itself, and that we each play our role through comedy and drama with equal commitment to our task. For me this is the essence of non-duality, that secretly, deep and within, we are in on the joke, knowing ourselves as every aspect of this play, actors to stagehands, props and all, everything is all part of our very own set design. It's all Lila, spontaneous, improv at its finest. 

this is really about our own participation with and as life, not for reasons of a distant god that only seems to set us up for failure, dooming us to judgement on our performance. Lila is much more intimate than this, it's God in sacrifice of herself in the original sense of the word, of making sacred an entire universe for her own expansion, for the sake of joy, and knowing of herself through every aspect of creation. That's the point of awakening, remembering ourselves as key points in this divine performance, participants, not victims of an often cruel and random fate, and not to be judged for how well we played our role. It's all Lila, life, the universe in the midst of self-creation. 

and there is absolutely nothing for us to do...

but to simply live, to breathe life into this role that we now find ourselves awakening to, embracing ourselves as aspects of this divine play, aware, and part of its commitment towards continuous self expression and expansion. We could see this as consciousness knowing itself as the very substance of the world, as the fabric of the universe itself, consciousness being self-ware. 

or Lila,

and that we are essential through inclusion. 

~

Peace, Eric