To believe that I am separate, better than or even just different from the living expanse (that is all of everything) is to destroy and erase myself. Said another way, to believe I am special or unique is to one day cease to exist, but to flow into and within the living expanse (with no demarcation) is to live forever.
The same could be said for us: To believe humanity is special or unique is for humanity to one day cease to exist, but for humanity to flow into and within the living expanse (with no demarcation) is to be forever.
Time is merely a series of demarcations. Power is adamant separation. Humanity is governed first by time then by power. Humanity as it is, is bound for extinction; a single entity even more so.
By choice, we will never truly be free.
To be free one must let go of time, of power, of humanity, of oneself. Yet we choose bondage because we choose to be special. So dragging our shackles we seek meaning and purpose; and it is first time, then power that in the context of humanity gives one meaning and purpose. And though time is a man-made construct, within the context of mortality time is impossible to completely ignore. And though power is always to some degree pretense, and more often than not is mostly pretense, within the context of mortality power is impossible to completely overcome.
We are afraid to be free. We are afraid of the end and we are afraid of the end after the end. So I deny the end-after because by definition it negates meaning and purpose and I diligently seek meaning and purpose to keep my existential end at arm's length - all this within the context of time, power, humanity, and me.
Said another way, the existential search for meaning and purpose is futile in the context of the end-after because we will not know meaning and purpose beyond our existential end. That said, the end-after is likely our best chance to know freedom.
Said another way, just as I let go of my breath 20,000 times per day, to be one with the living expanse I must also let go of myself. Yet I will likely not become one with the living expanse until I also let go of my final breath.
