Questions and Answers on 'Being'

1. What differentiates the absolute (infinite being) from the relative (distorted expressions of infinite being)?

The absolute is the totality of all things. It is the basis of all distortions or expressions of in the relative. The relative deals in quality of consciousness, whereas the absolute (has no quality, as it is not bound to the laws of the relative) is pure consciousness.

2. Why is being the plane of Cosmic Law?

As Maharishi defines the term cosmic as “of the entire universe”, it is safe to suggest that being, which is the absolute—alpha and omega—of all things, would be the plane of cosmic law, as it is master of all laws of this and infinite other universes, which are all relative expressions of pure being having their own set of laws that govern them.

3. How is being the field of eternal life?

Being is the foundation of life; all things spring from it. The illusions of beginning and end are only humored on planes of reality that are subject to the laws of ‘time’ and ‘space’. However, as being is the source of life and it is the plane of Cosmic Law, it is outside of ‘beginning’ and ‘end’ and lasts as self-aware intelligence, forever being as it is.

The illusion of beginning and ending is a distortion or expression of infinite being through ‘time’; though life lasts forever, we must witness the process of eternity through concrete change on this plane of reality. For example, from a seed a plant grows, matures, peaks, declines, and then dies. However, before the plant dies it produces seed for the next generation to exist, thus the plant has truly never died, for its DNA is in the seeds—it will continue to reproduce itself. This is a relative expression of infinity.