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- A Temporary Sensory State: The Perception of Formlessness as Form. A temporary perception of Absolute Rest (formlessness) as form. What mainly registers in the senses is Oneness, or Non-separateness, as two fused opposite equal activities of expansion and contraction. Even though there is still the perception of form, the senses are fully engaged in the expanding and contracting activity shaping all experience. There is no sense of a separate self and very little somethingness is perceived in the activity, which can be relatively more restful or more active. The Activity of Absolute Activity is just a way to say that the senses are perceiving form, as compared to the total formlessness of our primary definition of Absolute Rest. You could say that Absolute Activity is Absolute Rest as deep Expansion/Contraction Flow. In a transcendent state of Absolute Activity, instead of Expansion/Contraction Flow canceling out to no form at all, what registers in consciousness is the complete uniformity of form.
The term is defined by certain key relationships:
- Deep, all-encompassing Expansion/Contraction Flow, as opposed to localized Expansion/Contraction Flow.
- A Unifying Sensory Theme. As opposed to Expansion/Contraction experienced as just a kind of Flow, whether vibratory or ordinary, (e.g., a noticeable pushing out and pulling in, for instance, in your abdomen), Deep Expansion/Contraction Flow means that all of sensory perception is only Expansion/Contraction Flow. When that happens in perception there is no longer a thing called Expansion/Contraction Flow. It’s the way of all experience.
- A Spatially Oriented Description of Transcendence. Descriptions of E/C Flow tend to highlight the spatial aspects of experience. For example, the effortless expanding and collapsing of the two opposite equal forces that mold all experience cover the whole space of awareness. There isn’t any location where E/C Flow is not.
- The Deepest Phase of Perception as opposed to Expression. When talking aboutthe Absolute, a way to discuss just the perception side of formless form (by contrast, the term Absolute Now includes both perception and expression). Technically, Perception and Expression are both sensory experiences and in transcendence there is no separateness between them. So, depending on what stood out to you, you could use Deep Spontaneity as a synonym for Deep E/C Flow. But for the purpose of gaining clarity, it can be useful to talk about perception and expression independently. Deep E/C Flow (aka, Absolute Activity) is UM’s way of describing how formlessness is fully revealed in the perception of form (bearing in mind that there is no separate perceiver).
A Deepening Attainment. When your baseline of CC&E is consistently high, as a default, the sensory system is operating with much less friction. So Absolute Activity rules perception, whether sensory experience is active or restful. As a result of practice, this happens more consistently. A Sensory Trait: The Theme Underlying All Perception. Absolute Activity is ever present, at least as a sensory potential. So, any perception of Expansion/Contraction at any phase of experience can be understood as accessing the base level trait of perception, even just as an incomplete glimpse.
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