STRESSING THE
ESSENTIAL
Considered
in its ultimate manifestation
Supreme
Being would be
Antithetical
in constitution to the stars,
And
therefore it wouldn't shine
With a star-like radiance.
Rather,
this supreme state-of-being
Would
be all but invisible to sight,
Since
essence rather than appearance
Is
the attribute of an ultimate life.
Supreme
Being could only be
Noumenally experienced, never phenomenally seen,
And
it would amount to a density
Of pure spirit glowing in the void of space.
Such
a density, if detectable, could
More
resemble a Black Hole than a star.
Indeed,
it might well constitute
What
are now regarded as Black Holes
From the viewpoint of the optical sense.
If
this were so, then terms like
The
'Clear Light of the Void' are inadequate
For
describing Ultimate Reality, since stressing
The apparent rather than the essential.
God
as Supreme Being wouldn't possess
The
apparent attributes of a star,
But
would be inner light - the opposite
Of
outer light, whether clear or not.
The
Holy Ghost is a better term for approaching
The
noumenal essence of Ultimate Reality,
But
'pure spirit' is better again,
Since more noumenally specific.
A
bias for any traditional world religion
Would
be inappropriate to
The ultimate world religion.
We
must adopt new terminology for
A fresh religious perspective.