The Everything is no-thing and now-thing. No-thing is what the Everything is before and after it is what it is whatever it is in the now-thing....

The two letters in the Hebrew word for "life" have a numerical value, in terms of sequential order in the alphabet, of 8 and 10. Added together, they total 18. The number 18 is symbolic of life. Monetary gifts between Jews for various rites of passage (birthdays, weddings, holidays, etc.) are always given in multiples of 18 ($18, $54, $180, etc.). The number 18 also informs us that life is finite and eternal. 1 is finite as it's drawn from top to bottom, from heaven to Earth, from birth to death. 8 is eternal as it's continuous, with no beginning and no end. In life, the eternal soul is expressed as a finite self. Moreover, 1 implies that every thing is essentially one thing: the expression of the soul. 8  implies every thing is interconnected. Upon realizing all things are one interconnected thing, we treat every thing as we treat ourselves. That's compassion. Our oneness with every thing allows us to view the world from infinite perspectives. That's the essence of wisdom. With wisdom and compassion, we are a fully realized life....

The sounds of an awakening: Ah. Aha. Haha. Hahahaha. Ah -- joy. Aha -- the realization that joy is the purpose of life. Haha -- laughing at the simplicity of this realization. Hahahaha -- laughing at how silly we were for not realizing this earlier....

We have it backwards. Man's best friend is not the material (dog), but the transcendental (god)....

The present is the pre-sent, not the now. The present is the space where every thing is before it is what it is whatever it is in the now. In the present every thing is absent. When we are in the present, we can observe the now and realize we are consciousness that creates the now....