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I just came a few moments ago with the next text, which I loved, and would like to share it with all because it postulates the same thing that Buddhism and Hinduism say. In Buddhism, the formless is the form, for both are inextricably intertwined. In Hinduism, Shiva (the formless awareness) is permanently dancing with Shakti, his consort (the manifest world, nama-name and rupa-form) and in Kabbalah I just read the following:
Kabbalah:
“Some would argue that God is a divine spark inside things. Others would argue that God is a spirit outside things. God is not inside or outside. God is the very thing itself.”
“And when there is no thing, but only empty space? God is that as well.”
“Picture a bowl in your mind. Define the bowl. Is it just the clay that forms its sides? Or is it the empty space that fills with soup? Without the space, the bowl is not a bowl. Without the side, the bowl is not a bowl. So which is the bowl? The answer is both. To be a bowl, it must have both being and emptiness. It is the same with God.”
“For God to be God, for God to be All, God must manifest as both being and emptiness. In Hebrew, we call appearing existences yesh, and we call emptiness ayin. And that is what God is: yesh and ayin.”
“Appearing existences (yesh) is that manifestation of God that appears to us as separate entities—physical, spiritual, and psychological. Emptiness (ayin) is that manifestation of God that reveals all separation to be illusory: the universe is empty of separate beings and existences.”
Rabbi Rami Shapiro
In the words of another rabbi, Jay Michaelson, “God did not create the universe, God became the universe”.