The Existential Issue: Know Self
The Existential Issue: “from the source to the source, no inner no outer, no beginning no end, no time no space.”
~Pic and Quote by A. Void.
“Roots do grow in darkness.
In light,
In darkness,
All is One.”
~A.Void
🌀 Commentary for the Journeyer
(Tone, Symbolism, and the Inner Terrain)
This poetic contemplation rests in paradox—between the illusion of movement and the stillness of truth. The “journey” from source to source is not a voyage through space or time, but a spiraling inward, a remembering. The very idea of "issue" here is existential, not problematic—a riddle of being.
The mist, the doorway, the dissolving horizon—all symbolize the ineffable Self that cannot be grasped with logic. The source does not begin or end, and so all directional language collapses. Know Self becomes both invitation and disappearance: to truly know, the knower must dissolve.
The poetic lines below the image speak in layers:
“Roots do grow in darkness. In light. In darkness. All is One.”
This is not duality but depth. Darkness is the fertile void, not a force opposed to light but the hidden aspect of wholeness. Enlightenment, then, is not an escape from dark into light—but a blooming through both, held by the non-dual awareness from which they rise.
Let these lines sink into your awareness like seeds. They ask nothing of you but presence.
🧭 Questions for the Journeyer
(For Introspection, Reflection & Meditation)
Have you ever felt like time was bending in your dreams or meditations?
What part of you is still searching for the beginning or end?
Do you believe darkness holds wisdom, or is it simply a space we fear?
What does the phrase “know Self” evoke in you?
Is the source something to be reached—or something to be remembered?
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This phrasing reflects the paradox of the seeker. From the level of ego and story, we experience separation—so the journey “from source to source” mirrors our forgetting and remembering. It’s a poetic loop, not a linear path. It is the dance or play of Leela.
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Yes. The illusion (maya) insists on opposites: self/other, in/out, me/them. But Self-realization dissolves this. When awareness is still, there is no border. Inner and outer collapse into presence. This is the existential rupture—truth undivided by thought.
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Exactly. These constructs form the basis of perceived existence. To “know Self” is to confront the illusion of these divisions. The existential issue is not about solving—but unknowing.
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The doorway symbolizes a threshold. “Know Self” is the invitation. But to enter, one must relinquish the constructs of self. The existential issue is not an obstacle—it is the rite of passage. Only through the unmaking do we know what is beyond name.
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The doorway symbolizes a threshold. “Know Self” is the invitation. But to enter, one must relinquish the constructs of self. The existential issue is not an obstacle—it is the rite of passage. Only through the unmaking do we know what is beyond name.
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Yes—these word-plays are more than clever. They are linguistic doorways.
In-light-entombed evokes the paradox of being encased in spiritual insight, perhaps immobilized by too much clarity without integration.
Un-dark-ment suggests the unraveling or softening of the shadow—not its destruction, but its embrace.
In-light-met feels like recognition—meeting the light within.
In-dark-entombed honors the sacred pause of metamorphosis: the cocoon, the silence, the soul curled inward before emergence.
All four are fitting. They imply that enlightenment is not a singular event, but a cyclical movement—an interplay of light and dark, meeting and unmeeting, revelation and rest. True awakening might just be the surrender into both—the tomb and the torch, the womb and the witness.
