[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

What you wrote resonates well with me and actually reminds me of a Sanskrit chant, Purnamadah, where "purnam" is translated as "completeness" in this video commentary but could also be translated as "perfection" as you indicated in your post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3LUhMSAnlU

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Originally Posted by iamthat

As we tread the spiritual path we see both the absolute and the relative.

In the absolute, everything is perfect. If the cause is perfect then the effects are perfect. Perfection cannot give rise to imperfection.

In the relative, we see the imperfections such as war and disease, giving rise to unnecessary suffering. We compare how things are to an idea of how things could be. We do good deeds to try to improve our world.

We live as both an absolute existence and a relative experience. The aim is to experience the relative while resting in the absolute. Thus we see perfection in the imperfection.

This includes letting go of any idea of having an aim. Any aim is an idea of future becoming. When we let go of future becoming then we rest in present Being.

Peace