Spiritual Seekers can be found in every land, speaking every tongue, worshiping every form of God known to man. Christians would love to see Christ, Muslims want to see Mohammed, Buddhists enjoy seeing the Dalai Lama, and Sai Devotees love Swami. But everything that is born will one day die. Form is impermanent, transient, and fleeting. Our very children will come and go. We had lovers when we were young and we imagined that we would always be glued to their hip. Not the case. Ramana Maharshi used to say, "Let what comes come and let what goes go and find out what remains." The formless alone remains.
The form is beautiful, no doubt. Perhaps we are even in love with our own forms. The human body is miraculous and amazing. I don't know anyone who wants to die. We are programmed to keep this organism alive, so we eat what is healthy (mostly), exercise the body, and do what we must in order to protect it from harm.
I read once that the reason we incarnate is in order to experience. As formless awareness, unembodied, floating freely without any vehicle, we have no way of perceiving the world. We need this dualistic creation and our five senses in order to experience what God has manifested as the universe. Look at us, we are junkies. Humans are very good at becoming addicted to form. Ladies love to shop, Americans love to eat, Europeans love sipping coffee, and devotees love the form.
I don't believe there is a right or wrong answer to this question of what we want. And of course, in any given moment, we are apt to provide a different answer. In the morning, I may choose the formless, but by evening, I may be desiring the form. Who knows? Desires and fears and self-image are changing most rapidly and unexpectedly from moment to moment.
I will end this blog post by saying this: the formless is eternal and unending, without birth or death. So, what will you choose? Remember, form is emptiness and emptiness is form. Duality is an illusion. All is perfectly One. You are a king/queen, dreaming that you are only a beggar. Enjoy your next breath...it is divine.
