Absolute non-manifestation
is the only Truth.

–Papaji

How would it be possible for the manifest to “come out of” the Unmanifest? If such were the case, then somehow the Unmanifest would have to be the cause of manifestation and thus manifestation would have to be real.

But this isn’t possible.

To see that this is utterly impossible, take a line of inquiry that’s inspired by Atmananda. A necessary (but not sufficient) condition for causality is that the cause be able to interact–somehow or other–with the effect.

Call the cause “experience #1” and call the effect “experience #2.” Then ask yourself, “Do I ever observe experience #1 actually ‘making contact in any way’ with experience #2?”

For instance, does Consciousness (experience #1)–check this–ever make contact or interact with or come into relation with a sensation (experience #2a) or a sense perception (experience #2b)?

No, it does not.

For instance, does any sense perception (experience #1) ever make contact with or come into relation with a second sense perception (experience #2)?

No, it does not.

Then how is causality actually possible? If causality is strictly impossible, then how could it be that the Source ever expressed itself, really, in the form of manifestation?

“Absolute non-manifestation,” Papaji says, “is the only Truth.”

And so, Being ‘remains’ Being. Reality never ‘created anything.’ That is, Reality is without desire, without any stirring at all.

Papaji again:

Everything and everyone you see around you are [apparent, not real] manifestations of your desires. When you have no desires, you don’t see anything at all. Try it now and see for yourself. Stop the mind and its desires and see if there is anything left to see. When there is a desire, the eyes start working and they start seeing things, which become objects of desire. The seer and the seen are maintained by the desire of one for the other. When the desires are not there, there is no seer and nothing to be seen [and thus there is no-thing at all].

If there is no desire, you can’t see, you can’t hear, you can’t smell, you can’t taste. Try it, just for a fraction of a second. Make your mind be absolutely absent just for a second and see what happens to all the objects of desire that you used to think were real. This one second will give you happiness and love. It is bliss, perfection, happiness, enlightenment, wisdom. Call it by any name that appeals to you.

Reality never actually stirred, and, of course, the spiritual instruction just given never actually happened.