| Dear Vaj,
What is perfect is unlimited potential. Only one thing meets that qualification. All that we perceive within the material world is dualistic and thus limited: This as opposed to that.
Potential creation is perfect. However, any manifestation of creation is imperfect and in a sense unreal in that its existence is conditional and transient. In order to sculpt a horse from a virgin block of marble, for example, the sculptor must “chip away all that is not a horse.” In the process, he or she destroys the unlimited potential of the block of marble, rendering it imperfect, even as he or she produces a perfect equine representation. It is now a horse—as opposed to anything else it could have been. Something is always lost when something is gained. This is the seeming eternal paradox of existence. The only way to win is not to play. Yet, there can often be beauty and joy within the illusion. Thus, it's so very tempting. |