The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

BUBBLE UNIVERSES: (REALMS)Metaphorically, all that isperceivable and conceivable is ina bubble universe or realm. Asawareness expands outward past ourphysical universe, our perceivableuniverse, notice all is floatinglike a bubble in Emptiness.Contained within this bubbleuniverse are friends, enemies,assumptions, energy, space, past,time, distance, location, the body- in short, all perceivables andconceivables.Within our bubble universe liesthe concept of consciousness.Outside of that bubble universe,which we call “ours”, there isno consciousness nor is there aconcept of consciousness.Earlier saints and sages talkedabout visiting other universes,other “lokas”, other worlds, i.e.movements from one bubble universeto another.Unfortunately neglecting to pointout the background screen onwhich all bubble universes appear154