What is Eternity?

• • Eternity is the opposite of temporary. For example, only eternal wisdom lasts eternally.
  • Eternity is not limited to time or space.
  • Eternity means No beginning, No end – so it never starts.
  • Eternity is our Desire – our force of wanting – it never stops.
  • Blindness system for learning to be awakened is eternal
  • Eternity as truth
    • Is true in all time in all space for every lifeform in every situation
    • All Eternal Truths are Eternal
      • 4 Eternal Hearts are Eternal
      • Eternal Dharma Truths are eternal
      • 6 Bodhisattva characters are Eternal
  • Eternity – cannot be created, cannot be destroyed.
  • Pure Land System is Eternal
  • Will is Eternal
  • The system of Dharma is Eternal
    • The illusion Being system has 4 Stages
      • Appear, Develop, Destroy, Disappear
    • Consciousness is eternal
      • Blind consciousness existing connected to lifeforms has 4 stages as eternal.
        • Birth, ageing, illness and death
    • Awakened Consciousness are Eternal
  • The power of changing as causation is Eternity. Without causation, nothing can appear. Without changing, nothing can exist.
  • Eternal Wisdom is eternal, so observing eternal wisdom is also eternal.
  • All Sutras are Eternity (For example, the Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra.)
  • All Mantras are eternal because they connect to Eternal Awakened Consciousness, teaching Eternal Wisdom.
  • Tai Chi is Eternity. So 5 elements are eternity (4 elements and empty space)
  • Observing Self Being – Guan Zi Zai is eternal
  • True Wisdom and Compassion are eternal

Part of Sifu’s answer:

• Everything is a feeling. The feeling is too big, and everything becomes normal.
  • Feeling is eternity
  • Something
• Meditation is eternity
• Our heart creates an intention-wave and joins together with other lives’ intention-waves to create all the external world.
• Awakened consciousness sees everything as Dharma, blind consciousness as I and mine.
  • Dharma is eternal. Eternity is everywhere! You can’t find anything that is not eternity. Every causation is eternal can’t change it.
  • Cause not exist, its a result, can’t separate it
• 3 styles of answering what is eternity
  • The class above – called systems of eternity -are for learning wisdom by developing consciousness.
  • Awakened consciousness can discover unlimited systems of life.
• Amitabha Buddha System is a key to opening unlimited gates to Eternity – unlocking I and my.