There are two forces. The Divine force and the other is resistance, which is an opposing force. The opposing force is the past – called the mind. The divine force always moves forward. The divine force is always acting on each one of us trying to take us forward, but the opposing force pulls us back into the past.
The opposing force is like gravity – and when the divine force is able to break out from the past (mind), there is no resistance. It feels like a void. The Divine force is still acting, but there is no resistance – we feel there is nothing to stop us and it feels like a void – it is the absence of the past. Sometimes the divine force is fast, the void is felt more, sometimes it is slow, the void is felt less.
When the past has been left behind – there is no connection of the physical body with the past (mind), the divine force is still acting but we do not feel it or know that it is acting.
Since there is no resistance, the effects of the Divine force cannot be known or felt. We know only when there is resistance. Or in other words, we would not have any evidence of the force that is acting on us. Any feeling or evidence of the force at the physical, mental or at the level of the senses would mean resistance. Since there is no resistance (as the mind was the only resistance), the Divine force cannot be felt, physically, mentally or by the senses. It would seem nothing is happening. But we should not forget that without any resistance, the Divine force is acting like never before – making the necessary changes – but there is no way I can know it.
The only evidence is the feeling of the void, or lack of the mind, is the proof. But what change it is making cannot be known. It will surface one day when it crosses a certain threshold.
When the divine force acts, it seems things are going negative. Why? Because as we are going away from the mind or leaving the mind behind, it seems things that we have (have been having) are going away from us – when basically we are going away from them.
Whenever we are negative, when we feel the void (which is also negative) we must know that the divine force is acting on us. One is afraid because it seems things are falling apart. The presence of the void is the proof of disconnection with the mind (past) and the acting of the Divine force.
For an enlightened man, who is already disconnected from the mind, nothing falls apart when the divine force acts , as the physical body does not connect with the mind or the past. The divine force does not interfere with the mind and via the mind his physical body. Thus the physical body is also disconnected from the mind. He has already given up whatever he had to give – now there is nothing to give up. After enlightenment, whatever he has is permanent.
Had be been connected to the mind, in other words, before his enlightenment, things would have fallen apart in his life.