[greybeard]

The wave is just the wave until it subsides into the ocean

The enlightened being having transcended ego can say
"I am the totality all of it"
That is an experiential state which is not really describable. The moment words are use it is talked about it is not it. Subjective becomes objective --Duality -- me and my state.
The enlightened sage is clear that an ego less state is a reality which can not be spoken of.

A bird does not have a description of itself it goes goes about the business of being a bird -- naturally. It just is.
The caterpillar is not yet the butterfly but has the potential to fulfill its destiny, the question is when.

Think all this me can do is follow the teachings of those who have fulfilled their destiny on this earth and are now free of it. In this world but not of it.
Christ said "I have overcome the world"
Another word for it is Liberation.
we are pure unchanging. time less, immortal
The state appears to change but that is just perception. The chrysalis is shed the butterfly emerges, free of old limitations.
Its a mixed metephor but best I can do. Words cant be accurate.

chris