The Metaphysics of Plotinus

Plotinus explores the metaphysics of the Platonian self interacting with the universe, emphasizing the realization that humans are already higher realities. The journey within oneself, stripping away layers of reality, opens up the experience of the noetic world. The noose, or intellect, is the highest God and the essence of being, life, and truth. It is a world that is both within us and is us. The journey to the one involves transcending the limitations of the self through purification and stripping away all that is not the one. Plotinus's description of encountering the one is beyond language and logic, pushing the boundaries of ontology and epistemology. The encounter with the one is described as a non-experience, an ineffable and paradoxical state of being.