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At the highest “level,” when I found what I had spent so many years seeking with all my heart, there was no me, there was only that. How can one speak of indifferentiation? How do you tell another who only knows existence within the context of themselves, that they are also the rest of existence simultaneously? What word could be uttered to tell what you cannot truly say if the person you are speaking to has not experienced the same? How can you describe the taste of steak, if the person to whom you speak has only eaten lettuce? How can you describe the intoxication of wine when to whom you speak has only ever sipped water?

So I can describe around it that maybe another will find themselves where I have experienced; not been, since it is not a place one can walk to, or drive to, or fly to, or rocket to; not seen, since no eye can conceive; not hear, save perhaps for the sound of the sun, but even that would be lacking the experience of existing as the pulse of the universe itself. I can describe my journey, as every other has who has been where we have been. In the truth of the divine, which we are, oneself can be put aside for the experiencing that we are as much that which created us, and thus each other, and thus one-self, as we are a unique perspective. And perhaps even more-so the former.

So, think about this: Given infinite potential, must not all possibilities of existence exist, or, attempt to exist? And thus look at your world. But more than that, as we have created existence thus far in the image of where we come, from what we come, pure light, but not yet realizing fully together this simple truth of a single point of infinite that created us. Does it not then make sense that as we learn to be aware of ourself, creation appears haphazard and perhaps even unpleasant? But then consider this: As we naturally become as that which created us, in the image of that which created us, not merely individually for a fortunate few who rise above the morass, but together collectively, as we agree upon the good we are, so too the good we create.

On a sunny day 9 years ago this week, as I returned from an understanding of my greatest potential as an individual, it was made clear to me that all existence, even those parts that seem as though they ought be horrible to look upon, work together perfectly and harmoniously for the sake of the perfect functioning of all existence. If what has come before draws us naturally to know ourselves, to look closer at existence as we know it and experience ever clearer that which is desirable and that which is not, I do believe we have the capacity to work together for perfect pleasantness amongst us; a simple choice of moderation of what we enjoy that we may accomplish by the action of our labors, and rejecting flatly anything that is obviously unhelpful despite any possible laziness, not of nature, but learned repetition alone. Regardless of our choice, it is obvious to me that the universe will run like clockwork regardless. It seems merely that as we become aware of our own existence, we have the capacity within that awareness of personal enjoyment as well.

And for the moment, that’s about all I have to say about what can be experienced by any whose intention is unwaiveringly sincere.

Until next week:

TTFN

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So, I was apparently so in need of my vacation last week that I couldn’t tell the difference between one week and two. Or for that matter two and three. Anyway, as the anniversary to which I alluded last week is on June 1st, I shall post accordingly . . . next week. And as I’ve been letting myself relax, I’m hesitant to post anything long, so I’ll mumble visually for a moment before putting up a video that will be worth a watch . . .

This week’s subject, in short, what over-arching theme did I glean from my trip this week? Less is more. . . Or rather, more helpful . . .

Peace

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On vacation this week. Going down to Louisiana, one of many birth places of soul. Will post a special anniversary post in a week. Not the anniversary of the blog mind you, but of something else . . . In the meantime, this video seems particularly appropriate. Enjoy!

TTFN

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So, I was thinking about the problems that can arise when one’s focus of study on a certain topic is particularly narrowed by a single line of thought. And that statement is left ambiguous so as not to be rude about it. Anyway, I recently read a book about understanding the solution of Loving in a real way, which I read due to somebody who inspired the same basic teachings to infuse within me organically when she left me staring earnestly at myself some time ago. The phrase that wound up sticking out in the foreground of my consciousness as I read was a typically well known phrase from a particular a book that goes something along the lines of, “Love thy neighbor as you love thyself.” And in this instance this phrase stuck out to me as the obvious cure of how a believer calling themself an adherent of a particular doctrine might be converted by their own hand into a real practitioner of that said doctrine. Let me explain . . .

To know the teachings of a particular group is all well and good. In fact, within the context of, say, Christianity, there may be many perspectives to choose from: Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, etc . . . And this can be said of any group with any teaching. But in the case of loving one’s neighbor as one’s self, if one is prone to studying the religion they believe their-self to be a part of, it seems immediately, by the line of thought spoken accordingly, that as one would study one’s own religion, so ought one study those of others.

And here I was reminded of the saying from the book I read because that saying is used to demonstrate that without genuinely loving oneself, it is impossible to genuinely love anyone else. But if the object in this case is the study of the divine, if one studies one’s own named God to the exclusion of all others, then one cannot possibly love other’s as they do those of the same religion; for starters, they don’t know what they’re excluding to begin with!

However, if one can see how others view the divine, as though with their eyes, then they have a basis for comparison, a basis for respect, and a basis for seeing what is similar, and, yes, what is different. They have a basis for discerning truth, and a basis for respecting other faiths as they respect one of their own.

As for myself, and I have studied a few different beliefs, the result is that I can respect the foolishness of believing too strongly in any story in a book, but, I can also see clearly that even believing a fairytale can bring one a richness of existence that can help one cultivate appreciation for existence, even if not always accurately perceived. To see a beauty through another’s eyes is to see beauty, even if it is not the beauty I cultivate my time in seeking. To see the many colors tinting the common truth is to perceive more accurately what truth looks like, and can make clearer how to see past tinting so as to see clearly.

And so, when it was recommended that one love one’s neighbor as one’s self, it was not merely courtesy implied, but that one seek actively love that they may find it everywhere they look. It was implied that what one finds to love in all others is also that which one must learn to love in order to truly be able to love one’s self. That that within all others is too within one’s self.

So, if you are really a good Christian, then also you are a good Muslim, a good Jew, a good Buddhist, a good Taoist, and a good Hindu. And if you want to pull it off without wearing too many different styles of hats and minimizing what you can order off the menu, you will love that others worship, even if they have not fully realized that their God is no different, in truth, than yours.

And a wonderful way to understand this is to study other’s beliefs as you would study your own, or, in other words, to love thy neighbor as thyself.

Salaam!

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So, since my birthday is coming up this week, and that’s where my mind kind of is, I thought I’d see what my association of thoughts would come up with accordingly for this week’s entry. Almost immediately I was reminded of a saying I’ve heard many times spoken by Dr. Betty Jandl of the Idyllwild Church of Religious Science, which goes something along the lines of, “When you were born, you were the only thing on God’s mind.” And that seems to me like kind of a heavy notion, so, the natural thing seems to meditate on that notion for my entry this week.

I am instantly reminded of two teachings about God when I reflect but for a moment on this saying of Betty’s. The first is the teaching of Gurdjieff:

“. . . of everything known to most of them concerning cosmic truths, this expression of theirs is the only true one of them all.

“And indeed, each of them is the image of God, not of that ‘God’ which they have in their bobtailed picturings, but of the real God, by which word we sometimes still call our common Megalocosmos.

“Each of them to the smallest detail is exactly similar, but of course in miniature, to the whole of our Megalocosmos, and in each of them there are all of those separate functionings, which in our common Megalocosmos actualize the cosmic harmonious Iraniranumange or ‘exchange of substances,’ maintaining the existence of everything existing in the Megalocosmos as one whole.” (B.T.T.H.G. Chapter 39)

And the other saying I am reminded of comes from the Hebrew Bible: And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3

And I am reminded of these because, and I grant I don’t claim to have a concrete memory, but it seems to me that the first thing a person must perceive, before having a perceptual basis by which to compare it to, is the presence of some form of light. And these two quotes, in my mind, work well together because if a new person is a self-actualizing micro-cosmos of divinity, and all God is thinking of the moment you come into existence is you, to begin existence, it is as though divinity as yourself, or divinity as that which creates us says in the moment of that beginning, “Let there be light.” Let there be light meaning not just that light touches the newly created eyes for the first time, but that what has been created is also a reflector of light, a being of light, more light brought into the world. “Let there be light” is not merely that which we see by, it is that which is seen. And so, to me, these two phrases coalesce perfectly together within the context of one being born being the only thing on God’s mind in that moment of that person being born. When one is first born, their mind is that of the divine undifferentiated, aside from that newly perceived light, by which divinity can define itself existent.

So, to all out there, whatever day it may be, Happy Birthday to you, you pinch of God-stuff you!

TTFN

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