When religion doesn't work, science must step in. When science doesn't work, religion must step in. Vaccinate you with the belief that your body is going to fail you. Vaccinate you with the belief that God is speaking to you. Yes, your precious flesh will crack if you don't take our drug. Or faith. But what is this Idea? Your body is bad, and our drug is good. Your body has a problem, and we have the solution: vaccination. Yes, we want to vaccinate the world with our drugs as an experiment of sorts. Vaccinate you with a faith outside of You. See, people are getting smart about religion but they still rely upon science. And their religion. Sorry if it's been you...
Why? Our Science is about our ideas and beliefs about the physical body, the world, and the universe. These days people are asking questions about God and their doctors but many still want the 'faith' remedy and magic cure. They want an utlimate solution or Holy Grail to their bodies. So how can we give them this thing they want so badly. Vaccinate them. Get them to believe they need it. Get their children to see how important it is for them to take it. Make it law? Not yet but close. Make it a martial law. Laws are great ways to vaccinate the people with mass beliefs. Make it the law! Put it on paper...sorry, sorry, some people can be so cruel...
Have you been vaccinated with limiting mass beliefs and ideas? Of course, you may say you are not but it lives definitely, unconsciously, an agreement you made without your permission: education, religion, finance, media, food, clothes, and even how you see yourself! You've been vaccinated by your world of drugs: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Yes, you've been vaccinated with all sorts of beliefs and ideas about reality that you cannot see and feel the truth as you want. I'm sorry...but maybe reading this you are waking up...so so sorry...
It happened to me too long long long time ago....and I too slipped one day out-of-body, out-of-mind, and I awakened.
to be continued...:0
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
There is an Ego in Your Big Toe
They tell me look to the East and there is Buddha, Tao, Krishna, Zen, and all the half-naked bikini men. They tell me look to the West and there is Christ, Moses, and star-studded cast of holy-holy with a side of instant guacamole. They tell me now look to TV, and there is Fox, CNN, New York this and New York that and everything Mollywood glitz. Then they tell me the Law of This and Law of That but my body knows much better.
It is a beautiful, magnificent creation of wisdom, power, mystery, and beauty. It contains knowledge,knowing,and more knowing. That is its purpose. That is our purpose. To be in flesh. To experience a physical world with all the wonder and fascination of an animal. To play, create, develop, grow, learn is the Path. Then why pay attention to those outside who seek to tell us about ourselves when our bodies know? Do they know more than me about MY body and MY existence? I say not. I say not.
For hundreds of years, we have studied, prayed, listened, read, killed and died over the words of holy men and women who tell us to look to God, get rid of your ego, and all sorts of disciplines, rituals, and techniques that have been in part a journey of free will and mass confusion and chaos at the same time. Without question, those paths have been great 'lessons' for many souls in their lifetimes but can be a blight upon the light of an evolving species.
What does this mean? I say love your ego as your flesh. Don't try to get rid of It. Listen to your impulses. See where they lead you. The harder you try to get rid of your ego, the weaker you will feel in your circumstances. See the ego in your big toe. Let it wiggle through your body. You have it for great reason. Those who told us to get rid of our ego, sacrifice ourselves, were using their egos to tell us!
Now there is an 'outer ego' that can become a trap, or box, a fence around you. Limiting it can be because it does not represent your greater identity. That is why all the half-naked holy men in the world would, "Lose your ego." But I say don't listen to anyone who tells you to lose something, and get rid of your ego. You are here to use it, experience it fully, and remember yourself as a blessed being of All There Is. As you get to know your body, you will ultimately realize you are more than your body.
Without guilt, there is nothing to lose. How does a belief in guilt serve you? You are here to be You in all your light and dark. Embrace that. It is part of your ego development. We have been taught these Ideas, archaic though they,and passed down to us by kind spiritual bedfellows, nice religious folks. Who am I? That is the adventure of consciousness. To love thyself is to know thyself. Delete the guilt stuff from the script.
Love your ego as your big toe and you will remember the joy of life is not in giving up or giving in. Then you will look at your marvelous flesh, that light being in the mirror, and say, "WOW! It feels good to be me!" No holy book, teacher, guide, or dogma can tell you what your the soul of your flesh knows. Enjoy!
It is a beautiful, magnificent creation of wisdom, power, mystery, and beauty. It contains knowledge,knowing,and more knowing. That is its purpose. That is our purpose. To be in flesh. To experience a physical world with all the wonder and fascination of an animal. To play, create, develop, grow, learn is the Path. Then why pay attention to those outside who seek to tell us about ourselves when our bodies know? Do they know more than me about MY body and MY existence? I say not. I say not.
For hundreds of years, we have studied, prayed, listened, read, killed and died over the words of holy men and women who tell us to look to God, get rid of your ego, and all sorts of disciplines, rituals, and techniques that have been in part a journey of free will and mass confusion and chaos at the same time. Without question, those paths have been great 'lessons' for many souls in their lifetimes but can be a blight upon the light of an evolving species.
What does this mean? I say love your ego as your flesh. Don't try to get rid of It. Listen to your impulses. See where they lead you. The harder you try to get rid of your ego, the weaker you will feel in your circumstances. See the ego in your big toe. Let it wiggle through your body. You have it for great reason. Those who told us to get rid of our ego, sacrifice ourselves, were using their egos to tell us!
Now there is an 'outer ego' that can become a trap, or box, a fence around you. Limiting it can be because it does not represent your greater identity. That is why all the half-naked holy men in the world would, "Lose your ego." But I say don't listen to anyone who tells you to lose something, and get rid of your ego. You are here to use it, experience it fully, and remember yourself as a blessed being of All There Is. As you get to know your body, you will ultimately realize you are more than your body.
Without guilt, there is nothing to lose. How does a belief in guilt serve you? You are here to be You in all your light and dark. Embrace that. It is part of your ego development. We have been taught these Ideas, archaic though they,and passed down to us by kind spiritual bedfellows, nice religious folks. Who am I? That is the adventure of consciousness. To love thyself is to know thyself. Delete the guilt stuff from the script.
Love your ego as your big toe and you will remember the joy of life is not in giving up or giving in. Then you will look at your marvelous flesh, that light being in the mirror, and say, "WOW! It feels good to be me!" No holy book, teacher, guide, or dogma can tell you what your the soul of your flesh knows. Enjoy!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Psychic Declaration of Independence Part 2
"When the consciousness of the soul is ripe for disentanglement from the gross world, it enters the spiritual path and turns inwards...This is the first step in the involution of consciousness, which is striving for liberation from the burden of impressions."-Meher Baba, excerpt from God Speaks
I, hereby, declare today a psychic independence from a Society of Media, Science, Politics, and Religion. I declare my independence from a world invested in thousands of years in Fear. Why must I allow any Race, Culture, Society, School, and Institution to tell me what Being is? Why must I continue to allow other human beings to say what I am, tell me what I am? Why must I suffer each day under the psychic projections and guises of others who assume they know what I am and therefore place me in the false hierarchy of Society?
Media, writers, producers, directors, scientists, and businessmen gathering quietly in lighted rooms writing, shaping, editing, directing, organizing MY LIFE, MY SKIN, MY EXISTENCE, MY BEING. How dare these blind creatures of old and new convene and assume they can dictate the journey and life I live!
Schools, teachers, principals, classmates gathering in the name of Education; though they claim to know the life I will create using their Data, ready to certify my Knowledge with their Religion, Science, Politics and Economics , I denounce their need of Approval and Acceptance. I declare Myself as I Am and Choose To Be. How do you know what I will become? How do you know what I will choose to be? On what basis have you decided what I am to be in this life and forever? At what point did you see my future?
I, who was a child of limiting worn-out Ideas & Beliefs, given to me, by Society, searched for a World I can call my own. To You, so-called Teachers of principles who only lived as agents of The System: though I fumbled in the darkness of Achievement, I rose to the light of Oneness.
Man and Society cannot predict what Time begets. It cannot control the Experience of Soul, of Me.
Churches, ministers, preachers, reverends, you breathe fire into the words of The Book, and still you cannot explain the connection between the Heart and Brain. You ignore Reason, most of You, and climb instead upon the Ladder of your God, breaking bread, shouting words of Jesus the Christ, and God-men and women of old using the Word to understand Man and your times while you silently sit in prayer with unsettled minds.
Waking up, you do on a day of God, your sacred morning and evening, ready to preach your Sermon as hundreds gather and affirm with Amen in their hearts; you secretly snatch faithful little girls and boys, while displaying in front all your religious toys. What is hell, but your lies told? What is Heaven, but a Disneyland pie-in-the-sky sold?
Historians, writers, archivists, printers recording the events of Man, you sit and gather facts with your hands, missing and famous persons, civilizations, objects, you find, What is history, your collections of Man’s living in his perception of Time?
Histories of Life in a world ever-changing each day, historians work to make sense of what happened yesterday as futurists look into tomorrow’s history, living is lost and knowing is mystery. Still souls dying in their time seek to capture a taste of physical reality and seeking a peace of mind. They live with their stories that never seems to change, just the space between their names, forms, people, objects rearrange like furniture moving through a House in Time; historians collect what we experience and remember with Mind.
So People of this probable Earth, I release myself from the slavery of beliefs, limiting ideas, and stand out with arms wide open in a world of conspiracies of self! And you will find I AM THAT I AM and what I desire is mine. This flesh that I wear, this mind I use, this soul I dress, a lovely, magnificent wonderful disguise, may release today old beliefs. People of the Races, you who feel trapped in chemical clothes, you who define yourselves with your highs and lows, games & names, cars & bars, I ask of you: are you ready to declare your independence?
Limit ME, limit YOU.
I am not That.
I am What I Choose To Be:
M-A-U-R-I-C-E!
I, hereby, declare today a psychic independence from a Society of Media, Science, Politics, and Religion. I declare my independence from a world invested in thousands of years in Fear. Why must I allow any Race, Culture, Society, School, and Institution to tell me what Being is? Why must I continue to allow other human beings to say what I am, tell me what I am? Why must I suffer each day under the psychic projections and guises of others who assume they know what I am and therefore place me in the false hierarchy of Society?
Media, writers, producers, directors, scientists, and businessmen gathering quietly in lighted rooms writing, shaping, editing, directing, organizing MY LIFE, MY SKIN, MY EXISTENCE, MY BEING. How dare these blind creatures of old and new convene and assume they can dictate the journey and life I live!
Schools, teachers, principals, classmates gathering in the name of Education; though they claim to know the life I will create using their Data, ready to certify my Knowledge with their Religion, Science, Politics and Economics , I denounce their need of Approval and Acceptance. I declare Myself as I Am and Choose To Be. How do you know what I will become? How do you know what I will choose to be? On what basis have you decided what I am to be in this life and forever? At what point did you see my future?
I, who was a child of limiting worn-out Ideas & Beliefs, given to me, by Society, searched for a World I can call my own. To You, so-called Teachers of principles who only lived as agents of The System: though I fumbled in the darkness of Achievement, I rose to the light of Oneness.
Man and Society cannot predict what Time begets. It cannot control the Experience of Soul, of Me.
Churches, ministers, preachers, reverends, you breathe fire into the words of The Book, and still you cannot explain the connection between the Heart and Brain. You ignore Reason, most of You, and climb instead upon the Ladder of your God, breaking bread, shouting words of Jesus the Christ, and God-men and women of old using the Word to understand Man and your times while you silently sit in prayer with unsettled minds.
Waking up, you do on a day of God, your sacred morning and evening, ready to preach your Sermon as hundreds gather and affirm with Amen in their hearts; you secretly snatch faithful little girls and boys, while displaying in front all your religious toys. What is hell, but your lies told? What is Heaven, but a Disneyland pie-in-the-sky sold?
Historians, writers, archivists, printers recording the events of Man, you sit and gather facts with your hands, missing and famous persons, civilizations, objects, you find, What is history, your collections of Man’s living in his perception of Time?
Histories of Life in a world ever-changing each day, historians work to make sense of what happened yesterday as futurists look into tomorrow’s history, living is lost and knowing is mystery. Still souls dying in their time seek to capture a taste of physical reality and seeking a peace of mind. They live with their stories that never seems to change, just the space between their names, forms, people, objects rearrange like furniture moving through a House in Time; historians collect what we experience and remember with Mind.
So People of this probable Earth, I release myself from the slavery of beliefs, limiting ideas, and stand out with arms wide open in a world of conspiracies of self! And you will find I AM THAT I AM and what I desire is mine. This flesh that I wear, this mind I use, this soul I dress, a lovely, magnificent wonderful disguise, may release today old beliefs. People of the Races, you who feel trapped in chemical clothes, you who define yourselves with your highs and lows, games & names, cars & bars, I ask of you: are you ready to declare your independence?
Limit ME, limit YOU.
I am not That.
I am What I Choose To Be:
M-A-U-R-I-C-E!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Genius Has Boldness Pt.2
Genius is natural and an expression of You. It is an ever-present part of our growth process and development as a species. It is developing our whole-brain and heart. Natural genius is using the abilities of our consciousnesss through a physical body. In this world, consciousness seeks to express joy and power of being as Experience. To experience the power of your being is to create a life based upon your natural genius.
Again, genius has boldness. As genius, you see the world different from others. You feel different, perceiving reality through a heightened perception of thought and energy. That is the essence of genius. Today, we live in world where millions of people are working together and individually to create a new world built on the natural genius within. Changing systems and structures, shifting complex ideas into simple ideas, and practical ways of using new ideas, are all part of courage of genius.
Frank Llyod Wright, the famous architect challenged Western designers of buildings for years through his new way of construction. Wright was by our standards now, a genius of interior design, but also a man who endured great turmoil and hardships. He fatherd six children, was known as a man of the town, or as they say in Spanish, bajamundo, one who sleeps around. His house was burned down by a male servant who killed seven people with an axe as the fire burned. He also went through divorce and other personal battles but never gave up. That was part of his genius. He probably wouldn't agree with me but even our challenges are part of the light and dark of natural genius.
Are you tinkering with your own ideas for constructing a personal reality that is unique, uplifting, and abundant? No two personal realities are alike though they maybe connected. Every individual is engaged in exploring reality using their beliefs and ideas as tools. And as you may know, what works for one genius may not work for another.
So part of this genius has boldness talk is to share with that we are not confined by official beliefs and myths of our world even though we may believe we are. The natural genius is eager to not just think outside the box, but to get rid of, change it, and create something else, something new, fresh, original. Do you get bored with hearing the same thing over and over like a bad commercial? Very little in our popular culture is original; creative, yes, but not original ideas.
The natural genius in You is ready to offer a different perspective, have a new experience of Itself, to express new ideas about Itself, that is often shocking and surprising to the ego. It has the courage, insight, knowing, capacity, power, strength, and most of all, love for the new life. And that is what tapping into this part of ourselves will offer. Your genius is your power self that is ready to fly at any given moment of existence. It is a way of being that is natural. It is not the nerdy kid who knows how to just fix puzzles, solve complex mathematical problems, play music, or whatever the challenge.
The natural genis is a housewife who creates a loving home for her children, the schoolteacher who passes knowledge to student, the grocery worker who assists customers, the waiter who takes care of hungry diners, the businessman who improves his community and world with new products. The examples are endless. There are people from all walks of life who are using their natural genius-without even knowing it.
Natural genius is exploring, creating, developing our whole selves through using our talents and gifts. It is questioning the answers that are seemingly our world models. Genius is play. It is that natural self that wants to play, imagine, and create according to our desires and fulfillment.
That's the gift of genius in You.
Again, genius has boldness. As genius, you see the world different from others. You feel different, perceiving reality through a heightened perception of thought and energy. That is the essence of genius. Today, we live in world where millions of people are working together and individually to create a new world built on the natural genius within. Changing systems and structures, shifting complex ideas into simple ideas, and practical ways of using new ideas, are all part of courage of genius.
Frank Llyod Wright, the famous architect challenged Western designers of buildings for years through his new way of construction. Wright was by our standards now, a genius of interior design, but also a man who endured great turmoil and hardships. He fatherd six children, was known as a man of the town, or as they say in Spanish, bajamundo, one who sleeps around. His house was burned down by a male servant who killed seven people with an axe as the fire burned. He also went through divorce and other personal battles but never gave up. That was part of his genius. He probably wouldn't agree with me but even our challenges are part of the light and dark of natural genius.
Are you tinkering with your own ideas for constructing a personal reality that is unique, uplifting, and abundant? No two personal realities are alike though they maybe connected. Every individual is engaged in exploring reality using their beliefs and ideas as tools. And as you may know, what works for one genius may not work for another.
So part of this genius has boldness talk is to share with that we are not confined by official beliefs and myths of our world even though we may believe we are. The natural genius is eager to not just think outside the box, but to get rid of, change it, and create something else, something new, fresh, original. Do you get bored with hearing the same thing over and over like a bad commercial? Very little in our popular culture is original; creative, yes, but not original ideas.
The natural genius in You is ready to offer a different perspective, have a new experience of Itself, to express new ideas about Itself, that is often shocking and surprising to the ego. It has the courage, insight, knowing, capacity, power, strength, and most of all, love for the new life. And that is what tapping into this part of ourselves will offer. Your genius is your power self that is ready to fly at any given moment of existence. It is a way of being that is natural. It is not the nerdy kid who knows how to just fix puzzles, solve complex mathematical problems, play music, or whatever the challenge.
The natural genis is a housewife who creates a loving home for her children, the schoolteacher who passes knowledge to student, the grocery worker who assists customers, the waiter who takes care of hungry diners, the businessman who improves his community and world with new products. The examples are endless. There are people from all walks of life who are using their natural genius-without even knowing it.
Natural genius is exploring, creating, developing our whole selves through using our talents and gifts. It is questioning the answers that are seemingly our world models. Genius is play. It is that natural self that wants to play, imagine, and create according to our desires and fulfillment.
That's the gift of genius in You.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Genius Has Boldness Pt. 1
Lately, I've been pondering the idea of human talent and genius. But I want to start off by saying that every human soul who has ever lived on this earth, has a talent or gift. And I mean every. Even if it is a bit crude, unpolished, amateurish, weird, unheard, freakish, or undefined. There is something to be said about the human soul and the diverse expression of our talents and at heart, our genius. Are you a genius in human disguise? Are you someone who desires to unleash your creative spirit unto the world? Or do you want to explore your gifts in a new way?
The soul is creative and consciousness diverse. Has been and always will be ad infinitum. That is the power of All There Is. No matter how bad things seem, and even good things get, we are creative souls. We enjoy making up things, learning about things, developing things, creating, and destroying them. We are obsessed with ourselves and each other.
That is our nature: to create. We are co-creators of the Grand Illusion. We enjoy what we create when we create it as we are creating it. However, we are not always aware of what we are creating and that is the challenge for many in this world.
What are you creating? What is your genius? Where is your genius? There is a popular quote that has been attribute to the philospher Goethe, but in fact belongs Scottish explorer WH Murray. You probably know it. It's about "...boldness has genius, and magic in it...blah-blah-blah. I want to say officially, Genius has boldness! To be genius is to declare yourself as soul beyond worshipping idol gods of old, born to express the power and essence of soul.
It was once believed that artists and genius were madmen or madwomen. In truth, they were on a path of creative thought and living. Those chose to make up their own rules about how they saw themselves and life. They were labeled 'mad' by those who misunderstood them as the great teacher, speaker, and transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "Great men are often misunderstood." I want to add, the misunderstood forgot they were great.
Today, we see thousands and thousands of people, millions, yearning to express their true talents and genius. They feel, dream, and work to create and bring their gifts to this world. TV Shows such as America's Got Talent, American Idol, reflect the human desire for sharing our gifts with a world audience. Are you someone who is expressing your gifts and talents with the world? If you are, then GREAT! That is the purpose of our lives: to express ourselves as living art, and enjoy the gift of creative expression. Isn't it such a great feeling to witness someone who enjoys what they do? Doesn't it make you feel good? Perhaps you know someone who loves the creative process so much they create a sense of timelessness around them. They create real light, awareness, and presence. That is boldness-and genius.
Are you someone who is hiding your gifts and struggling for the wildest dream? Perhaps you can look to a model of someone who has been successful with the creative process? Perhaps you need to go back and see what is lacking in your picture of success and dreams? I don't know.
So there is a genius to our soul, a boldness that happens daily living, whether big or small, known or unknown. That genius lies within all human beings, sometimes waiting, sometimes half-activated, drunken with one eye closed, and in some fully opened, operating on 'play.' It is an affirmation in action and word, yet more importantly, a thought.
Do you KNOW you are a genius? Can you feel it at sometimes? Can you feel the energy of your original expression and knowing? How will you use the boldness of your genius? What beliefs and ideas are preventing you from expressing your true creative force and genius?
To be continued...
The soul is creative and consciousness diverse. Has been and always will be ad infinitum. That is the power of All There Is. No matter how bad things seem, and even good things get, we are creative souls. We enjoy making up things, learning about things, developing things, creating, and destroying them. We are obsessed with ourselves and each other.
That is our nature: to create. We are co-creators of the Grand Illusion. We enjoy what we create when we create it as we are creating it. However, we are not always aware of what we are creating and that is the challenge for many in this world.
What are you creating? What is your genius? Where is your genius? There is a popular quote that has been attribute to the philospher Goethe, but in fact belongs Scottish explorer WH Murray. You probably know it. It's about "...boldness has genius, and magic in it...blah-blah-blah. I want to say officially, Genius has boldness! To be genius is to declare yourself as soul beyond worshipping idol gods of old, born to express the power and essence of soul.
It was once believed that artists and genius were madmen or madwomen. In truth, they were on a path of creative thought and living. Those chose to make up their own rules about how they saw themselves and life. They were labeled 'mad' by those who misunderstood them as the great teacher, speaker, and transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "Great men are often misunderstood." I want to add, the misunderstood forgot they were great.
Today, we see thousands and thousands of people, millions, yearning to express their true talents and genius. They feel, dream, and work to create and bring their gifts to this world. TV Shows such as America's Got Talent, American Idol, reflect the human desire for sharing our gifts with a world audience. Are you someone who is expressing your gifts and talents with the world? If you are, then GREAT! That is the purpose of our lives: to express ourselves as living art, and enjoy the gift of creative expression. Isn't it such a great feeling to witness someone who enjoys what they do? Doesn't it make you feel good? Perhaps you know someone who loves the creative process so much they create a sense of timelessness around them. They create real light, awareness, and presence. That is boldness-and genius.
Are you someone who is hiding your gifts and struggling for the wildest dream? Perhaps you can look to a model of someone who has been successful with the creative process? Perhaps you need to go back and see what is lacking in your picture of success and dreams? I don't know.
So there is a genius to our soul, a boldness that happens daily living, whether big or small, known or unknown. That genius lies within all human beings, sometimes waiting, sometimes half-activated, drunken with one eye closed, and in some fully opened, operating on 'play.' It is an affirmation in action and word, yet more importantly, a thought.
Do you KNOW you are a genius? Can you feel it at sometimes? Can you feel the energy of your original expression and knowing? How will you use the boldness of your genius? What beliefs and ideas are preventing you from expressing your true creative force and genius?
To be continued...
Friday, July 24, 2009
The 'Ruth As I See It
The 'ruth as I see it doesn't always come how I want it. It runs across my mind in whispers. It slips silently through my dreams. It stands across the street hidden. It is 'mystery' because I cannot grasp it. It is That Which Cannot Be Seen. Well, it can and cannot. That is the 'ruth of it all. And yet, it is something I feel as I wake each day, yawning to the stars, slipping into a new a day. This is my 'ruth, I say.
And as I read these books written by people who I don't know, I find a chord created across worlds, realities, quite different from mine. I am slow to 'ruth it seems as I relish in other's accounts of knowing and understanding. I manage to work on their suggestions, at times, and others, I sleep. In sleep, I see the 'ruth of myself. I see 'something.'
His name is Catfish and he asked me the other day, "Are you a Christian?" and I paused for a moment and then tell him with a smile, "I am something...I don't know what that is...I am something..." Nobody can tell you what you are. There are no words to describe what the soul is, though words can become convenient symbols of a joyous Finity. I remembered our true identity is Infinite. Thanks Catfish!
Are you saved? Are you a Christian? What are you? They are asking themselves life's most profound questions. And for good reason. That is the joy of living. The power of mystery; getting to Know you through beliefs. It is a bliss to experience, and painful. Pain in terms of a neurological excitation of feeling, a throbbing in the loins, and thirst for experience, the anticipation of freedom, and silence of inner peace.
That's the 'ruth as I see it.
And as I read these books written by people who I don't know, I find a chord created across worlds, realities, quite different from mine. I am slow to 'ruth it seems as I relish in other's accounts of knowing and understanding. I manage to work on their suggestions, at times, and others, I sleep. In sleep, I see the 'ruth of myself. I see 'something.'
His name is Catfish and he asked me the other day, "Are you a Christian?" and I paused for a moment and then tell him with a smile, "I am something...I don't know what that is...I am something..." Nobody can tell you what you are. There are no words to describe what the soul is, though words can become convenient symbols of a joyous Finity. I remembered our true identity is Infinite. Thanks Catfish!
Are you saved? Are you a Christian? What are you? They are asking themselves life's most profound questions. And for good reason. That is the joy of living. The power of mystery; getting to Know you through beliefs. It is a bliss to experience, and painful. Pain in terms of a neurological excitation of feeling, a throbbing in the loins, and thirst for experience, the anticipation of freedom, and silence of inner peace.
That's the 'ruth as I see it.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Psychic Declaration of Independence Part 1
Have you considered that you are paying for your beliefs and ideas about life at such a high or low price? Have you ever thought to yourself: Where did I buy these beliefs? You've been shopping all your life and in the early days, you didn't make a conscious choice to buy what you think. Yes, paying for what you think. We buy our thoughts and beliefs from others without even knowing it. The day we were born, people have been selling us beliefs after beliefs after beliefs. Wholesale, half-price, 10% discount, you name it, we have been sold it. And we have bought cheap and expensive-especially the most cherished ones.
And why did we buy them? Because they were advertised as worthy, important, and meaningful, and if we didn't buy them we were going to miss out on something valuable in life. So we bought them, all sorts of beliefs: religious, scientific, political, educational, so-called intellectual, etc. etc. We were consumers at an early age buying the beliefs and ideas of our parents and institutions. We were too young to question(at least we not taught to question the sellers!).
But then something happens along the way. We get older and we start wondering why our lives are not working, why certain aspects of our lives are utterly failing, why our relationships are broken, jobs are boring, schools are falling down, kids are unruly, and health is bad. We bought something without realizing what it was we were buying! We were sold something and used it for our own purposes because, again, we were told we NEEDED it. So what can you do, you who lives and survives off what you are buying and selling to others and yourselves each day.
Let not traditions, claims and facts of science, religion, media, and politics define or manipulate us; instead, let it be that there is a trusting self within so knowing, so capable, so magnificent, so courageous, so powerful enough to redefine its own experiences, and to create its own room of facts for us to live in!
Take 'em out of the books, and the seminars, the university halls, the boardrooms, the churches, and temples, let 'em fly all over the place, these so-called secrets of the ages, classics, esoteric wisdom, so that they may become our natural metaphysics, that rise from within the flesh of all those who are ready! And may no man or woman have to bow again to old gods, gurus, priests, and charlatans of truth!
Let us explore our cosmic selves and fly into worlds of unknown! Throw out the old beliefs and gather unto ourselves anew a joyous adventure full of power, love, truth, and beauty!
And why did we buy them? Because they were advertised as worthy, important, and meaningful, and if we didn't buy them we were going to miss out on something valuable in life. So we bought them, all sorts of beliefs: religious, scientific, political, educational, so-called intellectual, etc. etc. We were consumers at an early age buying the beliefs and ideas of our parents and institutions. We were too young to question(at least we not taught to question the sellers!).
But then something happens along the way. We get older and we start wondering why our lives are not working, why certain aspects of our lives are utterly failing, why our relationships are broken, jobs are boring, schools are falling down, kids are unruly, and health is bad. We bought something without realizing what it was we were buying! We were sold something and used it for our own purposes because, again, we were told we NEEDED it. So what can you do, you who lives and survives off what you are buying and selling to others and yourselves each day.
Let not traditions, claims and facts of science, religion, media, and politics define or manipulate us; instead, let it be that there is a trusting self within so knowing, so capable, so magnificent, so courageous, so powerful enough to redefine its own experiences, and to create its own room of facts for us to live in!
Take 'em out of the books, and the seminars, the university halls, the boardrooms, the churches, and temples, let 'em fly all over the place, these so-called secrets of the ages, classics, esoteric wisdom, so that they may become our natural metaphysics, that rise from within the flesh of all those who are ready! And may no man or woman have to bow again to old gods, gurus, priests, and charlatans of truth!
Let us explore our cosmic selves and fly into worlds of unknown! Throw out the old beliefs and gather unto ourselves anew a joyous adventure full of power, love, truth, and beauty!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Existence is What Exists In Us
"The whole existence breathes, expands, inhales, exhales -- and if you can find the rhythm of existence and become one with the rhythm, you have attained."-Osho
Philosophers ask the questions, "What is real?" "What exists as real?" "Am I real?" "Do we really exist?" "Do other life forms exist?" Unfortunately, we have a canon of media literature, and classic literature, personal experience, dogma, philosphies, and religions that makes everything so confusing and difficult. Professors, poets, musicians, artists, entertainers, street hustlers dish out their educations and frameworks to willing minds and ears. It's a bitch to listen to. So I won't bother.
What I know is true for me is that existence is a feeling like a massive ocean wave of Energy that has been filled with many ideas and experiences both in the body and out of body. What I know is true about existence is that nobody can you tell whether you exist or not. Existence is Being. You have the impulse to Be Here. Your existence is the Impulse. It is an infinite impulse that resides within All Things.
Existence is what exists in us. What exists in you? What exists in me? If there is something that exists within you, then you exist. If there is nothing exists within you, then you exist. But how can that be? If you say, "Nothing exists within me. I am nobody," then you will experience 'no-thing' inside of you, whatever you perceive 'no-thing' to be.
Existence is creating a new you every moment of being. What exists within us is the infinite possibilities of consciousness. Consciousness is not simply Mind. Consciousness is more than Mind. Consciousness is an attribute of Soul. For example, when you look at a tree, you see what has been termed, 'tree' and you experience 'tree-ness' through perception and feeling.
But what is it that you are perceiving? Feeling? You are perceiving a form of consciousness that appears in many forms and performs various functions. The tree is a form of consciousness with infinite possibilities. Existence becomes perceive. What you perceive and think, exists in your world of experience.
Now all this talk of existence is not serious. Existence happens when you are totally in love. Playful. Engaged. Even when you are busy! Whether you believe it or not, you exist. Whatever exists in you, that is existence.
Philosophers ask the questions, "What is real?" "What exists as real?" "Am I real?" "Do we really exist?" "Do other life forms exist?" Unfortunately, we have a canon of media literature, and classic literature, personal experience, dogma, philosphies, and religions that makes everything so confusing and difficult. Professors, poets, musicians, artists, entertainers, street hustlers dish out their educations and frameworks to willing minds and ears. It's a bitch to listen to. So I won't bother.
What I know is true for me is that existence is a feeling like a massive ocean wave of Energy that has been filled with many ideas and experiences both in the body and out of body. What I know is true about existence is that nobody can you tell whether you exist or not. Existence is Being. You have the impulse to Be Here. Your existence is the Impulse. It is an infinite impulse that resides within All Things.
Existence is what exists in us. What exists in you? What exists in me? If there is something that exists within you, then you exist. If there is nothing exists within you, then you exist. But how can that be? If you say, "Nothing exists within me. I am nobody," then you will experience 'no-thing' inside of you, whatever you perceive 'no-thing' to be.
Existence is creating a new you every moment of being. What exists within us is the infinite possibilities of consciousness. Consciousness is not simply Mind. Consciousness is more than Mind. Consciousness is an attribute of Soul. For example, when you look at a tree, you see what has been termed, 'tree' and you experience 'tree-ness' through perception and feeling.
But what is it that you are perceiving? Feeling? You are perceiving a form of consciousness that appears in many forms and performs various functions. The tree is a form of consciousness with infinite possibilities. Existence becomes perceive. What you perceive and think, exists in your world of experience.
Now all this talk of existence is not serious. Existence happens when you are totally in love. Playful. Engaged. Even when you are busy! Whether you believe it or not, you exist. Whatever exists in you, that is existence.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Undefinable Power of Being You
There is a greatness within the life of You, a creative power that cannot be defined by the barriers of your society; yet defined only by Your recognition of the unlimited potential within your being; no one else can do it for You. It is an exercise in remembering You are That which you seek, a laughing god in new flesh appearing in this time and space to express the joy and vitality of All There Is.
Though the world may be filled with chaos, tragedy, loss, and pain, there is a sacred part of Your being that is Untouchable. It is That which allows for the continuum of consciousness to exist no matter what the human experience. For thousands of years, this has been called 'spirit' or 'soul.' There is no name for it. Names are meaningless and only important to us. Beyond names lies an infinity of self, closed only to the limiting beliefs of the ego, an open system for willing gods.
Many seek to define our power, imposing their will upon us, creating roles for us: teachers, family, co-workers, society and tyrants. They want to place us in a corner of the box, in our thinking and expression, through laws and rules. Media is constantly telling us who to worship, adore, and respect while it sucks the $$ from our wallets. However, many are not so persuaded by such trivial beliefs no matter how important they make it seem.
YOUR LIFE IS YOURS TO DEFINE! No book, no teacher, no guru, religion, symbol, or belief can define what You are. You are making it all up! Yes, YOU, you are creating your life based upon what matters to you. You are making up your definitions of What Is and Is Not. YOU, YOU, YOU and YOU!!
There is no Mind like YOUR mind. There is no Life like YOUR life. Your life is your own definition. Your life is the Purpose. You don't have to search for it, find it, pay shit loads of money for it because you are breathing it! You are It! Remember that children's game Tag, well YOU are IT! And always have been...So be IT!
Though the world may be filled with chaos, tragedy, loss, and pain, there is a sacred part of Your being that is Untouchable. It is That which allows for the continuum of consciousness to exist no matter what the human experience. For thousands of years, this has been called 'spirit' or 'soul.' There is no name for it. Names are meaningless and only important to us. Beyond names lies an infinity of self, closed only to the limiting beliefs of the ego, an open system for willing gods.
Many seek to define our power, imposing their will upon us, creating roles for us: teachers, family, co-workers, society and tyrants. They want to place us in a corner of the box, in our thinking and expression, through laws and rules. Media is constantly telling us who to worship, adore, and respect while it sucks the $$ from our wallets. However, many are not so persuaded by such trivial beliefs no matter how important they make it seem.
YOUR LIFE IS YOURS TO DEFINE! No book, no teacher, no guru, religion, symbol, or belief can define what You are. You are making it all up! Yes, YOU, you are creating your life based upon what matters to you. You are making up your definitions of What Is and Is Not. YOU, YOU, YOU and YOU!!
There is no Mind like YOUR mind. There is no Life like YOUR life. Your life is your own definition. Your life is the Purpose. You don't have to search for it, find it, pay shit loads of money for it because you are breathing it! You are It! Remember that children's game Tag, well YOU are IT! And always have been...So be IT!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Death By Lethal Affection:
Reflections On Inner and Outer Beauty
I wasn’t going to write about Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett. And I still don’t feel I am mentally equipped to write about these public figures. And as I write, I still don’t know why but I feel I must write this to satisfy these intellectual urges I have to create a verbal painting.
I didn’t know them personally like most who adored or abhorred them. I was a spectator like many to their work and contribution to society. More Michael Jackson than Farrah, I admit. I didn’t watch Charlie’s Angels. Just a few times as kid. It was part of surfing the TV channels. It wasn’t a highlight of my evening-especially in the ghetto. But something has struck me since I heard about their deaths. I wanted to make a connection in some way between the transitions of these beloved American icons. That word ‘icon’ seems too limiting in a sense, flooding our memory with images of superhumans with incredible skills and talents, both in their youth and older years. Their lives, however, represented an idea that spun itself through years and like most icons for ages.
Farrah’s physical beauty graced the pages of magazines and screens of television. She represented the myth of Western female beauty, in many ways, and the desire for break-out roles that dispelled the trappings of such beauty. Her role as a Charlie’s Angel will be forever etched in the memory of television and modeling. She was America’s Top Model before Tyra Banks and the women you see on TV and magazines today. Farrah wanted to step out of being pigeonholed as a ‘angel', yet left memorable impression upon the world with her pin-up poster.
Farrah infused the country with the spirit of physical beauty and all the joy and accolades of fame that such possession can bring in Western society that values its power and attention. Her smile, hair, and figure played a significant role in shaping how women viewed themselves during the 70’s and 80’s. Little would Fawcett know the impact of her later years compared to the younger years. The striking images flashing upon the screen of her last days revealed a woman engaged in a different challenge than the professional world of acting and modeling. What emerged from the Farrah of later years was a woman encountering a deeper sense of beauty through confronting the courage of her soul. As an audience, we saw her last greatest act-emerging as a dying heroine of her own life.
Michael Jackson, one of the most beloved icons in the world, possessed an incredible sense of insecurity towards his physical looks. His skin, nose, and looks belied logic as his dance movements and great talent for song and art. Those gifts brought such beauty and joy to millions of people around the world. Without a stage, Michael was an oddity: shy, hidden, though targeted by the media for being bizarre and weird. His private world was a bubble he created for his protection, safety, and love for life, youth, and imagination. For most of his life, that bubble was a bulls-eye target for the paparazzi and one that has escalated after his death.
Michael, in his pursuit of creating beauty through art and his own life, felt estranged from his own body and sought to manipulate his physical beauty as he believed was God’s will. Even as he continued to create musical hits and wonders, he affected our sense of identity by his physical changes, unnatural as they were in the public mind. Even more he was affected by his response to the changes as much as to the world’s response to those changes.
Both Michael and Farrah understood the essence of Beauty and its power: Farrah’s outer beauty, Michaels’ inner beauty. They were recognized for their talents, and in later years challenged by the shadows those talents would bring. So often we hear of celebrity struggles and the pain they endured towards the end of their lives as though our collective expectation is for them to be beyond struggle or suffering. Well, they are not nor ever will be. Whether you are famous or not, wealthy or not, every soul seeks to grow on the spiritual path.
However, no matter what the world believed about Michael and Farrah, these were two souls who endured magical moments in their live and difficult times. Their worlds, though separate, crossed in an era of fallen angels and icons. So embraced by the world for their beauty, and battles, and so affected millions were and forever will be by the legacy of their work and troubled lives. But their journey continues in worlds beyond ours, as they see their lives filled the hearts of many with an infinite Beauty.
Reflections On Inner and Outer Beauty
I wasn’t going to write about Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett. And I still don’t feel I am mentally equipped to write about these public figures. And as I write, I still don’t know why but I feel I must write this to satisfy these intellectual urges I have to create a verbal painting.
I didn’t know them personally like most who adored or abhorred them. I was a spectator like many to their work and contribution to society. More Michael Jackson than Farrah, I admit. I didn’t watch Charlie’s Angels. Just a few times as kid. It was part of surfing the TV channels. It wasn’t a highlight of my evening-especially in the ghetto. But something has struck me since I heard about their deaths. I wanted to make a connection in some way between the transitions of these beloved American icons. That word ‘icon’ seems too limiting in a sense, flooding our memory with images of superhumans with incredible skills and talents, both in their youth and older years. Their lives, however, represented an idea that spun itself through years and like most icons for ages.
Farrah’s physical beauty graced the pages of magazines and screens of television. She represented the myth of Western female beauty, in many ways, and the desire for break-out roles that dispelled the trappings of such beauty. Her role as a Charlie’s Angel will be forever etched in the memory of television and modeling. She was America’s Top Model before Tyra Banks and the women you see on TV and magazines today. Farrah wanted to step out of being pigeonholed as a ‘angel', yet left memorable impression upon the world with her pin-up poster.
Farrah infused the country with the spirit of physical beauty and all the joy and accolades of fame that such possession can bring in Western society that values its power and attention. Her smile, hair, and figure played a significant role in shaping how women viewed themselves during the 70’s and 80’s. Little would Fawcett know the impact of her later years compared to the younger years. The striking images flashing upon the screen of her last days revealed a woman engaged in a different challenge than the professional world of acting and modeling. What emerged from the Farrah of later years was a woman encountering a deeper sense of beauty through confronting the courage of her soul. As an audience, we saw her last greatest act-emerging as a dying heroine of her own life.
Michael Jackson, one of the most beloved icons in the world, possessed an incredible sense of insecurity towards his physical looks. His skin, nose, and looks belied logic as his dance movements and great talent for song and art. Those gifts brought such beauty and joy to millions of people around the world. Without a stage, Michael was an oddity: shy, hidden, though targeted by the media for being bizarre and weird. His private world was a bubble he created for his protection, safety, and love for life, youth, and imagination. For most of his life, that bubble was a bulls-eye target for the paparazzi and one that has escalated after his death.
Michael, in his pursuit of creating beauty through art and his own life, felt estranged from his own body and sought to manipulate his physical beauty as he believed was God’s will. Even as he continued to create musical hits and wonders, he affected our sense of identity by his physical changes, unnatural as they were in the public mind. Even more he was affected by his response to the changes as much as to the world’s response to those changes.
Both Michael and Farrah understood the essence of Beauty and its power: Farrah’s outer beauty, Michaels’ inner beauty. They were recognized for their talents, and in later years challenged by the shadows those talents would bring. So often we hear of celebrity struggles and the pain they endured towards the end of their lives as though our collective expectation is for them to be beyond struggle or suffering. Well, they are not nor ever will be. Whether you are famous or not, wealthy or not, every soul seeks to grow on the spiritual path.
However, no matter what the world believed about Michael and Farrah, these were two souls who endured magical moments in their live and difficult times. Their worlds, though separate, crossed in an era of fallen angels and icons. So embraced by the world for their beauty, and battles, and so affected millions were and forever will be by the legacy of their work and troubled lives. But their journey continues in worlds beyond ours, as they see their lives filled the hearts of many with an infinite Beauty.
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Intensity of The Moment Part 2
Years ago I wrote an article for The Santa Fe Reporter entitled 'The Intensity of The Moments' and it was a look at the experience of being in a homeless shelter and having a homeless mother. I am no longer and neither is my mother I believe. She has come to terms with her troubled life and now reads The Word as her saving grace until her final days.
But there is another part that was untold. It was that even though I'd gone through such an intense experience and have had to endure the agony of thinking about my mother's situation, when I began to 're-enter' society, it was another phase of intense moments and experience. And it hasn't slowed down either. Things became wild after I gave up the streets. I began reading again, voraciously, that childhood passion resurfacing again. I began to work, a lot, a lot, and a lot! I began writing and speaking again. People came into my life and everything changed. Things got better. But I had greater lessons to learn and greater challenges to resolve.
I've only written about her in my journals which may be published someday. She was with me for 12 years. It was a beautiful and tragic love journey. We were both exhausted at the end. No longer could we continue fighting and breaking each other's hearts. Perhaps I need to write about it. Write about her. One day I will. For now I will thank her because she taught me the greatest lessons I've learned to this day.
I tried to contact her the other day after a year. She was still angry for the way I treated her. I understand. Maybe one day she will forgive me. Until then, I will light a candle for her and the benevolent creatures and moments we shared in another time-space. I am fine. Intense, yes, but fine with everything.
Just needed to write this today. Even if nobody reads it...
But there is another part that was untold. It was that even though I'd gone through such an intense experience and have had to endure the agony of thinking about my mother's situation, when I began to 're-enter' society, it was another phase of intense moments and experience. And it hasn't slowed down either. Things became wild after I gave up the streets. I began reading again, voraciously, that childhood passion resurfacing again. I began to work, a lot, a lot, and a lot! I began writing and speaking again. People came into my life and everything changed. Things got better. But I had greater lessons to learn and greater challenges to resolve.
I've only written about her in my journals which may be published someday. She was with me for 12 years. It was a beautiful and tragic love journey. We were both exhausted at the end. No longer could we continue fighting and breaking each other's hearts. Perhaps I need to write about it. Write about her. One day I will. For now I will thank her because she taught me the greatest lessons I've learned to this day.
I tried to contact her the other day after a year. She was still angry for the way I treated her. I understand. Maybe one day she will forgive me. Until then, I will light a candle for her and the benevolent creatures and moments we shared in another time-space. I am fine. Intense, yes, but fine with everything.
Just needed to write this today. Even if nobody reads it...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Can we communicate with the soul before birth?
Within the past 24 hours, I have been here at Los Alamos Medical Center witnessing the 'miracle' of birth. I have never been present at the physical birthing experience except my own so this is another historical moment for me. Last night, I began to notice, after listening to everyone speak, that we behave as though the soul of the child is not there. Also, we act as though the child has no choice. Now I know this may sound like an outrageous idea but I sense that we can communicate with the soul 'before' it is born. Now I use that word, hesistantly, because there is really no 'before' only now, so we can tune into the newborn's soul as it is entering new body. Is it possible to connect with the personality as it moves towards entry?
Last night, I tuned into the soul of the child several times. I picked up on the challenges this new child would face and for brief moments where it was positioned. I accept the idea that consciousness exists without a body, therefore, we communicate telepathically with soul without physical body. If we can communicate with a soul after it dies, why can't we do the same before it is born? Perhaps it has been lost in this culture, the idea of meeting soul even before it is born, but I wanted to acknowledge that we are waiting in this hospital room BECAUSE the soul chooses when it wants to enter, what time, and space.
Uh-huh!
Last night, I tuned into the soul of the child several times. I picked up on the challenges this new child would face and for brief moments where it was positioned. I accept the idea that consciousness exists without a body, therefore, we communicate telepathically with soul without physical body. If we can communicate with a soul after it dies, why can't we do the same before it is born? Perhaps it has been lost in this culture, the idea of meeting soul even before it is born, but I wanted to acknowledge that we are waiting in this hospital room BECAUSE the soul chooses when it wants to enter, what time, and space.
Uh-huh!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Facing what you are
All my life I'd been running away from myself. As a child, I was highly sensitive,feminine in a male body, psychic, intuitive, yet strong, warrior-like in a short-statured frame. I was afraid of being myself in a world of endless rules, beliefs, concepts, and obligations. I thought something was wrong with me. Ashamed I was for being so different from others and never being able to express in words what I was thinking and feeling. So I was a quiet kid but this is not about my childhood, the past, all the wrongs, and rights of that time, no. This is about Now. This is about facing what I am...Now. In this present moment.
See we are different and yet we are all share the same thread of Life that continuously spins itself through infinite dimensions. So many souls in so many bodies. So many souls out of bodies. It is a beautiful beauty. And to have chosen to focus upon him-Maurice-that silly Space Cowboy riding this stallion of life through wonderful adventures is indeed quite a trip!
So facing what we are means exploring the psyche, our consciousness, allowing ourselves to travel down the white rabbit hole, and see where it goes. There we will experience a new language of life, consciousness, and self beyond our dead old ones.
Lovely to be me...for now.
See we are different and yet we are all share the same thread of Life that continuously spins itself through infinite dimensions. So many souls in so many bodies. So many souls out of bodies. It is a beautiful beauty. And to have chosen to focus upon him-Maurice-that silly Space Cowboy riding this stallion of life through wonderful adventures is indeed quite a trip!
So facing what we are means exploring the psyche, our consciousness, allowing ourselves to travel down the white rabbit hole, and see where it goes. There we will experience a new language of life, consciousness, and self beyond our dead old ones.
Lovely to be me...for now.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Becoming what you already are
There are many who seek an answer to the question, What am I to do in this life? and they yearn for knowing what to do. What am I to do? What is there to do? What is my purpose in life? They read books, tapes, attend workshops, seminars searching endlessly for an answer. Or they engage in all sorts of activities as expressions of their doingness.
You are becoming what you already are. Your purpose is to Be that which you already are. Through being comes knowing and knowing allows you to create experiences based on your intent and awareness of yourself as a Self.
Do you want to know your Self? Look in the mirror. Touch yourself. Wiggle your hands. Pay attention to your Dreams. Listen to the winds. Meditate upon the stars.
You will never know your Self by imitating others, holding on to the Past, or even the Future. Knowing Self is standing in the Present moment of your Being.
Being yourself is exploring Aspects of consciousness in realms beyond present physical ones. You are indeed more than your physical body. You can perceive things beyond the physical world.
Let your Self become as you are being...
You are becoming what you already are. Your purpose is to Be that which you already are. Through being comes knowing and knowing allows you to create experiences based on your intent and awareness of yourself as a Self.
Do you want to know your Self? Look in the mirror. Touch yourself. Wiggle your hands. Pay attention to your Dreams. Listen to the winds. Meditate upon the stars.
You will never know your Self by imitating others, holding on to the Past, or even the Future. Knowing Self is standing in the Present moment of your Being.
Being yourself is exploring Aspects of consciousness in realms beyond present physical ones. You are indeed more than your physical body. You can perceive things beyond the physical world.
Let your Self become as you are being...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tattoos For The Soul Pt.1
Tattoos represent the body as living art. In ancient times, tribes used tattoos as rites of passage, initiations, and other aspects of human experience. They are used in your modern society as announcements and displays of affections, emotions, and beliefs. Similar to marriage, tattoos are statements from the individual concerning the nature of personal reality.
In many ways, they are like caves of ancient times where man painted stories upon the walls, myths, legends, and codes that were passed on to future generations. The body art, or the body as art, whether pierced or painted, has been seen as cultural, religious, political, and spiritual ritual in many cultures. A living message board, tattoos shares with the world stages of life, the cycles of human life, its moments, joys, and sorrows, pain and pleasures, friends and enemies.
Even the smallest unnoticeable tattoos are symbols of a greater reality that is beyond the comprehension of human intellect. Tattoos are symbols, ideas represented by man’s ink, emotions captured through symbols. For instance, the tattoos for the dead are represented by name and symbols, memories, a living graveyard site, designed to honor the human personality and experience.
For many believe that they become more as a person with the imprint of tattoos, their consciousness is heightened by enduring pain, and a soul contract is made through the experience of tattooing. Tattoos are living reminders of what is sacred and important to the body consciousness.
Tattoos, I feel, are like the person who can only see out of one eye. They do not see the whole, only its parts, and relate to physical reality on the basis of their limited view of the soul. The soul endures many births and deaths, experiences, adventures that would shame many tattoo wearers. The soul is more than the physical body and nothing captures its totality. Therefore, tattoos become the outer ego’s attempt at broadcasting its life movie while others repeat ancient tribal customs. They become the outer manifestation of the myth of the human body and life.
Man has always sought to capture his stories through myths, legends, and fantasies. Tattoos are visual stories created to highlight the individual's mythical journey. And, yet man's soul is an ever-changing entity that cannot be captured by the limitations of ink.
In many ways, they are like caves of ancient times where man painted stories upon the walls, myths, legends, and codes that were passed on to future generations. The body art, or the body as art, whether pierced or painted, has been seen as cultural, religious, political, and spiritual ritual in many cultures. A living message board, tattoos shares with the world stages of life, the cycles of human life, its moments, joys, and sorrows, pain and pleasures, friends and enemies.
Even the smallest unnoticeable tattoos are symbols of a greater reality that is beyond the comprehension of human intellect. Tattoos are symbols, ideas represented by man’s ink, emotions captured through symbols. For instance, the tattoos for the dead are represented by name and symbols, memories, a living graveyard site, designed to honor the human personality and experience.
For many believe that they become more as a person with the imprint of tattoos, their consciousness is heightened by enduring pain, and a soul contract is made through the experience of tattooing. Tattoos are living reminders of what is sacred and important to the body consciousness.
Tattoos, I feel, are like the person who can only see out of one eye. They do not see the whole, only its parts, and relate to physical reality on the basis of their limited view of the soul. The soul endures many births and deaths, experiences, adventures that would shame many tattoo wearers. The soul is more than the physical body and nothing captures its totality. Therefore, tattoos become the outer ego’s attempt at broadcasting its life movie while others repeat ancient tribal customs. They become the outer manifestation of the myth of the human body and life.
Man has always sought to capture his stories through myths, legends, and fantasies. Tattoos are visual stories created to highlight the individual's mythical journey. And, yet man's soul is an ever-changing entity that cannot be captured by the limitations of ink.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth
Recently I bought a copy of the bestseller The Power of Myth. It is an excellent interview with Joseph Campbell, one of the greatest thinkers in Western civilization. Campbell died in 1987 but his work lives on particularly in the Satars Wars episodes where he influenced George Lucas. Campbell is known for the famous saying, 'Follow Your Bliss' which has been misinterpreted by many spiritual seekers as the motto of the so-called New Age. In this famous interview, Campbell shares his thoughts and feelings about myths, modern society, and the need for myths in our world.
Campbell studied myths all his life and taught many students the power of myths in our daily lives. He believed society comes alive through myths as they did in ancient times. A civilization cannot survive without myths Campbell believed for they served the purpose of reminding us of the mysteries of life and the universe. They open us to a 'higher' realm of thought and feeling. Myths are reflected in all aspects of lives and Campbell wrote several books on the Western and Eastern mythologies and their similarities. He connected the dots between the gods of the East and the mythical gods of the West. He was the first to teach the world not just their history but how can live by myths.
Whether we are aware of it or not, modern myths still impact our world. Campbell described human life as the 'hero journey' and each person was embarked an adventure of life. Myths captured the power of the Hero Journey and we can see this today in our superhero movies where the hero discovers his abilities and is faced with challenges in learning about himself and facing a villain(s). That is why comic books and these kinds of movies are so popular as well as action movies. They are loosely based on myth or an attempt to create new myths. However, the damage lies within missing their deeper meaning and messages as so many people do.
Reality shows are a crude attempt at shaping our ideas of romantic love and the path of success. Who is my soul mate? How can I get the money? Do whatever it takes to win the man/woman's heart, win the Prize, even if it means humiliating yourself in front of people. These are all based on the myth of love and life whether viewers are aware of it not. That is why they are popular because they tap into our deeper aspects of human psyche. They remind audiences of The American Dream which is based on The American Myth of destiny, purpose, and success.
Campbell would not be surprised that so much has been lost in our modern world of myths, the youth and absence of myths in their lives, and the profound impact of corporate greed, the economy, and Barack Obama. He would speak about the collective desire for a hero, thus Obama's rise to presidency, and he would probably describe our current economy as a part of the collective hero adventure, its dark side, and slaying the monsters of fear, greed and dishonesty along the way. And, of course, he would point out that each individual is engaged in a living mythical journey filled with hope, joys, sorrows, obstacles, success, and failures. He would say that the power of myth is alive and present, yet hidden in our hearts and minds.
And I would thank him for that.
Campbell studied myths all his life and taught many students the power of myths in our daily lives. He believed society comes alive through myths as they did in ancient times. A civilization cannot survive without myths Campbell believed for they served the purpose of reminding us of the mysteries of life and the universe. They open us to a 'higher' realm of thought and feeling. Myths are reflected in all aspects of lives and Campbell wrote several books on the Western and Eastern mythologies and their similarities. He connected the dots between the gods of the East and the mythical gods of the West. He was the first to teach the world not just their history but how can live by myths.
Whether we are aware of it or not, modern myths still impact our world. Campbell described human life as the 'hero journey' and each person was embarked an adventure of life. Myths captured the power of the Hero Journey and we can see this today in our superhero movies where the hero discovers his abilities and is faced with challenges in learning about himself and facing a villain(s). That is why comic books and these kinds of movies are so popular as well as action movies. They are loosely based on myth or an attempt to create new myths. However, the damage lies within missing their deeper meaning and messages as so many people do.
Reality shows are a crude attempt at shaping our ideas of romantic love and the path of success. Who is my soul mate? How can I get the money? Do whatever it takes to win the man/woman's heart, win the Prize, even if it means humiliating yourself in front of people. These are all based on the myth of love and life whether viewers are aware of it not. That is why they are popular because they tap into our deeper aspects of human psyche. They remind audiences of The American Dream which is based on The American Myth of destiny, purpose, and success.
Campbell would not be surprised that so much has been lost in our modern world of myths, the youth and absence of myths in their lives, and the profound impact of corporate greed, the economy, and Barack Obama. He would speak about the collective desire for a hero, thus Obama's rise to presidency, and he would probably describe our current economy as a part of the collective hero adventure, its dark side, and slaying the monsters of fear, greed and dishonesty along the way. And, of course, he would point out that each individual is engaged in a living mythical journey filled with hope, joys, sorrows, obstacles, success, and failures. He would say that the power of myth is alive and present, yet hidden in our hearts and minds.
And I would thank him for that.
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