Monakhos

1. God is a projection of the human self.

Of all the points mentioned in the my last real post, this one needs the most explanation. At a glance this definition is inadequate and only covers a subset of the whole. After some explanation, however, I think I will be able to explain how this definition is all-inclusive.

God is a projection of the human self. What exactly does this mean? The first thing that needs to be established in this scenario, is the definition of the human self. It may differ from other’s definitions, but it is the best term to describe the concept. The human self is a collection of the individual (if such a thing exists) and all of the internal external influences that shape that individual. A ball of dough is the self. At first the dough may appear to be one thing and cast one projection, but throughout its life it can be shaped and formed by external ‘hands’ as well as its own makeup (i.e. chemical properties, etc.) So, while God may appear to be one thing at one stage in life,  God’s properties (shadow) could easily change throughout the existence of the individual, depending on internal and external influences. Religion is a group of people molding other people to see God, and in turn, morality in a specific light. This reminds me a little bit of the allegory of the cave in Plato’s ‘Republic.’

This explains some perspectives, but still does not consider the perspective of God as Isness (which Jon brought up in the last post’s comments.) An individual can look at his or her projection, and see some sort of God in it. There are lines, there is white and black and gray. It seems like it could offer a complete perspective on life. Some, however, will look at the projection, look at themselves, and see that the projection is nice, but it doesn’t really account for everything out there. He or she may notice that other’s projections are different, or that other people’s projections are shaped a lot by what their religion says. Whatever the case may be, when looking at the projection, an individual may look at his or her reflection and realize that it is just a projection, and that it isn’t really God, but simply a projection, and that everyone else’s projection is their own as well.

Once someone is at this point, an individual may see that God isn’t really there at all, but just some lines on a wall. What is present is a group of individuals, searching for what they already are. Most people don’t realize it and never will. A few will realize it and go crazy. A few will realize it and embrace it. The individual will realize he or she is free. Everyone is. There aren’t any rules, there’s no morality, just some silly lines on a wall. At this point, there’s no need.

… I think that’s it, but I’ll probably clarify a little bit more next time. Let me know if you think I’m totally out in left field (or is it right field, I forget which the phrase is… Oh well.)

1. God is a projection of the human self.
2. Morality is the individual interpretation of the lines of the projection.
3. Morality is absolutely relative.

I’ve forgotten how it feels to take an objective look at one’s life and get rid of all the excess. All the junk that’s been cluttered up. Maybe it’s not always junk, but just stuff that’s never used. I cleaned out my office area at home last Sunday and felt really good. I’ve been cleaning a lot of my virtual junk recently too (extra RSS feeds, old files that I’ll never need again on my computer.) It’s very refreshing.

I always know the feeling I’ll get, so it’s surprising that I’m not better at it. I guess it’s just Mara manifest as laziness or procrastination. I need to work on that. There’s still a lot of clean up to do, but it’s feeling better already.

I always find it interesting to read articles on jazz musicians. Especially the old ones. They always have the best stories, but most of the time they’re also insanely wise. I guess it’s from so much improvisation, so much connecting with the spiritual realm and being the means of conveying that information through their instrument. It’s interesting because I don’t generally find that in many other areas of expertise. People get smarter or more distinguished, but jazz musicians get more mystical. I like it.

Speaking of music and mysticism, I was watching an interesting documentary on Bob Moog (one of the inventors/influencing factors behind the synthesizer.) Even he, an engineer by trade, explained his work as connecting with the spiritual realm to create the instruments (he says he isn’t the inventor, just the vessel that was used to create it) and then the musicians come from the other side, and through “divine” inspiration make music out of the synthesizer. Very interesting observation.

Anyways, there’s my thoughts for the day. Added a new category too, called jazz. I seem to be listening to a lot of that, so maybe that will provide a few more frequent posts.

I had pretty much forgotten about Zaadz until yesterday when I got an email from them and didn’t immediately archive it. I always get a bunch from one of the groups I’m in, and I just mark them as read and archive them away in the vault of my email archives. This one for whatever caught my eye. I surfed Zaadz a little last night and plan to do some more tonight. If you haven’t joined up yet, you should! See you there!