reup
05-07-2007, 05:53 PM
It seems to me that 'God' is self awareness. Not in an egotistical way, but in the way of seeing your ego clearly. That is, seeing the underlying intention from which your ego or personality is a reflection of.
The problem that 'religious' people have, is that they hate, therefore disown, and therefore do not see themselves clearly. They have made up an excuse in their minds for being ugly, or whatever it is that they are not satisfied with, and then their lives revolve around diversion, in its' many forms. Instead of meeting life head-on, they glance at life and thus feel unsatisfied, like they are constantly missing something, not being content in their own skin. The not so recent plastic surgery boom is an example of this basic human problem of existence.
You get a boob job because you want to feel better about yourself . . . so you can feel love, for yourself. This is obviously a mistake tho, because anyone who has ever loved and been loved knows it is unconditional, something that you can do nothing about, neither create nor hide from. 'Love' is there when you (your ego) dies. You don't have to do anything and voila it's there.
How does your ego die? You listen to it, you are silent, and then maybe you will accept it and begin to transcend it instead of staying stale, like an old dog that can't learn new tricks. Only if you avoid your ego (yourself) will you become an old dog, incapable of creativity. If you are constantly aware of your ego then you have a chance for freedom. Otherwise you'll be one of the crowd that thinks their way is right, like someone you don't want to talk politics with when you're drunk cause they're so opinionated and not able to take the place of another. . . and that to me is what spirituality is initially about. Being able to take the place of another. To identify with what they identify with, to see where their coming from. If you cannot do that it means you are stuck in your own mind. But if you can see and accept your own streams of consciousness, there is no limit to your power, which is 'God', when your intention has been purified by killing yourself (ego)/transcending life, whatever that means.
I'll probably get flamed for this, but if you really hate what I wrote just ignore me, that'll really make me feel like [censored]. Cheers.
The problem that 'religious' people have, is that they hate, therefore disown, and therefore do not see themselves clearly. They have made up an excuse in their minds for being ugly, or whatever it is that they are not satisfied with, and then their lives revolve around diversion, in its' many forms. Instead of meeting life head-on, they glance at life and thus feel unsatisfied, like they are constantly missing something, not being content in their own skin. The not so recent plastic surgery boom is an example of this basic human problem of existence.
You get a boob job because you want to feel better about yourself . . . so you can feel love, for yourself. This is obviously a mistake tho, because anyone who has ever loved and been loved knows it is unconditional, something that you can do nothing about, neither create nor hide from. 'Love' is there when you (your ego) dies. You don't have to do anything and voila it's there.
How does your ego die? You listen to it, you are silent, and then maybe you will accept it and begin to transcend it instead of staying stale, like an old dog that can't learn new tricks. Only if you avoid your ego (yourself) will you become an old dog, incapable of creativity. If you are constantly aware of your ego then you have a chance for freedom. Otherwise you'll be one of the crowd that thinks their way is right, like someone you don't want to talk politics with when you're drunk cause they're so opinionated and not able to take the place of another. . . and that to me is what spirituality is initially about. Being able to take the place of another. To identify with what they identify with, to see where their coming from. If you cannot do that it means you are stuck in your own mind. But if you can see and accept your own streams of consciousness, there is no limit to your power, which is 'God', when your intention has been purified by killing yourself (ego)/transcending life, whatever that means.
I'll probably get flamed for this, but if you really hate what I wrote just ignore me, that'll really make me feel like [censored]. Cheers.