It's a duality where each practice has a part of the truth.
They seem contradictory but only if you apply it to a specific society.
In reality, each applies in different environments.
Yin and Yang.
Ecstatic experiences are useful but not the reality but a way to "recompile" oneself in order to see more. The near death experience is how the mind faces dire situations. In those moments, the mind can either continue to do what it has always done or choose to change in order to survive better next time.
The clown's advice reminds me of something I read way back.
"Life is religion. Life experiences reflect how one interacts with God. Those who are asleep are those of little faith in terms of their interaction with the creation. Some people think that the world exists for them to overcome or ignore or shut out. For those individuals, the worlds will cease. They will become exactly what they give to life. They will become merely a dream in the ‘past’. People who pay strict attention to objective reality right and left, become the reality of the ‘Future’." - Cassiopaeans
Gurdjieff also would say that one must first be like a common man before they can grow a soul. We have intelligence and consciousness because of reality, not reality because of consciousness.
Bro fkn hell we have THE same thesis literally mentor me 🙇🏽🙇🏽 learning and practicing this relating and PDI stuff from the entry point of (hopefully mostly past, but can’t be too careful) spiritual bypassing. It’s taking form slowly, though always looking for help.
Curiously, (or maybe not so curiously), lots of astrologers I follow have mentioned how recent or forthcoming planetary alignments would bring forth a “calling out” of fake gurus or spiritual practices. Neptune moving into Aries, is expected to expose cult-like dynamics, and "performative spirituality" in favor of a more raw, authentic, and individualistic path. Neptune into Pisces, bringing the spiritual warrior era and exposing illusions is another one. Your excellent piece is one of the first riding on the energies that I’ve come across. Okay time to go to work and help people find their way around town, you know, for balance…
The Vajrayana Buddhism link ( https://vividness.live/sutra-vs-tantra ) was very helpful.
It's a duality where each practice has a part of the truth.
They seem contradictory but only if you apply it to a specific society.
In reality, each applies in different environments.
Yin and Yang.
Ecstatic experiences are useful but not the reality but a way to "recompile" oneself in order to see more. The near death experience is how the mind faces dire situations. In those moments, the mind can either continue to do what it has always done or choose to change in order to survive better next time.
The clown's advice reminds me of something I read way back.
"Life is religion. Life experiences reflect how one interacts with God. Those who are asleep are those of little faith in terms of their interaction with the creation. Some people think that the world exists for them to overcome or ignore or shut out. For those individuals, the worlds will cease. They will become exactly what they give to life. They will become merely a dream in the ‘past’. People who pay strict attention to objective reality right and left, become the reality of the ‘Future’." - Cassiopaeans
Gurdjieff also would say that one must first be like a common man before they can grow a soul. We have intelligence and consciousness because of reality, not reality because of consciousness.
A tour de force
Bro fkn hell we have THE same thesis literally mentor me 🙇🏽🙇🏽 learning and practicing this relating and PDI stuff from the entry point of (hopefully mostly past, but can’t be too careful) spiritual bypassing. It’s taking form slowly, though always looking for help.
*Standing ovation in the circus tent*
Curiously, (or maybe not so curiously), lots of astrologers I follow have mentioned how recent or forthcoming planetary alignments would bring forth a “calling out” of fake gurus or spiritual practices. Neptune moving into Aries, is expected to expose cult-like dynamics, and "performative spirituality" in favor of a more raw, authentic, and individualistic path. Neptune into Pisces, bringing the spiritual warrior era and exposing illusions is another one. Your excellent piece is one of the first riding on the energies that I’ve come across. Okay time to go to work and help people find their way around town, you know, for balance…