The Final word on Negativity
May 14th 2007 04:54
Ive got something to say, and chances are, your not going to like it. Im just telling the truth, the truth I know, the truth thats blindingly obvious if you just open your eyes. No one ever listens - they think its too simple, too convenient. Kman says dont compare yourself to Jesus, but man, I know how he felt! People ask you questions they dont really want answered, and so, you give them truth, and they say.....You're crazy. They persecute you and try and rubbish you, just because they dont want to believe the truth.
I read something earlier that sparked this - 'negativity breeds negativity'. Interesting concept. Man, wouldnt the world be an easier place if things were that simple! First, you have to know about gradients.
Theres good and evil - you know that. But know as well that these things are on a never ending mobias strip - Theres good and evil but once it turns a corner theres only chaos. Whether it be in light or dark, once it turns that corner to meet up with itself once more it is not friendly, no matter which it represents.
Now its time for me to tell you the stupidest thing mankind ever did.
Man invented God, and Ive got a post warming on that, but when the neanderthals were scratching around in the dirt discovering God, and GOOD and EVIL they did something, something very stupid. We are still paying for it now. Every day it causes us angst. It makes us question who and what we are, our place in the world, faith, and God and the big picture. It is the reason we ask WHY and it is the reason we cant answer the question.
These ridiculous cave men thought they heard God. They believed they had found evidence that a higher power spoke to them. Now, I fully believe the Creator did offer help at this point, and we fucked it right up that first time just as we have EVERY SINGLE TIME SINCE.
What was it? What did we do, all that time ago that has screwed us as a race?
With evidence of this higher power, and evidence of forces of LIGHT and DARKNESS, primitive man decided he had to prove himself WORTHY of this higher power. Maybe God didnt answer the phone that day, I dont know, but this is what primitive man did -
He took all that was good and light, and put it in his right hand.
He took all that was bad and dark, and put it in his left hand.
Then....(wait for it.....)
He stuck a 'versus' symbol in between them.
Primitive tribes looked on in awe as he did this. Discovery of 'God' was the discovery of language and intelligence, the beginnings of the human race as we know it. So when the first shaman(priest if you prefer) stood up and decreed - "Light is the enemy of darkness. To be one with the Higher power one must be good and light lest he fall to the darkness" they listened. They understood. They taught their children - Light is an adversary of darkness, light must prevail. Its a war, and we are soldiers, we can never give up the fight.
And now its time for the truth. Prepare to lose all respect for me and throw out the idea of a crackpot.
But Im telling you the truth! Remember, when you die, you'll find out Im telling the truth.....
Light and dark are not at war. They arent enemies - they DONT hate each other. There is no great war, there is no day of judgement or triumph when its all over. Gods tried so hard to correct this over the years and all thats happened is a myriad of religions hell bent on separating light and darkness still further. No wonder all us ArchAngels are so over worked - Id take a holiday too, if all my efforts were so effectively ignored.
Because to ignore this truth is to ignore God - it is to ignore his breath in the wind and his love in your skin. To believe that good and evil are at war is to literally spit in his face.
Because before there was something, there was nothing. Light and darkness only existed in shades of grey. God is the king of cell division, and the separation of light from darkness was the beginning. Separated yes - But not apart! The big bang was the beginning of the division of Gods cells - Now there is up, there is down, there is light, there is dark, there is CONFLICT -
But it is LIFE. This is what it is - There is no why, no rhyme, no reason, this is simply what it is.
Try some analogies -
So all you 'goths' want an 'eternal night'. Wait and see how pale your skin gets.
So all you 'christians' want an eternal day. Wait and see all the animals and plants die of exhaustion.
Did you get that or was it too obscure for you?
Try this one then.
Do you like flowers? Do you like walking through a blooming garden, soaking up the sights and smells and unique quality of every single petal? I do. Then you must understand - to live, those flowers must die. To bloom in beauty they must also take on darkness, and rot, and decompose, die.
Do you love animals? I do. I love them happy, I love them needing and wanting and growing. I love that they accept this balance Im trying to describe without question or caveat. This then must be understood. To have animals, to have them happy and in joy, the balance must also have them abused, tortured, forgotten.
For children to be a wonder and a joy there must be somewhere a child in pain and misery. To have a happy family and healthy children there must also be bad families and child molesters.
Every day, we ask - Why me? Why now? Why does this have to happen? Why does that have to happen, at all, anywhere in the world?
Because the universe needs your pain. If you love joy in all its fierceness, and you love happiness and all its contentment, and you wish to keep them, then the universe needs your pain to balance your own joy.
Am I making an impact? Are you understanding what I am saying? When looking upon acts of despicable cruelty we ask why, we lose faith, we wonder at the world and why it has to be the way it is.
It is when looking into the face of darkness that the universe answers that question at its fullest - We WANT things this way or that way, but what kind of world would that be? By taking away our greatest pain would we then have our greatest joy? What world would we create if given the chance(Really think about that one please)
This was most noticeable when Wistiful was being born. Shes almost big enough to go out with the big ducks now(pics when I unpack and find the camera) but at the time, watching a crack in the egg for 3 hours, I thought to myself, "why does birth have to be such a terrifying thing?" I was strongly remembering Shakirs birth when he got caught in the birth canal, the terror, the helplessness I felt. It was the same watching Wist. Im thinking.....Births supposed to be so great, so miraculous, why does it have to be so frightening?
And realized Id answered my own question. Without the fear and the terror, could the joy of holding your healthy infant be greater? That moment of triumph and conclusion after the birth when alls well and YOU KNOW IT IS.....Your holding a sweet young life in your arms and the hope for the future is immeasurable....Only because of the triumph over all of those difficulties.
I dont expect anyone to understand....Oh, you'll try. You'll give it a go, and some of you will downright argue that it is so a war and no one can tell you different. But this really is the truth. Swamis tend to see the evil acts as truth that God exists, that his work is being done. Ive said it before and I'll say it again - Good and Evil do not war. They dance through the universe in love and light in a beautiful twisting tango we can never understand. Whenever you ask "Why?" instead try to think of CAUSE and EFFECT because thats all there is. God is doing his best - watch your prayers, cos if everyone keeps praying for evil to disappear, so might we all!
Realize the true mystery of this world we live in. Wake up. Remove the 'VS' its not helping you to be truly happy. To realize your place in the balance. To realize God loves you, even when hes hurting you. Especially then.
See it for what it is....Not what you'd like it to be.
I hope you can.
I owe a debt here to Anne Rice. Not many people realize that despite writing pretty stories about beautiful vampires, she is a theologin in her own right. Raised Catholic and hungry for answers, she has researched God over the years and some of my ideas were influenced by what comes across in her fictional stories.
This is the most significant, but special thanks to all my inspirations....
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Comment by katyzzz
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There are some things on earth that have no solution. Stop trying so hard and you'll develop an inner peace.
Life is for living and sharing and giving, not despairing, that is Hell right here on Earth without the benefits of Heaven.
Philosophy is a kill joy, too much talk, too little solution.
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Comment by Kleonaptra
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This is the solution, not the question.
Dont you know the first step to inner peace is discrimination?
Dont you know the greater good is often evil?
What joy do you treasure? What pain do you abhor?
For some of us, living life IS question and answer.
Comment by Wendi
They couldn't invent God. All they could do was invent ways of enforcing their own perception of God upon other people.
Everyone believes in something. I think that should be allowed. I just don't believe it should be allowed to force your own beliefs (not yours specifically, but in general) on others. I don't mean that a person can't share their belief system, but one can share without trying to force the reader to convert, ya know?
Tolerance... it'd go so far in this world.
I get the whole yin/yan concept. They are the opposites between which balance is given to the fabric of space and time. Without it, we couldn't exist.
This supports my God/Goddess perception of higher power, etc. Balance between opposites.
Excellent post.
W
Comment by Lilla
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This is such an excellent post... but I haven't got the time to finish it now.. I must dash... but I will be back to scratch a few syllables up on the cave wall, in response...
Lilla ...
Comment by Kleonaptra
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Im hoping to explain more in a future post....The mysteries are difficult to describe when on earth.
If I came across very forceful, it means only one thing - Im finally being myself!
In life, thats me. Loud, agressive, shove it down your throat do it my way or be damned......
Only because there are things I know. Not things I believe or think but things I KNOW. I believe everyone knows them, that enlightenment is so close for the entire human race if they only knew where to look. I try and push 'everyday' concepts in such a way that people open their minds fully.
Future post will explain more, but we did invent God as much as He invented himself
Lilla,
Cant wait to hear your scratchings....
Comment by Wendi