There Are No Other Choices, Not On This Earth
There are two paths in human life. One is the path of liberation, the second is the path
of rebirth. There are no other choices, not on this earth.
I don't want to be born again, not certainly here on this planet. So, with all
my strength, I'm working toward self-realization. That's the most important
matter for me.
Why would anyone chose to be born again on this shitty planet into this
disgusting society? What do you think? I bet no one, except if it is not
forced to do so!
Let look at the philosophy of western civilization. They say it begins with
the Greek philosophy in the 5th century BC. The works of Socrates, Plato,
and Aristotle become central to thought in the Roman world, the Middle Ages,
and then resurfacing in the renaissance and later... until today where
philosophical thought is applied to almost every component of life, from
science to warfare, politics to artificial intelligence.
All these years passed but nothing changed, the human civilization is
still in the Plato's cave.
Look today's headlines and see this Hunger Games society is stronger than
ever. Wars, global cheats, dishonesty, lies and lies, poverty, humiliation
and degradation of consciousness, lost of attention... are the main
characteristics of 21 century. Oh let's not forget, AI and it's Chatbots
with it's never ending listing of useless facts.
The conspiracy theories are not only fun
I've seen so many videos on YouTube about human interactions with
scientifically "advanced" extra-terrestrial species who are presented like
automated machines. Is that the future where human civilization is heading
to?
I remember one particular video that says that aliens are on this planet
and they are "we", the humans, came from our far-away future. They came
here to save us from "us", so we can became like "them" - like automated,
robot like, parrots.
I watched a YouTube video about history of the Calendar and how it is
changed, from 13 months - the moon cycle one to this so imperfect, sun's
cycle - 12 months calendar. And what we see today, it is this daylight
saving bullshit.
There are so many lies built into this society, I can freely conclude that
someone is deliberately forcing changes that are against harmonious living
with the natural laws.
Have you heard of Max Spier? He was an UFO enthusiast, conspiracy
theorist, and believer in various ancient alien ideas. In 2016 he died
under odd circumstances (they say he was poisoned), just prior to his
death his mother was warned something would happen to him. Anyway, his
theory follows that there are extraterrestrials who are using the moon to
control human emotions and as a "Soul Catcher" to imprison the souls of
the dead on earth...
And there are many other conspiracies involving the moon and the Earth,
this planet being a prison with the moon standing as a prison guard.
There is no interest of being free.
Life has been channeled safely into non-threatening, ego-gratifying
activities. It is related to only to the same egoistic lifestyle of
acquiring money to have bigger and bigger houses, newer and newer
cars.
People have no interests to develop spiritually. They are moving, doing
useless things watching others just like themselves.
You are ignorant too.
You see, in the broadest sense, that something is wrong in the world. What
that something is, what's wrong, and how it can be fixed all differ from
person to person, but general pattern of egoistic view is always the
same.
The most important sentences, ever recorded in the history of spiritual
teachings, are two sentences where Gurdjieff summarized the process of
awakening.
If a man is deprived of his illusions, imagination and all that prevents him from seeing reality - if he is deprived of his interests, his cares, expectations and hopes - all his striving would collapse, everything would become empty and there would remain an empty being, an empty body, only physiologically alive.
This would be the death of "I", the death of everything it consisted of, the destruction of everything false collected through ignorance and inexperience. All these will remain in him merely as material, but subject to selection. Then a man will be able to choose for himself and not have imposed on him what others like. He will have the conscious choice.
- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
Awakening is the investigation of the sense of existence. All
knowledge should be set on the side. Everything you know by your own or you
have heard, or read or whatever... all your beliefs and consequently
imagination should be disregarded. Whatever you see or know is NOT true.
Investigate!
Sit quietly with only one question on your mind -
How do you know yourself?
Don't use your mind! Just be, without knowing anything. The knowledge is a
great obstacle. There is nothing to be known, you exist, that's it.
Stop being ignorant
It doesn't matter much if you eat meat or not, or whether you give to
charities or steals from them, for awakening you need to dismantle your false
preconceptions and get out from daily life's trap. Challenge your opinions;
your most cherished and deeply held beliefs because they are not true. See
clearly your false self.
Observe yourself at work, in interaction with others, see your roles, make a
study of it, and dissect it, reverse-engineer it.
The awakening starts from there. Explore your life, strive for freedom, harden
your hearth, sharpen your mind.
Face the facts, face your mortality, see your meaninglessness. There is
nothing more devastating to the ego than the contemplation of meaninglessness
and insignificance. Of no-self.
You don't undergo the process of awakening out of love for the truth but out
of hatred for the false: a hatred so intense that it burns everything and
spares nothing.
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