I am currently doing an online retreat hosted by Francis Lucille. Not sure why I'm surprised, but I'm loving it.
I'm tired of ignorance. In other words, I am tired of identifying myself as a person.
Especially when my parents visit. I should thank them. It accelerates the incentive to investigate the truth. Their visit was a long 10 days. Is it supposed to be different?
No, Everything is perfect.
Everyone attending a Francis Lucille retreat would unanimously agree that ignorance sucks.
Ignorance is the belief to be a person with a limited consciousness existing in time & space. In ignorance, I believe that I can control some things, but not other things.
Ignorance is the root of suffering. Suffering is not possible without ignorance. As much as ignorance may suck, I want to defend it.
First, it is always God choosing ignorance. I get it. Being born and then dying?!! Come'on man...It's a wild trip. Why not?
Second, "Would you rather be in ignorance or born into wisdom?" The answer to this question for me is easy: I would rather be in ignorance.
Why? Because eventually I am going to awaken. Ignorance is temporary. The poor avatar will never experience ignorance, therefore, they will never experience awakening. In my opinion, the suffering is worth it.
An avatar would always know that the world is an illusion. Sorry, but illusions are cool. This is an incredible illusion!!! Why would I not want to experience that?? Obviously, I do since it is happening.
Like my fellow friends on retreat this week; I too, am tired of suffering. This body-mind illusion needed to wake up before the death of the body. I'm too sensitive.
Francis Lucille said the most wonderful description of the truth during a meditation on day 2 of the retreat. He said, "the mind is like a light in a sea of Consciousness" Francis skillfully guided me to this experiential place of understanding. But more importantly, I understand that it is always true. In other words, I trust the glimpse.
I told Francis about my new best friend Cooper today. Cooper is a gift from God. The universe gracefully put us together. He needs a lot of love, and I have a lot to give him. He might also be the cutest and funniest dog ever. I'm so lucky.
I should insert the Francis retreat quote about everything being icing on the cake after finding the peace. Cooper is the icing.
My blog about Defending Ignorance really only makes sense from the perspective of wisdom. It doesn't make sense from the perspective of the person, because the person is destined to suffer.
Suffering is not fun. I can understand someone taking their own life prematurely. But from the perspective of wisdom, believing to be a person, and then discovering that you are not, is just about the trippy-ist trip imaginable! Again, it's worth the suffering!
It's like the world's best roller-coast ever built. If someone were to ask me, "How was it?"
I would reply, "Unbelievable....but I don't want to do it again....once is enough"
In other words, reincarnation is not for me. It's too intense. Especially family.
"Ignorance is only a problem only from the perspective of ignorance"
-Francis Lucille
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