I am dedicating this blog to my dear friend Binks. We shared a friendly laugh tonight because we recently learned that one of our close friends is Conspiracy Guy. According to our friend; COVID is a conspiracy! It is a very elaborate hoax with lots of nefarious players operating in the background such as George Soros and Bill Gates. No doubt he has some other conspiracy theories with the links to prove it.
Conspiracy theories are terrible for society. They aren't good for anybody. I hate conspiracy theories!!!
It certainly is not not good for the absolute truth. The truth already sounded crazy before conspiracy guy came along. I consider my vocation to be the truth. I may not be Conspiracy Guy, but it would sure sound like I am if I were to openly talk about the truth unfiltered.
The difference is that the truth is always really simple. It is usually the lie that is more complicated is it not?
"Consciousness is the Realty that perceives" as defined by Francis Lucille. Fully completely experiential understanding of this undeniable statement is the equivalent of Awakening. I prefer the term truth over the term Awaking but they are both pointing to the same understanding. Jesus was referring to this same truth/understanding of Reality but used different language when he said "I and my Father are one"
In other words, when I am referring to "I", I am directly referring to Reality. Or in religious language we could say God. Only God/Consciousness/Reality is real. Or as Parmenides said approximately 2700 years ago, "Being is. Non-Being is Not" This is the truth.
I like how Huang Po described the truth 1200 years ago. He said, "People ignore the Reality of the illusory world" In other words, people ignore the Reality of experience (Consciousness) and instead believe the illusion/matter/the world to be real.
Perhaps my favorite way to communicate the truth is a very old text popularized by Ramana Maharshi in the 20th century. "The world is an illusion. Only Brahman is real. The world is Brahman" Brahman would be a synonym for Reality/Consciousness.
Like all words pointing to the truth; they are just words. Words without the accompanying experiential understanding isn't worth very much. Without experiential understanding, they will be used as concepts/beliefs to replace existing concepts/beliefs.
At the risk of sounding defensive; I would like to say this to our mutual friend Bear; "I got to this place of understanding by using my intelligence Motherfucker...not by doing seances" as he playfully likes to tease. I always enjoy his ribbing BTW...humor is such a beautiful way to stay connected with friends.
There are different pathways to the truth. My path was the path of intelligence. At some point I had to stop believing in unsubstantiated beliefs and trust my intelligence. And above all trust my experience. I agree completely with Rupert Spira when he says "Experience over belief must be the ultimate test of Reality"
So here I am putting my conspiracy theory out there: The biggest selling point to this particular conspiracy would be that it is the same consistent truth as said by all of the great sages throughout time. Jesus, Huang Po, Jean Klein, Francis Lucille, Rupert Spira and Ramana Maharshi to name a few. Let's call them Team Sages. I'm on Team Sages. I'm sorry, but when it comes to your own personal view of self and the world, you are currently on Team Trump.
Sages used different words at different times to say the same thing. As the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart said, “Theologians may quarrel, but the sages of the world speak the same language.” And now I am saying the same thing too. And I will try and say it in my own unique way (perhaps with lots of Matrix references ha ha).
I can say it out loud with confidence not because Huang Po said it, but because it is consistent with my own experience. Because I took the time and did my own investigation. I also know with certainty that your own direct experience is at odds with your current world view. This would be a disruptive new piece of information to uncover for a truth seeker.
It doesn't matter if only I am interested in this subject....then this blog will be for my amusement only. That is good enough for me. As Francis said, "I'm like a bird at the end of a branch singing a song. Why? Because I like to sing" As long as I'm not hurting anyone, I might keep singing/blogging for a while. We'll see.
The only other thing I would like to say to my friends is this: I love you guys. Our friendship is much more important that any of this stuff. Friendship is the ultimate expression of love. I also think you guys are doing great. Really. Plus, I no longer hold the believe that everyone should be interested in the truth. Who am I to say that God should stop believing he is Binks? He's a good guy playing his instrument perfectly in tune and I am proud of him.
With Luv Noodles
Only I is interested in what I has to say. ;-)
Love it, thanks!