08-12-2021, 06:15 PM
(08-12-2021, 02:28 AM)Sacred Fool Wrote:(08-11-2021, 06:05 PM)Ming the Merciful Wrote: Unfortunately, Man is living too close to the Apes to commune with the God(s). We, (Humanity), still has to go through a lot more Evolution before we evolve enough to commune with the God(s), and there are many people who still remain closer to the Apes, than even to Man. The other problem we face, is that there is nothing on the Universal Scale where we can focus. All our Evolution is from exploration and learning new values. Guidelines such as the "Law of One" remain only guidelines and pointers to the Higher Dimensions
Confederation sources describe it a little differently. They say there that within 3D there are seven sub-densities, the first just a step beyond our ape relations, as you say, and the last just a step below 4D. Where we vibrate on this scale, on the one hand, is our choice, and on the other hand beyond our direct choosing.
We can look back over our day, our week or month and see how much of our time was spent just getting along in the illusion, surviving, chatting with friends, meeting social obligations, etc. We can also see how much of our time was spent in prayer, contemplation, meditation or posting on this website. (ha ha) If we wish, we can try to adjust our schedule so that more time can be spent leaning closer to the gods, if you like. In this sense we have a choice about where on the scale we are vibrating.
And yet, they say that our actual spiritual vibration (that which also determines our harvestability) is not a function of our good intentions, beliefs and so on, but is measured by how we react without thinking about the reaction. That is, it's revealed in our spontaneous responses. In that sense, we can't control it and have no direct choice about it.
There are things on a universal scale we can focus upon, but again, these are not apparent to the outer senses, nor to the intellect. These things are known in one's deep heart. Ironically, it is a lonely path to find one's way into this place where one communes with one's soul stream and other spiritual companions. But in that space of one's deep heart, where the sense of self expands out from that of an individual to that of a crowd, the rules change and the ape-derived inclinations warm and then melt into more god-like inclinations and biases. The feeling of offering self to this process is as reflexive as breathing in after you breathe out.
I like where you are coming from Sacred Fool. I believe that realistically, we must find a balance in everything in life. Or, in Buddhism, the "Middle Path". Spirituality is like standing on the edge of the Abyss, and one wrong move and we fall. As for the Ape and Man, indirectly I was paraphrasing Nietzsche, (my favourite author of Philosophy), and "Thus Spoke Zarathrustra". Although I can see parallels between ourselves and the, (humble), Ape. How many people have actually considered, and thinking retrospectively, just how far we have come, (as Humans)? For the last few days my apartment has been plagued with flies. To the, (humble), fly, are we not already "God(s)"? I am being realistic? We have come along way in our evolution, and did we once give birth to maggots on rotting flesh? So grotesque?
Although I am now even questioning concepts. Everything that we believe, (or not believe), is a concept generated by the Mind. Is that another barrier that must be crossed? If the "Absolute Spiritual State" is neutral, it only naturally follows that it is without concept? Non-conceptual and without form? The formless manifestation of the Absolute, (within everything). Once again, the Zen of No Zen. Or, Zen destroying itself and recreating itself in the next moment. There are too many mysteries and not enough answers?