02-25-2015, 10:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-25-2015, 11:28 PM by Steppingfeet.)
(02-20-2015, 05:03 AM)ScottK Wrote: The rather silly aspect to me is that being a wanderer, in this 3d reality, cannot be proven or disproven. Perhaps one may have the belief that they are a wanderer by their own discernment, but that does not make it so with reliability (hypnotic regression probably being the only marginally reliable way of finding out for sure). I'm not crazy about the term regardless as it's kind of a new-age conferring of status - just what this world needs - another way to perceive yourself as better than another self. In fact, believing that one is not a wanderer would probably be a more powerful belief from a spiritual growth perspective.
For me, a wonderful philosophy has been put forth by L/L. Some will gravitate to said philosophy - the majority will not.. And that's about as far as I would think of the question, since it really doesn't matter where we all came from - it only matters that we are all here now..
Just my opinion..
I agree with you in that the label wanderer may be a "conferring" of status, with an emphasis on the word "may". In the main however I don't think it is a situation of conferring so much as it is a situation of revealing.
Those who come to a strong realization that they are wanderers reveal who they are to themselves, they uncover what had been formerly hidden, they do not, generally, have some status conferred upon them. This recognition and understanding has been very healing and transformative to many among that small demographic. It helps to orient the life and give perspective, even explanation, to self-material that had been inexplicable, even painful and troubling.
If one is indeed a wanderer, why not own it, embrace it, love it, and find out what it means and how it can be fulfilled?
Upon examination of the concept through the lens of this philosophy, it becomes clear that the reason for the existence of the wanderer, the very reason that person walks upon the surface of this planet is to serve others, first and foremost through passive, humble radiation of love/light.
In the outcome whereby being a "wanderer" becomes a cause for ego inflation, the person has misunderstood what it means to be a wanderer, and is acting against the very definition of the word.
I seldom see that happen, however, as the notion of wanderer is something that is likely to be met in this world with derision, scorn, or ridicule, not exaltation. Though there are exceptions, of course.
Most who know they are wanderers, or who just keep the door open to the possibility, make very, very little of it, actually. In the millions of hours of written and spoken communication I've had with this exact demographic, the idea of "wanderer" is invoked typically for the fun or the insight of conversation, never as a "better than thou" emblem of identity.
(02-23-2015, 09:15 PM)mjlabadia Wrote: Could the information in the Law of One contain a similar "encoding"? Not intentionally, but just by the very nature of the information?
I think that's entirely possible. The gut-level, or bone-level, or soul-level reactions that people have to this material seem to go beyond the content of the material itself. I've heard multiple people say that there's a je ne sais quo quality, an unidentifiable something else to the material.
There are surely multiple explanations for this, including explanations that have everything to do with the reader and nothing to do with the material. But the possibility that there is indeed some level of "encoding" or trigger in the material can't be ruled out.
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi
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