01-05-2012, 09:22 AM
(01-05-2012, 03:18 AM)yossarian Wrote: I don't like the division between flesh and non-flesh, as if the physical is a second class citizen. I'm not really looking for balance either, or trying to strike a balance, I'm looking for truth, and the truth is that the darkness is just as real as the lightness and the flesh is just as holy as the spirit. Time/space is just another set of illusions. Thoth may have escaped the body but he just escaped into another "prison" of illusions.
My motto lately is to accept all of it. It actually sounds a bit like according to shin I am falling for the "statemate" trap. May be the case but I prefer experiencing life this way. Approaching life like its all holy, even the flesh, even the muck, even the evil. I still have my preferences and I still act on them but I really don't want to play the "deny the flesh" type of game anymore. Seems like humans have been doing that for too long.
I mean why is everyone trying to escape the body so badly anyway? Isn't that escapism pretty obviously a denial of the present? Earth is incredibly painful and I completely understand the desire to escape but escaping is not accepting, escaping is a failure to recognize the value of pain and suffering and failing to see Christ within the horrible earth plane that we all hate so much. To be in the earth pain and feel the pain and yet still not dim our awareness seems like skillful living.
I agree with what you say my friend. the confusion only exists because of how you say it.
You are still separating the flesh and the spirit as though the two are not One. And as though in order to experience one or the other we must only experience the extreme polarity of each.
Think of it as riding in a car. You can experience the ride from the front seat or the back seat, but you are still experiencing the same ride. you can even straddle both seats if you wish. but if you wish to ride in the front seat you must climb into the seat from the back. you cannot ride in the front seat by sitting in the back seat.
Humanity is caught up in a situation where we cannot seem to get out of the back seat and into the front. And to fulfill our Divine design we must at some point climb into the front seat and out of the back.
Yes, experiencing the entire ride included our being in the back seat. That we have done over and over many times. Those who want to remain there to enjoy that aspect of the ride are simply not yet ready for the move forward.
The darkness that Thoth spoke of is the fact that the Veil between the front and rear seats is made thicker by the lusts enjoyed in the rear seat, causing man to ignore what joys might be found in the front. Like young teens making love in the back seat we are simply not going to be distracted from the lust of the moment and leap into the front seat.
The darkness is the lust of the flesh that entrap us via our love of it, and because we are not aware of the pleasures the front seat may offer in comparison, nor do we care in the throws of passion. The lusts of the flesh can be enjoyed and are not evil. they simply create a veil that must be parted in order to be attracted into another type of experiencing this existence. The darkness is the closed eyes of the lover feeling nothing but the passion of the flesh he wears. And there are those who understand this well and use it to their selfish advantage. They continue to toss enticement into the back seat to keep you distracted, and your addiction to it is their greatest tool to keep you from ever climbing into the front seat. Their greed is satisfied by your remaining back there.
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