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Why do we go to such lengths to conceal, misrepresent, and repress our awesome spiritual reality?

by kendunning, posted in Community, Mental Health, Metaphysics, Personal Development, Politics, Psychology, Science, Spirituality, Sustainability

First I want to say that I realize that there are many causes for disease, both physical and mental, within human beings. However, it seems often our “science” has developed tunnel vision to only consider those causes which it can weigh or otherwise measure with currently existing technology. The reality that the human spirit exists and along with every other aspect of our being, has it’s own qualities and responds in certain ways to certain stimuli, or input, seems to have been dismissed. Why is that?

One of the biggest challenges facing humanity today is that of realizing and being able to accept the full spectrum of functioning which we are capable of.  More accurately stated: not only capable of but are actively engaging in. However, which we too often, with our “educated”, external validation dependent mentality, spend time and energy actively questioning and/or denying the reality of. 

Why do we, as a society, spend so much time, energy and resources working to contain our conscious functioning within the narrow boundaries which so many who claim to be the “authorities” within our culture delineate for us? The boundaries that the teachers, the priests, the ministers, psychiatrists and psychologists, even our own loving parents and others, way too often tell us are the limits of sanity, of reality. That anything beyond these delineated boundaries constitutes fantasy, dreams, and/or delusions? This determination to define “normalcy”, to define reality and mental health within narrowly delineated boundaries has within many, if not all, of Western societies, been taken so far that “we” have developed systems of classification which claim to “authoritatively” define for us exactly what type of mental illness we suffer from if we claim, or admit to, conscious experiences outside of these boundaries. 

Beyond a doubt the main driving forces behind all this effort at preventing our realizing our own innate abilities and reality are greed and fear. 

I’m going to speculate that the origin of all this fear lies in the experiences of people in positions of worldly power who lusted for greater wealth and power, engaged in hurtful behaviors toward others, and found themselves experiencing the natural, unpleasant, spiritual/mental consequences of doing so. They naturally, and desperately, wanted the uncontrollable, sometimes frightening experiences to be unreal.  The people around them which they relied upon for counsel, sensing the dire nature of their distress, also being aware that if they responded in a manner unacceptable to that powerful person they themselves might suffer some dire distress of a bodily nature, began to invent, to conjure, explanations for what was taking place which absolved the powerful person of any personal responsibility in them.  Explanations that placed the blame upon some fault, some physiological disease affecting the mind, or the workings of some malevolent spirit, some external entity, possibly an evil sorcerer in the employ of a rival.  The latter reasoning likely led to more hurtful thoughts and behaviors toward others which ultimately served to exacerbate the unpleasant spiritual/mental experiences the “patient” was having. 

For those persons; the physicians, wizards, sorcerers, priests, astronomers, or whatever other title they went by, this became a source of perpetual income and purpose in life.  As long as they didn’t declare something which displeased the powerful person they were in service of.  They became well versed in the plants, the rituals, the incantations (vibration and frequencies) which could cure, or alleviate the patient’s symptoms, in regard to many illnesses.  But if, in the cases of disease rooted in spiritual origin they hinted that the powerful person’s own corruption of spirit; greed, lack of compassion and empathy, egoistic or sadistic impulses might be behind it all, they might suffer a fate similar to that of John the Baptist, Jesus and other saints and prophets around the world.  In these cases, even if the healer recognized what was going on, the preservation of the illusion of an as yet undiscovered material/worldly cause was essential. And, as stated above, this also preserved the life and the privileged position of the healer.

Let’s jump forward twenty or so centuries and what do we find?  It seems that in some ways not much has changed.  The props and terminology have gotten much more sophisticated. What used to be conjuring has become “science”, and ties, clipboards and white lab coats have replaced long dark robes and papyrus scrolls.  Superstition has become religion and silk robes and great stone cathedrals and churches have replaced animal furs and stone alters in the woods.  At least for the most part.

What hasn’t changed is the avoiding, the repressing, the denial of the knowledge of and reality that we live in a world in which our spiritual reality is not just a part of our reality; it is our primary reality. It is the foundational reality in which much causation of the occurrences in our world, both wonderful and horrible, are to be found.  We determine much of our own present and future by the spiritual values and attributes we embrace, glorify and act upon: even if we deny the existence of the spiritual aspect of our being. 

Further, there are people, men and women, who value and seek worldly power and riches regardless of the spiritual perversions and corruptions they engage in to acquire them, who are violently opposed to facing this reality.  So much so that they are strong supporters of any doctrine, “science”, and/or statements which serve to reinforce the denial and obfuscation of this foundational reality.

This has some profound implications for the folks who try to do good in the world, to be kind to others, to be fair and honest in their words and dealings. Folks who may find themselves marginalized within society by their inability to participate in the corruption and wrongdoings that are pervasive in so many of the worldly institutions, corporations, governmental bodies, and powerful individuals. If they speak out about their realizations regarding our wonderful spiritual reality, they are not only voicing something antithetical and repugnant to those embracing corruption, they are also threatening the incomplete worldview which those individuals strive to keep themselves convinced of.

If those individuals who recognize the reality of the spiritual nature of our existence have consciously experienced visitations by benevolent beings, or profound epiphanies regarding the nature of events in the world, they may find themselves subject to the same censure, ostracization, diagnosis, and/or persecution that, over the past few centuries, men and women who have dared to speak out about such things have too often found themselves subjected to. 

I want to reinforce that there are physical and mental illnesses that occur for other reasons than spiritual corruption.  There are individual healers; doctors, physicians, nurses, and others who have not, intentionally or inadvertently, spent their lives in the service of denying our spiritual reality.  We have much to be thankful for to the dedicated men and women who have developed genuine, beneficial, treatments and cures in honest efforts to help humankind. 

There are also individual priests and ministers in churches around the world whose genuine purpose and endeavors are aimed at improving the human condition and the alleviation of human suffering through better understanding of and alignment with our foundational spiritual reality.  Individuals who have accomplished much good in the world.

However, when it comes to the larger scale, pervasive, institutional practices in these areas, I cannot think of any that have not been infected by the corruptions and perversions that have proliferated so pervasively within the men and women who lust for great worldly wealth and power. As a general statement, science is not immune from tunnel vision, manipulation, and abuse. And because a thought construct is a religious belief or tenet does not mean that it inherently aligns positively with our spiritual reality.

We can rejoice in the truth that reality cannot be repressed indefinitely. No matter the sophisticated tools and techniques that are employed by those who intentionally or inadvertently seek to repress it, reality will assert itself. We can rejoice in the truth that we live in a reality founded and existing within a Divine Creative Spirit, God, and that love, wisdom, compassion, and kinship are primary values innately present within it.

In fact, truth, compassion, wisdom, love, cooperation and similar positive values are the only values that offer humankind a sustainable future in which we can realize the full potential of our lives and our spiritual heritage.

Why so many people binge watch TV?

by kendunning, posted in Building our future., Community, Personal Development, Science, Spirituality
(C) Alex Max, http://www.fotosearch. com

As with all life forms on planet Earth, we humans are sentient beings. Some would say we humans are at the pinnacle of sentience on this planet. I think, in reality, the jury is still out on that. However, regardless of the relative status of sentience of our species, we all, to a greater or lesser extent, want to know what’s going on around us. Of course we use our eyes and ears to acquire information from our environment. Also we use our body’s sense of touch. And some tune into and work at interpreting the energetic fluctuations and vibrations we feel within ourselves. We sense, intuit, these vibrations. Energetic fluctuations and vibrations which are set in motion by the activities, all the activities, taking place in the world.  Some are more aware of this particular aspect of our sentience than others. But we all are touched by these energetic fluctuations and vibrations and I tend to believe that on some level, maybe deep within an area of our mind which we may seldom visit, our curiosity is piqued by these activities. Further, I tend to believe that generally we are more aware of/tuned in to the energetic ripples set in motion by/and/or occurring with other humans. It would make sense because the frequencies involved would be the ones our bodies and minds are most familiar with. Frequencies we identify with. 

Of course this ambient energetic reality of ours has some messages which are broadcast more strongly than others. The building of pressure within the Earth preceding an earthquake for example. Particularly strong sunspot activity. Thunder and lightning storms, tornadoes, hurricanes. The vibrations being sent by an animal stalking us for whatever reason are ones about which we commonly might hear someone say, I sensed something, turned around, and the animal was moving closer. Or when our child or mate is distressed in the next room. I imagine most people can offer an instance or two of when they “just knew” that something was going on and they followed that feeling. 

For most of our history we as individuals have been able to have some awareness of all of the human activities taking place within our known world. However small or large that world was in our minds at the time. We held in mystery, possibly awe, possibly fear, what may be taking place in faraway, or unseen, places. We constructed yarns, myths, tales of our imaginings of what might be going on outside of the geography or the realm of our understanding. We would sit by the campfire, or fireplace, and entertain each other with these tales. Often morals or warnings would be woven into the tales, or possibly wisdom about hunting, farming or some other aspect of daily life. We took some comfort from filling in the unknown with our own imaginings. Is this just another aspect of the adage that “Nature abhors a vacuum.”?

The fact is we do sense the activities that are taking place in the world around us. We may sense them with our eyes, our ears, our emotions, and always, consciously or below the threshold of our attentive awareness, we feel the sometimes strong and sometimes subtle energetic emanations of all of the activities taking place within our world. This includes the activities taking place among people, animal life, plant life, geologic activity, cosmic activity (sunspots, the energies from the planets, our moon, radiation surges), and manmade electromagnetic activity, such as from communications technology, to name a few. Further, because we are sentient beings, we want to know what the activity which we feel is about. What is our world telling us? Possibly it can be likened somewhat to a spider rushing to see what is pulling on the thread of it’s web, our minds want to understand what forces are pushing or pulling upon our energetic bodies. 

All that being said: Today we are misled and lied to on an ongoing basis by our government along with many industries, banks and others in positions of power about what activities they are involved with. There has never been another time of such rampant deceit in all of recorded human history. Our “mainstream” media may be wholly honest and forthcoming about what went on at the local sporting event last night, however, when it comes to the activities of governments and multi-billion dollar industries we are given pablum if not carefully tailored misinformation. There are many factors which are going together to produce this unfortunate reality. Not the least is of which is the desire of too many occupying high positions government and industry to keep us greatly misinformed or uninformed. It seems we might become nuisances if we know too much. It’s better we continue to drink beer, obsess over sports and celebrities, continue giving up increasing amounts of our worldly wealth, and let them operate behind closed doors. The way they like it. 

So we spend our days living within, being affected by, an energetic stew made up up the resonating frequencies being put in motion by the activities taking place in the world around us and we wonder…what?…why? Where can we find some answers? 

So many turn to the medium that is throwing all manner of human interactions at us, 24/7. Through various TV series and movies we can experience an infinite variety of events, interactions, intellectual and emotional actions and reactions. Sometimes what we are experiencing via the show we are watching resonates with something real inside us. We may then feel enlightened, affirmed, strengthened. It’s like finding a piece to the puzzle. This experience, repeated hundreds of times, little by little, piece by piece can begin to lead us to feel/believe that we are acquiring a larger picture of what is taking place in the real world. Sometimes we are able to learn that the picture developing in our minds from fictional tales does reasonably accurately reflect real-world activity. And sometimes it is woefully lacking.

Such learning via sensory led association can be enjoyable, can at times be enlightening, and can sometimes truly help us feel more connected to the world around us. However, it is a rather pitiful shadow of how a well-rounded education into the reality of life on Earth for intelligent sentient beings might more ideally take place. We should be informed on an ongoing basis by those in governmental offices and agencies who are supposed to be serving the best interests of the nation. We should be taught the truth of how our financial system, medicine, industry work in the world rather than the idealized, sanitized versions so commonly presented today. We should not have to play amateur detectives all the time: painstakingly examining the pieces of reality we can find and then trying to fit them together to try to find a more holistic picture of the real world around us. Because, bottom line, we do want and need to understand our here and now. The known truths of our world should be open before us like clear water in a mountain lake. Pure, pristine and there to benefit from for the effort we put into it. Our souls would find nourishment in such a reality. We would be able make choices in our lives which result in better results within ourselves, our families, our communities. We could make choices which result in our being revitalized and renewed. From the most humble household to the global village of humanity. 

Of course, as Sigmund Freud said “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” And not everyone is trying fervently to glean truth from the hints and resonances, planned or unplanned, taking place in the movies and television shows they watch. Sometimes it is just entertainment, or straight-forward education such as in nature shows. But there are many people in the world who are hungry for the truths being denied us by those in positions of governmental and/or industrial power. And those people are often trying to glean what may be gleaned from the scraps thrown us, the shadows, echos, and resonances of truth which occasionally show up, intentionally or unintentionally, in various television shows and movies. 

It’s time all the closed door meetings, secret reports, secret deals and “black ops” became disclosed. It’s time we, the citizens, the builders, the foundations of our communities and nation were honestly informed about the happenings, developments, inventions, and business dealings going on in our world. Only in this way can an honest, viable democracy function.