PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS
The process of enlightenment is one of de-programming, eliminating by starvation old useless programs while simultaneously creating new programs to run.
The whole world is filled with people who don’t know anything about the fact that they are little more than a collection of constantly running programs. And when someone appears in their lives who is not suffering from the same programs as they, what happens? Usually an attack occurs on the newcomer, as robots do not trust anything new.
The whole world is programmed for selfishness, materialistic, hatred, stagnation. It is a rare person indeed who is genuinely selfless, un-materialistic, compassionate and free to react to any situation according to a free choice instead of just running an old preset programmed reaction. Such a person is a self-programmer and a potential de-programmer of robotic humanity, a hacker of sorts that the Matrix-Computer considers dangerous, like a virus.
An enlightened person is one who has used the very fact that we are programmable robots against itself by creating programs that neutralize the actions of the external stimuli that is always attempting to forcefully program us. He programs himself to not get stuck in one programmed way of behaving—free will, the ability to freely choose how to react to external stimuli. In the practice of yoga, the yogi is generally concerned with focusing his attention internally, ignoring external stimulus. He reacts only to what he chooses, even being able to react to absolutely nothing at all if he chooses to do so.
Such action is frowned upon by society in general, as the overwhelming majority of them are not cognizant of the fact that they are robots running someone else’s programs instead of their own. Hence, all they see is someone behaving in a way that is not parallel to their own programmed ways, and since they have no personally created program that would let them be tolerant of noticing strange behaviors in others…they react viciously against this new manifestation in front of them. Belittle them. Berate them. Beat them. Kill them. The same repeating and predictable pattern, the same program that has been running on earth for millennia. Intolerance. Anger. War. Fear. It never seems to end.
Certainly there is a better way than this? How long will the earth human race last behaving in such a way? Will we even survive, providing future physical channels for us to become enlightened master programmers? I have no idea. But at least I am programming myself, and attempting thru my writing to help a few realize their self-programmability with my writing.
