HOW TO BE A DIVINE HUMAN BEING OR HOW TO BE LESS DUMB, DUMBER, AND DUMBERER…
“The world is a shit-hole, fully of shitty little scumbags who are scared shitless.”—from the film. “Armed And Dangerous”.
Generally speaking, there is no such thing as consensus in the world today. There does not seem to exist one singular agreement on any one thing in existence. Everyone has their own opinion about everything, and it seems no one can agree on a single damned thing. Look around you. What do you see? Discord of the mind in everything we think. Discord of the emotions in everything we feel. Discord of actions in everything we do. It seems the only thing we can agree upon is that there is generalized disagreement and confusion everywhere, bringing a general lack of misery and despair. And no one seems to have any answers, to know what to do.
Sanity seems the exception, not the rule. But why? Why can’t human beings generally agree on anything, at the very least on a subject or idea which could be to the betterment of us all? Why are we unable to bring our opinions to a sort of generalized consensus, even in matters of simple humane behavior that can create a better planet for all?
It seems an oversimplification to answer that question by simply saying that everyone just sees things differently. But that is precisely the case. Everyone does indeed see things differently. But the sad hidden truth is this—everyone has no idea what they are really seeing to begin with. (well, not everyone, but I will get to that later)
Said another way, everyone abstracts their own reality. Reality is what you think it is—literally what you abstract. Said yet another way, if you think it is this, then it is. And that is correct, and yet also wrong. Our inability to ‘see’ reality for what it really is has been the cause of all of our problems since the beginning of human history.
Our abstractions of what we ‘think’ reality is, are nothing but programs of thought and patterns of thinking that are subtly hidden within the nervous system and the brain. Our abstractions are not what reality really is, but rather is an interpretation of reality and it is based upon what our neural pathways and synaptic connections tell us reality is—and that is simply not correct. Only when you completely stop trying to interpret a thing can its nature truly reveal itself to you. Only then can you sense reality for what it really is. But this requires some effort at changing the patterns of thought within the brain and nervous system. And that effort requires a proven technique. That technique is meditation.
Meditation is a key ingredient to halting the abstraction of meaning from what we call reality. In meditation, one holds the mind on a single thought, or even on nothing at all, focusing all the attention to the point of attaining a state where the mind is singularly trained on the chosen object of meditation.
If you meditate to the point of samadhi, then such an event can occur. In samadhi, you and the object of focus will merge and it will tell you all about itself thru intuition born of meditation, an inner knowing. To attain samadhi is to reach enlightenment, nirvana, or bliss, as it is known by many names. It is the action of not forcing an interpretation on a thing or event. It is the action of no-action, being without being. It is the experience of the Enlightened Divine Mind.
Sound difficult? Sure it is, as few ever even attempt such a thing. But Impossible? Of course not. Others in recorded history have done it. We call them saints, yogis, magicians, shamans, adepts, initiates, etc., (what is in a name really?) Nevertheless, many have attained to this, the most supreme state of the human being. Some have even attempted to describe such a state of mind in order to encourage the rest of us unenlightened mortals to do the same thing they have done. Woefully few ever listen.
Becoming enlightened seems (and this is just one interpretation) to be a process of removing harmful and selfish subconscious programmed behavior from our reality tunnels and replacing them with positive, harmless, beneficial and selfless programs.
Enlightenment can also be seen as a process of becoming more Conscious and less Unconscious. The more unconscious we are the more we REACT to every single stimulus that comes our way thru our senses. Conversely, the more conscious we are, the more we THINK, and then choose to act or not upon whatever stimulus has come our way.
These qualities of thinking and choosing to act or not, as opposed to simply reacting are at odds with each other. The more we think, and think clearly, the more conscious we become. The more we stop, think, analyze and choose our actions even if it means not acting at all, the more conscious we become, the less robotic we become, the less enslaved we are to our unconscious selves, the less suffering we endure at the hands of our own unawareness and ignorance. We must think, learn how to think for ourselves, and think correctly. We must think, period!
After we eliminate the harmful programs in our unconscious, we must replace them with a minimum of consciously created, maintained and controlled programs that are beneficial to us. These favorable programs allow the unconscious to function in a new way, allowing us to not have to think about being and living in a way that is divine, such as being unselfish, harmless, and kind—it becomes automatic.
This is the enlightened behavior of saints, adepts, etc. They are fully programmed to function as realized, individualized-yet-connected, parts of God within the Matrix created by God.
This is done by work, plain and simple. The work must take place in the mind, the emotional self, and the body. All must be trained to behave automatically, as it were, as the divine beings that we are. The more we work at it, the easier it becomes in time. I really don’t see what is so hard about that. The tiniest application of effort every day can bring vast changes to our perception of reality, therefore our world, and leads to a better life.
The answer to the world’s miseries and problems lies not so much the total cessation of thought, which is a goal of the yogis, but at the very least in the cessation of interpretations and judgments upon every single little thing in our lives. If humanity can simply stop applying labels and interpretations to everything and everyone, then the world would be a much happier place. If we are not busy labeling everything, we can focus on what is really important.
