Chapter Seven – Universal Governance 3 (Looking toward wisdom)
Over the last fifteen thousand years or so our species has develop a large amount of information about this universal existence we are all experiencing here. Putting it all together we develop a picture which has been, in various forms (from cultural perspectives), described and passed down by all groups of humans living on this spaceship earth.
The purpose of human life, of consciousness beings, is to move closer to the source (THE ALL). Consciousness is an information processing system – we receive information about universal existence and we develop an internal (individual consciousness) representation of all we experience. The more we experience universal existence, learn information about the nature of everything, the greater we can develop our perspective. We want to learn and develop our knowledge of universal existence because our understanding determines how we make decisions (and if we want to be free we need to learn how to choose to be free from corporate abuse).
To move closer to the source we learn about universal existence, its three aspects – the physical, mental, and spiritual. We explore the three aspects of our existence through embracing philosophy, and its children spirituality and science, within our experience (and we spend some time turning/tuning our experience, our information processing, toward the mental and physical worlds). With the love of wisdom (philosophy) in our hearts and minds, and equipped with the tools of science and spirituality for exploring, we experience THE ALL of universal existence.
As THE ALL is known through the principles (concepts) of one, unity, connection, we move closer to the source by embodying these principles within our information processing. This being said, THE ALL is beyond concepts of God/Devil (which are binary by nature, and therefore of this universal existence). For this reason the concept of God is an idea which represents moving toward the source (embracing the ideas of individuals/society/life moving toward the source – such a connectivity, collective, creativity, etc). While the concept of Devil is an idea which represents moving away from the source (and toward the associated ideas – such as isolation, individualism, destruction, etc).
From this perspective we are able to see that, because we are also of universal existence, we are all on this spectrum of God/Devil. We move closer to God (THE ALL) through living a life which embodies the principles of go(o)dliness; and we move closer to the Devil (away from THE ALL) through living a life which embodies the principles of moving away from go(o)dliness (i.e a life LIVED backwards = DEVIL). You know the concepts of demons and angels – well, that is us (once we wake up, we are indeed).
All humans are walking our own evolutionary path, part of our collective evolution as a species. We have long passed the point of major physical evolutions, our current evolution is an evolution of mind (an information evolution). What we see in the physical world is just a representation of the mental world we have collectively created – in a very real sense, since before we can make anything in the physical world we must first create it in mind. Our species is at a point where we can direct our own evolution, meaning each individual has the potential to direct their own information evolution (given information and opportunity).
To direct our own evolution we require wisdom, we must walk the path through source and strength. If, before puberty, wisdom is not developed, the individual is prone to have their information processing focused on the physical body (largely associating the idea of ‘self’ with immediate emotional responses to physical stimulation – pleasure, joy, lust, gluttony, sloth, pain, greed, envy, wrath (excessive anger), etc ). When attention is almost single-mindedly focused on the physical, we describe that particular consciousness as being polarised to the physical (in this state our information processing system is ‘asleep’ – it is operating largely without a conscious operator).
To become operator of our information processing system, it is necessary to walk the path of source and strength so as to develop the state where you are governor of the decision making process. Not only do we gain mastery where it counts, within our mind (our information processing), we unlock a whole world full of wonders for us to explore. Through walking the path of source and strength we develop for ourselves the information and opportunity to become free from all illness of the mind (addiction, depression, anxiety, greed/gluttony, ‘personality disorders’, and so on), while developing confidence, compassion, peace of being, insight, and other aspects of ourselves created when wisdom is holding on and directing where our emotional drives pull the mind and body. Going down this road we develop control, real power (the power of mind), and as such develop the strength to become free of the psychological manipulation found within corporate media, political speeches, entertainment, advertising, etc.
Source and strength are gained through EXPLOREing universal existence and APPLYing that knowledge within your information processing. There is no point knowing that excessive consumption of X (food, drugs, destructive thoughts, etc) is bad for you if you do not apply that knowledge to what is happening in your MIND right now! Exploring different aspects of universal existence will develop different aspects of source and strength. For example, learning about the psychological manipulation techniques and practices used for ‘perception management’ by all major corporations (including political parties/governments) helps develop the information and opportunity to immunise your information processing system from their poison (either by avoiding consumption, or being critical of what they are saying and applying it to what you know about universal existence – only accept after you judge the truth for yourself).
The process of ‘waking up’ is a process of changing the perspective, or centre, (the concept of self within, or) of our information processing system (and because of this the change is associated with our beliefs, the stories we learn – remember it is an information evolution). All human beings must go through this process to ‘mature’, to become self governing (ideally before the age 10); and to do so we need information and opportunity. Getting straight to the point – we live in a society in which the very fabric of modern life (how we gather/distribute resources, educate, make social decisions, experience our spiritual nature) is based on corporations and is structured (provides the information and opportunity) to encourage the individual to turn away from our birthright of self governance to instead give our authority for others to rule (govern) us (and then we wonder why the world is in the way it is). Break the cycle, walk the path through source and strength; and help others (as best you can) by sharing the information and help to create opportunity for them to see the path and walk through.
While walking the path through source and strength it helps to remember the analogy of the chariot:
The soul (our essence) rides on the chariot of the body, with senses (our emotional processing/self) the horses, mind (logic, reason, rationality, abstract thought, etc) the reins, and wisdom the charioteer.
Wisdom is something which holds on (in terms of information processing) to our emotions and reason, directing the processing to produce certain outcomes. Without wisdom our mind is filled with thoughts focused on our own physical body, and our immediate pleasure/pain (in whatever flavour(s) we enjoy, or are faced with). We may develop mind, our ability for logic, reason, etc, we may learn much about the physical world and have a great intellect, but without wisdom our mind is focused on own physical life, so this becomes our major perspective, and dominates our decision making.
When we develop our perspective to focus on the physical world, and our basic pleasure/pain emotional responses, we structure all the information we learn around the concept of an individual physical) self. In this state of consciousness, this information processing perspective, it is extremely difficult for us to take into account our wider reality (especially the reality only seen within mind – concepts such as good, community, collective, creativity; and the processing which, while resulting in the concepts themselves, is more important because it is the underlying state which enables creations (such as concepts) within mind and behaviours within the physical world). As a result certain types of personality traits manifest, those with a strong emotional drive associated with concepts that focus on the individual (as isolated); such traits include greed, lustfulness, wrath (violence), ignorance, sloth, gluttony, boredom, addiction, pride, etc.
By walking the path through source and strength to enter the state of self governance we elevate our perspective, grow our consciousness (our information processing), to encompass more and more of universal existence (continually – as is the purpose of life, to experience and thus learn, and apply that learning to expand/grow/direct our experience). On this path we recognise that internal order is important, because our information processing is a combination of emotional responses and mental tools (such as rationality, logic, abstract thought, etc). Internal order is a reflection of universal existence, of things and their relationships, as developed through philosophy (science/spirituality).
Developing our tools of mind is important, and like our ability to use physical tools, such as a shovel to dig a swimming pool, we need much strength to use our tools (strength which can only come through use – with the tools, or doing exercises that develop the aspects of our self needed to use the tools). While the tools of mind are able to be used to gain order of thoughts, of connections between the concepts (glyphs) of the external physical world, emotional responses, and language, they are not the path (in and of themselves) to order of mind (to development of mental states).
It may come as a surprise to some, that the path to order of our mental state is emotional. Remember that our emotional responses are our basic source of movement, like the horses pulling a chariot; this means that our emotional responses are our basic source of will. The main feature of our individual self (consciousness/information processing) is a core of emotional responses that dominate our information processing – these are those identifiable emotions which regularly drive our thoughts when not faced with any immediate stimulation/situation that requires our attention, and the emotions behind the common themes of thought within our mind, or common responses to our experiences within the physical world.
Some may have developed the belief that logic trumps emotional responses; but when you explore what happens within the physical body (interplay between endocrine system, limbic system, and the sensory/language cortices of the brain) and our experience within the mental world, we find that emotional responses always drive our use of mental tools (logic, reason, abstract thought, etc). In order to evolve, to mature, all humans must go through a process of developing higher concepts which are necessarily tied to emotional associations (which become the emotional basis of self). Essentially this means that during the life of each individual we need to evolve emotionally (consciously shape the belief system, and the underlying emotional responses, that make up our ‘self’ – that form consciousness/info-pro-sys).
Higher concepts are greater, more elaborate, collections of glyphs (packets of information); they are important because we process information by the concepts we hold, and the higher we can develop our concepts, the better the decisions we make for ourselves and those around us. So a concept may be that New Zealand is a country, while a higher concept is that New Zealand is country in the south pacific with a population of X and is the only home of the Yellow Eye Penguin (which is on the brink of extinction). Another concept may be that of law (and the belief that all law is the same); a higher of this concept recognises the various types of law, especially the difference between law for corporations (statutes) and Law for living beings (Do not steal – life, liberty, property, etc). Although we learn higher concepts about all sorts of things, some of them fantasy (the product of public relations teams, advertisers, or other people trying to manipulate us), what is important is the emotional base those concepts are tied to. Because it is emotions which drive our information processing.
All the emotional based personality traits mentioned before develop as higher concepts. It is interesting because consciousness is a feedback loop; meaning our emotional responses can stimulate thoughts, while our thoughts stimulate emotional responses. As a result we develop thought patterns, common themes and collections of ideas associated with certain emotional responses. So our emotional responses are our basic will driving our information processing; and our emotional responses are (and information processing is) framed by the concepts we have developed in link with our various emotional responses.
The development of wisdom, gained on the path through source and strength, results in a perspective of universal existence framed by such concepts as benevolence, compassion, patience, and, underpinning all, love. Because the physical and mental worlds are linked, we can use the tools of mind, and our meditative theory/practice, to monitor the emotional base of our thoughts; and let go all those thoughts based in individual-self-centred emotions, and embrace all those thoughts that are of collective-self-centred emotions.
Knowing these higher concepts, compassion, benevolence, love, etc, in a conceptual (language/logic) sense is important, although what is more important is our emotional connection (so we are able to apply this knowledge to create within physical/mental worlds and have understanding indeed). There is no point in knowing about compassion and creativity if we do not seek to be compassionate and creative in our lives and look for a way to develop a society which fosters compassion and creativity by design (given that our social environment shapes our internal information processing – and that of our children).
Although, as we can become like god indeed, so too can we become like the devil – when our lives are lived backwards by turning away from the source (collective, community, creativity, etc) to instead face isolation, individualism, and destruction. It is natural to look both ways, the principle of rhythm between polarities demands a swing. What is important is how much we look each way. When we are polarised to the physical, we are most receptive of corporate manipulation; and they desire to create emotional responses based in fear, the feeling of loss, isolation, to turn you (the emotional basis of your information processing) toward the devil (the concepts/emotions of isolation, emptiness, alone, destruction, etc) so you will more readily consume what they are selling (products and beliefs).
Pleasure and pain are physical emotional responses, while love and fear are the spiritual body equivalents. Pain moves us away from things, and pleasure pulls us toward. While fear is the basic emotional response associated with us moving away from the source (tied to concepts such as isolation, individual, disconnection, etc), and love is the basic emotional response associated with us moving toward the source (tied to concepts such as connection, community, belonging, etc). In both cases, fear and love are emotional responses of the individual in relation to larger (seen conceptually – of information, within mind) groups/systems (such as heard/family, society, life, THE ALL).
By embracing the concepts of go(o)dliness, working to cultivate a mind in which these concepts are seen to preside over decision making, we stimulate the types of emotional-sensory-language connections (glyphs/beliefs/stories/ideas/etc) that are seen in the evolution of human perspective from physical self-centred to move on a journey in which our consciousness unfolds (or spirals out) in relation to our experientially developed internal representation/picture/beliefs of universal existence. We can monitor our unfolding of consciousness through the thoughts we have within our mind; what are the emotional base of most of our thoughts, what are the common themes, ideas – are they individual self focused, or do the creations in my head look outward (into the world seen only by mind) to embrace the greater systems of universal existence (family, community, our whole species, life in general, THE ALL).
Our physical world has the potential to be our heaven or hell – they way we shape our physical world comes from the way we create our mind. If we choose to let our mind run wild, to give authority of governance away to external figures, corporations, then you turn from source (and as such turn to the path toward hell – look at how our species has acted (been directed by ‘authority’) in the last few hundred years, and the way we have shaped this physical world). We all have choice, all we need is information and opportunity. Know that the path through source and strength will lead you into the state of universal governance, and only through walking this path can any of us be free from the abuse, terror, and isolation which will always be found within kingdoms of man. Know that it is through this mental state that we are able to manifest within the physical world the place we describe as heaven.
Many people spend their time doing Sudoko, crosswords, and other types of activities/puzzles which are helpful for exercising the tools of the mind (such a reason, logic, memory, abstract thought, etc). While these can be helpful, it should be pointed out that we live in the greatest puzzle there is – universal existence. If we want to exercise our mind why do it in a very contrived, dictated by someone else, form (like if you want to exercise your physical body then why go sit on a bike in a Gym, or walk on a tread mill, when you have the world to explore – and why spend specific amounts of your experience just to exercise when you can get all the exercise you need while experiencing various aspects of, creating within, our universal existence)?
At our core we are infinite creative potential, we just need to remember how to use it. The main problem is lack of information and lack of opportunity. By learning about and embracing philosophy in your life, and exploring universal existence with the children of philosophy, spirituality and science, we develop the information necessary to create a situation (within our information processing) where we are able to see and cultivate a (mind) state of universal governance.
Early on the path to universal governance we develop wisdom, which is basically an emotional state (although the emotional state of wisdom is associated with higher concepts of go(o)dliness – connection, community, creation, etc). So the emotional self drives processing, and as wisdom is associated with higher concepts, these concepts (and those tied to them) become the framework for our appearance of ‘thinking’ in mind (the thought patterns/contents created in mind).
We live in a society in which children are taken from their parents earlier and earlier and placed into isolation farms where, while they are encourages to socialise and ‘work as a team’, are ultimately pitted against each other in various competitions (most notably that to get grades and jobs/resources). We have an economic system based on competition for resources, even though we have the resources, technology, and plans to eliminate scarcity, which, along with being wasteful and polluting, forces parents to focus too much energy on securing money (for resources) and too little time connecting with family (not only the nuclear, but the wider/extended family, and community in general – talking with neighbours, sharing, etc). Along with the psychological abuse at the hands of corporations trying to ‘advertise’ and maintain their ‘public relations’, the average person growing up in modern society has a tough task even seeing the path through source and strength, let alone the ability to immediately walk it.
It is important to remember that changing your thought patterns, changing the way you view the world, gaining control of what happens inside your own mind, takes time. The reality is that the more you have absorbed of our modern fantasy, and the less you know about the reality of universal existence, the harder your job will be. Though take heart; learn specific information about expanding consciousness, and remember to practice mental presence (through mediation/mindfulness), and change your physical environment (as bet you can) so that you are free of stimulation that turns you away from the path, and cultivate many stimulations to help you along your path (friends/family/ hobbies/interests for learning/projects for creating/fixing/mending/etc).
Basically the best thing you can do for your mind is remember what Tim Leary said:
He who controls the eyes controls the mind.
What we do in the physical world is important, not only for the obvious cause and effect within the physical, but for the effects that experience has on our information processing (and therefore how we make future decisions). Seek to choose experiences that are best for you. Remember that all corporations are out to look after themselves, dead entities, by turning your back on as many of their experiences as you can you will free up much time for you to CHOOSE your own EXPERIENCE (turn off the tv, use internet to search for information to grow your knowledge, look at your local world and find a problem that needs fixing – at home, in your community, local government, national government, etc, apply your tools of mind to gain the information necessary to make things happen, to improve life, to grow consciousness/information processing).
We are born free to do as we please, governed by one Law (which all humans are able to see with information and opportunity). Do not steal (life, liberty, or property). Simple really; and we are free to serve universal existence simply through abiding by the one Law and exploring, learning (applying the information within our processing), and using our knowledge to explore further, to learn more, and explore further (embracing more and more of universal existence into our information processing – moving closer to the source).