There are many levels of reality. For the longest time, like the most of us, I could only perceive but one. And even in that one, that which we might have called “spiritual” is not what it was presumed to be, but only a manufactured perception of what we desire broader dimensions of reality to be. A fabricated illusion hopefully sufficient enough to contain and hold all that we find to be the mystery that transcends our one common material plane of existence. But confined as we are to the limitations of the material, perception can only be perceived as theory or speculation. Not that this is true for all, but is a common experience of all. Some, and not necessarily those who are the most imaginative or vocal, are endowed, by whatever source it may be, to see beyond the limitations of the material. And some, though anxiously desiring to see that which is the unseen, will never enter into the realms of perception transcendent to time and space, as their material mental capacities are so centered on the egoic conceptions held in their minds.
I am an “alpha male”. But that is a naturalistic designation, deduced through the scientific study and observations within the dimension of material reality. But this is only a partial truth. For two alpha males to coexist a deeper relational experience needs to be realized. To live and function in relatively close proximity together, a lower level standard of rules and obligations can be established, one may voluntarily regress in their nature and submit to the other, or a higher level or dimension of experience can be entertained, entered into and experienced. This is no easy task, and depending on the lower level natures of the two may take some relative drastic reassessment of what it is to be “human” in relation to other humans. By “human” I mean more than that part of us that is the “animal” – the beast at the top of the food chain. I believe regardless of the lower level deficiencies and impediments that may be our material nature – the transcendent “human” nature that does reside in all humanity can surmount these and rise to a higher level of existence and relationship. Will we? … I mean the human race? I believe it is possible. But not as long as we stubbornly try to retain archaic and limited perceptions of truth as have been handed down to us and disseminated throughout human conscious thought without critically appraising what it is we believe. Change is threatening. And those dominating the lower level arena of commonly held perception will not find rising to higher levels to their advantage. Rising to higher levels of being implies an acceptance of egalitarianism that places perceived lower level “inferiors” on an equal level, or is perceived as lowering ones own elevated “lower level” status. Is it any wonder that the “unspiritual will persecute the spiritual”? Or … “except a man be ‘born again’ he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven”?
Do not confuse these normally spouted Biblical concepts as the same as the usual Evangelical Fundamentalist dribble that they have been associated with. There is NO connection … But there is spiritual truth … and it is not conventional religious “Christian” truth. It is truth transcending the religious literalism that would button-hole humanity into an empty and dead spiritual illusion, designed and propagated to keep the “human” from experiencing the full potential of that humanity, and maintains a religious hierarchy and order that serves the political and economic masters intent on controlling the masses. Religion equals control … Spirituality is freedom. But it is not the “freedom” defined by the managers of the world systems. It is the freedom to be who you are … regardless of the system that wishes to define, manage and dominate what it is you are.
We are held captive by our fears. And if our own immediate personal fears should prove to be insufficient to cause us to voluntarily acquiesce to the “authority” that is presumed to safe guard our ”freedom”, we can be sure that new reasons to fear will be created and manufactured for us in order to manipulate the collective consciousness of humankind and drive us, as the herd, into pens and corrals to be counted and made the commodified property of the Wal-Marts and Disney Worlds, and the cannon fodder for Halliburton and all the rest.
My humanity is more than this. And I ask myself … “How should I then live?” … I can’t go back … nor do I want to.
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