Monday, May 22, 2006
The Divine Game
Julie states, "It's all a game". Yes, it is - a divine game called Lila that "God" plays*. God expressing itself through myriads of temporary life forms, the final perfect piece is Man. The form that thinks itself separate from all the other pieces or forms, yet, is just as mortal as all of them. The form that strives for immortality in three ways:
1. Spiritual - the Divine or Christ within.
2. Biological - perpetuation of yourself through your children.
3. Cultural - perpetuation of yourself through a cultural endeavour.
The most pernicious lie that Christianity perpetuates is that we can't be like Jesus. It's the same as Buddhists believing that they can't be like The Buddha. Most Christians don't understand the Christ within. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are all the same thing. Jesus was pointing people to the Christ in them, their inner body, their inner Truth. But most people mistake Jesus the Divinity for Jesus the Man and Mystic. The Divine is our true inheritance and destiny, the Immortality we already possess, but don't know or feel it. (Christianity and Buddhism have much in common.) Families die. Genetic lines die. Genes are replaced by better genes. Few species remain the same. They either die or evolve. Culture is the same. Ideas are replaced by better ideas. Religions come and go, replaced by better ones. Monsters and Saints are two sides of the same coin. Labels to denote the "Greatest Good". Yet, all achievements are fleeting and all things pass, but Life goes on.
So, awaken and see the "game" for what it is. Enter a whole new level, a whole new dimension of the "game" called Lila or Life. Be the human equivalent of a bird rather than a human dinosaur. The dinosaurs are acting out of fear. Rise above your fears and assumptions, and transcend them as a bird transcends the earth - as the birds transcended the dinosaurs.
*Eloquently explained by Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now, pages 99-100
1. Spiritual - the Divine or Christ within.
2. Biological - perpetuation of yourself through your children.
3. Cultural - perpetuation of yourself through a cultural endeavour.
The most pernicious lie that Christianity perpetuates is that we can't be like Jesus. It's the same as Buddhists believing that they can't be like The Buddha. Most Christians don't understand the Christ within. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are all the same thing. Jesus was pointing people to the Christ in them, their inner body, their inner Truth. But most people mistake Jesus the Divinity for Jesus the Man and Mystic. The Divine is our true inheritance and destiny, the Immortality we already possess, but don't know or feel it. (Christianity and Buddhism have much in common.) Families die. Genetic lines die. Genes are replaced by better genes. Few species remain the same. They either die or evolve. Culture is the same. Ideas are replaced by better ideas. Religions come and go, replaced by better ones. Monsters and Saints are two sides of the same coin. Labels to denote the "Greatest Good". Yet, all achievements are fleeting and all things pass, but Life goes on.
So, awaken and see the "game" for what it is. Enter a whole new level, a whole new dimension of the "game" called Lila or Life. Be the human equivalent of a bird rather than a human dinosaur. The dinosaurs are acting out of fear. Rise above your fears and assumptions, and transcend them as a bird transcends the earth - as the birds transcended the dinosaurs.
*Eloquently explained by Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now, pages 99-100
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Here is J. Krishnamurti's speech on belief, if you are interested: http://www.krishnamurtiaustralia.org/articles/belief.htm.
It's just a game... even Lila is a game... none of it is real. And yet, even refusing to choose to jump into the Matrix and learn to see through it, is a choice to settle for the reality that seems more immediate (and a lot more dull).
Sigh. So frustrating.
Sigh. So frustrating.
Think about it, Julie. In this World it is as real as we can make it, yet, it doesn't meet our expectations because of builtin randomness. So, we have to try a bit harder or do something different. Isn't that preferable to someplace where everything is perfect and predictable. We're challenged here.
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