Most people are afraid of the unknown. Many would rather stay in what they view as being known, safe, and comfortable. This blog often invites people to go beyond thought/thinking into the unknown. Of course, a lot of people would feel frightened or uncomfortable with what is presented here, and not care to delve into it. Additionally, this blog often suggests that a separate “thinker” is not truly something controlling thoughts from an internal distance; it is often suggested that the “thinker” is a projection of thinking… and actually another thought. Venturing into such notions, no doubt, frightens a lot of people. It makes them feel uneasy. It seems to radically go against the grain of what they were taught. What is written here may seem to go against the grain of their religious beliefs. These beliefs, largely being psychological hopes, then feel threatened and made less secure, which naturally (in many) results in fear and evasive behavior, fostering a disinclination to continue exploring in this blog.
Truth and legitimate spirituality are not games. You don’t get to pick what reality and truth really are. They are what they are. You can pick what you wish they were, but you can’t pick reality. (It’s childish to believe in the equivalent of fairy tales.) I’m almost 75 now. Many years ago, when i was in college, i read about how — in certain individuals, while they remained alive — their brains were surgically divided. The brains, walnut-like in appearance, were surgically separated. Following the surgery, each half did not realize what the other half was doing or thinking. When the bridge between the halves is cut—usually to stop severe, life-threatening epileptic seizures from spreading—each hemisphere continues to function, but it loses direct contact with what the other half is experiencing or deciding. Despite these experimental quirks, most patients live remarkably normal daily lives. Subcortical brain structures (deeper parts of the brain below the cortex) and alternative pathways still coordinate basic functions, and everyday environments allow both sides to receive similar sensory input. Well… reading this back then helped me to question my orthodox organized-religion background. Back then, i decided to endeavor to walk towards truth without relying on the authority of organizations. One would walk towards truth no matter what others promised or offered for belief. Truth was to be observed (however pleasant or unpleasant it appeared.) Fear was transcended. Later, one realized that you can’t walk towards truth… for there is no path (in time) that leads to the timeless.
A lot of what is written in my blog may seem radical and uncomfortable (at first). While reading it, a lot of fear can indeed manifest, often due to conditioning from our primitive culture. When fear occurs, one is not separate from that fear. However, one is not, thank goodness, exclusively what that actual fear is. Intelligence is that immense order and understanding that transcends fear, illusion, beliefs, and the fragmentation that — to itself, and in itself — is bereft of wholeness, love, and eternity. The unknown is where the infinte beauty and the magic are; the known is of fear, limitation, mediocrity, and sorrow. Though we may feel and seem insignificant, each moment of our lives is immensely important. Each moment offers infinite potential and profound understanding. We can remain darkly blind, limited, and fearful, or glowing and selfless with deep understanding.
