Beyond Heaven and Hell: Escaping Realms and Creating Worlds (Pt. 1)
*This is an early version of a chapter in my
*This is an early version of a chapter in my
Recommended Listening: The Witness by Adam Jones The self arises
Recommended Listening: We Didn’t Know We Were Ready by Olafur
Recommended Listening: Firebird by Common Saints The most complex aspect
Recommended Listening: Embers by Elder A sneaking suspicion of mine:
Recommended Listening: Love is the Message by Yussef Dayes, Alfa
Recommended Listening: Rescue by Richard Spaven Artwork by Lia Halloran
“Death is not real, even in the Relative sense — it is but Birth to a new life — and You shall go on, and on, and on, to higher and still higher planes of life, for aeons upon aeons of time. The Universe is your home, and you shall explore its farthest recesses before the end of Time.”
― Three Initiates, The Kybalion: The Seven Ancient Principles
Recommended Listening: Arendal by Svaneborg Kardyb One must win freedom
This whole universe of death, rebirth, suffering, liberation, and endless light and dark is but a long cadence of call and response. What is suffering and the liberation from suffering but the primary call and response of all beings?
Enlightenment is woven into every moment, every breath, every cell in your body, every fiber of your being.
The concept of positive disintegration from Kazimierz Dąbrowski has been
The commitment to the liberation of all beings, including oneself, is essentially a commitment to finally come out of hiding once and for all.
I have learned that for me, there is no greater hurt that shatters and destroys than reaching out for someone’s hand and finding no one there. Exploding stars emit less energy in their death throes than the catastrophe of the hand reaching for touch and finding only nothingness.
Taking a leap of faith is only terrifying when you take it alone. Always jump with others, even if the decision to jump is a solitary, divine act.
The mind and heart filled with shame cannot learn. They can only repeat, reenact, and remember.
This will all be over soon. You reading this. Your life. My life. Our lives. These systems. This epoch. This species. This planet. This galaxy. The universe itself. But it will come back. Where are we all trying to get to and being in such a rush to get there?
Wisdom is knowledge that has passed through the gates of fear.
