And, that system isn’t as complex as it appears. It’s just that there are systems within systems (an Inception of systems) that masquerade around to make the entire thing look more complex than it is.
You know how it is. The financial
system looks like a confusing clusterfuck when you don’t understand the jargon,
but when you do, you realize it’s not as mind bending as you once thought – it’s
just drawn that way.
Government is a system. Traditional
education is a system. And, organized religion is a system, even if it didn’t
start that way (the fuck it didn’t).
Well, if you know me, you know
that I’m building to something, like Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig In The Sky.”
And, viewer discretion is advised, my friend, because I’m about to leave you
feeling about as uncomfortable as an unnecessary bloodbath in a Tarantino film.
That film you claim your religion doesn’t permit you to watch (but you do
anyway, because 10 commandments be damned).
Yeah, today’s topic is
religion. One of the three taboos. So, what?
Now that I’ve touched on flat
earth, the beast is out of the cage. If you can’t handle it, fuck off.
At the front, I wanna say that
I have no problem with religious people. From the outside looking in, though, it’s
easy to see how stuck they can get, like a dog in a three-inch fence. Sure, he
could jump it. But if he’s been trained not to, he won’t. And, if he’s been
punished severely enough, he’ll never go near that fence again. The fence may
as well be imaginary, because it doesn’t need to be there to stop the dog from
leaving his designated square of grass anymore. He’s got major pain associated
with that kind of disobedience.
I don’t pretend to know who the
almighty is. I have no idea what his values are or what he believes.
People say you can find it in a
book (that he didn’t write). They say that you can hear his voice if you seek
him (we’ve all got inner dialogue). That you’ll be “saved” if you ask his
forgiveness. That he’ll show up in your time of need. Whatever the fuck any of that
means.
Look, it just sounds to me like
you don’t understand the system yet. Because if you did, you’d see that this is
basically just a way to keep you disempowered. If you always think someone’s
coming to your rescue, you’ll live your life waiting for her. Even Dorothy had
to make her own way, chicken shit. If she didn’t go tumbling down that yellow
brick road, she’d never get to go on an epic journey and meet the wizard.
I have no problem with
spirituality whatsoever. But the things people say about god – like the things
I just rattled off – have nothing to do with spirituality and everything
to do with control. Control is basically synonymous with the system, though
they certainly don’t teach that in kindergarten, let alone college or
university. To spell it out for you would just be embarrassing.
So, let’s go back to a rather provocative
thing I said earlier. You probably missed it, so here it is again – I have
no idea what god’s values are or what he believes. Put your reading glasses
on and take a close look at that statement again, because there’s a good chance
you’ve never questioned this on your journey towards heaven, enlightenment, nirvana,
blossoming of human consciousness, or whatever the fuck you want to call it.
If you and I are supposed to be
bound by some “spiritual” laws (take a hint – they ain’t spiritual),
then don’t you think god himself should adhere to the same laws? Why does he
get to be outside of it all? What makes him justified in sending people to
hell?
Call me a fucker if I’m wrong,
but don’t your sacred texts say something about “thou shall not kill”? And, don’t
the same holy texts say something about god destroying nations? I know they do.
I’m not a fucker.
By his own logic, god himself should
be burning in hell with “sinners.” Because he’s envious (jealous too,
apparently). And vengeful. And a murderer. And, he doesn’t live by his own
defined standards. You know as well as I do, he’s guilty on a myriad of other
counts. If he was a man on earth, we’d have him jailed and sentenced to death.
Ah, but you want to say that already happened, right?
Oh, not to mention… he’s responsible
for creating evil. I know you’ve got some fucked up logic to explain how that
works, but outside of theology, would you honestly trust a guy who says he
loves you and then aims a cannon at your 1,200 sq. ft. home with a white picket
fence, golden retriever and 1.93 children?
Blow me. You’d do exactly what
anyone else would do. You’d piledrive that bastard into the ground faster than
you can say “crucifix.”
Yeah, I know you don’t get it. Because
you don’t allow yourself to go there. Don’t jump the fence. Don’t jump the fence.
Fuck the fence! Allow yourself to think critically for just a moment. You might
see something you never saw before.
And, by the way, if you didn’t know
this already, you’re already in hell. Welcome.
If hell is separation, we
couldn’t be more separate from each other. No one can read anyone else’s minds.
We fight over petty shit. Quarrel over toilet paper at the local grocery store
because we think that’s going to save
us from a pandemic. Christ.
No one said hell wasn’t a
party. There’s plenty to do here. It’s just that we’re never satisfied. Nothing
is enough. More food. More drink. More sex. More drugs. More, more, more. Satiation
is unattainable.
I can’t believe most people
think we’re in some kind of in between place, between heaven and hell, like
limbo or purgatory. And, I can’t believe that some people believe you go to
another in between place after you die. For fuck sake.
Look, I get it. You’ve had a
good time here. And, you’ve also had challenges. But at a core level, we are
all disconnected.
Heaven is unrestricted intimacy
without promiscuity. John Eldredge, a Christian, said that – look it up!
This world is one of contrast. Highs
and lows. Ups and downs. Beauty and ugliness. Young and old. Life and death.
But we don’t exist in three or
four realms, as some claim. We only exist in two – in the physical and the
spiritual. And, while they do coexist, while we’re here, our physical experience
is far more pronounced.
When you exist in the spiritual
realm, it’s pure bliss. The disconnection is gone. The contrast is gone. The
hunger and thirst are gone. You don’t live there right now. You only get a taste
of it in this physical experience, an experience of your choosing.
Now that I’ve destroyed
religion for you (but only if you were ready to disconnect from The Matrix), let’s
replace that hole with the pure simplicity the maker himself intended…
God is love. That’s it. Anything
else you can attach to that statement is some bullshit someone made up to leave
you feeling like you weren’t in control. Like you couldn’t take the bull by the
horns and tombstone drive that behemoth into the ground like the chiseled,
bronzed macho you are. Like you couldn’t do anything with your life. That it
was all about waiting for someone to come and save you. It’s not!
Save yourself, before it’s too
late. Because spirituality is about relationship with self. Go through
the scriptures and replace every reference to god with “me” or “my subconscious
mind”. You’ll see some things. I challenge you to do this exercise. NOW.
There are enough fences around
you. Start breaking them down. It’s what you were meant to do.
- Anderson
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