Sunday, May 30, 2010

Destruction

It is amazing that any two people can agree on a single idea with their own unique differences. Both persons have their own cells with unique mutations that constantly are dieing and being replaced in complex biological processes. It is impossible for two people to share the same experiences throughout their lifetime and it is unlikely that they will perceive the same event in the same way.

Through abstraction people are able to make simpler concepts from their experiences so that two people may share similar concepts despite completely different experiences. The movement of people towards a common understanding of their existence is evidence of creation's (God's image's) natural tendency towards oneness (despite the fragmentation of evil).

Disturbing creation in a way that alters its movement towards oneness can create backlash. The backlash has been called Karma in the past and helps to explain why societies can remain cohesive despite the differences within individual people. Based on its nature, Karma must exist within time and must be created based on the interaction of individual wills within creation (God's image).

Many societies avoid occult teachings and that tendency is meant to prevent disturbing creation. Occult activities often aim to impose a person's will over creation in some way and runs contrary to humility. An occult magician described a backlash from occult activities as "a hibernating bear that scratches an itch without waking up". Such backlashes that occur are not profound, but merely convey a movement away from the oneness of God's image, towards the fragmentation exterior to it.

When creation is disturbed it is often the case that the backlash reaction is perceived as being not as strong as the original action. Karma can be criticized for not having equal reactions for all negative actions. However, the lack of force in the reaction shows how large and cohesive creation (God's image) really is, despite its previous (i.e., previous to the action) fragmentation. Part of creation's stability can be perceived when an evil action does not create an absolutely evil effect, but instead also creates good effects. Evil, in essence, is tending towards non-being ("God is not the author of evil, because He is not the cause of tending to non-being" Augustine of Hippo), and in that sense evil is fatally flawed. To explain that good effects can come from evil actions, Augustine of Hippo's says "Since God is the highest good, He would not allow any evil to exist in His works, unless His omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil" (i.e., God is growing through active purification).

With fragmentation (evil) in God's image (creation) the movement towards oneness is never stopped but does seem to be changed in very small ways. That complex process by which creation (God's image) changes can be seen as God growing since it makes sense both in the microcosm and the macrocosm. So any "evil" actions that might cause destruction are actually just opportunities for a rebirth and this dichotomy has been represented by the essence of Shiva. Despite our biological existence that is always in a state of decay, we can actively create oneness as our perception changes.

Structure

These writings are minimal, lack specific examples, tedious details, and formal justification. The contents structure is meant to avoid specific opinion or perception based justification, because such content is meaningless to everyone but a small segment of those that share a similar perception.

In a very basic way, words that make an idea's description more specific also make the idea less true. Words are always very imperfect and quantity does not improve their quality, but instead only makes ideas more obscure.

People's perceptions always differ, so their agreement on a single source of information is inconsistent and random. To address this problem, the content is as simple as possible, it is as open-ended as possible, and as absolute as possible.

The content itself is not random but has been created in a makeshift hierarchy where the older entries are used to create newer entries. The old entries form a basis for exploring other abstract ideas. The goal of the content is to break down reality into abstract ideas about truth that can be useful for many people with their own unique perceptions. A person's perception is a lens that they see the world through and it dictates the application of the ideas contained herein.

Limiting the content to abstract ideas about truth helps to keep the ideas timeless and widely applicable for anyone that might take the time to read these writings.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Time

Time is the most profound fragmentation of God's image within creation.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Now

To "live in the moment" is the act of perceiving your will and is a practice which can help guide your will. The practice takes the form of meditation, prayer (i.e., focused thought), silence, and contemplation. Through introspection we can understand both our conscious intentions and our unconscious intentions, such that we can guide our will in the best possible way at a single point in time.

Modern society exists consumed within distractions that prevent introspection and causes our will to have little focus or guidance. Our lack of focus makes our individual will within modern society weak by comparison to people in the past and is an unfortunate side-effect of modern "improvements". Media control with the aid of pharmaceuticals and statistics can provide guidance, but such guidance does not guide the individual. Instead, such broad forms of manipulation guide groups of people in ways that conform to previous knowledge of propriety. Marketing provides distraction that is perpetuated with materialism. The distractions we experience help to shape our wills for us and fill a void within our weak volition.

The problem with the distractions we all face on a daily basis is that we do not retain control over ourselves. Our will can be impacted in ways that appear subtle but accumulate over time. The fact we are losing control of our will means that we are losing what is most valuable to ourselves.

Creativity can help shield us from distractions by actualizing our will, giving it substance or form that can be perceived. With creative self-expression we can be introspective in a way that helps us avoid distractions. Creative self-expression is only perpetuated with optimism and contentment, but ultimately must be a product of our will if it helps to guide our will. Creativity does take place naturally within creation as reproduction which makes a part of our will immortal within time. However, any artistic endeavors can help guide our will in a way that impacts us as an individual and influences the perceptions of other people.