"People are fascinated by ancient cultures and the shamans and
magicians who practice in mysterious ways. But along with this
fascination, there is a kind of aversion to The New, as if it must be
irrevocably tainted, as if nothing new and as yet uncreated
could possibly match what once was. This is not only false, it is a
form of psychic surrender. The psyche shows no faith in itself or its
inherent power. Part of my work is reversing that defeatism." (The Magician Awakes, Jon Rappoport)
Cosmologies are a dime a dozen.
Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Spinoza, Big Bang, String Theory, the Bible,
Vedanta, Olympic gods, Egyptian gods, Norse myths, African creation
stories...
Cosmology: a picture of the universe; a story about the origin of life; a
tale about the connection between consciousness and the universe.
These cosmologies share a common trait. They purport to explain
What Is. And they claim to do it at a "higher level."
There is another thing about cosmology: people are magnetically
attracted to it, because they want a story that will settle matters for
them, give them final answers.
Poof. It's done.
"The universe knows what I need, and it'll give it to me when I'm
ready. If something I want doesn't happen, it wasn't meant to be. Not
yet."
For many, many people, cosmology is permission to remain passive.
Of course, for those with great faith in a particular story, it can also
provide an opportunity to go on the march and kill unbelievers.
Cosmology is a content provider. People want content. Cosmology is like the nightly news. "Fill up the empty spaces, please."
Cosmology has a degrading effect on the individual when he uses it to
stand in for what he might otherwise do, if left to his own devices and
inner resources.
But how many people care about their inner resources?
Those who do, whoever they are, wherever they are: I'm speaking to them.
There is a fundamental twist in cosmology. It starts off by connecting
the individual to wider, broader, deeper realities. But wait: these
realities are not of his own making. They're imported.
Sooner or later, the imports convey a hypnotic impact. "This is true,
accept me, believe in me, there's nothing else you need to do..."
So...what about the free and independent individual? And more importantly, what is freedom
for?
However we might answer that last question, freedom is certainly tuned
to the future. It is the basis for The New, whatever that might be.
The New. People have decidedly mixed reactions to that concept, which is uncharted. There no guarantees.
But the mind, consciousness, the psyche are not only looking for The New, they want to imagine it, invent it, create it.
That desire is inherent in the dynamic, electric, restless, wide-ranging, agile nature of consciousness.
Cut off that desire and watch what happens. Life will then organize itself into little compartments, and energy will leak away.
Creating The New is the lifeblood of the individual and individual consciousness.
This has nothing to do with cosmology.
With enough sustained creation and invention, however, the individual
will come to his own cosmological ideas and answers, in a natural way.
Nikola Tesla:
"Our first endeavors are purely instinctive prompting
of an imagination vivid and undisciplined. As we grow older reason
asserts itself and we become more and more systematic and designing. But
those early [imaginative] impulses, though not immediately productive,
are of the greatest moment and may shape our very destinies. Indeed, I
feel now that had I understood and cultivated instead of suppressing
them, I would have added substantial value to my bequest to the world.
But not until I had attained manhood did I realize that I was an
inventor."
Albert Einstein:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For
knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world,
stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
The so-called "mysteries of genius" notwithstanding, every individual
has something hidden away in his soul: an urge to create and project
that creation out into the world.
There is no way to tell what will come of it, or what substance it
contains, until imagination walks through the door, until the process
begins, and gets underway...
No matter what circumstances he lives in, the individual wants to invent The New.
It is this desire, impulse, force that moves beyond any pre-set cosmology.
It is this impulse from which Tomorrow wants to be made.
It is this impulse which shuts down the Cosmological News Channel, and
recognizes it for what it is: a second-hand metaphysical media outlet,
owned and operated by the Reality Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of
We Create, You Absorb, Inc.
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