"If someone has been living in a hole a hundred miles deep for a
very long time, and you begin telling him about the sky and clouds and
brilliant open space, you're going to encounter some resistance." (From
my notes on The Matrix
Revealed)
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Recently, I've written a number of articles about "reality
construction," in light of the creative power of the individual. I've
presented a radical explanation of that power to invent new realities.
The word "radical" comes from the Latin, meaning "root."
And that's where I'm focusing---on the root of imagination and
inventive capacity of the individual.
There is no doubt that the creative power of individuals on planet Earth
has been diluted, by choice, and by "noise," to an astonishing degree.
Therefore, presenting information on how high that power actually goes
will be met with skepticism by some individuals.
So be it. I've never been in the business of watering down my work in
order to "reach more people." I could have pursued a dozen different
careers as a mainstream writer over the years, if watering-down was my
method and my way. It never has been. I've
always pushed things to the limit, and beyond. Now more than ever, I'm
pulling out all the stops.
Over the years, decades, and centuries, Reality has been characterized
and capsulized in many ways---and with many metaphors---by thinkers,
writers, philosophers, scientists, and artists.
For example, Reality is: the universe; the space-time continuum; an
all-enveloping religious story; a code inscribed on a two-dimensional
surface; a solidified thought-form; a computer-generated simulation; a
spiritual labyrinth; a product of evolution; an
accidental bio-chemical event; a ceaseless flow of energy particles
obeying unchanging physical laws; an expression of Nature.
I often use the word "machine" when I want to emphasize interlocking
parts. The key factor: each part seems to confer legitimate status on
all other parts. Reality tends to be built in that fashion.
Space and time, such as we experience and describe them, legitimize each
other. Sub-atomic particles at great distances from each other respond
similarly when one particle receives a stimulus.
Virtually all of physics searches for relationships between various
aspects of Universe. These connections buttress the notion of
completeness, unity, and oneness, which are taken to mean: THIS IS
REALITY. This Reality is final. Reality IS. There is no
other Reality. So we are led to believe.
But many machines of different sizes can be designed and built, from the
very tiny to the very large. If you, wearing blinders, were guided
through a museum containing machines from many eras, but only shown one
of them---and then if an astounding amount of
Story about the One and Only Machine were drummed into your head, over a
long period of time, you might begin to believe you were in the
presence of all-encompassing Reality.
Such is the case with the universe we live in. "THIS IS IT. THERE IS NO OTHER IT."
Furthermore, the stories we are told about universe assure us that it
was built through some awesome power of creation, IN WHICH WE PLAY NO
PART.
The implication? Our creative power, as individuals, must be a mere
speck in the nature of things. We are just passive residents in
reality.
The truth is far different.
There is no limit to the creative power of the individual. And as I've
remarked and explained on several occasions, the one culture and
tradition which acknowledged this and did something about it was the
ancient pocket of Tibet.
There, through the teaching of itinerant outsiders from India, exercises
were presented, whose purpose was proving, through first-hand
experience, that the universe can be understood as a product of
mind---and at a certain level, the individual can make radical
changes in Reality, via direct thought, without the use of material
scientific technology.
These Tibetan teaching schools, scattered here and here, existed apart from the self-appointed local priesthood.
"Legitimate status" of THE ONE AND ONLY REALITY=imposing external
repressive control over individuals. If that status were rejected, the
whole shooting match called Life would take on a very different
coloration. Much freer.
Bring two profoundly fake elements into collaboration: the illusion of
permanence of Reality, and the propagandized REDUCTION of creative power
of the individual, and you have a creative and spiritual Alcatraz.
Reduction of power is the key.
This is accomplished through self-censoring, when all is said and done.
How do you get around that?
First, you recognize that this reality (universe) was invented as a
design structure, a work of art. Second, as an artist, in the broadest
sense of that word, you invent other realities with such profusion that
you become aware of having that power.
This was the objective of the early Tibetan exercise called "deity visualization." See John Blofeld,
The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet.
Comprehending and experiencing the creative power you have is also the objective of my collection,
Exit From The Matrix, which contains dozens of imagination exercises which I developed.
Think of a new building built on an empty lot. Do you say the building
carved up already existing space, or it established new spaces that
weren't there before?
The rationalist would say the former. The artist might say the latter.
There is certainly a predisposition to consider space is unchanging. That's a conviction. As in "convict."
Most ORGANIZED religion exists to: bolster the idea that space is
unchanging; diminish the idea of individual creative power; and fortify
the idea that this universe is precious and sacred and holy---rather
than one work of art among many, many, many works
of art...
To continue to explore the ideas in this article at a much deeper level,
and find exercises which can enhance your core creative power, see the
description of my
Exit From The Matrix collection at NoMoreFakeNews.com, and consider ordering it.
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