Going down the path of the great river of life, and finding the path of least resistance, is surely the way we were meant to live. If we are in tune with our desires, it only makes sense that the path we are least opposed to, and most attracted toward, is the one that fulfills our happiness, and supplies us with the more energy than it could possibly demand, not because it was meant to be that way by some divine guidance, but because we desired it to be so in our souls. The lives we live and the current conditions we live within are not very significant on the overall to our true potential, a runner could always run as far as he possibly could, but whether or not it would be easy is simply a matter of mental preparation: am I ok with doing what I need to do to accomplish this? Are all the conditions ideal? Whether they are right or not is trivial, as long as you maintain focus(aka, don't be bothered by trivial detail or resistance), your outcome will be exactly as you expect it to be: a healthy respect for the universe and the unwritten laws that govern it will bring intent through thoughtless action into reality without fail. I'm tired of acknowledging the resistances that others try to put into my life because they don't take the time to find the value in one another. Once you find a respect for your common man, and have adopted the universal love factor, everyone gets to start with a clean slate, but you have got to remember to color that slate with impressions and feelings, so you can get your universe to accurately include those around you to your personal journey. All of us share this playground simultaneously, a great joining of non-parallel rivers, meant to carry us all toward our own intended state of being, as a large composite of all of our collective futures overlaid on one another, and experienced simultaneously. When you love somebody, you share in eachother's current, and it makes you aware of the realities of others and your own. Love everybody as a piece of the wonderful masterpiece that is your own imagined future: have a place for everyone! This world is highly imperfect, and it will continue to be that way due to the complicated constructs we have built to dam the river of change. When you find those who could one day move the valves that you could not reach yourself, love them for it. Whether you are there the day they play their part or not, you can not know, so love them as much as you can for every moment they are available to you now, and hopefully they will love themselves enough to fulfill their own destinies, develop their true talent, and pioneer further into whatever field they choose to pursue. We have to explore this universe as a team and as a family, because the masterpiece that we are all painting together will be worth it, for our generation to marvel upon in our time, for the next generation to live within and inherit in their time, and for each generation thereafter to do with what they desire. The adults of our history did not have the insight available to us that we have today. That is why it is our job to change the world, and set a precedence. It's our job to be the first ones to do something: we can see the difference we want in the world(physically manifested unhappiness), so lets make the picture clean and clear, because quite frankly I'm tired of seeing it any other way.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Dancing to Your Own Beat
There are a lot of beats going on, all around us, all the time. Whether or not you acknowledge them is up to you, but in the eyes of the energetic children that we are, the more things we can experience at once, the better. I always considered perception to be the most important things that I should focus on in every moment, because of how guiding the concept of insight can be, but I often fall into the universe around me and lose sight of the most important thing: myself. An old Buddhist principle of changing the world involves regarding 'your body as a temple', but it calls upon the reflective nature of life, and how our feelings are really just reflections of the current state of affairs in the universe and reflection is how we learn to anticipate the unknown since it is truly just a response to our own internal condition. I haven't done a very good job of regarding my body as a temple lately. Falling to addictions, even non-physical ones, sets a predictability to your lifestyle that prevents true development, and honestly just eats away time in your information-gathering rampage through this physical dimension. Conscious action and thought are probably the most important style of meditation, where you integrate your peace of mind into your active lifestyle, and the universe responds to your internal condition(calm, peaceful, positive) and responds accordingly. I have to admit, I have been in a bit of a paranoid and spiteful spiral lately, and it has put me in a bit of a close-minded place. My bad. Honestly, this is really just me assuring myself that I am actually aware of this habit and intend to break it as soon as I can, starting off with a trip to the gym(a good way to start a positive change, in my experience). There are other parts of my life that I have been ignoring, despite my positive outlook on them, and I think they might get out of perspective soon. I'm afraid of hurting people again, but a quote by Alexis Carrel made me think slightly otherwise on the topic. "Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both The marble And the sculptor." In my mind, I know that the only way I can help some people is to expose them to the suffering they have set themselves up for due to some unhealthy thought patterns and self-doubt, but I hate to think of myself as a part of that process at all, since suffering is so often taken as pain, and I hate to think I would intentionally hurt anyone around me. I thought it was necessary in a time before, with a girl, and I feel bad about it ever since then, but it just doesn't seem like words would be adequate to circumvent a conversation involving the heart. I really need to stop getting so intricately involved with people... It isn't fair, with how dynamically I try to live my life. I feel like I can only help those who are close to me, so I try to pull someone in close, but when it comes to helping them, I only know how to autopilot a feeling of love. With no conscious action in my relationships, they have been taken over by neglect, and developed abnormally. I hate the idea of having to break down the illusions of a relationship to let the real feelings blossom, but I haven't enough experience on the subject to know. I need to dance to my own beat for a while, so I can figure out where I want to move with my life. I hate to think of it as pushing anyone away, but maybe that is the best way. I'll be more careful this time, though. Regardless of what I decide or what happens, I will be more careful. If only there was some wording of honesty that pleases the heart and the mind. This, by no means, means I am ready to move on just yet. The thought is present though, which means it is almost an inevitable event, meaning some part of my life is in unrest and has fallen static in that state. I hate getting myself in these situations. They say "that's just life", but does it always have to be??
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
My Current View on Western Religion
I mentioned in my last post that I had completely turned away from Western ideologies in my quest for spirituality, but as a man of the world, I must make amends to that. The religions of the west, and when I use this phrase, I am referring mostly to Christianity because I know it the most, but my views are also applicable to Judaism and Islam, I'm sure, as they are all very similar constructs. I love Jesus, and I love his teachings, but the problems with Western approaches to spirituality was best summarized by Ghandi: "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
The problem with Christianity is it is a control system. Christ said for us to love one another and in any time of doubt, just pray to God and your prayers will be answered. The lie that Christianity is built upon is that God is not listening to us simple heathens, and instead our prayers have to be sent through some bullshit network of conduit 'greater-than-thou' Christians that have endowed their lives to the priesthood and climbed the social ladders of the church to become... closer to god somehow..? That doesn't sound like anything God would set up, and it wasn't. The modern day Catholic church especially is a control structure, built on laws, just like a government, meant to control people's lives, thoughts, and actions through fear, shame, and doubt. The teachings distance us from God, tell us that anything we enjoy is a sin or at the very least must be taken with an abundance of gratitude to the church(oh yeah that's their phrase: the church), make us one of the masses(oh god, the masses...) and always ask for the one thing the modern church is built upon anyway: money. The Vatican is sick. If all the money that went into developing that city of gold actually went where the godfearing christians that 'sacrificed' it intended, people around the world would be suffering A WHOLE LOT LESS. Not to mention its a gratification system, where all the people within it feel guilty for pleasing themselves(a primal, often material, karmic form of joy), and must gratify themselves within the church every week, and suddenly they are back in the keen eye of salvation. It forms a construct that feeds the ego, even if it is a religious ego, and makes the practitioners feel superior to others, especially those who are not part of their religion, and therefore have to be 'saved' from their eternally damned lives. The whole thing is a bunch of shit, and none of the Christians I know actually know anything about the true love that Jesus taught, and are actually crafted into very judgemental beings that are much more likely to fixate on the differences(straight, gay, christian, jew, muslim, white, black, american, mexican) than the truth: we are ALL children of God. He said so himself. He loves all of us. He wants us all to love eachother equally and righteously.
If I need anything more to prove my argument that our modern constructs of religion are loads of heaping shit, look at what the Crusades were: christians going on a 'HOLY WAR'(WTF???), killing ALL who opposed them(basically anyone who didn't convert), because the Pope at the time claimed it was the 'will of God'. Ya, ok. That's like saying God willed the pre-Holocaust Holocaust. That's like claiming that Hitler was God. It all falls into the same basket of bullshit that we threw money into every Sunday for a 'greater good' that we were never allowed to see. I just don't buy that.
The problem with Christianity is it is a control system. Christ said for us to love one another and in any time of doubt, just pray to God and your prayers will be answered. The lie that Christianity is built upon is that God is not listening to us simple heathens, and instead our prayers have to be sent through some bullshit network of conduit 'greater-than-thou' Christians that have endowed their lives to the priesthood and climbed the social ladders of the church to become... closer to god somehow..? That doesn't sound like anything God would set up, and it wasn't. The modern day Catholic church especially is a control structure, built on laws, just like a government, meant to control people's lives, thoughts, and actions through fear, shame, and doubt. The teachings distance us from God, tell us that anything we enjoy is a sin or at the very least must be taken with an abundance of gratitude to the church(oh yeah that's their phrase: the church), make us one of the masses(oh god, the masses...) and always ask for the one thing the modern church is built upon anyway: money. The Vatican is sick. If all the money that went into developing that city of gold actually went where the godfearing christians that 'sacrificed' it intended, people around the world would be suffering A WHOLE LOT LESS. Not to mention its a gratification system, where all the people within it feel guilty for pleasing themselves(a primal, often material, karmic form of joy), and must gratify themselves within the church every week, and suddenly they are back in the keen eye of salvation. It forms a construct that feeds the ego, even if it is a religious ego, and makes the practitioners feel superior to others, especially those who are not part of their religion, and therefore have to be 'saved' from their eternally damned lives. The whole thing is a bunch of shit, and none of the Christians I know actually know anything about the true love that Jesus taught, and are actually crafted into very judgemental beings that are much more likely to fixate on the differences(straight, gay, christian, jew, muslim, white, black, american, mexican) than the truth: we are ALL children of God. He said so himself. He loves all of us. He wants us all to love eachother equally and righteously.
If I need anything more to prove my argument that our modern constructs of religion are loads of heaping shit, look at what the Crusades were: christians going on a 'HOLY WAR'(WTF???), killing ALL who opposed them(basically anyone who didn't convert), because the Pope at the time claimed it was the 'will of God'. Ya, ok. That's like saying God willed the pre-Holocaust Holocaust. That's like claiming that Hitler was God. It all falls into the same basket of bullshit that we threw money into every Sunday for a 'greater good' that we were never allowed to see. I just don't buy that.
My New World Religion
I have been on a bit of a spiritual adventure lately, that keeps bringing me to a new level of spirituality at every new step. It all started when I decided religion wasn't really for me. I turned away from all forms of prestructured religion and decided to start my own, one that felt right to me(because that's really all we have personal to ourselves). I decided that a religion that actually complemented my own experience instead of the doom and gloom and shame that was Catholicism and Christianity that my parents found themselves to be a part of. Religion should be a personal construct, one that fits your life and allows you to engage in joy in all of its forms, and I recommend doing this to anyone who hasn't tried to pave their own path, because once I had finally broken it all down and all away, I was left with nothing but myself. The one person in charge of every faction of my life, always and forever. And from there, I could start anew. So how do you find an answer to life? You just ask it a question: "what do people do that ACTUALLY benefits them?"
I turned away from western ideologies in searching for my answer due to my upbringing and disposition(nobody I knew that was catholic was really happy. They always needed someone else to reassure them that what they were doing was right...) and I saw something in Buddhism that was different from this. Buddha is not a god, he was a man. They do not worship him, they look to him for advice and guidance. Buddhism is a personal quest toward 'spiritual enlightenment', or finding the joy in every faction of life(so its a feel-good club), and not something that asks for money every week or requires your time. It is a personal experience, unique to every one individual, and so this is where I started. I looked to their simplest of practices to begin my own adventure: meditation, breathing, and the concept of 'no-mind'. The idea of being able to change your own mindset is something Western religions frown upon, because it practically falls under 'being your own God' or has somehow been misinterpreted to mean this over years and years of control schemes worming their way into religious practice, and so I turned myself off of western religion entirely, in order to find 'the guru within', a concept in some Buddhist practice that describes the personal god within that guides all of us individually through our spiritual journey to effectively unite with the penultimate form of our own being. I wanted to know about meditation, I looked to the internet(sort of our modern interface with God, ask it a question and it spits out information in all kinds of forms) and I found Spirit Science, an animated series on Youtube that describes the basics of spirituality, especially through research in metaphysics. This was the first step I took, the first handhold my inner guru sent to me on my journey up the ladder of faith, and it did require a lot of faith...
Spirit Science has a fundamental understanding of most aspects of spirituality and gave me a start on meditation practices, the basics of chakra, and our innermost connection to nature and the divine, but all of these concepts are presented in a somewhat naive way, and while I do recommend watching it as a starting point to anyone that wishes to embark on their journey inward, I would take all the advice and knowledge with a small grain of salt, as it is somewhat poorly documented(requiring quite a bit of faith to regard it as anything but crazy) but don't worry about that. Your guru will not misguide you, and will not feed you false information, as this construct we live within does. It will never ask you to cast away your necessary stability, and so Spirit Science gave me a foundation: meditation. I lay down on the ground, closed my eyes, and for the first time I can remember in my life, I ignored my thoughts, and experienced myself for the first time. Inner silence is one of the greatest of virtues, and the only fear I had about it was whether or not I SHOULD be thinking about things all the time..? I asked myself this for a time, until finally something was handed to me again: a book that I stumbled into just living my everyday life, by taking the positive and YES man mentality. This book, called The Power of NOW, was all about the power of the present moment, and why everyday thought is in itself semi-unnecessary. It, in combination with a number of other resources, taught me about the flow of energy in our lives, and what thought is in that. In every moment, every present moment, we are channeling our energy into something, whether it be our current conscious action, a thought of something current, or a worry about an event to come(and yes, thought regarding the future is usually in the form of dread or worry), or perhaps even a regret of a past event. Of these four things, that most people channel their energy into on the everyday, the only things that spring joy exist in the present moment, and therefore in present thoughts(known as conscious thought) or present action(conscious action). These things exist, are real, and are therefore worth channeling energy into, unlike the imaginary counterparts(the past and future are simply overtones or echoes onto present events and actions, and are mostly constructs of the mind designed to keep you unaware of the absolute present moment, where life exists). This realization led me to pursue meditation further, because I really wanted to know what the author meant by(paraphrased) there being no energy available to us outside the present moment. This aligned with Buddhist belief of finding joy in every part of everyday life(eternal presence, infinite consciousness), and so I found my next handhold. I highly recommend reading this book, to anyone unsure of where their next step lies.
I wanted to further understand the chakra, because they are a concept that is found in most eastern ideologies, and thus I decided there must be SOME credibility to it. The first time I found interest in the chakra was from the Spirit Science video on them(episode 3, I think), and while the episode itself was interesting and compelling, somehow the thing that gripped my attention was the song in the ending credits(Colors of the Rainbow, by the Italobrothers), because I wanted to get more into techno and EDM at the time and it is a very catchy beat(an example to me of how the inner guru always works in mysterious ways), and so I watched more of the videos and became very interested in the concepts of colors and the energy that different colors seem to carry. At first, I was interested because I always found 'sad' things to be blue, 'angry' things were red, 'calm' things were green, etc. but once I started my study of the chakra, I found that colors are some of the most important implementations of energy, and also the most beautiful. It really wasn't until I found psychoactives in my life that I realized what I had been looking for all of my life: a gateway to understanding myself. It is really what we are all looking for, and in this silly little green plant(at first) I discovered the first true characteristic about myself: I am annoyed with people who blindly follow the words of others, especially those who are unhappy. I want to be happy. That is the absolute first thing you have to want is happiness. Then it takes action: you must do whatever is necessary to get it. I smoked for the first time, and although I still was very paranoid and still moralistically conflicted by it(I was very much my parent's kid), the silence of 'getting high' got me in touch with myself for the first time, and I was happy. Although I was not at the time 'ok' with how I got there, my inner guru pulled me from the confusing thoughtful mess that was my life and made me happy with where I was for the first time, and for that I am eternally grateful. That was the next handhold I found, and it has since shaped much of my view on life. I know some people reading this are going to have pointed opinions on this concept, and so I will make another blog post on my opinions and understanding of 'drugs', but for now, just roll with me please.
I have always been one to understand science, and mathematics, and most logical systems with ease. I am left-brained, as they say, and I have come to the understanding that I am a being dominated primarily by this logical, 'male' energy. Through my studies, throughout my understanding of science, and music, and computer science, and all logical systems therein, I have come to learn of the concept of resonance. Things can be 'in tune' with one another, where they just 'click', or complement one another, or add, or OR(XOR), or whatever you want to call it. Certain things resonate, and in combination with my understanding of chakras, I have found that certain actions, and substances resonate with different chakra centers and therefore the body itself, and there are ways of developing or even healing your body by consuming these resonant substances and performing these resonant acts. In the realm of actions, I am talking about yoga, and meditation, both of which require faith, grounding, and focus in order to accomplish what the different postures intend to accomplish, but trust me when I say yoga does work. It works amazingly. I love it and I highly recommend it to anybody who wishes to work on their body, as long as the person doing it understands what yoga is. Yoga is just the art of expansion. You are expanding your being, you are expanding your presence, and you are expanding your consciousness in itself to the entirety of your own being. There is no way to do yoga 'wrong', and there are no prerequisites to starting yoga, as long as you are TRYING and you BELIEVE that you are TRYING. Just give it all you can, persevere through anything that resembles ill faith, and I guarantee it will pay off, because yoga resonates with the body and soul very powerfully. Secondly, substances resonate with each of the chakra centers, and the center they resonate with is usually depicted by their color. Water is the first sort of primordial substance that somewhat betrays this, but an understanding of the compound itself shows that it indeed resonates with the second, sacral, sexual chakra, and is one of our most powerful agents and greatest of allies in our lives. Ok hold on, the first primordial resonant substance is earth, that resonates to the root chakra, and is comprised of everything organic and carbon-based. I'm not saying you should eat dirt, but meats resonate with the root chakra very strongly(flesh, body, however you prefer). You have to eat proteins in order to expand your physical body, and some proteins carry more 'bulk-mass' than others, so depending on what types you are eating(meats, legumes, tofu?) your body will resonate similarly to all of them but develop to slightly different shapes. What I am trying to say is eating meats is just as healthy as a vegetarian diet, but you can't expect your body to shape the same on both diets, but proteins in themselves are the resonant compounds to this chakra. Ok, so meats, root. Water, sacral. Fire is the third, and although it is kind of unconventional to think so, we absorb fire into our bodies as well, in the form of radiation from the sun and other radiant sources. It is necessary to get enough sunlight into your body, and fire resonates with the third chakra, the solar plexus, whose resonant color is yellow, and corresponds to our health and well-being. When you don't get enough sunlight, you get sick, and it is as simple as that. Also, seeing sunlight as a bad thing and constantly trying to block it out(yes that was intentional, sunblock is such a silly thing) will lead to you getting sick again. Antioxidants are the resonant compounds to this chakra, and getting enough of these, and a diversity of these, in your diet is monumental in developing a healthy lifestyle, as antioxidants prevent cancer in all of its forms. Vitamins are also important, but sort of fall under the same category, and resonate with any one of these first three chakra in complementing and supplementing bodily functions. The fourth and most important substance we come into contact with regularly is air, and it is by far the most readily important compound. Air, the breath, the connection to all life in itself, is the basis of a calm and collected being, and resonates to the fourth and by far most important chakra of our existence: the heart. The heart chakra, who's resonant color is green(nature), and who's resonant emotion is love, is the great healing agent in life. Love is everything healing and beautiful in this world, and our one universal connection to every person, plant, compound, and everything that we can possibly perceive. Love is the fundamental basis of spirituality, and is in itself the source of infinite energy. It makes us whole, and connects our earthly being to our light being(body to soul). Discordance in the heart chakra is the source of cancer, and a lack of love is effectively a step toward death in every moment of living, since love is the carrier of the infinite energy that this universe and our existence was constructed from(see: Aristotle's unmoved mover). To experience love is to break the karmic cycle, to have a high without a low, or any necessity to have one, and to advance your life and your life's energy in an absolute positive direction. Resonant compounds to the heart chakra are difficult to surmise since it is in itself the meeting point between the simple and the complex, and so I don't really have anything to report on this yet, besides air as an element. Certain green things, which come from the earth, can be burned with fire, to create a kind of air, that when inhaled, makes you feel more deeply connected to nature and universal love, but I am not sure that cannabis or THC or however that substance is labeled is mostly resonant to the heart chakra, since it is strongly resonant in most lower and higher chakras as well(orange is linked to hunger, as well as sexuality, so if you know what I mean, puzzle that one for a bit). The Fifth chakra, Vishudda, the throat chakra, is colored blue, and resonates with the mysterious 'fifth element' known as prana. It is a sort of infinite, intangible energy that can be channeled through our beings from the universe, and is the essence of creation in itself. Any original work of art was born from prana, and thus can become an inspiration for more works of art since art in itself is a vessel of prana. This prana is not something I am very familiar with, have yet to do work with, and so I won't talk about it too much for fear of spreading my own ignorance, but I do know it is a very powerful agent and can create monumental change for anyone who can contact and draw upon it. The fifth chakra is the center of expression, communication, and speech. I don't know any resonant compounds to it yet either... but I will soon.
Finally we get to the biggie, and in my current perspective, the most important chakra to know about: the ajna chakra: the third eye. This chakra, located between your eyes, is the source of inspiration in itself, and the center for perception in our bodies. It resonates with any psychoactives(one of the reasons I have indulged in these so often, I love this chakra and the feelings it creates and possesses) and is unfortunately underutilized in our modern world, due to some conspiracy, perhaps just ignorance, but if you don't feel grounded in yourself, this is a good place to start. Look up 'decalcifying the pineal gland' and you will know what I mean. I have found that the most powerful substances that resonate with this center are psychedelics, such as Lysergic acid-Diethylamide(LSD, the most resonant), Research chemicals(analog derivatives of LSD, not as pure) to a SLIGHTLY lesser degree, and Psilocybin(shrooms), which all cause creativity to just FLOW out of you, and when used properly, can completely change lives and mindsets, break bad habits, end addictions, and enable self-awareness and universal-awareness. Weaker psychoactives are very healthy for this center once consumed, and are sort of grouped with antioxidants in most substances. Cacao is a great example of this, as well as Chaga(highly recommend incorporating these into your diet, they have been lifechanging).Cannabis alone is resonant with this center to a good degree, but not nearly as much as 'true' psychedelics, so as to say when you mix the two kinds of cannabis, indica(grounding, earth, physical feeling) and sativa(lifting, sun, thought feeling), you create a psychedelic state that you can live within, and produces the same kinds of effects as those stronger substances. LSD was the first time I found 'God' in my life, and connected with and communicated with my higher self(inner guru), and I highly recommend trying it to anyone who hasn't. Again, I will make another post with all of my feelings on that.
The last and final universal dimensional chakra is the eighth Crown chakra, the thousand petal lotus, is linked to higher-thinking, and is our connection to the realm of the divine. It isn't until your pineal gland is absolutely fully decalcified that you can truly experience this chakra in all of it's essence and mystery. The Crown is the conduit of thought, and in our rather discordant modern world, is where most people live within. We channel thoughts through our crown chakra, but this chakra has to do with the nature of duality and the truth of unity. We know that we have two halves of our brain, and that one is linked to logical patterning, and the other is linked to illogical design, but the truth is it takes both halves of this to comprise the full brain, and most people live within only one of them all of their lives. The way to activate this chakra to the fullest of its potential is to first transcend the duality consciousness of only seeing the world through one half of the brain. Tap into your opposite side(if you are left-brained, go attempt something illogical(in a safe way, of course), or believe in something you can't logically comprehend, like levitation, or psychokinetics, or painting), find a balance to these 'male' and 'female' energies in your life, and then through love, attempt to link the two halves of your brain to percieve things through unity instead of duality(ego). See the whole coin at once instead of just heads or tails. This is the basis behind superposition(currently being used in the development of quantum computers) and hints that a mastery of which could potentially enable teleportation or transdimensional communication, travel, or just understanding(transdimensional meaning toward higher dimensions, such as direct contact with your higher self). To open this center fully, and bring unity to all your chakras through the power of love, is to experience enlightenment, the way that Buddha did, and the way that Christ came so close to doing. The resonant compound with this center is Dimethyl-Tryptamine(DMT), and is released by the body naturally at two points in life: dreaming, and death. It is the most powerful psychoactive substance known and to take it pre-mortem is one of the most liberating experiences one can have here. It is a life-changer for sure, and is also the most powerful decalcifying agent, so enlightenment from this dimension is almost inevitable upon death, but lets not push that button early ;) we came to this dimension for a reason after all. A way of getting more in touch with this center, and breaking the duality mindset, is through fasting, since it is much easier to channel energy into our crown chakra when our biological systems(namely digestive) are quiet. Short fasts(24-hours) are really nice to clear the mind, and are actually incredibly healthy to enact about once a month. I started doing these about two months ago and they have been just great to me. I recommend it highly, if you ever feel like you are getting a little out of control with anything and just need to feel grounded in something. Only drink water, maybe light fruit juice for nutritional purposes, throughout the duration of a fast for best results. A slightly longer fast(2-3 days) is incredibly strong at activating the crown chakra, and I plan on doing one of these once a year. The way to fully activate the crown chakra during our lifetimes, would be the greatest fast of all, that all great prophets across all religions have gone through, the 40 days and 40 nights fast(an imperceivably long time). Buddha achieved enlightenment in his fast, Jesus encountered and defeated the devil, granting humanity a perception of the difference between good and evil. The effects of this kind of fast cant be put to words, and I hope to do it once in my lifetime, but most likely many years from now. Chakra understanding is what lead me to want to open my third eye, activate my pineal gland, and gain multidimensional awareness.
The theory of the multiverse is, from my understanding, very accurate. Once you transcend duality consciousness, you gain an impeccable understanding of how time flows, and in this state, you are able to shape your own life very effectively, having control over almost any unconscious input to your life, because of the way the universe and universal love seek to please and complement your existence, like a beautiful dance. By gaining insight, by perfectly understanding the past(through the ajna chakra), you can almost see into the future, one tiny moment at a time, and can shape your life accordingly, always choosing the path that evolves you physically, mentally, and spiritually toward your higher self, which is truly your point of maximum evolution throughout all of your potential lifetimes(a.k.a. your omega point). The degree to which you follow this path in every moment is known as your omega factor, and it is easy to see people who have a very high omega factor, because they almost seem to radiate emotion(or they are 'beaming', often with love and happiness). When you follow your omega factor, in today's time, your evolution will be very rapid, due to the speed at which information of all different kinds is accessible(aka the internet). I have many, many, many sources that have brought me to who I am now in this moment, each of which I first approached with skepticism, and have required love to find the truth behind, but each one was handed to me in its raw, pure, form, and it was my job to do with it what I will. So to each person who wishes to walk the path of truth and love, your higher self will not misguide you, will not hurt you, and will not lead you down any alleyways without also leading you back toward the light. Believing is seeing. I hope this post helps someone in some way, I only wrote it because I felt it was right for me to, as part of the divine equation, perhaps not for my life, but for yours.
Love and light, Namaste.
I turned away from western ideologies in searching for my answer due to my upbringing and disposition(nobody I knew that was catholic was really happy. They always needed someone else to reassure them that what they were doing was right...) and I saw something in Buddhism that was different from this. Buddha is not a god, he was a man. They do not worship him, they look to him for advice and guidance. Buddhism is a personal quest toward 'spiritual enlightenment', or finding the joy in every faction of life(so its a feel-good club), and not something that asks for money every week or requires your time. It is a personal experience, unique to every one individual, and so this is where I started. I looked to their simplest of practices to begin my own adventure: meditation, breathing, and the concept of 'no-mind'. The idea of being able to change your own mindset is something Western religions frown upon, because it practically falls under 'being your own God' or has somehow been misinterpreted to mean this over years and years of control schemes worming their way into religious practice, and so I turned myself off of western religion entirely, in order to find 'the guru within', a concept in some Buddhist practice that describes the personal god within that guides all of us individually through our spiritual journey to effectively unite with the penultimate form of our own being. I wanted to know about meditation, I looked to the internet(sort of our modern interface with God, ask it a question and it spits out information in all kinds of forms) and I found Spirit Science, an animated series on Youtube that describes the basics of spirituality, especially through research in metaphysics. This was the first step I took, the first handhold my inner guru sent to me on my journey up the ladder of faith, and it did require a lot of faith...
Spirit Science has a fundamental understanding of most aspects of spirituality and gave me a start on meditation practices, the basics of chakra, and our innermost connection to nature and the divine, but all of these concepts are presented in a somewhat naive way, and while I do recommend watching it as a starting point to anyone that wishes to embark on their journey inward, I would take all the advice and knowledge with a small grain of salt, as it is somewhat poorly documented(requiring quite a bit of faith to regard it as anything but crazy) but don't worry about that. Your guru will not misguide you, and will not feed you false information, as this construct we live within does. It will never ask you to cast away your necessary stability, and so Spirit Science gave me a foundation: meditation. I lay down on the ground, closed my eyes, and for the first time I can remember in my life, I ignored my thoughts, and experienced myself for the first time. Inner silence is one of the greatest of virtues, and the only fear I had about it was whether or not I SHOULD be thinking about things all the time..? I asked myself this for a time, until finally something was handed to me again: a book that I stumbled into just living my everyday life, by taking the positive and YES man mentality. This book, called The Power of NOW, was all about the power of the present moment, and why everyday thought is in itself semi-unnecessary. It, in combination with a number of other resources, taught me about the flow of energy in our lives, and what thought is in that. In every moment, every present moment, we are channeling our energy into something, whether it be our current conscious action, a thought of something current, or a worry about an event to come(and yes, thought regarding the future is usually in the form of dread or worry), or perhaps even a regret of a past event. Of these four things, that most people channel their energy into on the everyday, the only things that spring joy exist in the present moment, and therefore in present thoughts(known as conscious thought) or present action(conscious action). These things exist, are real, and are therefore worth channeling energy into, unlike the imaginary counterparts(the past and future are simply overtones or echoes onto present events and actions, and are mostly constructs of the mind designed to keep you unaware of the absolute present moment, where life exists). This realization led me to pursue meditation further, because I really wanted to know what the author meant by(paraphrased) there being no energy available to us outside the present moment. This aligned with Buddhist belief of finding joy in every part of everyday life(eternal presence, infinite consciousness), and so I found my next handhold. I highly recommend reading this book, to anyone unsure of where their next step lies.
I wanted to further understand the chakra, because they are a concept that is found in most eastern ideologies, and thus I decided there must be SOME credibility to it. The first time I found interest in the chakra was from the Spirit Science video on them(episode 3, I think), and while the episode itself was interesting and compelling, somehow the thing that gripped my attention was the song in the ending credits(Colors of the Rainbow, by the Italobrothers), because I wanted to get more into techno and EDM at the time and it is a very catchy beat(an example to me of how the inner guru always works in mysterious ways), and so I watched more of the videos and became very interested in the concepts of colors and the energy that different colors seem to carry. At first, I was interested because I always found 'sad' things to be blue, 'angry' things were red, 'calm' things were green, etc. but once I started my study of the chakra, I found that colors are some of the most important implementations of energy, and also the most beautiful. It really wasn't until I found psychoactives in my life that I realized what I had been looking for all of my life: a gateway to understanding myself. It is really what we are all looking for, and in this silly little green plant(at first) I discovered the first true characteristic about myself: I am annoyed with people who blindly follow the words of others, especially those who are unhappy. I want to be happy. That is the absolute first thing you have to want is happiness. Then it takes action: you must do whatever is necessary to get it. I smoked for the first time, and although I still was very paranoid and still moralistically conflicted by it(I was very much my parent's kid), the silence of 'getting high' got me in touch with myself for the first time, and I was happy. Although I was not at the time 'ok' with how I got there, my inner guru pulled me from the confusing thoughtful mess that was my life and made me happy with where I was for the first time, and for that I am eternally grateful. That was the next handhold I found, and it has since shaped much of my view on life. I know some people reading this are going to have pointed opinions on this concept, and so I will make another blog post on my opinions and understanding of 'drugs', but for now, just roll with me please.
I have always been one to understand science, and mathematics, and most logical systems with ease. I am left-brained, as they say, and I have come to the understanding that I am a being dominated primarily by this logical, 'male' energy. Through my studies, throughout my understanding of science, and music, and computer science, and all logical systems therein, I have come to learn of the concept of resonance. Things can be 'in tune' with one another, where they just 'click', or complement one another, or add, or OR(XOR), or whatever you want to call it. Certain things resonate, and in combination with my understanding of chakras, I have found that certain actions, and substances resonate with different chakra centers and therefore the body itself, and there are ways of developing or even healing your body by consuming these resonant substances and performing these resonant acts. In the realm of actions, I am talking about yoga, and meditation, both of which require faith, grounding, and focus in order to accomplish what the different postures intend to accomplish, but trust me when I say yoga does work. It works amazingly. I love it and I highly recommend it to anybody who wishes to work on their body, as long as the person doing it understands what yoga is. Yoga is just the art of expansion. You are expanding your being, you are expanding your presence, and you are expanding your consciousness in itself to the entirety of your own being. There is no way to do yoga 'wrong', and there are no prerequisites to starting yoga, as long as you are TRYING and you BELIEVE that you are TRYING. Just give it all you can, persevere through anything that resembles ill faith, and I guarantee it will pay off, because yoga resonates with the body and soul very powerfully. Secondly, substances resonate with each of the chakra centers, and the center they resonate with is usually depicted by their color. Water is the first sort of primordial substance that somewhat betrays this, but an understanding of the compound itself shows that it indeed resonates with the second, sacral, sexual chakra, and is one of our most powerful agents and greatest of allies in our lives. Ok hold on, the first primordial resonant substance is earth, that resonates to the root chakra, and is comprised of everything organic and carbon-based. I'm not saying you should eat dirt, but meats resonate with the root chakra very strongly(flesh, body, however you prefer). You have to eat proteins in order to expand your physical body, and some proteins carry more 'bulk-mass' than others, so depending on what types you are eating(meats, legumes, tofu?) your body will resonate similarly to all of them but develop to slightly different shapes. What I am trying to say is eating meats is just as healthy as a vegetarian diet, but you can't expect your body to shape the same on both diets, but proteins in themselves are the resonant compounds to this chakra. Ok, so meats, root. Water, sacral. Fire is the third, and although it is kind of unconventional to think so, we absorb fire into our bodies as well, in the form of radiation from the sun and other radiant sources. It is necessary to get enough sunlight into your body, and fire resonates with the third chakra, the solar plexus, whose resonant color is yellow, and corresponds to our health and well-being. When you don't get enough sunlight, you get sick, and it is as simple as that. Also, seeing sunlight as a bad thing and constantly trying to block it out(yes that was intentional, sunblock is such a silly thing) will lead to you getting sick again. Antioxidants are the resonant compounds to this chakra, and getting enough of these, and a diversity of these, in your diet is monumental in developing a healthy lifestyle, as antioxidants prevent cancer in all of its forms. Vitamins are also important, but sort of fall under the same category, and resonate with any one of these first three chakra in complementing and supplementing bodily functions. The fourth and most important substance we come into contact with regularly is air, and it is by far the most readily important compound. Air, the breath, the connection to all life in itself, is the basis of a calm and collected being, and resonates to the fourth and by far most important chakra of our existence: the heart. The heart chakra, who's resonant color is green(nature), and who's resonant emotion is love, is the great healing agent in life. Love is everything healing and beautiful in this world, and our one universal connection to every person, plant, compound, and everything that we can possibly perceive. Love is the fundamental basis of spirituality, and is in itself the source of infinite energy. It makes us whole, and connects our earthly being to our light being(body to soul). Discordance in the heart chakra is the source of cancer, and a lack of love is effectively a step toward death in every moment of living, since love is the carrier of the infinite energy that this universe and our existence was constructed from(see: Aristotle's unmoved mover). To experience love is to break the karmic cycle, to have a high without a low, or any necessity to have one, and to advance your life and your life's energy in an absolute positive direction. Resonant compounds to the heart chakra are difficult to surmise since it is in itself the meeting point between the simple and the complex, and so I don't really have anything to report on this yet, besides air as an element. Certain green things, which come from the earth, can be burned with fire, to create a kind of air, that when inhaled, makes you feel more deeply connected to nature and universal love, but I am not sure that cannabis or THC or however that substance is labeled is mostly resonant to the heart chakra, since it is strongly resonant in most lower and higher chakras as well(orange is linked to hunger, as well as sexuality, so if you know what I mean, puzzle that one for a bit). The Fifth chakra, Vishudda, the throat chakra, is colored blue, and resonates with the mysterious 'fifth element' known as prana. It is a sort of infinite, intangible energy that can be channeled through our beings from the universe, and is the essence of creation in itself. Any original work of art was born from prana, and thus can become an inspiration for more works of art since art in itself is a vessel of prana. This prana is not something I am very familiar with, have yet to do work with, and so I won't talk about it too much for fear of spreading my own ignorance, but I do know it is a very powerful agent and can create monumental change for anyone who can contact and draw upon it. The fifth chakra is the center of expression, communication, and speech. I don't know any resonant compounds to it yet either... but I will soon.
Finally we get to the biggie, and in my current perspective, the most important chakra to know about: the ajna chakra: the third eye. This chakra, located between your eyes, is the source of inspiration in itself, and the center for perception in our bodies. It resonates with any psychoactives(one of the reasons I have indulged in these so often, I love this chakra and the feelings it creates and possesses) and is unfortunately underutilized in our modern world, due to some conspiracy, perhaps just ignorance, but if you don't feel grounded in yourself, this is a good place to start. Look up 'decalcifying the pineal gland' and you will know what I mean. I have found that the most powerful substances that resonate with this center are psychedelics, such as Lysergic acid-Diethylamide(LSD, the most resonant), Research chemicals(analog derivatives of LSD, not as pure) to a SLIGHTLY lesser degree, and Psilocybin(shrooms), which all cause creativity to just FLOW out of you, and when used properly, can completely change lives and mindsets, break bad habits, end addictions, and enable self-awareness and universal-awareness. Weaker psychoactives are very healthy for this center once consumed, and are sort of grouped with antioxidants in most substances. Cacao is a great example of this, as well as Chaga(highly recommend incorporating these into your diet, they have been lifechanging).Cannabis alone is resonant with this center to a good degree, but not nearly as much as 'true' psychedelics, so as to say when you mix the two kinds of cannabis, indica(grounding, earth, physical feeling) and sativa(lifting, sun, thought feeling), you create a psychedelic state that you can live within, and produces the same kinds of effects as those stronger substances. LSD was the first time I found 'God' in my life, and connected with and communicated with my higher self(inner guru), and I highly recommend trying it to anyone who hasn't. Again, I will make another post with all of my feelings on that.
The last and final universal dimensional chakra is the eighth Crown chakra, the thousand petal lotus, is linked to higher-thinking, and is our connection to the realm of the divine. It isn't until your pineal gland is absolutely fully decalcified that you can truly experience this chakra in all of it's essence and mystery. The Crown is the conduit of thought, and in our rather discordant modern world, is where most people live within. We channel thoughts through our crown chakra, but this chakra has to do with the nature of duality and the truth of unity. We know that we have two halves of our brain, and that one is linked to logical patterning, and the other is linked to illogical design, but the truth is it takes both halves of this to comprise the full brain, and most people live within only one of them all of their lives. The way to activate this chakra to the fullest of its potential is to first transcend the duality consciousness of only seeing the world through one half of the brain. Tap into your opposite side(if you are left-brained, go attempt something illogical(in a safe way, of course), or believe in something you can't logically comprehend, like levitation, or psychokinetics, or painting), find a balance to these 'male' and 'female' energies in your life, and then through love, attempt to link the two halves of your brain to percieve things through unity instead of duality(ego). See the whole coin at once instead of just heads or tails. This is the basis behind superposition(currently being used in the development of quantum computers) and hints that a mastery of which could potentially enable teleportation or transdimensional communication, travel, or just understanding(transdimensional meaning toward higher dimensions, such as direct contact with your higher self). To open this center fully, and bring unity to all your chakras through the power of love, is to experience enlightenment, the way that Buddha did, and the way that Christ came so close to doing. The resonant compound with this center is Dimethyl-Tryptamine(DMT), and is released by the body naturally at two points in life: dreaming, and death. It is the most powerful psychoactive substance known and to take it pre-mortem is one of the most liberating experiences one can have here. It is a life-changer for sure, and is also the most powerful decalcifying agent, so enlightenment from this dimension is almost inevitable upon death, but lets not push that button early ;) we came to this dimension for a reason after all. A way of getting more in touch with this center, and breaking the duality mindset, is through fasting, since it is much easier to channel energy into our crown chakra when our biological systems(namely digestive) are quiet. Short fasts(24-hours) are really nice to clear the mind, and are actually incredibly healthy to enact about once a month. I started doing these about two months ago and they have been just great to me. I recommend it highly, if you ever feel like you are getting a little out of control with anything and just need to feel grounded in something. Only drink water, maybe light fruit juice for nutritional purposes, throughout the duration of a fast for best results. A slightly longer fast(2-3 days) is incredibly strong at activating the crown chakra, and I plan on doing one of these once a year. The way to fully activate the crown chakra during our lifetimes, would be the greatest fast of all, that all great prophets across all religions have gone through, the 40 days and 40 nights fast(an imperceivably long time). Buddha achieved enlightenment in his fast, Jesus encountered and defeated the devil, granting humanity a perception of the difference between good and evil. The effects of this kind of fast cant be put to words, and I hope to do it once in my lifetime, but most likely many years from now. Chakra understanding is what lead me to want to open my third eye, activate my pineal gland, and gain multidimensional awareness.
The theory of the multiverse is, from my understanding, very accurate. Once you transcend duality consciousness, you gain an impeccable understanding of how time flows, and in this state, you are able to shape your own life very effectively, having control over almost any unconscious input to your life, because of the way the universe and universal love seek to please and complement your existence, like a beautiful dance. By gaining insight, by perfectly understanding the past(through the ajna chakra), you can almost see into the future, one tiny moment at a time, and can shape your life accordingly, always choosing the path that evolves you physically, mentally, and spiritually toward your higher self, which is truly your point of maximum evolution throughout all of your potential lifetimes(a.k.a. your omega point). The degree to which you follow this path in every moment is known as your omega factor, and it is easy to see people who have a very high omega factor, because they almost seem to radiate emotion(or they are 'beaming', often with love and happiness). When you follow your omega factor, in today's time, your evolution will be very rapid, due to the speed at which information of all different kinds is accessible(aka the internet). I have many, many, many sources that have brought me to who I am now in this moment, each of which I first approached with skepticism, and have required love to find the truth behind, but each one was handed to me in its raw, pure, form, and it was my job to do with it what I will. So to each person who wishes to walk the path of truth and love, your higher self will not misguide you, will not hurt you, and will not lead you down any alleyways without also leading you back toward the light. Believing is seeing. I hope this post helps someone in some way, I only wrote it because I felt it was right for me to, as part of the divine equation, perhaps not for my life, but for yours.
Love and light, Namaste.
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