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.