(DELUSIONS/CONCLUSIONS - Chapter 2) Excerpt.

Where We Were

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

 Theodore Roosevelt,

26th U.S, President (1858—1919)

For countless years, probably countless millennia if not millions of years, we imagined that we live on Earth for no particular reason, other than to survive for as long as we could. This, after all, seems to be the principal preoccupations of other species, of other animals, who have not yet begun to create their own, artificial realities.

And then came mystics, prophets and even messiahs.

They, until recently, were the only ones who suggested that we are more than flesh and bones. That we can create realities that we can pretend to be real. They also suggested that life on Earth is not the only form of existence, but rather a transient state of becoming, when-after we shall move, on ‘dying’ (vacating our illusory bodies), to a higher reality. Those ideas were summarily exploited by men who created religions, for the sole purpose of controlling man’s minds. For what purpose they did so, we shall leave for now. While they tended to live in unprecedented luxury compared to those whose minds they controlled, they were also directly responsible for creating, installing and protecting countless architectural, sculptural and painting treasures, which, to this day, we recognize as works of art, and that often serve as inspiration for wonderful compositions of music.

And then came Albert Einstein and, with a single sentence upset the philosophical, religious and even practical apple cart. He proclaimed that:

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

So much for life on Earth.

Unless...

Unless the only purpose of life on Earth is to prepare a state of consciousness in which we want to spend extended periods. Some Mahatmas¹ claim that the stages between reincarnations in the ‘valley of tears’  can last, on average, 1500 years.

Hence, we don’t retire to do nothing for ever-after, to exist eternally in a state abysmal boredom usually referred to as Heaven, but be retire to Devachan, which is a temporary abode which”

“...is regarded as the place where most souls go after death where desires are gratified, corresponding to the Christian belief in Heaven. However, Devachan is a temporary intermediate state of being before the soul's eventual rebirth into the physical world.” (H.P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary. Theosophical Publishing Society, 1892, page 98)

Let us make sure that we do not confuse Devachan with the Christian version of  Purgatory, which is far, far more unpleasant state of consciousness than Devachan. While Devachan can be a stint wherein we are rewarded for having created the existence of joy and pleasure, the Purgatory is a purely punitive condition. According to Christian doctrine, we are not sent there as a reward, but a punishment. After all, all Christianity is built on the carrot and the stick philosophy with the absolutes of Heaven and Hell as unchangeable, irrevocable, permanents states of consciousness.

Alas, for the rest of us, we prefer to believe in Christ’s teaching, and not in the perverted version of it promulgated by the sacerdotal fraternities. After all, Christ said that “Kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21). We must assume that the Kingdom of God is as close to Heaven as we can get.

Nevertheless, H.P. Blavatsky, purporting the philosophy of theosophy, assures us that:

“Through Wisdom and Knowledge, one can reach Nirvana and be free from the cycle of birth and death, and even the "false bliss" of Devachan. (H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine)

We wouldn’t be able to verify if the bliss of Davanchan is real unless we’ve been there. There are, however, several people throughout history who have strong recollections of previous lives.

On the other hand, we cannot confirm Blavatsky’s thesis as, to my knowledge, no one yet achieved “absolute Wisdom and  Knowledge”, hence failed to return to Earth.

(1) Mahatma means "great soul", derived from Sanskrit (maha) meaning "great" and (atman) meaning "soul, spirit, life". 

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(TO BE CONTINUED IN A DAY OR TWO)

EPILOGUE to DELUSIONS—Pragmatic Realism

“If you suspect you are more than flesh and bones, read Stan I.S. Law. If you want to be sure, read Stanislaw Kapuscinski.”

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My brother came to see me, today. We discussed this and that, and later, since he has a Ph.D. in physics from Leeds, UK, our conversation turned to physics. Particle physics, or as I like to call it, non-pragmatic reality.

I told him about the empty space business. About our reality not being there. Or here, so to speak. I was hoping he’d cheer me up.

He didn’t.

He said that the latest coming directly from the hot tub is nothing. I mean that atoms occupy, well, zero space.  That, according to the particle physicists, they are points. Non-dimensional points. They are called point-particles. That atoms are there but not really, as far as mass is concerned.

No mass?

Not in particle physics. It’s useful, he said. They don’t take up any space. It’s how physicists see the particles when mass is, well, mass and size or shape, or… the structure is irrelevant in a given context…

So they are not really there? 

Oh, they are there. Sort of.

What about the Earth, I asked? Is Earth a point, too?

Sure, he replied.

And the universe?

He just looked at me.

So much for Pragmatic Reality of particle physics.

Then I tried again. What about the Big Bang, then? It must have had an enormous black hole to initiate the expansion of the whole universe. The mass of our own black hole, at the center of Milky Way, is said to be about four million times that of our Sun. And our little solar system is only some 27,000 light-years away from the centre of the Milky Way—from the mother of all the black holes in our galaxy. I wondered how long it would or how long it will take to swallow us whole.

A point, he replied. A point.

You’re kidding, right?

No. Particle physicists never kid. Science is too vital. The whole reality would collapse if we did. Wouldn’t it? I must have looked dubious. You see, he added, before the Big Bang there was no time or space. Hence…

A point, I finished for him.

I must have continued to look a bit lost.

You see, he began again, for example, from far enough away an object of any shape will look and behave as a point-like object.

This time it was I who just stared at him. He continued talking. In the theory of gravity, we often discuss a point mass, meaning a point particle with a nonzero mass and…

I stopped paying attention. 

My wife looked up from the settee. I’d rather be a fish, she said. When we both looked at her, she added, but not salmon.

Yesterday we saw a movie on TV about salmon. They, seemingly hundreds of them, have reached the end of their journey. Three brown bears were gorging themselves in shallow water. The salmon made an only half-hearted attempt at escape. What would have been the point? They came here to die.

It’s all a delusion, I thought. Like God?

I thought that Dr. Dawkins would be pleased. On the other hand, the non-physical universe of spiritual, mental and emotional whimsy suddenly became even more real. At least for me. How about you?

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CONCLUSIONS—Pragmatic Realities.

Prompted by my wife, I am forced to write a sequel to my DELUSIONS—Pragmantic Realism. The only fair title that comes to mind is CONCLUSIONS—Pragmatic Realities.

Below the Foreward to the book.

FOREWORD to DELUSIONS

I am reminded of a story about a seeker, a man from the West, coming upon two Buddhist monks. They were sitting in contemplative silence, some distance apart. After waiting for a respectful while, in an attempt to understand the Infinite, the tourist asked the first monk:
    “Is there a God?”
    The monk opened his eyes, looked with patient tolerance at the traveller and replied, “Of course not.”
    The seeker shook his head in deep disappointment. Yet, the scientific part of his brain smiled with satisfaction. On the other hand, having been trained in the scientific method he felt a deep void in his heart. His upbringing and training precluded the existence of the permanent; of something he could fall back on if all else failed, and in science, things changed constantly—even the universe. But, he was a seeker; he refused to give up. After another while, he approached the second monk and repeated the same question,
    “Is there a God?”
    The second monk opened his eyes, looked at traveller with inherent compassion and replied, “Of course. I am.”
    It sounded like a Zen Koan. Or, in Master Hyakujo’s words, “The enlightened man is one with causation.”
    The seeker remembered: “The perceiver and the perceived are one.”
    Contented, the seeker went on his way.

    
    My CONCLUSIONS?

Not much has changed. The Buddhist monks still sit in contemplative silence. They still ponder the Infinite within and without them. Another man from the West asked the same question as his predecessor did some years ago:
    “Is there a God?” 
    The monk turned his dreamy eyes at the tourist.
    “Define what you mean by God.”
    The tourist was stumped. Didn’t Baruch Spinoza once say that: “To define God is to deny God.” Of course, to define means to limit, and if you limit God then He’d no longer be God. And least, not the Almighty One. 'He', that’s already a limitation. Perhaps He’s a She. Or a hermaphrodite? Or not even human at all.
    Well, maybe the Greeks were right. Who could tell what billions of years could evolve? Maybe there are many gods.
    “Never mind,” the tourist said. He didn’t want to place limitations on the Unlimited.
    The monk smiled knowingly.     

(More, much more, later...) 

DELUSIONS—Pragmatic Realism

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For reasons unknown to me, a long life is regarded as some kind of blessing. And this in spite of the fact that most of us, the Jews, Christians, and Moslem, intend to move to the never-never land of Heaven. If Heaven is so wonderful, then why they wish to remain in the Valley of Tears?

It is a completely illogical proposition.

Either Heaven is not all it's purported to be, or we shouldn’t try to avoid it for as long as possible.

The only other option is that the vast majority of people are fully committed or at the very least expectant, to move permanently to Hell, and thus wish to avoid the inevitable at least for a while longer. Perhaps they also suspect that global warming is intended to condition them to eternal fire.

Long life is not a reward for achievements, nor is it punishment for failing to fulfill our dharma sooner. After all, we’re all immortal. The only purpose of life on Earth is to heighten, enrich, and beautify our life in Heaven. After all, Heaven, even as Hell, even as our life on Earth, are all but states of consciousness. We are the sole creators of realities in which we experience our mode of becoming.

We are gods. 

We are individualizations of the creative energy of 

Omnipresent Consciousness

that shape our own Universes, our own realities.

Of course, religions have a different motivation.

Heaven and Hell are by far the best carrot and stick anyone could possibly imagine. Just think… eternal suffering! Who wouldn’t be scared of a God so despicable as to send his beloved children to eternal damnation? I am really amazed that there still are people in this reality who believe in such a despicable perversion of infinite love.

No matter.

Secular Ethics will take care of that.

As for the purpose of remaining on Earth, that’s easy.

We are here to learn to align our efforts with the Creative Force of the Universe, eventually in full consciousness. When our awareness of Being and Becoming unite, becomes One, we also become Avatars. We begin to draw on the Infinite Potential and translate it into the phenomenal reality. The longer this reality lasts, the better our understanding of the original Purpose.

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After years of struggle, often self-denial, she became a conscious agent of the Creative Force. In a way, her self-imposed job was to restore peace in the midst of emotional or mental hurricanes.

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The Universe cannot exist without a state of balance. The centrifugal and the centripetal forces, in physical, mental and emotional realities must remain balanced. When the equilibrium is upset we witness wars, mental aberrations, emotional suicides.

Anne knew that. She brought peace to people.

Peace, often, beyond human understanding?

Shouldn’t we all try to do the same?

Gradually, as we learn about the Universal Laws we shall meet our purpose. Secular Ethics should lead us to discover and fulfill our dharma. After all, Secular Ethics reach beyond religions. They apply to everybody and everything. Equally.

It will be as though we were all One.
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