shit thats on my mind Share, Monday, September 22, 2008 at 2:13am

This world is deluded; You Yourself have deluded it. Forgetting the One, it has become engrossed in duality
Sri guru Granth Sahib.

duals, or so it seems. it appears this universe is composed of dualities, opposing forces fiercely and violently struggling against one another to find that delicate balance which is the original state. the primordial singularity, the middle way, the fulcrum point of the pendulum, no-thingness, nirvana, heaven, whatever you may want to call it essentially it is this same "Oneness" that is our original face, the sleeping deity within us all deluded by the illusory world in which we know to be "reality". the tumultuous relationship between man and woman is a prime example of this extreme of duality. biologically we cannot escape this , but with our highly defined consciousness of today, and the with the informational technology that we have we can inform ourselves that we are essentially the same, we are ONE. their is no need for patriarchy or matriarchy, or games that we love to play. their is only room for mutual understanding, tolerance and love. all of these predestined psychological traits that male and females acquire are empirically observed and thus are thought to be followed and not changed, well that would be a horrible conclusion dont you think? forever bound to a set of rules that are unalterable in the time of change. the key is to realize that we have these differences but break through traditional norm and work to facilitate each others evolution towards understanding and cooperation. you must help one another find the middle way.

the enlightenment age brought upon a very rational way to look at the world as something that can be measured and studied empirically, it is true that this worldview has brought upon some of the greatest achievements in sciences, technology, politics ect. but this complicated form of topography forgot one thing in the map he created for the world, and that is the topographer himself/herself. he/she forgot to include himself/herself as a part of the map thus creating a universe that is without meaning, cold and dead. what the topographer failed to realize is that he/she is a part of the world itself leaving out a vital and important part of the equation and the interpretations that make are just as equally as real and valuable as the observable world. their was never a separation from the self and the world, no duality. but because of the current worldview of extreme rationality some unfortunate things are occurring like the over consumption of natural resources, hyper inflated materialistic lifestyles, exploitation, lack of spirituality, superficiality, vanity, pollution, mental and physical health ailments, war, greed so on and so forth. all products of an extreme reductionist view of the world. freeing ourselves from the peaks and valleys of karma can be achieved if we integrate a more integral worldview of reality that encompasses everything as being indifferent, neither good nor bad, just is. we need to start thinking trans-rational instead of trying to murder everything's soulful meaning.

you are your own god
you choose your reality
you are the center of your own universe
you ARE the universe