2/21/08

this morning's philosophical horse pill,......open wide

We strive to turn the things that make us the happiest into work and or a form of income. Where had the greater good gone? An unyielding desire to be witnessed living our dream, instead of just living it. May just be that the road to paradise turns into paradise? Without the plot and suspense the resolution “the dream” can’t even exist.
The sound of one hand clapping. When a tree falls in the woods alone does it make a sound? Of course it does but the tree is the only one to hear itself fall. A witness of itself, just like you and I. A witness is one of the keys to life's mystery, the why are we here. Imagine that the great conscience, “I’m trying not to call it god but I want you to imagine that your idea of god or a higher power”, is represented as a ball of energy, a floating ball of light so bright and beautiful we can’t look directly at it. It seperates right from wrong for us to interpret in the form of the little voice in our head, not telling us but (feeling us) right from wrong. A conscience. This ball of energy/light has traditionally been referred to as god, or the all seeing witness, judgment giver….upon all we do. We live to be witnessed. How could this ball of energy/light exist if nothing else exists to witness it? One hand clapping. Belief is that we are living in this ball of energy’s light, trying to live up to its expectation, or pass its judgment. Can that energy exist if living things weren’t there to witness it? My theory is that that energy can’t exist unless we are there to witness it, making this ball of light just as dependent on us as we are it, we may even be this ball of energy in our true form. perpetuating each other’s existence(you and the ball). So now in my imagination of this situation it calls for a second ball of light representing myself next to the other , witnessing it and being witnessed by it. The idea is that one can’t exist without a witness. This all sits well in my mind except for the idea of one of the two of these balls of light having the final judgment upon the other, or being the greater of the two. Imagine the ball of light representing you is instead you in your present form (your body) standing next to the ball of light. Being witnessed by it and witnessing it. ball=”god” you=you, minding that there are a lot of you standing next to this ball. All of you witnessing the same ball of energy that lets us feel right from wrong. Us existing on the base level if only to witness this ball, and the ball not able to exist without us as witnesses. This requires some thought and if you’re not following me pause here and take time to re read the above paragraph if necessary. Now imagine that you are the ball of energy, and this ball is not beside your body but inside it, in fact housed by it, and your body is then the crucial witness of you. You are actually your conscience in a people costume. The reason for our existence on earth in the flesh is but to provide witness to our true self, this ball of energy.
-- king of the coyotes

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