Can the human imagination create something real? Something that, although delusory, has the power to act autonomously of our initial fabrication? By deciding that our perceptions of existence are real we create our world around us. This is true for the mundane details of life, but also affects the most lofty and grand ideals which control our lives.
Our notions of god are nothing more than idols.
We create god out of thoughts and words rather than the wood and bronze of ancient times.
This god is a very weak god, it is no god at all, it is a puppet whom we create and give life.
It is the antithesis of God-
The Infinite, the Beginning and the End.
The One whose name I cannot and must not utter.
But this puppet god that we create, what is it, is it the devil...
Although it is powerless and our creation, we give it power.
It is a chimera dreamt up by children who are afraid of the dark.
It is a judge concocted by those who want to control others.
We bow down and worship this god.
This is blasphemy!
This puppet god is given power by our perceptions.
All of our neurotic fear, shame, guilt, feelings of inadequacy and general puniness are a result of the power we give this dark imposter.
Our own nightmares trap us in a futile cycle of unworthiness.
Christian attempts to sanitize and humanize religion have done nothing but produce an even grimmer god, one who loves us yet is still the perpetrator of an insane existence which forces every individual into submission to those who have the power. There is no freedom from our nightmares within religion.
This is why it has often driven people mad. It is driving me mad.
I find no hope in certainty.
There is no impetus to continue seeking a captive yet enslaving god.
Vagueness does not exist in the incomprehinsible One.
There is all the reason in the universe to seek The Unattainable.
One more thought...a compass does not tell the traveller which direction to go, but rather allows the traveller to choose which way to go by clearly stating the options. Two questions remain:
1. Are up and down and every other fathomably degree alternative options aside from the x and y directions on the compass?
and
2. What will happen to our compasses when the magnetism of the poles reverse? Which way will be up and which will be down. oh no I sound like Nietzsche, I should stop...
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you are fucking kidding me. and i'm not referring to his blog in particular, dear andrew, hence no offense directed to you; however, this whole thing in general. oh my goodness. some of you may be intelligent enough to comprehend...others, not so much
I don't understand, what is offending you?
oh andrew. nm. however, very intersting, and i pose this question: why do you mention certainty?
I believe she's saying that this blog in general is esoteric, elitist and difficult to understand.
Come now Jen, all you need to do is pay attention. It's all there.
Your post is true, we construct our world, our ideas and indeed, our god.
We trap ourselves in a prison of our own design.
I live in a gilded cage.
no jen explained otherwise jeff, but as to the certainty...certainty is what, in my view, people are looking for. We want to know something that is true. I don't think that certainty can be found. Certainty leads to stagnation and death. I will write more on that later.
but there like is no certainty, not as we could ever know. and those who believe it are just as good as fools; but bless their simple, shallow hearts
So we're not elitist and esoteric...hmmm, could'a foled me, ha ha ha.
And yes, as shallow the belief in absolute certainty is, it seems to be something we fundamentally long for...
Can't spell fundamental without fun. And mental.
i love him.
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