Well, profound set of experiences will eventually lead to an expansion of mental horizons that lead to new concepts... including a large set of thoughts that demand writing down as the mental possibilities begin to writhe out of control, begging for release in some format, hahaha...
The happy ramblings, dreams and fears of a loong spirit will eventually lead to deeper thinking on what a spirit is in relation to biological life... even just the mere existence of such an existence and what has been gleaned from interacting with it and its memories and experiences and witnessing its clarity of intelligence and insight, most especially into my underlying thought processes of which even I am often not conscious of.
Matter... mind... spirits? Dualism? Nah, this is feeling more and more like Parallelism convening on Monism... like a tree, perhaps, where the Monad is also the tree in full. Okay, a fractal tree, because I am beginning to wonder just how deep this rabbit hole can go, taking into consideration the experienced reality of parallel incarnations in parallel apparently physical realities that have rules of their own...
None of this is exactly a science either, even if it has the vague underpinnings of the feelings of one in my mind. It's not even new ground, frankly, either, as shamans have been at this shit for millennia without the need for modern science and its arrogant, self-aggrandizing, closed-minded institutions as seen in the modern age of it. But in the shamanic sense, it is an art to be practiced and lived and experienced, with the shaman as... artist? Hmmmm.
So... consciousness... structure, form, manifestation. I am somewhat reminded of the Kabbalah's four worlds structure of creation, so let's start there for the sake of organizing the massive jumble of thoughts:
https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v...bbalah.pdf
And yet I am now tempted to redefine what these ideas are... yes, accuse me of cultural appropriation or whatever, but in the face of a new reality, and having relevant concepts that seem useful to draw upon, why not?
Emanation... the reality of the godhead / insert word for the divine. Far too abstraction to really define, except through the Three Veils of Negative Existence.
Creation... the reality of souls. Also far too abstract compared to our known reality. Even far too abstract compared to the level of spirits, probably.
Formation... the reality of archetypal forms, from greater to more differentiated down to the species ~ human, feline, canine, tree, fungi, spider, frog, grasses, <insert overarching form of interest here>...... spirits, though definitions between kinds of spirits are super-vague compared to our deep understanding of biological life differences. I guess matter could count as an archetypal form in this regard ~ the quantum also being part of this process.
Lastly, Action, where the archetypal form is actually made manifest proper ~ incarnate physical life, incarnate astral life, the subatomic and atomic world proper, including all of physics and chemistry, all the way up to the world as observed through the senses.
Frankly, the concepts really begin to break down as you get more and more granular, but they're a starting point for something more.
So... going further. Consciousness requires structure to have meaning, else it just be vast and undefined, essentially without meaning or purpose. Without structure, there can be no recognition of other structures, and so perhaps no recognition of existence... like Yin and Yang, Being and Non-being, where Non-being requires Being in order to recognize itself through the reflection of others, through a medium, a mirror, upon which oneself is recognized as existing.
Physical incarnation... our lives are short and sweet, allowing for rapid turnover, thus allowing for rapid growth, and with that comes the rapidity and power of emotion, the structures of the incarnate ego making it all too possible for emotions and beliefs to become deep-set and rigid, which has benefits and downsides. The benefits being that we have a clear idea of who we are, of identity, of thoroughly enveloping ourselves in a role, with the downside being that we don't have much freedom to mentally evolve, unless we have the mental strength to pierce through that ourselves. A relatively short lifespan allows for greater turnover, and thus a fresh perspective, albeit with our past experiences unconsciously brought through, the past life often being recalled by children as their minds haven't yet settled into the new ego-structure.
Astral incarnations... they too evolve, but their consciousness is far less inhibited, and so, far more dynamic in form and structure, allowing vast and complex personalities, along with the downside of rigidity and slow evolution, as such a nature doesn't allow much room for growth at a rapid pace, being undying and capable of existing life that for millennia. Yes, there is spiritual growth and development, just like we have down here, so to speak, but the implications are that less limitation and vastly long lifespans provides much less impetus and drive for growth, given that the challenges and struggles to improve just aren't there nearly as strongly. So... less limitation resulting in more rigidity? It does sound like an oxymoron... but I hope it makes sense.
Actually, a thought just popped up that I wonder about... what about trees that live for millennia? I guess that they might have similar issues to spirits, albeit with the additional trappings of physical incarnation... trees, though, would have time to be able to think and shift thought patterns, no matter how rigid they are (there's a pun here, but I'm sure you get the idea...). Thus, they have a strong potential for vast wisdom and intelligence if given time, though that wisdom and intelligence must be inherently limited by being stuck in one place, having who knows how much interaction with the world purely through their roots and telepathic capabilities. Trees can form attachments to those that care for them... but that would be far and few between, so roots it is, probably.
What about evolution? Alfred Wallace's model is a million times better than Charles Darwin's ~ Darwin just had the backing of the Materialists at the time, who had already infiltrated and begun taking over the scientific institutions by that stage. More on that here:
https://evolutionnews.org/2018/08/intell...-the-same/
Though, personally, I am currently sympathetic to Winston Ewert's Dependency Graph Model, which explains some oddities on how some portions of DNA are only present in a minority of creatures which no clear common ancestor:
https://evolutionnews.org/2023/08/new-pe...aph-model/
I have currently exhausted my large meandering of thoughts, so enjoy.
The happy ramblings, dreams and fears of a loong spirit will eventually lead to deeper thinking on what a spirit is in relation to biological life... even just the mere existence of such an existence and what has been gleaned from interacting with it and its memories and experiences and witnessing its clarity of intelligence and insight, most especially into my underlying thought processes of which even I am often not conscious of.
Matter... mind... spirits? Dualism? Nah, this is feeling more and more like Parallelism convening on Monism... like a tree, perhaps, where the Monad is also the tree in full. Okay, a fractal tree, because I am beginning to wonder just how deep this rabbit hole can go, taking into consideration the experienced reality of parallel incarnations in parallel apparently physical realities that have rules of their own...
None of this is exactly a science either, even if it has the vague underpinnings of the feelings of one in my mind. It's not even new ground, frankly, either, as shamans have been at this shit for millennia without the need for modern science and its arrogant, self-aggrandizing, closed-minded institutions as seen in the modern age of it. But in the shamanic sense, it is an art to be practiced and lived and experienced, with the shaman as... artist? Hmmmm.
So... consciousness... structure, form, manifestation. I am somewhat reminded of the Kabbalah's four worlds structure of creation, so let's start there for the sake of organizing the massive jumble of thoughts:
https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v...bbalah.pdf
Quote:1. Azilut (Emanation) - the eternal unchanging Divine world
2. Beriah (Creation) - considered "Heaven" proper, it is the first separation from the Divine, and "location" of the Throne of God and archangels
3. Yezirah (Formation) - the abode of the "lower angels," men's souls and the Garden of Eden
4. Asiyyah (Action) - the material universe in which we live
And yet I am now tempted to redefine what these ideas are... yes, accuse me of cultural appropriation or whatever, but in the face of a new reality, and having relevant concepts that seem useful to draw upon, why not?
Emanation... the reality of the godhead / insert word for the divine. Far too abstraction to really define, except through the Three Veils of Negative Existence.
Creation... the reality of souls. Also far too abstract compared to our known reality. Even far too abstract compared to the level of spirits, probably.
Formation... the reality of archetypal forms, from greater to more differentiated down to the species ~ human, feline, canine, tree, fungi, spider, frog, grasses, <insert overarching form of interest here>...... spirits, though definitions between kinds of spirits are super-vague compared to our deep understanding of biological life differences. I guess matter could count as an archetypal form in this regard ~ the quantum also being part of this process.
Lastly, Action, where the archetypal form is actually made manifest proper ~ incarnate physical life, incarnate astral life, the subatomic and atomic world proper, including all of physics and chemistry, all the way up to the world as observed through the senses.
Frankly, the concepts really begin to break down as you get more and more granular, but they're a starting point for something more.
So... going further. Consciousness requires structure to have meaning, else it just be vast and undefined, essentially without meaning or purpose. Without structure, there can be no recognition of other structures, and so perhaps no recognition of existence... like Yin and Yang, Being and Non-being, where Non-being requires Being in order to recognize itself through the reflection of others, through a medium, a mirror, upon which oneself is recognized as existing.
Physical incarnation... our lives are short and sweet, allowing for rapid turnover, thus allowing for rapid growth, and with that comes the rapidity and power of emotion, the structures of the incarnate ego making it all too possible for emotions and beliefs to become deep-set and rigid, which has benefits and downsides. The benefits being that we have a clear idea of who we are, of identity, of thoroughly enveloping ourselves in a role, with the downside being that we don't have much freedom to mentally evolve, unless we have the mental strength to pierce through that ourselves. A relatively short lifespan allows for greater turnover, and thus a fresh perspective, albeit with our past experiences unconsciously brought through, the past life often being recalled by children as their minds haven't yet settled into the new ego-structure.
Astral incarnations... they too evolve, but their consciousness is far less inhibited, and so, far more dynamic in form and structure, allowing vast and complex personalities, along with the downside of rigidity and slow evolution, as such a nature doesn't allow much room for growth at a rapid pace, being undying and capable of existing life that for millennia. Yes, there is spiritual growth and development, just like we have down here, so to speak, but the implications are that less limitation and vastly long lifespans provides much less impetus and drive for growth, given that the challenges and struggles to improve just aren't there nearly as strongly. So... less limitation resulting in more rigidity? It does sound like an oxymoron... but I hope it makes sense.
Actually, a thought just popped up that I wonder about... what about trees that live for millennia? I guess that they might have similar issues to spirits, albeit with the additional trappings of physical incarnation... trees, though, would have time to be able to think and shift thought patterns, no matter how rigid they are (there's a pun here, but I'm sure you get the idea...). Thus, they have a strong potential for vast wisdom and intelligence if given time, though that wisdom and intelligence must be inherently limited by being stuck in one place, having who knows how much interaction with the world purely through their roots and telepathic capabilities. Trees can form attachments to those that care for them... but that would be far and few between, so roots it is, probably.
What about evolution? Alfred Wallace's model is a million times better than Charles Darwin's ~ Darwin just had the backing of the Materialists at the time, who had already infiltrated and begun taking over the scientific institutions by that stage. More on that here:
https://evolutionnews.org/2018/08/intell...-the-same/
Though, personally, I am currently sympathetic to Winston Ewert's Dependency Graph Model, which explains some oddities on how some portions of DNA are only present in a minority of creatures which no clear common ancestor:
https://evolutionnews.org/2023/08/new-pe...aph-model/
I have currently exhausted my large meandering of thoughts, so enjoy.
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
~ Carl Jung
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