8/3/03
This is an experiment in basic coding as well as mindfulness.
Within the
last 5 or so years, my curiosity about the spiritual aspect of
life has grown more pronounced. A thing I've discovered is that
when one begins self-examination (for any question about existence
is really a question about the self), it's too easy to fall away
from honest observation and into emotional self-interest. Rather
than holding to an ascetic viewpoint and denying myself these
occasional indulgences, I'll go with what occurs. Unexpected turns
and sudden drops don't necessarily spell disaster, and when greeted
with uncovered eyes they often offer the real meat of the experience.
It would
be incorrect to say that this experiment is about me or my life.
It involves a world, the different life-forms that inhabit it,
and the worlds they create. Generally the focus is the imagination,
exploring what is possible, and finding out where the boundaries
are (if there really are any). Here I will attempt to map out
some of the chaos that is the mental phenomenon of any human at
any given time...
Zero Point
If we were to emerge one layer from the basic resting place of
Being, there is a World; a context for Being. If we zoom-out another
several layers, we find there are many Worlds; one in a book you
may be reading, one in effect at a bar you like to frequent, one
at your workplace, one in your home, perhaps one or several in
your mind. When you arrived here you encountered yet another World.
It has no real name. Don't bother about your driver's license
or credit card, or whether your hair is combed. What matters here
is who you are when you strip away those extraneous details.
Have you
honored that part of yourself that normally endures walking around
wearing what others think is the "real" you? Entertain
for a moment, what you really look like; what color your anger
is; in what shape hope glows around your body; what really
makes you tick. When you find those things out, feel free
to be those things, whatever they are, when you come here.
This world
has no rules. Extinction? No reason to fear that; we all end up
at Zero Point again, just Being. And if you know your way around,
you may just return to the default reality of your choosing. The
best part is that we really don't know (yet) what is possible.
