"Expert ET contactee: Half of humanity ascends to 5th dimension on March 21, 2013
And you're making a number of assumptions, and then painting them as absolute fact:
An unfortunate artifact of my writing style or my presumptuous nature? It probably amounts to the same thing. Assume an unwritten, "It seems to me ..." before my revelations of cosmic truth. (ah-hem)
1. You assume that we don't have relevance. And when I say "we", I'm not talking about the standard definition of"human". I thought I made that clear in my previous post. and what exactly do you mean when you say " human thought lives"? Please clarify.
I was speaking of the human thought life. The life of the mind. The so called spiritual life, if not taken literally. That which dreams of
ascension to higher realms of reality or simply enlightenment. The human thought life is only relevant to another human's thought life. In other words, "The Universe doesn't seem to give a hoot!" Our actions impact the system locally for short amount of time, but otherwise the thoughts and activities of humanity in its entirety, are a passing vapor and a whiff of smoke.
2. True spiritual cultivation systems are about shedding the human illusion.
They also have real & tangible effects, and are anything but illusory.
I think this is entirely false. These systems reside within and are constrained to the human sphere of experience. Most, if not all, I can after all only speak about that which I have experienced or read about, present the human consciousness as transcendent, independent, and in the more presumptuous ones the individual personality is seen as a separate entity from the system that forms it. The human personality attempts to enshrine and glorify itself in
a state of permanence through many of these ideologies, philosophies, religions and what have you. The natural state is all that is even possible. These other things while creating some perceived effect or another are attempts to leave the natural state. Aspirin creates a real and tangible effect for that matter.
3. "As a species". So I take it you're part of the " man is a rational animal and nothing more" school of thought.
Yes and no. [cue Gyorgy Ligeti's "Lux aeterna"] Human beings are more than they appear to be, but we are not as we imagine ourselves to be. This is the greatest truth I have encountered along the way. The way our brain/mind systems are constructed causes us to experience the
silent observer as something it is not, an individual entity amongst other things. Like all truth it is something that cannot be communicated as much as realized. I strongly suspect we are more of an
entity performing a function within the system as a species rather than as individual organisms. Back to
relevance: individuals are relevant only in as much as they comprise and effect the larger entity. In the end however, the individual is itself a function of the larger organism that creates and supports it. There seems no escaping it.
4. Quote "we have constructed numerous systems and philosophies that pretend to extend our reach beyond the barrier created by our limited perception and cognition of reality, but these things can do little more than explore our imaginations".
That's a pretty sweeping statement. Have you tested it? Have you found a legitimate system, kicked the tires, & done it for 10 to 20 years to come to this conclusion? If you haven't, then it's just an opinion that you're dressing up as actual fact. Real systems have real results. They're not New Age fluff, or intellectual masturbation. To say otherwise betrays a lack of knowledge on the matter.
My point is that once you realize that all of these
systems are resource bound by their very nature (human constructs) and have no chance of achieving
escape velocity so to speak, their pompous posturing becomes incredibly comical or nauseating depending on your constitution.
Results may be achieved within the
simulation, illusion, or however you want to couch it, but the
results are bound within it. As long as the practitioner realizes this ...
5. "but these things can do little more than explore our imaginations".
This statement shows that you don't know what the imagination is, and what it can do with the proper knowledge and application. You may want to do some research on creative visualization applications in medicine and sports.
Now you're off in the weeds. No matter. I stand
rebuked!
6. "While some practices have numerous benefits both social and personal, they often simultaneously promote an irrational and unsupportable view of the universe and the human condition in general".
You're giving another opinion, and stating it as fact.
What, you want examples? The entire
ascension movement for one. David Wilcock and his ilk just scratch the surface. All of the major religious practices are rife with superstitious nonsense and non-supportable world views.
Are you talking about organized belief systems like Christianity and it's offshoots, in which case I agree with you (although some branches of Gnosticism had it together pretty good, which is why they had to be gotten rid of. We can't have anyone knowing anything. Bad for business. Just have faith & believe)..
Are you talking about the legitimate systems within Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism,kabbalah, Western Alchemy, Yoruba, etc.
Or are you just lumping them all in together? Please clarify.
Yes sweet Jesus. All of them. Even the one I seem to be describing here. Every single last one of them are human inventions existing solely within the human minds and no where else. They are stories we tell ourselves about the greater
other of our imaginations, largely not realizing they are for all practical purposes an exercise in whistling in the dark.
As I've stated previously on numerous occasions, this is all intellectual BS unless you've actually done it. Everything I've said is heresay until you put in the time and are able to replicate it. That what true science is, a system of knowing. I've put in 15 years time to learn what I've learned, to know what I know, and to be able to do what I can do. To have an opinion is fine. To then attempt to turn your opinion into absolute fact isn't.
It took me something like four decades to
see through that glass darkly. Yes, these are my opinions and I bought and paid for them, I haven't borrowed them from anyone. Yes, this is how it seems to me and your mileage may vary.
In short, enlightenment is a distraction and ascension is a pipe dream. Smoke it up if you like. I changed my brand.
B.T.W. I appreciate the good-hearted exchange.