Giving Wisdom a Fighting Chance - Part Two
I've been debating, defining and walking with the knowledge I mentioned in the last post and as this is a blog in which I not only give insight into the tools of Kabbalah, but one in which I chronicle my personal journey into it, I felt it necessary to post a follow up on the revelation and how I think I may have jumped the gun.
In the last post, I stated: If one is to truly subscribe to the theory that we are all "one," which I most certainly am making a point to, they have to carry it to its enth degree. It is never about connecting or not connecting, being able to relate or not relate, to a person or concept. It is instead: I am this person. I am this concept. Powerful, don't you think?! To be able to walk down the street and know that you are imbued with everything of everyone from Einstein to Sharon Stone, from Charles Manson to Mother Theresa. Wow! That's something that, if you really walk with it, can change your life forever. I know it changed mine.
Right. So hey, I was definitely onto something here. But speaking of carrying it to the enth degree, there's actually a further "enth" that negates my theory of "unity" altogether.
If we are "one" in the sense that "I am you and you are me" and there is NO individualism, then I am responsible for all of the darkness in this world. And so are you. And suddenly, I am in the land of Catholicism, original sin. This is not a place I care to be. Hrmph.
So defining it further, I would have to say that we are actually individuals, both in physical and spirit, however we are not alone in this and we are made up of the same stuff and have the same capabilities. This is where our "unity" and being "one" comes into play. We all have the same capabilities as Einstein and Manson because we are made up of the same stuff. But we are not them. We haven't walked their unqiue path.
One moderator of the forum described this perfectly. He said each of us are televisions and we all receive the same channels, but they come out differently through our unique lens.
Look, remember the very beginning of the Berg's book "Becoming Like God" where it talks about the rock and the mountain, our being created in God's "image" meaning made up of the same stuff? Well, I think for me personally, the revelation that this rock that fell from the mountain was still made of the same stuff as the mountain was so inspiring to me that I forgot it's also still just a rock and shaped different from any others that fall.
It may seem silly to debate such a small point, but what is it they say about God and details?
I'm concerned with details because I find it very sad that humankind has not accepted that it can choose mastery of one's own life. And I feel like in order to have mastery over it, one needs to truly define what exactly they believe.
You can't sing along very well if you don't know the key in which the music is written.
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In the last post, I stated: If one is to truly subscribe to the theory that we are all "one," which I most certainly am making a point to, they have to carry it to its enth degree. It is never about connecting or not connecting, being able to relate or not relate, to a person or concept. It is instead: I am this person. I am this concept. Powerful, don't you think?! To be able to walk down the street and know that you are imbued with everything of everyone from Einstein to Sharon Stone, from Charles Manson to Mother Theresa. Wow! That's something that, if you really walk with it, can change your life forever. I know it changed mine.
Right. So hey, I was definitely onto something here. But speaking of carrying it to the enth degree, there's actually a further "enth" that negates my theory of "unity" altogether.
If we are "one" in the sense that "I am you and you are me" and there is NO individualism, then I am responsible for all of the darkness in this world. And so are you. And suddenly, I am in the land of Catholicism, original sin. This is not a place I care to be. Hrmph.
So defining it further, I would have to say that we are actually individuals, both in physical and spirit, however we are not alone in this and we are made up of the same stuff and have the same capabilities. This is where our "unity" and being "one" comes into play. We all have the same capabilities as Einstein and Manson because we are made up of the same stuff. But we are not them. We haven't walked their unqiue path.
One moderator of the forum described this perfectly. He said each of us are televisions and we all receive the same channels, but they come out differently through our unique lens.
Look, remember the very beginning of the Berg's book "Becoming Like God" where it talks about the rock and the mountain, our being created in God's "image" meaning made up of the same stuff? Well, I think for me personally, the revelation that this rock that fell from the mountain was still made of the same stuff as the mountain was so inspiring to me that I forgot it's also still just a rock and shaped different from any others that fall.
It may seem silly to debate such a small point, but what is it they say about God and details?
I'm concerned with details because I find it very sad that humankind has not accepted that it can choose mastery of one's own life. And I feel like in order to have mastery over it, one needs to truly define what exactly they believe.
You can't sing along very well if you don't know the key in which the music is written.
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JasonCurious.com
JasonSechrest.com
DV8Entertainment.com
RELATED SITES:
Kabbalah.com
72.com - Technology for the Soul
The Zohar - Weekly Studies
Weekly Kabbalah Wisdom
Weekly Kabbalah Astrology
Exclusively Kabbalah Group
SpiritualityforKids.com
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posted by Jason Sechrest | 12:26 AM
5 Comments:
Jason,
Was reading your current blog, and had some thoughts.
Remember that song that went, "I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a lover, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint, I will not be ashamed, I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in-between - you know you wouldn't have it any other way..."
I don't think you should completely give up on the idea of us all being connected and one.
Light comes in many colors, but it is still Light nonetheless. Like a rainbow, each shade of Light appears to be different - but really, that's just an illusion. Just because our "televisions" show the signal differently - some can show the picture upside down, or rolling (like how the old tv's used to break down with the vertical and horizontal) - it doesn't mean that the signal coming through is any different. The signal is the same.
In other words, the Light is the same in all of us. Therefore it is in each of us. Therefore, I believe we are all a part of it. Though I don't know you personally, I can, I believe - have a connection to you. Indeed, to anyone.
They say we hate in others what we see in ourselves. So when we rail at George Bush for doing nothing in the Hurricane Katrina crisis - we are actually, for example, hating our own lack of response. Granted, our responsibility in the matter may be quite drastically different - but is it really? I wonder.
Darkness is just the absence of Light. Or the illusion of the absence. And we are part of that Light - and there is more of that than the Darkness. And therein lies our "redemption," I believe.
Would love to hear your thoughts. But I don't want to give up on the idea of our inter-connectedness. I just found the truth and power of that statement to be so real that I cannot believe it is otherwise.
Take care,
Jim
Dearest Jim,
Thanks so much for your note and for taking the time to check out the blog. ;-)
Just to clarify, I am in no way saying that we are not one. I am just saying that I am not you and you are not me. That doesn't negate there being a connection. I definitely still believe that we are all connected and one, but I am just defining it and detailing that theory a little differently.
You can't just say "we are all one" and then not follow it up with what that actually means at the end of all equations. If you take the idea of us being "one" to its enth degree, which I was doing, that negates any sense of individualism. If I am you and you are me, then I am directly responsible for all darkness in the world. And so is everyone else. This means we are immediately born into sin, which is what the Catholics believe. I don't agree with this line of thinking at all.
You said it yourself here actually. We're different televisions. We're getting the same channels. We project it through our own unique lens.
I am not walking down anyone's path but mine. But all paths cross and affect each other's. Still, it is my own path.
The rock that fell from the mountain is still made up of the same stuff as the mountain. But it is also still a rock, shaped differently from all others, and certainly not the mountain itself.
I think ultimately, we agree with each other. ;-)
I just think its equally important in recognzing our "unity" to not negate our individualism. Otherwise, I am a Catholic and not a Kabbalist.
L,
J.
P.S.: In other words, before the NEW entry, I was going about it thinking that there is only ONE television out there and that the physicality of our individual bodies is merely illusion. Which is silly. Because even though Kabbalah says the physical is only 1%... well, hey that's still 1%. It's not illusion. It's just a very very small piece of reality. ;-)
It's really something in that instant when a person finally realizes that when they are looking down their noses at someone that they are actually looking down their noses at themselves. Why? Because WE ARE ALL ONE.
We are all one. It is hard for some people to get their minds around this concept and they chalk it up to New Age fluff.
The day that the tsunami hit Indonesia, I watched the news all day and was so damn sad, I couldn't hardly stand it. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever been exposed to other than 9/11. But why? I didn't know those people from Adam. They had nothing to do with my bread and butter, right? WRONG. It affected me the way that way because they weren't strangers who drowned. I didn't need to personally know the hundreds of thousands of people who died that day.
They were all part of me, part of you. If we weren't all one, then why do we feel the need to help those who are victims of tragedies? If we are not one, then why do we watch tragedies unfold on TV and cry or turn angry at injustice?
I am very passionate about this concept. As if you cant' tell! ;)
By the way, I was just making a point in general that was not meant to be taken as written in frustration or anger or whatever. :)
Sammy, it's an interesting paradox isn't it? Being one but also being "one." lol It's given me so much to think about over the past few days! L, J.
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