What is Ego Anyway? Part 7 In the World but not of It
(See Comic) Everyone who comes to this world comes as a recruit to the ego’s army of guilt and separation. Most people fight in that army until the day they die on the battlefield. However, no one really dies. The illusion of death is just one of the ego’s many tricks. The desperation of the one life to live and you’re dead mentality is simply one of the ego’s recruiting ploys. In the grand scheme of things, upon bodily death, the ego’s soldiers are simply recycled back into the army as new bodies. If death were real, the ego would be real and oblivion would be the result. To those caught up in the ego’s battles, it all seems very real and imperative, otherwise no one would be fighting. However, some people do get fed up with being soldiers and go AWOL. By making efforts to leave the battlefield, AWOL soldiers start to see through the deception. They see that the war is really a self war where no one wins but the ego. While there are many seemingly different armies, all the armies are run by the ego. The soldiers are like unwitting hosts to a brutal parasite (belief). criminal defense attorney The ego is the parasite, and its illusory existence is sustained through the perpetual insane conflict facilitated by warring soldiers. post traumatic stress disorder symptoms Participating in the ego’s war can be as simple as having a fight of words with someone or as elaborate as widespread nuclear annihilation. Either way, it all starts with being an individual soldier in the ego’s army. depression treatment And as long as you are a soldier, you will find enemies to fight. Where there are no soldiers, there is no war. And remember, there is no such thing as fighting for peace. Ultimately, freedom from the tyranny of the ego means being able to live in the world without being of it. Which means being able to walk through the ego’s battlefield with invulnerability. The more you recognize the illusory insanity of the ego’s war, the less willing you will be to participate in it. And the less you participate in it, the less influence it will have on you. Even inside the most seemingly heartless soldiers, you’ll start to see the inherent innocence behind their deep confusion born of belief in illusion. criminal defense attorney, defense lawyer depression treatment Once your ego is totally gone, you’ll know it, because the ego’s world of illusions will disappear. But in the meantime, by deserting the ego’s army evermore, primarily through the practice of uncompromising forgiveness, you’ll start to remember just how good things can be. That means you’ll be able to naturally relax more, lighten up, and have more fun. By undoing the ego you give up a lot of nothing you called something in exchange for everything. It’s a really good deal. The invulnerability shield of egolessness Bullets of guilt and separation
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Evolution’s for Suckers & Creationism Just Plain Sucks
Where did humans come from? There is a lot of evidence for humans emerging through evolution on earth. However, evidence isn’t proof. And if all you have is evidence there are always going to be missing links as standards are raised. A new, unexpected piece of evidence can mean rewriting a whole story. Something like human’s sharing common ancestry with chimps is a good story based on the current evidence. But it doesn’t mean we have all the evidence. Even tough science is usually an extremely reasonable venture that knows its limits, regular people tend to turn it into dogma, just like they turn religion into dogma. The most common use of evolution to explain the history of humans is to say humans evolved from simpler creatures here on earth for no other reason than survival. In this comic we’ll glance at some alternatives that would shake up the current mainstream thinking if new evidence was uncovered.
(See Comic) Darwinian Evolution Although evolution is currently the most popular model of human origins, the missing link is still missing, evolution still doesn’t explain how life started to begin with, and there isn’t enough knowledge about DNA to really know that something like the similarity between chimp DNA and human DNA is absolutely due to ancestry. Ultimately, evolution could just end up being the equivalent of a clever scientific formula for making Rudyard Kipling-like “Just So” stories. Meaning, just because evolution makes a lot of aesthetic sense based on current limited evidence doesn’t mean it will end up being the complete truth. dna sequencing Intelligent Design and Creationism The main problem with the thinking behind intelligent design and creationism is that it is warped by a religious goal of having God responsible for the universe. If logic was really the prime motivation of intelligent design and creationism proponents then they would have long ago realized that any creator of this universe must be some sort of sick sadistic bastard. Trying to say god is loving and at the same time responsible for this universe is logically a hard swallow. A more logical approach would be to swap the word intelligent with sadistic to get sadistic design. dna sequencing There is a lot of evidence for sadistic design. Sadistic Design God is either a sick bastard or the god who made this universe is a false god. True God (God of oneness) False God (God of duality) Miscreation (Duality extrapolated. Dreaming up a false world.) The universe dna synthesis Bodies (A means of experiencing duality, multiplicity, and separation from God. Pleasure only known through pain.) dna sequencing Sadistic Design paints a picture of a world opposite to the oneness of heaven. In the sadistic design model, God didn’t make this dualistic world so it isn’t real and is instead more like a crazy nightmare that will eventually fade once the dreamer reawakens. Sadistic design is the most inclusive model of human origins because it allows aspects of design, but it also allows aspects that are congruent with evolution, such as the sadistic concept of survival of the fittest. But sadistic design is more than most people can handle at the present time. Sadistic design has a lot of implications that go very deep and challenge both scientific and religious worldviews. (Note: an entire comic will eventually be devoted to sadistic design.) dna sequencing Panspermia: Space debris laced with life. Panspermia suggests that maybe the origin of life on earth was extraterrestrial. It also suggests that maybe earth was intentionally seeded with life by an advanced alien civilization. Perhaps seeding earth with life was a means of terraforming it to eventually accommodate more advanced creatures. Nonetheless, even if true, it still doesn’t answer how life started to begin with. Alien Migration: Elaborating on the panspermia idea, perhaps humans migrated to earth as a small group of desperate aliens fleeing a destroyed planet. And perhaps the similarity between chimp DNA and human DNA is simply because humanoid creatures always have similar DNA. Kind of like water is water wherever you go in the universe, maybe humanoid DNA is humanoid DNA wherever you go. Alien Hybrids: Maybe the similarity between chimp DNA and human DNA is due to aliens crossbreeding with chimps to make humanoid creatures suitable to the atmosphere, gravity, foods, and the various climates of earth. Stoned Apes: Maybe, as the late psychedelic philosopher Terence McKenna hypothesized, psychedelic mushrooms became part of the diet of apes living on the African savanna. And maybe those mushrooms induced a leap in intelligence that led to the formation of humans. Furthermore, maybe those mushrooms were planted by aliens wanting to make an alien chimp hybrid. Bottom Line: Despite claims to the contrary, the mystery of human origins is still very much a mystery. There is a lot of room in between the standard evolution versus creationism debate for alternate theories of human origins. And so, if people think things like intelligent design should be taught in schools then we also need to teach sadistic design, panspermia, alien hybrids, and stoned apes.
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