Nothing but Nature
Dear all,
I think this enlightenment and spirituality-business is dangerous and destructive. It leads us away from and destroys what is of vital importance to ourselves, that is, nature.
What I mean is that anything we experience, is an experience of nature (or the cosmos). In short, all there is, is nature. Nature is not some external thing. As you are never separate from nature, nature and you are one: it is impossible to say where a human 'ends' and nature/cosmos 'begins'. To ignore/destroy nature is to ignore/destroy humans, to straightjacket nature is to straightjacket yourself, and vice versa. Nature is one.
Nature is a (comm)unity and everything that occurs in nature (f.e. a human being) is a form of that (comm)unity.
So it's not Shiva, Shakti, (para)Brahma(n), God, Allah, Buddha-nature or whatever other spiritual, mystical, or transcendental concept/path that was, is or will be making your day: it all is, has been and will be nature. Hence there is no high and mighty plain of Detachment, Happiness and Bliss where the Enlightened dwell: every one of us is here, in/with nature, as nature. And I assure you, we all suffer tremendously from the wars that are being waged on nature.
So instead of searching for ((y)our) Happiness and ((y)our) Enlightenment, we/you should better start minding and fighting for what we are and what we were from the very beginning, viz. nature and her (comm)unity.
Notice that, I, that is, nature, am being destroyed while you are searching for Enlightenment. In other words, the search for a Higher State of Being (Enlightenment, Liberation, Extinction) is one of the terrors of the contemporary world. We do not need Enlightenment, we need nature, and we need it now!
Other terrors that haunt our world are the terrorism of the Higher Being (cfr. Abrahamic God), the terrorism of the Higher Community/Leader(s) (cfr. states, kingdoms), and the terrorism of the Higher Reason (cfr. Western Enlightened Reason).
The terrorism of the Higher Being (God) turns humans into creatures of this Being on a mission to spread His Message and Love. This is a very tough terrorism as it is purely rooted in the belief in this Being, those existence can not be proven or disproven.
The terrorism of the Higher Reason (cfr. Western Enlightened Reason) turns humans into civilised, developed people who (are made to) believe in the High/Developed value of democratic states, science, industry,.. with all the political, economic, industrial, (neo)colonial, social, cultural, ecological consequences thereof.
The terrorism of the Higher Community/Leader(s) (states, kingdoms) turns people into subjects, civilians or followers who (are made to) believe that this Higher Community/Leader(s) is more important than their own natural (comm)unity.
The terrorism of the Higher State of Being (Enlightenment) turns human beings into seekers of spirituality/enlightenment who (are made to) believe that (people with) this Higher State of Being is(are) more important/valuable than (people with) other states of being.
All these searches for Higher Goals terrorise/straightjacket human beings. Being ignorant that nature is one, these straightjackets tear nature into pieces (creatures, civilised/developed people, ..) and destroy the (comm)unity of nature.
Let's face it: we are not really creatures, civilised/developed people, labour-units, subjects, civilians, followers or spiritual/enlightenment seekers. Let's stop terrorising and straightjacketing ourselves: we are nature!!
The goal of nature is not to be holy/divine, civilised, obedient or enlightened, but to live and enjoy her/our (comm)unity/ies.
Therefore, we must (learn to) support, conserve and live in/as/with our natural (comm)unity/ies with love and wisdom, and help stopping the denial, straightjacketing and destruction of nature/ourself in the name of some Higher Goal.
The only energy/power humans need is not nuclear or electromagnetic, but energy/power that is naturally available. The fusion humans need is not a nuclear fusion, but a fusion of natural/human energies.
I wish us the best of luck!
Greetings,
Jeroen
NonDual Highlights No. 2456, 25/4/06
I think this enlightenment and spirituality-business is dangerous and destructive. It leads us away from and destroys what is of vital importance to ourselves, that is, nature.
What I mean is that anything we experience, is an experience of nature (or the cosmos). In short, all there is, is nature. Nature is not some external thing. As you are never separate from nature, nature and you are one: it is impossible to say where a human 'ends' and nature/cosmos 'begins'. To ignore/destroy nature is to ignore/destroy humans, to straightjacket nature is to straightjacket yourself, and vice versa. Nature is one.
Nature is a (comm)unity and everything that occurs in nature (f.e. a human being) is a form of that (comm)unity.
So it's not Shiva, Shakti, (para)Brahma(n), God, Allah, Buddha-nature or whatever other spiritual, mystical, or transcendental concept/path that was, is or will be making your day: it all is, has been and will be nature. Hence there is no high and mighty plain of Detachment, Happiness and Bliss where the Enlightened dwell: every one of us is here, in/with nature, as nature. And I assure you, we all suffer tremendously from the wars that are being waged on nature.
So instead of searching for ((y)our) Happiness and ((y)our) Enlightenment, we/you should better start minding and fighting for what we are and what we were from the very beginning, viz. nature and her (comm)unity.
Notice that, I, that is, nature, am being destroyed while you are searching for Enlightenment. In other words, the search for a Higher State of Being (Enlightenment, Liberation, Extinction) is one of the terrors of the contemporary world. We do not need Enlightenment, we need nature, and we need it now!
Other terrors that haunt our world are the terrorism of the Higher Being (cfr. Abrahamic God), the terrorism of the Higher Community/Leader(s) (cfr. states, kingdoms), and the terrorism of the Higher Reason (cfr. Western Enlightened Reason).
The terrorism of the Higher Being (God) turns humans into creatures of this Being on a mission to spread His Message and Love. This is a very tough terrorism as it is purely rooted in the belief in this Being, those existence can not be proven or disproven.
The terrorism of the Higher Reason (cfr. Western Enlightened Reason) turns humans into civilised, developed people who (are made to) believe in the High/Developed value of democratic states, science, industry,.. with all the political, economic, industrial, (neo)colonial, social, cultural, ecological consequences thereof.
The terrorism of the Higher Community/Leader(s) (states, kingdoms) turns people into subjects, civilians or followers who (are made to) believe that this Higher Community/Leader(s) is more important than their own natural (comm)unity.
The terrorism of the Higher State of Being (Enlightenment) turns human beings into seekers of spirituality/enlightenment who (are made to) believe that (people with) this Higher State of Being is(are) more important/valuable than (people with) other states of being.
All these searches for Higher Goals terrorise/straightjacket human beings. Being ignorant that nature is one, these straightjackets tear nature into pieces (creatures, civilised/developed people, ..) and destroy the (comm)unity of nature.
Let's face it: we are not really creatures, civilised/developed people, labour-units, subjects, civilians, followers or spiritual/enlightenment seekers. Let's stop terrorising and straightjacketing ourselves: we are nature!!
The goal of nature is not to be holy/divine, civilised, obedient or enlightened, but to live and enjoy her/our (comm)unity/ies.
Therefore, we must (learn to) support, conserve and live in/as/with our natural (comm)unity/ies with love and wisdom, and help stopping the denial, straightjacketing and destruction of nature/ourself in the name of some Higher Goal.
The only energy/power humans need is not nuclear or electromagnetic, but energy/power that is naturally available. The fusion humans need is not a nuclear fusion, but a fusion of natural/human energies.
I wish us the best of luck!
Greetings,
Jeroen
NonDual Highlights No. 2456, 25/4/06
