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revolutionary_jam
23-03-2008, 11:46 AM
Hi everyone, love you all and hope you're all doing well today!
I'm going to be posting a little less regularly here from now on because I've come to realise that my compulsive obsession with staying "in touch" with worldly affairs has become seriously detrimental to my development as a spiritual being. This often sees me spending hours a day on youtube watching videos of stuff I already know, and following the fake economy as it is orchestrated by its shaddowy masters.
That is not a criticism of the forum as a whole! There's a tonne of great content here! It's just that I, personally, don't have the self-discipline to avoid all the political threads that catch my eye at the moment, then I get into meaningless debates about abstract concepts in what is essentially illusory. I've come to realise that this is akin to debating whether Captain Kirk or Picard was a better Starfleet Captain (altho it was blatantly Picard, don't get me started.)
As my dear friend Laura-Jayne put it at the Glasgow meet, "Same Horse, Different Race."

Now if you'll please excuse any pretentions you perceive of me, I'd just like to say that I get the feeling there is a real lack of understanding of the real reasons why we face the problems we do in the world, both social and personal. There is too much placing of blame and finger pointing when all these problems are infact a result of the universal consciousness, not just certain individuals, some of whom may actually just be doing their duty in incarnation!
And so, if you will allow me, I'd like to share some opinions with you which you are welcome to take, leave, or other just how you please! Love you!!!

The Real Reasons For The Problems Of The World

Social
High Taxes - This is a reflection of how little we as a people invest in ourselves compared to how much we invest in the system. Typically the amout of tax someone pays is something similar to their energetic investment in the system, thats why the super rich get away with paying near to no taxes, they don't invest energy in the system because they own it, they are used to investing it in themselves.
This may or may not also be a reflection of how little/much we invest in "correct" charity (which I'm not sure but I think is giving directly of your time/energy or money) an example of "incorrect" charity would be something like cancer research/something similar because they will never find a cure since that would lose them and the pharmaceuticals lots of money, that is investing in the system or the illusion that giving helps.
Too Much Government Control - This is a reflection of how much we as a people attempt to control others around us and indeed ourselves by creating ridiculous social norms and taboos. Too much supression of the open expression of thoughts feelings and emotions. It is also a reflection of the people's desperate will to control the government (we don't have enough faith in ourselves to embrace the fact we don't need one!) And also, yes, a reflection of the fact that most people hold a belief (and so rightly so) that the politicians and government are deeply corrupt and always up to no good. You give it your attention therefore it becomes more powerful!
Hype About Global Warming - This is a reflection of peoples firm will to "change the world for the better" in all sorts of silly ways that don't help at all!! Infact the only the only way to fix the planet is to fix your self silly!!! Change your energy field!! The world changes with you!!
Other Serious Environmental Issues - This is again a reflection of how little we invest in ourselves in terms of our time, money, efforts and energy. How can we be treating the planet well when at the same time we waste our own resources, energies and consciousness on pointless endeavours which yield "satisfaction" (manifests as consumerism) but at the same time belie our true spiritual nature! Fix yourself! Invest in yourself! And share your what you've learned from this with others! Then naturally the world will move towards a more loving and harmonic state, with everyone doing their bit to fix it! Stop buying useless junk you don't need, spend your moiney on gaining security and supporting worthwhile products/endeavours! Are you happy to spend a tenner on 4 pints at the pub and yet irk at spending £3.50 on a litre of smoothie which is pure fruit??? Can you spend hours infront of the telly but not even face 15 minutes a day of stretching or light excercise??? What message are you sending to your body, your own personal environment?? Are you loving it, cherishing it, taking care of it, fixing it??? If not how do you expect the human race to take care of nature?
Federal Reserve System - Now this is a complicated one and I haven't quite figured it out yet, but essentially I think it's an outward expression of how we as a people concede for others to make decisions on our behalf, by doing this we disempower ourselves, we leave our "spiritual currency" to be exploited by other forces. You give it your attention therefore it becomes more powerful!!
Wars - So many people are anti-war. But they're still at war! They're at war with their neighbours, their parents, their work mates! They're at war with people who offend their sensibilities! So it's no wonder we're at war with different cultures! This is a lack of understanding! The war isn't caused only by the war mongers, it is precipitated by them! These wars are caused by every one of our own attitudes: for example, the need to be right for and also the wish we all seem to have to change other peoples opinion!! That is fascist and grossly disrespectful if the other person doesn't want their opinion changed!!
I am not trying to change your opinion, I am offering you mine which you are free to take or leave!!!
Nuclear Weapons - Ooooh a fun one! Everyone has their own personal arsenal of virtriolic weapons to be used just in case they ever find themselves with their back up against the wall!! We all get into arguments and all the while our underlying subtext is "where are YOUR weapons of mass destruction???? ---- What horrible sleights are you able to unleash upon my consciousness???" meanwhile we wonder why the Bush administration went to war in Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction???? This is a lack of understanding!!!
High Military Spending In Comparison To Social Spending - This should be fairly obvious from the above, as a people we spend to much time "being on the defensive" - Typically we invest far more of our energies on this than fixing ourselves.
Housing Bubble - Ok here is a really difficult one for me at the moment and I haven't quite figured it out yet, maybe others can help? I think it's to do with everyones slavish hopes to be secure in life, while at the same time fearing the worst, be it armageddon, loss of your job, salary, etc. etc. i'm just not sure yet... Maybe everyone is waiting for something "big" to happen, expecting the worst.
Criminal Justice System - This one is one of the first ones I ever figured out, it seems so glaringly obvious now!!! As a people our favourite way of dealing with problems is not to. Just ignore them, put them away somewhere where we don't need to see them, look at them, focus or address them. Shift them to the back of your mind. Lets not worry about the cause, lets just put it away for a while and never mind it shall we? Maybe it will go away. And so the same with society, just lock 'em up out of harms way, don't worry about cause and effect or trying some rehibilitations. Sometimes we even call them "irrational" or "crazy," our problems, sound familiar anyone?

ok these are just examples of social issues, not extensive and I make no claims that I accurately or totally described all the factors in each of these, they are very multi-faceted, I'm sure you will be getting the hang of this by now though!

Ok how about Personal Problems?
Personal
Bad Things Have Happened To You Or You Embarassed Yourself - You don't even realise you have been endowed!!!! You suffered a torment which will later allow you to let go of some of your ego which enslaves you to finding self worth from the opinions of others instead of in yourself!!* The reason this is driving you crazy right now is because you are not dealing with the emotional feelings, you just keep mulling it over in your head, thinking about it, and pretending that this is dealing with the the emotions or the past! It isn't! That does nothing but drive you crazy because when you think of it all you do is make excuses for it, try to say it doesn't matter any more, put it in context etc. etc. those might sound like positive things but they aren't! They are away of dancing around the true emotional content and prohibit you from expressing it and letting it go! Once you finally do this you will understand how you have been endowed and you will appreciate how much these incidents have built your character!
*note, if you want others to have a higher opinion of you you have to have a higher opinion of yourself, these things work back to front in this reality!
Things You Can't Get Over - Yes you can! You're not trying to get over them in the proper manner, you're still mulling! Thinking things like "I always do these things!", "I'm never good enough", "i fucked up but ack well, never mind", "i'm too old", "I should have...", etc. etc. etc. STOP MULLING, Open your chest and just feel it out, feel it out and out and out and out until it's let go! Thinking about it won't let it go! You give it your attention therefore it becomes more powerful!
People Have Done Injustice to You In An Under-hand Way, Or By Cloak And Dagger - Again, this is a lack of understanding, you don't yet realise how much this person has helped you. They have exposed a gaping wound in your psyche, all the better for you seeing where it is to fix it (once you get over it by the methods described above. If you do this correctly you will begin to love that person who has hurt you, I know because I am experiencing this right now.) To put it in a way you might better understand, you were as a wounded Zebra limping across the saranghetti and you never even knew it! Can you really blame a lion for targetting a zebra with a limp??? Unlike the Zebra you are still here to tell about it! And unlike the Zebra you now have the opportunity to mend the limp so no other lion will be able to target you in the same way! A Blessing!
Pedophiles - Now I mean to get serious here, because some people ain't gonna like this. This is a very complicated one and I don't pretend to have a full understanding of it yet, you may decide for yourself if I am right or wrong here, but here goes. This is a reflection of how we as a people are treating our own "inner children", and of course, those inner children of others!
Not only that but people who have suffered this in their lives *gasp* have been endowed... I AM NOT CONDONING THIS BEHAVIOUR, if you dare do something like this in your life you will pay dearly the appropriate karmic debt - make no bones about it. The people who carry out these actions are not like you and me, they are psychopaths and ill in other ways, there is a reason why they have incarnated. It may be that some of the poor souls who experience this are actually experiencing an outward manifestation of exactly what they have done to their very own souls! When they do come to a full understanding of that which they have experienced then their soul is finally enriched and repaired, I am unsure of the mechanics of this at present.



Well, thats me for now,

I would appreciate all comments, alternative interpretations, other interpretations, questions, feedback or anything!

I hope this will help you understand how blessed you are, you have been endowed with so many tools:
skills, intellect, feelings, emotions, opinions, perspectives, intuition and more!
It is to you to decide when and how much to use these wonderful tools that have been given to you!!!
I hope you will also understand that you have been endowed with some other extra special tools, and those are your short-falls!! Indeed, these are some of the most important tools of all to you because they have been given to you that you may know yourself better!! It is by understanding the origin and meaning of these short-falls which are an outward manifestation of the issues in your consciousness that you gain liberation from them in spirt!!
This liberation you will one day undoubtedly receive! You are bound to be successful, but how soon is entirely up to you! You could be here a million incarnations if you choose to ignore them!

All that has happened so far is that you forgot you had all the power and freedom all along!! You still have it!!! The reason why we don't think we have it because we keep denying it and giving it away, the silly sausages that we are!!!

These are my perspectives, with the utmost of care and love,

Antony of Revolutionary Jam

red_ram
23-03-2008, 02:35 PM
I'm also not paying much attention to world events any more. I'm far more interested in the nature of reality discussion on these forums, and I'm glad that David's work is going more and more in this direction.

I'm inclined to agree with what you've said, for I've looked at the past when I've had the piss taken out of me constantly and felt bad, and then that's become a vicious cycle. Now, in the past few months it's been the exact opposite. And I have thought that my willingness to take the piss out of others has been reflected in others taking the piss out of me, so I've tried to stop as best I can.

Incidently, I also believe Picard was the better Captain.

wolfchild
23-03-2008, 04:17 PM
Totaly Bang On That Mate! The way you explained that is the very way i have been thinking very lately.

(nice one)

amgard
23-03-2008, 04:26 PM
Yes indeed.

Or to put it a different way: the reason there are problems in the world is that we are too preoccupied with ourselves. And we are insufficiently preoccupied with the Wisdom that is found in our hearts.

Why are you unhappy?
Because 99.9 percent,
Of everything you think, and
Of everything you do,
Is for yourself -
And there isn't one.

Wei Wu Wei

razed1
23-03-2008, 05:25 PM
its in the very essense of the universe right now

this dark age, is as natural as the winter that follows the summer

see what is written about the ages from the hindu texts

these ages are called the YUGAS

and they said there were four of them, the GOLDEN (satya), SILVER (treta), BRONZE (dvapara) and IRON (kali)

we are at the end of the iron age


i think you all should look to the ancients for their accounts, they had everything figured out

amgard
23-03-2008, 05:49 PM
Yes, we should indeed look to the ancients for wisdom.

The problem has been that many of the texts that we have from the past have been heavily distorted, and many others were destroyed, such as those in the Library of Alexandria. It is well-nigh impossible to know what the ancients really were saying bassed on the words that we have today.

But the hidden Wisdom of the past is also found in the Wisdom of the heart, as it is known right now within us. All those great Teachers of the past asked us to seek for Truth, and that Truth is within. That Truth is the only real solution to the world's problems.

"The Truth will set you free" - Jesus.

"He who seeks the Truth with diligence and detachment will find it, and it will enlighten him" - Buddha.

ichi wa zen
25-03-2008, 09:30 PM
The problem? We seek happiness outside ourselves!

The Cure? Listen to wise master Dogen Zenji!

"If you cannot find happiness right where you are, where do you expect to find it?"

pedsi
25-03-2008, 10:56 PM
Hi Anthony,here's a wee poem I wrote after thinkin about somethin we were talkin about at the last meet:)


Talk to the man who's listening
Instead of shouting at one who's not
For the listener remembers somethimg
Something the others have forgot
He knows he knows nothing
In all there is to know
And when your words ring true to him
His attention he will show

The others know it all
There is nothing you can say
To help them change their lives
In a truely empowering way
They have all they want
They have all they need
Materialistic trophies
And an ego fueled by greed

Concerve all your energy
And hold the listener dear
Instead of wasting time
On a soul that cannot hear
One day they will realise
As they look at what they've got
Where is all the happiness
This lot should have brought
Thats when he'll start listening
Instead of being a man who's not

pilgrim
26-03-2008, 04:32 AM
its in the very essense of the universe right now
this dark age, is as natural as the winter that follows the summer
see what is written about the ages from the hindu texts
these ages are called the YUGAS
and they said there were four of them, the GOLDEN (satya), SILVER (treta), BRONZE (dvapara) and IRON (kali)
we are at the end of the iron age
i think you all should look to the ancients for their accounts, they had everything figured out

In the 'Kali-Santarana Upanisad' it is stated:

hare krsna hare krsna
krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare

iti sodasakam namnam
kali-kalmasa-nasanam
natah parataropayah
sarva-vedesu drsyate

"The sixteen words—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—are especially meant for counteracting the contaminations of the age of Kali. To save oneself from the contamination of Kali, there is no alternative but the chanting of these sixteen words."

The Peace Formula
Everyone wants peace in the world, but no one knows how to attain it. If we at all want peace, we have to understand that peace means knowing God. This is stated in Bhagavad-gita. Unless we are in touch with the Supreme Lord, Krishna, we cannot have peace, for this is the real key to the peace formula. The real peace formula is that one must know that God is the proprietor of all this universe, including the United States, Russia, China, India, etc. Because we claim that we are the proprietors, there is fighting, discord and disagreement. In such consciousness, how can there be peace? We first must accept the fact that God is the proprietor of everything and that we are simply guests on this planet for at most one hundred years. We come and we go, and while we are here, we are absorbed in the thought that “This is my land. This is my family. This is my body. This is my property.” We do not stop to consider that when there is an order from the Supreme, we will have to leave this home, body, property, family, money, bank balance, etc. Our position has to be totally vacated. When material nature takes us in her grip at death and offers different kinds of bodies, she says, “Now my dear sir, you accept this body.” In this way we are forced to accept an American body, Indian body, Chinese body, cat’s body, dog’s body, etc. We’re not even the proprietors of these bodies, yet we are claiming to be these bodies. This is all due to ignorance. In such ignorance, where is the possibility of peace? Peace can only be had when we understand that God is the proprietor of everything. Our friends, family and relatives are guests of time. When we accept this knowledge, we will have peace. (Srila Prabhupada).

razed1
26-03-2008, 04:37 AM
if you are going to chant, you first should understand exactly what those words symbolize
each and every word


its like inputing coordinates into an airplane, where you dont know where those coordinates lead

pilgrim
26-03-2008, 04:45 AM
if you are going to chant, you first should understand exactly what those words symbolize
each and every word
its like inputing coordinates into an airplane, where you dont know where those coordinates lead

'Maha' means great.

'Mantra' is a word that when broken into syllables means:
'Man' = mind.
'tra' = to free.
Therefore, Maha-Mantra means 'the great deliver of the mind' from material miseries.

There are three Holy Names that make up the Maha-Mantra:
Hare, Krishna, and Rama.

'Hare' is a powerful word that directly addresses the energy of the Lord.

'Krishna' is a Name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead which means "all-attractive."

'Rama' is another name for God which means "the reservoir of pleasure."

Chanting this Maha-Mantra leads us out of 'the Matrix' and back to our real homes in the eternal spiritual planets, known as 'Vaikuntha'.

:)

danster82
14-04-2008, 11:18 PM
You could fit the vast majority of the world problems under the monatary system. If you understand it which isnt that difficult then you see how all problems spawn from it inclduing almost all you have listed.

Sometimes the reasearch invloved to find out is as simple as looking it up in the encyclopedia...

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761551723/Bank_of_England.html

cruise4
15-04-2008, 12:01 AM
"I'm going to be posting a little less regularly here from now on because I've come to realise that my compulsive obsession with staying "in touch" with worldly affairs has become seriously detrimental to my development as a spiritual being"

I also am suffering from this and have decided to get less involved, but at the same time I feel its important to stay in touch. Something is coming and soon. I can feel it.

Been getting out and about in my Garden. Planted out trees and generally just watching birds and bees and nature and its a different world and makes a profound difference to my conciousness. But there's still daily crap that I have to deal with. I wish businesses would just piss off and stop intruding.

I agree that most everything has its roots in money and everything else is as a result of that.

I can't get the information in quick enough. Even Intro's annoy me. I have wondered if this is something to do with time speeding up. There's so much I still don't know but you cannot take on the true history of the world in a lifetime, and as you say, I have got the basics. So interesting though.

revolutionary_jam
15-04-2008, 08:06 PM
Talk to the man who's listening
Instead of shouting at one who's not
For the listener remembers somethimg
Something the others have forgot
He knows he knows nothing
In all there is to know
And when your words ring true to him
His attention he will show

The others know it all
There is nothing you can say
To help them change their lives
In a truely empowering way
They have all they want
They have all they need
Materialistic trophies
And an ego fueled by greed

Concerve all your energy
And hold the listener dear
Instead of wasting time
On a soul that cannot hear
One day they will realise
As they look at what they've got
Where is all the happiness
This lot should have brought
Thats when he'll start listening
Instead of being a man who's not



Thanks so much for this I loved it!!

shansuke
16-04-2008, 03:06 PM
nice poem peds,didnt know you were in to writing...............ps want to join my band.lol.

revolutionary_jam
14-12-2008, 01:57 PM
Why are you unhappy?
Because 99.9 percent,
Of everything you think, and
Of everything you do,
Is for yourself -
And there isn't one.

Wei Wu WeiLoved this

amercury
14-12-2008, 02:56 PM
Revolutionary Jam I agree with your post, this is how I have been feeling too.
This forum is so damn interesting, but focusing on all this stuff is not helpful.

I think enlightenment is the only solution to mankind's suffering. In the state where the chatter of the mind is gone we can realize that there is no "self".

War, poverty, socio-economic imbalance, relationship issues exist because we are trying to protect the self. But it is a concept. If human beings are enlightened how can there be a conflict, when there is no concept of "I, you, me, mine...?"

revolutionary_jam
21-04-2010, 10:43 PM
thought I'd bump