Confession of sorts and it’s not the juicy kind. More along the lines of inner thoughts, struggles, and (eventual) growth with the topic of Non-dualism (ND). I won’t pretend to be competent with the topic or even competent with describing what I’m trying to say .
I’ve been listening to hours of talks about it while at work since it was put before me in my Lessons of the Deck thread. I had an epiphany of sorts and while the practice dovetails with some of my own beliefs. I have spent time in Taoism and still subscribe to a fair amount of what I learned from it. So this wasn’t exactly new material, but it was a new understanding of it. A “next level” if you will.
But it also led to a bit of real searching and this forum was at the heart of it. As I went about my daily Helios Unbound ritual, I was already wondering what the point was, if we’re already supreme beings. If we’re only remembering who we really are, what’s the point of working my ass off almost daily for years, like I already have and plan on continuing?
This.is an entire area that I’ve largely left alone, not really exploring. Most of the theories seem like cute little packages for people that want to over-intellectualize things we don’t really grasp. Most “scientific” explanations aren’t and are usually one persons half-ass.understanding of a complex topic with a giant heaping of word vomit thrown in that a politician would approve of. So, I’ve left those discussions to others and will.
But I listen to the direction given by those I work with and this was unmistakable.
After the first 24 hours, it was clear that I’m supposed to be taking some serious lessons from the topic. It wasn’t clear how it would affect my practice at all. I began reaching out to entities and sending feelers out to ask for insight and guidance. While I can’t ignore my experiences in the Occult areas, this would undermine a substantial amount of their importance to me both in the past and the present. I needed to understand the present before considering the future and left it, the future, at that.
I’ve spent the rest of that time continuing to study it, contemplating it, and trying to get guidance. And I don’t feel like I have solid answers. Just areas where I don’t completely agree with the philosophy, as I feel it isn’t backed up by my experiences and gnosis. Again, if I hadn’t been told to go down this path, hadn’t asked for the lesson, I wouldn’t have done it at this time and maybe not so deeply. But I did and put forth the effort, as I should.
I don’t have my answers yet, but I can lean on some of my experiences both with living (and when I’ve died and remembered) it. I’m also reminded that all of our theories are based on rationalizing from an Earth-centric (maybe physical world is more appropriate) point of reference with tidbits from other realms coloring things as best we can discern them.
I guess I’m typing this publicly for a few reasons. One is to clarify and just maybe gain insight from it (I wish). Another is to show the struggles of not knowing when there is no roadmap and all the guides are silent. The third is to draw attention to asking for help (lessons) and following through with the work, however it may shake your world and practice.
The final one is one of defiance of sorts. If this isn’t good for me, then I don’t want to know I’ll continue the search for Truth, but I’m not tossing in the towel because I’m already a God.