So often we over simplify our perspectives about different happenings, things, outcome of situations and phenomena in our lives. It’s important to be able to organize, generalize, stereotype or by other means be able to put things in order in such a manner that we can make some sense of the world. But ultimately for any rule, guideline, theory or law, if things are extended far enough and the right set of circumstance occurs all of these ways of structuring our thoughts and beliefs about the world fall or break down. that is because we can only create finite definitions of an otherwise infinite existence, so they’re only workable within the realm of our limited perception.
one of the things that has stood out to me a lot on this forum is when stealthy says: “don’t hate women, they just are.”
when unfortunate things happen to us (especially when a woman is involved), many are quick to label other or seemingly opposing parties as being the other, the enemy or otherwise as bad. women throughout most historical cultures and more specifically feminine energy have been synonymous with darkness, emptiness, chaos and powers of destruction. where as men or masculine energy is associated with light, substance, order and creative force. therefore if we adhere to these general guidelines in perception of masculine vs feminine, it is easy to vilify the feminine. (i know i’m not particularly fond of two ladies in particular.)
what i’m trying to point out is that it’s only our attempt to make sense of everything that separates things in a categorical and dualistic sense. the forces that we try to make a duality are really interconnected, feeding into one another and creating a balance. for instance an easy and highly ironic example is the fact that although females embody chaos and destructiveness, it is ultimately balanced out by them having the most primary creative force to us as a species, birth.
another example that i can point out which is reiterated here countless times is the fact that it’s almost always the female that initiates divorce/breakup or some other great change. naturally as they adhere to chaos/destruction, they will be the ones more often than not to destabilize things. this is also why they crave drama in general, i believe. it seems unfortunate or even deplorable but in a way this thing that’s initially bad is ultimately good. how many of you guys would still be stuck plugging it out, being hugely miserable with your little snowflake if she didn’t go and blow the whole thing down? men stick around and hold out because it’s in our nature to create and maintain order and stability. but in many cases it can be to our detriment because we rationalize too much about why we should hold on. what was good for awhile can’t stay that way because conditions around it are always changing. so what course of action snowflake takes “against us” seems terrible at the time and it certainly can be, it can free us to be able to find a new situation that could ultimately be much better.
the most primary example that i can think of that illustrates that our logic is not absolute but ultimately relative, is the creation story and more specifically the garden of eden and the fall of man. the basic interpretation of all of it is, as most of you know, that because adam and eve disobeyed God’s command by eating the forbidden fruit, they would pay by being cast out of the garden into the world of mortality, toil and suffering. In this interpretation, the snake is evil, knowledge and self awareness is forbidden and eve betrays adam.
there was an alternate sect of christianity called the gnostics who ultimately believe that man’s quest in life was to know God. rather than view the snake as evil, they believed the snake was trying to benefit and lift man up by helping him to gain knowledge and self awareness. they actually used the serpent as a symbol of their spirituality. adam, being a man, wanted to keep stability and adhere to the word of God. eve, as a woman, in alignment with her chaotic feminine energy ultimately chose to set forth the fall by biting the apple and then convincing adam. sure a garden of eden with eternal life, no pain and no suffering sounds great but how would you ever know if you weren’t even aware of yourself?
i guess to try to tie it all in together, what i would say is that our world and our lives are a constant progression of changing circumstances. if we’re trying to hold on to our preconceptions of light and dark, good and evil etc, etc… we’ll drive ourselves insane when we’re unable to be flexible and adapt our perspective to new conditions around us. through the course of my own personal growth, i’ve tried to think about things alternatively and find the good in the bad and vice versa. it’s the most effective way to let go of anger and resentment towards the people and things that have caused me pain in the past. i guess i’ll end with a quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald:
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
This body holding me is a reminder of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember, we are eternal and all this pain is an illusion.
Gnostic 3 years, 4 months ago.
