"RETURNITY"
or 'The Merry-Go-Round of Being' [Excerpted
from page 216]:
The theory of eternal recurrence, as
put forth by a small cadre of esotericists, mathematicians
and philosophers, going back thousands of years to no less
than Pythagoras and Gautama the Buddha, and more recently
by P.D. Ouspensky, is one which has tremendous significance
for us all, if true.
Briefly stated, this
"revelationary" theory regards death as the
gateway ("getaway") to one's own birth, in the
past. (As opposed to reincarnation, which regards death as
the gateway to rebirth - in the future.)
This
means that if I am born in September 1954 and die in
September 1974, that I will again be born in September
1954.
At first, this is quite a shocking and
upsetting idea, because not only does it eliminate the
long-cherished / feared concept of an "afterlife,"
but it boldly asserts that we all live our lives over again
- until we get it right!
Now, what is "right"
- you ask?
Well, apparently this is debatable, but,
I believe that getting it right involves acquiring
sufficient and eternal (continuous) awareness that our every
action has a reaction. That every harmful deed has eternal
(and retroactive) consequences and every helpful act does
also.
That to love, respect, cherish and enjoy one
another is our common intended destination and the basis of
true spiritual Enlightenment.
That hatred,
prejudice, theft, murder, infidelity, self-destruction,
materialism and inhumanity are all dead ends. That both
good and evil return, with karmic interest, upon the head
of the "act-or."
Of course, this is
common sense, but we do not wish to see it. We prefer to
believe that our evil deeds will be forgotten and forgiven.
This cannot and will never happen, according to
this brilliant, and one could even say, absolutely
necessary theory.
Because we are laying down the
tracks of our lives in advance of the train (of thought)!
Every evil deed turns the track in one direction
and every good deed turns it in another, so that when the
"track-layer" returns to the station of his or
her own birth/death ("re-berth") in the next
go-round, the journey has already been predestined - by
oneself!
And the train is ultimately headed either
for a self-created heaven or hell!
Now, of course,
on THIS predestined journey, one may alter the track (or
course) of the NEXT go-round.
And quite possibly,
with sufficient and concentrated awareness, one might alter
the track WITHIN the SAME go-round.
This theory
takes us on an incredibly rich, satisfying and fascinating
excursion into realms which have never been fully explored.
For example, if true, it would mean that there is
an unbroken link between the malleable future and the
excreted past.
Between the parallel, coexisting and
self-perfecting spheres of life and death - "like
sands through the hourglass."
Between creation
and concretion.
Is this not the most elegant and
beautiful way to view our existence?
-- That we
should perfect this raw, yet precious gift of Life with
which we have been entrusted, like grains of sand which
become pearls in a bed of oysters.
Everyone who has
and WILL ever have lived touches or impinges upon our
existence with their own experience and acquired wisdom
and/or folly.
Upon death, we are all reborn with
instinctual knowledge of our own recorded past and
potential (yet erasable) future - and every time we live,
we are perfected by everyone else who has been perfected,
in the collective past AND in the Universal future. From
cemetary to symmetry.
Astoundingly, deja vu,
intuition, precognition and prediction of future events are
ALL explainable as reliving or remembering the PAST!
At
the point of full remembrance - the circle of existence
becomes a sphere. In terms of human consciousness, eternity
is not a linear arrow extending from the Big Bang to
inevitable entropy, nor a circular snake swallowing its own
tail - but a spherical potentiality, containing every
possible destiny, including heavenly, mundane and hellish
realities...
Although I am reluctant to accept the
full ramifications of eternal recurrence, I am aware of its
unqualified indispensability and perfect justice.
I
pray that this expanded consciousness and wholehearted,
personal atonement will deliver me from causing and
reliving pain and evil on any level.
I am a
'soul-dier' in the War on evil in myself and in others.
To the dimension of Love.
Jesus.
Christ.
November 25 - 26, 1994 &
February 29, 2004
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