continuum

I have always been into collecting information from all different aspects of life. I love to learn, understand and study the world in all its aspects. For me a huge transition in my life began with going from possessing awarenesses in different fields of knowledge to realizing the inherent interconnectedness of them;

((Example: My experience IS biology, which IS chemical bonds, IS physics, IS electromagnetic radiation, IS the dance of life, IS time unfolding, IS evolution, IS social, IS natural, IS the earth that I eat, IS the sun that powers it, IS the emptiness of space that gives it a place to exist, IS the ecosystems that we depend on, IS the blood in my veins, IS the rivers and springs, IS the ocean, IS elements from interstellar explosions, IS 99.9999% empty space between a sea of quantum particles that display certain tendencies towards existing, ad infinitum))


Upon conceiving of all systems as being inter-related, boundaries then further dissolve. You are left with the commonalities, what these systems share - things like dialectics, the flow of energy from high to low, chaos, order, energy, temporality, expanse, repetition, iteration, rhythms and cycles - the things that govern/unite all systems.

The realization comes that this nexus of systems was one thing all along and that we just split it up different ways because thats how we choose to understand it- for a variety of reasons (human perception, popular thought, convenience, etc).

Thinking further on this fusion, this One Thing must then have the following traits: it is intelligent, ever-changing, infinite, self-aware, exceedingly complex, cohesive, self-organizing, without limits boundaries and rules, older than time, bigger (and smaller), than anything we can perceive, everywhere and nowhere all at once... sounds spiritual.

But!
It's not a white bearded man in the sky that tells people what to do. It's not a set of rules and regulations. It's not a diet or a prayer or a way to sit or a place to go, and its certainly nothing to enforce.

It's everywhere, and with It is the freedom of knowing your life is an integral part of the cosmos, and It comes with the ability to compassionately identify with the all of the other 'parts' as you participate in the dance of time towards the creation of the future.

yeah.

status:

unafraid
seeks:clarity
goal:self-acceptance; avoiding extremes of self-reproach and egotism by viewing self as small yet integral part of ever evolving whole

eats: celery

namaste

tathagata

Ken Wilbur brings up the notion of 2 main figures of spiritual evolution:

On one hand their is the transcendent Buddha, the sage of the Tao, the Yogi on the mountaintop - one who is beyond the wheel of suffering.

an on the other hand is the Bodhisattva, the Christ, who has compassion for all in the wheel of suffering, who suffers themselves in order to help myriad beings.

both are real, and neither can be ignored.

the transcendent is yin energy, it emphasizes that all is well in the universe regardless of how we use our agency. it is accepting, receptive, resonating with the light of the infinite. it says "is all not one? what could i do that is not already done?"

and the compassionate figure emphasizes the yang, the agency that we have as sentient beings; how to hold and express love and empathy for all beings, how to help them transcend the suffering of life so they can go beyond the beyond. how to enable them to have access and awareness of their innate perfection that the transcendent Buddha is conscious of. To free their lives of what stands in their way of realizing the Grand Perfection.

This applies to daily life in that one can integrate both figures into praxis. Why should anyone fret about whether their personal agency is effective if all is as It should be? Simultaneously, the Universe is giving you this opportunity to expand, evolve and utilize free will, and it would be a waste not to use it.
I wasn't given a working body and a talented mind so i could be absent from all affairs. But that doesnt mean i need to be wrapped up in worldly affairs to the point where I feel negative emotions, and damage my body from stress.
In fact, the more aware one is of the "Buddha I" in their moment to moment consciousness, the easier it becomes to bear the slings and arrows of a worldly existence dedicated to the aid of others.
Make sense?
Its a win win situation. The Grand Perfection manifest.

As Wilbur puts it "hurts more, bothers you less"

Being

Soluable fiber will ease my pain rice and potatoes with turmeric and ginger. for breakfast. with 'explosions in the sky' playing on pandora radio.

Ken wilber is great to listen to http://www.kenwilber.com/professional/media/index.html
he talks about the matrix with the maker of the movie

and he
'gets it'

Right now its thanksgiving break

And i am thankful. for all of it. for every breath.

I get to design my own major.
I should do that.
love and liberation
zach