Knowing the world through our senses makes sense.
When our mind makes sense of our senses, we aren’t experiencing our senses.
Kotodama is a Japanese term that broadly translates as “the soul of words” or “spirit of speech.” Kotodama originates from Shinto, Japan’s animist religion. It is a belief that words and language hold a mystical power and that spoken words can influence the physical and spiritual realms.
Words are the DNA of communication which connects us all.
Homophones, homographs, homonyms, heteronyms, definitions and etymologies can reveal the nature of human consciousness.
Puns are more insightful than pundits.
Knowing the world through our senses makes sense.
When our mind makes sense of our senses, we aren’t experiencing our senses.
“What doesn’t make sense doesn’t make cents.” — Roger Ebert
When you’re impotent, you need to be important.
If you don’t have presence bring presents.
A shaman is a showman.
I am what eye see.
Eye see the sea.
The sea is me.
“Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.” — Galileo Galilei
Mathematics connects everything in the universe. Contrawise, the human mind created the word “number” whose etymology is “to divide.”
“The medium is the message.”
“The medium is the mess-age.”
“The medium is the mass-age.”
“The medium is the massage.”
Marshall McLuhan
“The medium is the message” means that the information carrier (TV, movie, newspapers, etc.) distorts the information such that at times it is unrecognizable to the information producer. The distortion is generally unintended, like in the game of Chinese Whispers. However, often the information carrier intentionally distorts the message for their own effect.
Moreover, the medium is often more the focus of the viewer’s attention than the information the medium provides. For example, a spiritual leader often receives more attention from his followers than the message he provides.
“The medium is the mess-age” implies the same information from different carriers can be so different that the information is more confusing than informative.
“The medium is the mass-age” means there are so many carriers conveying the same information, the viewer is overwhelmed and can’t take in other information.
“The medium is the massage” means the view seeks stress relief more than information. That is, content that makes the viewer content.
As the affects of message, mess-age, mass-age and massage are overwhelming, the viewer stops to think independently.
To be truly content look at the content.
Upon awakening,
i becomes !
I + Word = World
My word creates the world.
“Sol” is the name of the Roman sun god.
From soul comes light.
All that’s your is you’re.
All you have is that you are.
The etymology of the word “universe” is literally “turned into one.”
The universe is the Everything turned into one thing.
The Everything is the now and what is before and after the now.
Sometimes, the Everything is called “God.”
As many people pray to God for many specific things but ultimately happiness, the workings of the universe may reveal the peace beyond near-term happiness.
God is like a shiny coin rapidly flipping and reflecting light.
One side is called “heads” and the other called “tails.” The plural is used to describe each side because each time we see the same side it is different in time and space than it was before and we are not the same person from one minute to the next.
The side we see is the now. The side we don’t see is what is before and after the now.
As God is rapidly turning, the visible side is just reflections of light. However, the mind slows down the turning and creates detailed images from the light. The images and the stories we tell about them are illusions.
The heads and tails seem a duality. However, the duality is also an illusion. All there is are two sides “turning into one,” the universe in the form of a coin.
Rarely noticed is the edge of the coin, the “third side.” The third side interconnects the two seemingly independent sides that are actually interdependent as one cannot exist without the other.
Horizontally from edge to edge is an invisible central axis, or path, around which the coin dances in perfect harmony. The path is the “Tao.”
The Tao is ultimate reality,* the underlying principle or source from which all things arise and to which they return. The Tao is the natural flow and harmony of the universe.
When we simply appreciate the coin fluttering like a butterfly, we are in tune with the Tao. We are not distracted by images and related stories we’ve created. We are in a state of peaceful harmony.
Most of us are oblivious of the Tao, as our attention is on what was now, what is now and what will be now, the visible side of the coin.
We see what is now in the context of what was and we hope to get lucky; that the next visible side, the next now, will bring us happiness.
“Hap” means luck. It is the root of happiness.
We pray to God to bring us luck.
Yet, when we experience the simple beauty of the Tao, we realize eternal peace rather than temporary happiness.
*While a coin flipping in the air seems a simple process, it’s actually extremely complicated to explain in terms of physics. It involves classical mechanics, rotational dynamics, angular momentum and precession, fluid dynamics, chaos theory and quantum mechanics. In perspective, the theory of relativity is considered easier to come to know than coin flip dynamics.
As everyone who is not me is U and I am U to everyone else, all beings are Us.
Naked, we are open.
With clothes, we close.
When past is passed, it’s absent in the present.
I + dolls = Idols
“I”, “Is”, and “Time” are the most frequently used pronoun, verb and noun.
While these words are never together in a sentence as “I is time”, they reveal the ultimate truth of existence.
“I is” challenges the conventional “I am”, suggesting an identity beyond the individual self.
“I is time” implies I is not this or that static thing, emotion or concept.
“I is time” is transcendental. I is a flow of events. I is infinite, continuous and eternal. Conventionally speaking, “I am the universe”.
The acronym “I-IT” (I Is Time) also illuminates.
The “it” is the Everything: the now and all that is before and after the now. The Everything is beyond description, other than “oneness”.
In essence, I am the Everything continuously expressing and experiencing itself.
“Wow” is an instinctive sound we make when we encounter something that captivates, astonishes, or delights us.
Love is our connection to what we react to by uttering “wow”. The sound “wow” is made by puckering our lips like when making a kiss.
As every thing we see is but a reflection of light, take things lightly.
“The Great Way” begins with “no know” and ends with “know no.”
“The Great Way” (or Tao), a central concept in Taoism, is the natural flow of the universe and the path to harmony. It is the path to liberation from our temporary individual self (which exists only in the now) to realizing our eternal oneness with the Everything.
The Everything is the soul and its manifestation in the now.
The soul is what every thing is before and after it is what it is whatever it is in the now. The soul is “no-thing,” just energy.
The now is an infinite number of seemingly separate things. However, their separateness is an illusion, as all things are interdependent. Ultimately, all things in the now are one thing: the manifestation (expression) of the soul.
The self is who we are in the now.
The self conceives the now as a duality: the self and that which is not the self. Upon this foundational duality, we perceive separateness between all things in the now.
The self’s perception of separateness is based on illusions (memories, stories and identities) that define who we are, not what we are (the Everything).
The path to liberation begins when we realize we “no know.” That is, our self does not know what we are. We then dispense with our heretofore perception of reality based on the self and its illusions.
Dispensing with the illusion of separateness, we come to “know no;” to know the “no-thing” (the soul).
Knowing the soul, we experience the expression of the soul, the now, as an interconnectedness of all things.
From the soul to the soul’s expression and the reverting to the soul is the natural flow of the universe. Realizing that this is what we are, the Everything, we are in harmony with the flow of the universe.
Meditation is a central practice of “The Great Way.” Through meditation, we can let go of the self which in turn liberates us from the self.
Holding the self makes the hand a fist, an aggressive gesture suggestive of duality. Letting go the self, the hand opens like a handshake that allows us to connect with all things (facets of the now). The connection is love.
In meditation, we focus on breathing and the space between breaths. The breaths are the now and the space between breaths is the “no-thing” (the soul).
In the space of the “no-thing,” we can observe the now and come to realize the now is one thing (the expression of the soul) and we are the consciousness that creates it. We are the Everything.
With the wisdom of knowing we are the Everything, we realize our self’s sense of separateness and the self itself are illusions. This wisdom leads us to love all facets of the now.
The sounds of “no know” and “know no” are the same, but their meanings distinct. The same energy vibrations (sound) from the soul is manifested differently as words in the now.
Liberation is reverting from words to their sounds; from distinct to harmonious. The path back is the Tao. The Tao reveals that “no know” and “know no” are one; that we and the energy are one.
Affects are the means and effects are the ends, but effects affect affects.
It Is What It Is Whatever It Is
Acronym: II-WII-WII (pronounced: I why why)
Why do I exist? Why is the universe as it is?
It Is What It Is Whatever It Is.
There is no why. All there is is is.
Work is business, jobs are busyness.
Work implies purposeful, goal-oriented activity. Jobs evaluations are based on whether you show up or not.
Many people want jobs, not work; though appearing busy is tough work.
Each sense connects us to a facet of reality. Thoughts are a senseless connection.
The now is always the same and all ways different.
Heaven is “have-even,” where every thing is even, as every thing is one thing in the space before and after the now.
I am being, not a being.
The eyes see the sea, what’s there.
The ears hear what’s here.
The nose knows.
When every day is holy, every day is a holiday.
Those who can explain “what it?” have wit.
Those who know “what is?” are wise.
Idol worshipers are idle.
God worshipers work at realizing divine consciousness.
God’s son is the sun.
God’s offspring is light.
Only hours are ours.
Our time in life is the only thing we have.
When our tale defines us, the tail is wagging the dog.
Accepting is the path of unity.
Excepting is the path of duality.
We chase our tales like dogs chase their tails.
On Earth, we are we.
In the eternal and endless universe, we are wee.
The holy is holey when some things are holy and some not.
The inside of a circle: a hole.
The inside and outside: a whole.
I see the sea,
not the ocean which is greater than me.
All Ways lead to always.
There are many mystical paths, all leading to being one with eternity.
The grateful are great-full.
The definition of passion is:
The etymology of passion is suffering.
Hap is the root of happiness.
Hap means luck.
Happiness is realizing that however difficult our circumstances, we’re lucky things aren’t worse.
Good evening.
Have a good transition to sleep-death, where all beings (the smart, the stupid, the rich, the poor, etc.) are even.
Good morning.
Have a good time mourning the person you were yesterday, who is now no longer.
“The world is new to us every morning. Every man should believe he is reborn each day.” — Baal Shem Tov
Kindness connects things of like kind.
When we realize every thing is a facet of one thing, the Everything, we connect to all things with love.
The sole of a foot and the soul of a man: both are rarely seen foundations.
Whether depends on weather which depends on whether which depends on weather…
i, the duality of body and mind, becomes I as it transitions to integrity.
In our endeavors as a self, we win or lose.
As a soul, it’s one or lost; one with the Everything or a lost soul.
Asking whys makes wise.
The soul has only a sole expression and a sole emotion.
The sole expression is the now.
The sole emotion is love, connecting every thing in the now.
I am eye. What eye see is what I am.
Awareness is like clothing.
It comes in two styles: “A-ware” and “B-ware.”
“A-ware” is open, loose fitting and comfortable.
“B-ware” is buttoned up and uncomfortable.
When approached, those wearing A-ware ask: “How can I be of help?”
Those wearing B-ware ask: “What do you want?”
Children are, unlike adults, unadulterated.
Upon awakening, every day is not everyday.
The Everything is no-thing and now-thing.
No-thing is what the Everything is before and after it is what it is whatever it is in the now-thing.
The two letters in the Hebrew word for “life” have a numerical value, in terms of sequential order in the alphabet, of 8 and 10. Added together, they total 18.
The number 18 is symbolic of life. Monetary gifts between Jews for various rites of passage (birthdays, weddings, holidays, etc.) are always given in multiples of 18 ($18, $54, $180, etc.).
The number 18 also informs us that life is finite and eternal.
1 is finite as it’s drawn from top to bottom, from heaven to Earth, from birth to death.
8 is eternal as it’s continuous, with no beginning and no end.
In life, the eternal soul is expressed as a finite self.
Moreover, 1 implies that every thing is essentially one thing: the expression of the soul. 8 implies every thing is interconnected.
Upon realizing all things are one interconnected thing, we treat every thing as we treat ourselves. That’s compassion.
Our oneness with every thing allows us to view the world from infinite perspectives. That’s the essence of wisdom.
With wisdom and compassion, we are a fully realized life.
Life is a present we receive when we are present.
Hear here.
Sound is the presence of the now.
The whole is peace, but a piece of the whole is duality.
Patients need patience as time heals all.
The sounds of an awakening:
Ah. Aha. Haha. Hahahaha.
Ah — joy.
Aha — the realization that joy is the purpose of life.
Haha — laughing at the simplicity of this realization.
Hahahaha — laughing at how silly we were for not realizing this earlier.
We have it backwards. Man’s best friend is not the material (dog), but the transcendental (god).
The present is the pre-sent, not the now.
The present is the space where every thing is before it is what it is whatever it is in the now.
In the present every thing is absent.
When we are in the present, we can observe the now and realize we are consciousness that creates the now.
“Real eyes realize real lies.” — Tupac Shakur