Ruminations on Solar Intelligence
Solar intelligence. The intelligence that makes it happen, has made it happen, and will continue to make it happen for quite some time. No intelligent life here is possible without it. Intelligence, by it’s very definition, matures, evolves, unfolds, and blossoms. Life in this world is entirely dependent on the sun. The evolution of solar intelligence through stages and phases of individuation is not a typical theme of modern education. And yet, it is very relevant to some of our most pressing questions such as who am I, what am I, where did I come from, where am I going? Solar intelligence has some answers. There ought be little doubt that all life on this planet is solar powered. Without the sun, there is no life. The evolution of species is solar powered. It is not random or chaotic. There is intelligence behind it all. And all are connected to that intelligence.
The sun is a fusion reactor, which requires intelligence to work well, and the sun works very well as an energy source. Just because modern human beings are not conscious of that intelligence does not mean it does not exist. It is actually visible all around the world, exhibited in the myriad of plants and animals, including the high animated human animal. The accomplishment of modern sciences are all based on an awareness, an investigation into, the inherent intelligence in all the various systems of life. Understanding that intelligence has allowed for the progressions of humanity through time, from the wheel to the space ship in transportation, grunts and groans to cell phones in communication, hacksaws to scalpels in medicine. Like any progression, however, there are ups and downs, forward movements, and backward steps. It is the nature of things, cycles, stages and phases.
The evolution of solar intelligence can be extra-ordinarily complicated. To get an idea of the vastness of the topic, take a look at the blog post about occult evolutionary theory. Even the term solar intelligence is ‘far out.’ Solar intelligence is the same as ‘soul.’ Soul is the same as Sol, which is the sun. The sun animates all life in the system, in the soul system. You do not have an individual soul no more than you have an individual sol or sun. All sentient beings in the sol system share the same sol, or soul, or sun. That soul evolves. A sun is born, matures, and dies, over a very long period of time, billions of years. Just as our personal intelligence emerges and develops through stages and phases, so it is with solar intelligence. The macrocosm is contained within the microcosm, ‘as above, so below.’ As such, it is possible to get glimpses of cosmic order and structure, cosmic intelligence, the macrocosm, from the microcosm. Even a cursory understanding of modern biology indicates a tremendous co-operation of systems within systems. That co-operation is based in intelligence, or Teleos.
One way to help explain the evolution of solar intelligence, aka, solar consciousness, through stages and phases of individuation is via the use of shapes. The initial spark of individuation can be represented as a dot, a point. The next stage is a line, followed by a triangle. The 4th stage of consciousness is represented by a square, and variants such as rectangle, parallelogram or trapezoid. At the fourth stage, we enter into the realms of polygons. The 5th stage is a pentagon, the 6th a hexagon, 7th heptagon, 8th octagon and 9th nonagon. From the 6th onward the trajectory is towards a circle, represented by 0. A shape with 24 sides has a name, icositetragon. A shape with 1000 sides is a myriagon. If you’d like to explore the many names of multi-sided shapes, visit the List of Polygons.
From an evolutionary standpoint, the circle is the ultimate goal, the end of individuation, the release from the confines of division and duality. The circle represents all-inclusive wholeness. Beyond the circle is ever expanding realms of wholeness. Solar consciousness is just the microcosm of the galaxy, which is a microcosm of the entire cosmic field, referred to as a circle, without a circumference. Where are you in the scheme of things? Think about it as the University of Life, with 9 colleges, each college having 9 schools, and each school having 9 classrooms, and each classroom having 9 lessons. Modern humanity is in the 4th college. The square, and its variants, are dominant. They are the building blocks for more advanced stages and phases. Our buildings, homes, offices, shopping centers, schools, are basically boxes. Our thinking is primarily contained in boxes. Our differences and division around opinions, beliefs, values, morals, ideologies, religions, politics and economics are largely due to them being boxed into mental compartments. Division and duality, ie, individuality, is a common, everyday experience. And yet, it is just a stage, in which are many phases, through the vast evolution of solar consciousness from a point to a circle, and beyond.
The Happiness Trap
Happiness is something we all want. And yet, we have been programmed to seek it in places where it does not exist and in ways that do not work. We have been funneled into what is called ‘The Rat Race.’ This short animated video showcases our maddening rush for what we have been told is happiness, and is not.
HOW CAN WE GUARD OURSELVES FROM THE HAPPINESS TRAP?
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.” (Edward Bernays aka “The Father of Public Relations”)
“Unfortunately for us, our backwards society uses the world’s best psychologists to exploit our precious minds through advertising and marketing, and instead of educating us on how we might defend ourselves from these insidious influences — that we will obviously encounter at some point in our lives — the education system is too busy teaching us how to do math equations that we will never have to even use, amongst other frivolous tasks.
Corporations manipulate our minds through a variety of different methods, but all of them are invariably rooted in the fact that they know we aren’t content and truly happy within, so they find a way to exploit that. In fact, this is the root cause of many problems we face in our society today, people are simply not happy and content with their lives. They pretend, they lie to themselves, they distract themselves, and they bullshit themselves for years and years, sometimes decades, and sometimes even an entire life time — but they know deep down they aren’t happy.
WHAT WE NEED
So what we need to actually be focusing on, is how we can simply achieve happiness, contentment and self confidence my friends. Unfortunately the education system, again, does not focus on this, and that’s because — to be frank — the education system is a bunch of bullshit. It’s merely a prepping facility to get us ready for the proverbial Rat Race. And that’s because the main prerequisite for running the Rat Race, is being discontent and unhappy. You cannot sell people crap they do not need, unless they feel empty inside. You cannot exploit a mentally strong human being. In other words, self confidence is bad for this economy because the economy is actually built on consumerism.
So we are conditioned from a young age to replace our enthusiastic imaginations with blind conformity to authority. We are indoctrinated to surrender our curiosity and self belief in pursuing the impossible, to obedience to the status quo and what we are told we should and shouldn’t do. And we are taught to follow the intelligence of the crowd, and not the intelligence of the heart. In short, we are conditioned to sacrifice our happiness to serve this exploitive system.
Then, as we try to navigate our way through this insane asylum we call society, we learn that buying things is not really going to bring us happiness, at least not long term happiness. We discover that drinking alcohol, or taking pharmaceutical pills is not the answer either. And we search and search and search, but because we are drowning in a world of manipulation and skulduggery — that is literally thriving off of our ignorance and insecurity — many of us never find it. Some of us even commit suicide out of desperation to escape our internal pain.
As my readers know, I come from a background of alcoholism, addiction, depression, anxiety and even contended with suicide in my mind. I have experienced great sadness and unhappiness in my life, but more importantly, I have experienced the journey of finding happiness and purpose. And that key lies in first realizing that we live in a society that wants to actually keep us ignorant, weak and easy to manipulate and control.
Once you become aware of this ill intent, you can begin to defend yourself intelligently.
Stop watching their programming through network television, and start watching documentaries that are going to educate and empower you instead. Stop listening to their radio broadcasts, and start listening to motivational speakers that have overcome adversity. Stop eating their bullshit foods, and start investing in your health by consuming organic based products. Stop hanging around people who are unthinking zombies that only indulge in gossip, ignorance and other forms of stupidity, and spend time with people who actually want to grow more, learn more, and see you grow and learn too. Stop consuming energy drinks and soda cans filled with bullshit, and start drinking non fluoridated water or raw juices. Stop getting shit faced on the weekends, and start spending time in Nature which has therapeutic effects. Stop polluting your brain and lungs with their toxic cigarettes, and start exercising and feeding yourself oxygen. Stop wasting your time mindlessly surfing the internet and start using it to educate yourself. Stop focusing your precious mind on all the problems in your life, and start focusing it on the solutions. Stop feeding the power of fear, insecurity and shyness by hiding from the world, and instead find an organization like Toastmasters to practice communicating and public speaking. In short, we must start making conscious choices that strengthen our minds and develop our intrinsic characters, because by default the system is setup to use us and exploit us.
CONCLUSION
So happiness is found through the development of self my friends, not in chasing material things. Stress, heart ache, and difficult circumstances are a part of life and the only thing that will keep you happy and able to overcome those things is a strong mind, which can only be built through lifestyle changes. ” (Taken from stevecutts.com)
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both….
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
-Robert Frost
What is Truth?
“There is no truth. There is only perception.”
-Gustave Flaubert
What is truth? It depends, perhaps, on who you ask. John Keats, in his poem Ode on a Grecian Urn, states that ‘truth is beauty, beauty truth.’ If we introduce the adage that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ then truth becomes a very personal subjective assessment. Two people can behold very different truths. Because I experienced it, it is therefore true? But, is that then really truth, even if another finds it not so? There are many biblical passages which suggest God is truth. If beauty is truth, and truth is God, would that mean God is beauty? Is God in the eye of the beholder?
The Greek word for “truth” is aletheia, which translates to English as “to un-hide” or “hiding nothing.” It conveys the thought that truth is always there, always open and available for all to see, with nothing being hidden or obscured. The Hebrew word for “truth” is emeth, which means “firmness,” “constancy” and “duration.” Such a definition implies an everlasting substance and something that can be relied upon.
The modern word ‘true’ as used today comes from Middle English trewthe, from Old English trēowth and translates as ‘fidelity.’ Now, there’s a word with a lot of meanings! The word fidelity comes from the Latin fidēlis which translates as ‘faithful, loyal, trustworthy” As in the adage one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist, this definition of truth as fidelity is ripe for conflict. What is the relationship between truth and conflict? How many arguments, fights, and even wars, are based on opposing views of ‘truth?’
A general Internet search on the term ‘what is truth?’ brings up over 600,000,000 listings. Perhaps the most honest statement about that question is taken from the first listing‘…it’s difficult to define because as soon as you think you have it pinned down, some case or counterexample immediately shows deficiencies.’ (philosophynews.com). How is one to answer the question? It is generally the domain of philosophy and philosophers from around the world and through time have struggled with trying to both understand and convey the nature of truth.
The essential teaching of Buddhism states that truth is emptiness. Emptiness is, by definition, nondescript. You cannot describe it or define it. Perhaps that is the genius of this insight. Truth exists, out of conceptual reach. Does that mean truth does not exist? No. It simply means it cannot be contained, grasped or comprehended in traditional ways and means of understanding. It would be like a mind only capable of linear thought, comprehending simultaneity.
The concept of emptiness as truth comes from a realization that all material forms are composite, compound collections of parts. For example, a car is made up of many, many parts. If you take away all the parts, there is no car. There is no inherent car, it is only a composition of component parts put and held together for a while. A tree is no different; it is a composite of components. There is no inherent tree-ness. And, of course, the same holds for all conceptualizations of a ‘self’ which, like the car and the tree, is void of any inherent ‘self-ness.’ The self is a collection of components, which eventually disperse. Modern physics has itself come upon this realization that at the core of all things, there is nothing, no-thing. From solid objects, to molecules, to atoms, to sub-atomic particles to a quantum field, which itself is indeterminate, the material world is seen as ultimately empty of any inherent individual core. Emptiness equates to this quantum field beyond the reach of linguistic conception. Emptiness is no-thing. And, if no-thing is perfect, if no-thing is sacred, if no-thing is forever, then it may well be that no-thing is truth for we may easily agree that truth is perfect, sacred and forever.
In the science of Yoga, truth is defined as the purity of consciousness the nature of which is blissfulness. If we apply that definition of truth, how much of your experience is truthful? It’s a lot easier, and healthier, to acknowledge that individual experience, and the ways in which we codify and express that experience, is not blissful, it is not emptiness, it is not beauty, and it is not God. Our personal experience is not durable and it is not constant. Our personal experience is not truth. We can allow our individual experience to exist as it is and speak from that direct experience, as our personal reality, which may be a subset of a collective reality, and distinguish that from truth. For quite some time, truth was the earth is flat, until that changed. The Language, culture, geology, biology, time, circumstances all contribute components to that which we are convinced is truth; and yet, several generations later, that truth is cast aside as ignorance. Is truth so temporary? One of the hallmarks of the human species is learning, changing, adapting, letting go of perspectives, points of view, assumptions and conclusions which are not longer valid. Truth encompasses the evolution of consciousness from one level to another, each with their own set of perspectives, their own set of personal and collective realities. Truth is to realities as the ocean is to the waves. Truth is to the cosmos as realities are to our planet.
Truth has no specific, distinctive, definitive or descriptive form; as such, it cannot be conceptualized. And yet, out of this quantum field of no-thing, of emptiness, arise all things, past, present and future. Truth is, the transcendental essence of all existence; everything else appears as…some-thing, either subjective as in thoughts, emotions, memories and imagination, or objective as in, others, objects, actions and the world ‘out there’, what we might call ‘relative realities’. Our individual experience may well be grounded in and permeated by undefined, nondescript truth, but then, so is that of our opponent, our nemesis, our enemy, our foe. Truth encompasses the pair of opposites, without bias. We, on the other hand, do not. Our individual experience is not truth, it is a combination of personal and collective realities, loaded with biases and preferences, likes and dislikes, built largely upon the culture in which we exist at the time. Let us not debase or trivialize truth as we do with love; most all of what we say we love, we just really like; and most all of what we say is truth is really just our personal and collective perspective or point of view. That perspective and point of view may well be arrived at through objective, measured evidence, and then referred to as ‘fact.’ A fact is not truth. A fact is a consensus gained from reliable, valid information. Even then, that reliable, valid information may be found invalid and unreliable decades, or centuries, later. Truth, on the other hand, would remain intact and valid, decades, centuries, and even ages, later. Truth encompasses more than the entirety of humanity.
Many years ago a young man was a witness in a court hearing. At the witness stand, before being seated…..
Bailiff: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Witness: With all due respect, it is not possible for an individual to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; the best we can hope for is an accurate presentation of individual experience.
Prosecutor: I object! This is the only way we have of knowing if a witness is telling the truth.
It’s a sad day for the mind of man when the only way of knowing if one is telling the truth is by affirming a false statement.
For more blog posts relevant to this topic, visit Quantum Psychology and Mental Health is Contained in Language.
“There are only two things. Truth and lies.
Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself;
anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.”
-Franz Kafka