The Void pt. 6

We have taken five conscious laps or orbits around our Void since we awoke to its influence. While each cycle has brought us closer to our own demise, we have gained much knowledge. Knowledge, however, is only the start. We must be able to piece the information attained in an order capable of supporting a solution.

This is where "the going gets rough and the rough get going". This is the moment of assembly, a prerequisite for action rather than reaction.

Five cognizant cycles have initiated this process of assembly by revealing truths of substance. In as much, we now know we are the core of our own spiritual decay through our performance of a routine focused upon gratification of our childish attitude, all the while we empower it by our complacency which appears to have begun as far back as we can reconnoiter due to our errant perceptions of the external world, generating fear of the unknown.

Wow. That is certainly a mouthful!

But HOW do we chart a course out of this orbit?

Like always, we must first draw a contrast. IF we comprehend our current position, what would be the opposing position?

Let's take this a step at a time.

If we are the core of our spiritual decay we can readily assume an "other" is at the core of our spiritual growth.

If we have accomplished this orbit via performing a routine focused upon our child-ISH attitude, we can safely assume we need a routine focused upon our child-LIKE attitude. Therein, the opposite would be a regimen of behavior involving Change, Challenge and Charity.

If this routine has been empowered by our complacency, the opposing regimen would be empowered by aggressive action.

If this deleterious cycle began as far back as we can recall, without a succinct cause advent or event, we must then place our past in a particular value perspective. In other words, the opposing value accepts the past as just that - the past - what's done is done, it is dead.

If our errant perception of the external world generated a false impression or fear, which is the same as illusion, fantasy and/or mirage, the opposite would acknowledge that which is. It would be a position in which one fervently acknowledges intelligent thought - what we may call Faith.

Given these opposing positions, we could summarize this as:

We need spiritual guidance from an external source to help us form a routine focused upon feeding or enabling our child-like abilities to Change, accept challenges and perform Charity with aggressive intentional action while we accept our past as a "done-deal" having no substantial authority in our existence so as to remove illusions and begin a process of faith.

WOW. Another mouthful!

While that puts the opposing perspective and position in our conscious, it still does not answer HOW.

HOW does one garner an external spiritual guide?

HOW does one form a new regimen of Child-like behavior?

HOW does one perform it with aggression?

HOW does one accept their past as 'dead'?

HOW does one fervently acknowledge intelligent thought?

This is where the "rubber meats the road". How is actually rather simple, though we want to make it complex. Nike said it best in, "Just Do It!". This is the quintessential element. We have to DO something to engage the process and it must be conscious, intentional, aggressive action so as to provide us with the necessary feedback to determine whether our act gained positive results.

Here is a simple prospectus.

Every action we do or don't take garners, if our eyes are open, a piece of information - what we call knowledge.

That piece of data must then be placed with other pieces in a manner that 'fits' - just like puzzle pieces. This is what we call understanding.

As more pieces assemble the puzzle displays a 'picture' via interpretation. We must then apply a new act according to the picture we see developing. This is what we call wisdom.

After we have done so, reactions, both internal and external occur. These reactions will generate new puzzle pieces to deal with - new knowledge to rout through the protocols.

Thus, plotting a course out of our deleterious cycle is a progressive regimen requiring consistent Change, Challenge and Charity empowered by Faith. To steal a song's phrase, "This is how we do it, do it".

Welcome to the beginning of a journey, not a destination.

While all this answers the HOW in general terms, its simplicity will most likely leave most of us askew - as we have tried some or all of these before without success. We may fail in spite of knowing HOW.

We will also look at the world around us, see people taking positive action without success and others being complacent with success - all this is temporary and illusive. We will all feel the tug of Comfort, Convenience and Control pulling us back toward the Void from time to time and begin to wonder, what are we doing this FOR?

Like the movie The Matrix, being plugged in can be a very pleasing death. Fantasy can be more appealing and endearing than reality, thus leaving us with our final question - what FOR.

Until the finale'

theunclericproject