> Over several years, a child studies the world in an archaic manner, letting intuition and instinct guide it. But with time, this information settles into something more concrete: knowledge. However, knowledge is rather fragile in this state. A child needs guidance in order to know the Truth. Unfortunately, Worm, at this stage, people are most likely to lie to a child and train it on the art of hypocrisy and deceit. This muddles the goal for a child, whose sole duty is to understand the very cosmos it was born into. As it is raised in society, its mission is only further impeded. A child’s mind is drained of its wonder through dogma and sin. Society replaces purity with frivolity and ignorance. It enshrouds the soul with endless layers of ego until the child can no longer remember who they really are.
Like most Americans, I used to think this way. I believed that the way I was as a child was the most natural and most true to myself that I was, but now I'm pretty confident that this is wrong. Are you interested in how I know this, or, will a lecture about psychology most likely annoy you?
Not long ago I heard a curious take on the snake and Eve. It turned the classic Bible idea upside down.
The powerful 'Lord' in the garden was not God, God was actually the passive snake.
The snake asked Eve to eat the apple which represented knowledge, though the Lord forbade it.
So far so good.
But the Lord forbade her knowledge because that lord wanted power; her ignorance meant she would serve and obey that lord who was not God- she worshipped unthinkingly...
and by eating the apple of knowledge her eye/s were opened, her consciousness developed and she came to know God who was in her - wisdom like the snake - not some external lord to worship.
If worms are part of the cosmos, could they be there for some reason that our rational mind can't divine? Builders can be destroyers, and vice versa, because creation requires the destruction of the old by making it obsolete. Redemption may be less a matter of rational understanding or building as an alternative to destroying, but more a product of living by moral principles. In this regard their are many who are failing, as our culture has embraced technocracy and renounced faith in morality.
"Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind."
I do agree that moral action which is not informed by the truth is harder to practice. However, truth is protean and intangible and as Socrates taught, easy to debunk. Morality comes from the heart. We "know" right from wrong because of how certain actions make us feel. This is reified in the Golden Rule. Our moral sensibilities, and our willingness to sanctify and respect our moral sensibilities has weakened in the face of the hyper-rational technocracy. Unless our spiritual wisdoms can be fed with
the same passion as our reason-based wisdoms, we humans are in deep trouble.
Songs for Death to listen to while he decides our fate
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-48287571
King Crimson is probably the one thing keeping Death sane
https://youtu.be/Lqh894mrBxI?feature=shared
To stay in that Adrian Belew zone, one of those I'm definitely going back for when I get that Time Travel thing down:
https://youtu.be/BFvgWguaC9g?feature=shared
https://substack.com/profile/100124894-steven-berger/note/c-47847051
https://youtu.be/aNy80nqtqlU?feature=shared
> Over several years, a child studies the world in an archaic manner, letting intuition and instinct guide it. But with time, this information settles into something more concrete: knowledge. However, knowledge is rather fragile in this state. A child needs guidance in order to know the Truth. Unfortunately, Worm, at this stage, people are most likely to lie to a child and train it on the art of hypocrisy and deceit. This muddles the goal for a child, whose sole duty is to understand the very cosmos it was born into. As it is raised in society, its mission is only further impeded. A child’s mind is drained of its wonder through dogma and sin. Society replaces purity with frivolity and ignorance. It enshrouds the soul with endless layers of ego until the child can no longer remember who they really are.
Like most Americans, I used to think this way. I believed that the way I was as a child was the most natural and most true to myself that I was, but now I'm pretty confident that this is wrong. Are you interested in how I know this, or, will a lecture about psychology most likely annoy you?
Lectures about psychology are one of the few types of lectures I'm willing to sit through.
Go on...
OK Kasimir: https://thingstoread.substack.com/p/you-will-be-who-you-are
Deep and beautiful ...
I was a Worm. Now I know what to do.
🫡
Not long ago I heard a curious take on the snake and Eve. It turned the classic Bible idea upside down.
The powerful 'Lord' in the garden was not God, God was actually the passive snake.
The snake asked Eve to eat the apple which represented knowledge, though the Lord forbade it.
So far so good.
But the Lord forbade her knowledge because that lord wanted power; her ignorance meant she would serve and obey that lord who was not God- she worshipped unthinkingly...
and by eating the apple of knowledge her eye/s were opened, her consciousness developed and she came to know God who was in her - wisdom like the snake - not some external lord to worship.
A very interesting inversion. Though I have to say...I agree.
If worms are part of the cosmos, could they be there for some reason that our rational mind can't divine? Builders can be destroyers, and vice versa, because creation requires the destruction of the old by making it obsolete. Redemption may be less a matter of rational understanding or building as an alternative to destroying, but more a product of living by moral principles. In this regard their are many who are failing, as our culture has embraced technocracy and renounced faith in morality.
"Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind."
Albert Einstein
Morality, perhaps, requires knowledge and understanding, of both a rational and metaphysical nature.
I think I'm going to be mulling this one over all day...
Is it possible to escape God’s plan for you?
Not for long
Yeah, I got worms.
I do agree that moral action which is not informed by the truth is harder to practice. However, truth is protean and intangible and as Socrates taught, easy to debunk. Morality comes from the heart. We "know" right from wrong because of how certain actions make us feel. This is reified in the Golden Rule. Our moral sensibilities, and our willingness to sanctify and respect our moral sensibilities has weakened in the face of the hyper-rational technocracy. Unless our spiritual wisdoms can be fed with
the same passion as our reason-based wisdoms, we humans are in deep trouble.
Well here, "truth" is for the universal truth--something divine from which morality derives.
Yes, I do believe in universal truths, but whether they are divine or not is beyond my reach.