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Knowledge of what we truly are has been stolen from us: Economies tell us that we are nothing but consumers; churches, that we are born sinners; politicians, that we are gullible imbeciles; scientists, that we are meaningless machines; educators teach us to forfeit ‘Know Thyself’ for the benefit of greedy and selfish elites; and parents teach us to bow to ancient and irrational fallacies that obliterate self-reflection and realistic thinking.

And so, we have no clue what we are.

The fact that we are magnificent creatures, natural symbioses of myriad little elements congregated temporarily into beautiful, self-reflective, and immensely powerful organic systems, has been erased from our educational systems so we can be kept obedient under the dark blankets of fear and ignorance.

The knowledge that we are immensely powerful and possess a relative degree of freedom to affect our own evolution, is denied to us because it threatens and terrifies those who control us.

I open my eyes every day to witness the disintegration of Humanity under the ignorance imposed on us by the avarice of a few, knowing full well that if we were allowed the knowledge of what we truly are, we would turn around our destructive worldview and begin to understand and respect the world that gives us life.

To try to recapture what has been taken away from us, I rejected conventional learning and the so called ‘knowledge’ of authoritarian ideologies. As a result, hidden behind the precepts of scientific theories and the wisdom of ancient cultures, I found a rational and beautiful way to understand ourselves and our world in a Paradigm based on the Universal Blueprint from which Life arises and self-perpetuates. Twice a month I will share ideas on this Paradigm.

180 – My Life Meanders between Opposing Complements of Existence

Right <> Wrong

Temporary <> Lasting

Supple <> Rigid

Free <> Dependent

Creative <> Destructive

Sobering <> Trivial

Knowledge <> Ignorance

Tolerance <> Prejudice

Courage <> Fear

Security <> Danger

Dynamic <> Passive

Organized <> Chaotic

Self-determined <> Pre-determined

Conscious <> Instinctive

Open <> Closed

Love <> Hate

Happiness <> Terror

Compassion <> Cruelty

Feminine <> Masculine

Health <> Illness

Pleasure <> Pain

Truth <> Deceit

Light <> Darkness

Soul/Mind/Spirit <> Body

Life <> Death

Etc., etc., etc.

My Life is like the flow of a river meandering between a spectrum of the opposing complements of Existence, as I choose, oftentimes consciously, but mostly by instinct, which side of the spectrum to lean towards to, which one to move away from. There are times when I take measure of the power of a side, which one is strongest, which one weaker, which one can change my life, which one just the course of a day. There are times when a side has the power to overtake me, even if I don’t want to … prejudice, for instance, instead of tolerance … and there are times when I have the power to overtake them … courage, for instance, instead of fear. There are times when leaning towards a side makes me feel ugly and scared, while moving towards the opposite side makes me feel beautiful and happy.

It is uncanny and utterly fascinating to be able to look back into my past, recollecting, examining the decisions I made or those that were made for me; remembering the push and pull of opposites on those decisions, how they shaped me, how I shaped them, how they led me into corners … as when I was enrolled into a school controlled by religious dogma, or when my father would made me stand for hours with my face against a corner in his room as punishment for being a child … or how they opened doors to new horizons … as when I followed my mother’s example to look for beauty in the midst of chaos, or when I gathered the courage to leave a world intent on constricting the mind, for a world where Knowledge was readily available.

This capacity to examine events that have shaped my life, and to remember, oftentimes vividly, the strength of the forces behind those events, have let me delve into the world of the primal instincts that urge me to survive, to bond, to engender, to learn, to love; and into the world of the spirit that endows me with the power to manipulate those urges, and the wisdom to know when to let them conquer me. This capacity, although not a given, but a privilege, makes me realize what a wondrous creature I am; it gives me insight into the ingenious force that created me from the bond of two minuscule cells, already having the power to envision a path between the opposing complements of Existence, and to choose.

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