Breaking the Cycle
I remember when my friend received his Razer Ouroboros. He unpacked it in front of me, it had the coolest design for a mouse. It came in an acrylic case seemingly floating in the middle of it and had an array of customizable features from palm rest height, to multiple macro buttons and was both a corded, and a cordless mouse. Its dock allowed your mouse to become a statement piece for your desktop. They both had lights and made the setup look like you were living in the future.
Razer was a computer peripherals brand that had a knack for naming their mice/mouses after snakes or snake related themes like DeathAdder, Basilisk, Orochi and Naga. Razer itself had a 3 headed snake as the logo.
I know my pastors and they’ve condemned anything sacrilegious from Pokémon to Harry Potter (HP). But I wonder if they’d condemn owning a mouse with snakes on it.
Looking back I can understand why they would make a blanket statement and give sermons about things like this. Especially around themes that could consume you. “Be careful of music, entertainment, art, sciences that lead you further from God”, they’d say. Of course I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist.
“It would affect your spirituality”.
Obviously, as a youngster experiencing the world, wanting to fit in, I didn’t listen. I’m not saying those themes affected me, but I can see it affecting others.
HP fans obsessed with it would send JK Rowling death threats just because they don’t share the same political view, or other HP fans that are upset that HBO is mucking the casting choices. Or the fact that many adults are obsessed with Disney and Pokémon, that they’re willing to spend hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars, just to brag to their friends.
Yeah, sounds like their spirits have been affected.
But they can be great, even wonderful people. I know people who love metal music who are more polite than many Christians. I know of tattoo clad people/ artists who are some of the kindest people.
Some are good people from the get-go but in the matter of spirituality, they could be in ruins. There are those that have overcome such spiritual dissonance like Alice Cooper and Brian Welch. But then there are those you wonder if they gave Jesus a chance, people like MJ, WH, RW, CB, MP, HL and many more. (I don’t want to openly disrespect people I like)
Sometimes we get too consumed by our thoughts & crafts that we neglect our conscience. Our egos supersede it, telling us it knows better. Life has a way of talking to us, we just need to listen. If you aren’t looking for a higher calling, look for a nature centric calming ideology. Do yoga, meditate, or connect with nature a little more.
I understand the want/need to rebuke the common perspective. God seems overrated to you. Find any natural remedy. Spend some time alone. Connect with yourself. Look in the mirror and understand yourself. Acknowledging want to change is the first step. Try Buddhism.
But if you have a higher calling, the existential kind that draws you into a different realm. One that requires you to question the fundamentals of life, the universe, and resemblance of man and nature. Try Hinduism.
Now Christianity is an entirely different ballgame. It is the perfect theology for existence & coexistence. Harmony. Love. Servitude. Unity. Redemption. It encompasses the two above, and more. Your quest for perfection will never be realised, and you’re required to live up to it daily.
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When I look at the ouroboros, I kinda see myself, living in the dualistic nature of life. I nibbled at my spirituality/consciousness little by little, but I was still alive, numb to my surroundings, indifferent to everything and everyone around me.
I was alive, but without purpose. Breathing, but not happy. Seeing, but without light. Running, but without direction. Happy, but only temporarily. Disconnected from reality, but chasing my own tail.
I’ve always believed in God. I’m a 4th/5th generation Christian (from my mothers side), thanks to the American missionaries in Sri Lanka. And I thought the encounter I had in my teens was an indication God was in my life and that I would have a smooth sailing life. Perhaps that would’ve been true if I had heeded his call. But my ego was greater than of God’s, and though He has looked after me, I did not look after Him.
If I had not decided to take care of this temple God has given me, I would still be nibbling at myself. Yeah, the first step I took was to get healthy. Healthy food is rather expensive so I made sure to exercise 4 times a week. But that was not enough, I started paying close attention to sermons and understanding the historicity and theology of the Bible.
Thankful for YouTube cause there’s plenty of Christian content there, ushering the new revival.
Lastly, I started reading the Bible. There is no point just watching videos of people discussing the Bible, when you can get your hands on one and read it for yourself. God speaks through His words, and sometimes the message is meant for you to understand alone.
God killed the Leviathan that took ahold of my life. If He can do it for me, He can do it for you. I am no longer bound to the cycle I once was defending and indulging in.
Will you stop loving Pokémon and HP? Metal music and tattoo’s? Personally, I think, having God as your numero Uno will always “out-spirit” other spirits. As long as God takes precedence in your body, mind and soul, do not care much about what others say. I’m sure my pastor will spank me, but that’s just my opinion.
Putting God first, will help you break out of the loop and any other distractions that have been consuming your life. You will start to focus on the meaningful relationships, your mood will be in high spirits, your thirst for life gains more perspective and you will start to balance things better.
Breaking out of the loop will stop arrogance and negligence. You will soon accept the things you’ve done, whatever mistakes that consume you, and take hold of the future that waits for you. Aligning with the Singularity will release the curse of duality of human nature.
When you look at human history, have you ever noticed how we are in a loop? With every generation there are highs and lows, there is peace and war, there are plagues and disunity. I wonder if this cyclical nature can be broken. I wonder, if just like the individual, if the earth comes to know God, will the loop finally be broken ?
Perhaps we will begin a new loop? How can we break this current cycle? If we all became Christian? Is distributing power equally to everyone viable? Is there a different way to earn ‘power’ without using money?
Or do you think this current state of affairs is fine and we should just keep rollin’ with it? =P
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