I think I needed to read this today. I have not been in a good mood the past week, and all I kept thinking was "I just don't want to come back". Probably quite synchronistic with a podcast I listened to on the way home where a guest was talking about how the toils of Meatworld look quite different from the other side (I'm guessing there's no such thing as cake, for one thing), and there are plenty of unhappy disincarnate spirits who try to hitch a ride on the living to indulge in earthy delights (she didn't call them as such, but they sounded like what the Chinese refer to as "Hungry Ghosts").
It also occurred to me whilst I was doing the washing up (a remarkably Zen meditation activity) just the other day that drinking from the waters of Lethe and forgetting our past lives is as much collectively for our own benefit as anything. Imagine a situation where everyone remembered Everything That You Had Ever Done. It would be like living in a small town, forever. "Remember that lifetime when you stole my bike? You utter scum." It seems like it would descend into endless, petty bickering quite quickly.
I'm fairly sure I was a British fighter/bomber pilot in WW2 (snippets of moderately disturbing memories keep coming back, with some identifiable/verifiable facts which I looked up later, as I didn't know them beforehand), so that probably carries a fairly hefty dose of karma. It would be made all the worse if those people killed came knocking at my door, wanting reparations for past lives.
Also, ever heard this song? Your essay reminded me of it, particularly at 1 min 22 seconds: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu91q_F4fuA&pp=ygUTaG9sbGFuZCAxOTQ1IGx5cmljcw%3D%3D
There was a large comet which passed relatively close to Earth back in November last year, so maybe that scooped up a load of the more deranged souls from the 2020-2022 years.
Having said all that... I do feel there is something to Gnosticism, and all is not quite right with this world. Is it a prison planet, or a quarantine zone, or a factory farm/loosh plantation run by Archon warder-farmers? Possibly. On the other hand, if this is all a school/training course, what kind of nightmarish final placement are we being trained for??? I'm pretty sure that if Bezos, Musk etc could leave this planet (and I'm certain that technologies exist with capabilities far beyond rocket propulsion), then the question is why they haven't done so yet? Are we effectively trapped here, or are the other planets even worse??
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Date: 2025-02-25 11:58 pm (UTC)It also occurred to me whilst I was doing the washing up (a remarkably Zen meditation activity) just the other day that drinking from the waters of Lethe and forgetting our past lives is as much collectively for our own benefit as anything. Imagine a situation where everyone remembered Everything That You Had Ever Done. It would be like living in a small town, forever.
"Remember that lifetime when you stole my bike? You utter scum." It seems like it would descend into endless, petty bickering quite quickly.
I'm fairly sure I was a British fighter/bomber pilot in WW2 (snippets of moderately disturbing memories keep coming back, with some identifiable/verifiable facts which I looked up later, as I didn't know them beforehand), so that probably carries a fairly hefty dose of karma. It would be made all the worse if those people killed came knocking at my door, wanting reparations for past lives.
Also, ever heard this song? Your essay reminded me of it, particularly at 1 min 22 seconds:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu91q_F4fuA&pp=ygUTaG9sbGFuZCAxOTQ1IGx5cmljcw%3D%3D
There was a large comet which passed relatively close to Earth back in November last year, so maybe that scooped up a load of the more deranged souls from the 2020-2022 years.
Having said all that... I do feel there is something to Gnosticism, and all is not quite right with this world. Is it a prison planet, or a quarantine zone, or a factory farm/loosh plantation run by Archon warder-farmers? Possibly. On the other hand, if this is all a school/training course, what kind of nightmarish final placement are we being trained for??? I'm pretty sure that if Bezos, Musk etc could leave this planet (and I'm certain that technologies exist with capabilities far beyond rocket propulsion), then the question is why they haven't done so yet? Are we effectively trapped here, or are the other planets even worse??
Mr. Crow