When politics is man-made, a desperate attempt to stifle man’s failed attempts to comprehend the incomprehensible, why do we let our minds be corrupted by their minds?
Sitting by, ever the silent (see also: spineless) observer, we watch wars taking place, innocent civilians being killed in their masses, all because of a petty dispute over religion, or land, or some other division that doesn’t even exist when we are all one, a fact that we forget amid the chaos of the twenty-first century, where we buy into the illusion of ‘better than’ and ‘less than.’
Forgetting that human is human, we believe the lies that politicians feed us, consuming the illusion and lapping up distrust like we’re at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
It’s lie after lie after lie…
Peace will never be found in a society that places productivity and consumption above health and happiness.
Like a painting, society is the appearance of the truth, not the truth itself. While the painting itself isn’t real, (like life, the truth and the appearance of the truth are opposites), what it represents, however, is.
‘Art is a lie that tells the truth.’
Pablo Picasso.
In other words, while society might seem real to us, it is not the original copy, but a reproduction. With bits that have been added on and taken away, it is not the same.
Society is not the truth.
To discover the truth of life then? One must look beyond the canvas of the body and the mind (and, most importantly, the ego), and instead focus their attention on the universe.
- Infinite.
- Loving.
- At one (with everything and everyone).
It is only by understanding the illusion of society that we can understand the reality of the universe.
With no ulterior motive, no interpretation of the human race as literal (we are not in competition with each other. There is no race), and no notion of better than and less than, it is only by letting go of the ego that we can hold on to the soul.
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