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What is it like to be Crazy?
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"Confessing one's sins publicly is no doubt a form of exhibitionism.  But not to worry about that: today people do not confess their sins openly: they broadcast them for all to see and attempt to emulate.  Sin is in." 

 

What is it like to be Crazy?


[voice from the other side - Sha'Tara]

 

First to define crazy.  I don't mean stupid, or out of control.  I mean possessed of a permanent alternate viewpoint to everything.  Living in an alternate "universe" completely outside of time, from which one forays out here and there to sample life as it struggles in the inter-tidal zones of space-time.  When in one's alternate persona rules become fluid and impossibility barriers topple.

 

Of course none of that is new.  All "beliefs" are based on alternate perception to what passes for reality.  To "believe" is to have a different view of all things, not just some different ideas about some things.  A true belief system will present an alternative to every aspect of "the way things are" no matter what is offered.  For example, greed as a belief system:  offer "love" to a greedy man and he will immediately calculate its benefits and costs in terms of money.  This guy knows his system and lives by it.

 

Have you ever wondered why religious people earn the label of hypocrites more readily than anyone else?  It is not that they are more evil than other people.  The problem is they broadcast a particular universal and absolutist belief system but they don't allow it to colour all aspects of their life, just some of it and that mostly when it's convenient.  If one lives by an absolutist belief -- "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, and if not you go to hell" -- that's pretty clear -- then one is solidly bound by all of that system's rules!  And as a System cannot change, neither can the rules.  

 

Here's an example of a rule for living the Christian life: "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law." (Romans 13:8) That rule is not an option.

 

Now the people of the world are pretty smart in their own little ways and can figure out when a religious person is just full of it.  And mostly they are.  When it comes to borrowing money and living in debt, well... not only individual Christians are as deep in it as the rest but their churches are also in debt up to their leaking eaves.  Yet it has been said: "A church's debt is the Devil's salary."  So go figure, huh?

 

Anyway, in my crazy place where time does not enter I can visualize a doorway into any room (world) where there is space measured by time.  Where chaos and order thrash it out, back and forth.

 

What is time, stripped of its outworn, obsolete power?  A convenience to measure distance in space.  Imagine standing in a place where there is no distance between yourself and anyplace?  There is no longer any "when" but only a choice of where... in an infinite number of directions.  So you are faced with an infinite array of doors into infinite worlds, infinite dimensions, infinite universes.  Behind each door is just another where, anywhere you choose.  

 

Does that mean you're standing in a place you call "now"?  No.  Now is a time concept between past and future, which are also time concepts.  "Now" implies that you are stuck between two extremes: past and future.  If you're the type who likes to cheat you will think, ah, but my "now" incorporates the past and the future.  But that's a lie and you know it.  Can you recall all of the past, can you see all of the future?  Then your "now" becomes a meaningless illusion.  No need for "now" - throw it out along with everything else connected to time.  

 

Given this is so, why do we continue to "move forward into the future" rather than into the "past"?  We are not.  We are living an illusion of moving forward in time, but as we remain basically in the same place then our concept of time is meaningless.  Time allows us to believe we are always moving into the future but like all absolutist belief systems it is an illusion.   

 

By wearing time's blinders we can repeat the past's follies ad nauseam and still believe we are moving ahead, becoming better, smarter, faster, more educated, more skilled, more understanding and compassionate or whatever else we want to believe we are accomplishing.  But reality says different.

 

If we repeat a single death from oppression; a single bloody confrontation; a single act of vandalism; a single crime against the weak or helpless, start another war, tell another lie, we should immediately be jolted by the fact we have not moved forward at all.  If we are truly moving into the future it will not contain any of the things we have heretofore condemned.  It will be made strictly of that new being we have determined to be.  

 

As long as we insist on living within the bounds of time we become increasingly entropic.  We waste our store of available energy repeating pointless moves.  However much we indulge in political correctness or dabble in various methods of "salvation" we remain "sinners" on the treadmill of death.

 

Let me close with this WindWalker saying:

"Religious faith is the endless ritual of re-creating a circular God who can only be found in another's faith.  A merry-go-round that traps the mind, hardens the heart and shuts the door to the power of the Spirit." 

 

I would add that all belief systems perform the same function.

 

 
 


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Reviewed on September 27, 2007
Very deep thoughts and interesting. Makes you think.

Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on July 8, 2007
Another thought proving write Reg. Its wide open for discussion! ..............m

Reviewed by Helen Downey
Reviewed on June 29, 2007
You have given me something to think about. An interesting piece here Reg. Where did you come up with the idea? Just wondering.

Reviewed by Gypsy Soul (Reader)
Reviewed on June 28, 2007
Hey Reg,
Well My Brotha i must tell YOU that your definately 'Benjamin Franklin' with your wick'd write & i do declare it blew thiz Gypsy Spanka'z skirt right up ! ! !

Time well what can i say 2 Da Tick ! Tock ! Realm ? ? ?
Oh ! What realm YOU ask,those all being of tha missionary position that ain't Crazy but insane about time...

Tha definition of Insanity; "Iz doing tha same thing ova & ova again & expecting a different result"

Crazy; Synonym Wild (Informal) exisisting in a natural state...

Not a state of time just a state of being.

'Normal';"Tha state of mind your in tha time that your in it"
By: Shell'z Bell'z

TIME;a definite moment or interval as indicated by a clock or calendar.
Example;How much time does it take to become an expert?

Well it'z not time that hold'z tha pure Soul from being,it'z tha illusion of time.
Perfect example of Time,illusion & insanity iz tha ridiculess concept Mr & Mrs Missionary Postion came up with being "Day Light Saving'z" Oh ! i rest My case.

"BITE ME" i'd ratha be CRAZY any day Arh ! 2B Sure
2B Sure...

Love'n'Light

Blessed Be ! ! !

Gypsy.xxx





Reviewed by Walt Hardester
Reviewed on June 27, 2007
the past and future are only concepts....that is right on the head Reg
enjoy it while it lasts ....Poppy

Walt

Reviewed by Randall Barfield
Reviewed on June 26, 2007
it is thought-provoking. sometimes my little brain has to struggle to take it all in, but that's no fault of yours! i ask in reference to the WindWalker saying, however, why such luminaries as Billy and/or Ruth Graham, Jimmy Carter, Pope John XXIII, Mother Theresa, the great Gandhi, C.S. Lewis (who allegedly gave away 2/3 of all he ever earned), and many others did not get their hearts hardened in the process?

Reviewed by Susan Sonnen
Reviewed on June 26, 2007
thought provoking, Regis, thank you~

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on June 26, 2007
Reg, outstanding piece of writing, and I will admit (maybe that makes me just a little crazy) that I don't understand all of what you write.

There I said it!

But it does not mean that I can't come back to read again the gems you've shared.

I leave you in peace,
Dan

Reviewed on June 26, 2007
Ah, but consider this: When one says "I do not live by rules", then that itself becomes one's own rule! *wink*

Funny, but my wrinkles and droopy body parts have convinced me that time is indeed NOT standing still but is moving forward rapidly! LOL!!

I believe time cannot save my soul, and I am grateful that Someone died to wash my sins away so I don't "remain a sinner on the treradmill of death." Repeating the same mistakes is fruitless, but life is a learning process, if we are open to the lessons we can learn from everyone, not just those we pick and choose.

But don't mind me...after all, I'm just a crazy Christian, and as this article poionts out, one cannot possibly learn from me! LOL!

Lots of thought provoking ideas here, Reg....thank you for this offering!

Jools




Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on June 26, 2007
Wow Regis, you bring to the surface many fine points in this write. Makes me wonder if we have really moved forward or is it just smoke and mirrors after all.......

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Southern Comfort
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
WOWZERS! This was VERY IMPRESSIVE, Professor Dreamy! You are an AWESOME Teacher! HUGS! SC

Reviewed by Morning Star
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Excellent thoughts it gives me much to think about!
Excellent Article but just think how great it
Would be if we Loved One Another
Great offering Regis
Love Peace and Happiness...Yolie


Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone (Reader)
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Better then to not seek a belief system and just believe. Lady J

Reviewed by Joyce Bowling
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
A thought provoking write my friend...no, we can't live in the past, but we can surely learn from the past to make better todays. I believe that as long as we are truly happy and at peace with our own self, our true spirit will thrive on the inside and show up on the outside. While I often speak of my faith, I respect others opinions and beliefs...a profound write indeed, stirs the thoughts.
Blessings,
Joyce B.

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
such a well written and well thought out right-i love the philosophy and the deep thought it provokes-very interesting-

Reviewed by Monette Bebow-Reinhard (Reader)
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
I don't quite understand 'who' wrote this - if you, then it seems you are channeling - and what a channel! I wish I could find it on cable. As a historian my one true goal is to encourage humanity to learn from the past, but it's a lot harder than it sounds! Thanks for this incredible piece.

Reviewed by Stan Grimes (Reader)
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Excellent article. There really is no tomorrow or yesterday, only today. We neither move forward or backwards.

Reviewed by Joyce Devenish
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Hello Reg,
Very interesting write. Sane and crazy might be the same for all I know. I think my belief system is a bit like yours but I believe in change. I enjoyed your write...Best wishes...JDM

Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Regis Regis, Regis, why must you continually give reasons for my craziness. Thank you my friend for sharing this light upon my path which is now. PLB&G for caring and sharing. <Mikii>

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Great offering Regis...thanks for sharing my friend!!

Love TinkaSweets

Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Yes, I always wear a watch and think I am moving forward as I repeat repetitious acts that go no where. I have been to the part of myself that doesn't know time. You're right. It's a bit crazy, especially when you return to the now. Excellent. Thank you for sharing. Liz

Reviewed by Malcolm Watts (Reader)
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
You are quite correct about there only being the now. Linear time is an illusion of human perception and understanding although the age of the universe suggests certain validity in the idea. Religious people of many faiths are forced to live, knowingly or not, with many paradoxes and inconsistencies. For me those inconsistencies have a certain meaning that has led me to an a-theistic stance. It's alright if others believe what they want, as long as they don't try to force everyone else to believe their "one truth." There is no such thing.

Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Just Think If We Loved One Another-Huh,i.e. Whats Christianity Got to Do With It...

You Got All Religious Freaks Thinking Twice...Millions People Who Take All Things For Granted Find Themselves In Early Mourning...

Creative Good Write...

TRASK

Reviewed by Ann Scarborough
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
So much like the meaning of the Spanish word, manana. It doesn't mean tomorrow or the next day, just not now. As one crazy person to another, Reg, you have hit the nail squarely on the head.
Wonderful write! Thank you.

Reviewed by Amber Moonstone
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
Regis,
Much to think about...I feel that if you are truly happy within, and your spirit is thriving, that is the basic for your way of living...It will all evolve as long as you are living your own truth..
Peace, Love, and Light,
Amber

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
As always Reg your article puts forth and lays on the table,so to speak, many reasonable assertions,ideas and facts. It provides a good basis for discussion and for meditation. As an agnostic it appealed to me especially.

Fee

Reviewed by Ted Bossis
Reviewed on June 25, 2007
10-THE PERSON YOU WOULD ADMIRE THE MOST-WHO WOULD NEVER HARM ANYONE-WHO WILL LISTEN TO EVERYONE-WHO WILL NOT GIVE IN OR SIDE WITH ANY ACTS OF BIAS TOWARDS OTHERS-WHO HAS A LARGE CAPACITY FOR CHANGE AND THE UNKNOWN-BE THAT PERSON- {It's what I felt like offering}I know you care -Thanks - Ted

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