So, why have a Creed or ethics or all that nonsense anyway? That was the question posed to me. It took me a long time to get a decent answer, back when I asked myself that same question. As always, necessity Is the Mother; it took years of experience and bad breaks, and finally - illumination. And Then - I understood; Duh!!!
This is the text of SLC Weekly Session on "Spiritual Path and Yellow Brick Road - Pt 2", dated 1/27/01
Kellog_bluff
: OK - let's begin. Good evening - and welcome to Pt 2 of the SLC Weekly sessions. Tonight is Pt 2 of "Yellow Brick road", the spiritual path and the yellow brick road. I'm gonna vary a bit from the planned discourse...we were gonna cover the last 5 items on the Kellogg's Creed. Instead - I'm gonna touch on something I call "3 states of Being". It's the reason I follow the Creed, simply. So...sit back, and here we go. T
his session (as all sessions) is called "yellow brick road" for a reason. We are getting together to take the trip down the Yellow Brick road...In search of Oz. Tonight - I'm the old man behind the curtain that Toto tugs at. Whether we want a brain - courage, a heart...or just the way Home...
What we all need - first: is Hope. I'll try to give you some, tonight.
OK - let's do this.
A person recently asked the good question..."why the hell do I need a Creed anyway? Ain't there enuf rules in the world? Well….No.
Most of them aren't designed to help you find your way. They're designed to move you around, or control you. At some time in the past - they may have helped. Back when there weren't as many folks to move around. But now- everything is commercialized - and not too many things are personalized. The idea of the Creed - was to get back into personal enlightenment.
W
hether you use Zen -
or something else.... Or religion...whatever got your spirit moving - toward Oz. But I've found most folks need the jump-start...or even need the engine; So _ I share the Creed with them. Cuz - after all - we all own it. But back to the question: I needed to explain to this person "why"; so I answer the "why" - with the "because" of our existence here. Now - I'm going to keep this simple. After all - if it takes 1000 words - and 100 are needed - we should use 50. So I'll do this.... (But more than 50 tonite).
Following, then, is the explanation of "the 3 states of being" in this Wurld; what makes up - us - in this wurld, and why we are here. Note - I refer to this Life...not the Afterlife.
Consider this picture: three
parts of the whole: physical, emotional, intellectual. We can grasp these three pieces of the pie. Even if we are savage - we have these three parts. So we deal with these. There are subparts you will argue - but i will show you where they fit - in these three states. Physical: 1) the body, 2) what happens to the body. Now, Let's call, what happens to the body thru out life - as "change of events", with "events" being every single second you live on this earth.
Emotional:
1) feelings, 2) reactions to "events". And the third state - Intellectual:
1) ethics, 2) plans for future "events". OK - Let's discuss the physical. The body is the tool/temple, not owned by me. It's rented for the trip here. I utilize, while realizing I have no "pink slip". My charter: keep the body in shape, so mental energy is directed outward. The idea here is the body is the physical gate.
We experience every single second in this life - via the body. We respond via the emotions; we react - via the intellect. OK - emotions:
This is the key to assimilation of new/fantastic data. See, everything that happens to you here can be called 'events" - for a simple term. The emotions are our way of reacting to the wurld - the "events". Your feelings provide the boat that you use to travel thru. Imagination is harnessed by emotion. The charter here: direct "mood management", steer from perversion and righteousness; take a Middle of the road (Zen or similar). This concept is to be the compass; I will call the Emotions - soul(0). Now - the third State: Intellect.
The "I" consciousness resides here. Therefore, curiosity and objectivity are drivers of tool and shapes of energy and desire. Call the Intellect - soul (1). Now - why "we" are here: we are here, to acquire:
(a) Experience, (b) perception, (c) comprehension... during the Learning trip - so we'll REMEMBER who we really ARE.
Experience: "change" - events, as applied to spatial chronology.
Perceive awareness of "change" thru residual or real-time feedback.
Comprehend "change" in the sum database of Soul(0) and Soul(1), attributable to experienced/perceived encounter with "change".
Now; let's see if I can break all this down a bit for you - if you didn't grasp it well the first time.
The Physical: the body and things that happen to it - are part of the "physical". I call this "change"... Because we experience the "change" of seconds and actions. Tick tock. We experience - via the body.
Emotions - are the key to learning new and fantastic ideas. Yes - I said fantastic. Because - you need to suspend disbelief.
By stretching your limitations to "change", you grow. By perceiving the new/fantastic "change" in your life, you grow. This is why "mood management" and Zen, and middle of the road - is important. Another word for it - is Detachment. Finally: intellect. Using intellect -
we comprehend. We experience new data - we perceive it thru detachment - and we comprehend it - so we can make plans; changes to your trip; and you grow. This is - why - we are here; and why a Creed is indicated; and why, some folks like to "do good"; and why some folks - like to "do bad"; and why some folks do nothing at all. Please excuse the rushed preparation for this topic...But there really ain't much ta say - is there?
It's all pretty simple. Easy? No. Simple? always. May I suggest reading on the SLC site: Creed, of course: "pay attention",
and - the text of Pt 1 of the yellow brick road. Next week - I'll continue to cover the last 5 precepts of the Creed, and answer more of the e-mail questions. Before i leave - I have a few minutes for a question or three.
Laurel - any questions? As with "pay attention" -- you may need to read this text again ----- due to my clumsiness.
hooplight™:
one question here. Kellog_bluff
: go ahead Hoop. Hooplight™ :
detachment is often confused with lack of emotion. How does an emotional person detach and remain balanced in emotion Kellog_bluff
: yes it is, but they are not the same. Apathy - is lack of interest. To be detached, you need to experience, first..... And then the perception is expanded via your control of the emotions, not the lack of them. Don't use "emotional person" as a crutch; an "emotional person" condition should not be a crutch for a lack of control of it. We all possess the same set of emotions and we all possess the need to harness them. What you speak of - is simple self-discipline. Simple; but it never is Easy. So - how does an emotional person - get discipline? hooplight™ :
intellect. Kellog_bluff
: when you first saw something you desired...you decided to grasp it. Your intellect formed the Intent, based on the desire; or your body formed the need, based on experience. Either one, or both. Your intellect - needs to drive the tools, and shape the desires. You need to start - by forming your Intent. You decide - what you want. It has to be a Gut decision. You have to agree to give up things that go against your Intent, and you agree to feel bad - or suffer, or even die. That decision.... Is the first part. (That's your etiquette). The second part - is your payment;
your performance (protocol); you take action. At first - you will fail; maybe the first 50 times. But your intellect needs to maintain control - over your feelings of failure. You simply become so stubborn that your Intent manifests what your want. It may take years, or maybe only hours; depends on how Focused you get....and how much Power you have, and how much failure you can handle. Hoop........
hooplight™ :
yes… Kellog_bluff
: all these words...Come down to one simple thing; you have to be ready to FAIL a lot; and still go after what you have Intent on. Ya can't keep count of the failures; you have to suspend disbelief (like in the movies). If you cannot make an agreement with yourself...about what you want...then the problem lays in the area of (focusing) the image in your mind. If you have too many goals - you will obtain none of them. The secret lays in using 100% of your Focus, on one goal - and doing Everything you have to do, to get there. No crutches, no excuses, no rationalizations. You simply cannot have all this shit ---- and expect to get anywhere. Detachment - means you have sampled each piece of candy in the box ---- and now you will Never have anymore. Period. For ANY reason, ever. That is what it means - Hoop; no excuses. So - I would expect failure.... At first, and at 50th 
. Failure is just another way of getting closer. This is why I have found Zen useful, but anything that works - is useful.
I hope the answer helped a bit.
This concludes the SLC weekly series session - on "
3 states of being". If there are other questions.... Feel free to e-mail to SLC. Thanks gallery - for being a great audience. Well - tonite - hoop gets the courage,
and the heart; and you all get the brain...and I hope some of you got some Hope, as I did - So that we can all get back Home.
Goodnight, and blessing Be.
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