The brain is divided into two halves; they are like Yin and Yang. Both sides are essential — intuition and thinking, poetry and logic, imagery and explanations, art and scientific theories, being and doing.
It is not about this way or that way, my way or your way, spirit or flesh. It is about the way — which includes both Yin and Yang.
Sometimes I'm an atheist, sometimes I'm a theist. Sometimes I'm a deist; sometimes I'm an agnostic. Sometimes I am a jerk; sometimes I am an idealist. Who am I really? I ask myself.
Thoughts are not of much help if you want to find your true self. If you want to learn about who you are, you must observe your actions. Did you stay, or did you go? Was your career more important to you than your best friend? Did you follow the instructions? Did you toe the line?
There are many ideas about God, who he is, how to contact him, and what he wants from us. Some people believe he is jealous and vengeful; others believe he is merciful and forgiving. Some believe God is a female, a great mother; in India, they believe in many Gods, male and female.
Some believe that he is nothing but a fantasy; others believe that the world itself is God or that he is, in reality, an extraterrestrial civilization. They have created us in their high-tech computers. But who created that civilization? Did they create themselves?
Some pretend that they believe in God, others pretend that they don't.
Endless wars have been fought over which God is the right God.
I don't know what to think. Maybe he is a sad and miserable loser. Perhaps he lost the battle against the evil forces.
The world consists of two parts: the known and the unknown.
All animals are curious by nature, but humans are inquisitive. The unknown drives us crazy. At any cost, we must find out what it's like beyond those mountains - or out there or in there. Scientists and spiritual seekers spend all their time and energy trying to make the unknown known. Only to realize that the unknown is so much larger than they expected.
Because it's irritating and frustrating not to know, and because we have invested so much time and money in understanding the world, who we are, and why we are here, and because we are unwilling to admit that we are ignorant thickheads, we resort to lying. We claim with emphasis that we know. We create religions and teachings that explain things to us. We build metaphysical castles in the air. It feels so good to know the truth.
However, because a big part of the world is unknown, it does not necessarily imply that a higher being exists. The unknown is simply unknown.
Some, a small group of people, acknowledge and pray to the unknown, ignoring the teachings of priests, monks, mystics, pastors, imams, mullahs, spiritual guides, gurus, and philosophers.
Extreme mystics don't even pray or engage in any spiritual exercises. They simply live their life. Good or bad, the unknown made me and my life this way. When the time is right, I'll change my ways and stop drinking and smoking.
In the US, you can choose between two presidential candidates representing two right-wing parties. Their policies are practically identical. Both are devoted supporters of the rich and the military-industrial complex. It's the same thing in the UK. A similar system prevails also here in Sweden, but here you can choose between two political blocks (coalitions of parties) with similar political ideas. It's like the European Song Contest; all contestants sound the same. The vast majority love the European Song Contest.
You have been raised from the dead, from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, nitrogen and magnesium, stuff like that.
From stuff like that, you shall be raised again and again. If the universe is cyclic.
A cyclic universe is a universe that will eventually collapse back to itself; then, it will explode again, expand, and collapse again. And again.
All possible combinations of atoms will eventually be formed again. History will repeat itself over and over again. This is the wheel of samsara.
However, maybe the universe is not cyclic. Perhaps it is a one-night stand, a single-night performance by an amazing magician.
Or, what if there are also other universes, spiritual worlds not made up of atoms and molecules?
There are so many different views on these things. One is crazier than the other.
The end times are here now, I believe. Humanity will disappear within ten, fifteen years or so. Planet Earth will become uninhabitable for human beings because of climate change, environmental pollution, and nuclear war. We are like drug addicts in a crack house. But Jesus will not come back. Not even the Christians will be saved. They are probably the last people he wants to bring with him to heaven: wacky, money-crazy, war-crazy hypocrites.
