Agnosticism

Modern scientists have no idea how the universe came about.

They don't know what the fundamental particles of matter consist of.

They don't know what matter really is.

They don't know what dark matter consists of.

They can't explain how rocks and water could turn into living beings.

They don't know if life exists on other planets.

They can't explain what consciousness is.

We don't know where we are coming from and why we are here.

We're lost.

We don't know who we are.

We don't know if evil and selfishness will be punished in the afterlife.

We don't know if suffering and pain may have a purpose.

Religious and spiritual teachers know it all, but they don't agree with each other.

How can this be? They can't all be right. 

Where are their adamant convictions coming from?

Anonymous

The vast majority of people

will never become famous 

never be recognized for anything

or even remembered

after their unremarkable demise.

We have no unique talents. 

We don't write books

we can't play any instrument 

and we can't carry a tune.

No one reads our blogs. 

We are not even supernumeraries.

We were born somewhere, and we will die somewhere.

In between, we wander about

as if lost in a big foreign city,

not even remembering what we were looking for.

Was it the Hotell? Crap! I can't remember the name of it.

Or maybe it was the railway station?

Don't throw your pearls before swine

The Internet is brimming with people selling good advice: what to eat, how to feel, how to sharpen a lawnmower blade, how to spot a psychopath, what will happen to you after your death, the truth about 911, vaccines, Putin's secret plans... On and on, endlessly. Everything is there - for sale. Views generate ads and money.

Spirituality is also a business these days. Like everything else, it's for sale on the Internet. Selling spirituality on YouTube is like selling snake oil at a country fair. This is why I don't tell strangers about my spiritual life and experiences. I no longer give what is holy to the dogs because I don't want to be mixed up with hustlers.

Artists should also keep their sacred artwork to themselves and close friends. True art is not a business activity.

True spirituality, like true art, is a private thing. It is esoteric. This part of yourself should be kept sacred and secret. 

Questions

Do you feel like God 

when you notice an ant on the kitchen table? 

Do you kill it with your index finger 

or do you large-heartedly let it run?

What part of you

will go to heaven or hell when you die?

Or if you happen to be a Hindu

what part of you would come back here?

How can the Cuckoo know that

he must set off to Africa in September?

No one has told him that winters are cold here

and how does he navigate to find his destination?

His step-parents didn't teach him anything about life.

Cats don't think and speculate.

Does this make them awakened beings?

Who cares? Old cats are first-rate meditation teachers.

What are illusions made of?

Action potentials? Transmitter substances?

Witchcraft?

What would the world look like

if no one was there to see it?

10-15% are social misfits.

Most of these misfits suffer from some

personality disorder, mental disorder

or substance abuse problems.

But some people don't want to fit into the society. 

They are defectors.

They belong to a small group

but they do exist.

Is it possible, do you think

to find an evolutionary explanation for

this peculiar behavior?

Is this

just a heap of words

and not a poem?

A pile of Brillo boxes can be a work of art

or just a pile of Brillo boxes.

How can it be that you always have it right?

And everyone else has it wrong?

What makes you think that you have a soul

or that you don't have a soul?

Did someone tell you?

What is that you made of?

Do fantasies, theories, and delusions also

belong to the material realm?

Do rainbows exist even if

no one is there who sees them?

Who are you?

Chimpanzees obey their leaders, and humans obey their bosses. When we go to war, we follow our commanders and commit whatever atrocities they tell us to.

The chimpanzee elite and the human elite have much in common; they are successful top performers.

Middle-class chimpanzees and middle-class humans also have a lot in common. They are anxious to be good enough and to be accepted by the higher-ups. They are bootlickers, and they despise those who are below them in rank.

Low-class chimps and low-class humans can go and fuck themselves.

We have much in common with chimpanzees, genetically, socially, and politically. 

Of course, we are more intelligent than they are; we can read, write, create art, and behave ourselves on a bus, but still, we have many basic similarities.

The best way to understand where we are coming from is to go to a zoo and observe a group of chimpanzees.  

However, at some point in the evolution, morals appeared. Then came spirituality, religions, philosophies, and eventually modern science. 

Moreover, breaking out of the social and biological prison and escaping the matrix is possible. How do you explain this? If we have the resources to sustain ourselves, we don't have to follow leaders, gurus, and bosses.

Intrapersonal communication

When you are talking to yourself, which self are you talking to? 

Are you teaching your jealous self the right way to look at things?

Are you telling your angry self to calm down?

Who is doing the talking? The true self? The clever self?

When you talk to God, which God are you talking to? 

There are many gods to choose from. 

Do you talk to your parents' God or a God of your own creation? 

Do you talk to Kali, Yahweh, or one of the modern Evangelical Gods? 

Or do you talk to one of his spirits or angels?

What answers do you get?

Thoughts

Thoughts and ideas are not particularly important—except those that affect your actions and decisions, thoughts that make you stay or make you go, or make you vote for Tweedledum or Tweedledee.

Some thoughts and ideas are critical; they can change your life. They may make you jump off the bandwagon or jump on another. The idea that thoughts must be silenced or ignored is wrong. Meditation and being in the present now do not necessarily lead to awakening.