Written
by Mathew Naismith
In
an age where we have replaced wisdom with feeding the ego what ever the ego
desires, this is the same age where we need to use technology more wisely, we
ignore the teachings that are tested and found to be true through the ages like
the Bhagavid Gita, Taoism, etc. Yes, there seems to be a relation between
wisdom and idolisation but like materialism, where so many people idolise
wealth and power, I can't see any wisdom in this. However, most often an
idolisation is more in relation to the wisdom and the teachings of an idol than
the idol itself.
Taoism: "Popular Chinese philosophical
system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many
gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic."
What
the western critical mind in all of us sees is the pantheist religions, like
Hinduism, is of many Gods/Goddesses, a worship of other entities beyond the
worship of the human ego. The western critical mind only sees that another ego
is being worshiped other than itself, not what the worshiped idol actually
represents. The western critical mind sees any worship of what the idol
represents as a threat or of competition to itself. I wrote the following to
another person on MeWe which will hopefully elaborate in what I am saying
here.
An interesting point LP, how often has
science and even atheism been revised? The point is, to evolve, these teachings
need to be revised where teachings like the Bhagavid Gita don't!!
Sadly, the ego only sees that a figure of
man/God is being worshiped, not what the man/God actually represents which is
all of what is without exception. I have been known to say. "Forget about
the human figure of a God/Goddess and focus on what the God/Goddess represents,
for this is what these teachings are truly all about." In an age where we
have replaced wisdom with feeding the ego what it desires, this advice is
completely ignored.
Also, the western mind in all of us seems far
more dominant today. The western mind is known to be the critical part of our
mind, critical of anything that doesn't feed its ego. This critical mind will
do anything but worship a far wiser consciousness, instead, put it's own self
forth to be worshiped thus we have the creation of the age of false prophets!!
The age of false prophets: As Jesus prophesised, "Many false
prophets will arise and deceive many", also, "Many will come in my
name", thus the creation of false prophets. They will come in his name,
not actually bearing his name!!
How
many egos' act as a God these days upon the masses? Was not Jesus a
representative of God's consciousness, a consciousness idolised by many? This
is being replaced by what? By a consciousness that idolises the ego above all
else, thus placing the ego and its desires above all else!! How many people in
the world today idolise the wealthy and powerful? These people actually scorn
an idolisation of an idol that represents all of what is, to an idol that only
resents the desires of the ego!! To someone like me this is utterly bewildering
that we would idolise such a finite idol compared to an infinite idol. Make no
mistake, so many people of materialism are religiously following an idol that
is finite by nature, not infinite by nature. This is very much a religion for a
lot of people in the world today.
Try
to focus on what the idol represents, not what the ego only sees or wants to
see, only a worshiped idol. You are not worshipping the physical idol, if that
is the case, but what the idol actually represents. Of course to the ego
worshipping the ego and its finite desires is acceptable!!
We
have actually replaced worshiping infinite idols, a consciousness of unlimited
potential, with finite idols, a consciousness of limited potential. We have
even replaced Gaia, known as the Goddess of Earth in Greek mythology (Mother
Nature), with an idol that has nothing to do with the creation of ourselves and
Earths existence as a whole!!
If
I wasn't actually experiencing the present as it is, I would think we were in
some kind of backward reality, were all true sense of awareness and wisdom is
kept absent on purpose to serve a particular idol or idols of finite potential.
It is absolutely bewildering that we would replace teachings, awareness and
wisdom of infinite potentiality with idols that are not of teachings, awareness
and wisdom, but of brainwashing, limited awareness in the absence of wisdom!!
Try
to remember, physical idols simply represent certain teachings which are often
in the presence of wisdom, often a wisdom that is well and truly tested over
time. It is not the idol itself that is so important, it what the idol actually
represents that is so important. Is the idolisation of wealth and power or even
modern science tested over hundreds or even thousands of years? Most often
science minded people will refute were modern day science evolved from,
mysticism and philosophy. Is it possible that these same people will refute where
all creation has come from then?
Do
I idolise all wisdom no matter where it comes from, either from the East or
West? Considering that idolising is," Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider
hallowed, exalted or be in awe of", I would certainly say I idolise wisdom
no matter what that wisdom may be of and from.
It is not that we are thinking, it is how we
are thinking!!
