The mystic program.
Aug. 30th, 2004 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sophiaserpentiaEach of us is a potentially fully-realized individual.
Most of us are partially-realized individuals, whose volition has been at least partially co-opted by a memetic colony I will call the Viceroy (or ego). The Viceroy is a false-self implanted in each of us by culture, which can be manipulated to make us behave in controllable and predictable ways -- so that we will passively participate in memetic endeavors such as economic, political, religious, and social units, even when this is not in our own best interests.
The Viceroy constructs an ongoing dialogue which marks itself as the center of volition in each human individual, creating an illusion of freely-chosen conformity.
The Viceroy frequently conflicts with and suppresses the nascent and partially-realized Self.
The Viceroy also presents a means whereby potential-limiting memetic parasites such as sexism, racism, homophobia, child abuse, etc. are perpetuated.
The goal of the mystic program (which I will elaborate as "neuro-gnosis") is to topple the Viceroy by debunking its illusions, and to nurture the growth and potential of the true Self -- to transform the individual from a programmed agent of the memetic parasites, into a free agent of direct unfolding of enfolded Potential.
The mystic program employs the esoteric formula:
Turn On: Cultivate inner stillness via meditation and practice mindful observation of the ever-present.
Tune In: Observe the nature of human potential and comprehend the ways it is limited by memetic parasites. Observe the nature of unfolding potential and comprehend the ways one can more fully become an agent thereof.
Drop Out: Refuse to participate in the destructive programs of the memetic parasites. Examples of ways mystics have done so include hermitage; vows of silence and poverty; or abstenance from meat, alcohol, or sex (which they viewed as mechanisms whereby memes are perpetuated). Alternately, some have noted that the memetic parasites utilize fear, guilt, and restriction of pleasure as a means of control and so use guiltless pleasure as a means to promote Self development. Any degree of refusal to cooperate is helpful; the individual must decide this for hirself.
To see an example of the ways in which the memetic parasites have installed themselves in our sensibilities, read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daoistraver's Gnostic economic aphorism.
Resistance is NOT futile!
Most of us are partially-realized individuals, whose volition has been at least partially co-opted by a memetic colony I will call the Viceroy (or ego). The Viceroy is a false-self implanted in each of us by culture, which can be manipulated to make us behave in controllable and predictable ways -- so that we will passively participate in memetic endeavors such as economic, political, religious, and social units, even when this is not in our own best interests.
The Viceroy constructs an ongoing dialogue which marks itself as the center of volition in each human individual, creating an illusion of freely-chosen conformity.
The Viceroy frequently conflicts with and suppresses the nascent and partially-realized Self.
The Viceroy also presents a means whereby potential-limiting memetic parasites such as sexism, racism, homophobia, child abuse, etc. are perpetuated.
The goal of the mystic program (which I will elaborate as "neuro-gnosis") is to topple the Viceroy by debunking its illusions, and to nurture the growth and potential of the true Self -- to transform the individual from a programmed agent of the memetic parasites, into a free agent of direct unfolding of enfolded Potential.
The mystic program employs the esoteric formula:
Turn On: Cultivate inner stillness via meditation and practice mindful observation of the ever-present.
Tune In: Observe the nature of human potential and comprehend the ways it is limited by memetic parasites. Observe the nature of unfolding potential and comprehend the ways one can more fully become an agent thereof.
Drop Out: Refuse to participate in the destructive programs of the memetic parasites. Examples of ways mystics have done so include hermitage; vows of silence and poverty; or abstenance from meat, alcohol, or sex (which they viewed as mechanisms whereby memes are perpetuated). Alternately, some have noted that the memetic parasites utilize fear, guilt, and restriction of pleasure as a means of control and so use guiltless pleasure as a means to promote Self development. Any degree of refusal to cooperate is helpful; the individual must decide this for hirself.
To see an example of the ways in which the memetic parasites have installed themselves in our sensibilities, read
daoistraver's Gnostic economic aphorism.Resistance is NOT futile!
