December 29, 2009

• Books of the Realizations 5

  THE BOOKS OF THE REALIZATIONS: A series of philosophical/spiritual essays

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  Today’s blog entry comprises the FIFTH AND LAST BOOK of THE REALIZATIONS.  These five chapters were written in 1999 as a preface to what eventually became “The Universal Blog”. , The Books of the Realizations tell the story of my own “personal” journey toward enlightenment.   I have been presenting these entries, which serve as  the “introduction” to my philosophical meanderings on this blog in a continuing manner. The first four “chapters” or “books” can be read by clicking on the appropriate links below. For those of you who might stumble across this entry and are interested in perusing the complete text of Five Books or Chapters right now, the complete Books of the Realizations are on the web HERE. Chapter Five, or The Fifth Book follows. MFN (Originally Posted: 4/07/05)

  The Realizations
  the true story of faith and how it can be obtained.
  by Michael F. Nyiri

  THE BOOK OF THE FIRST REALIZATON

  THE BOOK OF THE SECOND REALIZATON

  THE BOOK OF THE THIRD REALIZATION

  THE BOOK OF THE FOURTH REALIZATION

  THE BOOK OF THE FIFTH REALIZATION

  I am a Child of the Universe

  Along the path of life one finds either disconcerting causes and effects which seem to blow away proportion, or one finds solace in the fact that even though all occurrences might seem random and somewhat unbelievable at times, they are all linked to a sense of purpose above and beyond the self. When my best buddy Tom died in 1987, and soon after that when I lost my last job in the retail market in Southern California, I was ready for my fifth realization, and this was the stepping stone from which I began finalizing my belief system which was begun so long ago when I left the Baptist Church.

  In my personal life, I began a series of changes. I moved into a house which I shared with two male friends, so I didn’t have to pay too much rent. I left the retail trade altogether, and eventually secured a job as a panelbuilder in a small electrical parts distributorship. The hours were shorter. The pay was less than what I was accustomed to getting, but through careful manipulation of time and energy, I still maintained the degree of life which I had always enjoyed. My Hungarian temper really never flared up in these extreme circumstances, as I have explained before, it is only the small things which really get me upset in life. Since I had a lot of time to myself, I began videotaping again, and writing. I had time to collect movies, and to think about my situation. Each day was a revelation, and soon I began thinking about spirituality again.

  Although I did mention that the events unfolding in my life did not seem to cause me too much consternation, I did begin drinking beer again, but only for the high and I did not drink to excess as I had a few years earlier. My secular life was very comfortable during this period, and events got me to thinking again about my place in the world and the spiritual aspects of existence.

  This is the fifth realization, and the door to the ultimate truth. The Universe is so vast that most people cannot even fathom it. Physicists and religious leaders quarrel at length about the nature of mankind , the universe, and the existence of God. No one can grasp what cannot be grasped, so there are many theories. In the latter half of the eighties, specifically as the decade of the nineties was about to dawn, I realized that not everybody could be right, because there seemed to be so many theories. However, the fifth realization for me turned out to be the answer to a simple question. If everybody positing these various theories thought they were right, what if they were? The realization is that they are. I realized that there might not be any reason for anyone to fight over the ultimate truth. Maybe the ultimate truth exists for us all in the same way. Maybe all theories are more a little bit right than a little bit wrong. This realization tripped up my complete being. All of a sudden I felt I understood something nobody seemed able to grasp. I tried to explain it to my friends. I tried to sort it out in my mind. I felt as if I were given a gift of knowledge, but that no one wanted to listen. My personal saga, while far from over, took a backseat to my spiritual saga.

  The events of the Gulf War and the Chinese student rebellion, I think, helped cement these truths in me. As usual in the world, differing ideologies clashed, causing mortal damage among the people of the earth. I began to ponder that Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Buddha, and a wealth of lesser prophets could concievably all be right. Mankind’s narcissistic nature dictated that no one wanted to entertain the idea. But I did. I felt then, as I do now, that belief systems are wholly inventions of mankind designed to keep the lower classes in line, and do not inherently preach the truth. The truth has always existed, and these various prophets and holy men were certainly conduits to the truth, but not all the conduits have been joined together. Each belief system grew and mutated on it’s own, without benefit of intermingling the ideas. Each belief system permutated into an ironclad religion which dictated that all other belief systems had, by law, to be wrong. These belief systems have been around for millennia, and as the years passed, no one could believe anything other than what they’d been taught. Therefore Christians, and sects within the Christian religion would not agree with the dictates of the Islamic faith, or of Buddhism, or of any other dogmas which disbelieved in the dictates that Jesus Christ was the absolute savior and He was the only figure anyone had to believe in.

  My realization did not stop there. If bickering religions were all somewhat truthful, or all had elements of the ultimate truth in them, then how about Hinduism, and reincarnation? I wanted to go farther. How about life on other planets? What if every belief system mankind had set up for himself from his beginning was right in some way? And why not? My thoughts permitted me to believe that everything was true. Each prophet seemed to preach basically the same thing. Love and tolerance were always the chief concern, yet because different religions are always at war with each other, throughout the ages mankind has been decimated by his own beliefs, and his inability to understand that those differing beliefs are all linked. The realization I received is a simple one. Everything is interconnected, linked by the Universal Mind. All thought is Universal. All of mankind are brothers and sisters, no matter what they believe, and no matter what any religion will tell them.  We are all “saved” and will come to what I call the “ultimate realization” at the time of corporeal death. No one knows what is in store for them. At least no one walking the Earth today. However, we are all children of the Universe, and become what Carl Sagan called “star stuff.” The personal becomes the Universal. The simple becomes cosmic.

  I admit this is a lot to swallow, and I didn’t come upon it all at once. Throughout my personal “realizations” I received small bits of knowledge which not only helped me through life, but helped me to understand the meaning of it. We all wonder why we are here. We all wonder why there are wars and killing, insanity and misunderstanding. I say that there is a simple reason. The very foundation of organized religion which is the basis of every single civilization on the planet is the cause of all the strife and apocalyptic events in our history. I was raised Baptist, and gained firsthand knowledge at a very young age that there were warring factions within my own church. As I grew, I came in contact with other religions and belief systems which denied the existence of Christianity. What if Christ were a great teacher, perhaps touched by “God”, and perhaps there are others touched in the same way? Isn’t it a shame that all these beliefs cannot live side by side? My theory , my “realization” is that they should. And there are other concepts to be put into play as well.

  I came to the end of my “personal” journey at the dawn of the nineties with the fifth realization. Now, at the dawn of the New Millennium, I am ready to preach this great news. My personal journey is still happening, and of course will happen till my death, but the “Universal” journey is only a dream if it is not now embraced.
  This work in progress is now at the point where I wish to outline the concept and ideas of “Universal Mind.” As I have preached many times, this is not something that I believe I have been taught alone. I believe in a Pantheistic concept, where the Godhead is the Mind, and the Mind exists in perpetuity.

  The “Universal Mind” is the place where “we” go when we die. It is very simple. The “Universal Mind ” consists of all the thought which exists now, all the thought which has ever existed, or will yet exist. The human mind is far too feeble to grasp the concept, and that is what is meant to be. Life, with it’s seemingly random upsets and misdirections is only a small part of this wonderful existence. In the next set of Books of The Realization, I will outline exactly what I believe. I know that each step will be difficult to believe at first, but you have to believe first of all, that everything you have been taught is not wrong, but misleading. You only now have a small part of the “big picture”. I will attempt to paint that picture for you in the succeeding chapters.

  If you missed any of the previous chapters, Click here to read the complete story as it appears on AllThingsMike.

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  FROM THE PROLOGUE to the UNIVERSAL BLOG written 06/05/03

  The troubles of the world, the many competing and conflicting ideologies which cause one race of men to be willing to die rather than to coexist with his neighbors, the brutal bullying of powerful nations which causes most of humanity to recoil in horror, and to doubt rational existence. The plight of mankind.

  This all has to change. Everyone has to listen. Everyone has to “forget about what makes him different from his neighbor, and start to think about what makes him similar.”

  We are all human. Right now, and we are killing each other in the name of a higher spiritual existence. Does it make sense that God would allow this to happen?

  Of course not. We all have different Gods, I wrote once a long time ago, but he is the same God.

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