Tuesday, July 12, 2011
The Magic Wand of Uncreation
"Consciousness is a lamp which illuminates the darkness of mere being" - Jung 's autobiographical Memories, Dreams, Reflections)
Our problem is not to discover consciousness, our problem is to escape it.If you were suddenly given a magic wand to wave... which...if you chose to wave it... would totally un-create you.. that is... your soul or self or existence or consciousness would never have been.... and would never be... i.e. pure non-existence...
The magic wand of uncreation...never to be reborn again (and never born a first time)... never to suffer the delights of heaven... nor the torments of hell... nor life on this planet.... would you wave that wand... would you choose to be un-created?
Corrolary question.... Do you feel deep down in your heart of hearts... that uncreation is utterly impossible..... i.e. that your consciousness will ALWAYS exist in some fashion... whether you want it to or not?
Our problem is not to discover consciousness, our problem is to escape it.If you were suddenly given a magic wand to wave... which...if you chose to wave it... would totally un-create you.. that is... your soul or self or existence or consciousness would never have been.... and would never be... i.e. pure non-existence...
The magic wand of uncreation...never to be reborn again (and never born a first time)... never to suffer the delights of heaven... nor the torments of hell... nor life on this planet.... would you wave that wand... would you choose to be un-created?
Corrolary question.... Do you feel deep down in your heart of hearts... that uncreation is utterly impossible..... i.e. that your consciousness will ALWAYS exist in some fashion... whether you want it to or not?
