Would You Need a Whisky if You Discovered 'Enlightenment' Wasn’t What it Seemed?
Even in bars, you can find windows leading towards and away from en’light’enment. Both have their advantage… depending on your dualistic desire. So, if you choose to hang out with ‘Louis’, remember he’s on the barstool cast in the light - and the shadows.
There are times when abandoning the soul is the best choice. Especially when it’s an imagined distinction that makes you ‘feel spiritual’.
Depending on your seated vantage, changing perspective occurs without intent. Sometimes that barstool is a place with no view, between the drinks, between the dollars, between the desires of those along the countertop.
Unravel the mystery of ‘L’, 1, and El-ectricity and you’ll understand who ‘Louis’ is, AND what you and him have in common.
Enlightenment carries its own brand of falsity, especially when you find yourself hard charging it, fearful to go beyond its mutually arising false choice of ‘light and dark’.
Light is the information that in-forms what we label ‘perception’. The vivid ‘inner’ sensation is NOT what you’ve been led to believe. In duality, light and dark are in need of each other. For without their swirling imaginary dance, perceptive distinctions can’t be made, and the ego looses its playground.
The act of ‘perceiving creation’ is similar to looking into a mirror.
Questioning premises in Bombay Beach.
Enjoying a metaphysical beer at the Ski Inn.