"The Authentic Revolution." - Marco M.
The Authentic Revolution.
The only real revolution is the inner one. It is not a goal to be reached but a myth towards which to walk. The inner revolution is in the making, it is a removal piece by piece of the illusory veils (maya in Sanskrit) that conceal reality. The inner revolution then expands outwards like the scent of a flower and envelops the environments and the people who come into contact with it, pushing everyone towards the same path, without the will to want to do so. The contemporary undead is always and only outward-looking. They expect someone to solve their problems, to take charge of their existential pain and fix it. Like drug addicts, they need the gaze of others and their approval, deluding themselves that the other undead who follow them have a genuine interest in them . Relationships are thus based on total fiction. They are like idiots who have lost something "at home" but look for it outside because there is more light without understanding that the only real solution is to switch on the light at "home" and not use a false light outside. Because, it's important to remember, outdoor lights are there to "sell" and not to support.
Understanding, which could be defined as awakening, brings with it the awareness that we are all in fact the architects of our world, that is, that the world, as Schopenhauer put it, is not something objective but subjective. Nietzsche's beyond-man represents the awakened of whom I am speaking, and the Amor Fati that accompanies him is basically the Creator's Love for his own work.
The Zombie, or undead, when listening to these statements, believes that nothing should be done about it. They interpret all this as the "siren" of irresponsibility because it is unable to go beyond the intellect. Their mind grasps but their dead heart is incapable of feeling.
All this, however, does not eliminate the ethical responsibility we have with respect to the time/space in which we live.
It does not detract from the value of external action and its consequences.
The aware being, however, performs this action as if it were part of "what is" exactly, to return to the initial metaphor, like a flower
they release their scent without will, but simply because "releasing scent" is part of their nature. Those who act as emanations of "their world" are like the Samurai of medieval Japan, that is, they do so without hatred, without enemies, without expectations of victory or fear of defeat.
In essence, theirs is not a reaction but a pure action. They act without actually acting, with lightness and beauty, and in the way and at the moment when the action springs spontaneously as the Zen archer releases his bow. This is as if the Whole would work through them.
This, too, must be carefully understood. They who act in awareness do not become a means of the Whole, but are the Whole that expresses itself through a part of it. The ignorant who doesn't, understands that in this way everyone is part of the whole, even the unaware and ignorant.
This is superficially true, but the difference can only be explained through the paradox that escapes the linearity of rational thought, thus grasping in Satori what cannot be grasped, even if only for a timeless moment: everything is perfect, but gardening leaves holes and weeds are pulled.
m.m.