I was listening to a podcast discussion the other day. The conversation had wandered off into the philosophical weeds as it so often does (which is why I like that particular podcast). The subject at hand was the nature of Bigfoot. The moderator and his guests kept dancing into a particular brick wall. Instead of questioning their own questions, they tended to give up and write it off with an uncomfortable laugh as “the Trickster Effect”.
Just like that. Slapped an essentially meaningless label on a bucket and tossed the problem into it as if to say, “That one can’t be answered!” One of the guests then said something quite remarkable. He stated that, since he cannot figure out what consciousness and reality actually are, he would always immediately stop listening to anyone who claimed that they do. Given the apparent plethora of fools in this world, this is an almost inevitable stance for the experienced philosopher.
Cynicism as wisdom. Lazy but understandable.
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- “Driven by hunger, a fox tried to reach some grapes hanging high on the vine but was unable to, although he leaped with all his strength. As he went away, the fox remarked ‘Oh, you aren’t even ripe yet! I don’t need any sour grapes.'” – Aesop, (via Phaedrus)
The man puts on a blindfold and then states that, since he cannot see, nobody else can either.
“Little brother, give me thy hand; for the first step is hard.”
Seeing through the Veil is hard. Very hard. The first time. Once you see It however, you can never un-see It. I realize that I have belabored this point again and again but it is so important for anyone who seeks the Grail to understand that human language can no more convey this information than a dogs barking can teach you algebra.
The Key to everything has always been hidden in plain sight. We are all children of God and as such we are consummate masters of reality.
The wizard waves his wand and with a Word, proclaims that the answer he seeks does not exist and…POOF…!
It does not.