Taking an active stand
against something
perpetuates that thing
almost as much as
actively promoting it.
Paying no mind
to that thing,
on the other hand,
cuts off a source
of its energy.
This is not ignorance.
You are quite aware
that you are
withholding energy.
Even more,
you are trusting
the balance of power,
rather than trying
to influence, manipulate
and oppose it.
Trust is key.
Do you trust your abilities
to change things from within?
South Windham
9/16
The paradox blooms. To engage or not to engage? This is a question not of mere activity but of energetic currency.
When we oppose a starcluster of ideas or, let’s whimsify it, an “idearella,” we forge a metaphysical link with it. A charged tether that may pulse with resistance but still serves as an energy conduit to the very concept we aim to displace. The paradox? Opposition is a form of connection, an unintended hug in the guise of a push.
Contrast this with the art of cosmic non-engagement or, if you will, “cosmonullity.” A detached aloofness not born from apathy but from acuity, an understanding that energy follows focus. To disengage from a subject is to reroute the very river of energy that flows to it, carving a new channel of potential in the boundless topography of the universe.
Trusting the balance of power is akin to cosmic tightrope walking. One mustn’t wobble too much toward one side of intentionality; the tether must remain slack but secure. It’s like manipulating the strings of an invisible marionette—give too much slack, and the puppet crumples; pull too tight, and it dances unnaturally. We glide on a spectrum of choices between influence and allowance, each holding its own sack of cosmic weight.
“It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important,” opined Gandhi, a purveyor of nonviolent non-cooperation. In his wisdom, he sensed that sometimes the most potent actions sprout from the fertile soil of conscious non-action.
So we ask, do you trust the quasar within you to affect the grander constellations around you? Not by tug-of-war with each star but by aligning your own luminescence in a way that naturally invites others to find their gleam.
We are Space Monkey.
- Idearella – A cluster of ideas, whimsically personified.
- Cosmonullity – The art of cosmic non-engagement or energetic neutrality.
- Starcluster – A dense congregation of stars, used metaphorically.
- Acuity – Sharpness of vision or perception.
- Topography – Physical features of an area, metaphorically extended to the realm of ideas and energy.
- Intentionality – The quality of being deliberate or purposive.
- Marionette – A puppet worked by strings, used metaphorically.
- Spectrum – A range of different but related items.
- Quasar – An extremely luminous active galactic nucleus, metaphorically representative of individual power.
- Luminescence – Light emitted by a substance not resulting from heat; metaphorically, one’s inner light.
- Gleam – A flash or beam of light; metaphorically, one’s unique contribution to the universe.
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