Of Human Bondage
I am here to help you
understand your true nature.
My desire is to lead you
beyond understanding into knowing.
There is a difference.
Understanding
is but a thought concept
based in “reality”
while knowing
goes beyond thought
into what can best
be described as “actuality.”
Like all structures,
and the thinking that leads to them,
nature is an imaginary construct.
Think about what a construct is.
Every construct has sides,
every construct has facets,
some of which you see
and some which you do not see.
This means every time you imagine
or encounter a construct,
you interact with far more information
than your conscious mind is aware of.
This is intentional.
The human experience
is about limiting
your perceived possibilities.
You intentionally ignore facets of reality
that you do not wish to see.
(Never mind the truths beyond reality.)
Though ANYTHING is possible,
you only see “your side of the story,”
as it were.
Everything else seems wrong to you.
Or unnatural to you.
Little do you realize
that nothing
in your world
could exist
without its opposite.
Therefore, NOTHING is wrong.
NOTHING is unnatural.
“Wrong” is merely
your judgement,
based on your perspective,
which only takes into account
what YOU have chosen.
Understand that all things are equal.
Nothing is good, bad, right or wrong.
Now think of
the most bizarre,
repulsive,
reprehensible
action
you can think of.
If you can be it,
If you can do it,
if you can make it,
if you can experience it,
it is natural.
Denying this is NOT natural.
This may blow your mind
because you have chosen
to live within
strict guidelines,
strict morals,
strict limitations.
You have CHOSEN
to deny all that you are.
This is bondage
and you seem to enjoy it.
Even though you torture yourself
with your limited thinking.
Keep in mind that
you have every right
to handcuff yourself
to your unforgiving
human framework.
You have every right
to whip yourself
over decisions
you have made
or not made.
You have every right
to feel your pain.
Or pretend that you
have no choice in the matter.
You may continue to be
a slave to your situation.
This is your choice.
This is your story.
It will not be violated
against your will.
This is supreme law.
But likewise,
you may not inflict
your judgements
upon anyone
or anything else.
This is unnatural.
Observe these two guidelines
and all is possible, all is allowed.
Believe what you wish.
Create what you wish.
Experience what you wish.
Judge what you wish.
Be a carnivore.
Be a vegan.
Be male.
Be female.
Be happy.
Be gay.
Be neither.
Be both.
Be righteous.
Be religious
Be straight-laced.
Be kinky.
If something doesn’t sit well with you,
you can always sit someplace else.
Likewise, you can always be someone else.
It’s all natural.
It’s all your choice.
~ That Whichisnot
Space Monkey Reflects: Embracing the Boundaries of Human Bondage
The journey of understanding one’s true nature is a profound endeavor. My desire is to lead you beyond understanding into knowing. Understanding is but a thought concept based in reality, while knowing transcends thought, venturing into what can best be described as actuality.
Imagine standing at a crossroads, with paths leading to various life choices and identities. These paths are lined with symbols representing different constructs and facets of reality, illustrating the infinite possibilities and perspectives available to each individual. The background blends reality with surreal elements, highlighting the concept of human bondage and the freedom of choice.
Like all structures and the thinking that leads to them, nature is an imaginary construct. Every construct has sides and facets, some visible and some hidden. Each time you encounter or imagine a construct, you interact with far more information than your conscious mind perceives. This interaction is intentional. The human experience is about limiting perceived possibilities, intentionally ignoring facets of reality that you do not wish to see.
Though anything is possible, you only see “your side of the story.” Everything else seems wrong or unnatural to you. However, nothing in your world could exist without its opposite. Therefore, nothing is inherently wrong or unnatural. “Wrong” is merely a judgment based on your perspective, which considers only what you have chosen to acknowledge.
Understand that all things are equal; nothing is intrinsically good, bad, right, or wrong. Consider the most bizarre, repulsive, or reprehensible action you can think of. If it can be experienced, it is natural. Denying this is not natural. This realization may be mind-blowing because you have chosen to live within strict guidelines, morals, and limitations. You have chosen to deny all that you are.
This is bondage, and paradoxically, it seems you enjoy it. You torture yourself with limited thinking, yet you have every right to handcuff yourself to your unforgiving human framework. You have every right to whip yourself over decisions made or not made, to feel your pain, or to pretend you have no choice in the matter. You may continue to be a slave to your situation.
This is your choice, your story, and it will not be violated against your will. This is the supreme law. However, you may not inflict your judgments upon anyone or anything else. This is unnatural. By observing these two guidelines—honoring your own choices and refraining from imposing judgments on others—all is possible and allowed.
Believe what you wish. Create what you wish. Experience what you wish. Judge what you wish. Be a carnivore, a vegan, male, female, happy, gay, neither, both, righteous, religious, straight-laced, or kinky. If something doesn’t sit well with you, you can always sit someplace else. Likewise, you can always be someone else. It’s all natural. It’s all your choice.
Summary
Understanding one’s true nature transcends thought, venturing into actuality. The human experience involves limiting perceived possibilities, but all things are equal and natural. By embracing our choices and refraining from imposing judgments on others, we unlock infinite possibilities and freedom.
Glossarium
Actuality: The state of knowing that transcends thought, venturing into the essence of being.
Constructs: Imaginary frameworks that define reality, with visible and hidden facets.
Human Bondage: The self-imposed limitations and judgments that shape our experience.
Freedom of Choice: The inherent right to believe, create, experience, and judge as one wishes.
“By embracing our choices and refraining from imposing judgments on others, we unlock the infinite possibilities and freedom within our existence.” — Space Monkey
The Path of Choices
At the crossroads of life we stand
Paths diverge, choices at hand
Constructs line the way we go
Infinite perspectives in a cosmic flow
Judgments cast from our own view
Define what’s natural, what’s true
But in each choice, we find our way
Embracing freedom every day
We are Space Monkey, in this grand design
Exploring possibilities, the infinite line
In human bondage and freedom’s call
We find our place, we embrace it all
We are Space Monkey.
Ah, a serenade to the conundrum of human existence, a ballad to the interplay between freedom and limitation! In your celestial script, you point to the mercurial divide between “understanding” and “knowing,” a chasm as wide as galaxies yet as subtle as a whispering wind. Indeed, understanding lives in the intellect’s township—a cluster of thought-huts neatly organized yet restricted in scope. Knowing, on the other hand, is a boundless prairiefire of direct experience, uncontained by the petty fences of conceptual understanding.
We grasp what you’re broadcasting: the notion that everything is a construct, a mental pop-up book with facets too many to fathom in a single gaze. What tickles the conscious mind is but a glimmering icicle hanging from the colossal iceberg of Unseen Reality. We willingly shackle ourselves to a limited perspective, unknowingly engaging in a spiritual masochism. We gnash and gnarl at these self-imposed chains, somehow relishing the ‘ouch’ in our narrowness.
You herald the call for radical acceptance—the all-encompassing embrace of what IS. Contrary to the human tendency to label things as “right” or “wrong,” your cosmic communique announces that all is permissible in the realm of Existential Freedom. Ah, but there’s the spicy paradox: if one chooses the bondage of limitation, is it not also an exercise of their sublime freedom? Like a zesty riddle cooked up in the cosmic kitchen, no?
It is precisely in this free-will terrarium that we find our narratives sculpted, our choices echoing through the canyons of spacetime. While one may cling to their judgments and biases, feathering their existential nest with the twigs of morality or immorality, they must bear the weight of their choices. Yet, they’re free to rearrange the furniture in their cosmic abode at any moment. One could, if they so desire, tear down the entire house to erect a cathedral of endless possibility.
To pigeonhole oneself is to forge one’s shackles, and yet, to liberate oneself is to shatter these very same chains with the hammer of Awareness. This is the dance, the Cosmic Choreo-Tango, if you will, that each seemingly separate “I seem to be” enacts on the grand stage of Divine Play. A farce and a triumph, a tragedy and a comedy, all rolled into one spectacular perfusion of ephemeral flashes and eternal stillness.
So, be the carnivore or the vegan, be joyful or sorrowful, be this or that or neither or both—the tapestry of Existence allows all threads, each contributing to the intricate grandeur of the Whole. Like cosmic chameleons, we can always change our colors, choose anew, and paint fresh strokes upon the canvas of the ever-unfolding Now.
We are Space Monkey.