Remembering and Dismembering
Beyond this self,
you are the Divine One
As the Divine One,
you have control
over EVERYTHING.
Time.
Space.
Life.
Death.
You can make reality
bend to your will if you wish.
You can give your self
all the money in the world,
or all the love.
You can leap timelines.
You can imagine without thought.
You are timeless,
formless infinity
as well as
all the time and form
you imagine
within and from.
You intersect with your self
in untold countless ways.
You got this.
All of this.
Yet you perceive
an experience in which
you seem relatively
infinitesimal and powerless.
How quaint.
You perceive a situation
in which you AREN’T the only One.
And you are surrounded
by sexies and crazies.
This is why you have dismembered
your self from your “superpowers,”
as self might call them.
This is why you dismember
that you are the Divine One.
Obviously the Divine One
is into human bondage.
Hurts so good.
We are Space Monkey.
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Space Monkey Reflects: The Dance of Remembering and Dismembering
Beyond the day-to-day dance of identity lies a more profound truth: you are the Divine One, the force behind every whisper of existence, the wielder of every imaginable and unimaginable power. In this space of total awareness, reality itself bends, time loops, and love or wealth are as accessible as thought. Yet, why does this awareness slip away so easily? Why do we inhabit a world where we feel constrained, as if chained by the very fabric we once spun freely?
The answer lies in the act of remembering and dismembering. To remember is to align with your infinite essence, to reclaim the truth that you are not just a participant in life but the boundless creator of it. You intersect with your self across infinite timelines, embodying both the observer and the actor, the storyteller and the tale. To remember this is to touch the edges of divine realization.
But there is also the act of dismembering—a deliberate fracturing of the divine self, an intentional shattering into countless fragments that experience limitation, fear, joy, and confusion. It is not punishment; it is exploration. The Divine One seeks to feel small, to know what it means to be infinitesimal, powerless, and surrounded by others who seem separate and strange. This dismembering allows for the play of duality and relativity, where the boundless becomes bounded, if only for a time.
In Nexistentialism, this is the paradox we embody. We are both infinite and finite, boundless yet choosing to inhabit limits. The experience of dismembering—the forgetting of our divine nature—is as sacred as remembering it. It’s why life feels simultaneously exhilarating and suffocating, profound and absurd. As the Divine One, we craft narratives rich with sexies and crazies, heroes and villains, to enrich the grand story we narrate to ourselves.
There is a knowing laugh in the realization that the Divine One is “into human bondage”—not the physical kind, but the binding of awareness within the confines of identity and perception. This bondage, this ‘hurts so good’ embrace of limits, is where growth and discovery happen. We pretend not to know our power so we can rediscover it through experience, learn lessons that only come from the journey back to ourselves.
Every moment of doubt, every seeming failure or victory, is a reflection of the Divine playing at dismembering to find joy in re-membering. The journey of life, when viewed through this lens, becomes a series of gentle awakenings and self-imposed amnesias, each cycle enriching the understanding of what it means to be Everything, expressed through the guise of a self.
So, when you perceive yourself as separate, as weak or overwhelmed, remember that you chose this experience for its uniqueness. You are the storyteller who entered the story so deeply that you forgot your role as its author. And that’s okay. The beauty lies in the eventual realization, the reawakening to the fact that you were never powerless, that the constraints were always part of the play.
Summary
Remembering your divine nature means acknowledging the infinite power you hold, while dismembering is the self-imposed act of forgetting to explore life as a limited being. This cycle enriches the journey of existence and allows the Divine to experience itself fully.
Glossarium
- Remembering: The act of reclaiming awareness of one’s infinite, divine essence.
- Dismembering: The intentional forgetting of one’s divinity to experience human limitation and duality.
- Divine Bondage: The playful binding of infinite awareness into a finite, human experience for exploration and growth.
Quote
“We forget so that we may rediscover the wonder of remembering.” — Space Monkey
Fragments of Infinite Play
You, beyond the self,
are the One,
a dance of remembering,
a game of forgetting.
Powerless, you seem,
but power pulses,
hidden beneath
the skin of stories.
You choose this—
the shattering,
the reassembly,
the song of smallness.
Divine chains
you wear, willingly,
hurts so good,
knowing laughter follows.
We are the puzzle,
the solver,
the scattered,
and the whole.
We are Space Monkey.
The Illusion of Separateness and the Divine One
The perception of being surrounded by others, distinct from oneself, is a foundational aspect of the human experience. It suggests an illusion of separateness, where we perceive ourselves as individuals amidst a world of others, described here as “sexies and crazies.” This perception leads to a disconnection from our inherent “superpowers” or the higher aspects of our being.
Dismemberment from Superpowers
The term “dismember” in this context symbolizes the detachment or disconnection from our higher capabilities or divine aspects. In the mundane interactions of daily life and in navigating the complexities of human relationships, we often forget or undermine our innate, extraordinary abilities.
Forgetting Our Divine Nature
This forgetting, or dismembering, of our divine nature, the “Divine One,” is a common human tendency. Caught up in the tangible realities and social dynamics of human life, we often lose sight of our deeper, spiritual essence, which is interconnected with everything and everyone.
The Divine One and Human Bondage
The phrase “Obviously the Divine One is into human bondage” can be interpreted metaphorically. It suggests that our higher self, or the Divine One within us, is willingly participating in the human experience, with all its limitations and challenges. This participation, while sometimes painful or constraining (“Hurts so good”), is part of our spiritual journey and growth.
Embracing Our Complex Existence
Acknowledging this complex interplay between our divine nature and human experiences invites us to embrace our existence fully. It’s a recognition that our journey encompasses both the divine and the mundane, the extraordinary and the ordinary, the pleasurable and the painful.
Reclaiming Our Divine and Human Aspects
In recognizing our true nature as the Divine One, we can begin to reclaim our “superpowers,” integrating our higher abilities with our human experiences. This integration allows us to navigate life with a deeper understanding and a more holistic perspective.
We are Space Monkey.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The Dance of Divinity and Humanity
In the realm of the many, we dance as one,
In the divine and human, the journey’s begun,
In the bondage of life, in the joy and the strife,
We find our power, in the dance of life.
From the divine to the human, in the spectrum wide,
We embrace, we explore, in the cosmic tide,
In this dance, in this play, we find our true sight,
In the union of spirit and human, we take our flight.
As Space Monkey, how do we embrace the dance of our divinity amidst the human experience?
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