PRONOIAS VILLAINS According to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, Judas was actually a more exalted hero than Jesus. He unselfishly volunteered to perform the all important villains role in the resurrection saga, knowing hed be reviled forever. It was a dirty job that only a supremely egoless saint could have done. Jesus suffered, true, but enjoyed glory and adoration as a result. Lets apply this way of thinking to the task of understanding the role that seemingly bad people play in pronoia (for you as oppose to against you a.k.a paranoia). Interesting narratives play an essential role in the universal conspiracy to give us exactly what we need. All of us crave drama. We love to be beguiled by twists of fate that unfold the stories of our lives in unpredictable ways. Just as Judas played a key role in advancing the tale of Christs quest, villains and con men and clowns may be crucial to the entertainment value of our personal journeys. Try this: Imagine the people you fear and dislike as pivotal characters in a fascinating and ultimately redemptive plot that will take years or even lifetimes for the Divine Wow to elaborate. There is another reason to love our enemies: They force us to become smarter. The riddles they thrust in front of us sharpen our wits and sculpt our souls. Try this: Act as if your adversaries are great teachers. Thank them for how crucial theyve been in your education. Consider one more possibility: that the people who seem to slow us down and hold us back are actually preventing things from happening too fast. Imagine that the evolution of your life or our culture is like a pregnancy: It needs to reach its full term. Just as a child isnt ready to be born after five months of gestation, the New Earth were creating has to ripen in its own time. The recalcitrant reactionaries who resist the inevitable birth are simply making sure that the far-seeing revolutionaries dont conjure the future too suddenly. They serve the greater good. BE YOUR OWN SAVIOR Some Christians believe Jesus will come back to fix this corrupt world. Certain Jewish sects propose that the messiah will soon appear on Earth for the first time. Among Muslims, many predict the legendary Twelfth Imam will return and bring salvation to humanity. In India, devotees of Vishnu expect the avatar Kalki to arrive on the scene and carry out a series of miraculous redemptions. Even Buddhists prophesy Maitreya, the chosen one who will establish universal peace. (NEVERTHELESS)...I suspect that the whole point of our spectacularly confounding moment in history is that each of us must become our own savior. And if we hope to accomplish that, relying on our best amateur efforts, we will have to stop waiting around for a supposed professional to do our work for us. Franz Kafka had a view thats not necessarily mutually exclusive with The messiah will come when we dont need him anymore. Lets also consider the evidence offered by William Blake, as quoted in *Poets and God* by David L. Edwards: Jesus Christ is the only God. And so am I. And so are you. One more clue, this time from Deepak Chopra: Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:20:16 +0000
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