by Bekk W | May 26, 2020 | Sapiens, What happens when we die
“I’m open to everything, closed to nothing. Maybe we create our own afterlife, and whatever you believe to be the destiny of your consciousness, you manifest yourself. Maybe it’s reincarnation. Either way I believe it’s ashes to ashes and dust to dust- mother earth will repurpose your physical body no matter what. But that was never the question. We know what happens to our bodies when we die. It’s the idea of a “soul” that’s troubling. Does our soul continue on? It feels right to me that we are all a part of one consciousness on the pursuit of experiencing ourselves and becoming “God” over years and years of reincarnation, and maybe not even in a linear way.”
by Bekk W | May 26, 2020 | Sapiens, What separates humans from other life forms
“A form of ‘consciousness’? But it’s hard to gauge because I’m using my limited human knowledge to measure another species. And the scale I’m using to make those measurements could be totally inept if there is knowledge I just don’t have to measure certain things. I don’t know if it’s fair to label beings more sentient than others, because, I don’t know what they know. It’s in the same vein as that Einstein quote- ‘If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll live it’s whole life believing that it’s stupid.’ Maybe other creatures can’t write a dissertation, create artificial intelligence, or write a book of poems- but, maybe I don’t even know the kind of divine knowledge that is within them, and if I chalk it up to a hierarchal world, where us humans are at the top, and that’s that- I might rob myself of juicy discovery- Or the joy of wonder, at the very least.”
by Bekk W | May 26, 2020 | Sapiens, Who / what are we
“I’ve reasoned that we’re meant to be stewards of the earth. We’ve been given a divine kind of consciousness that allows us to experience a sense of separation, duality- that is used to observe the world around us, our place in it, think of the past, and try to predict the future. I think we use this divinity rather selfishly (which lends to a lot of our psychological sickness, I think), where-as it could be best used to facilitate harmony. I think we all are different manifestations of the same energy source. To quote Deepak Chopra- “I am you, and you are me, only in disguise.” And to take the thought past only you, or me, and extend it to a flower, the mountain, a whale- brings me a lot of solace. There are times when I let my sense of duality fade, and I feel all mixed up with the world, and earth around me, and something about it feels so right- like home. But, I think it is with our sense of separation that responsibility steps in. We have a responsibility to heal and take care of the world around us.”
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