Distraction

Distraction is what keeps us happy. If not for losing ourselves in silly and entertaining things, We'd surely realize the darkness which surrounds us. Only recently, as secular individualism has taken over, have such distractions become distinct from responsibility. We think of freedom and liberation as ultimate absolutes to be 'achieved' somehow apart from obligation. Yet liberation is not something material to acquire. It is mere realization and astounding revelation. It is a fist in the face and light wind on the skin, and all the myriad feelings in between, but also none of them. There's no telling where inspiration might come from next but We can rest assured It will always surprise even our wildest expectations. Phenomena are the stage beyond which Truth plays, and it is through our perceptions that sacrality is constructed. Because we are often inherently limited by our perspective, then, We designate all varieties of sacred things, operating in the dualism of the Cosmos through their opposition to the profane. But every religion leaves room for adaptation in order to survive. Blatant contradictions promote still more variety, and often lend to division and separation. It is a self-perpetuating cycle, between difference and division, which propagates reality. Though even the most basic, fundamental dichotomies, light/dark, masculine/feminine are useful learning tools and ways of understanding, We must always remember that they are only just that, constructions of the mind. It is certainly one thing to understand the world through their lens as we are designed to do, but it is surely another impermissible hatred to divide people morally. When We realize that our perspectives are just that, We view everything as sacred, exploring limitless realms of possibility as the Universe intends. Without a love of variety, cycles continue to wash over and through us to fill the void. Distractions are perpetual lessons in love born of these cycles; they remind Us how simultaneously silly, fragile and absurd this adventure of life is. We can take anything and everything from them. We are the experimenters, the dreamers of the dream, into and from eternal cycles of endless impossibility. There is no liberation without distraction, and no distraction without responsibility because ultimately We are All One, despite the play. If God is a man, He's surely a relentless jokester.

“For what it’s worth -it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it -I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of -If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”