Escape Sin and Systems and Joy’s Made Full —This is Sensual, the Only Bridge to Paradise
The mean moods of man--they all come from sin. The Bible says “Is there wrath amongst you? Then there is sin.” If we can accept this fact right off the bat we’ll have sidestepped much futile debate and get on with it--these mean moods are coming from sin which we should confront the mere appearance of. Once you’ve crossed that mental bridge, nip it in the bud! But usually words won’t work--silent fasting is an automatic perfection so that enantiodromia (system inversion) can now occur. To put your life in perfect order never agree with evil by succumbing to the warped requests of humans (never degrade to adapt). Only upgrade others by becoming beautiful and never forcing the fit to them again. Just your new transformation will force them up instead.
There are two nervous systems, two sides to the brain. The two systems align with two perceptual styles: active (tunnel-vision) vs. receptive (wide-angled diffuse). The hot pursuit of pleasure (pleasure-seeking) is often a compulsive, active tunnel-vision which prevents true pleasure. This real joy only exists in the receptive mode which is non-compulsive, relaxed and diffuse. In contrast, pleasure-seeking is only compulsive as it spills over to other people through persuasion and manipulation.
I see a
delicious difference between the active and receptive modes. After a long day
of work (tunnel-vision) I seek the receptive--a direct switch in which
everything like music is experienced differently and new thoughts rise up. My
life has improved remarkably by knowing the difference and purposely switching
between the two states of work vs. leisure. For a writer, leisure is the most
important for compulsive, impatient action will always lose because true
insights only arise in relaxation. The receptive mode is true sensuality, while
the active mode becomes--or comes out of--a state of sin. Since this
compulsivity is out of grace the results can be devastating while in the
receptive mode they are joyous and productive.
SERPENT COILS TIGHTER: ENERGY MISAPPLIED
Every
time we give into a pleasure-device to avoid anxiety the serpent winds tighter
in a trap--the device becomes a vice of bondage. Sin is always repetition:
energy recycled in outworn channels. As the years go by in this tunnel-vision
which neurophysiologically cannot bring true pleasure, the sin becomes more
entangling and more automatic until one is blind to its killing effects. The
anxiety and bad memories it intends to hide are only more inflamed and distorted
as addiction becomes a loss of reality. An example is anorexic-bulimia which
has little to do with food but rather the repression of feelings which are
“stuffed down.” Eating does that so well it becomes a huge trap which gains a
life of its own: a solid blind addiction.
The more energy one has at birth the more energy is channeled to addiction—misapplied energy—and the more tremendous the release with repentance. Repent to become a rare dynamo. Then you have mastered the one thing the “he-man” or social “she-woman” never could--the mastery of the instincts. The same applies to sex. How interesting that sex and food are the two instincts justified by the present culture: “do whatever you want--no rules or restrictions.” Rebellious at authority, people hate all rules yet the champions know the rules apply for the highest reason--total victory in dense herds.
The
sinner needs the fix more but enjoy it less. The addict must have the fix, so
morals degrade in the attempt to get more. Because it is used to avoid, life
is unimaginable without it and as one is weakened by this loss of reality the
ego must compensate for the loss and selfishness sets in—the addict becomes
untrustworthy. Now we see how ridiculous it is to read psychology books or see
therapists while not repenting of sin. William James in varieties of
religious experience remarked how the “symptoms” leave with repentance.
Releasing the addiction brings an explosive transformation as the serpent, made
stronger each time one gave in, unwinds and shoots up the spine in a spiraling
release of energy. This release brings tremendous creativity as the obstructive
ego is dissolved. Giving up addiction brings a pink cloud and beautiful vista:
extreme joy unimaginable when in the addicted state needing a fix. Only the
strong can enjoy true pleasure of the senses and only the weak get hooked in
order to avoid. This is the sequence in the lives of humans from the beginning
of time: give up sin, and the symptoms leave!
True
pleasure is omnipresent, since it’s enjoyment exists in the experiencer
himself. In the relaxed, leisurely receptive mode it’s all pleasurable and no
one thing takes dominance. In contrast to the active pursuit of pleasure, no
one thing binds the personality into perversion which is the opposite to just
feeling the pleasure every moment--of being alive
and enjoying the elements of sun, moon, stars, angels, times of day, seasons,
tastes, sounds, aromas, prayer and pleasant company. Moreover, the
pleasure of interacting is different from the addictive social-climbing and
socializing to be “seen.” Most of all pleasure-seeking in this culture is
active, which is why obesity is the leading disease--it is active eating to avoid which holds the person bound.
Many divorced women stick their head into a refrigerator, balloon-up and never come out. Once eating is associated with soothed emotions it becomes an insuperable stronghold in the personality. When the same old hurts rear up the food-force is far greater than the person herself. Bad character develops when in the grips of the emotion-eating demon for one does anything and neglects everything to serve it. The addictive loss of reality which is tunnel-vision serves only the bruised ego. This results in the jungle mentality of shooting and shadows and always looking for ways to maintain the addiction through deceit and covering one’s tracks.
The
receptive mode is ecstatic continuous pleasure. But it cannot be
maintained if there is contradiction and duplicity in the personality--for these
alert the system for emergency, automatically throwing it into tunnel-vision.
The weak addict is “busted, disgusted and cannot be trusted.” His grasping
nature becomes as intense as his desire to escape the pain of inevitable
rejection and persecution, and his fear of losing the fix means other people are
again used and abused. The more weak, the more grasping. The more warped, the
more tragic his mistakes. Here a stronghold has developed--an area out of the
will of God, dictated only by damaged ego. It is blocked energy in the
thought-life and this means lost success and ruin.
What a relief—one has made gold by going through the fire, the addiction is gone and he enters the receptive mode: like a huge jigsaw puzzle beautiful pieces of life now come together miraculously. This synchronicity is an intense enjoyment of each piece, not holding on to any one part but going from one pleasure to another: the pleasure of the morning, the pleasure of finishing chores, the pleasure of a drive, the pleasure of working in the garden or chatting with the neighbors. We enjoy one pool of activity at a time. Moderation is the key--the “high” in all good things.
RECEPTIVE MODE AND INNER JOURNEY
So many
good things--why over-spend time with any one of them? Enjoy each pool, then go
on to another. This gives fascination, variety and energy to life. The key is
high energy (from non-addiction) which brings jubilance and constant surprises:
welcome to the life of phased highs--in which we are intensely in the moment,
not nervously trying to avoid the past or future with the fix. The psychology
of sensuality refers to two things: (1) the right-brain relaxed normal love of
pleasure which becomes a continuous appreciation of life itself, and the (2)
grasping, addictive, left-brained tunnel-visioned pursuit of pleasure to avoid
pain or anxiety which becomes a trap as the pain gets worse resulting in a
distortion of reality and perversely bad character.
One can be addicted to anything and there is nothing that cannot be addicting. People are the worst addiction, the most all-consuming--yet the Bible says “trust no man.” Good relationships are established through time and testing. Be patient and cease chumming up casually, for great caution is the order of the day--exclusivity. Avoid the opposite (the people fix) for inclusion is incaution--though politically correct inclusion will bring your ruin!
All
addicts are selfish--they’re so self-consumed they literally can’t think of
anyone else. Being insensitive they say indiscrete things: these are
autonomisms which are part of addiction and beyond control. Are they
intentionally cruel, dense and grossly negligent or just addicts? It’s the
biological instincts (food and sex) that become compulsive traps of lower
desire--quick-to-shoot carnal temptations. They bring pleasure (temporary
relief) but each time one “gives in” the serpent wraps tighter and the bad
memories become more warped. At this point development into maturity is
arrested for we don’t grow if cemented into addictive tunnel-vision. Whether
high-class doctor, wealthy female CEO or president of the United States one
remains a baby. We can’t be ladies and gentlemen just by wanting to--we are
what we are. The tiger doesn’t change its spots--only inner work brings
transformation of the person. It is beautifully summed up by this pastoral
letter to a wife regarding her unfaithful husband:
Dear Hillary: What you’re going through is so common. Things broke down in the sixties and now we see the despicable culmination. Men are so influenced by prevalent pornography and perversion. I was shocked by his shameless talk of sex. A Godly man has class--refinement and respect. It’s the difference between the dignified old movies and the sick sex-filled and slovenly new ones. The world is now filled with dirty old men and loose women. I pray he’ll achieve the refinement of a man his age. And what of your daughter: children develop such high tolerance for these sick situations they lose discernment and marry the same type under the same denial. It’s the “polygamous spirit” which hits middle-aged men--these aging baby boomers can be arrogant, greedily thinking they deserve two or more women to abuse. If women adapt rather than confront bad character the abuse worsens as man’s self-hate projects back onto them. For the sake of your family keeping a moral household is crucial. For don’t think your girl doesn’t sense something’s wrong--though not putting her finger on it evil has a psychic stench which is always followed by depression…
The
superior man is in conflict with the petty negative forces trying to pull him
down to something they can understand. His job is to develop the moral strength
to overcome these resistances to creativity and rise up to make an amazing new
dent in the world. To do this he must repent of sin for without this he can’t
have the necessary boldness and confidence to make a dent. The Bible says in
the end times men are self-loving, money-loving, arrogant, profane, malicious
gossipers, unrestrained, brutal and vicious haters of good, treacherous,
conceited, religious in form but really unholy, captivating of weak women and
always learning but never coming to the truth.
It is very difficult to live in this generation. Hi-tech progress camouflages the severe degeneration in other areas: mind, spirit, body, family and knit of society. As society degrades so too the individual as the herd maintains its feeble cohesion through strict conformity (“politically correct thinking”) which is a mass resistance to true genius. As people degenerate together they become “dull normal.”
A CHAMP AMONGST SHARKS
The
superior man is a champion standing out as a shining angel in a sea of sharks.
He must show a brilliant radiant life reflecting God--making spirit-based
decisions not on what the majority thinks, logic, uncalled-for advice of
neighbors or “common sense.” He is not led by puny, finite, darkened minds of
men but inspired by the infallible inerrant laws of God--the ones that Jesus
knew and Einstein proved. Deal with these times by becoming sensitive to
nature, love, beauty and genius. Note the futile lives of the ungodly—vanity,
carnality, misery. While keeping your own calm, poise and righteousness it
helps to realize (but not relapse because of) the mean moods of men and women
who are still stuck.
People
clamor for my book The Psyche of Sensuality thinking it’s about sex rather than the
consequences of sin, which are very real. Since the punishments are inherent in the
sin itself, repentance will bring a metamorphosis beyond belief! The Bible says
to the champions: “go out and take the land.” But to do this we must be bold
and courageous as we tell the simple truth. One can never have this courage
while in sin which brings discouragement. If in sin we lose that power,
in a spirit of fear veiled by compensations like hype and spin. To be bold, we
must have the self-love coming from purity. Sin makes us weak, creating more
cravings for sin to “fix things.”
Most
people refuse to act before they “look at their faces” to discern approval and
disapproval. They value “their” response to determine worth and value, as if
the herd is any barometer! Grow up--you’ll be OK if you don’t look at
their faces. You must now preach and teach with a bag over your head--never be
dismayed at the fear of man lest God let you be overcome. If God says you can
succeed, you can! One’s only problem is the fear of people for when fear is
chosen over boldness, lost faith fails to fit the fame and fortune God has
planned for your future.
Be Bold. Be plain with the truth. Save the weak elements oppressed by the powerful—that is, the dominant view. Living in the past or fearing mass rejection puts us ever-under pressure. This pressure comes from sin, for weakness teams with the majority who is out-of-grace. The pressure from sin is endless, so baby-boomers should wake-up and tell the truth. Don’t let evil stand, pray for divine vindication and know your foes! Perhaps you should recognize who they are first--for degradation, gossip or treachery is no sign of friendship.
SIN IS AMNESIA, PURITY IS TOTAL RECALL
Everything we experience is stored in the five senses. Nothing is “forgotten”--it’s all there but inaccessible until we’re clear. A witness of an accident can’t recall the license number of the culprit until hypnosis brings it all up--even though he can’t remember seeing it in the first place. When in sin we’re blinded to even the obvious--this is denial. Repentance allows experience to double, triple, increase by tenfold, one hundred-fold: all blinders are dropped and the floodgates are laid bare! And thus the fast is a vision quest as all information—past, present and future--is recalled to mind. A cleansed bloodstream or sudden freedom from oppression (from mind or man) brings it all out. Repenting of so-called “pleasures” opens us to more pleasure, a veritable phantasmagoria never experienced before. The promise is: once clean you’ll wonder why you waited so long as you float blissfully in the arms of God. Welcome to true experience and real energy!
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count their many tears. Hard times, hard times—come again no more. Willie Nelson
