Gaze upon the night sky

The only religion worth a listen is the one that doesn't want ya


The scribes and the pharisees, the ones in uniforms, have got lots to answer for. Yup, if the Big Names had had the teensiest inkling of wot woz gonna go down in their slipstreams, they'd a' been mightily pissed orff. Coz, almost without exception, religion as itz been organized (whether theisms, pantheisms, atheisms, leftisms, rightisms...-isms galore) are religions of attachment, born of the ignorance of Self, born of the corruption of reason, born of the graspings of priesthoods.

What we have made of the words of the Sages has been our temporary ruination.

Now, as then, as always, the truth is individual to everyone, in every moment. The truth is not to be found in creeds, ya see. Ain't to be found in the cave of books. The truth is written only a blank piece of paper, in you, in the moment. You are enlightened. You know it all.

All is Unknown. The truth is individual to everyone. The truth is within you. The Answer is in the moment. Have no thought of the morrow. All is Unknown. The truth is individual to everyone. The truth is within you. The Answer is in the moment. Have no thought of the morrow.

And cozzathat, helping people live with reality ain't properly about getting 'em to subscribe to a doctrine. Coz ya can't signpost the Unknown. Coz ya can't signpost the eternal present. Coz ya can't signpost experience.

Ya can't signpost the Harmony of chaos.

Be "non-religious." Live life "unknowingly." In other words, don't judge wot ya do against the words of others, just do: trust yourself. Don't reason wot ya do against the words of others, just do: trust yourself. Don't examine wot ya do against the words of others, just do: trust yourself. Don't worry about wot others think, just do: love all. The being's the doing. Live your conscience. Love, and do wot ya like.

Feel rather than think your way into the Unknown.

Life's to be lived in the moment, not to be held up and looked at. No matter how much ya might want otherwise, and no matter how much others might suggest otherwise, there ain't a guidebook for surrendering to Infinity. Instructions for living life are destructions for living life. Your Heart's bidding is Our only truth.

We are all One. We are all individuals. Wot others know as truth ain't wot you know as truth for you. Wot you know as truth ain't wot others know as truth for them. The truth is yours alone. We are united in our separateness. We are separate in our togetherness.

All is flow. The truth is in the moment. Wot's true then ain't true now: wot's true now ain't true then. The future is now. All Is.

We are all One. We are all individuals. We are as gods. We are each, everyone of us, the eyes of God, the Tao, Zeus, the Great Atheist in the Sky, the harmony of chaos, call it wot ya will.

To know yourself is to know all things. To know yourself is to know Truth. To know yourself is to know Love. Love is All. Love ain't to be found in the words of psalms or sutras, mantras or manifestos. Love is to be found in the rapture of a gaze upon a night sky. The night sky is within.

At their heart, all sacred traditions are about teaching what it is to live without fear - how to interact with an interactive universe so that the yokz eazy. Love All and reality will love ya back, but in ways you simply can't forsee, is the gist. Anybody in uniform listening? Sure, it's hip to educate. Sure, it's hip to provide pointers. Natures differ, and needs with them. But ya can't preach non-attachment, attachedly. Ya can't teach non-attachment, attachedly. Look again at the words of your Sages. Then find forgiveness. Seek forgiveness of your congregations. Then let them go.

The Truth is within. If you find religion on the road, let it go. The only religion worth a listen is the one that doesn't want ya. You know it all.

We are not in control. We were never in control. There is no control to lose. All is Unknown. Let life be. Let reality be. Let go.


March 27th, 1996

fix May 17th, link added May 22nd

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