If we agree that Sin originates as a negatory will of annihilation/towards absolute non-being of god and that Thelema is a positive creative will of god, the following becomes clear.
“Ennui” Heidegger states is what occurs when the fullness of being becomes clear and its profound emptiness becomes apparent. At the heart of the individual there is a profound sense of incompletion, of lack, what then is this state of lack; this all pervading nature which is not even of the emotions but pervades them, appears when emotions fade and the center of focus is made the total. It is the sin at the heart of man, the negatory will of God.
A profound gap in the being of an individual. The nature of this gap reflects in the death drive, melancholy is the taste of it, it is the void below, the interior hollow which is truly empty and contains nothing. This is the mirror of Sunyata which the common man tastes.
This negatory void is the contradiction at the heart of the physical being, the flesh of ones perception, this is why the ego seeks the other for affirmation, why it seeks to satisfy itself with things, itself or even God.
This profound negatory void in man, this sin-nature, hamartia, if left empty leads to annihilation of the self, so man must attempt to fill it. This is the root of inauthenticity but also the chance of divine actualization, theosis.
When you attempt to fill the Hamartia at the heart of man with others, your own being becomes subjugated and it is like an illusion, an imperfect image changing on a lake, it temporarily creates an image which is distorted by movement, as the other is constantly in flux, the hamartia nature returns and the image casted in the lake is dispelled.
If you try to project your own will into it, that is the casting of an illusion upon the surface of the moving lake, if you try to place others or ideas or drives, all of them fail due to the dynamism of the Void in the heart of man.
How then can this void be filled? There are 4 primary methods used by men to gain relief and fulfill this void.
One can attempt to change the very structure of their being in order to latch on to some other, some stable or unstable outside point. This can be an ideal, a virtue, an aesthetic, people even.
This reliance of the other binds man to interaction with the other, whether the ideas of the other, or the knowledge or the society of others. This is the birth of the city of the devil, of babalon.
Man by living the cultural life, partaking of knowledge of other, connects his being and his void with the being of others and their conceptual frameworks. The heart of these is the same profound emptiness, this causes a multiplication of the emptiness which pervades any temporary relief.
As man subjugates and manipulates himself into a cog in the conceptual models and cultures of the world, his hamartia mixes with theirs, a greater void and a greater illusion is born. As such the pain and experience of incompletion actually increases from this methodology.
The second methodology is intellectual-aesthetic illusion, Nicholai Hartman writes that all true Art works by crafting a piece which makes you forget the foreground and takes you to an illusionary background filled with illusions of ideas, ideal things, your own intellectual world where fullness dwells, beauty then is a sense of harmonious completion among the parts, the aesthetic experience does not free from the Will but from the hamartia by filling the void with phantoms. These phantoms are much more resilient than the other but are still not enough, as they require a constant stream of intellect, Will and so forth to maintain, the second the individual himself changes (which is forced on him by the dynamic nature of the void in the heart of man) he must abandon in that moment his phantoms and the profound incompletion returns.
The Third methodology is resting in the void, resting in one self, to elaborate this is the most subtle manipulation of the illusions and void possible, instead of creating an intellectual-aesthetic illusion, you try to manipulate yourself by relaxation, by mental disassociation and re-association to dis-attach from your manner of being utterly and associate your form/body AS the void, as such you try to fulfill the void by filling it with your own being, your own nature, your own pure will.
In this method you make the hamartia in the heart of man consume the totality of being, in an attempt to cause a synthesis, this in Taoism is called wu-wei, this in Spinoza’s work is acquiescentia, to allow yourself to flow into the void at the heart of man until the void and the being cannot be distinguished. This is “crushing the void”
In this state the void at the heart of man is transmuted from a negatory experience to one of fullness and satisfaction, it is still negatory but it has become an active void. This is demonstrated by such practices as Zuowang and shikantaza.
The error of this method is three fold.
1=it is incredibly hard to maintain during active daily life, in interaction with others and thus leads often to absolute seclusion and hermitage
2=the void is not actually filled but rather being is annihilated
3=beyond pleasure and satisfaction and many states of spiritual/mental/psychological/physical bliss this methodology is utterly sterile, it cannot be replicated or shared and it does not produce culture, technology, it cannot truly be shared, it cannot do anything but rest in itself and be itself. This renders it sterile.
The Fourth method which is the actual method of fulfilling the Void is to transmute the hamartia itself into thelema. The fulfilling of the void at the heart of man is done by living in accordance with the Will and Reason of God, this is the fulfiller of being, because the void-Will brings man to nothing, the positive-Will creates perpetually more and more being, which is the transmutation of being into becoming, the void becomes the space of the becoming of the individual actualizing his existence as he is in the mind of God, in pure potential, the lines of flight reach out in all directions showing the now dynamic extensions of Being. Pure lines of becoming stretch forth in all directions. The Will of God, these lines of becoming which are hidden in the void, which is pure potentiality, are hidden in the profound darkness of lack, it is only by the light of Reason that these lines of becoming can be found and entered upon, however the lines of becoming can lead back to the void, they can become short, in the first method you block your light for the colored lights of others. In the second method you obscure your light with images to cast shadows to look upon, in the third you snuff out the light so only darkness remains, in the fourth you direct your light to the pathways and you must maximize the brightness of the light.
Christ who is pure reason is the great light, God is the great Reason, by reflection of His light into ours, we can obey see the greatest lines of becoming which become indefinitely, thus in this is immortality. The void in the heart of man replaced by a boundless being, boundless becoming, guided by the light of the Sun of Will, the Christ. This is the straight and narrow road of the Bible.
Just as the first method creates the city of the devil, a macro collection of emptiness and illusions, sin perpetually multiplying and inauthenticity reigning supreme, this fourth method creates the city of god, as the constant becoming makes you as a light to the world, your Reason shines forth and reflects as if a mirror upon others who also strive for the light and to shine their light.
The city of the devil then is darkness and obscuring, being chained in a boundless void of emptiness and transience, the city of God then is unchanging boundless Light which unifies into greater and greater dancing interpenetrating lights, walking on the road of becoming and thus coming closer and closer.
The city of the devil then logically leads to annihilation and the absorption of its being into the third method, the devouring of the city of the devil by the void.
The city of God then logically shall rule for eternity, growing in light and intensity day by day. This is why sin and the Holy Spirit of god are poured out continuously at greater and greater degrees by the day.
The city of the devil results in absolute synthetic inauthenticity, which is the gradual destruction of authentic being, being becoming a play thing of void.
The city of God results in boundless positive change, which is the fullness of God on earth.
The Void and being replaced by boundless divine becoming along the eternal narrow road.
This is my firm belief
i have a cup of isopropyl alcohol next to me and I've never wanted to die more badly in my life, i cant wait to end this once and for all
is it bad that the only girls that i attract are girls that also have mental illness?
i have a cup of isopropyl alcohol next to me and I've never wanted to die more badly in my life, i cant wait to end this once and for all
Hey please dont
is it bad that the only girls that i attract are girls that also have mental illness?
“Im in love with Broken Girls”
Got some good news for uni. Finally cried happy tears for once..
So f***ing relieved God damn
The nightmares almost every night and the voices is unbearable, suicide is constantly in the back of my mind and the only thing’s stopping me are my religion, family and the woman I love. I barely get sleep anymore and when I am able to sleep it’s because I passed out from exhaustion. Every day I wished those bombs had killed me.
finally got 8 hours sleep.. and while it wasn't uninterrupted i'm thankful. IDK why i crashed at 9pm last night lol
haircut today tho
@001v Hey it's all good for me, whenever you're ready. I really don't mind
I've got money in my pocket
I like the color of my hair
I've got a friend who loves me
Got a house, I've got a car
I've got a good mother
and her voice is what keeps me here
i have a cup of isopropyl alcohol next to me and I've never wanted to die more badly in my life, i cant wait to end this once and for all
I’m feeling the same
feels like my dream slipped my grasp years ago
I’m not where I need to be and I don’t even know how to get out of the position I’m in
I saw a familiar face in a strange place today
thought I was over it years ago
I don’t know how I’m gonna push forward past this
sometimes I wish I could sleep eternally
thinking out loud
I’m feeling the same
i ended up coming out of it but honestly I don't know why. don't feel like i have any reason to be here
Be careful flirting bad habits back into your life, the darkness of December will have you in mental choke hold before you know.
Today is starting rough for me because of that.
Light & love to everyone
Just wanted to say that I love you all. At the end of the day we’re all in this together whether we personally know each other or not.
Always rooting & wishing the best for each & every one of you 💜