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If Philip K. Dick were still alive, would he blog with us? Is he blogging with us even though he's dead? What would he think of this very Dick-centric little community of blogs?

The 1978 Cosmogony and Cosmology essay was the baptism of fire that first blew my mind open. It really pushed me over this cognitive edge that I'd been teetering on for quite some time. I am now revisiting this essay. There's something in the structure of PKD's writing, maybe it's the fact that the work itself is apparently sentient, that reminds me of rose petals or onion skin. It's some kind of spiraling, layered effect that makes it very difficult to come up against any kind of a dead end. It's not a maze, it's a labyrinth.

"The universe cannot be asked to remove its mask if the person will not shed his."

What are our masks? I mean besides the obvious, besides the material preoccupations and the narcissism and ego and fear, what are the more insidious masks behind which we hide? I don't think we wear masks simply to hide ourselves -- I think we also use them to keep the universe OUT, becasue we aren't quite sure how we feel about total cosmic comprehension. I've noticed a general theme of discussion lately has been the question of how to blow up your reality, how to make the self explode so that only the truth, dark and sparkling, remains. I'm reminded of Atreyu's trials before his audience with the Southern Oracle, especially the magic mirror one wherein he is forced to comprehend -- and then to pass THROUGH -- the entirety of his being. The mirror shows you your true self, your darkest aspects as well as the light. Apparently this is more than most warriors can handle.

The removal of the mask is a pretty tall order. I feel like there's a lot of back and forth between myself and the universe, a lot of God saying, "Do you really want it?" and I'm like, "Yeah, I want it," and then God gives me some and suddenly it's like, "Whoa, okay, hold on, you can keep it, I don't want it yet." But then God is like, "No? Okay. But you told me you wanted it," and I go, "Well yeah, I mean I do, I just --" and God says, "Aha! I knew you wanted it. Here, have some." And I go, "Oh shit," and on and on, ad infinitum.

Richard Linklater said it nicely in Waking Life:

"Behind the phenomenal difference there is but one story, and that's the story of moving from the 'No' to the 'Yes.' All of life is like, 'No thank you, No thank you, No thank you.' And then, ultimately, it's, 'Yes I give in, Yes I accept, Yes I embrace.' I mean, that's the journey. Everyone gets to the 'Yes' in the end, right?"

Those "No thank yous" are the voice of what PKD has termed the Artifact, the spurious world, the blind and mechanistic servant-turned-master. Does it follow, then, that when I say No, I am giving life to lies, allowing them to live in and through me? Jesus said that it is not what goes into your mouth that will defile you, but what comes out of your mouth that will defile you.

More from PKD:

"In Christ, God descended to corporeal manhood -- at that point the division between the two realms was abolished. Those humans selected out to participate in this group mind -- they would be immortal."

Perhaps it is not the choice to be saved or not to be saved, but the choice to NOW become real. We are born Pinnochios, effigies created in the image of God, but it is up to the individual to surrender oneself to Godly possession. The homoplasmate is born -- it is by this that we are granted TRUE life and TRUE flesh. Semantically we here run the risk of coming dangerously close to the Cassiopaean doctrine of the Organic Portal. I do NOT mean to say that we are born soulless -- I think that's an evil philosophy. I believe that our souls are the very things which allow for our transmutation into the divine. God sleeps in everything that exists. God is dreaming us as we are dreaming God -- eventually both parties must awaken and return to being one mind.

"Urgrund [the Real God] creates artifact which projects universe which gives rise to life forms which evolve to a stage in which the Urgrund is "born" or reflected. This reflects the sequence of stages envisioned in the Hindu religion. First there is creation by Brahma, then Vishnu sustains the universe; then Shiva destroys it, which should be understood as receiving it back into its origin."

Comments

[P-Tar]

Wow. Big post to reply to.

I can assure you that a small percentage of warriors do take the time for reflection and are resultantly reluctant in their application of War. It takes a different kind of courage to face your own shadow, rather than fight the projections of it on others. The warrior who can face and accept her shadow is a force to be reckoned with, and not a mere pawn, easily moved by control of her mask's handles.

In this sense, I apply the paradigm to all professions, as does Miyamoto Musashi in his Book of Five Rings. Different roles, same path towards perfection. We must reintegrate our own shadows to become whole.

I believe PKD would indeed blog with us. I mean, the man wrote so prolifically; had he found a group of alike (or at least friendly) minds, honestly seeking, he'd probably drop in and share. Estoterically, I believe that the spirits of the dead aren't so removed from our living brethren and influence us subtly. So PKD could be speaking through anyone; but you'll have to be dead to confirm it!

Masks. Masks note identity; a hidden, "true" one, and an assumed, "false" one. Masks are often used for internal control as much as external protection: we wear a mask or a uniform or other affectation to "glue" us into a role. Ever seen an Army Sergeant take off his hat??? In a more abstract sense, we all put on masks when we get "professional" or take on a role.

So, in effect, "passing through the mirror" is sort of like realizing that your masks aren't the eternal "real you". In fact, the "you" that is real doesn't resemble any of the masks except in the most superficial ways. The "real you" can take on any mask with ease: it's only a partial self, after all; the whole can encompass ALL masks. Thus, to become more whole, recognize that your masks aren't you, though they can be useful.

A tip for being ready to "get it" from God: don't ask for it or worry about to "wanting it the right way". Don't worry, be happy. Take it as it comes. If there's anything in this world that God has down pat, it's timing.

Born soulless? Probably not. Born blind? Plenty of baby creatures out there born that way. And of course, nothing can stop those who can normally see perfectly well from intentionally closing their eyes to what they do not want to see...

Waking up simultaneously with God. Wow, what a concept: I wonder who'd get to the bathroom first? *grinz* Probably God. I'd be busy making a giganto-pot of coffee.

[occult investigator]

This answers the original question in your post on two different levels (ie, the blog itself and the android)

[occult investigator]

whoops

http://blogs.salon.com/0003379/2005/06/02.html

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