There are no other choices, not on this earth

There are two paths in human life. One is the path of liberation, the second is the path of rebirth. There are no other choices, not on this earth.

I don't want to be born again, not certainly here on this planet. So, with all my strength, I'm working toward self-realization. That's the most important matter for me.

Why would anyone chose to be born again on this shitty planet into this disgusting society? What do you think? I bet no one, except if it is not forced to do so!

Let look at the philosophy of western civilization. They say it begins with the Greek philosophy in the 5th century BC. The works of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle become central to thought in the Roman world, the Middle Ages, and then resurfacing in the renaissance and later... until today where philosophical thought is applied to almost every component of life, from science to warfare, politics to artificial intelligence.

All these years passed but nothing changed, the human civilization is still in the Plato's cave.

Look today's headlines and see this Hunger Games society is stronger than ever. Wars, global cheats, dishonesty, lies and lies, poverty, humiliation and degradation of consciousness, lost of attention... are the main characteristics of 21 century. Oh let's not forget, AI and it's Chatbots with it's never ending listing of useless facts.

The conspiracy theories are not only fun

I've seen so many videos on YouTube about human interactions with scientifically "advanced" extra-terrestrial species who are presented like automated machines. Is that the future where human civilization is heading to?

I remember one particular video that says that aliens are on this planet and they are "we", the humans, came from our far-away future. They came here to save us from "us", so we can became like "them" - like automated, robot like, parrots.

I watched a YouTube video about history of the Calendar and how it is changed, from 13 months - the moon cycle one to this so imperfect, sun's cycle - 12 months calendar. And what we see today, it is this daylight saving bullshit.

There are so many lies built into this society, I can freely conclude that someone is deliberately forcing changes that are against harmonious living with the natural laws.

Have you heard of Max Spier? He was an UFO enthusiast, conspiracy theorist, and believer in various ancient alien ideas. In 2016 he died under odd circumstances (they say he was poisoned), just prior to his death his mother was warned something would happen to him. Anyway, his theory follows that there are extraterrestrials who are using the moon to control human emotions and as a "Soul Catcher" to imprison the souls of the dead on earth...

And there are many other conspiracies involving the moon and the Earth, this planet being a prison with the moon standing as a prison guard.

Humanity is spiritually dead

What do you know for sure? You know for sure that you exist. Nothing else is proved to be true.

On your basic knowledge of existence thoughts have come creating endless river of beliefs which are basically imagined concepts.

The visible life, world and universe are not separate from you. Your sense of existence gives them reality. Your belief and creative imagination makes them true.

Your "I AM" sense is just that, the sense of "I", of your existence. It is this sense that goes through so many births and deaths until it realizes that very "I" is also an imagined thing. Until that time it is surrounded by likes and dislikes, with the energy we know as desires and fears.

There is no interest of being free.

Life has been channeled safely into non-threatening, ego-gratifying activities. It is related to only to the same egoistic lifestyle of acquiring money to have bigger and bigger houses, newer and newer cars.

People have no interests to develop spiritually. They are moving, doing useless things watching others just like themselves.

You are ignorant too.

You see, in the broadest sense, that something is wrong in the world. What that something is, what's wrong, and how it can be fixed all differ from person to person, but general pattern of egoistic view is always the same.

The most important sentences, ever recorded in the history of spiritual teachings, are two sentences where Gurdjieff summarized the process of awakening.

If a man is deprived of his illusions, imagination and all that prevents him from seeing reality - if he is deprived of his interests, his cares, expectations and hopes - all his striving would collapse, everything would become empty and there would remain an empty being, an empty body, only physiologically alive.

This would be the death of "I", the death of everything it consisted of, the destruction of everything false collected through ignorance and inexperience. All these will remain in him merely as material, but subject to selection. Then a man will be able to choose for himself and not have imposed on him what others like. He will have the conscious choice.

- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff

The ultimate truth

Real spirituality is the investigation of the sense of existence. All knowledge should be set on the side. Everything you know by your own or you have heard, or read or whatever... all your beliefs and consequently imagination should be disregarded. Whatever you see or know is NOT true.

Investigate!

Sit quietly with only one question on your mind - How do you know yourself?

Recognize your "I AM" sense, it is here and now. Form "you know you exit" go to "you exist"... "knowing" that you exist is mind, get rid of "I know" - just be.

Being is an endless peace. Be there. See that everything is false, the consciousness play its games, it moves in circles, it creates events, always different but really empty and meaningless... it cannot stand still, it bring changes in the Space... it creates Time.

Don't use your mind! Just be, without knowing anything. The knowledge is a great obstacle. There is nothing to be known, you exist, that's it.

Investigate and your desires and fears will be gone. BE, until you realize that your "I AM" sense is just that - the sense.

Stop being ignorant

It doesn't matter much if you eat meat or not, or whether you give to charities or steals from them, for awakening you need to dismantle your false preconceptions and get out from daily life's trap. Challenge your opinions; your most cherished and deeply held beliefs because they are not true. See clearly your false self.

Observe yourself at work, in interaction with others, see your roles, make a study of it, and dissect it, reverse-engineer it.

The awakening starts from there. Explore your life, strive for freedom, harden your hearth, sharpen your mind.

Face the facts, face your mortality, see your meaninglessness. There is nothing more devastating to the ego than the contemplation of meaninglessness and insignificance. Of no-self.

You don't undergo the process of awakening out of love for the truth but out of hatred for the false: a hatred so intense that it burns everything and spares nothing.