Christianity is the religion of transcending Earth. Buddhism, science is naturalistic. The latter is the trend.
Our sense of the sacred and thus luxury along with it comes down to earth...to materialism. This begins to mingle the sacred sense with the profane sense. For both luxury and mass marketing. The dialogue of the sacred and the profane is at issue.
Mystics find the beauty, God, buddha nature in the most ordinary things. The duality of sacred-profane is thus annihilated. We are near home. To reconcile the duality yields great power. It is to be at home everywhere.
This natural universe is our home. Always has been.
Sex is spiritual. Our flesh is divine. Our body is our soul. The universe is our soul in its entirety.
People long for this reconciliation. People want their bodies, animal selfs validated. There is no original sin. We are forever innocent. We were just lost. Confused, exiled into history. Thrown into turmoil.
All of this yields a new aesthetic: The beauty of the Earth.
Matter is good. The ills of materialism, blind consumerism is the result of confusion. If the perception, the ages old guilt trip is taken away then we can properly respect matter. All things on Earth is good. The Earth is our sacred ground. We find tangible beauty in this world. There are no other worlds. No heaven. No hell.
New values follow the new aesthetic. Nietzsche's life affirming values. Respecting the Earth, matter. Real human values, not transcendental bullshit of sacrificing life on Earth for some hereafter. Characters of depth, of salvation on Earth, of the human touch. Honesty, integrity, being alive now, kind, sharing, loving all humans. Love of all life. The innocent child open to all things. People will respond. They thirst for the new gospel, the good news. Enjoy life now.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
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