Order from Chaos: Journey from Darkness to Light (Version 1.2)
Order from Chaos: Journey from Darkness to Light
One — The antechambers of the Multiverse — The Source of Chaos and Order
In one parallel metaverse, figures of great power divide control and influence
Through the ages of untold expanses of time in the physical universes next door
A foundation stone, a quantum beginning and end beyond yet containing time
A massive atmosphere of linear progression yet allowing movement in all directions
In another metaverse, parallel yet separate and containing our own physical universe
Flow of water, fire of passion drives souls to where they want to go in the many worlds
Or elsewheres — Currents of Chaos take the mind to various dimensions high and low
In between the two meta universes, the drama of the universe we know as home unfolds
In every dimension and level of existence, from the highest heaven to the lowest hell world
Life continues ever onwards, and love unites all beings in the search for perfection, balance
Whether they are conscious or not — Love transcends all barriers — Light that shines within
All souls great or small — Stars — Agents of divine will both light and anti-light, providing
Conflict which allows for synthesis and ever increasing novelty — even in the darkest abyss
Even in the heart of a black hole — Everyone, everyspace, and everytime has a role to play
In the cosmic drama — We swim in seas of dreaming and fly in skies of adventure — Life
Falling from a great height, on purpose, for fun — With or without a parachute
People can survive — Humanity is always evolving — Magic has become science
We have the ability to fly and fall very slowly — Almost nothing is impossible
As it always was — Yet more people now have access to knowledge than ever before
Two — Four levels, four worlds, four dimensions — The expanse of time and the source
It is possible to go back and forth between — Both inside and outside our synthetic universe
Levels of consciousness, worlds of experience — The many ways of living in the cosmos
Song, mantra, storytelling — Methods of rising to higher levels of awareness — Existence
Of the many aspects of the Multiverse beyond yet intricately linked and containing
The physical world we live in — The stars and galaxies we see every night in the sky
Above us always — It is not wise to anger the powerful here or elsewhere without reason
Especially the gods — There are many doorways from outside of our universe within
Care should be taken to choose the right doorway, the right pathway into our spacetime
Anyplace and anytime is available — But you want to be in the right place at the right time
The worlds and dimensions above and below the physical plane of existence connected
The Source of Chaos and Order — The Twin Metaverses overlapping with our own universe
To form the Multiverse of all possibilities, all dimensions, all worlds, all forms of existence
From the cosmic interplay of Chaos and Order, our physical universe and world is formed
Three — I help build a forest sanctuary safe from beasts of men, animals, demons, gods
Those who would wish my community harm — A great house in the middle of mountains
For friends and family to live and gather together, to stay and make plans, eat and laugh
To share what we know and feel, to make a better future away from the megacities, though
Not completely separate — Connected to make a positive influence in the development
Humanity — A new Culture — Beyond the limitations of fundamentalism and dogma
Four — Uniting to churn the ocean of chaos in a great undertaking of creation and order
Leviathans and other horrors of the deep abyss exiled outside the boundaries of light
Temple of ancient secrets on earth — Home to the records of these heroic deeds of the past
Beginning of the universe — We wait here for millennia for good and true friends to arrive
The council of gods and demons must arbitrate the eternal dispute between old and new
The forces of change and the forces of regression — Fundamentalism and progressivism
The temple at the top of the hidden city of doorways must not fall into wrong hands
Guarded by the chosen ones of the Elder Races, gods and demons, and the Wizards of Light
The company of heroes and immortals for the benefit of humanity, guardians and guides
The Perennial Philosophy — Helpers on the path of human evolution and initiation into
Mysteries of the cosmos — Fight against the influence of the chaos demons and Leviathans
The cosmic abyss outside our universe — To keep the balance between the Metaverses
Between higher and lower dimensions surrounding, encompassing our physical universe
The planet Earth — Keeping us safe from those who wish us harm from beyond the abyss
Five — The council of gods and demons decide to leave the city of doorways, the temple
One of the many crossroads portals to other dimensions, worlds, times, planets from Earth
The Elder Ones leave behind the Wizards of Light to help humanity focus on evolution
To find higher realms of knowledge and wisdom — A few gods and demons also stay behind
To act as guides — Figures from the various great mythologies and religions of humanity
Keepers of the Perennial Philosophy of balance, order out of chaos, becoming amidst being
Six — I plant seeds in wooden containers behind my house — Sophia helps with the garden
Her beauty is a great comfort and adds to the pleasure of planting — She smiles sweetly
She is wearing a white shirt, yet the dirt seems not to stick no matter how much she digs
Her blue floral skirt blows in the cool early spring wind, and I am thankful for her presence
An integral part of of my efforts, not just in the garden but also in the new community
Her help in all things makes me very happy, and I cannot think of anyone I would rather
Have with me right now — Even if only for a short time, since she will have to leave soon
There is much work to be done in the megacities as well as in the mountain forest paradise
Our new home — And she will return I hope — For my home is her home, if she wants it
To be — Whenever she would like to visit or stay — Creating and growing the new Culture
Seven — Plan for the new community — Filling the vacuum left by exodus of older people
Repurposed school buses for public transportation to the larger cities in every direction
A new library at the center of town — A new town hall where tourist attractions once were
Where weekly meetings of the young people decide the best course of action for the future
Outside the borders of the mountain forest community, humanity spreads out past the sun
The megacities provide all comforts and conveniences with the advent of a new golden age
Free, plentiful, and clean energy — An end to poverty, hunger, and inequality — Paradise
Of a sorts — Yet the old forest areas are even more necessary to preserve for the future
Once national parks, now global, expand to include border towns once depending
On tourism to those areas — And the town of Hope, renamed, is one of the key places
Where a kind of utopia has and will continue to develop, in balance with the great Culture
A way for people who want adventure to spend time away from the bosom of the megacities
Not many know of the existence of the secret temple and the hidden city of doorways
Nor that this is the location of the last few Elder Ones and the Wizards of Light on Earth
They are using this new community now within the boundaries of the global forest preserve
To help make a positive influence on the evolution of humanity through the young people
A place where the old magic of nature and balance can be kept as an example for the cities
Through the efforts of the Wizards and their followers — Guardians — Keepers of wisdom
Lotus Reflection Blue Magic Complexity
New Discoveries
Clouds Rain Happiness
Thoughts Forms Changes
Singing Nature Spirit Fire Flame of Knowledge and Wisdom Guardian Protector
Forest Approaching Dream Magic Mirror
Lavender Violet Love Time Fish Travel
Emperor Of A World
Emperor Of A World
Yet — There are always some who resist a tyrant of any kind
No matter how enlightened the policies — Comfortable the citizens
The trick is to use the political process whenever possible
Create a coalition, a movement of revolutionaries to reach the majority
Give the minority enough not to complain, and the reactionaries nothing
Except kind words and a sincere effort to explain the progress of history
But those who want things to go back to the old ways will always protest
Everyone can find reason to complain if they think it will take them somewhere
They want to go — Especially back to old prejudice, injustice, and inequality
So you may be an emperor of a world, but not the only one, not the only world
You are best served not to ever claim complete control or even desire it
Encourage individuality, serving enlightened interests for the good of all
A leader should not be a tyrant, if only for practical reasons, and less grief
History teaches us that they do not end well, no matter how good and popular
They are — Necessary sometimes in times of crisis — Opportunity and danger
The development of human culture should have outgrown petty differences
Yet here we all are — Still dealing with the same issues as past generations
Reactionaries still want us to go back to the past, and revolutionaries the future
Balance must be found between the opposing forces of change and order
A new kind of understanding of the play of life, discovering the key to wisdom
Finding bliss in knowledge and action directed toward improving life for everyone
Trusting the perseverance and prevalence of love, sweet and bitter love
l sYou’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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| — | Carl Sagan (via misswallflower) |
Acclaimed science writer James Gleick discusses his latest work: a history of information. Beginning with the development of various alphabets and ending with what’s expected next from the information age, the author of “Chaos” chronicles the evolution of how thoughts and knowledge have been passed from one to another throughout human history. He talks with Frank Rose, a contributing editor of Wired magazine and the author of “The Art of Immersion.”
The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy or the grey aliens or the 12 foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control. The truth is more frightening, nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.
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| — | Alan Moore, “The Mindscape of Alan Moore” (2003) |
Lagoon Nebula - Mahatma Gandhi (Born October 2, 1869) On Nonviolence & Ordered Anarchy - Astronomy Picture Of The Day For October 2, 2010
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“The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.”
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Born October 2, 1869)
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“Explanation: Like brush strokes on a canvas, ridges of color seem to flow across this scene. But here, the canvas is nearly 3 light-years wide and the colors map emission from ionized gas in the Lagoon Nebula, recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Also known as M8, the nebula is a star forming region about 5,000 light-years distant in the constellation Sagittarius. Hubble’s remarkably sharp, close-up view reveals undulating shapes sculpted by the energetic light and winds from the region’s new born stars. Of course, the Lagoon nebula is a popular target for earthbound skygazers, too. It features a prominent dust lane and bright hourglass shape in small telescopes with wider fields of view.”
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Mandelbrot Zoom 12 Satellite Spirally Wheel With Julia Islands - Frank Herbert On Magic, Imagination, & Creativity
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
- Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, in Dune
“If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We’re all in this beauty together!”
- Paul Muad’Dib Atreides, in Dune Messiah
“This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief in barriers to understanding. You put aside understanding itself. This universe cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be detected in any way by fixed perceptions. It is the ultimate void where no preordained screens occur upon which forms may be projected. You have only one awareness here — the screen of the magi: Imagination! Here, you learn what it is to be human. You are a creator of order, of beautiful shapes and systems, an organizer of chaos.”
- The Atreides Manifesto, Bene Gesserit Archives, in Heretics of Dune
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All-Sky Panorama - Novalis On Abstraction
“Before abstraction everything is one, but one like chaos; after abstraction everything is united again, but this union is a free binding of autonomous, self-determined beings. Out of a mob a society has developed, chaos has been transformed into a manifold world.”
- Novalis, Blüthenstaub (1798), Fragment No. 95
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Leonard Cohen - What Is A Saint?
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“What is a saint? A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible to say what that possibility is. I think it has something to do with the energy of love. Contact with this energy results in the exercise of a kind of balance in the chaos of existence. A saint does not dissolve the chaos; if he did the world would have changed long ago. I do not think that a saint dissolves the chaos even for himself, for there is something arrogant and warlike in the notion of a man setting the universe in order. It is a kind of balance that is his glory. He rides the drifts like an escaped ski. His course is the caress of the hill. His track is a drawing of the snow in a moment of its particular arrangement with wind and rock. Something in him so loves the world that he gives himself to the laws of gravity and chance. Far from flying with the angels, he traces with the fidelity of a seismograph needle the state of the solid bloody landscape. His house is dangerous and finite, but he is at home in the world. He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.”
- Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers (1966)
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Leonard Cohen - The Partisan (Live) Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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“What is a saint? A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible to say what that possibility is. I think it has something to do with the energy of love. Contact with this energy results in the exercise of a kind of balance in the chaos of existence. A saint does not dissolve the chaos; if he did the world would have changed long ago. I do not think that a saint dissolves the chaos even for himself, for there is something arrogant and warlike in the notion of a man setting the universe in order. It is a kind of balance that is his glory. He rides the drifts like an escaped ski. His course is the caress of the hill. His track is a drawing of the snow in a moment of its particular arrangement with wind and rock. Something in him so loves the world that he gives himself to the laws of gravity and chance. Far from flying with the angels, he traces with the fidelity of a seismograph needle the state of the solid bloody landscape. His house is dangerous and finite, but he is at home in the world. He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.”
- Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers (1966)
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John Lennon - Instant Karma
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“Nothing in the world is single,
All things by a law divine
In one another’s being mingle
—
Why not I with thine?’”
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Love’s Philosophy
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