Ride the waves like your life depends on it, because it does.

This is not real.
All is illusion.

Knowing,
Yet still stuck in the paradigms
Mind has created.

Oh woe is me!
Nightmares plaguing,
Feels like running in jello,
Petrified.

Not getting anywhere,
Struggling so, so hard.
To no avail.

Desperate.
I want to leave.
I want to leave.
I want to leave.

While in the cycle of seemingly endless suffering,
Realize that it is brought about and kept alive by desire,
Based on the assumption of a self-existent "I".
Renounce.
Let go.

Longing for the non-dual state and lucidity so deeply.

I want to be free.
I want to be free.
I want to be free.

Pacing, twisting, grasping,
Thrashing back and forth in the bed of delusion.
The pain is real and unbearable,
And persistently present in all actions,
Waking or sleeping,
There’s no difference.

All brought about by desire.
Renounce,
For desire only justifies a state of lack.
Let go.

It is time to get serious.
Make a move on your spiritual path.

What is a Desire-to-Escape, really?
It's a wish for freedom and clarity.
It’s a wish for full Conscious Control,
Empowerment over the Direction of the inner quality of existence.

Subconscious mind doesn’t have direct access to the senses,
It perceives only whatever goes on in the conscious mind all day.
So what we think and do all day, we feed to our subconscious.

And we take it to bed.

Dreaming is a digestive process.
What our subconscious is fed with,
That we dream of.

If all we supply are distractions, clutter and delusion,
That's what will be found in our dreams.

If mind is clear,
The true nature of things realized
Delusions cut through and
Awareness sharp —
The focus of mind turned on itself —
That's what our dreams will hold.


What our dreams hold
is an immediate reflection
of the Inner Quality of our Existence.

Take A Fall. Let Go.

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As you develop your concentration on the clarity of your consciousness, you will reach a point where you will be only at the conscious level [...]. You have gone beyond the physical, beyond the world of the five senses. Because you have thrown off the blankets of the superstitions, the heavy wrong conceptions, you will feel so unified, and you will have an experience of space, universal space.

— Lama Yeshe: Mahamudra. How to Discover Our True Nature

Sleep happens to you
It's not a failure if you can't

In any case, you will at some point
Fall

You'll let go
And you'll forget where you are

If you can't
I'll stay up, I'll stay up too
I'd rather see everything as a blur tomorrow
If you do

Silence is golden.

This is Archeofuturism. It is the synthesis of sustainability and will, principle and form, timelessness and change, order and chaos, responsibility and creativity, duty and freedom.

Archeofuturism obliterates limiting systems and creates an openness out of which new forms may arise without the lingering corruption and stagnation of obsolete models of thought.

It is at once a radically open and thoroughly grounded framework - a synthetic worldview in the fullest meaning.

The Archeofuturist rejects attachment to labels and perspectives, preferring instead to utilize these things as tools for navigating the world. No clinging, only fluidity. All comes down to the vision, and circumstances are always framed in whaveter way is most conducive towards the manifestation of this vision.

The Archeofuturist likewise prioritizes critical/dynamic thought, self-actualization, and spiritual sovereignty. The expansion of consciousness is the basis out of which he acts.

The frame of Archeofuturism works to maximize the level of creativity and will to power that can be sustained without burning out in an uncontrollable diffusion of energy. It is vitalized balance.

Archeofuturism strikes the middle way, reconciling the Olympians and Titans:

Prometheus is sometimes translated as "forethought" and, as such, fundamentally represents the breaking out of one state into another - he is innovation and the progenitor of the new. He is the radical overthrowing of an existing order and the bringer of a new dawn.

In this context, he represents opposition to the Olympians and what would be framed as stagnant order. He is a new light illuminating a new day for mankind and all of those clinging to old forms screech and shield their eyes from this blinding sunrise.

Yet, for the crime of stealing the Olympian fire, and with it giving humanity technology, knowledge, and civilization, Prometheus was condemned by Zeus to eternal torment. He was bound to a rock, and an eagle (the emblem of Zeus) came to peck out his liver every day in an endless cycle, not unlike that of the Buddhist conception of samsara.

Now, if we view things from a bit of a different angle than just the Olympian = oppressor mentality, we can pull something else out of this.

Thinking about Zeus as the creator of all things and as representing law and order (the order which upholds all of reality), then we see Prometheus from the frame of someone always grasping for the new with no thought of any validity that the pre-existing may have - someone rashly casting aside the old simply out of discontent.

For this transgression, Prometheus had eternal suffering inflicted upon him specifically focusing on the liver. This is important because in ancient Greece, the liver was thought to be the seat of emotions. Could we not say that the Buddhist conception of duhkha is experienced through the emotional sense of lack and hollowness?

When we break this down, we see how the endless pursuit of newness and will simply for the sake of it is not sustainable and inevitably leads to eternal suffering. That Prometheus, as the embodiment of human striving, while absolutely having great value, is not in and of itself enough.

What is clear is that there must be a balance between the two sides. There has to be a synthesis.

It is the creative and innovative Promethean essence which Archeofuturism encompasses within the futurist pole while balancing it with the groundedness and order of the Olympians on the archaic side.

It is in this way that Archeofuturism must be understood as a truly dynamic and authentic synthesis in the most profound sense - it takes the positive elements from seemingly opposed poles and merges them together into a new fusion. This fusion transcends the limits of either position and opens up pathways and opportunities that would previously have been impossible.

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The Mystery of the Grail: The Celtic Cauldron

The origins of the grail mythos is often widely disputed with many citing it as a strictly Christian relic while others look to further afield to Persia and the near East. In tracing back it’s mythological origins the Celtic Cauldron holds a significant role as a cultural and mythical object and is considered to be the precursor to the Grail.

The cauldron appears as a prominent motif within Celtic narratives, with the Dagda, a deity, possessing a ‘cauldron of plenty’ that nourishes valiant warriors but denies food to cowards.

The cauldron is also associated with the Celtic goddess Cerridwen, her magical cauldron takes a year and a day to brew its potent knowledge and inspiration potion. Her wisdom earns her the Crone status, aligning her with the darker aspect of the Triple Goddess. Symbolised by a white sow, she embodies both fertility and motherly strength as a goddess of the Underworld. Cerridwen is revered by for her connection to the full moon as both the Mother and the Crone. This vessel also appears within the Celtic legend of Bran the Blessed. Bran, mighty warrior-god, obtains a magical cauldron of wisdom and rebirth from Cerridwen.

The cauldron while also perhaps a physical vessel symbolizes rebirth, renewal, fertility, and sustenance, often linked to water-based cults. Actual Celtic cauldrons have been discovered in aquatic settings, indicating they were offered as votive objects.

Notably, the Gunderstrup cauldron was dismantled and placed in a peat bog as a ritual offering. A similar practice involved depositing valuable weaponry into bodies of water as offerings to otherworldly water deities, echoing the Arthurian tale of the Lady of the Lake gifting and later reclaiming Excalibur.

Irish mythology recounts four magical items, including the Cauldron of the Dagda. These artefacts were introduced to Ireland by the Tuatha de Danaan, a conquering race described as Otherworld faery beings. These items, along with the Stone of Destiny, the Spear of Lugh, and the Sword of Nuada, held symbolic importance in Celtic culture. In the Grail stories, these magical items serve as the basis for the symbols of the Cup, Spear, Stone, and Dish, collectively known as the four hallows.

Don't accidentally challenge fate. Do it on purpose.

Wish for the things you need for your development. Wish for a heck of a lesson on something you've been struggling with for ages. Life will give it to you exactly as you've asked for, full force, no holding back.
Exactly as you need, and never more than you can handle.

And exactly as you wish, so mind your wording.

I've been quietly hoping for a course of events that would force me to change. I wished for a teaching that even my thick stubborn little mind could grasp. And here I am, getting a wonderful chance at learning spontaneity, to cut me loose from the limitations of trying to plan every little thing in advance.

If in your heart of hearts, you are (even secretly or unknowingly) aiming to achieve something — and your wishing goes beyond the mundane "I want"s and "I need"s because it emerges from a deeper source, for a higher cause — be ready to get thrown around in the crashing waves of experience as a new reality unfolds, shifting to align with your wishful thinking.

Stay present throughout. Ride the wave. 🌊

Know that you're only ever facing certain events on your path because of your steering that way. Even if it's not done consciously, you're still influencing the course of events. All the time.

We deeply open up to the opportunity to learn by wishing that life teach us a lesson about something we're struggling with.
Life does the teaching, all we need to do is apprehend. Take it in.

Regular mindfulness practice will allow for awareness and a calm sense of trust throughout the chaotic process.

With awareness, we may spot the mechanisms that lie beneath turbulent occurrences by observing our own thought and action patterns with their respective outcome, thus enabling us to use these mechanisms to our own advantage and to the benefit of all.

Without awareness, we may get stuck on the perception that all the bad things happening are ultimate. Instead of seeing the transformative character of hardship and challenges, we may perceive them as the be-all, end-all, and fall into suffering. We'd be taken by the tide rather than riding the waves.

Thus, we create merit or doom ourselves.
The choice is entirely ours.