Gaining My Religion - Part One: A CULT-ural Standpoint

     There are, without doubt, plenty of religions out there in the man made world, and one of the newest it seems is growing rather rapidly in the western world, and that is of course Unilateral Arsessism.

For those of you whom are unaware of Unilateral Arsessism here is some background information:

   Yes Arsessism is similar to Narcissism, but the self-love in this case has the capacity to turn a human being into something quite disdainful, that's right - a complete and utter Arse; also known as being an Arse, rather than a Human Being.

Let me fill you in with a little detail related to this new way of being. Arsessism is a natural gap word; a word that fills a gap in the English language. It is also the coming together of two words, Arse and Narcissism. In fact a Narcissistic Arse is definitely a candidate for the religious cult known to all of us (as of now) as Unilateral Arsessism because let's face it, the world is full of them - the only problem is, well, most of them don't even know that they are already full blown members - what complete Arse's! And I may well be one of them . . . 

. . . (a member that is), but I wouldn't know, would I, how could I? Unilateral Arsessists are oblivious to the condition to which they belong - they quite literally don't know what they don't know, which in, and of, itself means they only know that others around them are complete and utter Arse's, especially if those others disagree with them about anything - which makes complete and utter sense from an Arse's point of view, well obviously, even though all an Arse can see is complete and utter crap (one way and/or another, ahem).

I have a suggestion for you, do yourself a favour, don't get into an argument (unless you fancy a laugh) with a Unilateral Arsessist - about anything - because if you do they'll do their utmost to strike you down with their Arsessisticly Unilateral standpoint! Never forget that a Unilateral Arsessistic point of view can never, Never, NEVER - be wrong - right? Right! The Arse has to be right because s/he can see everything from the perfection of their Unilateral standpoint! Makes perfect sense doesn't it? Well it does if you agree with me, if not, well - YOU CAN FECKING SOD OFF . . .

That was an example of a Unilateral Arsessist getting very angry and telling you to SOD OFF, and very impressive it was as well, I'm sure you'll agree. Anger is a very good way for Unilateral Arsessism to demonstrate its total authoritarian authenticity from whichever side of the Polarity dominated world it happens to look at life from, and there are many sides from which one can take a gander, let me show you.

A Unilateral Arsessist may be a religionist, in other words someone whom believes in religion, or they be a non believer, it makes no difference once they have taken a stance, once they've been conditioned to have an opinion about anything whatsoever, from that point on that's it - they're blinded by what they are attached to.

The attachment itself is what makes them a Unilateral Arsessistic Member!

(yes, I did say Member)

Even an atheist, yes I know this is very hard to accept but, yes, even an atheist may well be a Unilateral Arsessist (an Atheist Member) - and without knowing it! I know, absolutely astonishing isn't it? And why may they be so? They may be so because they hold a stance, a position of Unilateral standing, whereby they know with (almost) all certainty that they're right, and those Unilateral Creationist Arsessists must therefore, by default, be wrong. Stands to reason really, well that's their Unilateral Arsessistic reasoning anyway!

WARNING: The following Video demonstrates a man in a corner losing

his Religion.Thankfully no Unilateral Arsessists were harmed in

the making of this Video

(well none we know of anyway).

 

 

Here's a Smack in the Face for Ya!

     That wasn't 100% accurate, when 0ne said that no one perceives the change in me, which 0ne implied in one's last post, that wasn't exactly accurate because someone I work with, we'll call him Pav (because that's his name), he asked something quite interesting. He asked quite out of the blue - in a loud blurt it out sort of way - in the office last week, in front of everyone (well everyone in the office at the time, which was a fair number), "Why are you always so happy Doug?"

Generally speaking, although 0ne doesn't generally generalise, but hey, let this be an exception to the rule - but generally speaking, well 0ne is not so much happy as, what's an accurate wordage here? Um, harmonious, will that do? You see, 0neness isn't happy or unhappy, 0neness, and therefore 0ne ain't happy one moment and unhappy the next - no. 0ne simply is and therefore 0ne's energy is in equilibrium, even when tired 0ne simply is what's unfolding as is.

Pav has only known 0ne for three months, and only at work, so he doesn't know what a complete arse Doug McMillan can be at times, but generally speaking he hit the nail on the head did Pavel. You see, 0ne isn't controlled by the polarity swing that the personality is controlled by. 0neness is at the point of equilibrium where all polarities meet. It is balanced, and therefore harmonious, and regardless of what unfolds it responds from that point of equilibrium, balance and harmony. The personality, meanwhile, will react emotionally. 0neness or being is presence itself and responds from that, whilst the personality reacts from its base of emotional insecurities. The difference is marked, and remarkable - even to the 0ne observing the unfolding as 0ne's own life.

Being is what 0ne is, and being is unfolding out of the point of stillness, love, peace and harmony. It is equilibrium in action - unfolding out from the centre of the dynamo - out into existence, as life itself. Being becomes form. And in form, as wo/man, being unfolds out of the point of equilibrium-0neness to become everything-duality.

When you became conditioned you lost that connection with equilibrium-0neness because the conditioning process moved you that nth of a degree out of balance! Individuals (individuated personalities) are just that nth out of alignment, and therefore see life purely as individuals.

When 0ne is being, 0ne is simply the unfolding of what is. What is is also realised as a sense of joy, wonder, harmony, love  . . . all at 0nce! And life unfolds unproblematically. In other words life works as it is meant to when 0ne has realised 0ne's true identity.

0ne's true identity, what is that? Well it isn't something you can go in search of, that's for sure. You may have heard of people who have gone in search of themselves, "I had to find myself" they say, or something akin. Well if you ever find yourself be sure to tell yourself that you've just turned totally schizophrenic now won't you?

    Look, it isn't possible to find yourself. Sorry, but any self you find will just be another re-jig of your conditioned individuality. The fact is, and that's why 0ne is here writing this open Blog to you, the fact is there is no you, no self to find.

So what can you find? Well nothing. Really? Yes, really. You can potentially discover that you are as nothing, and in so doing - you will vanish. What will remain? Ah, well maybe you need to read this Blog post over again, and again, and again . . . until the moment of realisation hits you . . .

 SMACK IN THE FACE!!!!

What Remains?

    The change that has taken place here, what is it? There's been a change that no one else perceives here in the writer, and that's because apparent others perceive an apparent Doug from their position as an individual person, which (as we discovered in the last post on this Blog) is an nth of a degree away from this, from simply being what is unfolding . . .

What has changed? "Everything and yet, paradoxically, nothing" - is the answer.

The change is love. I'm in Love. With Life. With Life in it's totality. With Life with a capital L - Yes, I'm in Love with Life - In fact, I am Love, and yet all there is is Love - everything unfolding is Love in action. Even simply sitting on a chair, or feeling tired - sleepy or sleeping - it's all a love affair with being alive. All of it. Ready for the shock now? Work, yes even getting up at the crack of dawn (I do hope Dawn doesn't mind ;-) and going to work - even that is a part of the love affair that is life unfolding. Truly amazing it is too. Life is full of wonder now in a way that it wasn't previously . . . even when doing those seemingly mundane jobs like washing up or gardening, Love is.

When the sense of 'I' disappeared something was here ready and waiting to reveal itself; it was always here, although obscured by something unreal - the unreality that is the conditioned-individuated personality. The personality was the obstacle.

The intriguing aspect here is that real Love, which is unconditioned, unconditional and simply flows freely, has no individuality whatsoever . . . None! Zilch my friend, nada, zip, in fact Zippo-diddly-squat - to be exact! It simply is.

"Is what?"

Love simply is whatever is unfolding as is. It's everything all at once, Smack - *BANG* - Wallop this is it - and yet it includes every aspect of life - yes, even what might be perceived as painful by the conditioned mind. This Love is completely, in a total sense, impersonal. And yet it is all encompassing - hence it is also known as 0neness. This Love is a Love for everything all at once, for it is Love itself - the Lover - The 0ne.

Love is being, pure and simple presence unfolding, and it is beautiful beyond compare haha, haaaaa - oh yeahhhhh. It is what you are. It is what you are when you get out of the way, when you are no more: You being the conditioned person, the individual whom lives separately and apart from others, even amidst, seemingly, a loving relationship.

Ironically, 0ne can't tell you to Love unconditionally, you can't be told, because this love has nothing to do with you, or what you want or don't want. What do you want, a manual, a set of instructions maybe? Or a demonstration of unconditional Love? Sorry, no can do!

So, what has happened here within the writer? Nothing, and yet everything has changed, why, how? Let go of the questions, let go of the questioner, and what remains? Not till all your questions have been asked and answered can 0ne do that. If questions exist within you, and you don't ask them, then you'll remain the questioner and miss your lover! Your lover being a greater reality than the individuated personality can ever imagine, or experience whilst lost in the conditioned mind. And yet life goes on exactly as it did before.

Arguments can happen here, yes, sometimes there is even tiredness and irritability unfolding here, but there is no attachment to it - no overwhelming sense of defensiveness - no sense of emotional identity invested in it - none. I repeat, everything is exactly as it was previously - but now, even though the lights are on brighter than ever, there's no one home. Meaning? Meaning there is no personally attached individual holding on like grim death to a conditioned attitude, belief or opinion - that's all dead and gone. But 0ne can stand 0ne's ground, 0ne can stand up for what is real and true - and 0ne does.

     The fact is there are no more questions here within the writer, and no more seeking, for it is the seeker that is dead. The seeker, he whom needed to know and understand his purpose and life's meaning has fallen on his sword - the dragon is dead! What remains is a love affair with life, what remains is unconditional Love.

Just Like Oil Off The Hand

     Like a song that cunnilingers on a lovers tongue, 

and yet tastes of another tune, 

memories from a past life 

experienced but a handful of years 

bygone, 

like Cranberries on Blueberry Hill, 

out of place 

in this space and 

timelessness, 

which is nothing but the unfolding verse, 

the one verse, 

a 

uni-versal song 

of life 

where division equals 

none, 

and that which knows no other 

still awaits 

its lovers embrace 

with a taste like a breastful'a 

grapes, 

whilst the past hinders its 

presence 

as all there is, has been 

or can be, 

until it is washed away 

by the falling rain, 

gradually, 

just like oil off the hand . . .

Written by: 

The Unfolding

Asis.

It Happened On facebook . . .

. . . on a Tuesday in April, this week - a week not dissimilar to any other week except during this week, on a Tuesday, in a month called April it happened, and it happened on facebook - YES, Bill Murray asked an innocent question, and he got more than he bargained for. That's right, he got no Spoons . . .

William Murrayposted toDoug McMillan

Tuesday

Where has Doug been hiding lately?

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  Doug McMillan Well there has been very little interaction on here when I've posted, sooo - hey, I've been blogging though, didn't you notice? Well, 0ne has 

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  William Murray I've read a few over the last month or so. Need to check why I'm not receiving updates if you're posting more. People interact little with me... it happens. Good to see things are well with you.

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  Doug McMillan Thanks, they are - but are things well with you Bill?

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  William Murray Many people are demanding my time between work and home. Having difficulties balancing everything but otherwise all is well.

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  Doug McMillan Yin-Yang thank you man! Harmony - a balance to everything - comes about externally when realised internally. Remember Bill, there is no spoon . . .

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  William Murray Those around me see a spoon, though. 

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  Doug McMillan . . . while there's a you to think that, then that's how it'll be; regardless of all else, there is no you 

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  Doug McMillan When there is no you then everything simply unfolds as is, unproblematically, not that any perceived 'you' can do anything about changing any of it anyway! Put another way, the spoon simply is, it knows no label . . .

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  William Murray Got it! Reminders help!

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  Doug McMillan Who said that? Hey, great to hear from 'you' Bill 

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  William Murray 'You' as well.

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  Doug McMillan . . and the spoon is put to use as is . .

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I'll have a 69 Please, with a slice of risque on the side - thanks!

Ford: You're looking for the Ultimate Question.

Zaphod: Yep.

Ford: You.

Zaphod: Me.

Ford: Why?

Zaphod: No, I tried that: Why? 42. Doesn't work.

     The answer to the ultimate question is? Well it follows the answer to the penultimate question . . . that's the absolute truth of the matter, especially when you're a penult short of a last syllable.  Anyway, Zaphod got his 'Math' wrong, the answer is obviously 69, which according to my local Chinese takeaway is pretty tasty, but when you think about it, well, 69, when enjoyed in a sideways position equates pretty damned approximately to a numerical Yin-Yang symbol. Obviously. 69 - look again - 69 See? And therefore one can see, and thus follow, 0ne's logic here, right? The 6 & 9 are . . .

. . in Perfect Harmony.

   Science has been looking for the answer to the Ultimate Question since . . . since Science began? Yes, Science had a beginning, doesn't everything? Yes, and an end apparently in this apparent existence, however, this existence is only apparent - apparently. My question here though is not as grand as an ultimate question, not even as grand as a back up penultimate question, my question is, oh, I forget - I took too long writing to get to the point quickly enough to remember not to forget the question. Hmmm.....

Ah yes, Science - does it know the answer? Isn't science always an nth of a degree short of a basket full of mice with the savvy to come up with a dolphins equation other than "So long and thanks for all the fish"? That's right, science is always, and will remain always, forever and a day (amen) an nth of a degree out!

Why? Why will science remain so far short of le grande discovery? Because it starts from a supposition that is an nth of a degree short of a place worth starting. You can't start by asking 'Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?', no, No, NO - and if you really want to know the answer all you have to do is order both from eBay and see which arrives first - I already know the answer. Don't pester me with the results of your own experiments, thanks!¬

Been there, done that, sold the t-shirt on eBay - made a pretty penny actually, can't complain, thanks for asking. And yes, it did have the answer to the Ultimate Question written on it, which you already know the answer to....

What if there isn't an answer? What if there is only a solution, rather than an answer? What if the mind, whether the mind of a religionist or scientist et al, can not know, cannot understand this subject enough to get beyond the nth of a degree short it happens to be? In other words, what if the mind itself is an nth of a degree out? Hm, what then?

Are you going to humour me here by staying with me? Do you get the gist of the suggestion being brought to the table? What if the mind itself, the thinker, is looking at the question from a position that is already that nth of a degree away from the starting point? Are you getting it yet my friend, or are you still imagining what it would be like to be in that 69 position right now with the partner of your dreams?

Come back, bring your attention into this moment. What am I suggesting? The suggestion here is that the mind, the mind you are looking at life through right now, that's the one, got it(?) - is already an nth of a degree out of sync with reality when it asks the Ultimate Question. Going further, your attention, yes the attention which is now paying attention to these words, is also an nth out. Sorry to be the one to break it to you bud, but it's about time someone did, yep, you really are a raisin short of a fruit and nut cake. Or put another, more polite, way - Nah!

The word solution was mentioned. Questions lead to answers that lead to yet more questions leading to more answers and more questions . . . the vicious (nth degree out) circle, not dissimilar to the one mentioned earlier about the chicken and the egg, and yet still no one knows who crossed the road first, or why?

   And that's the problem with questions, they start in the mind, which is an nth of a degree away from the starting point. The starting point being at the absolute centre of the universe, which is what you are before you lose yourself within the notional idea of an individuated you with a mind of your own with which to pay attention to whatever you choose to pay attention to . . .

The solution is what remains when there are no more questions, 

when the questioner is no more.

Do You See This?

. . . so the unfolding is a display, a revelation if you will, of - what? What unfolds is simply what is, but what is is then converted by the mind (individuated personality) into something else. The something else isn't important - it could be anything - what is important is to see that it happens. Do You?

What unfolds is nothingness as it becomes something; that something is what is before you, this is it - there is nothing more. Of course society, the educational system et al has you convinced otherwise, and that is actually okay, it's exactly, yes - 'e x a c t l y' as it is meant to be, otherwise it would be different . . . wouldn't it? Yes . . .

The display-revelation is simply the unfolding of life itself, life in all its Glory - unadulterated life - BANG! Here it is - this is it! Then the mind pops up with commentary, the individual has an opinion, a belief even - engendered by a lifetime of conditioning, and in an instant *PUFF* - life is adulterated!

This Blog is also a display, a revelation, an unfolding; what is being revealed is nothing, it is the nothingness in which the reader is unfolding as what is, as life itself. Even the individuated personality is the unfolding of nothingness, and nothingness is unfolding as everything all at once, there is No time involved - simply what is.

You are not what you think you are - in fact, wait for it - 'There Is No You', only a notion, an idea of individuation created by nothingness as it plays at being something - and that something is The Game of Life.

You are no more real than Zaphod Beeblebrox - and yet you are the only reality - but only when you are no more. Zaphod is a fictional character in a book (if you don't know which book, well you can Google that one), and I have the audacity to compare your level of reality with his? Yes, to make a point dear reader, to make a point - YES.

     The writer is unfolding, that is what the writer of this is, that's it - nothing more than the unfolding. Doug McMillan is a label, the label given at birth - it could have been any label, and there have been a few - however, best not digress, let us continue our unfolding here...

...the words you're reading are simply a communication unfolding out of nothingness, which is becoming these words, so that nothingness will resonate in the reader and thus recognise its very own nature as the unfolding of this. This is the revelation - do you see this?