Most of you probably already know this, but it’s good to be reminded of.

70% of our DNA exactly matches that of trees. And a staggering 99% with apes.

We all know that we are unique, but it’s funny how that can blind us from how similar we are to all things teran. For a while now I’ve only thought of how I am like a tree in a spiritual way. Now it comes together that there is may be reasons behind our bond that can be explained without tapping the metaphysical. If it is possible to fully explain our connection to Earth using science as a tool, then how would we react to something truely foreign. If you were introduced to something humans don’t fathom, would you have a connection to it in the same way you do to a tree, or is our connection to the tree simply chemical. Is there a connection between everything simply because they share the same universe? With stars as an exception, I’ve never related to anything outside our solarsystem. Are we all really the same, or are we ignorant fools? We thought we were the center of the universe out of self love, are we to make the same mistake thinking that we are made up of the same things the rest of the universe is?

Where does the physical start and the mind end?

I often find myself categorizing the the physical is somehow more “real” then whatever else there is. This whatever else, my perception for instance, is in reality the only thing that I can say is “real” as it is the only thing that I can truly grasp.

So there is this glaring question. What is this only real thing that I can grasp if it is not somehow physical? Where does “reality” stop and physicality begin if these things are in fact different?

It is often said that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. So if this is the case then doesn’t it seem reasonable to say that everything is one thing. So which one is it? Do we live in a purely physical world, where everything is in fact a function of physical interactions or alternatively are we in a world where everything is a function of perception where this idea of perception is all that there is without what we deem a “physical” world.

Whichever way it is I’m going to keep convincing myself that this coffee I’m drinking is delicious no matter what my senses keep telling me.

There are many people who practice something called “positive affirmation”. This entails repeatedly writing down sentences meant to reinforce positive self image, productivity, and future goal achievement. An example of a positive affirmation might be: “I will get a 94 on my history test.” If the individual writes this sentence enough times in a concentrated, almost meditative manner, he or she is in my opinion very likely to get a 94, or at least a satisfyingly good grade on the test. Of course, without studying this would not work.

The application of Will is worth experimenting with, for sure. I have spent a lot of time playing with positive affirmation, even to the extent of using what is called Chaos or Pop Magick. My feelings about the subject are in no way solid. However, I have learned the importance of the reminder. In the more recent years of my life, the brain change that I have experienced has led to much greater self awareness, and along the path there have been many points and lessons that I try to keep present in my mind. This is very difficult most of the time, it being very easy to get distracted. It is therefore important to maintain some set of reminders, ones that can easily be brought to the individual’s attention, that trigger memory of specific truths or even emotions, ones that you choose and prefer to keep close to the surface.

I think it would be sad in many ways to have to wake up in the morning and write down repeatedly a list that becomes the method for feeling good about yourself or getting things done. At the same time, however, there is definitely value in keeping certain thoughts present.

Here are the things that I must keep reminding myself of:

-Stay to the middle, avoid dogmatic thinking.
-Perception is the interaction between myself and what I am perceiving. I most often cannot apprehend the majority of the simultaneous processes involved in that interaction, so what I abstract from experience has largely to do with the way I subconsciously apply past experience to the present.
-I write the script of my life, and I choose to write a winner script.
-Embrace not knowing, live as much as possible in the flow of things.
-I often feel the need to make drastic changes in my life, involving relationships and routines. I think in the moment that this feeling is because of my surroundings, the people I am with, etc, but it is ultimately because of my own head. Problems that appear to be in the outside world are really conflicts within. Cleansing the doors of perception, as Blake said, is a good way to gain perspective on this.
-Everything that happens to me and everything that I do is the playing out of myself as a microcosm of the universe.

I keep these thoughts and others present as often in my day as I can, and I do so without having to practice writing down affirmations. Lately I have been experimenting with the use of sigils as reminders and as ways of focusing energy and attention to those thoughts, gaining a better grasp on them.

Some sigils would make great tattoos…

∞+∞=∞
[forever and ever everything is everything is everything forever and ever everything everything everything is everything my place in infinity is infinite is in infinity forever for everything is forever everything all of existence is a switch in the ‘on’ position strong position on position on one positive is all of existence forever and ever everything is everything]

Thanksgiving was an ancient American custom practiced until the mid-21 century. The purpose was to celebrate the incredible abundance and good fortune Americans had when compared to much of the world. The Americans celebrated their good fortune by gorging themselves on food, most notably the caracas of a dead bird known as a “turkey,” and a cake made from the innards of a large orange gourd.

Before the feast they would enjoy a parade, viewed on a hypno-box, in which giant facsimiles of idols from their capitalist religion (including the infamous deity Garfield, legendary for destroying the beautiful city of Lasagna) would be floated through the great city of New York. The parade was held in honor of one the highest capitalist powers, a god known as Macys. Macys was quite revered in ancient America, but she was a fading star. Shortly after the turn of the 21 century American religion started to shift towards monotheism. The new all-powerful god (”the one who was and who is and who is to come”) was known as Walmart. Walmart’s influence soon spread throughout the globe leading to a new era of religious warfare in which the heathens were brutally tortured and killed, and the believers were always treated to the lowest prices.

“A word about the term “shake and bake.” Anyone with a family to feed in the US knows what this term, properly “Shake ‘n Bake, means. Made by Kraft, it is a seasoning which is shaken onto chicken before baking. Its use gives the article the smack of reality. It’s the kind of thing US soldiers would say.”

From the BBC.