Discourse on the Material World

You may think that there are some, perhaps many, in this ‘reality’ of life, who are not to be trusted, who will betray you, like Iagos of the imago or like Judas. But I tell you verily, that absolutely everything (and every one) in this physical world is created and bound to betray you eventually. This includes all you think prestigious, pleasurable, enjoyable, reliable or good. This includes (especially) that which you are proud of and it certainly includes that which you consider steady or steadfast and rely upon, however intimately, or however much in an impersonal or taken-for-granted way, known and acknowledged or hidden/denied/unawares and/or unknown, deliberate or accidental or coincidental.

Furthermore, it is my observation and experience that indicates and/or ‘tells’ me that one can’t be at all spiritual until such point as one gets this and approaches the physical world in such a fitting manner: not ‘hating’ mind you, for it is impossible to turn one’s back on everything and everyone in the physical world, but with loving: by ceasing to make discrimination and distinction and with coming to the realization that all the physical world (and all “in” the physical world) is an eventual betrayal and a design – a feature not a bug, so to speak – a sort of cosmic entrapment.
In this context, why not think of that whole ‘what is loosed, what is bound’ concept. There is deep spiritual wisdom being taught right before your eyes.

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