Hello, first post here… I figured this would be a good place to put out some really interesting things i’ve found, any criticism or pointing out of mistakes is greatly appreciated
So theres a lot to this theory, I’ll do my very best to make it cohesive and to-the-point… Though it probably won’t be.
I grew up in a very traditional Christian family, going to church regularly. Although I appreciate seeing “that side of the coin” I always felt that something wasn’t right, I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent studying other peoples reaction to the music, preacher, etc…
I have a great interest in human psychology and origins, among other things. An uncontrollable desire to “figure it out” although the more I learn, the more questions I end up with.
The origin of god...
The innate human drive to reach for the divine, what is it? I believe people have a huge tendency to externalize… Why is it so easy to figure out the people around you, but not yourself? (hint hint, the human mind is a master at deceiving itself)
We are animals, all life on earth shares similar qualities, cities are as natural as beehives and anthills. Now, Humans have the unique ability to collect information about the world around them and make conscious decisions based on that, we are the part of “creation” that can look at itself… Life exists for no other reason than to experience itself.
God isn’t the bearded man in the sky, God is the spark of life, the nature of existence… Not good or bad, but all encompassing.
Good and evil is very human, and is the price of knowing, you can’t experience one without knowing the other, this is the law of duality. Now this is where things get interesting…
The origin of the Devil...
What I want to focus on here is the unconscious mind, the reptilian mind if you will.
This is like the pre-set “program” of the mind, Its pre verbal, and it handles the things you don’t think about… Reactions, impulses, instincts, and so on. It’s fundamental for survival, and needed for consciousness to be possible.
It’s called the reptilian mind because its functions are essentially the same as reptiles (who aren’t evolved past that point) I’ve been playing with this recently using methods of trance, self hypnosis, reaction based games, and a few others.
Now music is also unconscious, you don’t think about every note you hit on a guitar, you don’t premeditate the bursts of creativity when you improvise something that sounds amazing, it just comes to you.
In christianity Lucifer was an angel of worship, of music, before his fall. He convinced Eve to eat the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, he is the source of temptation and deception. Lots of famous musicians claim to have received knowledge from the devil. See what I’m getting at? The devil made me do it
So this primal part of our mind which can do things that our conscious mind regrets later… Seems pretty close to me. the devil is not an entity, but biology. Its just hard for lots of people to grasp the concept that you can’t put everything in a box and label it…
Lastly… the idea of eternal life seems pretty egocentric, and comes from people either being disappointed with this life and hoping its better on the “other side”, or people wanting to preserve their ego, as everyone is the center of their own universe…
I don’t think I missed too much, what do you guys think?