A Conspiracy

A Conspiracy:

for me, there’s just one conspiracy theory that really matter and it’s largely been ignored. Really it’s the greatest of all, the one with the most hidden implications that would drastically change our lives if finally exposed. The conspiracy is in not knowing who we are and that we’ve been manipulated to keep the truth from reaching us, being ignorant of the forces at play here. This is what yoga calls the kleshas, five afflictions that keep us trapped in avidya, ignorance of who really are, and that the larger forces of attraction and aversions manipulate our every actions.

it’s a conspiracy against our liberation.

and entirely of our own making.

but not one we willing chose, it’s simply how the brain works to categorize the vast amount of information that it constantly receives, so much, that if left to do this on our own we would be quickly overwhelmed by the task at hand. We could liken the kleshas to clouds that begin to crowd the sky, eventually covering so much area that we’re no longer able to view the blue of its reality. We come to believe that the clouds control the sky, and indeed, even the sky buys into this conspiracy, abdicating its ability to respond to passing clouds, reacting to their every issue and command.