Belief Nexus

29/12/2025

In some parts of the world there are annual ceremonies that predate our known religious institutions. Many were symbolic of fertility and often reenact a scene of mythic proportions, such as the killing/death of a god and a new one installed. Examples of this can be seen typically in romance, occidental beliefs, like the Eleusinian Mysteries or Hathor Festival.
Inasmuch as they represent the deity/hero, it is not the case. There is no reincarnation, the honour is simply a tradition. However, as in ancient PIE beliefs, they are only god by being an avatar of Brahman as Atman, as essentially we all are.
Such traditions as the Kumari Bride, even Karmapa and Dalai Lama are falsely promoting reincarnation. It was the invasion of Genghis Khan and his empire that caused the region to be clever and avoid destruction by claiming that the priesthood could discern his heir, way beyond Khan's lifetime. This very clever idea stopped Kublai Khan from invading, and instead bestowing the title, Ocean of Wisdom, upon the then first 'Dalai Lama.'
The cosmos recycles, as we know, but each soul is unique and a portal through which the universe explores. We are the cosmos. We each are drops that make the ocean.
So, even though we may still enjoy the festivities of yesteryear and have ceremonies, be assured that there is only one of you and ever will be. People enjoy Holy days, as the bring people together in merriment, and the likes of the the Kumari Bride are great ways of unifying a community and allowing one 'to serve.' The ex-brides have their own support network and help the newly divorced wife adjust to normal life and personally, I like this idea of being special for a while, then part of something that traditionally has existed for millenia. And of course, it's a brilliant excuse for a party and holidays!
When one looks at it, these Holy days allow us to unite and celebrate, look back, look forward, give gifts and be present. It's a reminder that the cosmos celebrates, regardless of what we believe.
Being sought as a potential leader at the age of two years old, by the chance that the child picks the correct articles that the previous incumbent had, is not a way of ordaining anyone! A leader needs to be discerned and elected. The spiritual ceremonies maintain continuity throughout the passage of time, forwarding history to new generations, which is essentially for posterity. Yet believing you are a specific deity or hero, is merely delusion. We are all the universe. You are the cosmos, God. We all have equal share of identity within the church of universe. We each are special.
So enjoy being the bride, enjoy the festivities, enjoy Halloween, Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Eid, Easter, but don't delude yourself in being a god or hero - realise that we all are the cosmos. We all are God.

Lee Keith Freeman
aka Sougen Yügen

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Divinity Within.

Regardless of who or what you perceive Jesus to be, God as man or otherwise, there's no doubt that Jesus realised the divinity within himself. It's a fact. We too have the divine in us and about us.
You see, he described the kingdom of Heaven being very small and very big at the same time. If it's easier, envision the universe as God as you seek to understand how you're made in God's image. The universe produced the first atoms, gases, elements which eventually formed our galaxy, solar system and planet, then went on to produce you. You are a direct product of the universe. The very small atoms are the universe, which is actually huge, enormous. You are in the universe just as the universe is in you. So this is how you're in the image of God. The creator is within creation. The notions of belief and faith, is the magic which binds everything in this cosmos. What you believe affects your reality. And to see how the simplest of things, like light/photons work, is to see how faith works. This force and the very nature of the universe is in everything, making the creator evident in all things.
Now, everything that has free will, has these same constituent parts. This means that the divine is in you, for the creator is, as the universe is also. We just have this veil that keeps us from realising that the divine is in and all about us. It's been known since humans started 'believing,' for thousands of years.
With this in mind, even if you don't believe Jesus Christ is/was God in human form, there's absolutely no doubt that he knew the divinity within himself and the universe.
If we have the belief and faith, the magic of the cosmos, there's absolutely nothing that you cannot do. For it's what you believe that is your reality. And the reality is, that the thing that created us, the universe, is within us, which is undeniable.

Lee Keith Freeman aka Sougen Yügen.

05/03/2023

Mirrorverse

The universe is a mirror
Through which I gaze
Upon the glass that reveals
A reflection I recognise
Then let my vision ponder
Upon the skin, hair's, vessels,
The colour of my veins almost blue
Yet they hold red blood, which is born
From the stars.
All those elements, those gases, these atoms,
That make a mortal me,
An infinite soul inhabits.
I am the reflection upon the mirror,
I am the gazer and that which is gazed upon.
The mirror is the universe.
The universe is me.
There's no time
Like the present gift of life,
Like a blink, the immortal's eye opens
just long enough to glimpse
Behind the veil, lies the truth,
And all along,
It was in front of me.

Lee Keith Freeman
aka Sougen Yügen

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