Wolinsky's Work
Hi everybody, I'm a little disillusioned about Wolinsky. I still love his work "Trances People Live," and I recommend this book highly. But "Trances" was just the beginning of the story. And, I'm not so sure about the rest (I've been listening to his tape series "Waking From the Trance"). There's a part of me that resonates to it, and then there's another (much bigger part) that feels like there's something missing. I'll tell you why. His beliefs:
1) Everything is once substance (okay, I can buy that)
2) Since everything is basically space, that means that everything is nothing (just energy or consciousness with no intelligence)
3) There is no such thing as purpose and meaning
4) There is no such thing as a person's "path," or that they are "divinely guided."
5) No such things as Healing Resources (angels, spiritual guides, masters)
6) No such things as Reincarnation or Karma
7) No such things as synchronicity, "Meant to be," or that "We create our own reality."
Why, because everything is nothing. And we have no ability to change it. It all just is what it is.
What else he says is to "Question Everything." Aha! That is something I have always done. And I question his beliefs.
I think people need and deserve purpose and meaning (which means hope). And hope creates a will to live. And people are born with a real common denominator: the will to survive. Otherwise, you may as well crawl into a hole and wait for death. And we don't do that. So where does the intelligence come from to not do that? Otherwise life is really just a great, big cosmic joke. And I can't believe that.
I believe the universe contains an intelligence that we can not be aware of by checking it under a microscope, or by meditating or by reaching the space between space. There's something else to life that we just don't know about yet, and may never.
How else do you explain how thoughts and prayers influence matter. Even words influence matter (i.e. Messages from Water). How people who gather with one thought can lower crime rates. Nope. There's something more..
I choose to believe that I have a purpose and a path, and that each one of us do. It helps me get out of bed in the morning. How about you?
And when I look at an exquisite flower, everything in me says that an intelligent being created that. Not just a speck of dust doing it's thing.
So maybe I'm in a trance of denial, but I think it's a trance I'll stay in for a while. It makes me happy.
1) Everything is once substance (okay, I can buy that)
2) Since everything is basically space, that means that everything is nothing (just energy or consciousness with no intelligence)
3) There is no such thing as purpose and meaning
4) There is no such thing as a person's "path," or that they are "divinely guided."
5) No such things as Healing Resources (angels, spiritual guides, masters)
6) No such things as Reincarnation or Karma
7) No such things as synchronicity, "Meant to be," or that "We create our own reality."
Why, because everything is nothing. And we have no ability to change it. It all just is what it is.
What else he says is to "Question Everything." Aha! That is something I have always done. And I question his beliefs.
I think people need and deserve purpose and meaning (which means hope). And hope creates a will to live. And people are born with a real common denominator: the will to survive. Otherwise, you may as well crawl into a hole and wait for death. And we don't do that. So where does the intelligence come from to not do that? Otherwise life is really just a great, big cosmic joke. And I can't believe that.
I believe the universe contains an intelligence that we can not be aware of by checking it under a microscope, or by meditating or by reaching the space between space. There's something else to life that we just don't know about yet, and may never.
How else do you explain how thoughts and prayers influence matter. Even words influence matter (i.e. Messages from Water). How people who gather with one thought can lower crime rates. Nope. There's something more..
I choose to believe that I have a purpose and a path, and that each one of us do. It helps me get out of bed in the morning. How about you?
And when I look at an exquisite flower, everything in me says that an intelligent being created that. Not just a speck of dust doing it's thing.
So maybe I'm in a trance of denial, but I think it's a trance I'll stay in for a while. It makes me happy.
1 Comments:
Thank you for your comments re Wolinsky's work. I agree with you. I believe the greater "trance" is to live as the hollow man without hope or purpose.
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