REMEMBER YOURSELF

Hakob Makachian

REMEMBER YOURSELF

REMEMBER YOURSELF

THE ESSENCE OF MAN

The Physiology of Our Desires

Feelings, arising in the depths of the unfathomable mind, push us toward inexplicable mechanical actions, veiling them in the guise of human life. Have you ever asked yourself where your desires lead, and why precisely there?

Each of us holds the conviction that it is he, and no one else, who conceives the most important and singular dreams and ideas. That it is he who is worthy of attaining that place which beckons with its grandeur and incomprehensibility. And that he alone has arrived to fulfill a special mission. The strange thing is that, while laboring under the pressure of egocentric intentions and imagining their own superiority over the rest, in reality most people merely use and bring to life the formulaic, ordinary dogmas implanted by society.

The double standard born in the depths of the enigmatic mind traces with precision the character of the individual in all its material manifestations. For example: the striving to rise above and dominate one's fellow man generates an interest in this particular incarnation of his, while the artificial, at times theatrical, demonstrations of one's intentions and deeds help to establish within the community a relatively stable and monotonous way of life.

That is precisely why, somewhere in the depths, in the hidden recesses of the mysterious consciousness, there smolders a dream of ascending to Olympus — that arena of boundless possibility, where the Sun warms and destroys the darkness of ignorance with its radiant brilliance. Toward that place, where the Gods are seated in their immortal forms, every thinking being aspires on a subconscious level. This goal nourishes the universal desire to taste that inaccessible something which in all ages has been hidden from mere mortals in the fog of human ignorance. Is this not what gnaws at and inflames the ambition of each of us in the search for something incomprehensible and mysterious?! Though it lies somewhere far away, across the unreachable expanses of creation, it nonetheless draws us toward it, in spite of any obstacles.

The Program of Growth and Energy

The program of growth, instilled by the Universe, is the sole engine that directs us along the common path of ascent. However much the specimens of the human species may differ in their mental and physical capacities and in the quality of the desires born within them, all without exception are united by a common path of development and ascent into the unknown. For we are creating the single work that exists in the space of our reality, without having any notion of why we need to do so.

Every personality is in its own way extraordinary, each is unique in his own place, each has his own inimitable view of his dwelling place, and, of course, each has his own truth. Yet the whole world must travel one and the same path: different in the composition of its impressions, and still one — for the vessel aboard which the human race resides is likewise one.

Humanity has a common program of growth and development, characteristic of the place of its deployment — the planet Earth. Within us is instilled the unique option of self-programming and of transforming the surrounding space through the ability to create. We possess the capacity to furnish the vessel which — let us not forget — we are using only temporarily.

The tandem of consciousness (spirit) and the biological matrix (the body) gave rise to a unique creation — man the reasoning being. And the sole condition by which man is able to create and reshape the space of his surroundings lies in the manner of absorbing and transmitting energy, transforming it from the mental into the material segment and back again. Such a process is inherent not only to our species; it unfolds at all possible levels of creation.

Energy, being the fuel in the mechanism of the matrix of being, accumulates human biomass into communities, engendering within them certain programs of growth and development. It also erects social enclaves, where all the inimitable and unimaginable events befall each individual person.

The Space of Being

The transformation of space by man is necessary first and foremost for the planet Earth itself, which in the cosmic hierarchy occupies a far more important role than its inhabitants. However difficult this may be to grasp, it is precisely the Earth that needs the entire energetic potential generated upon its surface. The cause of this is that very same reason of the growth and development of an organism more complex and more flawless than we are able to imagine. And we, as parts of an immortal source of life, by using this energy, gain inimitably important experience, thanks to which we earn the right to create new stories in the worlds of boundless space.

What do we truly know about the locality in which we were destined to appear in the form of reasoning man? Are our organs of perception of the surrounding world even capable of knowing all its diversity?! Perhaps scientific experiments have aided in comprehending the essence of the existence of our common home?! Far from it; on this plane of perceiving reality, in which the society of consumers resides, we are blind. And we should harbor no illusions that this paradigm will ever change, at least for the majority of us.

Only consider: in all the cosmic space that we are able to behold, there is not the slightest hint of the existence of a world like ours. We have grown so accustomed to our miracle that we have ceased to value what we have. Instead of knowing ourselves and the world, we prefer to remain in a state of suspended animation, namely, waiting for some supreme miracle, feeding illusory hopes with our energy — and herein lies the chief tragedy of the enslaved mind.

A personality capable of beholding reality through the invisible veil, having risen above the artificially created dogmas of society, perceives the world in a different, more elevated configuration of the Divine. The processes of vital activity and conscious activity of the planet Earth are unimaginably complex and beyond the power of the creations dwelling upon it. Given the formulaic scheme of perceiving space, by which we have raised our species to the summit of the evolution of creation, we have thereby cut off all possible paths to knowing being on a deeper level of awareness. The conception that exalts our planet, placing it at the summit of the pedestal of evolution as a whole, is ignored in every possible way.

The Universe is arranged within that force structure by which energy is constantly transformed from one state into another. The greater the accumulations of cosmic bodies in a single location, the more significant the exchange of energy within that space, which in the end aids in the release of a proportional amount of Divine consciousness from the source of Creation for the transformation of physical matter. From this it follows that an irreparable blunder may be considered the ephemeral dogma which holds that reasoning beings of other worlds must necessarily resemble us, or at the very least be inhabitants of cosmic bodies of the planetary level.

In doing so, the constructive arguments are deliberately ignored in favor of the view that cosmic bodies are themselves living and reasoning organisms within the complex biochemical system of the Universe. Moreover, the world of microparticles, from which all matter is woven, including reasoning man, is regarded by academic science in the same dismissive context. In essence, the interconnectedness of particles in material space demonstrates that every existing element is not a fundamental and independent unit of measure. On the contrary, studying each object of our attention, we come to understand that its present state is nothing other than an illusion, formed under the influence of an immense number of interconnected particles of all space. And therefore it is worth reflecting on the fact that our life is merely a fleeting manifestation of one part of the single organism of the Universe, in this place and at this particular time, which will never again be repeated.

The Relativity of Good and Evil

Our own level of perception, which possesses the property of contemplating the hidden wonders of nature, was deliberately blocked from us, so that in the competitive struggle between negative and positive emotional states we might both set in motion the mechanism of our own evolution and act upon the entire locality of our dwelling.

One would think that since all of society, like bees, labors toward one and the same goal and the common good, while drawing upon an ideology from a single source, then no interpersonal contradictions ought to arise. In reality, however, the program embedded in the human matrix, proclaiming each person the bearer of the one and only truth, differentiates the population within the community. From this arises the banal and illusory notion of good and evil: "You do not accept my opinion — you are wrong!" "You prefer a different way of thinking — you are an enemy!" "You resist my actions — you are evil, for the possession of truth can be my personal prerogative alone!.." For this reason, good and evil ought to be regarded as a phenomenon provoked by the banal ignorance of society as a whole, granting this phenomenon the status of relativity. For in the hierarchy of the higher forces of being, the subjective notion of good and evil, in the context in which man perceives it, does not exist.

The Philosophy of the Search

The peculiar charm of our sojourn in this space-time continuum lies in the paradigm preferred by the majority of us — to perceive the reality of this world individually and unconsciously. For some, life is love; for others, money; for still others, freedom; but in truth the final result is one and the same: experience and the creation of a new world order.

For the sake of what are we willing to sacrifice our own time in order to gratify our self with the emotions of happiness? A difficult choice for anyone unable to govern his time, for everything we seek in the distant and boundless expanses of the outer world lies closer than we think.

Imagine in what an inconceivably fantastic, liberated state the soul must dwell, and what secret knowledge it must seek out in the recesses of the collective mind, and by what thread a man must be bound to the creator of the universe, in order to convey, in so virtuosic a manner, the entire meaning of existing reality in the lines of this work, so admirable in their style:

"We drink from the cup of being

With closed eyes,

Having moistened its golden rim

With our own tears.

But when, before death, from our eyes

The blindfold falls away,

And all that had beguiled us

Vanishes with that blindfold.

Then we see that the golden cup

Was empty,

That the draught within it was but a dream,

And that it was never ours!"

Mikhail Lermontov

The Perception of Reality

Only by realizing our unity with the surrounding reality in all its manifestations, in which each of us resides, are we able to grasp the chief truth that has given no peace to all who have lived, are living, and will live. Is man capable of being free? Within what parameters should one conceive of that very freedom? One must understand that not everyone is able to break out from a subjugated, unconscious state into a conscious level of perceiving life, within a particular period of time and within a definite space. The cause of all this is the limited connection of our consciousness, which is part of a single and whole creation, with the mind — the intellect, which is an element of the working mechanism of the human biological matrix.

Man perceives reality in a limited way, on the physical, low-frequency, energetic level, but these limitations are artificial and begin to recede in the process of personal growth and development, or upon the deathbed, before departing for the other world. One way or another, to each is given his own time and means for knowing the real functioning of our creation. And this time of comprehension, which the Creator himself appoints for his works, sooner or later arrives.

The words spoken by the one who, with his extraordinary appearance, altered the course of evolution for millennia — Jesus Christ — clearly demonstrate the principle of the surrounding space's influence upon man. "For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has," which, translated into the most elementary level of interpretation, sounds thus: you create that which you believe in, and according to your individual capacities new possibilities and new levels of perception are drawn to you.

Are we ready to contemplate existing reality in its many-faceted forms and from other perspectives of perception, previously hidden from our understanding? Are we able to accept another's point of view, which may perhaps contain a portion of truth previously unacceptable to our understanding? If so, then everything you possess is multiplied. But if the reforms taking place in the world are foreign to your entrenched notions, you will lose even that which you have.

The Awareness of the Present

The changes occurring every fraction of a second reshape the personality and its surroundings, directing the vector of development both toward the creative and toward the degrading side. Herein lies the choice of man: to be a subjugated executor or a free creator? Either you swell the army of slaves with yourself, preferring to remove yourself from responsibility, or you generate change, drawing like-minded people to you. In either case, the growth and transformation of the surrounding space takes place.

Behind the invisible veil, once it is parted, it will become possible not only to contemplate but also to acquire the necessary skills for governing the mechanism of the matrix of our local being, instilled within us by the Great Architect of the Universe himself. And this is what will make possible for each of us, should we so wish, the knowing of freedom. Oh yes, my dear friend, do not doubt it: each is able to govern the mechanism of creation, for, for the most part, we use it on an unconscious level, by means of certain programs called instincts. In that case, the matrix governs you. In the other, I assure you, it is entirely possible to govern yourself consciously and, when something in life goes awry, not to seek among those nearest to you the ones to blame for your own weakness, turning each time to an invisible interlocutor with the question: "What for?!"

The realization that you are the creator of your own world, who has assumed a priori an inconceivable responsibility, leads the personality to a free choice of the quality of his path and to the disposal of his own way of life. As a result there comes the clear understanding that the choice was made by you yourself long, long ago, even before your incarnation in this world. One need only comprehend the cause of one's own choice and then use all existing possibilities to carry out one's intentions consciously, so that the enjoyment derived from the revealed meaning of each of your choices might bathe your mind and your body in waves of a flow of blessed happiness.

The Power of Habit

One of the most difficult transformations of man's self is the replacement of deeply rooted habits, which in fact govern our everyday life and zealously resist all that is new. And through what psychological upheavals we sometimes have to pass in order to change, even in some small way, our traditional way of life!

Fresh ideas, like new actions, are perceived by our subconscious as a foreign agent, threatening an anomalous upheaval to the established order of vital activity. In this way, it merely takes care of our health, creating obstacles on the path of change, and thereby defends the psychic field of the individual.

The Predestined Path

The consciously acquired skill of governing the mechanism of the matrix speaks of an enlightened mind. To know the design of the Creator means to awaken, to bring to a close the epoch of one essence and to begin another. Are you ready for such transformations? The path of enlightenment is not concealed behind the walls of libraries with their centuries-old heritage, set down in the works of those who spent their time searching for what was always close at hand. The path of enlightenment passes through our very essence, where, in its appointed hour, the lamp of truth is kindled, dispersing the darkness of ignorance and aiding in the generation of the exalted emotions of happiness. To be enlightened means to know oneself in the form of reasoning man.

The design of the Creator can be known only by the one who has at last freed himself from all the invisible threads of control of this world, from its animal instincts, and from the chief program of the matrix, called the Ego. On the other hand, the state of absolute control of the mind renders pointless the personality's further sojourn in his present incarnation. From which I personally, with great pleasure, try to refrain, not hurrying along the allotted time of my sojourn in this beautiful world, overflowing with the emotions of love and with wonders.

The Meaning of Life

What, then, is the meaning of life? The answer to this question, which has ceaselessly tormented all generations since the creation of the world, has always lain and lies still within the plane of our ordinary capacities, and is contained in every movement of our body and mind. But the fear of the unknown compels man to deceive himself, inventing a whole whirlpool of cyclical, inconsequential doubts. For everything we undertake is reflected outward and, returning back, brings changes into us ourselves, awakening the emotions of happiness or sorrow. And if you live a conscious life, understanding its meaning — then you are truly happy.

One should take such a way of thinking into account and pay it special attention. Every action and every deed performed toward someone plays its own specific role in the universal assessment of the meaning of life. Both the feeling of love and its diametrical manifestation — hatred — poured out from the depths of the enigmatic soul into a world overflowing with one's own kind, are able to reshape reality, filling with meaning both one's own existence and the existence surrounding us. The meaning of life is visible in the actions occurring at every instant.

"Truly there is nothing but the genuine purpose of the present moment. The whole life of a man is a succession of moments" (Bushido). I believe the samurai are right when they assert that meaning exists in the moments which we, through frivolity, scatter away, thereby losing our individuality.

We are able to become enlightened and to know freedom. We are able to unravel the meaning of life of the entire human race. But the principal question, which everyone who is created in the image and likeness of the Creator is obliged to answer, concerns himself: "Who am I?" — this is a question worthy of a man who respects himself. For if there is no respect for one's own person, there is no point at all in bearing the proud name of Man.

What the Miracle Is Like

The use of the potential of human capacities within the formulaic norms of society, instilled by the overseers of the system for the sake of banal control, lends an irrational tint to the entire process of evolution. Take, for example, the theory of origination, which possesses no constructiveness whatsoever. The Universe, with its multidimensional segments of the material and conscious continuum, supposedly could have arisen by a happy accident out of chaos and could continue to create reality unintentionally, through random connections between energetic substances. Those events which man, at first glance, attributes to a manifestation of chaos may in fact be only a planned action, calculated with mathematical precision. The very events that seem to point to a display of chaos ultimately reveal themselves as programmed processes of certain creative forces.

There are no accidents, and not even their slightest manifestations are possible in our creation. The parallels drawn between inexplicable processes and chance are, to put it mildly, abstract and absurd. The chance "miracles" that we periodically, against our will, become witnesses to, preferring to ascribe them to the pranks of "higher powers" or to anomalies of nature, have their own regularity and objective explanation. Such manifestations are a reaction to certain energetic oscillations, performed by someone's will. It is worth mentioning the "butterfly effect": the flap of whose wings is able to give rise to a typhoon at the opposite end of a continent.

Every living organism, every particle in existing creation, works its own miracles, using consciously or unconsciously certain laws of being. All of existing reality is nothing other than a precise mathematical progression, in which any accidents are excluded. The indestructible laws of creation, just in every respect, are the original program that operates throughout the Universe, governing everything that takes place within it. Every action — from the birth of a thought in the boundless expanses of the mind to the trembling of the air from one's own sigh — by the law of creation leads to changes and to some result in the surrounding space, or more precisely, to the growth of the body of the Universe itself.

Are the consequences of our own actions truly accidental? Will the results of the decisions of the human race regarding its home pass without a trace? Every individual, being a part of a single whole at the level of his subjective development, brings certain changes into the process of the evolution of the Earth.

All our physical, mental, and divine nature, being nothing other than energy, has an unquenchable desire for growth. The Universe grows, man grows: his mind, his consciousness, and his capacities multiply. In fact, the following occurs: man not only creates his local space, he also directly influences divine being within the bounds of his own physical capacities. Using his creative skills, society governs the vector of evolution in the space of the material world under its control, thereby aiding in the flourishing of life on the planet Earth. Does not all of this speak to the fact that the matrix governing all that exists could not have arisen by chance? It is worth reflecting on this.

Man — the Co-Creator

Everyone has heard of the epoch-making maxim that appeared in the ancient scripture, which proclaims the following: "In the beginning was the Word." In reality, encoded within this simple sentence is the secret of the key that opens every door in the world of creation. For within it is contained a truth that pertains not only to our local creation but is also the cornerstone in the construction of the Universe.

The entire material micro- and macro-world of existing reality is the product of the "Word," which has not ceased to vibrate from the very beginning of time down to our own days. As soon as the time of its manifestation runs out, so too will the product of its creation that we perceive — being — vanish. The Word, having sounded from the lips of man, becomes the quintessence of reality for that individual, embodying all his desires in the material plane of being.

In essence, by endowing the human race with the ability to express its feelings using words, the Creator predestined us to become like Him. All this aids both in the elevation of the personality and in its degeneration. We speak of what we think, and we create what we speak of.