Understanding the arts such as poetry is considered a mark of a high person, without the need or help of a teacher. Teaching oneself to understand the arts and sciences is considered a mark of a leader, a great scholar, a great scientist and artist. Not being influenced by people’s opinion that doesn’t make sense, is another indication of being above the crowd. Making of a great is never conforming to fashion, or the trends of a time period. Opinions follow a trend, maybe its easier in the world of myth not to follow a trend, there are no media, news organizations, news only comes in the way of universal telepathy, knowing what is happening in the world by having communication with the earth. There are no celebrities, no movie industry people praise everyone when it’s earned with great skill, people who have a companion and think of others first, it’s the thing where people follow their own path. There is no such thing as the religious state because such things are locked away in the individual as a secret, so there are no temples or churches. Its’ more of a spiritual thing communion with the earth and people, it’s a personal philosophy. Before people couldn’t communicate with the earth or there was no individual philosophy, because people didn’t know how and people were influenced by other peoples words. Outer markings of clothing, marks on the face have not considered a thing of individuality in the mythical world, they are just superficial.
Learning all things, all knowledge accumulates by the human race, continuance of learning, then gaining spirituality with all books, not just one, more importantly, communion with nature, speaking and communicating with it. Understanding new thoughts, learning about change, continuing to change ourselves to evolve beyond ourselves.
Spiritual truths as applied to our individual selves is within life itself, what we observe with our own thoughts of life, this can (could) only be applied to ourselves not others because they have their own approaches, there’s no preaching as in religion, mainly action doing. Learning to reflect with an “aha!” a light bulb goes off in our thoughts, from something seen on television, or a movie, something read or something experienced, there is a multitude of opportunities everywhere, its infinite like nature is in its myriad forms.
Observation is learning, it’s about questioning things and life around us is an exploration into every avenue of existence.
Books that are religious never answers all our questions and neither do books on science or history because we as individuals and each new generation is on a quest, a journey to find out more and to question. Religious texts are often outdated, spiritual things are a journey of learning new things. The only thing knowing is life changes around us nothing ever stays the same. One book cannot answer all our questions or yearnings, it there are answers they come from multiple sources, one of them is our own experience in life. Life has rough edges that are part of it, a blade can’t be sharpened with a sharpening stone. The storms of life are our stones, we sharpen ourselves.
The mythical or imaginary land and people are presented in a way that their spiritual quest or traditions are not reliant on a book but all things presented in the universe. To them, tradition can be a form of slavery they never slavishly follow ancient religious texts. Spiritual texts are not important, more importantly, its how each generation and individual interprets life around them writing new spiritual things. A book should have no power over anyone, religious or otherwise, it’s the infinite number of books, decide which ones are good.
Like a flow of a river learning and experience journeys to the goal of the sea, which could be a metaphor to infinite learning.
Always ask what is impossible, never being enslaved by negative comments that say it can’t be. Disregard tradition and convention, think of new ways of doing things, be an inventor, bring what is imaginary into the world. A book on religion is never an influence, think beyond the spiritual, belief and thing beyond all barriers. Learning everything is part of a whole person, to be on a journey to search all places that are possible and impossible.
Robert J. Matsunaga
