Diary of Nicole D’Settèmi
(Random Excerpts on Death, Religion, FEAR +Control)
Beginning in: February 2011 (Some excerpts from earlier; 2009 era)
DEATH
Death. "The Random Act"-- if time is the uncontrolled element, then death is the random act. If you consider death and life, and survival first, and foremost--survival-- which ultimately leads to--and revolves around--the fear of dying, of no longer being alive (in this state of consciousness as we know it) is the element which drives human beings. Poe said, "the lines between life and death are vague," but the one thing that can never be answered in life is what death is? What follows, if anything, afterlife?
Another state of consciousness altogether, perhaps. But, it's the “not knowing”--the lack of real comprehension, which leads to fear, which directly leads to issues with control, and therefore every action in life, ironically, leads to or includes death. Living for death, yet, living to prevent death. (I.E., "Will I be set for my future so that I can be comfortable, and happy, and successful...before I die? Will I love before I die, will I experience childbirth? Marriage? Feelings--sorrow? Anger? Despair?) And, our desire FOR these things, or to prevent these things--FEAR OF these things, ultimately leads to decision making on a day-to-day basis which affects every breathing moment. And, it all leads back to that same fear, that same idea...Death. Control. Lack of control. At least, concerning death. Death is, in fact, the random act. What we do in our everyday lives can affect longevity, to an extent, but the outcome remains the same. It always remains the same.
RELIGION & DEATH
Religion. Another ideology based on or around life, death, survival, domestication, fear, and control. Fear of death can account for the creation of faith, and religion, primarily. It's something for people to believe in, it's a way to have a firm grip on reality, to prevent complete and utter panic. It's a coping method, a survival technique for the psyche.
RELIGION & CONTROL
While we are here, alive, religion provides us with a moral centering. A way to govern the people, primarily based on fear and intimidation tactics (as well as shame and guilt), which goes back to the ties that fear and control have, directly relating to life and death.
Ultimately, it's a way for the powers-that-be to control us; society. I do believe that mainstream religions have a sole purpose in controlling the people with religious-based information, and materials that outline morals or values we should, in theory, hold. (If we want to find ourselves in a peaceful state of consciousness--heaven--afterlife and when beginning “death”).
I think that leading people to believe in faith and belief in something more significant (something powerful on an astronomical level) is a brilliant but atrocious way to be able to control people. The fear of what follows death (because it is the unknown) is what causes people to instill faith, and develop the powers-that-be.
The “story” is created in both a romanticized and dramatic fashion. We will be damned to--burning in--hell if we don't follow the rules, and conform to mainstream society. Adhere to the most basic principles of life. Allow ourselves to be governed and led by those in charge. We're given ideas to live by, standards set by leaders, which go hand-in-hand with religion, or religious beliefs.
Most religions are painfully similar when it comes to these beliefs.
What we “should do.” What we “must do.” How we “should do it.”
Control, fear, power. --Religion.
Instilling in us primarily, guilt is also a very clever but calculated way to control the people. From the time of conception, we are taught these destructive, impressionistic, melodramatic ideals. We are bludgeoned with the idea; a higher being, a being of more value, was crucified for us. Was beaten, was humiliated and tortured, for us. We are led to believe we must atone because the human WILL commit them. It’s in our D.N.A., all of us. Our gene pool(s). Nobody is free of atonement because a Being was sacrificed for us, and now we must return the favor, for lack of a better term. At least, in Christian-dominated societies. Other religious doctrines spew the same malarkey, though most do.
My personal belief is that the world has recycled itself, at least, as far who occupied/occupies it. I believe that we’ve destroyed the world due to many of the ‘deadly sins’ - greed, gluttony, vanity, etc. I think we've already ‘been here before,’ and the religious doctrines were composed to control the people because instilling such great fear in us, controls enough of the human race so that at very least, live. Yet, each time we eventually fail / have failed thus far. I believe this has all happened many times before. I don’t think the deadly sins will send us to hell. I believe the fatal sins create HELL on earth because of our hideous nature(s).
--I don’t find in any of these over-romanticized tales.
The Christian religion is approximately, only, 2k-years-old. 'Earth' is millions of years old if science is to be believed. (Yes, science is ‘fact,’ but what people report to us can be false, which is why I say IF). The tale of Jesus Christ has been told many times before. For eons, different ‘religions,’ which many people don’t know, have used this story. Not with ‘Jesus,’ of course, the names change, some of the details change, the locations, less significant results, the conclusion. But the idea we will are witnessing somebody with a 'higher state consciousness which will or has died for OUR sins,'--that part always remains similar. Always. They may not be called ‘sins,’ but the stories are relatively alike.
My point in reflecting on all of this is to say, religion is very complicated, and while I am not ‘faithless’ to the idea of a higher-power (than human beings, I hope there is something better!), I do not practice organized religion. I firmly believe it is a tool to control us, and therefore filled with hypocrisy and absurdity, and I just cannot be on board.
However, it is important to understand--I am not a Satanist, nor do I "worship the devil." I do NOT practice Satanism and do not believe in it. Some worship the fallen angel, and those who are just atheists. Atheists tend to be empty, believe in nothing. They do not "worship the Devil" or understand the Devil is real.
Then, there are "agnostics." This is by far the best category for me because I believe in a higher power, or the possibility. I just feel we are too limited to comprehend what that power is. I also think that we were created for a purpose, which atheists (scientists, etc.) do not. They believe in the theory of the big bang. (Or--that this is all an explosion of organisms, a pure accident). It doesn’t quite resonate with me either.
Buddhists have ideologies I prefer or like because they focus on energies.
I conceive others figured if they based their ideologies around something which could be real, leaders could take advantage of the weaker, less intelligent people, and use the power to govern the people in a way they preferred. That fear leads people to follow the leaders; however, it also causes a panic, a lack of control. That, multiplied by feelings of shame, instilled in us from birth, develops into an obsession with power [a person will try to gain it in any way they may achieve it]. These, and other contributing factors, cause the other elements--survival, domestication, etc.
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