I am not necessarily certain as to the meaning of this phenomenon within a larger “mythic” context, but I have been noticing that my mind has begun spontaneously composing short sayings, statements, axioms of truth based upon observation of experience. The title of this post is the most recent - and I think one of the better - ones that I have come up with. It is really incorrect to attribute them to myself. I hesitate to suggest that channeling of some other intelligence is involved either, because that abstracts it too much for my tastes. All I know is that they just pop into my head, gradually refine themselves through a slow-roasting repetition process and then emerge more or less like Athena fully formed from my split-open Zeus-head.

Or something like that:

Truth transforms that vessel which receives it.™

The trademark is the stamp of God to the heathens. But they are not wrong: the tradesman has put his mark upon each of us, we the thumb-prints of the pressing in upon of his Love.

It is important to hook compressed sayings like that into a physical action. In other words, only say “Truth transforms that… etc” when you flip a light switch or turn a piece of electrical equipment on or off. Come up with another one to repeat to yourself any time you put on your shoes, another one for every time you light a piece of incense, another one for every time you do your laundry. Have a little saying, a bit of verse, throw in a dash of ritual: repeat certain actions in certain ways because there is something pleasurable about their symbolic arrangement. Before you know it you will have written a first draft of a musical theatre production script in which the ritual repeated actions and their symbolic importance in the narratized story of your life will have intertwined with a willful performance. Ah shit, stupid loggorhea.

GOING CRAZY SAFELY

That’s another one. Just try repeating it like a mantra. Hook into it some kind of ritual motion and symbolic object. And watch the fun begin. Some might argue I am potentially arming you with a bunch of tools which make you into schizophrenics, but the thing to remember is that schizophrenics throughout history have always spontaneously come up with exactly these types of tools to heal themselves and become fully what they really are. You following me? Going crazy safely?

I made another good vow-ish statement type saying-y thing last night during the eclipse of the full moon. I think this is a good night’s work:

“I commit myself materially and spiritually to the health, wealth and well-being of those close to me, of those afar, of myself and all.”

Try, for example, saying that every time you put your wallet into your pocket or pick up your purse, or whatever the hell it is women do these days. The important thing is that you choose a statement to repeat as a mantra which has some kind of symbolic thematic resonance with whatever action you are taking. Making each moment into a tiny ritual makes you focus on the real meaning and importance of that moment to you: whatever that may be.

This is another one I made up today while in the tub to repeat to myself whenever I get into sloppy writing habits (like this):

“Writing is cooking. I will not serve half-baked meals.”

It’s almost like you can use the gravitational pull of ritually created symbolically-laden habits to give you an extra boost when you are trying to muster up extra effort to perform certain types of tasks. I am sure there is a corresponding word for what I am talking about in NLP, but I have no idea what that would be. Anchoring or something? Will have to defer to experts in that system of language manipulation. You could also think of these as being like the Bene Gesserit (allegedly based on the Jesuits) Litany Against Fear. They become like little programs you can call up in your mind for the exacting execution of prescribed tasks. Or something along those lines… Will continue working on that one.

Oh, and I came up with a decent phrasing for a definition of “magic” (the “with a k” kind):

“Promoting intent/action harmony through ritual manipulation of symbolic objects.”

I really dig that one because it’s not exclusive to there being objective validity towards magic/k, but still gives us powerful tools to examine its applications within our own psychological inner experience of life. It also neatly fits into the “musical” thread I am weaving into this tapestry: that your life is a musical, and to promote intent/action harmony within your life, all you have to do is create ritual actions, attach them to symbolic importances within your life, and there you have it. Magic.

Truth transforms that vessel which receives it.
Going crazy safely Going safety crazy
Next time I will bake this more before serving.

Just think of these things, these sayings, whether you use mine of somebody else’s doesn’t matter. Make up your own. Exercise that part of your mind. You will begin to receive and perceive very differently. Just think of these things, these sayings, think of them as things you repeat so often that they become your name. For that is what your prayers are: the identity you’re beaming to God to make whole to make real to take bodily into the re-baptised experience of living fully alive in this here this now moment.