Transpersonal Enlightenment

Man and woman must look at several options in order to construct or create an honorable form of natural art compounded with synthetic influence and superficial affect.   There are four major areas one can explore daily to aid in creating who they want to be and these are the religious sense, the  social sense, and the scientific/educational sense.  Each sense on its own remains unchallenged and useless but when interchangeably addressed, the results can be exceptionally enlightening.  To improve the overall artistic manifestation existent between mind and body,  a person must be aware of these sense structures of personal discovery  (which from now on I will refer to as ' arenas '.)   Keep in mind that these are just separate avenues to reach the self, alternatives to the traditional rituals practised over centuries that still find isolation amongst its limitations.     

The first arena where development of the self  may be analyzed under a creative artistic paradigm, is the religious arena.  It does not center itself around God, sins, and miracles exclusively.  But rather, it includes keeping the communication between our Creator and self open to spiritual enrichment a sermon might lack.  Words spoken by someone else about something that happened in the bible can be uplifting but an individuals imagination of what the message means to them, is representative of the true artist within.  As infants we experienced  [perhaps not knowingly aware of]  birth followed by baptism or circumcision, depending upon whether you were born into a Christian or Hebrew religion.  These are natural and societal markers of one beginning to exist which involve rituals of celebration usually centering around other congregationalists or family members witnessing the entrance into this world as male and female.  Blessed in the holy name of the Creator, this new little person is to face existence, remarkably, all by themself because that is how the artist makes his creations.  Or is it ?  Is another responsible for the insight to his/her creations ?  Do the rituals as practised give rise to the Creator granting us with special gifts ?

The infant makes preliminary notations regarding the accuracy of his or her remembrance of the connection (by sensing feeling) to their Creator provided through this organized religious faction they have entered into by baptism, confession, or communion.  It is the first poetry or prose this individual creates only it is not able to be written down yet because infants do not learn to write legibly until well into their fourth year of life.  In the meantime, the thoughts serve as mind-food for the continued development of the individuals spiritual perspective.  Mind-food, again, is the nourishment to the collective consciousness that sits dormant in the egoic self but is rampant within the cognitive constructs of the un-evolved self.  As the infant grows and learns about faith under the doctrines of the particular religious organization he or she attends,  it is possible by curiosity and 'uncomfortability' to venture past what is said within the holy building.  In becoming human our original entity/identity had to sacrifice remembering its true spiritual grounding and use religion as a road back to replace an unorganizeable personal communication and connection with their Creator. 

In comparison to an artist who does not limit him or herself to given parameters and explores depth through personal acceptance or denial of something, so does the infant.  One becomes nurtured, not singlehandedly at the inclusion of God in his/her life but moreso, because of the strength in faith he/she has that growth through re-discovery will prevail benevolently despite malevolent indoctrination.  He or she now can turn to peers, parental figures, and other authoritarians present in their continuum of self-development because this religious arena has somehow left some gaps that need filling from elsewhere.  The artist also looks to other works of art created by other artists with their own interpretations, and does a personal comparison.  It is knowledge that is to suffice as mortar for the clay  in the social arena where religion is practised in mass, comes from interaction with other life forms also reaching for something to define who they are. i.e. humans.  Our self-development will be scrutinized, validated, even uncontrollably altered by the ones closest in our circle surround us.  Nevertheless, the religious arena is helpful in determining one part of the emerging self which rests on membership into an order of worship where enrichment occurs in silent prayers, public vigiles and the communication to God through an arbitrator for the several congregationalists following advice. 

The second arena  is the social arena where passion comes alive in the unique and individual relationships we share with family, friends, associates, and even bosses.  These different types of relationships and how we keep them precious or compartmentalized, are expressions of the artwork within us. The molding clay from this non-religious yet equally spiritual foundation is passion, not practice, in believing of  ourselves and others around us.  This place of spiritual exploration provides a less restricted means to feel the power of connection with our Creator through physical connections we have here on earth with people.  Although the connective forces are different for the entity GOD, the means of sustaining their strength is in how much dedication and determination we give to them. 

There is no particular house (holy), or sacrificial  meal on a particular day of the week, or even a monetary donation for a ' reserved seat in the heavenly kingdom ' unless the socialized mass of people agree there is to be one.  The social arena must include an inner sanctum that centers on the heart where pasion and compassion are found in the appreciation of beauty and peace, or it is difficult to transcend conformity. Transcending human limitations by experiencing spiritual e