A Conspiracy

for me, there's just one conspiracy theory that really matter and it's largely been ignored. Really it's the greatest of all, the one with the most hidden implications that would drastically change our lives if finally exposed. The conspiracy is in not knowing who we are and that we've been manipulated to keep the truth from reaching us, being ignorant of the forces at play here. This is what yoga calls the kleshas, five afflictions that keep us trapped in avidya, ignorance of who really are, and that the larger forces of attraction and aversions manipulate our every actions. 

it's a conspiracy against our liberation. 

and entirely of our own making. 

but not one we willing chose, it's simply how the brain works to categorize the vast amount of information that it constantly receives, so much, that if left to do this on our own we would be quickly overwhelmed by the task at hand. We could liken the kleshas to clouds that begin to crowd the sky, eventually covering so much area that we're no longer able to view the blue of its reality. We come to believe that the clouds control the sky, and indeed, even the sky buys into this conspiracy, abdicating its ability to respond to passing clouds, reacting to their every issue and command. 

no longer knowing itself as clear and free. 

trapped by the clouds of kleshas. 

ignorant of its true nature. 

a conspiracy. 

and here's where we find ourselves, trapped by kleshas, prisoners of our own mind. Of course the mind is just doing its job, protecting us, keeping us safe from harm and being overwhelmed by so much information. Troubles arise only by our forgetfulness, that we begin to identify firmly with the passing clouds of our aversions and attractions, taking them to be the reality of who we are. 

forgetting our blue sky nature. 

yoga offers us a path of seeing, of recovering ourselves, remembering our true nature. It lays the conspiracy gently at our feet and urges us to now step clear and meet reality directly. There's no real conspiracy against us, we're simply lost in vastness of our own minds, believing in the solidness of passing clouds, latching on to them in hope that they will guide us. Yet always disappointed as they fade away, illusions after all, and causing no small degree of suffering. 

yoga is our return. 

one path of many. 

but clear in it's direction. 

~

Peace, Eric