Spectrum of Spirit: A Digital Sanctuary for Spiritual Discourse and Community

I’m back! The month break was much needed and now it’s time to continue to explore new ways of thinking. I have begun reading Song of Songs/Solomon with a friend and would like to explore these verses within the themes and subjects of my blog. Today, In my NIV version of the Bible, the man and the woman of the story, the beloved and the lover, share how attracted they are to one another, using words like beautiful, charming, and handsome. The man describes the physical features of the woman while the woman describes the house, literal or metaphorical, they share and how luxurious the house is. I believe these two lovers are portrayed to have no shame, portraying blamelessness and confidence in how they express their interest in one another. In the first chapter we have read so far, there has been no holding back in their descriptions of one another, mostly pertaining to physical attributes or belongings. Guilt and judgement are an afterthought in these conversations, allowing them liberty to share just how much they want to be together. I believe there is power in this story, unconventional wisdom that teaches the freedom one can have in life, and how fulfilling it can feel when one lives without receiving or giving blame to themselves or others.

Growing up, I was taught Jesus was one who lived a blameless life, a life without sin, a perfect life. I believe the four gospels and the writings of the apostles are framed and taught in a way that conveys even though Jesus experienced some difficult seasons of life, due to his obedience to god’s plan, he lived with no shame, no blame, and fame. However, Jesus did have a few moments of blame, the traders in the temple and the fig tree that didn’t produce fruit in its offseason, were blamed and then cursed. Jesus was also blamed, ultimately leading to the story of his crucifixion on the cross. This information makes me want to challenge the idea of Jesus’ blameless life. I believe a blameless life may not have to focus on moral perfection, but is evident to being open to new experiences, new people, and new ideas in one’s daily life. I believe being blameless could look like the pursuit of one’s own level of integrity, and filled with freedom of self-expression in one’s choices.

Blameless Mind

Growing up, my mom always encouraged me to listen to my conscience. This was explained to me as the small voice in my head that would question whether the decision I made had the smallest possibility of getting me in trouble or leading me to injure myself or others. To this day, my mom will still encourage me to listen to my conscience when I’m off to a new experience. However, I now look at this advice differently than I would when I was younger, I now see it as a way of aligning my personality and strengths with my expected experience. This allows me to have clarity before I go into a new experience no matter what the outcome is, I am confident with the way I thought out how the potential event could go.

On the Sadhguru Podcast, Sadhguru released an episode discussing the superpowers one could have when one unlocks their mind’s full potential¹. Towards the end of the podcast, Sadhguru highlights all of the methods and exercises that are brought to the world to help people become better versions of themselves². Sadhguru believes there are many ways to make minor corrections in one’s life, allowing them to be more effective than they used to be³. However, Sadhguru states if one wants to unleash their mind, they have to remove any identity one’s mind associates itself with⁴. Sadhguru continues, when one’s mind is unleashed, their perception becomes clear and the mind organizes itself⁵. Sadhguru believes the mind is naturally organized, however, one’s perception, function, and expected outcome, could sometimes leave the mind distorted⁶.

Sadhguru’s message was very powerful in a lot of ways, I recommend giving it a full listen. In the section I decided to highlight for the blog, Sadhguru shares his views on self-help services, exploring the mind’s potential, and the way the mind can be clouded. I don’t believe Sadhguru is preaching for one to have a perfect usage of one’s mind, but allowing the mind to be free, liberated to grow in all the ways it can. I believe Sadhguru is attempting to share his understanding of the mind, and how humans could improve their usage of the mind to benefit their own livelihood as well as the potential of humans as a whole. Though I am not sure if I fully agree with the identity aspect of the mind, I do understand where Sadhguru is going with his idea of removing control of any aspect of the mind to unleash the mind in ways unimaginable. Additionally, I don’t see any harm in planning out a few expected outcomes for how a future event could go, however, I do believe you can over plan and give oneself unwarranted anxiety. Either way, I believe finding clarity in one’s conscience, whether through exploration of one’s strengths and personality, or unleashing control of one’s perceptions and numerous expected outcomes, could allow them to start their liberation from within, removing blame of who one has been, is now, and may be in the future.

Shared Blame

“There is no I in team”, a common phrase I heard growing up playing team sports since elementary school. I’ve always been a team player, to a point where some of my coaches would ask me to be more selfish. Over time, I began to learn how to balance the times I needed to take more control of the game, and other times where I could focus on other aspects of the game to boost my teammates’ confidence in themselves. However, the growth journey to get to this point resulted in me absorbing a lot of blame, times where it could be argued it wasn’t just my fault we didn’t get the outcome we desired, but I was told it was my fault for not being aggressive enough. I believe this could be harmful for an individual, as it was harmful for me in learning how to balance being the person/player I wanted to be, and the person/player others wanted me to be. I believe this is a common identity crisis a lot of us have experienced. I hope sooner rather than later, we can begin to live in a world where blame is not appointed upon one individual, isn’t shared amongst a collective, but this stigma is removed from our consciousness.

On the podcast, Culture Gabfest, the two hosts, Steve and Julia, alongside guest host, Isaac Butler, share their opinions on new movies, TV series, and the world of narrative podcasting⁷. Steve, Julia, and Isaac, start the podcast discussing their thoughts on the new movie, “Caught Stealing”, a movie where Austin Butler stars as an ex-professional baseball player turned bartender who gets involved in the underground of New York City crime after pet sitting⁸. Hank, the character Austin Butler plays in the film, agrees to take his neighbor’s cat for a period of time, and this is when a myriad of crime threads begin to envelope Hank in ways he’s not able to grasp much less escape⁹. Steve shares his views on the film, somewhat interesting, due to its ability to return the audience back to New York in the 90’s. Steve continues, the jokes feel like placeholders for better jokes, characters being placeholders for better characters¹⁰. All in all, the more distance Steve had from the film, the more sour the taste of the film became in his mouth¹¹. Julia adds her two cents, she really liked the portrayal of New York City, and she enjoyed it a lot¹². Julia explains the arc of the movie in her eyes, being a stupid and cartoonish display of someone trying to get their life together¹³. Julia believes the movie doesn’t make much sense, but was cheering on Hank as he tried to learn the lessons he was supposed to learn throughout the narrative¹⁴.

I like the perspective Julia takes on the film, “Caught Stealing”, more than Steve’s. Julia has fun with the narrative, fun with the star personality, and fun with the scenery of a 1990’s New York. The aspect of the film they both shared a love for was the recreation of 90’s New York lifestyle. From payphones to laundromats, Steve and Julia reminisced about the fun lifestyle New York city used to be about. The energy, the liveliness, and the moments of random chaos added somewhat playful occasions to the busy lifestyle many New Yorkers have had. Steve and Julia remind me that though chaos does create lapses in individual responsibility or accountability, the everyday acts, big or small, in the streets of New York create a somewhat shared memory. A shared memory of times where someone had been brought down from a higher point of their own identity, a memory of imperfection, with no one to blame.

Blameless Expression

I believe art is one of the most connecting attractions. Devoid of facts and filled with beauty, art has no intention of drawing anyone in. Unlike the people in the story of the Song of Songs, art doesn’t have to speak on how beautiful it is, doesn’t have to lather itself with adjectives, similes, and metaphors to describe how beautiful it is, art simply is beautiful. I believe art doesn’t hold judgement, doesn’t bring shame, and doesn’t blame an individual for not seeing all that it holds. Though I value the scientific contributions we as humans make on a daily basis, I believe weighing science too highly can lead to a closed off mind in favor of believed evidence, less room for conversation amongst difference, and ultimately unnecessary blame for not having all the “facts”. I believe this is where art comes in, a portrayal of a human experience allowing others a view into the artist’s own world, or the viewer creating a new interpretation of their own, connecting multiple perspectives, without judgement, through one medium.

On the podcast, Magic Our Way, the hosts, Kevin, Danny and Eli discuss a new audio animatronic of Walt Disney being introduced to the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World’s Carousel of Progress¹⁵. The hosts are happy to hear this, bringing people back to the Carousel of Progress, while also giving the Carousel a more historic feel¹⁶. They are excited that Disney fans now get to sit in a room with Walt Disney, even though it may just be a robotic version of Walt¹⁷. Those who attend Disney World will now be able to hear and see a representation of the real Walt Disney, while the hosts suspect kids will not care that much¹⁸. One of the hosts was particularly impressed by the movement of the animatronic, starting on the table and moving throughout an enclosed space¹⁹. However, they mention they heard other people claim they didn’t think the animatronic looked like the historical Walt Disney, mentioning a part of his neck that doesn’t seem quite right²⁰. Overall, one of the hosts states the animatronic does come off a little bit like a caricature, but restates how well the Walt Disney animatronic moves²¹. In the same segment, the hosts mention that the Carousel of Progress is fitting to put on an animatronic of Walt Disney because this is the one part of Disney World that he personally worked on²².

The hosts of the Magic Our Way Podcast finish the section discussing the need of Disney World to create hot, new events, spaces, and rides, while also keeping a sense of nostalgia to what Disney has represented for so many people over time. I believe though this may be a small representative of many theme parks around the world, this can be exemplary of many displays of art and creativity around the world. I believe there is a longing humans share with one another, not a longing to blame and shame, but a longing to wonder. A longing to wonder, to be amazed in the face of accomplishment, either in nature or through human means. A longing to wonder, to be curious about all the mysteries of life and beyond that the universe. A longing to wonder, to show interest in peoples experiences and perspectives, not to blame due to difference, but to build bridges and see the beautifully connecting artistic threads that make humanity’s spirit.

Reaffirming Blamelessness

Tie Life. Remove spiritual blame. Enjoy your great culture. Let art set you free. Bring yourself back to the mind. Share together. Express your paths. Reaffirm your practice. Invite three. Interweave play. Move toward your model. Imagine your life. Create without weight. Call without blame.

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