Philosophy
5: 1 None of us asked to be born. We were put here without knowing why, with the specter of death ever present.
5: 2 However, it is beyond question that we are here. Seemingly alone in the universe. 5: 3 Could it be that we have been “judged” long ago? If not judged then maybe abandoned, or forgotten. 5: 4 Since we have all been condemned; we are guilty of some kind of transgression.
5: 5 We are the damned, being here is proof. It is no secret that since the dawn of humanity, suffering has been an ever-present component of life. 5: 6 Much of this suffering is done to humans, by humans. However, lack of food and fresh water, predators, and disease also plagued us from the beginning. 5: 7 Individuals with no choice are born and thrown into the rigors of life. During life, they are forced to kill, depend on others, establish relationships, develop strong bonds, and understand their impending mortality. 5: 8 All of these factors add to suffering in some way but are also essential elements of life.
5: 9 From a spiritual point of view, all religion is in response to this suffering. The fleeting moments of beauty, reverence, and awe, trick us into clinging to life. 5: 10 Of course, some are much more fortunate than others, but all will eventually die and see loved ones die. 5: 11 The last 100 years have been an exception; before that, life for the ordinary human was oftentimes short and brutal. 5: 12 However, this respite in the Western industrialized countries has been interrupted by two world wars, genocides, and exploitation on a global scale. 5: 13 Anti-intellectualism and fascism are on the rise. Climate change threatens unheard-of suffering in the future: coastal floods, pandemics like the one being experienced now, unrelenting heat, and freshwater shortages. 5: 14 In addition, a reduction in farmable land will lead to food shortages. All this is known, but something, an invisible force, keeps us from changing it. We can see the problem, but it is a certainty.
5: 15 I believe we are trapped here, reincarnated repeatedly, but not linearly. Back and forth in time, for example, in one life, you are born in 10,000 A.D. In the next 500 B.C. We are continuously reborn in this way throughout eternity.
5: 16 Sometimes to wealth and power, other times, destitute. There is no karma that follows us. Each reincarnation is its own. 5: 17 Furthermore, once enlightened in one life, it becomes easier to attain the same enlightenment in subsequent lives. 5: 18 The more people that adhere to the doctrine the more change can be made for all. This change can alter the quality of each individual life, and through synergy, the texture of The Bastille. However, nothing can change the fundamental rules.
5: 19 Think seriously about the possibility that we are alone, from the beginning, or abandoned. To realize the here and now matters, and the next life hasn’t started yet. Whether that means reincarnation back into The Bastille or to heaven it doesn’t matter. 5: 20 The possibility that this is all there is, cannot be overlooked.