"Our Minds are an elegant chariot, used to seek out the Body--a sacred vessel that can take us to a wonderful Spirit-world, where higher Knowledge and infinite Wisdom live, to serve the Universe." -Anonymous
The Great Work, from my perspective, can loosely be defined as the ability for a Person(Spirit) to escape the Matrix of control or Plato’s Cave--on an individual and collective level--and then to help others do the same. Once outside the system of control and Fear, one can share their Truth and Wisdom to help others overcome the process of leaving behind negative Thoughts, Emotions and Actions. The Great Work is an ongoing and trans-formative process in which a Person(Spirit) must frequently perform Shadow Work(Self-Reflect) to understand themselves, others, Nature and Reality. Some examples of this Great Work would be Art, Myths, Music, Poetry, Math, Science, Astrology and other human-creations that engage the Imagination, impart Wisdom onto the viewer based in Truth or fill a need that would improve the lives’ of other Earthlings(all living-beings on Earth). Some people, to form a small list, who have done the Great Work would be Martin Luther King Jr., Ursula K. Le Guin and Jesus.
Neo wakes up from his pod, from the film The Matrix.
Plato's Cave, a popular allegory by the ancient-philosopher, Plato.
Every person on this Earth has the capacity to be or become the highest version of themselves. Through our Will and Courage and the power of our Body, Mind and Spirit we can alchemize with the Universe, creating a reality based out of Love, and not Fear. This repository was built with the intention to provide Knowledge or Wisdom on Heart-based-solutions towards living in harmony with Nature and all other Earthlings. If the mass of humans lived through their Hearts' we would not be witnessing the Authority, Control and Fear that’s currently polluting our Mother Earth and the Universe. When the majority of the population focuses on being Conscious and having a Conscience, we will truly have Freedom.
A Gift we were all born with. Some were born to write, some to lay stone, others to build homes and tend to gardens, or sew clothes. When you were a child did you Imagine a factory line, building bombs, enforcing law with violence or the night-shift loading goods under bright-florescent, warehouse lights? Maybe you did, if you did not--well, lets talk...
This is a place for those with Eyes Wide Shut, and who are ready to open them wide!
From the film, Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Stanley Kubrick. We see the main protagonist, being exposed in a room full of conspiracy and Cultists. An artfully done, masterwork, that lifts the veil of ignorance--forcing the audience to fall down the Rabbit Hole of the Evil and sick deeds, orchestrated by The Powers That Be.
Every one of us can lift this veil, and see the Universe or World for what it really is, like: Neo from The Matrix, the sunglasses from They Live or the Flammarion engraving.
They Live, directed by John Carpenter. A shot, from the film, in which the protaganist puts on a pair of manipulated-sunglasses, revealing a black and grey world and exposes advertisements, products and billboards for what they truly mean--Obey, Consume, Buy, Conform...
Flammarion engraving, colored. Unknown artist, first appearing in 1888.
It's time for us to recognize that we are propelling ourselves deeper into the dystopian-fictions, such as: 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Our Earth, appears closer to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, before Frodo destroys the One Ring.
Sauron, manipulating Middle Earth, watercolor by Tolkien.
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." -The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien.