Spiritual Genius (Pt. 2)

Anu’s experience is the archetype of the prophetic call. Throughout ancient spiritual manuscripts, those brave souls who choose to teach humanity about the spiritual realm all told a similar story. The details changed depending upon the environment or the circumstances, but the overall pattern remains the same.

The brave soul is a perceptive individual. He or she possesses smarts in abundance. Long before the prophetic call, the members of his or her family notice how the brave soul is able to draw insight and wisdom from the most ordinary of happenings. Nature is like an open book to them. No interaction comes without the fruit of greater knowledge concerning the human condition and how humanity fits into the overall scheme of things.

One day, something significant happens to shift the brave soul out of his or her normal mode of THOUGHT. A near death experience, such as Anu. Or, the tragic loss of a loved one. Or, a spontaneous mystical experience through a dream. Something happens that shifts the brave soul to think on a higher plane!

Tremendous insight is gained. The Key to this Life is communicated and the brave soul begins to view everything from a spiritual vantage point. Coincidence becomes a concept of the past. Every little thing is the result of the Divine Order: cause and effect. The brave soul becomes obsessed with telling people of his or her experience.

Having no reference point for what the brave soul is communicating, most are confused. They agree that a spiritual realm exists, yet how it relates to their harsh, brutal life escapes them. To make the insight intelligible, the brave soul is forced to invent a story. Inside the story, the brave soul hides the Key to this Life. In time, some of the more perceptive people who hear the story understand what the brave soul is trying to communicate and join him or her in productive conversation.

This is reflected in Karen Armstrong’s research, “When people began to devise their myths and worship their gods . . .[the] symbolic stories, cave paintings and carvings were an attempt to express their wonder and to link this pervasive mystery into their own lives.” (pg. 5, emphasis mine)

When enough people were familiar with Anu’s “myth” something unexpected happened. The small circle of clarity became a big circle of confusion. The myth became more important than the insight that the myth communicated. The Key to this Life was lost in the details.

Looking back, we can see how this naturally occurred. Surrounded by a world perceived to be filled with danger, humanity saw no need for philosophy. A greater need was perceived in a sense of safety. The myth promised safety in the form of the Light. In the hands of the big circle the myth underwent a massive transformation!

In exchange for the safety the circle so desperately desired a contract was created between the Light and humanity. The Light would provide protection and gifts (i.e. blessings) in exchange for acknowledgment of Its existence (i.e. worship.) When a breach in the contract occurred, the Light would withdraw Its end of the bargain, thus expressing human emotions, which the big circle could understand when calamity befell them. Extra measures, beyond worship, were used to regain the Light’s favor, such as animal, or human, sacrifices.

This early distorted concept of the Light made it a projection of the human mind and the servant of human desires. Humanity used God (i.e. The Light) to get things done (i.e. receive a healing, secure a good crop, find a wife.)

Some still hold to this primitive belief system.