Religion, Politics and Tradition:
The Curse of the 21st Century

RELIGION AND POLITICS are choking the life out of our planet. They take, at best, a partial and marginalized view of life and present this as the dominant issue in all things. If we are going to shake off the traumas and horrors that these partial views bring with them, like crusades, holocausts, wars, racism, starvation, poverty and other divisions in the quality of life on Earth, then religion and politics have to be rendered into their correct perspective. To do this, each person on planet Earth must start to move beyond their superstitions, trust their own wits and stop giving their power away to “good” or “bad” causes. Life is not written in “black and white,” it is written in rainbows of colors, some seen, some unseen. There are commonplace sayings that can qualify our lives, like: “Seeing is believing,” “the end justifies the means,” “possession (having) is 9/10ths of the law,” but there is much, much more to life.

The Religion Side
If you look closely at any religion, you recognize that it is built around any number of half truths and handed-down superstitions. The concept that Jesus was born on Christmas Day is not factually true. Astronomers have linked the “star in the East” to a comet that passed through the skies in late September. Christmas Day is historically a day to honor nature and recognized as the time, in the northern hemisphere, when the daylight is least and one’s inner light is potentially greatest. The commonly postulated understanding that Jesus died on a cross is not true : horrible though crucifixion is, it is impossible to die in a Roman-style crucifixion in the space of 6 hours, (Mark’s gospel, Chapter 15) especially without having your lungs pierced or legs crushed, (John’s gospel, Chapter 19) two clearly documented events that did not happen in Jesus’ cruci-fiction. What actually happened was that when he finally “gave up,” Jesus became enlightened on the cross and that is a completely different story rendering the Christian faith in a completely different light.

The concept that Gautama Buddha was born into the world walking and talking is not factual because obviously baby bodies are not given these abilities. In Eastern cultures women often give birth in a standing position but a newborn is caught and cradled by midwives and helpers. That people might have thought they heard Buddha speak as a newborn makes for a nice story but those people obviously perceived in the light of the birth of a high soul an understanding that they translated into words for themselves.

In his lifetime, Buddha was crystal clear that he wanted no images made of himself, instructing his disciples that if they wanted an image to represent Buddha’s presence then they should make an image of the “bodhi” tree under which he had attained enlightenment. For 500 years after Buddha’s passing there were no such things as “Buddha statues.” Buddha statues came into being with the travels through the east of Alexander, called “the Great,” and statues made in his image were gradually transposed into Buddha statues. Worshipping Buddha as a man represented in a statue began to supplant Buddha’s own insistence that all humans conduct a personal search to become enlightened beings themselves through a recognition of their own unique ability to find their own truth inside themself.

“Islam,” when translated into English, means Love. Islam has been the life-code religion of a generally migratory people for ages. Mohammed, the Islamic prophet, was ruthlessly clear that no statues, art or images of a divine life form are allowed in his interpretation of religion, and thus, throughout the years since Mohammed’s ministry, the world has been shocked at the destruction of beautiful statues, images, architecture and literature by extremist Mohammedans. This destruction has been carried to the dehumanizing extreme of women being forced to hide their natural beauty from the world since women are blamed for having a potential to distract men from their acquaintance with god. From this narrow-minded forced separation of men and women come many sexual and domestic deviances, misunderstandings and perversions that plague the Islamic religion and its adherents.

Anyone who has become acquainted with their own cranio-sacral pulses, pulses of fluid energy that run up and down the spine, will recognize that the Moslem call-to-prayer 5 times a day is an opportunity to physically activate these cranio-sacral pulses and release endorphins into the brain giving one a temporary “high.” If at the time one experiences a “high” one is instructed (by an imam or ayatollah) to look for god, or, alternatively go destroy an infidel with a suicidal bomb, one can easily be persuaded to follow through with a conditional sense of righteousness to do so.

The Political Side
Politically, the world has “been run” on a tribal basis for thousands of years in which a chieftain or king held the funds, the sway and in many cases, the “divine” right to command anyone in the kingdom. The king role is still played out with diminishing effect in various parts of the world, but presidents quite often are given, or assume the power to play the part of king while not actually being required to be beholden to anyone except themself and their own whims and political and financial interests.

In more recent times, the world has moved towards the “democratic” system in which a majority vote of 51% of a population is considered appropriate to elect a government that can ignore and deny the rights, interests and wishes of the other 49%. Democracy can even, in some cases, ignore and deny the rights, interests and values of the whole 100%.......! Democracy is founded in the basic understanding of “fairness,” “that all men are created equal,” exercised through diplomacy, debate and logical assessment that is understood to steer the whole 100% into a better future. However, one can quickly summarize the distortions and political agendas that have completely undermined the democratic process in these times. In due course, democracy will give way to meritocracy, the principle on which the United Nations has been founded, the principle that whoever has something good, supportive and worthwhile to offer is encouraged, and whoever has something, diminishing, demeaning and destructive to offer is discouraged, leading the world to a place of applied responsibility.

Loss of Power and Dignity
Whether is be through religion or politics, and many times the two become inextricably combined, we are each given the opportunity to give away our own birthright. It is time to have a fresh look at how we excuse ourselves from our lives, from our own perfectly good access to truth and how we tend to surrender our power to liars and lawyers, priests, perverts, pundits and politicians who live without scruple, moral or responsible intelligence in these rapidly transforming times.

In this article, we look at the circuits within the Design body graph and recognize the tendencies we can follow to overly emphasize religion and politics and how we can allow ourselves to be guided from within to our own empowerment as a conscious being on planet Earth.

The “Sensing,” “Religion” Circuitry.
Religion is based in beliefs that in turn are based in historical reference to what might be deemed “possible” and what might be considered “miraculous.” Much of belief is passed down through storytelling either oral or written. In the West, children are challenged with the story of Santa Claus or the “tooth fairy,” and are encouraged to expand their tolerance, excitement and/or condition their behavior if they wish to be “rewarded.” For those aspiring to adulthood, one of the principle beliefs that is pushed on individuals is the question that one either believes in God or not, regardless of the consideration that one may never have considered such a dilemma important for oneself.

In Design circuitry, beliefs are passed through the Emotional, Solar Plexus Center in a way that propels one from a concept of whether something is possible or not (Gate 41), to having the desire to have the experience (Gate 30), to having the experience, somehow, and perhaps feeling a great openness to guilt for having it (“Is it okay to have these feelings or should they be denied?”) (Gate 36), to equating for oneself, in retrospect, whether the experience led to any kind of “progress” in one’s life or not (Gate 35). This stream of energy has the potential to be very sexual in nature, and we know how various religions have messed with people’s natural expressions of sex...... Certain priests are denied sex, women are not allowed to be seen let alone flirt, sex is not allowed in times between various “holy” days, heaven forbid, etc.!!!

From the center of the Design chart, beliefs are activated through a pressure to commence something, anything (Gate 53) that sets in motion a (predictable) cycle that is aimed to increase one’s experience in life (Gate 42). The Sacral Center gives its “life-force” assent (Gate 29) to promote the experience in a way that brings achievement and recognition (Gate 46) that in turn brings opportunity to share telling of experiences (Gate 13) and thus bring resolution, completion and justification in defining one’s place in the “scheme of life’s events.” (Gate 33). So much of our religious background comes from stories with a moral, based on one kind of experience or other, that directly convinces us of defined and particular ways of living every facet of our life more from a basis of superstition than intelligence.

In the mental area, one ponders the unlimited variety of possibilities in the Universe (Gate 64), decides a course in life that appears to make sense (this course may be completely ungrounded in anything factual) (Gate 47), postulates and promotes one’s sentiments (Gate 11) and tells or acts out what one believes (Gate 56). “All’s well that ends well,” in that an end can justify its means.

When it is used unconsciously or with attached agendas, particularly religiously or politically oriented ones, families and whole populations and generations are crippled with guilt and disempowering half-truths concerning what they can expect or “be allowed” to feel about their lives. When this circuitry is accessed consciously, realms of human experience is accumulated, appreciated and conveyed into present and new generations as a workable backdrop of what is worth pursuing in life.

Politics and the Law
As society comes together and attempts to become civilized, laws are instituted and governmental bodies are formed to promote an assured future well-being for all. When instances happen that are seen to cause problems within society, new rules or laws are enacted by government officers to attempt to ensure that the problems do not repeat. In its right use, this process provides a self-correcting mechanism to promote benefits for all. In its wrong use, power gets to be controlled by vested interests who run agendas which they tailor to their own personal needs, foregoing society altogether except in platitudes.

In Design, the circuitry of this logical approach to life passes through all the same Centers as the “Belief” circuitry, with one exception......it has no emotional context, but rather it passes through the Spleen Center which, instead of feelings, relates to all of our survival fears. Personal (physical) survival can be the dominant driving force behind anything that comes from within this circuitry. And so one can see that politics and the practice of law can become a very nasty business. In its highest sense, this circuitry is the opening to Self-mastery and statesmanship, in its lowest form, it is a process of personally justifying anything (rat races, back-stabbing, betrayal, lying, murder, etc.) in order to fortify one’s survival.

The “Politics” circuitry is propelled from the Root Center at the bottom of the chart from a drive to bring joy and vitality into the world (Gate 58) and moves through a process of dealing with conditioning brought on by “authority” figures, particularly those in parental or “uniformed” guise that involves a necessity to revitalize oneself or one’s way in order to move forward in one’s life (Gate 18). From the Spleen to the Throat, there is the containment and/or attunement to all manner of essential human abilities (Gate 48) that finds release in expression or critique in its potential to be worthwhile (Gate 16). Pure expression of Joy and Vitality is a precious quality!

In the Center of the chart, a stillness is available before one commits (Gate 52) and in that stillness, details of potential moves/outcomes can be assimilated and sorted (Gate 9). In the Sacral Center comes the possibility of integrating into right timing and the rhythm of life (Gate 5) aligned with an attunement to who will contain the projected developments and how they will be directed (Gate 15). Leadership comes from an applied understanding that there are leaders and there are led, and the requirement of discipline needed for that to take place (Gate 7) so those with influence can draw everyone together in common cause (Gate 31).

Mentally, logic is founded in doubts and potential disruptions to smooth future outcomes (Gate 63) and the doubts are handled (temporarily) one way or other (Gate 4) so that opinions can be opined (Gate 17) and logical outcomes assured through expression (sometimes arrogantly, because .... “it is all so obvious, silly!” ) of what “works” and what does not! (Gate 62).

Wrong use of the circuitry involves spontaneous leaps that are not grounded in concerns for the whole but limited to personal survival issues most likely stemming from a personal sense of insecurity and inferiority. Much of the misuse of power that is based in logic surfaces in politics and legalese where indescribably horrible acts of harm and destruction are explained away by apparently logical justification.

Right use of the circuitry opens discussion and diplomacy grounded in a cautious overview of all potential outcomes stemming from an original course of action that is experimented with over and over until it operates to serve the best interests of all concerned. This is a natural course to mastery.

The Family, Heartfelt Circuitry
It is curious to note that neither the “Religion and Belief” circuitry, nor the “Politics and Law” circuitry have any connection to the Heart Center and personal will power. Connection to the Heart Center comes mostly in the family circuit but also has one link into the Individual’s circuitry.

It is said of the heart that it provides the equivalent energy in a lifetime to lift the largest ocean liner 50 feet in the air. Applying will power brings dramatic results in the world and yet, the heart is the organ most prone to illness in the human physiology, implying that most people are not acquainted with a right way to use their willpower. It behooves us all to be very careful when we declare : “I want.......!” to be sure that it is an appropriate statement for us in any given moment. The truth is that most of us have no idea at all what we want in life until we are offered it and even then are not quite sure we can have it!

In Design, the Family circuitry is split into two halves that join at the Heart Center. On the emotional (right) side....a push to connect into the greater whole, which inevitably leads to a spiritual search (Gate 19) is accepted or rejected on the basis of whether its approach is aligned with essential familial feelings of support (Gate 49). The family/community/congregation has strict rules of interaction, often in a handshake or a familiar touch that seals an unspoken bargain (Gate 37) and the community, be it local or far-flung, is strengthened by the communal commitment of all its singular members (Gate 40).

On the Splenic/survival (left) side, a push to find those who can assist one achieve one’s (entrepreneurial) ambitions (be they materialistic or spiritual) (Gate 54) is tested in its willingness to undergo transformative and spontaneous change (Gate 32). Cellular memory is applied to watch for and adjust to any shifts in recognizable patterns in any developments (Gate 44) so that useful or valuable resources are accumulated (Gate 26).

From the Heart Center, the Family has a single voice at the Throat Center, that of the King/Queen/ruler who declares whether the Community or the Entrepreneurs have achieved enough in resources to make for a healthy, wealthy and happy Family!

In its lowest form, the Family circuitry indulges in cronyism, nepotism, induced poverty and exclusion practices, including racism and ridicule. In its highest form, the Family circuitry ensures that ALL its members are provided for and respected whatever their status. It is not remotely democratic but rather sees that for the Family to thrive involves an all-inclusive approach to life.

The “bridge” or what I call “the smile” that balances the entire body graph between the Splenic and Emotional Centers is made up of two channels that are very much part and parcel of the Family circuitry. For consciousness to grow through human beings, we must practice values which serve all of mankind (Gate 50) and exhibit caring and trust for each other in a way that benefits all, (Gate 27) so that our life force can be spread with (hopefully) increasing consciousness to attract high souls to incarnate as a result of our intimacies (Gate 59) and bring balance to our interactions and how we handle our differences, in a (hopefully) increasingly conscious way (Gate 6).

In its highest form, “the smile” contributes towards providing the caring we all need so that we feel included as equals in health and well-being on earth, and allows for the expansion of population so that there is a space and place for all people. In its lowest form, the “smile” becomes the “smirk” and is exploited to provide minimal useful caring (and maximum profits to “health management organizations”) or no caring at all in countries where religious stigma counts life cheaply. Also, “the smirk” is overused to drastically overpopulate the world, either through plain (complicit) ignorance that birth control is available and necessary, or through “religion population programs” that are endorsed by catholicism, hindhuism, mohammedanism, mormonism, communism and other cults and so-called “mainstream” religions which are readily vouched for by politicians.

Individual, Knowing, Empowerment!
In the Individual, Knowing, “Empowerment” circuitry, all centers are included.......it is all-inclusive. It is neither “belief-system” oriented, nor is it “law-system” oriented, nor is it purely “Family-system” oriented. It is aimed directly towards the empowerment of an individual to claim their own birthright as a knowing individual, regardless of whether they have the approval of the other 6 billion people on the planet or not.! It is in and through the Individual circuitry that each one of us has the opportunity to transform, break out of old patterns that may have been in our genetic makeup for countless generations and move into our present-tense, 21st century reality. Now!

Everything in the Individual circuitry attunes to and through acoustics. It is sound, frequency and silence oriented. It can give us the gift of exact attunement with our environment, launching us into the silent void of pure knowing that comes when our consciousness is vibrating synchronistically with Existence.

It does not matter whether we have Gates or Channels in the Individual circuitry activated in our personal Designs or not because with the constant movement of people and planetary influences, we are continuously being offered the opportunity to, in any instant of time, move ourselves into the empowering freshness of each moment.


From the Root Center, the Empowerment circuitry branches out in three directions. Through the Emotional side stems the stream of energy that provokes the environment to reveal its true nature to us (Gate 39) that interacts with the extremes of our spirit nature and our experience of whether we feel abundant or not (Gate 55). Grace, both physical and spiritual, charms our way through all manner of potential trials (Gate 22) to our experience of standstill, when all is revealed to us, if we choose to acknowledge this (Gate 12).

Through the Splenic side of Individuality, stems our inner drive to be in combat with our environment, to take on the challenge of life itself (Gate 38) that is appreciated or dismissed for lacking the quality outcomes in life we consider that merit our attention (Gate 28). Our acoustically powerful intuition cuts through all other perceptions (Gate 57) to bring us in a flash, to a space to pause and appreciate our instantaneous environment (Gate 20).

From the Root Center, up the middle of the chart stems the stream commencing in the old genetic strains that carry all the information gleaned throughout time from the beginning of human consciousness (Gate 60) that are transmuted, often dramatically into novel form (Gate 3). Our skills at manipulating our environment and its contents (Gate 14) are directed into their potentially highest outcomes (Gate 2), allowing us to take on the natural expansion of the Universe through our own creativity (Gate 1) that is directed and arranged for it highest conceivable merit (Gate 8).

In the Crown Center, at the top of the chart, our access to Inner Truth and the highest potential of the mind to connect with the unknown (Gate 61) is painstakingly streamed and rationalized into mental though forms (Gate 24) to transmute into insight and evolution from old constraints and thought forms (Gate 43) that gives expression through words that are also sounds opening the acoustic realms to bring new knowing into life. (Gate 23). Inevitably, transforming highest potential into plain language is almost impossible since truth cannot be expressed in words, however, this stream of expression can lead a listener to a place of inner recognition, silence and knowing.

In the middle of the chart, on the left (Splenic) side, the Individual circuitry runs through four other Gateways. From the Spleen, (Gate 57) into the Sacral Center comes the connection with Gate 34, the power to stand in one’s own truth and be powerful as an individual human being; Gate 10, carries the ability to give of oneself, according to one’s own individual merits, an accordance to all the situations that life brings to us.

From the Self Center, our place of direction, purpose and inter relatedness in life, comes the connection from Gate 25, our place of selfless and potentially realized, innocence, that we are just a part of the great miracle of life, to Gate 51, the connection into the Heart, Willpower, Family Center, that launches us into an appreciation of our singular nature, apart from, but also akin to, all consciousness in human form. Through this connection, from Gate 51 to Gate 25, from the “Family” Center to the Self Center, comes the potential for us each to evolve out of what we can perceive as a purely material, existential existence into a true accord with our self, at home in the Universe.

Wrong use of the Individuality circuitry estranges us from the world of reality causing indifference to the “Religious-Political-Family” way of seeing things, because they all can appear nonsensical and personally disempowering. Right use of the Individual circuitry can empower anyone to appreciate and take on positive, creative and dramatic breakthroughs in human potential.

In Conclusion
There are no “tried and true” means to live our lives except to allow ourselves to be ourselves in all aspects and at all times within our lifetime. It takes great courage to be an individual who takes complete responsibility for everything he or she engages with in their lifetime.

Each one of us has our own way to “God,” “Nirvana,” “Firdosh,” “Enlightenment,” “Realization,” or whatever we might choose to call it. The way is well trodden by those who have gone before. But we must each appreciate that we have to make the journey alone. It is not about launching oneself in a mass or a congregation, it is about us being true to our own precious, personal nature.

It may have seemed as though I have been unduly harsh in commenting on religions, politics, the law and the family. Each of the circuits of energy I have ascribed to these ways of life can bring us forward in our comprehension of the various dimensions of life, or take us backwards in our consciousness and appreciation of what our true potential is here on earth, but they cannot empower us directly. This empowerment comes only when we allow ourselves to be open to our own source of truth.

At this time, in this juncture, we urgently need to cast off and let go many of the shackles, chains and insupportable burdens to which belief, logic and family-tradition-oriented systems condemn us. This is not a call to revolution in the traditional sense but it is a call to an inner revolution that will naturally bring great healing to a planet that is suffering under our present ways.

The moment one person aligns within their own truth, it creates a ripple effect that spreads, vibrationally, into the lives of all others. We each have within us the potential to live an awakened life, to follow our own inner guidance, and trust in the spirit within us. Let us all be open to allowing our truth in all that we live, so that the whole world can rejoice with us.

© 2005 Chetan Parkyn

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