Where We Are Going
When the Christ energy is the seat of consciousness, not an ego, that's the return
AI Overview:
Operating primarily in the right brain—while the left brain runs logistics outside conscious attention—feels like a state of blissful, expansive, and timeless flow. You experience the world holistically as a massive collage. The rigid boundaries of the ego dissolve, leaving a profound sense of connection to the present moment. This unique state of consciousness combines two distinct cognitive experiences:
The Right Brain (Your Conscious Experience) The “Now”: You lose the linear perception of time; there is no past or future, only an eternal present. Sensory Immersion:
You think in pictures rather than words. Sensory inputs like the feeling of the wind, light, or sounds are processed as a seamless, flowing experience rather than being labeled and categorized.
Oneness: Your sense of self as a separate, distinct individual (the “I am”) fades. You feel intimately connected to the energy and the world around you.
The Left Brain (Working Outside Conscious Attention):
Silent Background Operations: The left hemisphere handles the routine, mechanical details invisibly. It processes language, coordinates your movements, and manages your memories without you having to consciously direct them.
Boundary Maintenance: The left brain normally provides the sense of “me” versus “not-me.” When operating only in the background, you still possess bodily safety and spatial orientation, but you are free from the continuous internal chatter or analytical self-critique. This psychological dynamic is often explored through neuroanatomy and philosophy, notably in the works of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor (author of My Stroke of Insight) and psychiatrist Dr. Iain McGilchrist.
Today I went back and read some of my blogs from years ago. I have for years expressed my belief that the Christ energy refers to the seat of consciousness, and that it shifted right to left hemisphere in the brain (left to right in the body because of lateral operation) about the time of Socrates. I believe the Christ story was a way of trying to explain this shift in dominance, and that eventually it would shift back to the right-brain. A literal mind can’t see this and thinks there’s this man who is also a god, who is going to return. Ignorance, like fear, appears to have no bottom.
http://strayshot.com/StrayShot/Blog/Entries/2013/9/19_The_2000_Year_Itch.htmlThere were few if any readers for these essays, which is oddly okay with me. I like to read them, and I have a couple of friends who read them. They are the people I also read, or to whom I am connected, which is how it works in the online forums. As I read very few people, I get very few readers. But I like to think that once in awhile someone stumbles onto these and enjoys at least one of them.
I always enjoy your posts, Dan, even though (or maybe because) I sometimes (okay, often) struggle to follow where you're leading. In this case, I think I understand you quite well. Which probably means I don't.
It's a much more interesting take on Christianity than the literal chap-gets-nailed-to-a-post-to-redeem-humanity story, at any rate.
I've never been a theist of any description. Religions are much more interesting if you don't adhere to one, I think. The subject of my PhD thesis, a 16th-century German chap called Sebastian Franck, was a deeply religious man, and I found him utterly fascinating. He might have liked your take on the Christ energy, though it would have taken him a while to get his head around the whole left brain / right brain concept.
I have no idea what “Christ energy” is supposed to be, because I’m in my right mind. 🥰🤣😁