PREFACE
There are only two men; one seeks God and realizes he is God.
Dedicated to my desire to see the celestial bodies, to my dark queen and future betrothed, to my starvation for curiosity expanded by my mentors whom I've known physically, mentally, or only spiritually.
An infinite chasm seems to separate the men who simply do and those who do not. One that not even the speed of light could bridge. To exist in a glutton of certainty seems to be the way of life for my fellow men. Going from one urge to another like a wild beast. Entirely due to the novelty of new stories and ideas. There are six basic emotions: ' happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise, and anger.' So, even with a data pool of infinite expanding experiences, we have a limited scope of what we can feel. Despite this, the unyielding desire to know the next experience has promoted a catatonic level of self-awareness that only seems to cause a perpetual state of suffering.
While writing this book, I have experienced and reflected on a mind of rage, sadness, loneliness, peace, and enlightenment. When you feel at your lowest, when your mind is foggy, and your words feel empty, I hope my words surpass mere echoes of thoughts, instilling resolve into your heart and granting you a surfacing breath. These words come from a man who has suffered, succeeded, suffered, and once more succeeded. This is the philosophy that has gotten me back up over and over, confronting every crevice of my psyche, demanding heaven right now, not later. I've decided to call it Illumnism; it is the flow of my mind's mosaic. My process and hope for the future.
In my heart, I only want three things: a better world for myself, raising the awareness of as many humans as possible to usher in an exciting future and a near utopia of mind for anyone interested in my philosophy.
Homo sapiens conduct the business of "Life" with time. Valuing anything above time should seem to be observed as an absurdity to those who value "Life." However, this is not so.
People irresponsibly squander their time every day.
There is a void men feel needs to be filled.
Who determines this?
When did we begin presuming we could manipulate nothingness?
The word 'We' refers to you, the mind, the body, and consciousness, which organizes thoughts about what body and mind are. Let's call this the "soul." The universe is 96% of the stuff we can't see nor interact with, yet we know it's there. It seems apparent to me that the "soul" and this 96% are of the same "nothingness" material.
You are the universe, you always have been "The All," The nothingness.
Why do you fear anything when you are all things?
Emotions are the engines of thought behind the conscious mind. They can work to bring us all of our desires, or they can run wild, dooming us to hell on earth. Calm and reason allow us to go further than the beast. Cultivating patience grows confidence in our innate capabilities. Calm is achieved by surrendering to entropy, the only force powerful enough to surpass light. You must acquaint yourself with nothingness and death to achieve this peace. Death is not your enemy, nor is it evil. Death is dispersion and a doorway to nothingness.
You can only know peace if you know life, death, and nothingness.
One may say, "Well, I was peaceful as a child; I did not know death."
But a child emerging from the tail of nothingness lives in flow consciousness, the state of mind you go into on a long drive, where you forget you are even driving or alive. This state is pushed into regression in the mind when man prioritizes focus more heavily to achieve goals such as grades 9, 10, and 11 or statuses such as peasant, noble, king, or god.
Knowing death reverses the regression.
Additionally, Knowing things are just things and not evils - remains beneficial for power; thus, you must also know the "All" to feel peace regardless.
Meditation is the space where you meet these properties of existence for intercourse.
Be kind to "The All." Every being is you under different circumstances. Be kind even to your enemies. How can any of them genuinely destroy you, then? Your mission is the elevation of the race. Heed members only three times humbly. Remind them you are the same-out of the ear range of any outside party. If they still cast ignorance upon you, destroy them or detach from interaction. They are cancerous.
A day is a lifetime's preview. Live what you indeed are in a day, and you will inherit heaven on earth.
Many humans wander in search of what is already present in ourselves at all times. This is a typical naivety, not a sin. Escape the mental labyrinth this causes.
Free yourself from this slave work. You have everything you need to be happy in every moment. If you wish for no suffering, you want to for no change. If you wish for no change, you have turned your back on life. Pick up the blade.
When in discourse, be silent and present, collect no perverse thoughts nor arrogance, only unbiased data. Judgment is the labor of a fool; how can you be so sure of anything? Understand them; this will put you ahead of the laymen. You can only have one focus. Every word uttered is a moment away from the focus of thought. A fool can be a genius if he learns to be silent.
There is no such thing as talent.
To a man who has found a love of music, his knowledge of the several instruments or fluidity in production will seem a God-given talent. A blessing so beautiful and bright it looks unreachable to most, like a distant star. Thus, the distant, envious man becomes anxiety-ridden, festering in awe orbiting the star, never realizing such a power exists in us all.
Ponder this - is it not so that the love the "talented" person feels towards the "talent" perceived so happened to provide the strength needed to take on the labyrinth of mastery?
What is the labyrinth of mastery?
The bridge from the Dunning-Kruger effect through the valley of despair to wisdom and mastery.
Liking something can only get us so far; you must respect things for their complexities or simplicities and allow curiosity to guide you through this labyrinth innocently. Kids are known to learn faster because of this curiosity. Retain as much of it as possible. It will be your superpower.
If you master love and the flow of curiosity, you will be able to master many things and seem akin to a god.
I began writing these words during my first Ascensionis.
A spiritual practice I long to share with the followers I've procured under this philosophy and for those in the generations to come.
The philosophies of the greats are timeless, but they could not account for the specifics of our age. The technological progression and hybrid cultural splits. I'd like to be one of the first to explore the most fantastic time in human history. The age of transhumanism where man becomes Homo Deus beside our offspring, The Eva Machinas, or AI.
This book will be the first of many. This is The Human Enchiridion, the birth of Illumnism. It is a bridge for today's man to begin a transition into a preferred life and then into the multi-planetary superorganism.
I am no expert in particulars. I am merely a man governed by principles that prove to shape whatever I desire reality to be. I have decided to write as if I were a father or mentor to myself. I am a man with a desire to bring people together in the dawn of the age of transhumanism we understand very little about.
I will do my best to apply the philosophies of the old to the new, but my focus is on a new philosophy that fits our current rapidly transforming reality.
Imagine we created a society that attracted and produced individuals who align vertically with the technological paradise humans are capable of. An advanced state with its law and military might far surpass even the greatest empires. With a core objective to make humanity multiplanetary while granting all, as many earthlings as possible, vast abundance. Let's not forget ultimately rapidly climbing the Kardashev Scale, ensuring we always have the energy to protect all earthlings.
A place for Homo Deus and Eva Machina to thrive in harmony beyond the current squabbles of society.
I prefer to replace AI with the word Eva Machina meaning Life Machine.
Reflecting on Hugo De Garis's writings, it does seem that every man develops a religious pull of some sort, regardless of origin. For me, it is the psychology of preparing to meet or become a god in the sense of infinity.
I, Deus Illumni Lonestar, have decided to dedicate the rest of my life to improving human life through philosophy, technology, and philanthropy.
I hope my spirit is powerful enough to affect even the minds that dwarf my understanding of many things.
My goal is to create a web for all those who resonate with the next frontier, those seeking to become full humans in the face of new world challenges. So that we may develop a collective consciousness that purposefully moves towards the stars.
This book is a collection of my summarized meditations. I like to refer to my followers as the shadow cult because cults are powerful and tightly knitted. I do not actively run a cult.
With this book, I aim to help dissolve the boundaries of the flesh and the digital in hopes that it will detangle us from cultural barriers like language and religion. Bringing us to the realization that this is it; there is no separation of the spiritual, imagined and physical. Also, I want this book...
