{"id":4582,"date":"2024-05-21T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:06:35","slug":"a-perverted-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/?p=4582","title":{"rendered":"A Perverted Perception."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-header\">\n<h1 class=\"post-title unpublished\"><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Antidote<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visibility-check\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"available-content\">\n<div class=\"body markup\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1359\" height=\"1356\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/db00ee67-7c45-46c7-80f4-803d94f21136_1359x1356.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1356,&quot;width&quot;:1359,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1488348,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s time to study how you see the world. It\u2019s time because the world as it is, struggles with the challenge to hold together. Dharma, that which holds everything together, is currently fractured like a glass dome that is cracked and appears to be shattering. Not everyone knows this\u2026it appears the great majority are in a false bliss of ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you see yourself?<\/p>\n<p>We need to be able to see the world held together &#8211; in other words to see the Dharma that is holding everything together. We need some semblance of a cosmic law that maintains social order.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short, short list of the disorder given by anonymous bystanders. These are topics offered as social disorder.<\/p>\n<p>What do you see as the uprooting of social disorder?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unquestioning belief that germs make us sick.<\/li>\n<li>High reliance on medical pharmaceuticals for better health.<\/li>\n<li>Access to illicit and addictive drugs.<\/li>\n<li>Loss of police enforcement.<\/li>\n<li>Poverty.<\/li>\n<li>Inflation creating a food crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Housing crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Unending conflict and war.<\/li>\n<li>Unregulated border wall.<\/li>\n<li>Belief in life as a mechanistic machine.<\/li>\n<li>Loss of belief in God.<\/li>\n<li>Unable to have common, courteous conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Reliance on social media and online contact with others.<\/li>\n<li>Stress.\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Now, we need to ask &#8211; \u201cIs it even posssible to restore a cosmic law that has maintained social order?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes and well, NO. Let\u2019s leave the NO and go straight to what we can restore with our mind, body and two hands.<\/p>\n<p>We could start with kneading dough. Tightening loose screws. Making the bed.<\/p>\n<p>Or following what the big shot hotelier Conrad Hilton said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cPut the shower curtain inside the tub when you take a shower.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Very clear admonition and simple to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>Hang up your clothes. Stop at stop signs, red lights and cross walks. Pay with cash. Visit a friend, family. Look after a pet. Pay your debts. Obey the traffic signs, especially the speed limits.<\/p>\n<p>All of the above is mundane, earthly, worldly. Don\u2019t leave this out. But as you might guess &#8211; it\u2019s not enough. The bigger and more difficult action is to take a backward step from the mundane, earthly world and seek the unborn, undying, immeasurable being known by many names.<\/p>\n<p>The discipline of the mundane world will not suffer from an earnest, devoted step towards your true nature. Our perverted perspectives, however, will.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Perverted Perspectives<\/h4>\n<div id=\"\u00a7perverted-perspectives\" class=\"header-anchor-widget offset-top\">\n<div class=\"header-anchor-widget-button-container\">\n<div class=\"header-anchor-widget-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our perverted perspectives inhibit our ability to take that backward step. We need to know the four basic perverted perspectives. False, distorted and misrepresentation of this worldly existence causes suffering. Suffering occurs when we ignore how we actually see the world. Check for yourself whether you see the four basic distorted perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Here they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeing and believing all the impermanent\u00a0<em><strong>phenomena as<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>permanent.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Things that lead to\u00a0<em><strong>dissatisfaction as blissful<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Taints &amp; defilements as pure<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Seeing illusions<em><strong>\u00a0as absolute &amp; real.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some help in understanding.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We think\u00a0<em><strong>relationships<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0are permanent, especially in the beginning.<\/li>\n<li>We think\u00a0<em><strong>this time<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0we will not be disappointed.<\/li>\n<li>We think\u00a0<em><strong>just a little poison\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>will not cause harm.<\/li>\n<li>We think our\u00a0<em><strong>dreams, wishes, hopes, expectations<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0are absolute &amp; real.\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Enough for now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bird-image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4337 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bird-image-300x50.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bird-image-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/bird-image.png 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/asinglethread-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/asinglethread-logo-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/asinglethread-logo-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zatma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/asinglethread-logo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Antidote It\u2019s time to study how you see the world. It\u2019s time because the world as it is, struggles with the challenge to hold together. Dharma, that which holds everything together, is currently fractured like a glass dome that is cracked and appears to be shattering. Not everyone knows this\u2026it appears the great majority&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4584,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions\/4584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}