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Viewing 14: Everything and Nothing- Zen and the Art of Disguise

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“Sometimes there are so many voices in my head, I don’t know who I am”

     -- Pistachio Disguisey 

It is a predicament that everyone faces. What comprises one’s identity—one’s self? What does it mean to be Pistachio Disguisey, what does it mean to be Jacob Nathan, what does it mean to be XXX? We can’t help but perceive the world from the constricting lens of our self and this often seems incomplete or insincere somehow. As agnostic Buddhist Stephen Batchelor describes, “It has taken four billion years of evolution to generate this kind of organism with this kind of brain, and yet we wake up in the morning and feel bored.” This is phenomenal! Think of how many different miniscule events went in to comprising who you are at this very moment—not just at a molecular level, but also in terms of the heterogeneous material that comprises this entity you call your self. This includes experiences, memories, interactions, and changes in body chemistry.

It’s extraordinarily complex and fascinating but that doesn’t mean that we can’t help but sometimes feel discomfort within our selves. Pistachio has become dissatisfied with his existence because he has become attached and fixated on the “Self.”  It is only when Pistachio begins to discover his true calling as the Master of disguise that he is capable of overcoming the limits and boundaries of the self. Channeling Energico through a Zen-like repetitive mantra of “become another person, become another person, become another person…” he channels compassion and empathy. The word “disguise” doesn’t do this practice justice. It implies a cover up or concealing of the self. Instead, it’s best to think of Pistachio’s use of Energico as a way for him to see absolute truth. Rather than view the world limited within his own mind, Pistachio is able to truly perceive the connection that binds him to all sentient beings and the universe. Pistachio is able to realize the phenomenon that Kalu Rinpoche discusses saying:

“We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.”

In eliminating himself and becoming another person he taps into the Energico that unites us all—the same energy that makes reincarnation possible. Pistachio is one with us all—he is nothing and everything.

 I established in the previous post on philosophy that Pistachio and the rest of the Disguisey’s were doing God’s work. The Buddhist influence in the film is notable, and it only reinforces the notion that GOD IS ENERGICO. With this knowledge I shall start the church of Disguisey. Who’s joining?

  LEVEL 4,200 FINE ARTISAN OF DISGUISE. 2/3 OF THE WAY TO BECOMING THE MASTER!

MASTER OF THE MASTER OF DISGUISE HAS IT’S OWN BLOG AT 

THEMASTEROFTHEMASTEROFDISGUISE.TUMBLR.COM

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Viewing 14: Everything and Nothing- Zen and the Art of Disguise

“Sometimes there are so many voices in my head, I don’t know who I am”

-- Pistachio Disguisey 

It is a predicament that everyone faces. What comprises one’s identity—one’s self? What does it mean to be Pistachio Disguisey, what does it mean to be Jacob Nathan, what does it mean to be XXX? We can’t help but perceive the world from the constricting lens of our self and this often seems incomplete or insincere somehow. As agnostic Buddhist Stephen Batchelor describes, “It has taken four billion years of evolution to generate this kind of organism with this kind of brain, and yet we wake up in the morning and feel bored.” This is phenomenal! Think of how many different miniscule events went in to comprising who you are at this very moment—not just at a molecular level, but also in terms of the heterogeneous material that comprises this entity you call your self. This includes experiences, memories, interactions, and changes in body chemistry.

It’s extraordinarily complex and fascinating but that doesn’t mean that we can’t help but sometimes feel discomfort within our selves. Pistachio has become dissatisfied with his existence because he has become attached and fixated on the “Self.”  It is only when Pistachio begins to discover his true calling as the Master of disguise that he is capable of overcoming the limits and boundaries of the self. Channeling Energico through a Zen-like repetitive mantra of “become another person, become another person, become another person…” he channels compassion and empathy. The word “disguise” doesn’t do this practice justice. It implies a cover up or concealing of the self. Instead, it’s best to think of Pistachio’s use of Energico as a way for him to see absolute truth. Rather than view the world limited within his own mind, Pistachio is able to truly perceive the connection that binds him to all sentient beings and the universe. Pistachio is able to realize the phenomenon that Kalu Rinpoche discusses saying:

“We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.”

In eliminating himself and becoming another person he taps into the Energico that unites us all—the same energy that makes reincarnation possible. Pistachio is one with us all—he is nothing and everything.

 I established in the previous post on philosophy that Pistachio and the rest of the Disguisey’s were doing God’s work. The Buddhist influence in the film is notable, and it only reinforces the notion that GOD IS ENERGICO. With this knowledge I shall start the church of Disguisey. Who’s joining?

  LEVEL 4,200 FINE ARTISAN OF DISGUISE. 2/3 OF THE WAY TO BECOMING THE MASTER!