Here's an alternative interpretation of Original Sin for those who dislike the common reading. The main drawbacks to Original Sin as interpreted by Abrahamic religions are: 1/ It controls by generating guilt/shame/fear 2/ Requires a wrathful God 3/ Which makes "God" masculine
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Thus self-consciousness should always come with a certain sense of humble gratitude along with a pinch of shame. Like finding front-row tickets on the street, voyeurism, or gambling winnings. After all, you get to SEE and BE. Consciousness as the original Promethean Fire.
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Which means that to be self-conscious as a human always should involve an element of "Irreducible Rascality" (Alan Watts) Anyone who is overly pure and righteous doesn't understand "Original Sin" and often paves the road to hell with good intentions. (toxic positivity)
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A more practical and commonplace example of this you'll encounter is with managers. If everyone is a manager, and no one is doing anything, then nothing gets done. Life isn't lived. Like this joke on american management: https://maaw.info/AnOldJokeOnAmericanManagement.htm …
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A good manager recognizes the need for oversight/measurement given the necessities of corporate life and willingly extracts self from the Lifestream in order to SERVE others. They are the true servant leaders vs the humble bragging servant leaders which feel "fake"
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When forked from the Lifestream, the main feeling is a sense of disconnect between Being and Seeing. You feel like a robot controlling yourself, trying your best to follow all these morals and all these rules and contorting yourself into knots to become a perfect person.
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This state of constant self-consciousness is very painful, especially if one is susceptible to loneliness. An occasional sense of divine oneness is necessary to top up the psychic energy reserves.
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However... a state of constant Flow does not seem like the ideal for Humans even though it IS the natural state for Animals.(and often peddled as a cure-all) Humans are the only known "Audience"... and thus... the only ones who can give applause.
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So... what Original Sin is *actually* about is seeing the world with humble gratitude. It's not about following the rules, or some dogma, or trying excessively hard to right the world and bring justice to all, etc... It's about "Hey... do you see what I'm seeing?"
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(Please note that I am an actual priest and not 3 large cats in a trench coat.)
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