philosophy rant- Maslow, buddhism, Tantra

Axiom 1: There is suffering

Axiom 2: There is a cessation to suffering 

Theorem 1: The cessation to suffering is 'ultimate'. 

Proof: suffering is a pattern of activity. If there is not a radical change/phase transition on some parameter then it is the same pattern.

Physical world

We have systems and goals.

Systems: pattern of involuntary behaviour that we go down to when we stop being aware 

Goals: Things we are seeking to imbibe as a part of our system currently.

This distinction is rather arbitrary because once you become aware you realise that the process is the only thing. The distinction arises because of awareness interspersed with illusion.

Goals are a reflection of desire/aversion/fear. You 'want' to do something only because it's not already a part of your living process. 

It is your higher self guiding you towards local maxima in the being landscape.

They are karmic in the sense that If you already had perfect knowledge (I.e. suffering = 0) then you wouldn't need Goals and only a perfect process would exist. Your suffering is what creates your goals. 

Things that you are afraid of doing = reflection of the desire.

Process to make a goal into a system requires an implicit identification of a pattern of being with your true self. To make this identification you need to learn enough about the goal such that your higher self can identify it as being isomorphic to itself. This can be done by identitying your seld more deeply or by actualizing (in the sense of Maslow) the goal more deeply. Funnily, this is reflective in that doing either of these makes the other easier. Time is a construct that divides information into manageable chunks because a "moment" of attention is limited. (Perhaps you can deepen this with insight meditation)

After you do this for all your physical needs, you go to subtle needs. Frameworks, mindsets, emotions can be evaluated along the same metrics as systems or Goals. The one I have found to be closest to truth is perfect presence, humility and truth. The Buddhists would say impermanence, non-self and dissatisfaction.  Mysticism and the occult also comes in here. They give languages and methods for subtle needs but getting your subtle needs met in society is literally like Breaking the rules to eat more of your Karma in this lifetime itself because the way society is organized is so restrictive. Any serious seeker would end up doing this anyway (not through their own agency but rather because of their forbearance or uparati)(artists or creatives also fall under the same purview) but it becomes appalling if someone uses these as Goals instead of maps and they get lost. If you misuse these, you basically have the power of gods, but like advaita would say, our march must continue beyond heaven.

(So this whole Framework is useless and you can throw it away)