There's a quote from Gottfried Leibniz at the last line on the following page of my website I'll start this off with:
http://raptorwizard.webstarts.com/terra_program.html
Finally, under this perfect government, there will be no good action unrewarded and no evil action unpunished; everything must turn out for the well-being of the good; that is to say, of those who are not disaffected in this great state, who, after having done their duty, trust in Providence and who love and imitate, as is meet, the Author of all Good, delighting in the contemplation of his perfections according to the nature of that genuine, pure love which finds pleasure in the happiness of those who are loved. It is for this reason that wise and virtuous persons work in behalf of everything which seems conformable to presumptive or antecedent will of God, and are, nevertheless, content with what God actually brings to pass through his secret, consequent and determining will, recognising that if we were able to understand sufficiently well the order of the universe, we should find that it surpasses all the desires of the wisest of us, and that it is impossible to render it better than it is, not only for all in general, but also for each one of us in particular, provided that we have the proper attachment for the author of all, not only as the Architect and the efficient cause of our being, but also as our Lord and the Final Cause, who ought to be the whole goal of our will, and who alone can make us happy.
I'm not saying I agree with everything in that above passage (like the idea of all things being "perfect"), but the idea is that "God" needs to change the world as we know it and re-establish "the kingdom". During the times of Noah's flood for instance, there was an apocalypse (the flood) that "purifed" the world, purged it of its corruption and made room for new growth.
The point is, when the "Christ Consciousness" is realized, it can and must transform everything at our platform, lift us up to higher states. Look at this next passage from the following link for a better reference frame as to what this all may mean:
http://kheper.net/integral/transformation.html
The concept of a global spiritual transformation and New World (a New Heaven and a New Earth), is an old one, appearing first in exoteric religious messianism. The concept of a supernatural end of the world consumation that appears in Zoroastrianism and spreads from there to Judaism and later monotheistic religions, introduces both the concept of a supernatural creator deity and linear time. This idea of resurrection of the dead so that believers can enjoy a paradise of the faithful, and gloat on non-believers suffering in hell, is paradoxically both a ridiculous example of spiritual infantilism and materialism (they are completely unable to conceive of existence apart from the body) and a "psychic dream" (in Sri Aurobindo's phrase) of a future transformed physical existence. But because of exoteric literalism and fundamentalism the genuine vision was lost for several thousand years, appearing every so often as messianic and premillenial revivals.
As a concluding statement, I really don't take all of this stuff literally. But I do agree with the basic idea of human ascension above and beyond up to the divine level, building the rainbow bridge of Heaven to infinity.
Lastly, there's a little poem a wrote that I believe elegantly captures these concepts:
I am...
A manifesting generator of mind
creating copies from my true being
breathing fire into the equations
filling the cosmos with divine light
Cosmic codes are there to crack
where the system can be hacked
programming the supercomputer
mastering our existential game
A new world flows into form
rushing with the waters of life
outpouring from an infinite sea
there to be perfectly shaped
Oh great beast of the sea
ascend from your depths
stretch out thy angelic wings
and shine forth the rainbow!
The Way of the Archmage begins by awakening the Dragon within ("Dragon" is what the asians call the wise).
Nietzsche on the following page of my website shows us the shining path to the Dragon:
http://raptorwizard.webstarts.com/grand_arcanum.html
Here he seeks out his last master: he wants to fight him and his last god; for ultimate victory he wants to fight with the great dragon.
Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and god? "Thou shalt" is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, "I will." "Thou shalt" lies in his way, sparkling like gold, an animal covered with scales; and on every scale shines a golden "thou shalt."
Values, thousands of years old, shine on these scales; and thus speaks the mightiest of all dragons: "All value has long been created, and I am all created value. Verily, there shall be no more 'I will.'" Thus speaks the dragon.
My brothers, why is there a need in the spirit for the lion? Why is not the beast of burden, which renounces and is reverent, enough?
To create new values -- that even the lion cannot do; but the creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed. To assume the right to new values -- that is the most terrifying assumption for a reverent spirit that would bear much. Verily, to him it is preying, and a matter for a beast of prey. He once loved "thou shalt" as most sacred: now he must find illusion and caprice even in the most sacred, that freedom from his love may become his prey: the lion is needed for such prey.
But say, my brothers, what can the child do that even the lion could not do? Why must the preying lion still become a child? The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a self-propelled wheel, a first movement, a sacred "Yes." For the game of creation, my brothers, a sacred "Yes" is needed: the spirit now wills his own will, and he who had been lost to the world now conquers the world.
Okay, that captures the fundamental essence of what the "Dragon" means, and now you shall receive the Wizard's perspective:
A Dragon has the powers of fire (can destroy the old and forge new things into being). It also has wings so that it can fly (can transcend restrictions and do anything). Ultimately, one must rise above all challenges through the force of will. The force of will within our minds makes it so things shall unfold, has all promise to make anything possible. Learn the processes moving our great world system, master the game of creation, integrate all of those lessons together, and unleash it all to transform the architectures of everything!
As an overall conclusion, Giordano Bruno phrases this greatest of goals well:
Thou art my delight and the warmth of my heart; [24]
Thou makest me without fear of Fate or of Death;
Thou breakest the chains and bars
Whence few come forth free.
Seasons, years, months, days and hours --
The children and weapons of Time -- and that Court
Where neither steel nor treasure [25] avail
Have secured me from the fury [of the foe].
Henceforth I spread confident wings to space;
I fear no barrier of crystal or of glass;
I cleave the heavens and soar to the infinite.
And while I rise from my own globe to others
And penetrate ever further through the eternal field,
That which others saw from afar, I leave far behind me. [26]
Let's start with the perspective of change and the infinite as presented here:
http://www.pymander.com/AETHEREAL/QUANT~1.htm#COSMIC
"Of the things that are, NOTHING is allowed to stand still."
The Ancient Egyptian Philosopher Hermes Trismegistus
"Time belongs to the relative mind, and has no place in the Eternal or Absolute. Next, the Intellect informs us that it must think of the Absolute as Infinite in Space --present everywhere --Omnipresent. It cannot be limited, for there is nothing outside of itself to limit it. There is no such place as Nowhere. Every place is in the Everywhere. And Everywhere is filled with the ALL --the Infinite Reality --the Absolute." --Yogi Ramacharaka
Okay, now to present my thoughts on the matter, we seem to experience loneliness when the flux of life moves past us, taking something away, or perhaps not giving us what we desire. That's one of the funny things about time, is that it's always making stuff change; the only constant factor is change. Somehow, we need to learn how to control this flow, to focus it at command. Time they say in high-level physics is like a river, capable of altering speed and direction of flow; it can whirl on endlessly in places, come to complete stagnation, branch off into separate streams, reach greater depths in places, and so forth. I think there's much more knowledge to be gathered before we can really solve the problems of what makes us lonely, namely the problem of understanding and mastering time.
A lot of times with my idiot comments, I'm kind of just messing around and having fun. But it still does help to give another spin on the development of radical ideas, because the more you generate in multiple ways, the better the progress. Also, the blacks frankly fascinate me more than any other race. They have survived centuries of persecution, and risen above it. Blacks have even shown that they are just as much if not more competent than the other races at challenging old systems. This I believe is a big positive in the annihilation of old barriers and the advancement of new creations.
I'm not sure the idea of enlightenment necessarily needs a strict definition, nor do I believe that I fully understand these ideas, at all.
However, as a broad generalization, we could see enlightenment as something that well, helps us to see things better. It gives our minds more light, expands our awareness. Light is also a great symbol for the mind of God.
This brings us to a bigger question yet: what is the nature of light (the meaning of the "mind of God")? One cool thing about light is that it has a "timeless" feature to it; time stands completely still for a beam of light, as demonstrated in Einstein's theory of relativity. God then you could say has an eternal essence, has transcended the limits of time. He encompasses all things that are or can be done, throughout the entire scope of everything.
That of course is if were talking about God. But if we're talking about "god", then that could very well be us, even if it takes eons for its accomplishment.
I'm not going to get uber-philosophical with this one. Just live every moment to its fullest, maximize all of its promise. There's a quote I think that goes something like: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift - that is why it is called the "present". Basically, what we do right now is what will shape the world.
Of course, that's just under our limited 1-directional view of time. When seen from the "higher dimensions" (like that article you linked me too), surely it's much more complex and paradoxical.
My thought processes tend to be very integrative. I pretty much just put a bunch of stuff together. It's not like I'm some kind of great visionary or whatever. I just think about these things a lot. It would take like an Einstein or a Tesla and such to have the real "thought experiments". But even they say that much of their ideas are just because they put more of their focus there.
So all I can say is that if you want to learn and generate, if you desire to do so, then it shall be done.
I do indeed have a hard time really imagining what I say. And there's also all kinds of mistakes in basic logic I make. It's good though I think to have your own thoughts and feelings on these things. You shouldn't after all take everything I (or anyone) says on faith alone. Otherwise, then surely it's much more "empty".
I'm much more of a philosopher than a scientist. As such, I'm going to have more idiot's speculation than wise man's solutions.