What if we all walked around naked?
So that our similarities
and vulnerability wouldn't be hidden.
I often wonder how different the world
would be if we all walked around naked.
I realize that in contemporary society
this isn’t a plausible idea as for some it wouldn't be convenient or safe for
daily life.
But I imagine we would treat people a lot differently if we all
walked around naked as most of us would be crippled with insecurity.
I believe
the ego would almost immediately evaporate or conversely, go into an extreme
over active state and then quickly return to a permanent dormant state.
Eventually however I think we would all show a lot more respect to one another,
especially the elderly, I think it would be hard not to help an elderly person
if you could see an aged body in such a vulnerable state.
We would have a very
different idea of what would be considered a good day.
It is said in Genesis
that Adam and Eve were no longer allowed to dwell in 'paradise' when they 'ate
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.'
This parable reflects
humanities fall from grace, long ago when we gained self awareness and awoke as
if into an alien universe.
This is the true catalyst for Adam and Eve becoming
'self conscious' and suddenly needing fig leaves, we evolved the ability to
think, to judge, and as more and more content entered the mind we came to permanently
inhabit the realm of thought.
We fell victim to the illusion of separation.
We
came to see a false self and subsequently feel the need to protect that self.
Now imagine the threat the illusory sense of self would feel if we were all
stripped of our clothing, if we were forced into such a drastic change, from
the way we usually perceive ourselves, and then a shift would occur, whether it
would be a diminished of ego or intensification of it who knows.
Clothing, now
days, is becoming all about status, all about the brand, to some it would seem downright
insane to spend your days naked.
To others, clothing is seen for what it is a
thin veil of protection, a veil of enhancement that, through identification
with our aesthetics, can provide a false sense of confidence, security and
status.
Indeed I believe, primarily with younger people, that judgement of
another's choice of clothing is one of the main ways in which the ego enhances
itself and inflates its feeling of superiority or inferiority, either way, the
ego feels separate.
Clothing aids you in seeing separation, everyday any number
of us will make subconscious assumptions about another bases on their appearance.
Usually these judgements have to do with what is wrong with the other, which of
course is only the ego reacting to a projection of itself.
What you react too
strongly in another also resonates within you.
Learning and living this truth
will lead to an intensely personal transformation.
Everything you dislike about
others can lead you to a deeper understanding of yourself.
ps/smoh
