Negative Space

by B.R. Yeager

Picture a scalene right triangle with its longest side pointed toward heaven. At its base on the right angle is the Mind; at the angle opposite lies the Body. The Spirit resides at the top, advancing toward heaven though never quite reaching. It is distant from the Mind, but even more so from the Body. This is Man’s State. When Man’s State inverts, these positions shift. Mind remains at the right angle, but now Spirit shares its base. Body occupies the highest point. Here, it is essential to remember this schema represents not a hierarchy, but a state of yearning. Man’s State yearns toward Spirit, while its inverse yearns toward the Body, for all things yearn toward what they do not (or no longer) possess. The Man inverts his State through ritual and extremity of experience. This extremity may be reached through ecstasy or trauma; meditation or hallucination; or a combination. Onanism or flagellation are commonly employed by many; religious practice and drug ingestion by others. Death, of course, represents the highest state of inversion, though not all who die attain it. Importantly, there is no “proper” path toward attaining inversion. Rather, one must conduct himself in alignment with the truth of his will. Only then can he rebuild the world.