Moriarty on The Enterprise

I'm just watching a rerun of Star Trek, where Moriarty has got himself off the holodeck and into the real world.

In one scene, Moriarty looks around himself and sees the world around him with great excitement. It occurred to me that I can do that at any given moment in my life, as I take a fresh look at existence, moment by moment.

Is that the nature of genius? Moriarty is a genius, for sure. I was thinking about the whole business of NLP "modelling". Modelling myself on aspects of Moriarty - just the fictional TV Moriarty - I can change who I am by understanding and empathising with his perspective.

Just as I can empathise with someone's plight, or their sense of helplessness, or anything else human (or animal!) I can surely empathise with their positivity or genius.

It's a form of NLP modelling used by athletes. By understanding athletes, we can understand the athlete in ourselves.

I love the paradox of the writing of these particular Star Trek episodes. They're so well written. So inspiring, and they really get me thinking about a variety of things.

I love the idea of genius. I love the idea of the holographic nature of genius, in that it's tied up with the general perspective, emotional makeup, and totality of any human being. Einstein was more than a mathematician. Part of his genius was his humanitarianism.

What I love about the genius of Moriarty is that he's such a phenomenal problem solver. He loves invention, and ways of doing things that are creative.

It's funny, but watching programmes like this with such fictional characters, I feel inspired to discover the inner workings of reality in a similar way.

Moriarty is coming into existence, aware of the fact that he is, simply, the personnification of a fictional character. But he's been created, and he knows that, and wants more. In a sense, that's the essence of what it is to exist in this world.

As I "step out" of my own limited thinking, I know that there's an entire universe that's right there but I haven't been aware of.

Funny, but when I had a kundalini experience a few years ago, I think I became aware, very briefly, of something way, way, way beyond this universe. And it terrified me the core. I'd been dabbling in magick, using rituals based in Kabbalastic and Tibetan teachings as well as intuitive, more personal rituals and visualizations. I found myself tapping into a power that really scared me. I compare it being a child learning to play with matches.

But the whole metaphysical thing is really "where it's at", I know. Finding a way to reconnect with that power again would be amazing. But I know I need to tread carefully.

I realise that jumping into the deep end with things has been a pattern for me in the past! I remember the first time I got on a motorbike. I drove it, it went out of control and I crashed into a fence. Same with doing magick, and opening up my mind, I guess.

But the Moriarty thing is an interesting analogy. Perhaps I need to develop my own internal Moriarty. He might help me really focus on getting more done in my life. He might let me "come out into the universe" more than I've ever done before.

Who knows?

By studing the very nature of the universe, including what makes up "me", then perhaps I'll add an entire new dimension to my life, just as Moriarty did in the Star Trek episode.