A lot of Mumbo Jumbo was spent trying to find the text for Jes Grew. In the end, the text was burned, yet Jes Grew survived. It was thought that Jes Grew needed that text for survival, when in fact the opposite was true. Jes Grew didn't need the text, and in fact it never needed it. Jes Grew needs to be free, because if it is not, then that is when Jes Grew truly dies.
It's like with the Art Detention stuff. Museums are thought to be places where history and culture are preserved for all to know and learn about. They're supposed to be good things, educational and necessary. After all, without museums, some history and cultures may have been lost, wouldn't they? Museums are meant to preserve, aren't they? And yet, looking at museums from an Art Detention point of view, that is not what a museum should be doing at all. Instead of letting history and culture live, they're kept locked up behind glass walls, frozen in time and space. One may think they're experiencing history, but in fact they are merely observing and interpreting. I mean, staring at a jug from Ancient Greece is one thing, using it is another. You can't have an experience when things are locked up. The uses and importance of things actually seem to fade in captivity. No longer is art or dance or music something that is to be experienced, it is something to be observed and studied from a distance. But that just kills all the life in a culture. Music...you can't just pin down music to beats and notes and measures. When you do that, you lose all the feeling and emotion. Yes, the theory is important, but you could never have the theory and just listen to the music and be moved. You see what I mean? Culture is something that needs to be experienced to live. It can't be locked up or pinned down to a study. That's killing culture.
That's how Jes Grew is. If you give Jes Grew a text, then you've suddenly decided what Jes Grew is and it can never change. Jes Grew will always be those words on a page. What changes is the interpretation of those words. Jes Grew becomes something you must study, like the Bible. The Bible takes religion and puts it into a set of rules and guidelines, stories and legends, but they're all just words, words that no one dares to change because they are seen as sacred. So what do we do if we disagree with what the words say? We study, we try to re-interpret the text, but no matter what we do, the text stays the same. If a religion didn't have a text, it could possibly be more spiritual because it is something to be experienced, not studied. I see Jes Grew as a religion, well actually, a sense of spirituality. It moves people, it has power and sway, and can be virtually anything to anyone who wants it. That's how Jes Grew can move from person to person, because it does something different for each individual. If Jes Grew had a text, there would be limitations on what Jes Grew could be. Parts of Jes Grew would die off because the text would not allow them to exist. Jes Grew needs to live and be experienced. That's what it can't have a text.
It's such an interesting thought, because we so often think that things need to be contained in order for them to be understood and passed on. But we never stop to think about the consequences of doing such a thing. Containing something kills it. What you must do is let it be free. Let it live. Experience life. Don't study it.
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