VILE Guitarist: 'A Complex, Busy, Disconnected And Out-Of-Balance Life Only Leads To Misery'

Guitarist Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page:

"As it becomes more and more obvious that humanity is on a rapid downhill slide, the questions become more and more important. Questions like: Am I an accident on this planet? Does what I do here matter to anyone or anything else? If I take action, what about all the others that wont? If nothing happens when I die, what does it matter anyway? If Jesus/Allah/Odin, etc is going to forgive me, can't I do what I please? Why do I sometimes feel so empty and hollow and I feel better when I'm busy or high? And there are a thousand more questions like those.

"It's true that time is speeding up. Things are manifesting faster and faster. Used to be, a family line would live for tens of generations before any kind of change would occur to them or their culture. The same things happened every day, every year. But now we have massive global changes happening in what seems like every few years or so. Something is going on.

"Well, consciousness is ascending. There is a small percentage of folks that are leading this change. Many of them don't even know it. Some do. And most others are behind them to some degree. Eventually, everyone catches up. You see, the material world does not create the psychic world or the consciousness of man. Consciousness creates the material world. It's consciousness that is evolving in the galaxy. We are physical manifestations of that dynamic force. Evolution is initially fueled by this unfolding.

"The human being is first an energy being. He/she is a spirit being that lives in a material body so we can interact in the 3D material plane we call 'reality.' Our current phase of consciousness has been about ego development. It's been about mankind shifting from a Gynolatric (nature/intuition mind/feminine archetype) to an Androlatric (individualistic, rational, male archetype) type of consciousness.

"What has happened is that this shift has caused us to lose our psychic connection with creation. Therefore, as a culture we disrespect our inner voice, we disrespect nature, we disrespect the feminine, we disrespect the life giving principles.

"Well, the Patriarchal phase is coming to an end. That is what 2012 is all about. All the strife and war and power struggles I talk about and that you are witnessing are the dying throes of this state of mind. As a whole, we are very unhappy with this phase. We have grown because of it, but now it is not satisfying our inner nature. There is a general malaise that is covering mankind and we don't often know how to get out of it. We wonder if this material life is all there is and we think that if it is, well then, that is a huge disappointment. So we look for a leader, a hero, a guru, a drug, to take us away from it all. But this is just an immature way of dealing with the problem.

"All the mystery teachings that are the basis for all religions and spiritual teachings have several important things in common. They all tell us that a life of truth and integrity is a life full of energy and meaning. They tell us that the entire universe is contained within us. Just as a hologram can be broken into a thousand pieces and each piece still contains the image of the whole, we are all pieces of this hologram. These teachings were used to form civilizations of the past that lasted thousands of years. And they all died when the people became broken off from the natural principles that kept humans in line with the universe.

"The universe has laws. Laws that we can break, but if we do, we suffer. Each of us has an answer to every question inside of us. And when we are calm, we can hear the voice of the universe telling us what is the right thing to do. We often do not listen, and we all know how we suffer from those actions. When we live a life of integrity, truth, and balance, we live a very bright and energetic life. And one where we feel connected to God or the Divine.

"There is a lot of talk about how we have to change this or that. I even send out bulletins telling you to 'Get involved.' And it's important that we participate in the change. But how do you tell your kids to stop smoking of you yourself are a smoker? You cannot do that with success. And we can live a life fooling ourselves that we are doing something, but deep down, we know we are actually hurting, not helping.

"Only when we each individually become the light, can others be changed. We cannot appeal to those that might be open to change if we are not coming from a place of integrity, truth, honesty and care. But when we do come from that place, things do change, people do catch on, and the world does make a shift.

"All we can do is change ourselves. And when we change ourselves, then others will follow. And changing ourselves is the hardest thing. But what kind of world do we want anyway? We say we don't want what we have. So what will the world be if it's inherited by more people that do not know themselves or these principles? The same outcome is what we will get.

"And here is a little teaser for you: When you live a life of integrity, real honesty and truth, you are offered protection. When you align yourself with the laws of the universe, you become in tune with it and you flow with it. Then your needs materialize right in front of you. Then you meet the right people, the right things happen. And you feel that your life has real inner purpose. These are not just ideas that don't do anything you can see. They are very powerful tools for manifesting anything you need in your life

"Now mankind is making this shift back to a more Gynolatric consciousness. It will not be the same one we had before; that of nature rituals and a more animal thinking. We really cannot fully fathom what it will be. But it will be, and we can either come online with it and live a meaningful and helpful life on this planet, or we can fight it and live in misery.

"Many folks that have ignored the universal laws have achieved material wealth, but they are miserable down to the core. Your leaders, politicians, corporate CEOs, media giants, etc are all very deeply unhappy people. Shattered from the inside out, all they know if how to make the world in their own self image; one of absolute self hatred. What you see of them is not real. They are not who you think they are. They have gone the wrong path, and they are suffering for it. What is all the money in the world if all you can do is hurt others, degrade them and yourself and bring humanity closer to the brink of destruction? When this incarnation is over, can you take that money with you? Please don't be fooled. A simple life of integrity is one where true happiness can manifest. A complex, busy, disconnected and out-of-balance life only leads to misery."