WHAT IS COSMIC DEVOTION?
Cosmic devotions collectively relates to the central practices within The Philosophy of Millettism that are considered to strengthen and proximate one's personal relationship with The Cosmos. Cosmic devotions are characterised by feelings, acts, and thoughts when either physically observing The Cosmos, learning about The Cosmos, or imagining/contemplating about The Cosmos, or its progenies, or phenomena.
There are four distinct branches of cosmic devotional practices which include wonderment, adoration, laudation, and veneration, however, there does exist other forms of cosmic devotion that are considered to further raise one's Cosmic Awareness.
The subdiscipline of devotology within the discipline of study of occurrology deals with the study and contemplation of cosmic devotions, and the various methods associated with each, and the variations in their practices. Devotologists are tasked with making connections and conclusions between philosophical concepts and corresponding devotions. Furthermore, different devotions are paired with different concepts and theories for particular purposes.
Wondermentation, not to be confused with the feeling of wonderment, is the primary emotional and physical activity of Cosmic Devotion wherein one experiences a complete awe and admiration for that which is cosmically observed. Wonderment itself is a feeling rather than an activity while wondermentation refers to the cosmic devotional activity induced by the feeling of wonderment.
The penultimate form of cosmic devotion is that which is known as adoration and as distinguished from wondermentation, involves love and respection for The Cosmos as an entirety as induced by individual celestials rather than devoting towards individual celestials themselves.
Laudation is the third major form of cosmic devotion and holds similarity to adoration as it feels love and respection for The Cosmos, but directs devotion to particular celestials rather than for The Cosmos entirely.
Prettification is a form of cosmic devotion that involves decorating a place, a rendition, or an ornament with flowers, orreries, ornaments of cosmic progeny and phenomena, placing works of art nearby, or completing a performance in a specified place as a form of decoration.
The final major form of cosmic devotion is that which is known as veneration and involves the physical endeavours that one may embark upon to observe cosmic progeny and phenomena that one may have previously wondermented, adored, or lauded. In the hierarchy of devotional levels, veneration falls in fourth place behind wondermentation, adoration, and laudation.
Particularism, as previously alluded to, is closely associated with laudation as it involves philosophical contemplation and cosmic devotion directed towards a particular celestial entity, usually a star, or a planet that one repeatedly devotes to. Particularists are characterised by their concentrations towards one particular celestial involving their obsession over it in devotions, enknowledgements, and depictions if they are artistic.
Stargazing, starbathing, and stardancing, and starsleeping are common forms of cosmic devotion that are actions paired with devotions, especially for easier understanding, or for further enhancement of the devotional session.
There is another major aspect of cosmic devotion that is not categorised as part of the main four branches due to its introduction after those four primary branches were established, and it is known as anapentination.
Anapentination is a cosmic devotional practice that involves one's spiritual, mental, and philosophical departure from The Earth to reach new cosmic heights through imagination. During an anapentinational experience, one feels as though their mind and soul have both left The Earth and have progressed beyond their physical self to explore The Cosmos, its progeny, and its phenomena.
Anapentination is not categorised as a primary cosmic devotion because it involves mystic practices and beliefs and is often more associated with Millettarian Mysticism rather than with standard cosmic devotional practice. It should also not be confused with impentination which relates to the physical leaving of The Earth for philosophical purposes; distinctly, anapentination is one's spiritual, mental, and philosophical departure from The Earth.
There are many methods, approaches, and belief orientations associated with cosmic devotion and its practices, and one of these is known as cosmic inspiration which is characterised by the belief that can gain an unprecedented and unrivalled level of inspiration from Cosmic Devotion, Cosmic Philosophy, and general cosmic enknowledgement, with the most crucial part of this concept being that such inspiration cannot be found in anything else other than these three aspects of The Philosophy of Millettism.
Two ways of practising cosmic devotion are known as family devotion and private devotion; the former of which relates to the practice of cosmic devotions with family members in the privacy of their own homes rather than with friends, or the public, or in a public place.
The latter, also known as personal devotion relates to the practice of cosmic devotions by an individual in the privacy of their own room, or home rather than with friends, family members, or the public, or in a public place, and is therefore distinct from family devotion and public devotion.
Another form of cosmic devotion is that which is known as astrophotographic devotion which involves one's application of wondermentation, adoration, laudation, or veneration directed towards a particular astrophotography, or an entire gallery of them, whether this be seen physically, or digitally.
UIMWI WA KUSIFA KWA KUSIFA KWA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSIFA KUSI "Kusanyiko la ""Uaminifu wa Cosmic"" linahusiana na mazoea ya msingi ndani ya Falsafa ya Milletism ambayo yanachukuliwa kuimarisha na karibu uhusiano wa kibinafsi na Cosmos." Uaminifu wa Cosmic una sifa ya hisia, vitendo, na mawazo wakati ama kimwili kuchunguza Cosmos, kujifunza kuhusu Cosmos, au kufikiria au kutafakari kuhusu Cosmos, au wazao wake, au matukio. Kuna matawi manne tofauti ya mazoea ya kujitolea ya ulimwengu ambayo ni pamoja na kushangaa, kuabudu, sifa, na heshima, hata hivyo, kuna aina nyingine za kujitolea kwa ulimwengu ambazo zinachukuliwa kuongeza zaidi ufahamu wa ulimwengu. Subdiscipline ya devotionology ndani ya taaluma ya utafiti wa occultology inahusika na utafiti na kutafakari ya devotions cosmic, na mbinu mbalimbali kuhusishwa na kila, na tofauti katika mazoea yao. Wataalamu wa ibada wana kazi ya kufanya uhusiano na mkataa kati ya dhana za kifalsafa na ibada zinazolingana. Isitoshe, ibada tofauti-tofauti huambatanishwa na dhana na nadharia tofauti-tofauti kwa makusudi fulani. "Mashaka, ambayo haipaswi kuchanganyikiwa na hisia ya kushangaa, ni shughuli ya msingi ya kihisia na kimwili ya ""Uaminifu wa Cosmic"" ambapo mtu hupata hofu kamili na kuvutiwa na kile kinachoonekana kwa ulimwengu." Mshangao ni hisia badala ya shughuli, wakati wondermentation inahusu shughuli ya kujitolea cosmic husababishwa na hisia ya mshangao. "Ufunuo wa mwisho wa ibada ya ulimwengu ni ile inayojulikana kama ""kuabudu"" na kama tofauti na ""kujiuliza,"" inahusisha upendo na heshima kwa ulimwengu kama jumla kama inavyochochewa na watu binafsi wa mbinguni badala ya kujitolea kwa watu binafsi wa mbinguni." Laudation ni aina ya tatu kuu ya ujitoaji wa cosmic na inafanana na adoration kama inahisi upendo na heshima kwa Cosmos, lakini inaelekeza ujitoaji kwa celestials maalum badala ya Cosmos kabisa. Prettification ni aina ya ibada ya ulimwengu ambayo inahusisha kupamba mahali, uwasilishaji, au mapambo na maua, orreries, mapambo ya watoto wa ulimwengu na matukio, kuweka kazi za sanaa karibu, au kukamilisha maonyesho katika mahali maalum kama aina ya mapambo. "Ufunuo wa mwisho wa ibada ya ulimwengu ni ule unaojulikana kama ""kuabudu"" na unajumuisha juhudi za kimwili ambazo mtu anaweza kuanza kuzingatia wazao wa ulimwengu na matukio ambayo mtu anaweza kuwa amewahi kushangaa, kuabudu, au kusifu." Katika utaratibu wa viwango vya ujitoaji, heshima huanguka katika nafasi ya nne nyuma ya kushangaa, kuabudu, na kusifu. "Kutokana na hii, ""maadhimisho"" ni ushirika wa karibu na sifa, kwani inahusisha kutafakari kifalsafa na kujitolea kwa ulimwengu kuelekea kiumbe fulani cha kimbingu, kwa kawaida nyota au sayari ambayo mtu hujitolea mara kwa mara." Watu wanaopenda mambo ya kipekee huonyesha kwamba wanakazia fikira kitu kimoja cha kimbingu, na hivyo kuwa na tamaa ya kitu hicho katika ibada, maarifa, na maonyesho, ikiwa ni ya kisanii. Kutazama nyota, kuogelea nyota, na kucheza dansi ya nyota ni aina za kawaida za ibada ya ulimwengu ambayo ni vitendo vilivyounganishwa na ibada, haswa kwa uelewa rahisi, au kwa kuboresha zaidi kikao cha ibada. Kuna jambo jingine muhimu la ibada ya kimungu ambalo halijaorodheshwa kama sehemu ya matawi manne makuu kwa sababu ilianzishwa baada ya matawi hayo manne ya msingi kuanzishwa, na linajulikana kama anapentation. Anapentination ni mazoezi ya kujitolea ya ulimwengu ambayo inahusisha kuondoka kwa kiroho, kiakili, na kifalsafa kutoka kwa Dunia kufikia urefu mpya wa ulimwengu kupitia mawazo. Wakati wa uzoefu wa anapentation, mtu anahisi kana kwamba akili na roho yake zote mbili zimeacha Dunia na zimesonga mbele zaidi ya nafsi yao ya kimwili kuchunguza Cosmos, wazao wake, na matukio yake. Anapentation haijaorodheshwa kama ibada ya msingi ya ulimwengu kwa sababu inahusisha mazoea ya kichawi na imani na mara nyingi inahusishwa zaidi na Uchawi wa Milletarian kuliko na mazoezi ya kawaida ya ibada ya ulimwengu. "Hii pia haipaswi kuchanganyikiwa na ""impentation"" ambayo inahusiana na kuondoka kimwili kwa Dunia kwa madhumuni ya kifalsafa; kwa wazi, anapentation ni kuondoka kwa kiroho, kiakili, na kifalsafa kutoka duniani." Kuna mbinu nyingi, mbinu, na mwelekeo wa imani inayohusiana na kujitolea kwa ulimwengu na mazoea yake, na moja ya haya inajulikana kama msukumo wa ulimwengu, ambayo ina sifa ya imani ambayo inaweza kupata kiwango cha msukumo kisichokumbukwa na kisicho na kifani kutoka kwa kujitolea kwa ulimwengu, falsafa ya ulimwengu, na ufahamu wa ulimwengu kwa ujumla, na sehemu muhimu zaidi ya dhana hii ni kwamba msukumo kama huo hauwezi kupatikana katika kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa mambo haya matatu ya falsafa ya Milletism. Njia mbili za kufanya ibada ya kimungu zinajulikana kama ibada ya familia na ibada ya kibinafsi, ambayo inahusiana na mazoezi ya ibada ya kimungu na wanafamilia katika faragha ya nyumba zao badala ya marafiki, au umma, au mahali pa umma. "Hii ya mwisho, inayojulikana pia kama ""ujitoaji wa kibinafsi,"" inahusu mazoezi ya ujitoaji wa ulimwengu na mtu binafsi katika faragha ya chumba chake mwenyewe au nyumbani badala ya marafiki, wanafamilia, umma au mahali pa umma, na kwa hivyo ni tofauti na ujitoaji wa familia na ujitoaji wa umma." "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""uheshimu"" ni wito wa astrophotographic, ambayo inahusisha matumizi ya mtu ya ajabu, ibada, sifa, au heshima iliyoelekezwa kwa astrophotography fulani, au nyumba nzima ya sanaa, iwe inaonekana kimwili au digital."