Metaphysics of a Sin

What is sin?

Sin is such an overused word.
When we hear sin, we think of a lot of things.

My mind plays this one sometimes:
A man with a white, thick beard in the crisp, blue sky, judging us, because of our explicit sexual fantasies.

Guilt is creeping up our spine like an electrical charge, and we get punished for our behaviour.

Today, I want to show you what “sin” actually means.

Defining Sin

In my newsletter episode: “NoFap & Excessive Masturbation: Let’s find Balance in our Sexuality, Men!” we spoke about the negative impacts of thinking in extremes.

Some men think its best to never masturbate,
while some men think its best to always masturbate.

But, we learned through the wisdom of tides,
how the moon waxes and wanes,
that we too are under control of the cycles.

That’s why nothing can be just good or bad, point blank.

Good or bad, is tied to the moment.
Good or bad, is only good or bad within the context of time.

Some things are good in one time of the month,
while others are bad.

And vice versa.

To get to the root of the word sin,
keep this in mind.

Religious Perspective: Sin as Transgression of Divine Law

“Our current form of the word comes from the Middle English sinne, which is itself from the Old English syn. The original meanings of sin were largely concerned with religious matters (“a transgression of religious law,” “an offense against God”).

— Mariam Webster Dictionary

1 John 3:4 tells us sin is breaking God's law.
It's pretty straightforward and maybe almost too simple.

God's laws are like a roadmap, to be followed.
Sin is when you stray off that path and also about your relationship with God.

When you sin, you step away from His guidance.
Think of it as a “betrayal of trust”.

God supposedly has set these laws for our “good”, to keep us aligned with Him. When we break them, we not only break the law, but we also break our connection with Him. Sin is then that moment you choose your way over God's way.

Simple as that.

But too simple for my taste.
This is the same old “man in the sky” story.
It misses the mark.

The Concept of "Missing the Mark"

Sin comes from the Greek word "hamartia." Originally, it was an archery term meaning "to miss the mark."

In ancient Greece, archers who missed their targets were said to have committed "hamartia."

Over time, this concept was adopted into religious language.

The connection to sin as we understand it today came through early Christian teachings.

The idea was that just as an arrow could miss its mark, so could a person miss their highest potential or true purpose.

Sin, then, became a metaphor for failing to live up to God's expectations or divine law.

The Holy Union

But what is your highest potential?

I tell ya;
Nothing that is set in stone, or has been layed out.
Within the teachings of the Tarot nothing is fixed.
— We live in a universe of free choice.

It is represented through the first card of the major arcana, the magician.

And it is wise to choose, because choosing wrong you at least learn something. Not choosing at all will lead to complete failure.

In my first ever post “8 Steps to Fix Your Lack Of Courage” I taught how to activate the heart, through igniting your courage.

In my episode “What is your Dream, What is your Truth?” we learned how to synchronize the mind, heart, solar plexus and natures energies surrounding us.

This, is how you truly live your highest potential.
Sin is, in it’s truest essence, is a trangression from the divine.

When your inner mind, heart and solar plexus (trinity) is out of sync,
you transgress from divine powers.

A divide has happened.
The holy union of the trinity is the only way to live without sin.

Sin in Self-Development

Meister Eckhart, the christian mystic, said, “I pray to God to rid me of God.”
And he certainly wasn’t rejecting the divine. He wanted to shed rigid ideas about God.

Such rigid ideas create barriers.

— They prevent the free flow of inspiration, compassion and acceptance.

Rigid beliefs act like walls around our hearts.

Well, more precisely, mystics experienced god through the heart and feeling.
While most people have an “mental picture” about god.
They read scripture, follow the rules & think they are religious.
But being religious means being a mystic.

To fall in love with art and experience god through the poetry of existence.

Following a religion does not mean you are religious.

Just as most of the prophets weren’t following religious institutions either.

So this mental frame of approaching religion blocks us from the full experience of love and kindness of Source.

Sin, in this view, is not about punishment. It's about missing the chance to connect deeply with yourself and others.

Rigid beliefs create anxious self-centeredness.

They block us from our potential. Sin, then, is this blockage. It’s missing the chance to be fully alive, fully connected, and fully compassionate.

This perspective shifts sin from a religious rule-breaking to a personal, metaphysical journey.

You can be perfectly moving within the “ruleset” of a religion, but still be deeply and truly sinful because you are not in union with yourself.

You are “missing the mark”.

Only few will understand. But I hope more than I expect.

Kiss Kiss,

Tarkan