Today's Considerations
[Continued from yesterday]
15. TO REVIEW:
a. Every assigned or assumed personality has its own set of hidden, subconscious agendas.
b. The agenda of every assigned or assumed persona is preoccupied with its own specific fears and desires.
c. Every assigned or assumed persona is occupied with the task of maintaining its false-but-thought-to-be-true identity and with the task of hanging on to that which enables the playing of a false role to continue, namely, a co-dependent player / partner, willing to play the corresponding, counterpart role which every persona requires in order to continue to be taken as real.
(For example, the one playing the role of "The Husband" cannot "exist" unless someone is willing to play the role of "The Wife," and "The Super Wife" role cannot continue to be played unless she has what is thought to be "A Super Husband." That same dependency is required for all roles, which can never be played singularly; assigned or assumed roles can only appear to be actual identities when they appear in tandem with another role-player: employer / employee; teacher / student; good super cop / super bad people; a religious leader / followers; a political leader / followers; a military leader / followers; white supremacists / racially-inferior people of color; warmongers / persons deserving to die; control freaks / submissive partners; ad infinitum.)
d. If persons are driven by what they think they are, then they will be trapped in their false identities; in the fears and desires of those agendas; in the false beliefs which drive those agendas; and in the never-ending effort and energy and expenditure of resources which are required to create false images and to maintain them.
e. What was the means set out Maharaj for being freed from being driven by the agendas of things not real? Realize that You are not what you think you are; find someone that knows what you are not and what You were, what You are, and what You shall forever be: either energy, not manifested; or energy temporarily-manifested; or energy unmanifested; or energy which has returned to the universal pool of energy post-manifestation.
f. The only form of energy worth discussing with non-dual seekers is conscious-energy.
g. For conscious-energy to manifest, a space is required, and if the space is a human space, then the consciousness can manifest in that temporary, elemental plant food body which can circulate both air and conscious-energy. ("Circulate" both? yes. Air is circulated in and out of the body, and the body must have a continuous system of conscious-energy-bearing food to replenish the supply of consciousness which also comes and goes.)
h. If not yet manifested, then consciousness does not exist as experienced by, let's say, humans for example. If not manifested, then the energy which had the potential to manifest as "manifested consciousness" can be referred to as "awareness-which-is-not-manifested-in-a-space-and-is-thus-not-aware-of-anything."
i. If manifested, that energy can be called "consciousness" or "conscious-energy." Via programming, conditioning, etc., it can be described as "blocked consciousness."
j. If the effects of programming, conditioning, etc. are removed via the movement along the entirety of a specific "path" which is designed for that task, then the conscious-energy can be referred to as "unblocked consciousness" which can witness clearly and accurately.
k. The unblocked consciousness is then able to understand the functioning of the totality; is able to witness clearly; is able to differentiate true from false; is able to understand both reality and Reality; and is able to function as "Pure Witnessing" (a.k.a., "The True Self" or "The Real Self"). At that point, the unblocked-consciousness can witness the functioning of the totality and can also, therefore, witness the awareness . . . the awareness which it was prior to manifestation as conscious-energy.
l. The awareness at that point (via the use of the unblocked consciousness) can be conscious-of-consciousness and can also be conscious of itself . . . conscious of the original awareness-prior-to-the-manifestation-of-consciousness. Also at that point, and only at that point, awareness can be aware-of-itself. After the manifestation of consciousness ends, that awareness-of-awareness ends; the conscious-energy returns to the universal pool of awareness (a.k.a., "The Absolute") in which awareness is not aware of and in which consciousness is not conscious of.
m. While the consciousness is manifested but no longer blocked, it can understand its Original State in which awareness was (but was not aware-of) and in which awareness had the potential to manifest and be conscious-of and (if Realized) simultaneously aware-of.
n. Via the functioning of the unblocked consciousness, when the Original State of Awareness is understood in terms of what it has always been, what it is, and what it shall forever be, then You can also understand Your Original Nature.
o. At that point, all that You are not becomes clear, and That Which You have always been and shall always be becomes clear. Then only can You abide as THAT (even as this AM-ness continues) and all of the traits of the false identities assigned or assumed in the past will fall away and all of the aspects of Your Original Nature will mark the relative existence throughout the remainder of the manifestation.
p. Thus Maharaj advised seekers to understand what it was like when functioning was happening as Your Original Nature when there was no consciousness-of anything and no-awareness-of anything; to stop abiding as if all of your false, assumed personalities are real; and to abide instead as Your Original Nature throughout the remainder of the relative existence. Want to be at peace in a marriage? Then stop being aware of the false identity of "The Spouse" (or "The Super Spouse") so that you can stop being driven subconsciously by the perverse and selfish agendas of false personas and thereafter abide simply and naturally in Truth.
q. It is simple. It is easy to do. All persons have had a "trial run" at it, and all persons were able to pull off abiding as Your Original Nature in the past. When?
r. When abidance was happening as it did during "The Child Ignorance Stage" or "The Child No-Knowing State" when there were not yet any ideas, concepts, opinions, perceptions, notions, theories, etc. (a.k.a., "beliefs") which would soon be added via programming, conditioning, etc. and which would lead to a false sense of duality which would - in turn - lead to a false sense of apart-from-ment and different-from-ment and better-than-ment.
s. Yesterday there was provided the first part of the description of what the existence of the awareness-which-is-not-aware-of is like (that is, what Your Original Nature was like). Should you review yesterday's post in light of the information in "a"-"r" above, then it should become especially clear why that is the only way that peace and freedom and sanity and wisdom can manifest for the remainder of the manifestation of the conscious-energy.
That is the original
"prior-to-having-been-made-delusional-and-insane-via-programming-conditioning-domestication-acculturation-brainwashing-and-indoctrination
state."
t. It will also become clear what Maharaj meant when he said, "Awareness is primordial; it is the Original State . . . beginning-less, endless, uncaused, unsupported, without parts, without change. Consciousness is on contact, a reflection against a surface . . . a state of duality. There can be no consciousness without awareness, but there can be awareness without consciousness . . . . " How?
It's simple: a quantity of awareness-energy might be pulled into a cycle of temporary manifestation as consciousness, or not. It still is, whether it is ever involved in this manifestation process or not, so "there can be awareness without consciousness"; however, "there can be no consciousness without awareness" because awareness is that which has the potential to manifest and if it does, then it is called "the manifested consciousness" while in that temporarily-manifested state.
The relative analogy: sperm and an egg can be without ever manifesting as a baby, but there can be no baby without sperm and an egg. Sperm and an egg under specific conditions can facilitate the manifestation of a baby, but there is no rule which says that sperm and an egg must always be pulled into a process of cycling which will result in a baby. Same with awareness and the manifestation of awareness as consciousness. A particular quantity of that type of awareness-energy might be pulled into a cycling process, or not. Either way, neither any given sperm cell nor any given egg nor any given baby nor any given speck of consciousness shall remain manifested forever.
Tomorrow: More of what Your Original Nature is like and how abiding as that / That while in the consciousness-manifested-state is the only way to abide sanely and wisely.
15. TO REVIEW:
a. Every assigned or assumed personality has its own set of hidden, subconscious agendas.
b. The agenda of every assigned or assumed persona is preoccupied with its own specific fears and desires.
c. Every assigned or assumed persona is occupied with the task of maintaining its false-but-thought-to-be-true identity and with the task of hanging on to that which enables the playing of a false role to continue, namely, a co-dependent player / partner, willing to play the corresponding, counterpart role which every persona requires in order to continue to be taken as real.
(For example, the one playing the role of "The Husband" cannot "exist" unless someone is willing to play the role of "The Wife," and "The Super Wife" role cannot continue to be played unless she has what is thought to be "A Super Husband." That same dependency is required for all roles, which can never be played singularly; assigned or assumed roles can only appear to be actual identities when they appear in tandem with another role-player: employer / employee; teacher / student; good super cop / super bad people; a religious leader / followers; a political leader / followers; a military leader / followers; white supremacists / racially-inferior people of color; warmongers / persons deserving to die; control freaks / submissive partners; ad infinitum.)
d. If persons are driven by what they think they are, then they will be trapped in their false identities; in the fears and desires of those agendas; in the false beliefs which drive those agendas; and in the never-ending effort and energy and expenditure of resources which are required to create false images and to maintain them.
e. What was the means set out Maharaj for being freed from being driven by the agendas of things not real? Realize that You are not what you think you are; find someone that knows what you are not and what You were, what You are, and what You shall forever be: either energy, not manifested; or energy temporarily-manifested; or energy unmanifested; or energy which has returned to the universal pool of energy post-manifestation.
f. The only form of energy worth discussing with non-dual seekers is conscious-energy.
g. For conscious-energy to manifest, a space is required, and if the space is a human space, then the consciousness can manifest in that temporary, elemental plant food body which can circulate both air and conscious-energy. ("Circulate" both? yes. Air is circulated in and out of the body, and the body must have a continuous system of conscious-energy-bearing food to replenish the supply of consciousness which also comes and goes.)
h. If not yet manifested, then consciousness does not exist as experienced by, let's say, humans for example. If not manifested, then the energy which had the potential to manifest as "manifested consciousness" can be referred to as "awareness-which-is-not-manifested-in-a-space-and-is-thus-not-aware-of-anything."
i. If manifested, that energy can be called "consciousness" or "conscious-energy." Via programming, conditioning, etc., it can be described as "blocked consciousness."
j. If the effects of programming, conditioning, etc. are removed via the movement along the entirety of a specific "path" which is designed for that task, then the conscious-energy can be referred to as "unblocked consciousness" which can witness clearly and accurately.
k. The unblocked consciousness is then able to understand the functioning of the totality; is able to witness clearly; is able to differentiate true from false; is able to understand both reality and Reality; and is able to function as "Pure Witnessing" (a.k.a., "The True Self" or "The Real Self"). At that point, the unblocked-consciousness can witness the functioning of the totality and can also, therefore, witness the awareness . . . the awareness which it was prior to manifestation as conscious-energy.
l. The awareness at that point (via the use of the unblocked consciousness) can be conscious-of-consciousness and can also be conscious of itself . . . conscious of the original awareness-prior-to-the-manifestation-of-consciousness. Also at that point, and only at that point, awareness can be aware-of-itself. After the manifestation of consciousness ends, that awareness-of-awareness ends; the conscious-energy returns to the universal pool of awareness (a.k.a., "The Absolute") in which awareness is not aware of and in which consciousness is not conscious of.
m. While the consciousness is manifested but no longer blocked, it can understand its Original State in which awareness was (but was not aware-of) and in which awareness had the potential to manifest and be conscious-of and (if Realized) simultaneously aware-of.
n. Via the functioning of the unblocked consciousness, when the Original State of Awareness is understood in terms of what it has always been, what it is, and what it shall forever be, then You can also understand Your Original Nature.
o. At that point, all that You are not becomes clear, and That Which You have always been and shall always be becomes clear. Then only can You abide as THAT (even as this AM-ness continues) and all of the traits of the false identities assigned or assumed in the past will fall away and all of the aspects of Your Original Nature will mark the relative existence throughout the remainder of the manifestation.
p. Thus Maharaj advised seekers to understand what it was like when functioning was happening as Your Original Nature when there was no consciousness-of anything and no-awareness-of anything; to stop abiding as if all of your false, assumed personalities are real; and to abide instead as Your Original Nature throughout the remainder of the relative existence. Want to be at peace in a marriage? Then stop being aware of the false identity of "The Spouse" (or "The Super Spouse") so that you can stop being driven subconsciously by the perverse and selfish agendas of false personas and thereafter abide simply and naturally in Truth.
q. It is simple. It is easy to do. All persons have had a "trial run" at it, and all persons were able to pull off abiding as Your Original Nature in the past. When?
r. When abidance was happening as it did during "The Child Ignorance Stage" or "The Child No-Knowing State" when there were not yet any ideas, concepts, opinions, perceptions, notions, theories, etc. (a.k.a., "beliefs") which would soon be added via programming, conditioning, etc. and which would lead to a false sense of duality which would - in turn - lead to a false sense of apart-from-ment and different-from-ment and better-than-ment.
s. Yesterday there was provided the first part of the description of what the existence of the awareness-which-is-not-aware-of is like (that is, what Your Original Nature was like). Should you review yesterday's post in light of the information in "a"-"r" above, then it should become especially clear why that is the only way that peace and freedom and sanity and wisdom can manifest for the remainder of the manifestation of the conscious-energy.
That is the original
"prior-to-having-been-made-delusional-and-insane-via-programming-conditioning-domestication-acculturation-brainwashing-and-indoctrination
state."
t. It will also become clear what Maharaj meant when he said, "Awareness is primordial; it is the Original State . . . beginning-less, endless, uncaused, unsupported, without parts, without change. Consciousness is on contact, a reflection against a surface . . . a state of duality. There can be no consciousness without awareness, but there can be awareness without consciousness . . . . " How?
It's simple: a quantity of awareness-energy might be pulled into a cycle of temporary manifestation as consciousness, or not. It still is, whether it is ever involved in this manifestation process or not, so "there can be awareness without consciousness"; however, "there can be no consciousness without awareness" because awareness is that which has the potential to manifest and if it does, then it is called "the manifested consciousness" while in that temporarily-manifested state.
The relative analogy: sperm and an egg can be without ever manifesting as a baby, but there can be no baby without sperm and an egg. Sperm and an egg under specific conditions can facilitate the manifestation of a baby, but there is no rule which says that sperm and an egg must always be pulled into a process of cycling which will result in a baby. Same with awareness and the manifestation of awareness as consciousness. A particular quantity of that type of awareness-energy might be pulled into a cycling process, or not. Either way, neither any given sperm cell nor any given egg nor any given baby nor any given speck of consciousness shall remain manifested forever.
Tomorrow: More of what Your Original Nature is like and how abiding as that / That while in the consciousness-manifested-state is the only way to abide sanely and wisely.
To be continued.
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
