From a site visitor: “Attraction or want...who is wanting?”
F.: Ultimately, all “who’s” are personas. Even the question, “Who Am I, Really,” should be “What Am I, Really?” Consciousness is impersonal (“without persona”); “who” is “personal." Energy-consciousness is personality-free; “who’s” are all personality-encumbered. I Am impersonal. I have no personality. I Am That which is impersonal, limitless, eternal. I Am That which can know Self and the Absolute if manifested. I Am That which, if not manifested, knows nothing. Awareness is aware of awareness only if manifested. The only thing “blissful” about re-absorption into the Absolute is the bliss of the Void, of the nothingness, of the no-mind, no-body, no-personality, non-beingness and That which is beyond even the non-beingness. If one is “attracted to” or “wanting” bliss, then find it now. NOW is the only “time” when it can be known.
If not realized, you may as well study the nine Enneagram Personality Types that were set forth by the Sufis so you can be aware of what destiny you’ll be trapped in on "the Pecking Order of Humans." Why? Because if not realized—if not what the Sufis would called “developed” or “actualized”—then your specific personality type WILL drive your entire relative existence and will lock you into the negative side of your personality in this pecking order:
Type Eight’s will assume the role of “The Boss” or “The One Who Should Control”
Type Three’s will assume the role of “The Exploiter, Manipulator and User”
Type Two’s will assume the role of “The One Who Manipulates with 'Love' ”
Type One’s will assume the role of “The Rigid, Judgmental One”
Type Six’s will assume the role of “The Paranoid, Defensive One”
Type Five’s will assume the role of “The Knowledge Seeker” and “The Know-it-All”
Type Four’s will assume the role of “The Melancholy One”
Type Seven’s will assume the role of “The Escapist” or “The Avoider”
Type Nine’s will assume the role of “The Slug” or “The Doormat”
So WHO is wanting? All of those personalities (or personas or ego-states) will fear the “death” of their ego-states, no matter how harmful those false identities are (in the relative). They will want their false roles to last forever, no matter how much misery the roles generate. The domineering “boss” will be as in fear of losing her/his power and control and position at the top of the chain as the “doormat” will fear being walked on by others as he/she is locked into the lowest position. Their personalities will drive all the non-realized to want, and that wanting will always assure a sense of need and dissatisfaction.
F.: Ultimately, all “who’s” are personas. Even the question, “Who Am I, Really,” should be “What Am I, Really?” Consciousness is impersonal (“without persona”); “who” is “personal." Energy-consciousness is personality-free; “who’s” are all personality-encumbered. I Am impersonal. I have no personality. I Am That which is impersonal, limitless, eternal. I Am That which can know Self and the Absolute if manifested. I Am That which, if not manifested, knows nothing. Awareness is aware of awareness only if manifested. The only thing “blissful” about re-absorption into the Absolute is the bliss of the Void, of the nothingness, of the no-mind, no-body, no-personality, non-beingness and That which is beyond even the non-beingness. If one is “attracted to” or “wanting” bliss, then find it now. NOW is the only “time” when it can be known.
If not realized, you may as well study the nine Enneagram Personality Types that were set forth by the Sufis so you can be aware of what destiny you’ll be trapped in on "the Pecking Order of Humans." Why? Because if not realized—if not what the Sufis would called “developed” or “actualized”—then your specific personality type WILL drive your entire relative existence and will lock you into the negative side of your personality in this pecking order:
Type Eight’s will assume the role of “The Boss” or “The One Who Should Control”
Type Three’s will assume the role of “The Exploiter, Manipulator and User”
Type Two’s will assume the role of “The One Who Manipulates with 'Love' ”
Type One’s will assume the role of “The Rigid, Judgmental One”
Type Six’s will assume the role of “The Paranoid, Defensive One”
Type Five’s will assume the role of “The Knowledge Seeker” and “The Know-it-All”
Type Four’s will assume the role of “The Melancholy One”
Type Seven’s will assume the role of “The Escapist” or “The Avoider”
Type Nine’s will assume the role of “The Slug” or “The Doormat”
So WHO is wanting? All of those personalities (or personas or ego-states) will fear the “death” of their ego-states, no matter how harmful those false identities are (in the relative). They will want their false roles to last forever, no matter how much misery the roles generate. The domineering “boss” will be as in fear of losing her/his power and control and position at the top of the chain as the “doormat” will fear being walked on by others as he/she is locked into the lowest position. Their personalities will drive all the non-realized to want, and that wanting will always assure a sense of need and dissatisfaction.
If wanting is happening, it is always a persona (ego-state or false identity) that is wanting. All yearning (or misery or depression or unhappiness or sense of unmet need) is rooted in an imagined desire by some ego-state. Pure consciousness—always in a state of merely being—wants nothing. Work can continue, but it happens from a state of beingness rather than busy-ness or doingness. Productivity can still happen, but with contentment. Only that which is not real (but is mistaken for the real) can want, and all want is rooted in a fear of death. For example, “husband” wants “wife” to stay in order for that assumed identity to survive. Without “wife,” “husband” cannot be. So convinced is he that the limited identity of husband defines who he really is that he’ll believe that label is necessary in order to “exist”…to “not end.” Should “wife” choose to leave, “husband” can feel as if he is dying. “Employee” wants his job to continue so that “employee” can survive, and “employee” will feel he’s dying if his employer says, “You’re fired” or “We’re downsizing” or “We’re closing this plant.” Emotional intoxication will be triggered and will often set off a chain of destructive events, relatively speaking.
Worse, every role that is assumed as an identity requires a counterpart to play the supporting, co-dependent role. Since anyone can leave at any given time and in many different ways, no role can ever feel secure about its existence. All dependency supports a sense of fear, knowing that a false role can be “killed off” without a moment’s notice should the person playing the counter role depart. Why follow all seven of the specific steps to realization? To be free of the fear of being locked into behavior controlled by a personality type, free of never-ending wants and desires, free of handing over control of your happiness to another person/persona, free of co-dependency, and to be free…period. To find out WHO is wanting, find out what is wanted and then identify the false role that believes it has to have that in order for that false identity to continue…to “survive.” Please enter into the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
TOMORROW: The conclusion of "The Specific Steps to Realization"
