F.: The Realized would never visit a porn blog and write to explain how trapped those persons are in body identification. The Realized would never visit a mental health chat room and write to explain how trapped those persons are in assumed roles that create such misery and suffering. The Realized would never visit a religious blog and write to explain how trapped those persons are in ancient myths that they take to be true. People found Maharaj’s small loft for decades though he sought no one out, invited no one in, and advertised not at all. Yet persons find this Advaita blog and write to explain what is wrong with Advaita or what their theories or concepts are that differ from Advaita or that have nothing to do with Advaita. Imagine the degree of egotism involved in such unsolicited acts as personas solicit an audience. So why should the consciousness even speak in response? Seldom does it. For each one responded to, dozens are deleted without being read or responded to. When a response happens, it only happens so that true seekers can see the evidence of ego-states that must be uncovered and discarded, only so seekers can see the egotism and arrogance that always accompany ego-states and that are used to sustain those false roles, and only so seekers can receive again the pointer that knowledge is useless. Some of the lengthier diatribes and pontifications come from highly intelligent persons, from those persons who have accumulated a huge reservoir of debris called “the mind.” For the earnest seekers, movement along the “path” can only happen when the ego-states dissolve, when the debris field of the "mind" is eliminated, and when the arrogance and egotism are set aside with the Realization that trying to “be something or somebody” is the hindrance to finding the peace of the Void, of “being nothing” except the one thing which All Is. So, the consciousness speaks:
[The visitor described—as evidence of “divine morality” and “altruism”—how a woman pregnant with twins risked her life, and the lives of her unborn twins, to save another person from a burning building.”]
F.: There is no such thing as “divine morality,” and what you describe was not an act of altruism but was an act of personality, which is influenced by programming, genetics, and conditioning. Of the nine personality types, Types Two's would do what you describe and Type Fours (who degenerate to Two under stress or under strong religious or spiritual influence) would do the same. Type Eights would take charge of the scene and shout orders, telling onlookers what they should do. Nines would take no action and would even find a place to sit to watch the show, usually being too lazy to stand for very long. Type Threes would take action, but only if an audience had gathered, only if the cameras were rolling, and only if they could be in the spotlight and get some praise afterwards during an interview for the home audience. Fives, like you, would analyze the event and write a lengthy article about it.
What appears to be altruism is always personality, and personalities/personas are always false. As far as "self-sacrifice," Type Two's have such a perceived “need” to be loved and admired and needed that they WILL die in an effort to try to get all that. They’ll spend money they can't afford to spend in their efforts to try to gain love and approval from people, even from a stranger. They are the martyrs of the planet, and if they die helping others, it will be their personality—not some fictional “altruistic spirit”—that drove them to it. They believe they are on earth to help others, and they wonder why any others are here unless it is to be helped by them. The cause of all actions are all of the actions that came before, and the power of the psychological forces that play upon emotions and that effect conduct cannot be overemphasized in a culture so dedicated to programming EACH to behave like ALL. Once the understanding of the functioning of the totality is understood, such erroneous assignment of cause will not happen; in fact, no assignment of cause will happen, it being understood that the cause of all is…all.
[The visitor described—as evidence of “divine morality” and “altruism”—how a woman pregnant with twins risked her life, and the lives of her unborn twins, to save another person from a burning building.”]
F.: There is no such thing as “divine morality,” and what you describe was not an act of altruism but was an act of personality, which is influenced by programming, genetics, and conditioning. Of the nine personality types, Types Two's would do what you describe and Type Fours (who degenerate to Two under stress or under strong religious or spiritual influence) would do the same. Type Eights would take charge of the scene and shout orders, telling onlookers what they should do. Nines would take no action and would even find a place to sit to watch the show, usually being too lazy to stand for very long. Type Threes would take action, but only if an audience had gathered, only if the cameras were rolling, and only if they could be in the spotlight and get some praise afterwards during an interview for the home audience. Fives, like you, would analyze the event and write a lengthy article about it.
What appears to be altruism is always personality, and personalities/personas are always false. As far as "self-sacrifice," Type Two's have such a perceived “need” to be loved and admired and needed that they WILL die in an effort to try to get all that. They’ll spend money they can't afford to spend in their efforts to try to gain love and approval from people, even from a stranger. They are the martyrs of the planet, and if they die helping others, it will be their personality—not some fictional “altruistic spirit”—that drove them to it. They believe they are on earth to help others, and they wonder why any others are here unless it is to be helped by them. The cause of all actions are all of the actions that came before, and the power of the psychological forces that play upon emotions and that effect conduct cannot be overemphasized in a culture so dedicated to programming EACH to behave like ALL. Once the understanding of the functioning of the totality is understood, such erroneous assignment of cause will not happen; in fact, no assignment of cause will happen, it being understood that the cause of all is…all.
[After a lengthy recounting of the theories and beliefs set forth by other persons.]
Visitor: “I attribute in part to innate programs and in part to divine morality. Since we know little if anything about the brain and how it operates, I'd say our respective theories could each be as equally correct. But I also believe my theory is based upon logical and rational conclusions.”
F.: You are correct in calling it “theory.” You quote others and what they know, but what do YOU know...about "you" (the phony you) and about YOU (the True Self)? Can you ignore theories and find the Original Understanding? And have you ever considered how attached you are to their concepts that you now think are your concepts? The invitation is to stop quoting “experts” and find that which is truly original and which is already within. Next, the duality of “morality vs. immorality” is false enough, but you take it to a further level of separation by creating a category called “divine.” Add to that such artificial, dualistic concepts as “correct,” “believe,” and “my theory” and the actual degree of entrapment in the effects of enculturation becomes clear.
Visitor: “I suggest you try to suspend your beliefs.”
F.: No need. There are no beliefs that remain. There is no "one" that remains to believe anything. No beliefs are “in suspension.” They are all gone. They all seemed to appear as a result of programming, but all “dis-appeared” as a result of the de-bastardization of the consciousness.
Visitor: “At some evolutionary plateau, we suddenly learn that killing, hoarding, stealing, etc. can be substituted by love, self-sacrifice, sharing, caring, etc.”
F.: And where is your evidence? In Israel? Lebanon? Palestine? Iraq? Iran? Syria? Africa? Afghanistan? India? Pakistan? Houston? New York? LA? Or in your hopes and dreams? Please enter the silence of contemplation.
[Tomorrow: Part 2 of 2]
PS to the visitor: Your second e-mail of counter-response was deleted without being read. [On Thursday, a question about why such responses are ignored will be addressed to explain why.] No engagement in dialogue is being sought. No engagement in debate will be entered into. Discussions continue only when follow-up questions are submitted from visitors who are seeking the Advaita understanding. The singular purpose of the site is made clear at the top of the page.
