F.: Reification and hypostatization—just like all types of reasoning fallacies—reinforce persons’ belief in dualities by reinforcing a belief in subjects-objects: “I (subject) am this (object)” or “I (subject) am that (object)” and “He (subject) is God (object).” In each case, (a) an abstract concept or unsupportable theory is dreamed up and then taken to be concrete and real and (b) a belief exists that dualities can be real and that “two things can relate to each other.” Once personas evolve and once they are taken to be real identities, then emotional intoxication always follows. And when emotional intoxication manifests alongside such reasoning fallacies as reification and hypostatization, then not only do personas express their delusional beliefs such as “An invisible male entity is God” but the emotional intoxication will also shift their delusion to the next level and personas will state “God loves me” and “I love Him” or “I am husband and I have the right to kill anyone who tries to end that role” or “I am employee and I will kill anyone who tries to destroy that role by firing me.”
Much confusion exists when pointers about witnessing are offered during satsanga without distinguishing between the functioning of “the witness” as opposed to the functioning of “The Pure Witness/The True Self.” The witness can observe objects objectively and thereby no longer be fooled by appearance (such as, “I see now that this world is an illusion” or “I see that the body I'm witnessing in the mirror is not Me” or “I see that nothing in the relative existence is as it appears to be.”) But that is still subject-object witnessing: “I (subject) witness that” (object). Though it is clear witnessing, it is not pure witnessing. The PURE WITNESS, on the other hand, has transcended all subject-object witnessing and sees only the Oneness instead.
So for those who would purify the consciousness, what Advaitan course is to be followed? The test is this: “Is it logical and reasonable to embroil oneself in unnatural living, in magical and supernatural living, in knowledge-acquisition, in service, or in worship, all of which are rooted in dualities (such as 'I worship Him')?” Or, “Is it logical and reasonable to find a way to live naturally in an awareness of the reality of the unicity and the lies of duality?” It has been said that “the truth will set you free, but it will infuriate you first.” What will be infuriated is the corrupted consciousness when its assumed ego-states feel challenged by any pointer that they are phony, false, imaginary, and rooted in the nonsense that reasoning fallacies always generate. The truth is always an abhorrence to persons.
The softer, easier approach for many would-be “seekers” seems to be to sit in a room (or in a chat room nowadays) and discuss bhakta, Samadhi, atman, Upanishad, favorite gurus, buddhi, sat-chit-ananda, yoga, chidakash, isvara, satsanga, arati, prana, or sadhana. Rather than using thorns to remove thorns and then tossing away all thorns, now thorns are being accumulated by personas who, in many cases, love to display their “spirituality” and their "spiritual knowledge." Rather than de-accumulating, more and more spiritual knowledge (learned ignorance) is accumulated, and with all such accumulating, more ego-states and egotism are accumulated as well. And those who love their assumed ego-state of "Advaitan" or "Spiritual Giant" will hate that truth as well.
Much confusion exists when pointers about witnessing are offered during satsanga without distinguishing between the functioning of “the witness” as opposed to the functioning of “The Pure Witness/The True Self.” The witness can observe objects objectively and thereby no longer be fooled by appearance (such as, “I see now that this world is an illusion” or “I see that the body I'm witnessing in the mirror is not Me” or “I see that nothing in the relative existence is as it appears to be.”) But that is still subject-object witnessing: “I (subject) witness that” (object). Though it is clear witnessing, it is not pure witnessing. The PURE WITNESS, on the other hand, has transcended all subject-object witnessing and sees only the Oneness instead.
So for those who would purify the consciousness, what Advaitan course is to be followed? The test is this: “Is it logical and reasonable to embroil oneself in unnatural living, in magical and supernatural living, in knowledge-acquisition, in service, or in worship, all of which are rooted in dualities (such as 'I worship Him')?” Or, “Is it logical and reasonable to find a way to live naturally in an awareness of the reality of the unicity and the lies of duality?” It has been said that “the truth will set you free, but it will infuriate you first.” What will be infuriated is the corrupted consciousness when its assumed ego-states feel challenged by any pointer that they are phony, false, imaginary, and rooted in the nonsense that reasoning fallacies always generate. The truth is always an abhorrence to persons.
The softer, easier approach for many would-be “seekers” seems to be to sit in a room (or in a chat room nowadays) and discuss bhakta, Samadhi, atman, Upanishad, favorite gurus, buddhi, sat-chit-ananda, yoga, chidakash, isvara, satsanga, arati, prana, or sadhana. Rather than using thorns to remove thorns and then tossing away all thorns, now thorns are being accumulated by personas who, in many cases, love to display their “spirituality” and their "spiritual knowledge." Rather than de-accumulating, more and more spiritual knowledge (learned ignorance) is accumulated, and with all such accumulating, more ego-states and egotism are accumulated as well. And those who love their assumed ego-state of "Advaitan" or "Spiritual Giant" will hate that truth as well.
The approach that will lead to Full Realization is to find the phony images being nurtured; to find the arrogance and egotism and all the other defense mechanisms that are used to support false identities; to see how reasoning fallacies generate nonsense and foolishness; to see where one has been a fool by not knowing that she/he is beyond both the beingness and the non-beingness; to see that beliefs are nothing more than fabrications dreamed up by persons; to see that all role-playing is nothing more than the posturing of personas; and to see that all fighting and separation results from efforts by personas to sustain their phony images. Please enter the silence of contemplation.
