F.: Because persons take their world to be real, they seek power in order to be able to control happenings in "their world." They will not only seek (a) what they have been programmed to believe is “relative existence power” by playing the games of their cultures but most will also seek (b) an external power in the form of a deity that can be called upon to increase the power available for their use in their relative existence. Their assumed ego-states bring egotism, egotism generates a desire to be able to control, and the desire to control fosters the perceived need for power, power, and more power. Trapped in a state of wanting in which—by definition—there is never enough, who could possibly be content?
In fact, no one has any power. It is another illusory concept. All that happens in the relative existence happens as a result of all that has happened in the relative existence, so power and control are illusions. That leaves egotistical persons—addicted as they are to power and control—in a constant state of flux. At times the power they assume they have seems to work for them so they claim they are happy, but at other times it fails miserably so they are miserable. They begin to experience increasing levels of anxiety and anger and frustration as they find that “other persons” and “the “world” never consistently conform to their will.
Why will that frustration and flux continue, plaguing their existence with their swings between happiness and unhappiness? To have power to control events that are rooted in all prior events would require that one have the power to change past events. That being impossible, the only peace that can come in the relative existence comes when desires for power and control are abandoned and witnessing happens. Those clinging to their beliefs that their desire to control can be attained through the accumulation of power are living in delusion. And those living in delusion can never experience any consistency. Consistency is associated only with the Absolute; the only consistency in the relative is…inconsistency.
Prior to re-purifying the consciousness in order that objective witnessing (and then pure witnessing) can happen, persons identify with the doership of body-mind-personality. Body, mind and personality desire certain things. If the desires are met, temporary happiness is experienced. If the desires are not met, unhappiness happens. Therefore, because of unmet desires, one would be hard-pressed to find one in a million who is truly and consistently happy. Fears are also a contributing factor to the experiencing of unhappiness among persons. If fears are avoided, temporary happiness (or relief) might happen. If that which is feared happens, then unhappiness follows. Therefore, because of both fears and desires, one would be hard-pressed to find one in a million who is truly and consistently happy since that conceptual state called “happiness” will continue to come and go. Only the Absolute is spared such chaos. Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
In fact, no one has any power. It is another illusory concept. All that happens in the relative existence happens as a result of all that has happened in the relative existence, so power and control are illusions. That leaves egotistical persons—addicted as they are to power and control—in a constant state of flux. At times the power they assume they have seems to work for them so they claim they are happy, but at other times it fails miserably so they are miserable. They begin to experience increasing levels of anxiety and anger and frustration as they find that “other persons” and “the “world” never consistently conform to their will.
Why will that frustration and flux continue, plaguing their existence with their swings between happiness and unhappiness? To have power to control events that are rooted in all prior events would require that one have the power to change past events. That being impossible, the only peace that can come in the relative existence comes when desires for power and control are abandoned and witnessing happens. Those clinging to their beliefs that their desire to control can be attained through the accumulation of power are living in delusion. And those living in delusion can never experience any consistency. Consistency is associated only with the Absolute; the only consistency in the relative is…inconsistency.
Prior to re-purifying the consciousness in order that objective witnessing (and then pure witnessing) can happen, persons identify with the doership of body-mind-personality. Body, mind and personality desire certain things. If the desires are met, temporary happiness is experienced. If the desires are not met, unhappiness happens. Therefore, because of unmet desires, one would be hard-pressed to find one in a million who is truly and consistently happy. Fears are also a contributing factor to the experiencing of unhappiness among persons. If fears are avoided, temporary happiness (or relief) might happen. If that which is feared happens, then unhappiness follows. Therefore, because of both fears and desires, one would be hard-pressed to find one in a million who is truly and consistently happy since that conceptual state called “happiness” will continue to come and go. Only the Absolute is spared such chaos. Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
