Today's Considerations
F.: Recall a key pointer on this subject from Maharaj: “Observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether.” All of humanity’s going and doing and zooming and racing begins with, is preceded by, and is rooted in the going and doing and zooming and racing minds of non-Realized humans.
So when someone recently said that he was going to have to “think about” a particular pointer offered here which identified the root of humanity’s going and doing and zooming and racing as the mind, the reply was: “As if ‘thinking’ is a means by which truth can be found?” That would be tantamount to saying, “I am going to use a raw sewage / human waste combination to clean my dirty, contaminated pans. That should work just fine.”
So when someone recently said that he was going to have to “think about” a particular pointer offered here which identified the root of humanity’s going and doing and zooming and racing as the mind, the reply was: “As if ‘thinking’ is a means by which truth can be found?” That would be tantamount to saying, “I am going to use a raw sewage / human waste combination to clean my dirty, contaminated pans. That should work just fine.”
That which is a repository of lies and fiction cannot possibly be used effectively to find truth and facts.
It would be like saying, “I now see that programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation and indoctrination and brainwashing have filled my mind with nonsensical beliefs which have been accepted unquestioningly and without even the slightest bit of objective consideration. I finally see that the content of my mind has resulted in my being driven by what Maharaj called ‘ignorance and stupidity and insanity.’ Now, I am confident that, in regards to that nonsense-filled mind, the very best tool to use to purge it of its content is . . . that same mind. I am now confident that my mind which needs purging can purge itself effectively” (as if a clogged sewer can unclog itself).
Here, if there is a messy sewer that is clogged, a plumber with the proper tools to use to address the problem is called to unclog it. Similarly, someone with the proper tools must also provide assistance if there is a messy mind which is clogged and in dire need of being unclogged. That is the task of a teacher (but only a truly Realized teacher) who understands - as Maharaj eventually came to understand - that the problems of humanity are rooted in the near-universally-manifested Ultimate Sickness and that the Sickness is a mental-emotional Sickness which begins with personality assignment and assumption.
Again, that is why Maharaj said, “Observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether.” If the mind does not stop altogether (and that happens by the mind being eliminated completely via the discarding of every belief stored therein) then a person will either run away from some things or run toward other things, or both. So what are some things that persons are running towards or away from? The most commonplace running is driven by the hidden agendas of the nine basic personality types which are the basic identities that are stored in the mind, which all non-Realized persons have, and which always show up in multiples.
The going-doing-zooming of Type One perfectionists results from their desire to reform people and change the world. Whether those are (A) right-wing politicians who tell a woman she has to die from the complications of a life-threatening pregnancy caused by rape rather than abort or (B) other, similar-thinking right-wing religious nuts who are members of ISIS and who tell people they have to die because they are Shias rather than Sunnis, the message is, “Change and think the way I think, and believe what I believe, or die.” They are driven to go and do and zoom constantly in order to bring about what they want. And what are they running from? The fear that they will not be totally perfect and totally right, always and forever.
The going-doing-zooming of Type Two helpers / rescuers results from their desire to be loved, and loved by all. They are constantly racing about to help others, driven by the hidden agenda to attain the love now that they did not receive during childhood. They are running toward those who might love them and they are running away from the fear of never being loved as much as they desire.
To be continued.
Please enter into silence of contemplation.
