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THE DARK TRIAD
Originally, the version of the Direct Path Method which Maharaj offered was a seven-step path which began with an elimination of entrapment in body and mind and personality identification; with a return to the Child Ignorance Stage (or, as identified here, the Child No-Knowing State); the elimination of entrapment in subject-object witnessing vs. Pure Witnessing (a.k.a., "True Selfness" or "a temporary 'self' - to use a not-especially-accurate-representation which sees truth throughout the remainder of the post-realized relative existence); and beingness, non-beingness, and that which is beyond both.
Later, Maharaj would shift to a four-step path, having realized that "it is enough to know who you are not" and that "you need not spend a lifetime searching to find 'Who You Are'." Of course with that shift, his approach no longer called for a seven-step path but required only a four-step path instead:
Steps 1-3 eliminated entrapment in body and mind and personality identifications, and elimination of personality identifications also eliminated any concern with Personal Identification or the stuff of steps 5-7 and identifying a Self, a Supreme Self, a True Self, an Infinite Self, THAT, ad infinitum.
Then, having reached what Maharaj called a "zero concepts" / "no-beliefs" state, there follows a shift into the Child No-Knowing State (which happens to be the state you were in the last time that unconditional contentment was experienced before the insane and ignorant effects of ignorant and insane programming, conditioning, etc. took control of all thoughts and words and actions which would, of course, be insane).
As for the content covered formerly in Steps 5-7, that would be discussed no more.
What other shift came with use of the four-step path? Well, since all of the "other-worldly stuff" was abandoned, that left only that involved with the period of Is-ness, Am-ness, and the relative. Does that not make perfect sense? What happens post-manifestation happens automatically and will be governed by the "rules of nature" without any "one" around to offer any input or action or influence.
Thus, the only thing that persons can have any "impact on" will be the Am-ness, not the THAT-ness. But impact the relative existence to what end? To the end of eliminating misery and suffering. Since post-manifestation there will be no "one" to experience any pain or suffering, then that leaves only the relative existence, the manifestation, that should be given any attention or focus.
[Sorry about what that says to those attached to a concept of "hell" and to beliefs regarding "rewards" for you and all "good" people and "deserved punishment" for all of the supposedly "bad" people.]
So now you are invited to look once again at the "dark traits" discussed yesterday from the perspective that they only matter as far as the relative existence is concerned and as far as eliminating misery and suffering are concerned.
If you do recognize those with sociopathic and / or psychopathic traits, understand that you will never likely "help" them because they are usually free of suffering. They cause it; they do not experience it themselves except to to the degree which leaves them constantly miserable; yet they feel fine in that state.
No, the "benefit" of being able to spot the traits in others is that it will allow you to understand who you are dealing with; to understand that the way they are now is the way they will almost certainly be forever; and to understand that you do not deserve to be exposed to the misery and suffering which comes when dealing with them or when supporting them and their causes and agendas.
If you are awake, awake, and conscious of the traits, then when you review them, the sociopaths and / or psychopaths you dealt with in the past should come into consciousness and the sociopaths and / or psychopaths you are dealing with or supporting in the present should come into consciousness.
So, who are you reminded of as you go through the list?
Key traits that sociopaths and psychopaths share
include . . .
a disregard for laws and social mores,
a disregard for the rights of others,
a failure to feel remorse or guilt and
a tendency to display violent behavior.
a disregard for laws and social mores,
a disregard for the rights of others,
a failure to feel remorse or guilt and
a tendency to display violent behavior.
Sociopaths
tend to be nervous and easily agitated.
They are volatile and prone to emotional outbursts, including fits of rage.
It is difficult but not impossible for sociopaths to form attachments with others.
Many sociopaths are able to form an attachment to a particular individual or group, although they have no regard for society in general or its rules.
Often being rage-driven, as they are, any violence or crime committed by a sociopath will tend to be haphazard rather than planned.”
They are volatile and prone to emotional outbursts, including fits of rage.
It is difficult but not impossible for sociopaths to form attachments with others.
Many sociopaths are able to form an attachment to a particular individual or group, although they have no regard for society in general or its rules.
Often being rage-driven, as they are, any violence or crime committed by a sociopath will tend to be haphazard rather than planned.”
Psychopaths
are unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy with
others, although they often have disarming or even charming
personalities.
They are very manipulative and can easily gain people’s trust.
They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people.
Psychopaths are often well educated and hold steady jobs.
Some are so good at manipulation and mimicry that they have families and other long-term relationships without those around them ever suspecting their true nature.
They are very manipulative and can easily gain people’s trust.
They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people.
Psychopaths are often well educated and hold steady jobs.
Some are so good at manipulation and mimicry that they have families and other long-term relationships without those around them ever suspecting their true nature.
Psychopaths can be cool, calm, and
meticulous.
Their actions, whether violent or non-violent, will be highly organized.
Intelligent psychopaths make excellent white-collar criminals and 'con artists' due to their calm and charismatic natures.”
Their actions, whether violent or non-violent, will be highly organized.
Intelligent psychopaths make excellent white-collar criminals and 'con artists' due to their calm and charismatic natures.”
They have no impulse control.
[That defect will often result in the manifestation of emotional intoxication which, in itself, is most often directly related to personality assumption.]
[That defect will often result in the manifestation of emotional intoxication which, in itself, is most often directly related to personality assumption.]
Psychopaths dissociate emotionally from their
actions, regardless of how extreme the consequences."
Their relative harms may manifest with families, on statewide levels, on national levels, and on international levels as well.
Their relative harms may manifest with families, on statewide levels, on national levels, and on international levels as well.
Those
displaying their “Dark Triad” traits in public forums embolden and
further enrage through the use of lies and distortions and hate-fueled
words the angriest persons in any given society to become their
followers who will join with them in spreading bigotry.
They identify and seek out and attack scapegoats.
They inciting political violence.
They allow their xenophobic and racist and misogynistic beliefs to inspire violent actions against “others” whom they consider to be “different” and therefore “less than” and “not as good as.”
They identify and seek out and attack scapegoats.
They inciting political violence.
They allow their xenophobic and racist and misogynistic beliefs to inspire violent actions against “others” whom they consider to be “different” and therefore “less than” and “not as good as.”
Fighting and raging and whining and complaining and generating division are usually their default mode.
Denial and lying are favorite tools because when their incompetence is revealed, they have to shift into "spin" mode to cover up and to try to restore their self-image of being perfect.
While rules and laws don't apply to sociopaths, they can be the greatest stickler for demanding that others adhere to rules and laws.
To that end, they can be criminals while hating criminals, leaving them erratic, rage-prone, and unable to form a healthy relative existence even as they fabricate the image of exactly that.
Sociopaths regularly break or flout the law.
Sociopaths lie and deceive others, are impulsive, fight, are aggressive, have little regard for the safety of others, are irresponsible, and do not feel remorse or guilt.
Psychopaths form artificial, shallow relationships and often are drawn to partners whom they can manipulate.
Psychopaths see people as pawns to be used to forward the psychopath's goals.
Psychopaths will never likely feel any guilt about the way they abuse others, no matter how much (relative) harm results."
Meanwhile, they can be seen as charming and can have what appears to be "normal family relations."
Now, who "comes to mind" when you read that list? Come on. Be honest with yourself. If you have moved about this planet for 25 or 30 or 40 years, you have crossed paths with many sociopaths and psychopaths. If you watch newscasts on occasion, you have seen them in action, displaying their "dark traits" for all to see. Why understand? Why admit if you are dealing with someone like that or if you are supporting someone like that?
Only in order to contribute to ending some of the misery and suffering which those types are generating.
Again, the ability to understand the personality types associated with "The Dark Triad" is significant (relatively speaking) because it can provide one with an understanding of the leaders whom they support and an understanding that that support is misplaced; or it can provide one an understanding of those types whom they may be working for or living with; or it might - in a few rare cases - give one insight into one's own motivating influences.
To be continued.
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with those who are still driven to talk about "god," the "Son of god,"
the "Holy Spirit," "Buddha," "Krishna," etc., etc., etc., the invitation
to them is to view those as verbs, not nouns.
THE EXPLANATION
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
THE EXPLANATION
If
looked at as nouns, they point to illusions and are, therefore, a total
waste of time to even discuss; if looked at as verbs which are
resulting in certain sane but rare behaviors among humanity, then they
are worthy of some attention during the relative existence.
Meaning?
There are members of certain groups who say things such as "My concept
of god in the past was of a weak god, an absentee god, A Santa
Claus-type god, a mean, punishing, vindictive god, etc. Today, I am in
close contact with a loving and caring god whom I worship and praise and
glorify and give thanks to."
The
reply to that usually goes like this: "If you are in contact with a god
that wants to be worshipped and praised and glorified, then you're
dealing with someone like yourself - a narcissist - and hanging out with
narcissists will never bring an end to your narcissism (that narcissism
evidenced by the fact that you think you are "godly").
Next,
in the phrase 'loving and caring god,' any supposed god that truly had
her or his act together would tell you that the totally irrelevant part
of that phrase is 'god' and that the only part that is relevant is the
"loving and caring" part.
"That
is, a non-narcissistic their god / their goddess would say, "I care not
an iota about being worshipped and praised and glorified by you or
anyone else. How arrogant and insecure and needy would I have to be to
want that? Forget the man-made, dreamed up noun 'god' and focus on the
'god as a verb' understanding and then go forth and let loving and
caring be verbs - not adjectives - and let them generate the act of love
and the act of caring and let those actions manifest through you."
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
--Yeshu'a (Jesus)
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
--Yeshu'a (Jesus)
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
but are states of mind, nothing more than
concepts dreamed up by men."
--Pope John Paul II
"There is no hell."
"There is no hell."
--Pope Francis, the current pope
in an interview with journalist Eugenio Scalfari,
a writer used by the Pope to issue off the record
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
[That
said, would that the popes who have shown the courage to reject a core
concept of their dogma - namely, "hell" - would find the additional
courage required to question the very existence of their institution in
light of the centuries-long cover-up of their history of raping children
and in light of the mental and emotional and psychological scarring of
billions of their members past and present.
And
that need for courage also applies as questions need to be asked about
why so many other sky cults are still being supported and allowed to
continue to exist as well. When certain types of programming and
conditioning have been shown to blind the masses, they should end. Will
they? Not likely. Why?
Because
what the masses think and say and do is most influenced by the
international crime families which hold sway over the masses as
criminals conduct their planet-wide operations. What are the major
international crime families and which are the most influential and have
the largest memberships?
The
Mafia / La Cosa Nostra; the Catholic Church (with it 1.2 billion
followers) whose Vatican Bank worked for decades with the Mafia while
laundering mob earnings (for a 15% all-profit charge by the Bank);
Protestant and Evangelical Churches (with over 1.2 billion followers)
like the one I was raised in where the youth director molested and
sexually assaulted young girls; big business which has long created
environments in which people have been abused; powerful political bodies
like the U.S. Congress, etc., etc., etc.)
With
all of those crime families, neither the followers nor the leadership
ever voluntarily step down or shut down their criminal activities. Be
they gangs, organized crime families, religions, big business,
politicians, etc., they all want control and they all want power and
they all want money, and nothing internal will interfere with the
driving forces at play.
The
masses must demand that all those in charge must step down and their
groups and institutions must shut down, and there's the real problem
because the continuation of their crimes are enabled not as much by the
people running such crime organizations as they are enabled by the
masses of people who - wanting some perceived "payoff" - remain involved
with them and give them money and support them and aid and abet the
continued existence of those criminal enterprises and thus facilitate
the ability of church criminals and political criminals and other types
of criminals to continue to commit their crimes.]
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