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THE DARK TRIAD
With 97% of the persons on planet earth claiming an affiliation with one religion or another, the concept of "confession" has high regard globally.
Yet is confession a noble act or might it be a tool used by those who are willing to abuse others?
Some government officials endorse torturing persons in order to gain confessions.
Some religion leaders teach that “confession is good for the soul,” but - there being no soul to start with notwithstanding - a salient question might be this:
Is it possible that the conditioning of members to confess regularly also conditions them to accept and normalize their tendencies to exact relative harms on others and normalize and minimize those acts by suggesting that one can commit all sorts of relative offenses but then get a clean slate upon request, over and over again?
(Lizette W. Reese said: "The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly truth comes by and blows them out.")
Treat others like hell all week, go to confession, and then come home with boundless pride regarding your once-again-totally-pure condition? Not impressed.
Is it possible that the conditioning of members to confess regularly also conditions them to accept and normalize their tendencies to exact relative harms on others and normalize and minimize those acts by suggesting that one can commit all sorts of relative offenses but then get a clean slate upon request, over and over again?
(Lizette W. Reese said: "The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly truth comes by and blows them out.")
Treat others like hell all week, go to confession, and then come home with boundless pride regarding your once-again-totally-pure condition? Not impressed.
So one can behave in a stupid and selfish and greedy and callous and unkind and even merciless manner but can then confess that one behaved in a stupid and selfish and greedy and callous and unkind and even merciless manner during the past week and then be absolved and start all over with a clean slate?
What a bargain that belief, is, yes? Might that actually be one of the religion's biggest draws? Creating a better world by restoring people to a condition of purity? Yet Maharaj illustrated how far clearer his perspective was when he asked, “What kind of world can a man create who is stupid, greedy, heartless?"
What a bargain that belief, is, yes? Might that actually be one of the religion's biggest draws? Creating a better world by restoring people to a condition of purity? Yet Maharaj illustrated how far clearer his perspective was when he asked, “What kind of world can a man create who is stupid, greedy, heartless?"
Some spiritual groups encourage both public and private confession of one’s wrongs or the harms done to other people and then encourage them to reflect on a daily basis, find where harm was done to other people, and then further confess / admit that harm to both themselves and another person.
Maharaj pointed out that if one is freed of ignorance and insanity, then one will be “wise, affectionate and kind.”
So if one “realizes” and becomes “wise, affectionate and kind,” what can there be to confess? What constantly-repeated harms could possibly continue to be done, setting up a constant need for confessing afterwards, over and over again?
So if one “realizes” and becomes “wise, affectionate and kind,” what can there be to confess? What constantly-repeated harms could possibly continue to be done, setting up a constant need for confessing afterwards, over and over again?
By the way, this is not about being “perfect.” It is simply about being "wise, affectionate and kind" to all (without accepting or tolerating abuse when the kindness you offer is not reciprocated). Such wisdom-based kindness can only happen when one reaches that level where it is understood that one is all.
To be free of beliefs about being “different from” will free one from the belief of being “better than”; and if freed from beliefs about being “different from” and “better than,” then the lack of kindness which comes with arrogance-basic dualistic beliefs can be averted.
To be free of beliefs about being “different from” will free one from the belief of being “better than”; and if freed from beliefs about being “different from” and “better than,” then the lack of kindness which comes with arrogance-basic dualistic beliefs can be averted.
Maharaj went right to the very core of the non-dual understanding when he explained: “All separation, every kind of estrangement and alienation, is false. All is one - this is the ultimate solution of every
conflict.”
See? That which is false is the rub.
And what is the opposite of that which is false? That which is true.
Maharaj: “Truth is loving and lovable.”
Thus, lies are evidence of the unlovable, unloving, and contemptible.
Maharaj said, “A spark of truth can burn up a mountain of lies. The opposite is also true”
and
“There are three aspects of reality: Truth – Wisdom – Bliss”
and
“Disregard your desires and fears, concepts and ideas and live by truth alone”
and
“The impure mind is opaque to truth”
and
“The understanding comes by way of the love of truth.”
Yet most do not love truth. Why?
Yet most do not love truth. Why?
Michael Reisig offered this on the subject in one of his novels by way of a cynical (but somewhat realistic) character:
“People don’t want the truth. It’s too damned uncomfortable in the long term. They’ll take a sweet lie to an inconvenient truth every time. They want to be coddled and taken care of. They want to be told that 'it’s gonna be all right.' Where have you been all your life, son? The mortar of government is lies.
"Do you think the populace out there could be controlled if they knew the truth—about the food they eat, or the water they drink, or the people that govern them? God! In my lifetime alone I’ve seen backroom deals cut by politicians and corporations that would have had the populace wanting the heads of every elected official in the nation.
"Do you think the populace out there could be controlled if they knew the truth—about the food they eat, or the water they drink, or the people that govern them? God! In my lifetime alone I’ve seen backroom deals cut by politicians and corporations that would have had the populace wanting the heads of every elected official in the nation.
"The duplicity, the misinformation you’ve been fed, and the real conspiracies - from Roswell to the Rockefellers, to the exotic energy technologies we’ve tucked away in hidden vaults, all the way to the people who really control this nation - hell, this country would come apart at the seams in a week.
"It’s simple, son. There’s more victory in deceit than there is in truth. There’s more money in it. Nobody really gives a shit about honesty. Put simply, unadulterated truth would just screw things up abysmally.”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn said: "We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable." Or "seems" more comfortable or "appears to be" more comfortable.
The widespread distortion among humans is rooted in an inability to differentiate true from false and an inability to differentiate between what is truly comfortable vs. what is actually most uncomfortable. Regarding that, Maharaj said that "realization" is "nothing more than being free of belief in all of the learned ignorance that humans are taught" as well as developing the ability to differentiate the true from the false and developing a preference for truth over lies.
George Orwell said: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." (Of course, "telling it like it is" does not count if that "telling" itself involves more lies.)
"It’s simple, son. There’s more victory in deceit than there is in truth. There’s more money in it. Nobody really gives a shit about honesty. Put simply, unadulterated truth would just screw things up abysmally.”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn said: "We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable." Or "seems" more comfortable or "appears to be" more comfortable.
The widespread distortion among humans is rooted in an inability to differentiate true from false and an inability to differentiate between what is truly comfortable vs. what is actually most uncomfortable. Regarding that, Maharaj said that "realization" is "nothing more than being free of belief in all of the learned ignorance that humans are taught" as well as developing the ability to differentiate the true from the false and developing a preference for truth over lies.
George Orwell said: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." (Of course, "telling it like it is" does not count if that "telling" itself involves more lies.)
Can you recall an instant which you told a lie to a parent and then walked about in abject fear, dreading the likelihood that you were going to be found out and punished?”
Can you recall an instant which you told a lie to a boss or a mate (which can in many "relationships" be one and the same) and then walked about in abject fear, dreading the likelihood that you were going to be found out and then have to pay the consequences?”
In the darkness of the barn, a rope can appear to be a snake.That can lead to fear and anxiety, which can generate anger and heaviness. When the door is opened farther and the light is able to shine in, then truth can be seen, a sense of relief comes, and that brings a sense of lightness.
Some would say, “Go ahead and confess the lie you told and you’ll feel better.” Not necessarily, depending on what the consequences of being found out are.
In the darkness of the barn, a rope can appear to be a snake.That can lead to fear and anxiety, which can generate anger and heaviness. When the door is opened farther and the light is able to shine in, then truth can be seen, a sense of relief comes, and that brings a sense of lightness.
Some would say, “Go ahead and confess the lie you told and you’ll feel better.” Not necessarily, depending on what the consequences of being found out are.
Do you work for a rich person who is an ass but before finding another job you decide you must tell the truth and explain to him that he’s an ass? Might it not have been wiser to avoid both lying and telling the truth? Just find another job.
For a deeper understanding of one's motives, might it be useful to find what one's motive is in the first place for being driven to try to “tell everyone his or her truth”?
Do you really believe they want the truth as you see it? Here, no one is sought out to hear the telling of the truth. All must find, on their own, that which is offered but which will never be imposed upon them.
For a deeper understanding of one's motives, might it be useful to find what one's motive is in the first place for being driven to try to “tell everyone his or her truth”?
Do you really believe they want the truth as you see it? Here, no one is sought out to hear the telling of the truth. All must find, on their own, that which is offered but which will never be imposed upon them.
Moreover, Maharaj said: “If you expect any 'benefits' from your search - material, mental or spiritual - you have missed the point. Truth gives no advantage. It gives you no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and the freedom from the false.”
Really, what the heck. Why spend a lifetime focusing on truth? Actual truth can be understood but it can't be stated anyway.
Really, what the heck. Why spend a lifetime focusing on truth? Actual truth can be understood but it can't be stated anyway.
Work with Kim Jong Il and he asks you one day, “Do you think that I’m a total psycho?” Must you be so O-CD and anal and perfect that you cannot tell a lie and just have to tell him the truth? Rock and roll, but prepare for the consequences.
So what would allow you to “feel better” in all of the examples above would have been not lying in the first place. Lies bring heaviness. Truth comes via light and brings lightness.
Maharaj: “Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy - truth liberates”
and
“It is useless to search for truth, when the mind is blind to the false. It must be purged of the false completely before truth can dawn.”
The case with Maharaj was that he eventually advised seekers to find what you are not instead of looking for “What You Are”; similarly, he said to those playing the role of "The Seeker of Truth": one need not seek truth but instead, Maharaj advised: “Concern yourself with untruth only.”
Stop lying. Stop believing lies. Yet that is easier said than done. Lying and believing lies can only come to an end after receiving the proper treatment for the Ultimate Sickness and then being free of all learned ignorance and free of all previously-imposed insanity.
How likely is that to happen in the U.S. and in other nations as well? Not likely at all. For proof, consider:
As of October 2019, the Washington Post's fact-checking team has documented that Donald Trump "has made 13,435 false or misleading claims in 993 days." How many of his supporters have decided to stop supporting him because he tells nearly fourteen lies per day? According to the pools, almost none.
They are like little children whose pet cat or dog has died - or whose grandparent had died:
When they ask, "Will I never ever get to see Fluffy / Buddy / Grandpa Jim again?" they do not want to hear, "Well of course not, Sweetheart. They're dead as a door nail and their elemental plant food body has returned to the universal pool of elements."
No, they prefer the lie, yet . . . they are children. The real relative pains and sufferings and misery come later when they are in adult-aged bodies and still have the same belief systems and preference for lies that children have.
The song lyric that says,
🎵 "Gimme that ole time religion / Gimme that ole time religion . . . " 🎵
will be replaced by most adults with:
🎵 "Gimme them ole time lies, yeah, gimme them ole time lies, yeah . . . ." 🎵
So it is for all but a few.
To be continued.
How likely is that to happen in the U.S. and in other nations as well? Not likely at all. For proof, consider:
As of October 2019, the Washington Post's fact-checking team has documented that Donald Trump "has made 13,435 false or misleading claims in 993 days." How many of his supporters have decided to stop supporting him because he tells nearly fourteen lies per day? According to the pools, almost none.
They are like little children whose pet cat or dog has died - or whose grandparent had died:
When they ask, "Will I never ever get to see Fluffy / Buddy / Grandpa Jim again?" they do not want to hear, "Well of course not, Sweetheart. They're dead as a door nail and their elemental plant food body has returned to the universal pool of elements."
No, they prefer the lie, yet . . . they are children. The real relative pains and sufferings and misery come later when they are in adult-aged bodies and still have the same belief systems and preference for lies that children have.
The song lyric that says,
🎵 "Gimme that ole time religion / Gimme that ole time religion . . . " 🎵
will be replaced by most adults with:
🎵 "Gimme them ole time lies, yeah, gimme them ole time lies, yeah . . . ." 🎵
So it is for all but a few.
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.
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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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