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THE DARK TRIAD
[Continued from yesterday]
My daughter recently watched one of my granddaughters as she was drawing and painting and then decorating a card which she was making for me. As she sat at the small table where she undertakes such projects - surrounded by crayons, water colors, glue, glitter, and stickers - all sorts of activities were going on around her. Yet she was distracted by nothing.
Instead, she was alternately displaying a serious look on her face as she drew or painted or glued but then displaying a smile each time she paused to check her work and saw that her enterprise was going along quite well.
Her younger sister was sitting on the floor in the adjacent room in front of a pile of toys which had been dumped from the box in which they are usually stored. She typically sits smiling for a half hour at a time as she goes through the collection one by one.
In both cases, the girls were beaming with happiness, totally content, focused on nothing more than the present . . . the NOW. Certainly over the past days they had experienced some "down" moments during this long period of covid confinement, but neither was reviewing any of those down moments so their joy in the moment was continuing.
Once they reach a point years from now when they can imagine future challenges or disappointments - most of which will never happen - or imagine deprivations or "loss" in the future, then they will be pulled away from the unconditional comfort or satisfaction or joy which they currently experience when absorbed totally in the NOW.
Today's consideration for you:
A true sense of lightness cannot come when attached to the past or when preoccupied with concerns about the future. Such comments as “I prefer the good ole days” or “America has been ruined by ‘them’" or "We’re going to take America back, by damn!”
or
“My ancestors were done wrong in the past and I just can’t get past my resentment” or “I was done wrong in the past and I just can’t get past my resentment” are all based in delusions, are all comments generated by the beliefs which had been taught and stored in the mind early on or in newer delusions which are presently being generated by the hidden agendas of one or more assumed personas / ego-states / roles / personalities.
Instead, she was alternately displaying a serious look on her face as she drew or painted or glued but then displaying a smile each time she paused to check her work and saw that her enterprise was going along quite well.
Her younger sister was sitting on the floor in the adjacent room in front of a pile of toys which had been dumped from the box in which they are usually stored. She typically sits smiling for a half hour at a time as she goes through the collection one by one.
In both cases, the girls were beaming with happiness, totally content, focused on nothing more than the present . . . the NOW. Certainly over the past days they had experienced some "down" moments during this long period of covid confinement, but neither was reviewing any of those down moments so their joy in the moment was continuing.
Once they reach a point years from now when they can imagine future challenges or disappointments - most of which will never happen - or imagine deprivations or "loss" in the future, then they will be pulled away from the unconditional comfort or satisfaction or joy which they currently experience when absorbed totally in the NOW.
Today's consideration for you:
A true sense of lightness cannot come when attached to the past or when preoccupied with concerns about the future. Such comments as “I prefer the good ole days” or “America has been ruined by ‘them’" or "We’re going to take America back, by damn!”
or
“My ancestors were done wrong in the past and I just can’t get past my resentment” or “I was done wrong in the past and I just can’t get past my resentment” are all based in delusions, are all comments generated by the beliefs which had been taught and stored in the mind early on or in newer delusions which are presently being generated by the hidden agendas of one or more assumed personas / ego-states / roles / personalities.
Frequent visitors to this site are regularly reminded that the mind was once an asset, used by humans to assist in survival and in the perpetuation of the species (as in, “Rickback and Torus both came to an end and rotted away after falling over the edges of cliffs. I will be careful when around cliffs and stay away from the edge.”)
Later, the mind would become a liability when filled with nonsense which is passed on via ignorant and insane programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, indoctrination and brainwashing.
Later, the mind would become a liability when filled with nonsense which is passed on via ignorant and insane programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, indoctrination and brainwashing.
[So comments such as those referenced above are based in the samskaras (impressions) stored in a mind which contains nonsense and warped perspectives. Some believe that they have impressions which were left over from "previous lives." Others value memories which have been embedded in the subconscious mind during this manifestation. Consider:
Maharaj said,
"You were not born even once, so how can you be born again, much less again and again?"
If one understands what can and what does cycle - and what cannot and what does not cycle, much less be recycled – then his pointer will be understood.
"You were not born even once, so how can you be born again, much less again and again?"
If one understands what can and what does cycle - and what cannot and what does not cycle, much less be recycled – then his pointer will be understood.
Next, memories from decades earlier which were stored in the mind at the time were memories rooted in the way things were being perceived at the time. Because misperceptions reign among the masses, then misperceived events are being stored as misperceptions and are nothing more than misperceived impressions and memories and imprints which were left on the mind by misperceived experiences involving previous actions and thoughts.
Thus, when past memories and impressions are recalled, one is actually recalling warped, distorted impressions. Imagine how insane it is to allow present thoughts and words and actions - and feelings or emotions - to be based in old warped misperceptions and distortions.
Thus, when past memories and impressions are recalled, one is actually recalling warped, distorted impressions. Imagine how insane it is to allow present thoughts and words and actions - and feelings or emotions - to be based in old warped misperceptions and distortions.
Even to believe that the body now is the same body which existed years ago in a misperception and illusion. In fact, the conscious-energy and the earth elements which form a plant food body are forever cycling. For example, skin is being replaced every twenty-eight days and the stomach lining is being replaced every few days.
The quantity of conscious-energy in a body-cum-consciousness is being restored on a daily basis by the consumption of either plants or things which ate plants. Maharaj: “Memory creates the illusion of continuity.” The concept of continuity is just another illusion.]
The quantity of conscious-energy in a body-cum-consciousness is being restored on a daily basis by the consumption of either plants or things which ate plants. Maharaj: “Memory creates the illusion of continuity.” The concept of continuity is just another illusion.]
Maharaj: “I am real for I am always now, in the present, and what is with me now shares in my reality. The past is in memory, the future - in imagination.”
The “past” and the “future” are both figments of the imagination, so to be trapped in either “the past” or “the future” is to be trapped in distortion and delusion and illusion.
The “past” and the “future” are both figments of the imagination, so to be trapped in either “the past” or “the future” is to be trapped in distortion and delusion and illusion.
And to be trapped in imaginings and distortions and delusions and illusions is to be trapped in the Ultimate Sickness with its three traits identified by Maharaj as “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity.”
Maharaj said: “Perception, imagination, expectation, anticipation, illusion - all are based on memory”
and
“Imagination based on memories is unreal.”
Thus the first key question becomes, “How could any sense of lightness possibly manifest under such conditions?” The answer: "It cannot."
and
“Imagination based on memories is unreal.”
Thus the first key question becomes, “How could any sense of lightness possibly manifest under such conditions?” The answer: "It cannot."
Those who understand the way that personality functions understand that all desire and fears are rooted in the hidden, subconscious agendas of personality and that all desires and fears involve “memories.”
Of that, Maharaj said, “Desire is the memory of pleasure and fear is the memory of pain. Both make the mind restless.” The next key question, then, is this: “How could any sense of lightness possibly manifest when one's relative existence is cursed with a restless mind?” The answer: "It cannot."
Of that, Maharaj said, “Desire is the memory of pleasure and fear is the memory of pain. Both make the mind restless.” The next key question, then, is this: “How could any sense of lightness possibly manifest when one's relative existence is cursed with a restless mind?” The answer: "It cannot."
Maharaj said: “I don't live by memory. I see the world as it is, a momentary appearance in consciousness.”
He said, “Consciousness, when tainted with memory and expectation, becomes bondage.”
So the third key question then becomes, “How could any sense of lightness possibly manifest when in bondage?”
The answer: "It cannot."
To be continued.
He said, “Consciousness, when tainted with memory and expectation, becomes bondage.”
So the third key question then becomes, “How could any sense of lightness possibly manifest when in bondage?”
The answer: "It cannot."
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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