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NON-DUAL POINTERS IN THIS SERIES WHICH ARE ADUMBRATED IN THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS (MATRIX 4)
Just in time to join in the non-dual discussion regarding choice vs. destiny or fate; light vs. dark; binary vs. singularity or non-duality; reality vs. dreams; choice vs. no choice; and sanity vs. insanity, a certain sense of serendipity might be claimed with the similarities of this new series and the release of the fourth film in the Matrix series, The Matrix Resurrections, both of which address the list of conflicting pointers above, and more.
Of course both non-duality and the core message of the Matrix series would most likely agree that there is no such thing as serendipity (what with its talk about “luck” and “valuable things” and “fate”).
"Within the prison of your world appears a man who tells you that the world of painful contradictions, which you have created, is neither continuous nor permanent and is based on a misapprehension. He pleads with you to get out of it, by the same way by which you got into it. You got into it by forgetting what you are and you will get out of it by knowing yourself as you are."
"Do not try to bend the spoon. It is not the spoon that bends. It's the self that bends."
"You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there - like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me."
Morpheus:
"The Matrix is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you
from the truth."
Neo: "What truth?"
Morpheus: "That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born
into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A
prison . . . for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix
is - you have to see it for yourself."
Neo:
"What are you doing?"
Morpheus: "Your muscles have atrophied. We're rebuilding them."
Neo: "Why do my eyes hurt?"
Morpheus: "You've never used them before."
"Your appearance now is what we call residual self image. It is the mental projection."
In Matrix 4 (which returns more to the original non-dual message of Matrix 1 after 2 and 3 moved in a different direction), there is a Maharaj-like reference in the newest installment to humankind’s ignorance as well as a Maharaj-like use of the word “stupid” and of course several references to “insanity.”
In The Matrix series and on this site as well mention is made to the fact that non-realized humans - those devoid of any conscious contact with reality - have no ability to make conscious choices even as persons believe they are doing exactly that.
Other lines from The Matrix series which adumbrate non-dual messaging:
I don’t know how I am, and I don’t know how to know.
“Choice is an illusion created between those with power nd those without.”
“Remember, all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.” [Maharaj told visitors to the loft: “If you come here thinking that I’m going to give you something, you are mistaken. To the contrary, I am going to take everything away.”]
“It is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity.”
“You have to understand: most people are not ready to be unplugged” (from their beliefs, their programming, their conditioning, etc.)
“You ever have that feeling where you’re not sure if you’re awake or still dreaming?”
So much for that. Now, let the discussion turn to . . .
The Most Common Personality Disorders: Harbingers of Insanity
Why have teachers of non-duality for thousands of years paid so much attention to personality? Why, for thousands of years, have they urged seekers to abandon personality entirely?
Because they have known for that long that personality and personality
assumption are harbingers of personality disorders and even insanity.
In addition to the increase in cases of those with mild, moderate, severe, and
clinically-diagnosable insanity, consider the plethora of personality disorders
that are evidenced around the globe on a daily basis (the estimate being that
every non-Realized person exhibits the traits of one or more of the most common
personality disorders discussed below).
The list is provided so that, if persons relate to certain of these disorders
that are unconsciously and subconsciously motivating their thoughts and words
and deeds, they might be able to (A) see that personality assumption set the
stage for the disorder(s) to manifest and might then be motivated to (B) follow
the non-duality steps that are required for them to be free of personality and
the effects of the disorder(s) driving them.
Addictive Personality Disorder: Often manifesting hand-in-hand with the
Obsessive Personality Disorder, the Addictive Personality Disorder is
marked by traits of compulsive and habitual use of a substance or some practice
in an attempt to cope with psychic pain engendered by conflict and anxiety. It
can manifest as an addiction to drugs, alcohol, a particular nation, shopping,
money, work, fighting and / or war, sex, "love," the internet,
pornography, gambling, chaos, laziness, hoarding, clothes, cars, religion,
spirituality, spiritual programs, philosophies, exercise and working out,
ideologies, reforming, helping (in order to gain love), gaining knowledge,
analyzing, escaping, performing, controlling, avoiding, having children, ad
infinitum.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder: persons with this disorder lack
interests in social relationships; see no point in sharing time with others and
prefer social isolation; have feelings of detachment; are overly-introspective
and self-focused and analytical; typically exhibit odd behaviors and, often,
have very odd thoughts and dreams; have an indifferent mood; are emotionally
distant; are withdrawn; are aloof; show no interest in developing deep,
interpersonal relationships; have marked deficits in interpersonal competence
and eccentricities in ideation, appearance, or behavior (Also,
Schizoid Personality Disorder: a personality disorder marked by
indifference to social relationships and a restricted range of emotional
experience and expression.)
Avoidant Personality Disorder: also marked by social inhibitions;
feelings of inadequacy; extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation or
criticism; low self-esteem; an aversion to activities that involve significant
interpersonal contact; tendency to avoid even the most common of tasks, such as
paying bills even when the money is on hand; hoarding; insecurity. (Often
mistaken for someone with the Addictive Personality Disorder. The
difference: when an addict is using, he / she escapes and avoids, but if an
addict truly reforms, the addict abandons his / her former tendency to avoid or
escape. If an Avoidant was behaving as an addict and then stops using, he / she
still avoids even though not "under the influence.")
Schizoid Avoidant Personality Disorder: includes traits of the Schizoid
and Avoidant Personality Disorders as well as high anxiety and extreme feelings
of inadequacy; takes avoidance to an even higher extreme; often these types
were exposed at an early age to the death of someone close; preoccupied with
death / blood / skulls / the morbid and gross / horror films; prone to have
very strange dreams (one adult SAPD said that he has suffered from a recurring
dream since childhood in which he dreams that he is chewing broken glass and
bleeding).
Paranoid Personality Disorder: irrational suspicions and mistrust of
people; driven by baseless fears of an extreme degree; obsessive.
Antisocial Personality Disorder (or Sociopathic Personality Disorder) :
a disorder that inspires a disregard for the law, for the rights of others, and
for the feelings of others; that results in people being controlling, brutal,
and even pathological; unstable: able to rage one moment and appear to be
charming the next, depending on what suits his / her purpose.
Sadistic Personality Disorder: pervasive pattern of being cruel,
demeaning, and aggressive. Often manifests alongside the Sociopathic
Personality Disorder.
Histrionic Personality Disorder: attention-seeking behavior; often
inappropriate seductive behavior; shallow; exaggerates emotions and reactions;
overly-dramatic narcissistic patterns of grandiosity, need for admiration, attention,
applause; lack of empathy; capable of being vicious with words; uses sickness
or illnesses to garner favorable attention or to manipulate; want to believe
that they are loved by many and that they have a huge number of friends, far
more than most.
Cyclothymic Personality Disorder: akin to - but milder than - the Bipolar
Personality Disorder (a.k.a., the Manic-Depressive Personality Disorder).
Sufferers are very unstable in terms of moods; very unpredictable; regular mood
swings (hourly, daily, monthly); also, mood swings, often over a period of
years, that can shift from mild depression to mild elation or to exhilaration
or even to a sense of euphoria; often appears in families along with major
depression and the Bipolar Personality Disorder, at least suggesting
that these mood disorders might share similar causes and that the causes might
be related to what is referred to on this site as "domestication"
alongside family-and-community-of-origin programming and conditioning and -
therefore - acculturation; has been seen in a significant number of cases to
eventually develop into full-blown Bipolar Personality Disorder.
Bi-Polar (formerly Manic-Depressive) Personality Disorder: a mood
disorder characterized by dramatic mood swings; the mood swings can alternate
from major depression or clinical depression to mania or extreme elation; in
the mania phase, there can be sleeplessness - sometimes for days - along with
hallucinations, psychosis, grandiose delusions, and / or paranoid rage; thus,
distortions of perception and impairment in social functioning; research has
suggested that the condition can also be induced through drug use.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple Personality
Disorder): a fairly common effect of severe trauma during early childhood,
marked by usually extreme and repetitive physical, sexual, and / or emotional
abuse; unlike mild dissociation - such as daydreaming - this is a more severe
disorder which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories,
feelings, actions, or sense of identity; the person literally dissociates
himself from a situation or experience that is too violent, traumatic, or
painful to assimilate consciously; persons with this disorder often never
developed coping skills or the ability to process
psychologically.
Dependent Personality Disorder: psychological or emotional or financial
dependence on others and an excessive need to be taken care of; often
accompanied by a sense of arrogance and entitlement, egotistically believing
that they are so special that they deserve to be taken care of by another or
others; submissiveness; manipulation; clinging feelings of helplessness when
alone; preoccupation with fears of being abandoned; can appear to be loyal to
caretakers, but that is about assuring a continuation of care so they do not
have to work and provide for themselves; often exhibit many of the same traits
of those with the Addictive Personality Disorder.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: rigid conformity to rules and
moral codes; excessive orderliness; constantly thinking about one thing or
person; acting impulsively in regards to whatever they are obsessing over; (the
obsessive mind focuses on something over and over until an impulsive
behavior manifests); can rush into relationships; can become angry at work
and quit a job without having any other job available; can spend money without
considering a budget; in relationships, can use money to buy someone and can
then obsess over controlling that person and possessing that person, often
striking out at that person if "due respect" is not shown or if
demands are not met or if "rules" are not followed or if
"expectations" are not met; thus, willing to take drastic and even
physical action against others without processing their emotions rationally.
Depressive Personality Disorder: pervasive pattern of depressive
cognitions and behaviors, such as unhappiness, low self-esteem, pessimism,
critical and derogatory attitudes, guilt or remorse, and an inability to relax
or feel enjoyment.
Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder: display a pattern of negative
attitudes and passive resistance in interpersonal situations; tendency to claim
they are acquiescing to the desires and wishes of another, but then do the
opposite instead if they want to; thus, indirect resistance to demands for
adequate social or occupational performance; negative, defeatist attitudes.
Factitious Personality Disorder: a psychiatric condition in which a
patient deliberately produces or falsifies symptoms of illness for the sole
purpose of assuming the sick role and gaining attention; can waste time and
resources through unnecessary hospital admissions, expensive investigatory
tests, and sometimes, lengthy hospital stays; intentional production or
feigning of physical or psychological signs or symptoms, in some cases
inflicting bodily self-harm; lash out at the body when suffering mental or
emotional distress, that is, can engage in self-destructive behavior
("cutting" and / or poking self with pins or pens or sharp objects);
never feel as if they are receiving enough positive or warm attention, so are
willing to get it from a doctor or nurse, etc., (and in some cases, that is
their actual circumstance, for example, if living with a parent or parents who
are emotionally unavailable and cold and withdrawn or self-involved); can often
manifest alongside extreme cases of the Histrionic Personality Disorder.
God-Complex Personality Disorder / Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
generates an inflated sense of self-importance, the need to be admired, extreme
self-involvement; self-obsessed; consider themselves better than others; seek
applause and constant affirmation with an expectation of admiration or praise
for every small deed; love to be the center of attention; fantasize about
unlimited power, success, love; arrogant; lack empathy for others’ feelings;
exaggeration of own skills and achievements; consider themselves extraordinary;
take advantage of others while trying to achieve their own goals; jealous of
others’ achievements and are highly competitive, capable of being ruthless to
gain what they want; feel that the rules of their society do not apply to them
because they are so "unique and special"; take credit for the accomplishments
of others and will plagiarize or steal ideas and present them as their own;
rude and arrogant; exhibit a strong sense of entitlement.
Self-Defeating Personality Disorder: engage regularly in behaviors that
undermine one's own best interests.
Borderline Personality Disorder / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (associated
with the Splitting Personality Disorder which is almost always
accompanied by the Idealization Personality Disorder and then the Devaluation
Personality Disorder): discussed earlier.
As if personality disorders cannot lead to enough chaos and insanity on their own, if not addressed then they can disintegrate into even more serious neuroses and even psychoses.
To be continued.
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"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
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"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
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"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
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