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(Believers, Non-Believers, and “No-Belief-ers”)
(The Problem, the Invitation to Seekers, and “The Opportunity” For Readers and Seekers)
“ISM’S,” continued
From “Give Peace A Chance:
“This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m”
by
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Alignment with any of the “-ism’s” mentioned earlier (which give lip-service to “unity” and “love” but which inspire behaviors that expose an underlying sense of pride and superiority that results in a belief in “different-from-ment” and “better-than-ment” . . . along with the resultant, duality-based sense that “we are the ones who are most right and the rest are mostly wrong”) generates arrogance which also supports these “-ism’s”: alienism; anthropocentrism; anthropomorphism and separatism.
Associated with
those four is, relatively speaking, one of humankind’s most heinous “–ism’s”
which is still widespread on planet earth and which is largely ignored by all
except the victims in the countries around the globe whose populations have been invaded,
enslaved, sacked, pillaged, plundered, robbed, embezzled, looted, and raped populations
of those countries which have been reclassified as “colonies” . . .
(all justified by the claim that they are fulfilling “the white man's burden” to “go to the four corners of the earth and civilize the dark-skinned persons of the planet”).
Currently playing out around the globe is a public display of unchecked adulation and adoration being shown by sleepwalkers and sleeptalkers as they react in their emotionally-intoxicated manner to news of the demise of one of the most egregious leaders of one of the most egregious nations.
That leader has for decades been the primary landowner and the primary authoritarian of the oldest feudal system still in operation on earth.
As S. Patel notes, that leader has been “the Queen of 32 countries and the head of the other 54 countries which make up what those colonizers have labeled “The Commonwealth.”
Moreover, that leader and her nation are the legal owners of over 6.6 billion acres (which accounts for 1/6 of the earth’s land surface and is home to 25% of the planet’s total population).
As for her replacement, he will not even put toothpaste on his own toothbrush but requires a valet to handle that task before the valet dresses his adult-age boss who has been coddled and indulged like a helpless infant for over 70 years.
Talk about “-ism”-based duality.
And that is only
one example of the thousands of relative messes on planet earth when
duality-based belief systems + power + “-ism’s” combine to form a perfect storm
of separation, oppression, abuse, torturing and killing
And all of that comes automatically to those in power who are driven by their inherent, duality-based belief in “different-from-ment” and “better-than-ment” in a nation in which 1% are seen as “upstairs nobility” while 99% are viewed as “downstairs subjects.”
As the programmed and acculturated child develops into a programmed and acculturated adult, then the cultural and social “-ism’s” begin to exert their influence in developing more personalities and more attachments and more beliefs and more driving forces, including,
relativism; charlatanism; activism; ostracism; materialism; traditionalism; vigilantism; dysfunctionalism; opportunism; barbarism; tribalism; biculturalism; multiculturalism; traditionalism; sexism; individualism; institutionalism; intellectualism;
irrationalism; ceremonialism; racism; multiracism; colonialism; regionalism; territorialism; more ritualism; sensationalism; conceptualism; conformism; constitutionalism; credentialism; exceptionalism; exclusivism; scapegoatism; reformism; and, of course, dualism.
As more and more personalities are assumed, then more and more personality disorders and psychological disorders manifest and these “-ism’s” become driving forces as well:
dysfunctionalism; chauvinism; personalism; radicalism; reformism; divisionism; syncophantism; irrationalism; egocentrism; egoism; egotism; elitism; emotionalism; escapism; ethnocentrism; perfectionism; personalism; fanaticism; radicalism; relativism; utopianism;
externalism; extremism; alcoholism; workaholism; more symbolism; more scapegoatism; vegetarianism (even though two-thirds of all people have body types that require a combination vegetarian-protein or a protein-only food plan for all organs to function optimally); idealism; sadism; masochism; sadomasochism; mentalism; narcissism - and that list could go on and on.
Eventually, government-dreamed-up and government-inspired “-ism’s” exact their toll, those “-ism’s” including:
authoritarianism; establishmentarianism; terrorism and antiterrorism or counterterrorism; more territorialism; patriotism; superpatriotism; heroism; nationalism; militarism; xenophobianism; bilateralism and multilateralism; bipartisanism; bolshevism; imperialism; republicanism; constitutionalism; cronyism; tzarism; despotism; fascism; factionalism; favoritism; federalism; totalitarianism; pluralism; and many more . . .
(including those referenced earlier, namely, monarchism, royalism; landlordism; nepotism; medievalism and feudalism.
After governments form, they form economies, and economies give rise to these
and other “-ism’s” which are to be believed in and touted by the populace if
they are to earn the labels of “good” and “productive” citizens:
capitalism; commercialism; communism; consumerism; mercantilism; nepotism;
socialism; mutualism; corporatism; neo-colonialism; more opportunism; and much
more.
Sages for generations have invited seekers to be free of all “-ism-based”
beliefs and ideas and concepts as a part of the process of being free of
personality and being free of the subconscious agendas of personality and “-ism’s”
which drive thoughts and words and deeds and which generate usually-baseless
fears, often-unmet-and-therefore-frustrating desires, and most of all . . . the
belief in dualities.
(“-ISM’S” and Personality)
To attach to - and to be driven by - the agendas of the “this-ism’s” or “that-ism’s” catalogued earlier is to eliminate any chance of “giving peace a chance.”
Peace cannot happen unless one is free and - just as a ship attached to a dock is not free and, therefore, cannot fulfill its natural providence - a person cannot function naturally or peacefully if attached to any of the “-ism’s” mentioned earlier. Why?
Because, as mentioned, attachment to “-ism’s” will always nurture duality; distortion; illusion; delusion; learned ignorance; varying degrees of psychic unhealthiness as a result of personality disorders;
a variety of neuroses; an assortment of
psychoses and full-blown insanity; and the resulting inability to be in touch
with reality or Reality either one.
The same applies when personas are assigned or adopted because persons fall
under the blinding spell of the belief that “this” or “that” defines who (or
what) they are.
The antidote that some sages have used throughout history to treat belief in the “this-ism’s” and “that-ism’s” which persons use to identify themselves is the mantra “I AM.”
The advice is to focus on the “I AM” and to break the habit of allowing any word or label other than “THAT” to ever follow the phrase.
Then, “I am a great husband” and “I am a
great wife” and “I am a super employee” and “I am a great lover” all become
instead “I AM” . . . only, “I AM” . . . only, “I AM” . . . only, and “I AM” . . . only.
An impression based in reality is an intrinsic impression. Prior to having
being taught even a single idea or concept, a child (i.e., a space housing
newly-manifested consciousness) is aware of its Is-ness.
Even the most recently-manifested speck of consciousness is in touch with the intuitive impression that It Is. It intrinsically “knows” I AM.
Were it to later realize,
it could say as another realized guide said and as is said here: “Do not speak
of me as ‘floyd’; speak of me as I AM.” Were it to later realize, the speck
would not mistakenly believe that it was born but would say, “Before my ‘parents’
and even before ‘this world,’ I AM.”
Any impression other than the intrinsic impression that I AM (and, post-realization,
I AM THAT) is merely an idea, a concept. All other impressions are nothing more
than learned, acquired, false beliefs.
All man-fabricated religious and spiritual “knowledge,” all ideas, and all concepts are generated from that accumulation of fiction called the “mind” and from fictional identities called personas or personalities or roles or ego-states or stage characters or states-of-being-this or states-of-being-that.
How could that
which is associated with a mind-mirage and associated with a personality-mirage
possibly be real?
Yet such impressions control the thoughts and words and deeds of persons (the
non-realized) across the planet. The result is that persons are unstable and
are offensive at times as they are driven by their impressions and are
defensive at times when driven by other impressions.
Their impressions
will also drive them to be aggressive at times and cowering at other times.
Instability is guaranteed. The following pointers are often shared with those
trying to understand personality and trying to understand why all sages have
advised seekers to take the steps required to be free of personality . . . to be
free of belief in all of their “this-ism’s” and “that-ism’s” which they
actually think can identify who they are:
Many ask why the enneagram personality inventory tool is offered here along
with non-dual pointers. Consider: at the root of the hundreds of personality
disorders that can (a.) guarantee a loss of contact with the essence and with authenticity
and that can (b.) generate ignorant or insane thoughts and words and deeds is -
of course - personality.
More on that tomorrow.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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For NON-DUALITY AUDIENCES
The Advanced Seekers' Series (344 pages) is an anthology of four books that share Advaita-based, non-duality pointers that can guide seekers to abide as their original nature. Included in the anthology are
"From the I to the Absolute (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality");
"Consciousness / Awareness: The Nature of Reality Beyond SELF-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding As the Absolute)";
"From the Absolute to the Nothingness";
and
"The Final Understanding."
from BARNES AND NOBLE by clicking here
or (sometimes less efficiently nowadays in terms of paperback delivery)
This anthology (438 pages) contains the six books that make up what has been called The Blissful Abidance Series for those seeking to live blissfully and happily for the remainder of the manifestation, including:
“What BLISS is and what BLISS is not”
“There’s No Such Thing As Peace of Mind (There’s Only Peace If You’re ‘Out of Your Mind’)”
“Liberation (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)”
“Freedom from Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness”
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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"
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
