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THE CURSE OF HUMANKINDS’ RELATIVE EXISTENCE: IDENTIFICATIONS
“Realisation is but the opposite of ignorance.”
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
It has also been seen that, far-too-often, a little un-learning or a little understanding can be dangerous, relatively speaking, when the influence of the fallacious content of the mind is not totally rejected and when nothing more than a new mindset is adopted.
That “new mindset” might cause some to conclude
a. if THAT is what it's all about and the relative is useless, then why not kill myself or others?
b. that a new identity is to be adopted, namely, that of “The Deep Philosopher” or “The All-Knowing One” or “The Super Sage”;
c. that caring about anything or anyone in the relative should end;
d. that one should no longer feel;
e. that one should live with his / her head in the clouds;
f. that one must withdraw and isolate and extend “The Forest Dweller Stage” for the remainder of the manifestation;
g. that one should focus less on reality and more on theory;
h. and that one must take a philosophical view of everything.
In upcoming posts, these points will be discussed in detail:
The understanding puts us more in touch with reality throughout the AM-ness, not less.
To be free of attachment to the AM-ness is not to be free of the basic responsibilities of the AM-ness: providing food, clothing, shelter, etc.
The “goal” here, with the Nisarga Yoga, is to live naturally.
The way that deer live, not the way that most humans live, would provide a saner model.
To develop a position of neutrality around all things does not mean you will not care about anything, for not-caring is one extreme while excessive caring is the other extreme . . . just more duality.
Yet any prior disposition toward conflict gives way to pure witnessing rather than confronting and engaging other humans. To “realize fully” is . . .
1. to overlay Reality on the relative (that is, to overlay Reality on reality and then be done with it);
2. to use the understanding of THAT as nothing more than a tool to enhance the enjoyment of the “this,” the Am-ness;
and
3. to plant one's feet firmly on the ground for as long as the manifestation continues.
Additionally, realization ends all competition because it ends all Subject-Object Witnessing, post-realization. There will be no effort to show “others that what you “have” or “understand” has provided you with a far better life than they have.
Were that the case, the non-dual understanding could be abandoned and persons could be sent off to their nearest church or synagogue or temple or ideological camp or spiritual group where they can find the very high percentage of the planet's population who claim to be religious or spiritual and who believe deep inside that they are better than others as a result of following the dogma or spiritual principles which they follow.
Living naturally rather than supernaturally, there can be among “the realized” (i.e., among those freed of ignorance) no notions about “better-than-ness” and “different from-ness,” so there can be no beliefs about “my philosophy is better” or beliefs about “I'm going to show you that since I got rid of you, my life is far better . . . and far better than yours.”
There can be no “look how well I'm doing as a result of what I know”; there can be no “look how much better my relationship is than yours”; and there can be no “look how much happier I am that you are.”
The naturally-abiding, ego-less deer, as is the case with all life-forms on the planet which all abide naturally except for humans, engage in no such competitive one-up-man-ship.
(Okay, the mating season behaviors of deer notwithstanding, but even taking that into account, what the deer can do when trying to “hook up” is nothing compared to the insane behavior of humans when they are trying to do the same).
Now, there have been numerous ego-states and body and mind and personality identifications and mental disorders which many non-dualists have focused on over the centuries (and which Maharaj also honed in on in his talks from the early 1950’s to just before he took mahasamadhi on 8 September 1981, at 7:30 p.m.)
Only recently have professionals been diagnosing one such mental health condition with greater frequency (but with still less frequency than is probably required for the sake of accuracy).
That
condition is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) which Maharaj discussed regularly but not by that name.
DID is defined by the Cleveland Clinic as a mental condition which results in persons assuming two or more separate identities.
(Hells Bells, why even mention “two?” “Only two” would be a cake walk, one that most would settle for in a second. I have worked with individuals in their thirties and forties who have listed over 80 different identities which they have been assigned or have assumed during their relative existence.)
For nearly thirty years I have owned and operated a company which administers a personality test, one developed by The Enneagram Institute®, created in 1997 by the late Don Richard Riso and by Russ Hudson (the latter being the one with whom I studied off and on over a period of years).
After administering the test and analyzing and sharing the results and the effects, persons have been offered more insight into what has been driving their thoughts and words and actions more than a lifetime of study could provide.
Riso and Hudson developed what is likely the most frequently-used test around the globe. (Nearly two decades ago, I attended a multi-day workshop with Russ in The Netherlands. In attendance there were four people from the U.S. with the remainder being from Russia, Canada, France, Spain, the U.K., Central and South America, and a host of other nations covering most points on earth).
Over the years, I have worked with more than 10,000 people, made up of a host of individuals, couples, large corporations, and persons operating counseling services in Australia as well as in treatment centers with clients suffering from the Addictive Personality Disorder as well as the Multiple Personality Disorder, the Split Personality Disorder, Dissociative Amnesia etc., (to offer but a few of the earlier names for DID).
From The Cleveland Clinic: These personalities control persons’ behavior at different times. Each identity has its own personal history, traits, likes and dislikes.)
Most significantly, each identity has a basic fear and a basic desire which subconsciously drive the insane thoughts and words and actions of millions, if not billions.
In the next posting, more on DID.
To be continued.
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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.
