THE CURSE OF HUMANKINDS’ RELATIVE EXISTENCE: IDENTIFICATIONS

 

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THE CURSE OF HUMANKINDS’ RELATIVE EXISTENCE: IDENTIFICATIONS

“Science will advance to the point someday that it will prove all of the non-dual pointers ever set forth.”

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

On this site science 2005, examples of the validity of the claim above have been continuously offered. Another such example is provided in this series.

Long before the terms “Multiple Personality Disorder” or “Dissociative Identity Disorder” or “dual-mindedness” or “splitting” or “split personality” or “alter egos” or “multiple ego-states” came into being, the wisest among non-duality guides were discussing what each of those terms now refers to.

At the heart of their counsel was the invitation - to those that were seeking stability and freedom from chaos - to be guided only by that which involves the unitary rather than the binary; the harmonious rather than the discordant; the symphonic rather than the cacophonous.

Currently, the masses in the U.S. where about half of the population are considering fascism and authoritarianism to be a viable alternative to democracy, the binary is firmly rooted.

Why consider fascism and authoritarianism to be a viable alternative to democracy? Because democracy suggests that all are equal, that all should be treated the same, and fascists and authoritarians hate that notion.

Driving the racial hatred nowadays is the belief by duality-driven white supremacists that non-whites are being given special treatment and depriving the whites of the handouts they deserve. Note the word “belief” and see what is embedded in that label: belief.

Since 2005 on this site, visitors have been invited to consider: “Might it be that everything I have ever been told is a lie?” Just as there is no such things as “your mind” because it is just a twin likeness of “their mind,” so too it can be witnessed by the wise that there is no such thing as “your beliefs”; there is only “their beliefs” which are nothing more than hand-me-down, shabby rags.

So the wise have seen for millennia that what is referred to now as DID has never been “a rare mental illness” but has been dominant throughout the history of humankind.

The Cleveland Clinic continues:

“People with DID have two or more separate identities. These personalities control their behavior at different times. Each identity has its own personal history, traits, likes and dislikes.”

Consider the non-dual message which has long tried to make clear that personality identifications (ego-states, personas, etc.) subconsciously drive and control the thoughts and words and actions of persons

and that

each personal identification has a basic desire and a basic fear which also drive persons throughout their existence if they d not realize the truth.

One method offered in the past to clarify what it means to be driven is this:

See yourself in an automobile in which you are being driven. In that scenario, there are three places in the car you can be, and there is one place you cannot be:

If you are being driven, then you might be in the passenger seat; you might be in the back seat; or you might be locked away in the truck (a.k.a., the boot). Where you absolutely cannot be is in the driver's seat behind the steering wheel.

That is what it is like to be driven: You have no ability to determine where you go, when you go, how you go, whether you will go fast or slow, whether your trip will be calm and enjoyable or conducted at a breakneck speed, or whether you stay in the proper lane or run off the road and crash.

That's exactly the way persons live if abiding under the influence of personalities (and any other subconscious influencers and controllers) because each personality and every false role has a primary fear, a primary desire, and a hidden agenda that is driven by subconscious motives which are intended to perpetuate the myth that the false identities are real.

When abiding under the influence of personalities - that is, when being driven by the fears and desires of personalities - there is no ability to make any conscious choices because the hidden, subconscious agendas of the personalities determine every thought which is thought which leads to every word that is spoken which leads to every action taken.

And such is the case in almost every instance among humans. Nancy Pelosi - a past Speaker of the House in the U.S. Government and thus third in line to be president should both the president and vice-president die - said, “I am a devout Catholic” and “I'm very Catholic, devout, practicing, all of that. I had five children in six years.” 

So when did she consciously decide that five was the number of children she wanted to have?

And when did she consciously decide to become a devout Catholic? She explained, “My mother was my main role model because, in our family, we were raised in a very Catholic family. So it was very Catholic, devoutly Catholic.”

The answer: She never consciously decided to have five children, not four and not six. She was driven to have multiple children because of the teachings of her religion.

And like almost all Catholics, she never consciously decided to become a Catholic. She was programmed and conditioned and acculturated to be Catholic. She never studied all of the religions and the philosophies of all times and then consciously decided that of all of those available, she was going to go with . . .  Catholicism.

And “I am a Catholic” is a lie / belief as well. It is merely one of the many false identities which were assigned to her and which she accepted as truth.

To be driven by the subconscious agendas of bogus personality identifications is to have no ability to make conscious decisions and choices. Talk to any among the non-realized masses and they will assure you that they are making choices and decisions all day long, every day.

The face: they are being driven have no ability at all to decide anything or to choose anything. In their cases, that’s all happens on an unconscious, subconscious basis. They are being driven, so again . . .

if you are being driven, then you might be in the passenger seat; you might be in the back seat; or you might be locked away in the truck (a.k.a., the boot). Where you absolutely cannot be is in the driver's seat behind the steering wheel.

You have no conscious say over where you go, when you go, how you go or whether you stay between the lines or drive off the side of a cliff.

Now, understand that humans by the age of 30 or 40 have likely played 70 or 80 roles already. Understand that each of those has a basic desire and a basic fear. So at any given moment, there can be the possibility that one is being pushed and / or pulled in multiple directions by some 80 desires or 80 fears.

Consider the other factors and agendas which personas bring with them and the suggestion that persons are being driven by the chatter of a thousand monkeys between their ears is not such a far out hypothesis.

Ever hear someone said, “I’m torn / split / divided between two offers and can’t decide which way I want to go.” That might be the most truthful statement that person will ever make.

To be continued.

Please enter into the silence of contemplation.

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Here, 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

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."

--Yeshu'a (Jesus)

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."

--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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