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THE HIDDEN AGENDAS OF THOSE PLAYING PHONY ROLES
“After the information given to you by the mother, that you are a boy or girl, all your further acquisitions [false identities] are by hearsay.”
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
(From yesterday’s post)
I began by identifying the seven basic desires which drive humankind’s every thought and word and action:
the desire for body continuity / safety / protection as well as eternal consciousness / life
the desire / drive for water, food and sex
the desire for financial security (either earned or given)
the desire for the agendas of all assumed body, mind, and personalities identifications (ego-states) to be met
the desire for love and / or admiration and / or respect and / or esteem and / or approval
the desire for control
the desire for power.
Consider next that every assumed identity brings with it not only a basic desire but also a basic fear.
The following explanations expose the link between (a) personality assumption and (b) how that leads to the frustration of unmet desires and paralyzing fears.
Among the nine basic enneagram personality types, the first type identifies as
The Perfectionist, The Critic, The Judge:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type One’s BASIC FEAR is
being corrupt or evil or defective
The Type One’s BASIC DESIRE is to be good and right
The Personality Type Two identifies as the Helper (who actually helps in order
to try to make everyone love her or him in an effort to compensate for the
perception that too little love was received during childhood, especially from
the “father figure”):
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type Two’s BASIC FEAR is
the fear of not being loved
The Type Two’s BASIC DESIRE is to be loved
The Personality Type Three functions as The Performer, The Achiever, The Image
Maker, The Inauthentic One, The Admiration and Applause Seeker, and The
Narcissist:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type Three’s BASIC FEAR is
the fear of being worthless
The Type Three’s BASIC DESIRE is to feel valuable
The Personality Type Four identifies as The Romantic, The Individualist, The
Rebel and, if awake, The Intuitive, Authentic One:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type Four’s BASIC FEAR is
the fear of having no identity
The Type Four’s BASIC DESIRE is to find The Authentic Self
The Personality Type Five identifies as The Investigator, The Knowledge Seeker,
The Knower (or, The Know-It-All):
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type Five’s BASIC FEAR is
the fear of being overwhelmed by reality
The Type Five’s BASIC DESIRE is to be competent and knowledgeable
Personality Type Sixes present as The Loyalist, The Dependent One, The
Co-Dependent One, The Entitled One, The One Seeking Caretakers / Providers:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type Six has a BASIC FEAR
of having no support or guidance
The Type Six has a BASIC DESIRE to have support and guidance
[Note: Type Sixes make up 50% of the population on the planet; Type Fours make
up ½ of 1% on the planet.]
The Personality Type Seven identifies as The Adventurer, The Enthusiast, The
Fun Seeker or, at the extreme, The Hell Raiser or The Addict or The
(Unsuccessful) Avoider of Suffering and Pain:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
The Type Seven has a BASIC
FEAR of being trapped, deprived or in pain (be it mental, emotional, or
physical
The Type Seven has a BASIC DESIRE to be free, to have the “need” for exciting
or enjoyable activities fulfilled, and to avoid all pain (be it mental,
emotional, or physical)
Personality Type Eights identify as The Boss, The Challenger, The Asserter, The
Control Freak (or, at the extreme, The Sociopath or The Psychopath):
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
Type Eights have a BASIC FEAR
of being harmed, violated, used or controlled by others
Type Eights have a BASIC DESIRE to protect themselves, to gain control of their
lives, to use others for their benefit, and to control all other persons
The Personality Type Nine identifies as The Indifferent One, The Avoider of
Having His or Her “Personal” Peace Interfered With, or The Sloth:
BASIC FEAR AND BASIC DESIRE
Type Nines have a BASIC FEAR
of loss and of separation (and of not being taken care of)
Type Nines have a BASIC DESIRE for continuity and for “peace of mind” (and for
reaping the benefits of their perceived entitlement and being taken care of)
Add to the above the fact that each of those personality types brings with it a
host of personality disorders; that the assumption of many other (multiple)
personalities is commonplace; that persons over the years may well assume
another 60 or 70 or 80 false identities in addition the nine basic types which
always manifest; and that all of those types can bring disorders which can
disintegrate into cases of neuroses and serious psychoses
and then
it can be understood why sages for ages have made the point that the assignment
or assumption of false identifications has long been the bane of humanity.
All instances of the Dissociative Identity Disorder and all other instances of believing that assumed false identities / characters / personas / ego-states / phony roles / façades / individuals / images / guises / fronts / faces etc. can actually define “who one truly is” provides evidence of (a) one having been fooled and (b) one being driven by three of the main symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness which Maharaj identified as “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity.”
How to be free of all of that? It can only happen via full realization.
Maharaj provided the very simple definition of what “realization” is, namely, being free of believing all of the learned ignorance which persons are taught. So realization is the key to being free.
The result of following the “path” on the four-step “journey” to realization can result in abiding for the remainder of the relative existence is a state that is free of frustrating unmet desires and no debilitating fears because they are merely a part of the body of learned ignorance which is passed down from one generation to the next.
With very few cases of full
realization happening, then the legacy handed down to the masses is the
Ultimate Sickness with its symptoms as identified by Maharaj as “ignorance,
stupidity, and insanity.”
How can completion of the first four steps on “the path” eliminate frustrating
unmet desires and debilitating fears? Easily.
Since all frustrating unmet desires and debilitating fears are rooted in one or
more personality identifications / ego-states / false roles, etc., then if
belief in personality identifications / ego-states / false roles are
eliminated, so too shall frustrating unmet desires and debilitating fears end.
Post-realization and post-freedom-from-belief-in-false-identities, nothing
remains that prefers either an extension of the manifestation nor an end to the
manifestation. It’s called functioning from a position of neutrality. No
desires; no fears.
Enjoyment certainly happens though nothing is desired. Nothing is feared since
there is nothing to register fear. The consciousness functions from a position
of neutrality, knowing that if persons are trapped in seeking the applause of
the village, they must also be prepared to accept the scorn of the town as
well.
No “good” label is being sought and no “bad” label is being avoided. All is
neutral, and all persons can reach that position of neutrality via the
realization which manifests if the first four steps are all completed
thoroughly.
What is the personality / desire-fear connection?
Years ago I was in The Netherlands and while there spent a week studying the
enneagram methodology with Russ Hudson, considered internationally to be one of
the leading - if not the top – scholar on the subject matter. I credit him in
the book LIBERATION (Attaining Freedom from Personality Via Realization).
with explaining how personality identifications generate desires and fears and how the casting aside of belief in all identifications can end the frustration of unmet desires and the debilitation of usually-baseless fears.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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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."
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