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FREEDOM FROM BELIEFS
From “Give Peace A Chance”:
“This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m”
by
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
False Beliefs Rooted in “-ISM’S”
(continued)
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;
monarchism
and royalism; landlordism; nepotism; medievalism and feudalism; imperialism;
republicanism; constitutionalism; cronyism; tzarism; despotism; fascism;
factionalism; favoritism; federalism; totalitarianism; pluralism; and many
more.
After governments form, they form economies, and economies give rise to these
and other “-ism’s” that 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
invitation 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 authenticityand
that can (b) generate ignorant or insane thoughts and words and deeds is - of
course - personality.
Personality - the belief that “I am this” or “I am that” - must be understood
completely in order to be discarded completely as an identity and to be
eliminated as the key hidden motivator of dualistic thoughts and words and
actions.
Further, realization cannot happen unless the seeker understands personality; understands how personality drives persons via misery-producing desires and fears; understands the full impact of personality on the relative existence; understands how it generates a sense of dis-ease and separation;
understands
how personality produces emotional instability; and understands how it blocks any
and all opportunity to know the Oneness (reinforcing instead the false belief
in “different-from” and “better-than” and “higher than” and “apart from”).
One of the most ancient of all methods used to “treat” the sicknesses that are
generated by personality is non-duality, and the non-duality-Enneagram
connection is ancient as well, though the enneagram or enneagram-like
revelations that were a part of the ancient teachings appeared in a variety of
versions.
The
science-based version used here is relatively new, now offering the ancient
understanding with more clarity and validity than ever before and allowing the
transitioning beyond personality-identification to happen more quickly and
efficiently for many seekers of full realization.
That said, the kind of information that is revealed by the testing and
personality typing that is employed here is the information that Advaitin
teachers have shared for hundreds and thousands of years, making the
understanding of one’s personality (actually, “personalities”) central to the realization
process.
It
is one thing to speak of personality in the most general of terms, but when
persons are shown on a scale of 1-100 the exact rate of their personality-based
anger or pride or lust or laziness, then more awareness seems to come (which
allows for many the ability to detach from the personalities that are blocking
the “path” to realization).
To understand the non-duality-Enneagram linkage, consider some of the
historical background, with gratitude to the early teachers such as Evagrius
and Ichazo and to the more recent instructors that are versed in the use of the
Enneagram (called by some “a matrix of personality structures that recognizes
nine observable points of view” among persons). To understand the historical
background is to understand how persons become separated from the essence and from
authenticity;
how
that separation results in passions that generate the most despicable “personality
defects” imaginable, relatively speaking; and why the non-dual “path” has
become necessary as a means by which persons can “re-connect” with the essence and
with Real Love.
Ichazo, who early on made the link between the non-duality teachings and the
understandings that can be revealed via the Enneagram, said:
“We have to distinguish between [humans] in essence [vs. how they are] in ego
or personality. In essence, every [human] is perfect, fearless, and in a loving
unity with the entire cosmos; there is no conflict within the [human] between
head, heart, and stomach or between the [human] and others.
Then something happens: the ego begins to develop, there is a transition from objectivity to subjectivity, and [humans] fall from essence into personality.”
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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