Tony
14th June 2012, 08:08
The title was supposed to be...The insidious programming OF 'self' knowledge.
This may seem a strange thing to say...
The most subtlest of insidious programming of 'self' knowledge! Let's take a good look at this.
We all know, or should know by now that the way one controls a population is not by guns, but by ideas.
So it is all about manipulating consciousness.
For the masses, this has to be done with everyday living. Because of awareness of what is going on in the world, forums have sprung up, and this awareness has spread to the question of self identity - that we are more than body and mind.
So, concepts have been introduced to facilitate this idea.
The main purpose of this is to keep it as an idea!
If it is kept as an idea, it will have no reality. The internet is now full of little gods, who 'think' they are already enlightened. They repeat set phrases (from another source) that sound good. They are, in fact, good phrases, but they are dead phrases!
They are dead phrases because they are not practised. The very hallmark of practice of this nature is the development and manifestation compassion. Compassion is mentioned so much by many systems, because it is a safe guard against conceit. Compassionate activity is all about the other, and not one's own 'self' image.
It is no good just saying the word love, if you do not know what it truly entails! It just becomes a piece of clothing to wear to show others how nice you are.
Love is tough. It will continually test us.
We have to be aware of the possibility of this programming: because of the lack of compassion, we should be aware of hidden snipes we leave in messages – consciously or unconsciously. That is how it works...like a virus.
Essence (or whatever you want to call it) picks up these messages, whether you are aware of essence or not. And they leave a wound...but the bigger wound is left in yourself, in your own mind. That is how karma is laid down.
If one knows the workings of compassion, that wound can be dissolved.
Here are three illustrations of how this works at different levels:
Like a knot in a snake, that unties itself.
Like drawing on water.
Like a thief entering a empty house.
Be of one taste to foe and friend.
This is part of de-programming.
Tony
This may seem a strange thing to say...
The most subtlest of insidious programming of 'self' knowledge! Let's take a good look at this.
We all know, or should know by now that the way one controls a population is not by guns, but by ideas.
So it is all about manipulating consciousness.
For the masses, this has to be done with everyday living. Because of awareness of what is going on in the world, forums have sprung up, and this awareness has spread to the question of self identity - that we are more than body and mind.
So, concepts have been introduced to facilitate this idea.
The main purpose of this is to keep it as an idea!
If it is kept as an idea, it will have no reality. The internet is now full of little gods, who 'think' they are already enlightened. They repeat set phrases (from another source) that sound good. They are, in fact, good phrases, but they are dead phrases!
They are dead phrases because they are not practised. The very hallmark of practice of this nature is the development and manifestation compassion. Compassion is mentioned so much by many systems, because it is a safe guard against conceit. Compassionate activity is all about the other, and not one's own 'self' image.
It is no good just saying the word love, if you do not know what it truly entails! It just becomes a piece of clothing to wear to show others how nice you are.
Love is tough. It will continually test us.
We have to be aware of the possibility of this programming: because of the lack of compassion, we should be aware of hidden snipes we leave in messages – consciously or unconsciously. That is how it works...like a virus.
Essence (or whatever you want to call it) picks up these messages, whether you are aware of essence or not. And they leave a wound...but the bigger wound is left in yourself, in your own mind. That is how karma is laid down.
If one knows the workings of compassion, that wound can be dissolved.
Here are three illustrations of how this works at different levels:
Like a knot in a snake, that unties itself.
Like drawing on water.
Like a thief entering a empty house.
Be of one taste to foe and friend.
This is part of de-programming.
Tony