Tony
24th June 2012, 07:16
DEMONS, PYRAMIDS and FORUMS...etc
How does the pyramid work?
This is a lot to take in - to really see and feel how it works. I've tried to put this over before, but have been unsuccessful, so here it goes again!
What we may describe demons are easier to see in our own mind. Basically, it's our like and dislike. Outer demons are entities that have spiritual knowledge but do not practise. They hate practice and practitioners: they love our negative emotions!
So demons are attracted to the most greedy and selfish among us...the top of the pyramid!
Demon activity enhances the pyramid effect. They feed it, and they feed off it.
There are four enlightened activities: Pacifying, Magnetising, Enriching and Destroying.
These are applied to benefit sentient beings.
Pacifying accommodates everything.
It reveals that there are no problems, and that aggression from the ego is unnecessary.
Enriching brings to light the process of growth, and allows the process of knowledge.
Magnetising bypasses the conventional reality. In conventional reality, we continually try to draw desired situations towards ourselves and fend off undesirable ones. A realised person simply remains as he or she is, without this ego intervention, attracting naturally.
Destroying is connected to compassion, and is aimed at ego's manipulations.
Here comes the twist!.
There are four demonic activities: they are the same as the enlightened activities, but they are based on self-identity and self-cherishing, and are directed at building and fortifying our concept of 'self.'
Twisted Pacifying.
This attempts to make peace by using pleasure and security, to eliminate what is unpleasant. It is an imitation of genuine pacifying, which is beyond any self-serving strategy (“There, there - it will be alright. Trust me.”).
Twisted Enriching.
Ego takes the natural growth and turns it into its own ground. It takes the richness, and turns it into my wealth (“See how clever I am!”).
Twisted Magnetising.
One attempts to attract in order to feed one's ego with what is desirable, based on the possessive emotions (“I enjoy praying for others.” ).
Twisted Destroying.
Instead of destroying what needs to be destroyed, this activity obliterates everything.
Trungpa Rinpoche wrote, “It begins to get inspired in the wrong way, and we uproot the whole tree...that is the karmic quality of destruction gone wild, unnecessarily” (“You are talking total rubbish!”).
Forums, ie life, are a good place to observe what is going on. In fact, they are wonderful places to enhance our practice and experience the enlightened activities!
That is exactly what the greedy and selfish do not want. Distractions occur to stop us noting what is actually going on: the most important thing to realise is that this greedy selfishness is within all of us.
This is how the matrix is held together...
Tony
How does the pyramid work?
This is a lot to take in - to really see and feel how it works. I've tried to put this over before, but have been unsuccessful, so here it goes again!
What we may describe demons are easier to see in our own mind. Basically, it's our like and dislike. Outer demons are entities that have spiritual knowledge but do not practise. They hate practice and practitioners: they love our negative emotions!
So demons are attracted to the most greedy and selfish among us...the top of the pyramid!
Demon activity enhances the pyramid effect. They feed it, and they feed off it.
There are four enlightened activities: Pacifying, Magnetising, Enriching and Destroying.
These are applied to benefit sentient beings.
Pacifying accommodates everything.
It reveals that there are no problems, and that aggression from the ego is unnecessary.
Enriching brings to light the process of growth, and allows the process of knowledge.
Magnetising bypasses the conventional reality. In conventional reality, we continually try to draw desired situations towards ourselves and fend off undesirable ones. A realised person simply remains as he or she is, without this ego intervention, attracting naturally.
Destroying is connected to compassion, and is aimed at ego's manipulations.
Here comes the twist!.
There are four demonic activities: they are the same as the enlightened activities, but they are based on self-identity and self-cherishing, and are directed at building and fortifying our concept of 'self.'
Twisted Pacifying.
This attempts to make peace by using pleasure and security, to eliminate what is unpleasant. It is an imitation of genuine pacifying, which is beyond any self-serving strategy (“There, there - it will be alright. Trust me.”).
Twisted Enriching.
Ego takes the natural growth and turns it into its own ground. It takes the richness, and turns it into my wealth (“See how clever I am!”).
Twisted Magnetising.
One attempts to attract in order to feed one's ego with what is desirable, based on the possessive emotions (“I enjoy praying for others.” ).
Twisted Destroying.
Instead of destroying what needs to be destroyed, this activity obliterates everything.
Trungpa Rinpoche wrote, “It begins to get inspired in the wrong way, and we uproot the whole tree...that is the karmic quality of destruction gone wild, unnecessarily” (“You are talking total rubbish!”).
Forums, ie life, are a good place to observe what is going on. In fact, they are wonderful places to enhance our practice and experience the enlightened activities!
That is exactly what the greedy and selfish do not want. Distractions occur to stop us noting what is actually going on: the most important thing to realise is that this greedy selfishness is within all of us.
This is how the matrix is held together...
Tony