Does
government exist because we lack Self-Wisdom? The root meaning of
“government” is to govern=control + mental=mind.
Mind control is based on each
person controlling their own mind “by choosing to egotistically
become”. We're told to choose to become a “good person”.
Suppress anything that doesn't conform to community ideals of what is
goodness. Holistically-Seeing in the present moment that
Heads-IS-Tails of the same psychological coin, your mind is then
rooted in Fact where it is Whole. So Order IS security for the Mind,
Body & Environment.
The
body is rooted in fact. Ego is rooted
in fiction. For centuries the
Ego of humanity has been practicing “Blood Sacrifices”; it's
called War! The ego is a parasite because when the mind doesn't SEE
itself, conflict not only exists in the mind but its a wave that
mushrooms out like a nuclear bomb – disintegrating our bodies, the
biosphere & atmosphere. “As above (psyche); so is below
(body)”.
Opposing
Fact with Fiction is destructive to the physical world. It is not a
question of getting a so-called “good” image-belief. Regardless
if you put a “positive” spin on it, conforming to the “what
should be” [the ideal] brings about a division between the
psychological observer & the ideal. One compares themselves to an
ideal. Right then, one has caused a division between the Fact (what I
am) and the ideal of “what I should be”. Once the mind is
fragmented, it must then resist the Truth and cling to a fiction.
Then that fiction has psychologically “manufactured” The Master
or God. There is a struggle in the mind between “what I am” (bad)
and “what I want to be” (a concept of “goodness”). Thought is
memory, which is inherently limited. Thought tries to become a master
and enslaves others into “believing” in order to prove to itself
that is can “become” measureless. It can become “God” - the
one who controls the lives of everyone and gets to decide who lives
and who dies.
The
condition of the tree's root determines what happens to the rest of
it. Ego IS the Root cause of the world's mental and physical present
condition. We need to understand that freedom can never be obtained
through choosing an ideal in which to be identified with,
emotionally. We feel unimportant so we chase after its opposite; so
we join a tribe (gang, nation, cult, sect, etc.) in order to elevate
our sense of power and importance. The mind is struggling to convince
itself that it is safe and that it is mighty and that it is great and
that it can love. When we shatter the Wholeness of our mind in order
to be in control of life, we are in a state of disintegration, which
is the antithesis of stability. All that we do to try to bring about
a solution only fragments the problem, more and more. Conforming to
ones desire of how they want reality to be is detrimental to the
physical security. That is why we have economic class divisions. And
the Law of Reality indicates that where there is division,
psychologically speaking, there must be conflict, which destroys the
physical equilibrium (body, biosphere and atmosphere).
Life &
Death are one unit. Our bodies are living and dying simultaneously.
Now then... Man has violated that sacred balance of Life & Death
by believing in images (positive or negative ones). When the mind feels a
disturbance, it must understand the fact that any disturbance IS, in
fact, itself. The reason there is a disturbance is that means it
is necessary to learn about itself through Pure Awareness (and
nothing else). When we watch a thing with our whole being, that is
Pure Energy that is watching the nature of this emotional state. It
is not trying to correct what is being studied. Since we are the
subject, we can't intervene without causing a division which must
cause conflict between “what I feel that I dislike” = fact and
the opposing wish or desire of how I would like to feel= a
belief/image of myself. The “image” that I make of myself
(regardless if that image is flattering or not) is still an image,
which is fiction masquerading as “truth” – which is the
opposite of what I really feel.
The
suppressed feeling boils and fester and so there is a the duality
between Fact & Fiction. The belief was born out of fear. The fear
of being fully observant, sensitive and wholly aware of being
disturbed, caused a fracture in the mind. The mind chooses a Fiction
to hide from its pain. But in choosing to hide in the Fictitious
state of mind, there is no peace of mind. Peace can only come when
the mind is Whole. As long as the mind seeks shelter,
psychologically, it will never find real peace. Therefore, conflict
must end/die naturally, without any force. When one observes a fact,
that observation is not opposing it. It simply sees the truth of what
it feels. There is no struggle or fiction to observe. There is no
agenda or motive to fulfill a desire. One is simply learning about
the mind, holistically (without a controller). One can watch their
“controller” and see how it deceives itself.
What we are inquiring into is not a system
you can memorize and implement. We pretend that certain words are
holy or sacred. All words come from memory. The eternal cannot be
captured by the mind of man. However, we all have the capacity to
“Holistically Observe” the limitations of our psyches. In seeing
the fact as a fact, there is no longer opposition to the fact. The
total awareness of how believing operates and that it can never bring
order or peace, free the mind from confusion and conflict.
The
only thing that makes a disturbed state of mind continue in that
state is its struggle against it through the identification with the
opposite “ideal” or “future salvation”. There is no salvation
in the future. Either you see now what you are, or you pretend to see
it and continue on being at war with yourself. Your relationship to
your own mind is the way you are related to others. If you lie to
yourself, well you must do that with everyone, as well. If you are
secretly in conflict and unaware that you are, the evidence shows in
your relationship the things, people and ideas. If you can see that
all efforts to live up to any “ideal” is futile, then you are
free from conflict and you are no longer contributing to the conflict
in the whole world. But if you hide from yourself, then that will
cause destruction to yourself and to others (in one form or another).
And
finally, is it possible not be psychologically hurt nor to hurt
another?
Yes it
is possible. There is holistic vigilance within and without,
simultaneously, when you watch the movements of ones mind, without
willing oneself to react in any particular way. But, you copy another
person, I'm afraid. No person can give clarity or wisdom to another
person; you have to look at Truth directly. Wisdom is seldom talked
about. It has been taken for granted (or believed) that “Wisdom”
is merely a matter of living for a long time, and gathering
experience as its foundation of authority. No true. Time has nothing
at all to do with real “Wisdom”.
“Wisdom”
cannot be achieved or sought after for itself. A thing that is sought
after is based on what you know. So one is only seeking a modified
version of the past/known. For eons people have sought the impossible
endeavor. The Ego wants to be absolutely powerful (in other words –
limitless). Thought is memory and psychological time.
What
is psychological time?
One is
angry. That is a fact. The mind responses to the fact by desiring to
“detach” from that feeling. There is “what I feel”. Fear of
what I feel wants to move away from the fact by seeking something
that the mind presumes to be “better” than the fact (the truth).
Psychological time is introduced by “the desire to not be that
fact”. So we are encouraged to “believe in any set of comforting
words that you like”. That harder you concentrate on those words
and tell yourself that they are the truth, you will eventually escape
from your emotional anxiety. So the concept or belief that one is
trying to emotionally become takes time to attain. To go from anger
to compassion by way of approximating oneself to an image is an
impossibility. The preoccupation to achieve a state of Nirvana,
within the psyche, is the endless game of
psychological-hide-and-seek.
Psychological
Time means that I may be disturbed now but I will concentrate on
becoming the opposite of that. However, the opposite born out of the
same root memory is merely the same content with a different face on
it. For example, when one divides oneself by chasing after the “image
of what I want to become” one is destroying the essence of ones
ability to perceive reality. Once the mind can't see itself as it
really is, it is a contradiction. The contradiction began the moment
you become emotionally attached to an image in order to avoid
observing your emotional responses. The image is a fabrication that
is opposing a disturbing truth. So image, born out of memory, covers
up the present fact. That is violence to push away the truth and
replace it with a lie and treat that lie as if it were the truth.
That is being in a perpetual state of contradiction.
Reality
is Truth and it simply Is! Whereas, this like/dislike emotional
reaction wants to dictate to Reality/Truth what its version of
“reality” is. So when you create an image about yourself in order
to become “better” than you are, you are at odds within yourself
(and therefore with the world, as well).
The
Universe/Cosmos IS PERFECT ORDER and is Reality/Fact. So when the
mind opposes Reality within itself by refusing to “Holistically
Observe” all of its emotional responses (regardless if I like them
or not), it is also against the Universe and the underlying Energy
that animates all living things.
This
is why most of humanity is in psychological pain. The more pain there
is, the more people increase that pain by blindly “believing”
harder and harder in “non-realities” better known as beliefs.
A real
thing does not require being believed in. It does not require praise
nor worship. You don't need to beg it for a “better life”. When
there is psychological pure alertness to the whole movement of ones
emotional responses, “Wisdom” comes into being. Something unknown
takes place when the mind quietly watches itself – there is a
non-mechanical learning unfolding. There is space without a “Center”
to perceive “what I feel” until that feeling has told its
complete story and naturally ends. The death of fragmentation is the
birth of wholeness. But, wholeness cannot be pursued.
What
is Psychological Death and Why is it Important?
The
nature of the mind is to continue repeating itself. In other words,
the bottom line is that the main objective of the human ego is simply
to be able to go on being dysfunctional and challenging the Universe.
Thought wants to control everything, including itself. But, a thing
in conflict within cannot contain its conflict. Thought dominating
thought leads to an endless chain of domination, which is violent and
there is no freedom from that pattern so long as one blindly follows
their programming of thinking.
Upon
discovering for yourself that your mind can never control itself to
“become” good, loving, peaceful through “believing” into
existence (thru words & emotions), then such a false pursuit
naturally drops away – that is Psychological Death. Conflict comes
to a COMPLETE END when it sees that it is a contradiction. It sees
that either promoting or chasing after the “image of peace”
begets its opposite. One has an “image of what love is”. When
people marry, they are attempting to be united. Facts can unite, but
illusions cannot. Love is a state of Wholeness. There is NO
IMAGE/BELIEF that can guide you to that Wholeness. A fraction can
never become a whole. Images are a shadow of the original. The shadow
has no substance. That is why a concept about Love is merely a
shadow, not the real thing. What is the point of seeking The Truth.
Truth is perceived in the hear and now whatever you are thinking and
feeling. Because the mind is the content of his or her consciousness,
it is self-destructive to pick and choose which parts you will
acknowledge and which parts you will ignore. That is discrimination
and prejudice – favoring some thoughts and feelings and rejecting
others. Then, we turn around and treat the people around us that way,
as well.
Merely
having technological know-how is not going to solve anything. Systems
of governing the lives of people is the problem and the people in
them who are psychologically lazy. No one wants to be responsible for
Holistically Seeing the Truth. The Truth is that ALL images are
founded in corruption. Corruption can be easily understood by taking
this metaphor: A Trojan Horse file comes along with the “helpful”
suggestion of offering you assistance. It would appear that there may
be a problem, click on this (unknown readily available and free
software) button to scan your hard drive to make sure no harmful
files were accidentally downloaded. So if you “believe” in that
benevolent message, you will obey. Once the virus hits your hard
drive it corrupts your files on your computer system so that nothing
can operate. Your system has either been crippled or destroyed.
This
human existence has been running off of psychologically corrupt
approach to its own psychological existence. The files have been
corrupted from millions of years ago. People have been getting
rewarded for maintaining fragmentary living. It changes the labels,
but its content has been virtually the same as it was in the very
beginning. Conflict coming from the human mind is The System!
Whenever we socialize, we invite each other to lie to each other. We
tell each other that we are a certain race (that causes division). We
have take it for granted that being a “good” person means you
must follow social tradition. When holidays come, we must say certain
phrases like, “Merry Christmas”, “Happy Thanksgiving” or
“Happy New Year”. This is conforming to ideals in order to
pretend that this is what Order is. The only thing that is Order to
to be Aware of “what is”, not to make it up and then pretend that
its real. Psychological conformity is violence. It denies the mind's
ability to See itself, completely.
Ideals
breaks up the mind and compartmentalizes it like a jigsaw puzzle with
its multifarious fragments. Now some pieces may be larger than
others, but they are all still pieces. When one realizes that all
ideals, beliefs are just images that are pretending to have the
answer to suffering, then that realization ends all seeking. There is
only security in perfect stillness of the mind – seeing that to
seek is to only find what has been found which is the past. When ones
actually sees the danger of blindly following beliefs that IS
Psychological Death. Because, the psyche is no longer in opposition
to itself. The Death of opposition is the birth of Peace and Love and
Holistic Intelligence.
Holistic
Intelligence knows where and when knowledge is necessary and when it
is not. Thought makes plans (images) for physical or technical
reasons; that is our survival tool for our physical security in life.
That tool becomes a dangerous weapon of mass destruction whenever it
uses images for reasons of superiority and prestige. Without
Psychological Death, this world is doomed. We have such a primitive
and puerile attitude towards Death. Death is not evil. How could we
live without each Day & Night ending. When something ends another
thing is born. The Death of ones childhood is the birth of adulthood.
The Death of Insanity is the Birth of Clarity. So naturally the cause
of this chaotic human psychological deceptive way of existing must
end or else it will gut this world. One does need to fight against
this madness. That is madness fighting itself (King Kong vs.
Godzilla). They were monsters that was tearing up the town and
scaring everyone. When you use violence as a solution to violence all
one is doing is living for violence – end of story. Peace requires
deep clarity to study he problem and in that study Intelligence
spawns. For a millions of years humans have had only one kind of
response to conflict and that was to use conflict to end conflict.
After all this time, why hasn't thought, which claims to be
intelligent, why has it not stop trying to get the same make conflict
be the answer? That is because, the real Truth is that people would
rather continue doing what they know than to change, radically. That
means total change from the root on out. The root is having an image
or belief about yourself.
Death
is a word
You
cannot be frightened of the unknown because you do not know what the
unknown is and so there is nothing to be frightened of. Death is a
word, and it is the word, the image, that creates fear. So can you
look at death without the image of death? As long as the image exists
from which springs thought, thought must always create fear.
Freedom
from the Known,75
Jiddu
Krishnamurti
