The main reason why empires have risen and fallen, time and again, is because the human race keeps overlooking the root-cause of all of this violence. It has nothing whatsoever to do with earning a livelihood for physical security.
Everyday, we awaken to a world that is in turmoil, and writhing in psychological pain that ends up playing itself out in the physical world. Millions of news stories remind of of the dangers taking placing constantly. There has to be an intelligent response to all of this ignorant thinking or else the ignorance [to "ignore" conditioned thinking] will swallow up another civilization.
But when you die to falsehoods that are
the outcome of blindly accepting “beliefs”, your physical
security remains whole. When the mind is whole, so is the body and
your surroundings. When a person verbally condemns you for not
stroking their ego and you observe your emotional response quietly
unfold in your mind and you don't try to force it away (because "I am ALL of my thoughts/feelings. Thoroughly understanding/perceiving that disturbed
stated of mind that was evoked by the other person, I fully LISTEN (both inwardly & outwardly) to the person's remarks, as well as my emotional responses without controlling anything. I listen to it and then it peacefully withers away – just like
a storm passing through and then the calm remains. There is No Movement to stop the person from projecting a false accusation or an insult
toward me. What gets upset is the image I have of myself. That image
is not flesh and blood. It's only an ego-based opinion I have made up about myself. I did not realize it was there until I was insulted or
complimented. Either way, it brings out the ego. I observe in the present moment emotional hurt and it
ends. But the ego in most people will seek to defend this false
entity, then the physical get damaged, as a result of protecting
something that is not real.
One may believe that fighting terrorism will free us from it.
However on the contrary, nothing could be further from the truth. When one is insensitive and unaware of the corruption of “believing” (in anything), you have just committed psychological suicide and your body and property are now fair game to attack, as well. When we believe, it divides us not only from perceiving the facts about our emotional responses, we also join groups and those groups battle one another. Just look at the world and you will see that most people presume that you must “believe” or die. But fact is, “believing” causes and maintains wars, which causes death to the body.
One may believe that fighting terrorism will free us from it.
However on the contrary, nothing could be further from the truth. When one is insensitive and unaware of the corruption of “believing” (in anything), you have just committed psychological suicide and your body and property are now fair game to attack, as well. When we believe, it divides us not only from perceiving the facts about our emotional responses, we also join groups and those groups battle one another. Just look at the world and you will see that most people presume that you must “believe” or die. But fact is, “believing” causes and maintains wars, which causes death to the body.
For centuries the ego has cultivated
mass confusion so that a chosen few can herb the masses and use their
energy to build this world. The media has kept the confusion and
panic going so that the mind can be controlled by others. But, in
truth, people have handed their minds over to be controlled. They
have opted to be irresponsible for their lives. They have no interest
in understand their minds directly for themselves and being
intelligent so that laws are not necessary. When you are free from
fragmentation, you don't hurt yourself, nor do you hurt others. So
you don't have to be restrained. Only those who fail to understand
themselves behave wrongly. Now if we lived in a world where people
were holistically observing their minds, and some people were to try
to attack to order person or his property, he would self-destruct in
the process. The only reason why people appear to be able to kill
others and take advantage is because people are living off of a
lie/belief. But when you live in the actual Truth about your psyche
and you die to that which is false, you don't attract danger and
harm. A mind in conflict emits a frequency of conflict and therefore
attracts others who are, as well.
The outside world is a mirror
reflecting the outcomes of being caught in the
world wide web of self-deception/believing, due to conforming to images conjured
by the ego to run away from perceiving itself [without trying to
improve what it observes]. The “observer” [past fear] is the “observed” [future fear].
The fear is me. Fear can only intensify fear whenever it struggles to
be more than it is by choosing to embrace one side of itself "the psychological future of "becoming its opposite". The contradiction is that it is hiding from itself, which IS The Past.
When one finally realizes that the belief [in what should be true] was produced out of the desire to escape from the past psychological pain and being that "I AM the disturbance", there is nothing the "I" can do to make itself "better". It is that realization of perception of ones limitations and there is Death To All Struggling To Run Away Into a fantasy of "What Should Be". The Death of Ignorance is the Birth of Wisdom, which is Wholeness (that is real religion and is sacred).
It is not that the ego becomes whole. That is an impossibility. Ego is restricted to being a fragment and can only make images. But the image is not the real thing. An image of a car can't drive you around the city. A video of a delicious home-cooked meal can't fill up your stomach. And no matter how much a person believes that he can fabricate love out of mere physical desire, that will never happen. And 2 images can never be united because the ego is a self-serving entity. It takes Real Love to observe your Whole Mind (that means to observe all thoughts and feelings indiscriminately because they are YOU!). The moment you reject yourself you have divided yourself and you are now your own worst enemy because you are a contradiction. When you make a promise you must break it. That is why marriage can't live up to its image. You can't be an image because it is not real. When you achieve it you are destroyed. Just look at the rock stars and celebrities. They conform to an image that is not how they actually feel. They say what they think you want to hear. That is entertainment which is an illusion. But you can learn from entertainment if you look at the root of it and not be mesmerized by the sales pitch of choosing between the so-called "good" & "evil".
When one finally realizes that the belief [in what should be true] was produced out of the desire to escape from the past psychological pain and being that "I AM the disturbance", there is nothing the "I" can do to make itself "better". It is that realization of perception of ones limitations and there is Death To All Struggling To Run Away Into a fantasy of "What Should Be". The Death of Ignorance is the Birth of Wisdom, which is Wholeness (that is real religion and is sacred).
It is not that the ego becomes whole. That is an impossibility. Ego is restricted to being a fragment and can only make images. But the image is not the real thing. An image of a car can't drive you around the city. A video of a delicious home-cooked meal can't fill up your stomach. And no matter how much a person believes that he can fabricate love out of mere physical desire, that will never happen. And 2 images can never be united because the ego is a self-serving entity. It takes Real Love to observe your Whole Mind (that means to observe all thoughts and feelings indiscriminately because they are YOU!). The moment you reject yourself you have divided yourself and you are now your own worst enemy because you are a contradiction. When you make a promise you must break it. That is why marriage can't live up to its image. You can't be an image because it is not real. When you achieve it you are destroyed. Just look at the rock stars and celebrities. They conform to an image that is not how they actually feel. They say what they think you want to hear. That is entertainment which is an illusion. But you can learn from entertainment if you look at the root of it and not be mesmerized by the sales pitch of choosing between the so-called "good" & "evil".
One then lives in a totally different
dimension. A holistic mind may be physically alone, but the whole
mind feels the same energy that imbues the Universe so there is no feeling of
loneliness. When one is alone in a building and busy doing things, one watches ones emotional responses and simply listens to every single thing there is to see and hear and is Learning through that quality of listening. One is alert like the animals in the jungle that watch very
keenly everything they do. People are malfunctioning because they
live primarily in the past. The past is not living and so many
accidents happens when one is not watchful. I don't mean just
watchful of what others do and say, but how you emotional react to
what other do and say and learn about your mind and be free from its
tricks by watching them, passively. Just study your mind and learn
from studying it. The ego does not like that. It wants to take over
and run the show. That is why most people have abandoned The Truth
and opted to live in fear/believing and hope in futility to be saved
from danger.
I am neither pro or con with regard to
“believing”. I have no opinion about believing. I am stating an
absolute fact about the nature of “believing” and that it is a
byproduct of psychological fear. When we run away from
observing/understanding our emotions, we are responsible for all war
because they are all linked together by the fear of observing ones
total emotional mind. When you choose to promote one side of your
mind and hide the other from yourself, you are deceiving yourself and
setting yourself up for tragedy.
If this is not how things work and I am
making up a “belief”, then I am a part of the conflict that is
taking place in the world and it will destroy my life, too. But if I
am seeing things as they factually are, then I am not doing
propaganda. Propaganda is rhetoric used to persuade people into being
your victims. I have no such intentions at all. I don't do
propaganda. I am calling a spade a spade, here. If one speaks the
Truth, but lives a lie, that Truth will cut that speaker down. But if one lives the Truth by seeing your mind holistically and
understand the detrimental impact that running away from observing
your mind has on the whole world, as well as putting ones own physical security at risk, then one can't do it. You have to
be ignorant to do it.
- We are being paid to live in conflict and work it conflict. We are encouraged from childhood games to separate ourselves in images that we make up as we grow up. We are told that it is normal, sane to “believe” that you are superior to others. Such thinking attracts envy and hatred.
- When you look closely at what goes on at work you will see that it is a fight among egos. If you kiss the boss's ego, you get the promotion. Conflict through competition is rewarded, too.
- War is either overt (out in the open and obviously warfare) or covert (concealed warfare). It's overt in 3rd world countries and covert warfare in the so-called modern world. But, to the body it's all the same because it causes interference with the body's ability to respond correctly, as well.
- We think that jobs are good. But, they are all about ego, which is why aggressive people who are mean and harsh get supervisory positions to crack the whip. No matter how much ones tries to satisfy the ego of another, the ego demands more and more and is never satisfied with whatever you do. Ego is a childish immature entity that want to have its way no matter the consequences.
- To serve ones ego is to function in utter disorder (which is wholly against Reality). The “God” that most human's “believe” in has nothing to do with Reality. That “God” is the extension of man's own ego.
- A thing that has no limits and is whole is equal. Life, biologically is equal as far as we are all born and babies don't have 'beliefs” which is why they can't be racist, yet. They are corrupted and rely on adults to be honest with them. They are "sold a bill of goods" and are punished for failing to develop their egos. This entire world of humans wants us to be blinded by “belief” because all mind control is based on a mind that is afraid to stand alone and observe itself.
- The root meaning of “Alone” is: All-One. When you see the whole Truth about the ego, you see that all egos are fundamentally the same. So when you are alone observing your emotions you are in touch with everything, that is Reality. There is no sense of feeling lonely and craving approval from others.
- At work you are constantly demanded to gratify egos of your co-workers. This is psychological warfare. When the mind is not studying and learning about itself it is in a state of conflict/fear. It is immoral to gratify the mind. But, the propaganda urges us to engage in complimenting the ego and condemning it to block ones ability to awaken to being harmonious and self-aware. You are worked so hard to keep you tired and unaware of your thought-process so that you are driven by sheer fear.
Most people say what they say because
it give them emotional pleasure to say it. The words don't point to
anything real at all. Words are suppose to be used to point at a
Truth/Fact. But when we accept “beliefs” they point to what we
want the truth to be, but it is not the truth. Belief is like a drug
that gives pleasure but it does not make you feel whole. The only
thing that can do that is facing the Truth about your emotions as
they are. Trying to go against them and change them into something
more pleasant is an act of opposition, conflict and aggression. This
is the origin of violence. All violence comes from psychological
struggle against seeing your mind as it is without seeking an escape
through believing. All beliefs oppose the Truth so you are condemned
and shunned if you dare learn the Truth about “believing”.
Without Loving ourselves enough to see the Truth about conforming to ideologies to govern our lives, we are at the mercy of people who have a lot of money and power to hurt a lot of people. But, they only take advantage of those who choose to be a prisoner of “believing”. The word “government” has 2 root words: “govern” = control and “ment-al” = mind. We have permitted an outside agency to hijack our minds and therefore taken over our physical security, as well. Then, we have been tricked into thinking that a super-human is the only one who can save us. That fable was made up to convince us that we don't have the capacity to understand ourselves and that The Truth can't set you free. It can. The Truth is whole (non-contradictory). The Truth will never contradict itself.
The Truth is that the ego depends on you to hide from your mind in order to grant it permission to exploit your life and then trash it.
The
Seeing Is The Acting
Freedom
comes only when you see and act, never through revolt. The seeing is
the acting and such action is as instantaneous as when you see
danger. Then there is no cerebration, no discussion or hesitation;
the danger itself compels the act, and therefore to see is to act and
to be free.
Freedom
from the Known,68
Jiddu
Krishnamurti
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