We are plagued by the ancient programming “to become” something psychologically

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As long as there is a time interval between the observer and the observed it creates friction and therefore there is a waste of energy. That energy is gathered to its highest point when the observer is the observed, in which there is no time interval at all. Then there will be energy without motive and it will find its own channel of action because then the 'I' does not exist. - Freedom from the Known,120 ~J. Krishnamurti

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The Observer desires to go beyond itself by projecting an image that is the opposite of the state of mind that the Observer doesn't like. So “the Observed” is the mask that pretends to be a reality that is completely different from its original state of mind. An interval is set going in the mind between the fact (which is something ugly) and the fiction (which is an escape from the ugliness of the mind). This gap of time is created by the desire to become other than “what is” actual. So emotionally, one is trying to get to the other shore, but it cannot because a fiction is never the real thing – it's an imposture. So there is “what I feel” (anxiety, depression, jealousy, greed, etc.); and there is the ideal, belief that “I should be better or higher” than that. It will take time to achieve the ideal, which is self-deception.

In this psychological interval is conflict between the ideal/belief and the fact of emotional insecurity or disturbance. As long as an oppositional ideal is pursued, there will be friction, which is a waste of energy. When energy is wasted the body's natural processes are interrupted. The constant wastage of energy causes the mind and body to be out of touch with reality. When you look at human behavior on the News, one can see that all of the mishaps are due to “psychological becoming”. It appears, on the surface, that there are millions of different problems going on. But, just like a tree has thousands of leaves at the top; there is only 1 root from which they all stem.

When the “Observer” realizes that IT IS the “Observed”; meaning that the opposite ideal is coming from the root of the “Observer” and that the “Observer” is restricted to its memory, then whatever it projects still contains the essence of the “Observer”. Then there is no separation from the “Observer” and the “Observed”. Therefore, the ideal disappears, because it is just a smoke screen that's concealing the real nature of the “Observer”. When this dualistic falsehood is actually detected as being a falsehood, there is no longer a waste of energy, because there is no ideal or belief opposing the fact – ergo conflict ends. When there is NO CONFLICT IN THE MIND; THERE IS SUPREME ENERGY.

One cannot seek salvation, but only see that which is obstructing Holistic Self-Observation. Negating the false brings positive clarity TO SEE the fact. Ideologies blind the mind to seeing itself without distortion. A distorted mind can only make problems while it believes it is resolving them.

People waste their lives having debates about problems. They fail to realize that nothing can change at its source as long as we are hiding in the ideal of “what should be”. The only problem humanity has is psychologically-based. The entire civilization around the world is rooted in “the what should be” and arguing over whose “what should be” is correct. They are all incorrect; because they all are projections of “The Observer” who thinks it is different from the ideals or beliefs that it is projecting.

Without actual perception of “what is” factual, do what you will, at the end of the day, we are chasing our tails and expecting to get a new result. The containers may change in outward appearance, but the contents are still poison. The poison is the psychological time of becoming an ideal. It is impossible to become anything, psychologically. Because what is happening is fundamentally the maintenance of conflict (which is at the root of every single human problem).

“Motive” means to move towards a direction. The desire “to become” is a motive to move away from “what is”. But what is the entity that is moving? Can fire move away from fire? Neither can memory move away from memory – its content is limited to memory, from which ALL imagination flows. So when the mind imagines the opposite of itself, that does not change the essence or content of itself. All the mind has done is to play word games with itself, but it has not gone beyond itself.

When the mind awakens to its self-deception, it is then facing reality. As long as the mind sees the error of seeking to change itself, it no longer moves in any direction to try to escape from itself. The mind is free from seeking/moving because all movements wastes energy in friction. The mind is fighting itself when it tries to change itself with its imagination (which is all it has). When the mind sees its inherent limitations and does not resist it, the “Observer-Observed” contradiction ends and there is only Holistic Observation. Holistic Self-Awareness ends the internal war and the mind can face all challenges of living with a sane, clear mind.

Our civilization is a structure that is built on top of an unstable foundation, which is the human psyche. Everything in any culture is built on a foundation of “The Observer” is different from “The Observed”. It may go by millions of different labels, but at its root is this dichotomy of conflict. Conflict can only beget conflict, full stop. Therefore, all leaders are promising to make things better by conforming to ideals or beliefs. That is why things continue to get worse and more frightening. We are plagued by the ancient programming “to become” something psychologically. That is the only problem that humanity refuses to face honestly. So, the mind of humanity suffers and protects it, either knowingly or unknowingly.