Sanicle wrote:Forgive my intrusion orthodoxymoron but I'm posting because I really feel for your apparent anguish, and can relate to it to a degree. I thought my monkey-mind was out of control, forever wanting to know the ins-and-outs of everything, the whys and wherefores etc. but the entanglement your mind has you enmeshed in seems to be huge! For what it's worth, I'd like to pass on to you what I've learned about the 'who/what/why' trap after having 'researched' it for many long years, hoping something I say might ring true to you and help. Where to start?
Thank-you for your response Sanicle. The 'intrusion' is welcome. I wish there were more 'intruders'. This is the major source of my very real anquish. Very few seem to be concerned about one of the most important issues in the solar system - namely 'Solar System Governance'. My entanglement is not only huge - it's quantum. I sort of like the '5 W's'. They tend to transport one to the heart of the issue.
OK, looking at it from the mental perspective, I've found trying to find out who is 'right' and who is 'wrong' in any situation, no matter how big the picture, doesn't really achieve anything that serves us personally in the long run (apart from increasing our awareness of course). I've learned that even murderers can 'justify' their behaviour to themselves. And there are always at least two sides to every story. Plus the path and decisions each makes in life comes out of each personality's desire for peace in life. The problem with this is that each personality or party involved only sees 'peace' from their own personal perspective and seeks to 'control' the opposers to their belief and desires to attain it, at worst killing them to do so. I believe that until we are fully enlightened beings, we can't know all the ins and outs of each battle, now or in the past. And I'm sure there's right and wrong on both sides if the full history could be seen. That's where the Law of Karma comes in, to right the wrongs and redress the balance etc etc. Beyond that, all we can really do is stand up for what we believe is 'right' at the time when 'karma'/choices comes to us personally.
Determining the difference between right and wrong is fundamental. We have to judge, and make decisions based upon our judgements. Increasing awareness is a good thing. Noticing things - large and small - is a good thing. I try to be somewhat selfless in this pursuit. Everything is relative - especially when one is guilty - or when one lives on the wrong side of the tracks. I seek solar system peace - but I do not seek personal peace. If personal peace and prosperity results from an honest pursuit of the truth - then so be it. Otherwise - tough luck. I prefer constructive competition to settle various differences - and I try to see things from the other person's perspective as I discuss an issue with them. I'm really quite neutral and non-committal. I tend to ask a lot of questions. If the other person is wrong - they tend to hang themselves. This saves me a lot of time and effort. I like to help Karma out whenever I can. Karma is one of my best friends. If we don't stand for something - we tend to fall for anything.
Secondly, from my own experience I'd also like to express to you that getting caught up areas of knowledge that causes you any sort of fear or anger or personal stress is probably the work of the 'dark side'. If what forums and 'spiritual knowledge' sites say is true (the ones I've studied anyway) the negative ETs promote this through their channels as they feed off this energy psychically, so they very cleverly ... in the guise of presenting 'the Truth'... promote division, fear and anger in the followers to enable this feeding frenzy. Those involved eventually end up in the 'us against them' mindset, becoming paranoid, aggressive and dictatorial in their views about what is and isn't 'Truth'. Separativeness rules, rather than peace, compassion and open-minded exchange. So not spiritual, loving and caring. But seperativeness is the nature of the analytical mind. Of course the negative ETs also do this generally because the more turmoil and disagreement in the world, the more the fearful will look for a 'saviour' and they are very willing to step in and pretend they are that, just as you've noted. The important thing is not to get trapped in the web they've set up for the seekers of Truth, becoming enmeshed in that 'us vs them' mentality and full of fear, anger and doubt. They promote this to serve their own ends.
It's the work of the darkside that needs to be dealt with - swiftly and firmly. The dark nature of the mess created by the darkside - naturally creates fear, anger, and personal stress, as one attempts to understand various dark situations - and to turn on the right bright lights. It's a nasty job, but somebody's gotta do it. Besides, I love to watch the rats run! The regressive ET's may be leaving soon, in what I call a 'Solar System Exorcism'. The good ones can stay. Some of my best friends are ET's. Malevolent ET's seem to have been causing lots of trouble for thousands of years. 'The God's of Eden' by William Bramley documents some of this activity. Sometimes 'Us v Them' is a reality of life. And just because you're paranoid - doesn't mean they're not out to get you! But we should be able to disagree, without being disagreeable. I prefer to have some sort of rational backbone - rather than being a 'spineless wonder'. God save us from our saviors! Problem. Reaction. Solution. I think 'they' are clever enough to use just about anything to their own ends.
Lastly, I'd like to pass on to you what I've come to learn and have to remind myself of over and over again to stop falling into the mind-games and traps that we enquiring minds (and carers) can fall into.
The first is that ENERGY FOLLOWS THOUGHT. If you think about, are intrigued by, the negative aspects of life, you are drawn to those energies to learn what you seek to know. "Ask and ye shall receive" to the max. Of course, it works that way with positive energies as well, and my guess is that a balanced mental outlook... awareness in terms of the 'big picture'... is the desired outcome.
I am intrigued by problem solving. No problem. No challenge. I prefer the concept of 'Positive Response Ability' wherein one thinks both positively and negatively - and then formulates positive solutions. I find this to be most gratifying. Contextually superimposing the big and little pictures helps one to see both the forest and the trees.
But there is also the emotional component and for that aspect of personality I remind myself that GOD IS LOVE. I believe that, at a personality level, who and what we love decides our path and destiny on this planet. Everything we do revolves around that ultimately, all decisions and choices we make, again looking for peace and joy in life. I personally believe that God being Love defines our karma with others in this reality as well, why we choose to come back here and end up with 'unfinished business'. But what we desire also affects our mind-set, driving the 'energy follows thought' law into action for us. But that's at the personality level of being.
I believe that God is Responsibility. This is love with balls - and more than a feeling. Do we really have a choice regarding 'coming back here'? Perhaps we have to make our bed - and sleep in it - lifetime after lifetime. One application of 'energy follows thought' is 'The Me That I See - Is the Me That I'll Be'. It's not how you look. It's how you see. See?
The point of this post being that the time comes when you realize that our personalities only operate within those Universal Laws to keep us tied to this planet and tied up in the games that others appear to have a stranglehold on in this reality, which really has come to appear to me to be a giant food-chain, mentally, emotionally and physically...all constantly re-cycled, even within ourselves (eg many dreams). Those with more 'power' feed on those with less. I find no joy in playing either role.
Perhaps being tied to this planet - or this solar system - is really not such a bad thing, after all. Why do we think things are better elsewhere? Constructive competition and a kinder, gentler duality, certainly makes for an interesting and challenging life. I prefer this, to most alternatives.
So, in having come to these views and seeing the limitations of the personality's functioning mechanisms, I, as the personality, am ready and willing to allow the higher aspects of being to take over this vessel I inhabit so it (the higher aspect of 'me') can operate within the Laws at higher, broader levels of expression beyond this reality. So it's meditation for me, my personality focus being on love and light, which I see as the positive path in this reality.
I really am an incurable optimist - even though a rational situational evaluation often points to unyielding despair. What would Bertrand Russell say? I prefer research over meditation. I meditate upon my research. I focus upon Responsibility - which results in love and light - as the fruit, rather than the root.
Hopefully I've managed to express all of this in a way that makes sense to you and that what I've learned on my path may help you in some way to get beyond a lot of the anguish you appear to be feeling.
Thanks again for your thoughtful response. It made perfect sense. I'm actually sort of into the anguish part. You know - the agony and the ecstasy. Some people derive pleasure from pain. Whatever turns you on!
Namaste to you as well orthodoxymoron.
Namaste and Have a Nice Day!
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