Transformation

 

 

The picture of man

 

Epistle

 Whenever or however, I make anything important I am anxious

Being anxious, I am either angry, guilty, fearful, or feeling insecure. This is to be a state of conflict, struggle, and resistance or stress.

Being anxious is to be struggling toward an ideal what ought to have been what ought to be now

The struggle toward an ideal or illusion is the disintegrating factor, that which tears one up into many

All that the not I’s do is to make things, events, what ifs, if only, had of, etc. important

To see this to experience making things important is to be really free

Do not erase this from awareness for eternity plus one day

From Donna Lancaster

 A CONSCIOUS PERSON 

1. Lives without conflict.

2. Makes no judgements.

3. Is happy with what is.

4. Has no need to change anything or anybody.

5. Is not controlled by suggestion, although he remembers that he is 100% subject to suggestion 100% of the time. He checks it out.

6. Knows what he is, where he is, what is going on, and what he can do.

7. Sees that the negative emotions are not to his advantage and does not identify with them.

8. Lives in the present moment.

9. Has no ideals to struggle for.

10. Is free to experience whatever may arise in his way today.

11. Has reverence for all Life.

12. Is in charge of his inner state.

13. Is at ease and peace wherever he is.

14. Has no problems, only challenges.

15. Is self determined, not other determined.

16. Can play any role consciously.

17. Is free of all conditioned ideas.

18. Does not turn his life over to any institution or anyone else.

19. Is in charge of what he does, how he feels, and how he acts.

20. Has nothing to be upset about.

21. Is in no hurry.

22. Sees what is clearly.

23. Does not listen to propaganda and does not get caught up in causes.

24. Does thing for the joy of doing, not because he has to.

25. Uses simple good manners.

26. Is not sentimental.

27.  Does not give advice.

28. Has no choices to make.

29. Pays attention.

30. Does not know what ought to be for anything or anybody, including self.

31. Make NOTHING important.

32. Sees the broad picture.

33. Is grateful for resistance.

From Phoenix June 1971 excerpt on talk about opposites

 Opposites

There are two types of adjectives that we generally use…only we only use one of the much- The judging adjective. 

Are all ideas of opposites illusions?

You can describe things.. until you feel them

The mind that we have is a mind that thinks in opposites, the lower mind is the one you react with

This is why the initiation goes on it is to point out to us that there is no danger, whatever, we are fighting with opposites.

Now the first thing we do in being born after we get out of that lovely little spot where nothing is to start feeling in opposites.

So long as we think, in opposites, there is no chance of living.

Now, if you live by your nature, which is the picture of man without all the little decisions in there as motivators, there is a sensing and an interpreting.

As long as you think in opposites, you are in a state of conflict and the struggle towards the ideal, which is the disintegrating factor

But we are dead the moment that we make up an ideal and set it up, we have died to living.

Vanity and Pride

 VANITY is having a false picture of self. That one is better than others, more right than others, more talented or better talented than others.

PRIDE is the defense of this false picture true of self by fighting, running, or blaming others. Therefore, by becoming a victim of others who are victimizers. 

SELF ESTEEM is a synonym of vanity.

INDIVIDUALITY is the expression of X in each individual form of Life, for instance, talents. 

SELF RESPECT is recognizing what I am, where I am, what’s going on here, and what I can do. This needs no defense. It is my (or one) way of saying THANK YOU.

In the event that vanity and pride has died, vanished or disappeared individuality and Self respect is what remains. 

There is a little opportunity for individuality and Self respect to be manifested as long as there is vanity and pride.  

The ultimate expression of vanity is the belief that “I” can figure out what is right, what is good, what ought to be, what I need, and what you need. This opens the door to every demon in hell (all the not-I’s) to give you the answers to what is right, what is wrong, what is good, what is bad, what ought to be, what ought not to be, what I need, what you need, how the future will be and why it is that way. The only catch is they give two answers directly opposed to each other, A & B. This is experienced as confusion, depression, worry, anxiety, anger, guilt, fear, insecurity and leads one to look under rocks trying to find the ultimate answer. In as much as one continually gets two answers this is experiencing HELL. THIS IS HELL.