Is an "Ideal" a god one serves and sacrifices life's energy for?
Does one try to convert others so they will accept one's ideals and serve them?
Are ideals false gods?
Is one very apt to be a promoter of false gods unknowingly?
Does it seem likely that a very useful study would be that of analyzing ideals?
Are not ideals false gods?
There are four forces involved in any completed phenomenon.
Initiative
Resistance (passive or active)
Form
Completion or Result
The first force, initiative, is from the self. The second force, resistance, is from without.The third force, form, is from the interaction of the first and second forces. The fourth force, result, is derived from the interaction of first, second, and third forces.
Thr crucial point to understand is second force.
Without an understanding of second force, every expectation will be based on an ideal. When one has such an expectation, he will eventually experience disappointment. This disappointment subsequently produces a feeling of hurt and one looks for the cause of his hurt. All this results in one experiencing the emotions of guilt, fear, anger, and insecurity. Man was not designed to handle emotions and the stress which results from having them lead to disintegration.
Anger, guilt, fear, and insecurity give birth to self-pity, resentment, jealousy, greed, and hate...thus to every form of violence.
When a person is awake to second force, then that person does not have expectations which are based on an ideal. He sees that the aims, purposes, and plans he initiates will in some way be interfered with or altered by circumstances that arise.
This awakened state is called being a new man, a man with knowledge, a man who sees second force as a helpful challenge to inner and outer development or completion of Self. This new man expects second force to manifest itself in all our affairs. A new man is free to experience second force and continues toward his aim or purpose, making a worthwhile discovery on the way.
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