Not I’s

 “Not-I’s” are fortune tellers. They have been called familiar spirits, soothsayers, and various other exotic names.

There are two factions which we refer to as A and B. They are in total disagreement. What they disagree about is which series of false suggestions they sell to I to relay to X.

They each pretend to knowledge of right and wrong, good and bad, what is best and full knowledge of the future. Knowledge of everyone’s motive. Of course, in total disagreement about each of these and all totally false.

They must be invoked, asked, prayed to in order to start them into action.

The formula for invocation is:

I want to do the right thing.

I want to be sure to do this right

I sure don’t want to make another mistake

I want to do this all on my own

I want to do what is best

I just don’t want to get hurt

I just want to be sure I’m doing the right thing

I wonder if I did right

I wonder why he or she did that

Why did that happen?

And all other unanswerable questions

Remember “not-I’s” have to be invoked in order to start their nefarious work.

Teaching idea 146

 The living cycle is based on our perception of the four questions: 

What am I?

Where am I?

What’s going on here?

And

What can I do? 

There are no false feelings of emergency. We have true feelings (gratitude i.e.). Energy is generated to express that feeling which is created action. The body regenerates. The feelings of joy, love, peace, thankfulness, generate energy that regenerates the body.  

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 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.

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

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

    There is little opportunity for individually 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, how the future will be and why it is this way, (the only catch is they give you 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

From Notes

 The whole reason for studying is to be able to choose one's own inner state under any and all circumstances thus being able to report accurately what is, without any emotion, prejudice, etc.

In order to do this it is necessary to:

(1) To know the enemy (conditioning - the evil one), usually referred to as the the self (little s).

(2) To remember Self, what I really is, the awareness function of Self (X) the real self, And to remember where one is. In the presence of and in union with Holy Spirit. 

It is helpful to understand and see that Holy Spirit has two aspects; one - resistance to form. Attempts to make round forms, pushing down i.e., nature. Two - to create forms, maintain and adapt to external forces, thereby giving the opportunity for ever increasing survival value of the intelligence that creates, maintains and adapts forms.

X - Universal and Innate Intelligence

I - Awareness

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