Written by Mathew Naismith
The following quote was introduced to me by
a bloke of the name of Sreeram.
"Quietude when active and active when
quietude is the sign of the wise."
My Response:
I had to come back to this. I was recently removed from an
ascension group, a group of people looking
to ascend beyond the present human consciousness.
There was a lot of
talk about toxic people, there was two of us that stated that it is toxic
within itself to express such actions, you are continuing on the cycle of pain,
release yourself from this endless cycle. This didn't go down too well with a
number of people, in the end, ending up with my removal.
I was too active with this group and labelled in accordance.
I pointed out the sun, being the most active energy source in the solar system,
is at the same time the most life giving, obviously not all active energy is
toxic/negative.
These people desire quietude void of being active within
themselves, in a finite existence this isn't practical for finite existence is
based on motion. It's as though they are shooting for the stars, infinite
being, instead of shooting for the sky, infinite and finite being.
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Extract: The greatest perfection
seems imperfect, and yet its use is inexhaustible.
The greatest fullness seems empty, and yet its use is endless.
The great straightness looks like crookedness.
The greatest skill appears clumsy.
The greatest eloquence sounds like stammering.
Restlessness overcomes cold, but calm overcomes heat.
The peaceful and serene is the norm of the world.
The greatest fullness seems empty, and yet its use is endless.
The great straightness looks like crookedness.
The greatest skill appears clumsy.
The greatest eloquence sounds like stammering.
Restlessness overcomes cold, but calm overcomes heat.
The peaceful and serene is the norm of the world.
Let's say yin
represents our infinite being and yang represents our finite being, also that
yin is the stars and yang the physical.
Yin = infinite
being + stars
Yin and Yang =
infinite and finite being + the stars
and the physical
Yang = finite
being + physical
In our
existence, yin and yang would be separated from each other if it wasn't for the
sky, it's the sky that brings our whole being together, for we are not whole
unless we are of the other. Why is yin and yang often displayed as a whole?
What we seem to be doing in a lot of cases, especially in the West, is shoot
for the stars (yin) at the expense of
the Yang (physical), when one is not whole without the other!! As it seems of many people in these kinds of
groups, it's the stars or nothing at the expense of the whole and yin.
Yin and yang are
often represented as black and white, this is in relation to a black and white
mentality which I try to avoid myself. The reason I try to avoid this, is where
does the sky then fit within this kind of mentality? It often doesn't which
means one will never become truly whole with one's whole being. The yin and
yang symbol is represented as separate entities, the physical and stars in this
case, however at the same time symbolised as one as a whole which is
represented by the sky in this case.
In an existence
of extreme finite (physical ) expressions,
we are desiring to be just of the infinite (stars), within this action,
we are excluding what makes us whole and balanced
again, the sky. The sky is often referred to as the grey area, a state were
black and white intermingle to create the whole being as opposed to separate
beings as in black and white, yin and yang.
Yes, many people
are also anti-ego in these groups, of course only the ego can have disdain for
itself !! It's not the ego that wants the stars void of the physical, it's a
controlling ego for a controlling ego is all about separating one from the
other by excluding the sky, and in this case the physical. A controlling ego
doesn't want balance of it's this balance that takes control from the ego.
Within groups like this, I often give a balanced view, for example, instead of
saying people are toxic, state they are imbalanced instead, this of course was
not accepted either.
How often is a
person trying to bring this existence balance rebuffed (rejected)? It's like
what is occurring in relation to the Romanian sphinx. Underground tunnels and
chambers have been discovered that hold knowledge that would bring balance back
to this very existence. This knowledge
has been withheld because this balance would take away the control the ego has over this existence. No
controlling ego consciousness is going to sit by watching its control being
diminished, it's the same with various spiritual groups at present it would
seem.
Will peoepl like
me who are active, which seems to some people be in opposition to passive, be
accepted by other people either shooting for the stars or the physical? Like I
stated, a controlling ego will not sit by watching it's control being
diminished or eroded by expressions (motions) of balance. We must accept within
ourselves that no expression or motion of balance will be ever accepted by a
consciousness controlled by a controlling ego, this was never going to occur,
only an awakened conscious to the controlling ego will accept this. The strange
thing is though, would I be as aware of the controlling ego if the controlling
ego wasn't as extreme within it's motion as it is? Very unlikely, you see what
seems negative (toxic), isn't always the case.
Shooting for the
sky instead of the stars will free us from a controlling ego, anything other
than this is still of a controlling ego, for the controlling go is unable to
exist in a balanced existence.