Delusions.
Facebook archive. First published on 06.07.2023.
In simple terms, delusions are a mismatch with facts or reality. A fact is something that can be verified in reality. The only thing is that in yogic philosophy everyone has their own reality. It only seems to us that we all live together in one reality. Now it seems to You that I am wrong, but the fact that everyone has their own reality is a fact that can be verified.
At this point some cast-iron example is needed, but I do not have one, because any example I give will be an example from my reality. "How convenient!" You will say. But do not rush to conclusions; I must have some argument, otherwise this article would not exist. I cannot give You an example from my reality, but I can point you to a principle, and You will already find an example in your own reality by following that principle. And since this fact will be from Your reality, it will become cast-iron for You.
Let's go! When I was little, I went to school by the same road, and there was a short section past a private residential area enclosed by a small fence. And then at one point I am walking to school and see that the private area has been demolished, and there is construction behind the fence. When I asked a classmate how long the construction had been going on there, he said about a year. That is, for a whole year I had been walking along the road and seeing a private area that did not exist! You know the portrait of Sigmund Freud in which the shape of a naked girl is present.
There are quite a lot of such photographs on the internet, when you see one image and do not see the second one right away, but then it appears. And after that you can no longer unsee it. Or when you mishear something in the words of a song, and after that You can no longer forget it. Let us take something old:
Нужно быть смешным для всех .Арлекино, Арлекино, Есть одна награда смех. many hear it as - Есть одна нога на всех.
In one of Tsoi's songs there are the words: "Сесть на электрический стул или трон...". many hear it as - сесть на электрический стул электрон.
A magician's tricks. Until You know the secret of a trick, You perceive the trick exactly as You should, as something magical, but as soon as the secret becomes known, You can no longer return to the reality where the trick seems magical. In dreams we constantly see another reality and have absolutely no doubt about it, even if a purple caterpillar is selling You ice cream.
I think 5 is enough; of course there are more, but listing absolutely all of them would be tedious. So this individual reality of ours does not appear out of nowhere, which is to be expected. It seems to us that these realities arise because of distorted information, or deception, or incorrect interpretation. Now it is convenient to blame everything on propaganda or media manipulation of society. But the essence is precisely that delusions have a different root.
All our realities rest on habits, and habits are formed by upbringing, social institutions, and our laziness. We live by habit because that is how we feel. We feel which information to trust and which not to trust. And for this feeling we invented the word intuition. And it, of course, never lets us down, which is again a lie. Our feeling is generated by our consciousness, and it also acts as a filter, hiding from us the details of the reality common to everyone and replacing them with our own details. The ones that are comfortable for us, the ones that are familiar to us.
This is the very place where esotericism appears. But habits, though difficult to change, are quite subject to our will. Her Majesty Karma is what is truly difficult to overcome. I can just see many of You at this point: "Stop! What karma? It is supposed to be responsible for actions, for retribution or reward..." But Karma is not an unambiguous or simple concept; every description of karma opens only a piece of the truth, not the whole truth.
For example, the fact that You are now a human being is Your karma, and this only seems understandable. In reality You are a human being because in your previous incarnation You were a human being, and in the incarnation before that too, and so on for some number of times. You are used to being born human; You can be born as anyone, no special merit is needed for this, one simply has to move away from the habit of being born human. Moreover, because You were born of a certain sex, most likely You were born of the same sex many times and also became used to doing that.
And further down the list: family, environment, type of parents, Your professions - all of this is karma based on Your fear of change, laziness, or conversely workaholism, on Your desire or unwillingness to develop.
There will be no other You after death; there will be the same You. Without knowledge, without experience, but with a large set of fears, insecurities, and habits. But regressive hypnosis will show You who You were in a past life. If it shows some version of Yourself, then that is something worthwhile; if You see kings, artists, or other great people, then that is simply not true. Karma is not a philosophical concept; You use this thing every day.
And now the conclusion is approaching. And perhaps it seems to You that this is not about me; I can eradicate all habits and change my karma with a snap of my fingers. That is not true. No one can change karma; we simply do not see it. And we do not see our habits. And if we do not see what forms our reality - incidentally, that is how the creator intended it - then how can we change it? And the main question is not how to change it, but whether we want to change it.
It is possible to influence karma and habits, but it is the most uncomfortable process there can be. And it is not so much that it is very painful; it is frightening. You do not know what will happen afterward, when some part of the truth about Yourself is revealed to You. About Your past. You do not know your past incarnations not because You cannot know them, but because there is a great deal of discomfort there, to put it mildly.
It turned out very pessimistic, and I do not see much benefit in what has been written. And I really like giving useful information. So, those who want to change habits and karma can gather separately. And for everyone else, a piece of positivity.
You can create a reality for Yourself on your own; what You feel is not static. Start forming some positive image, and Your feeling will follow it, and You can easily create a reality for Yourself where Your rich relative lives in a distant country and one day will find You and solve all Your problems.
And every morning when You wake up, invent more and more details in Your reality, and after 40 days You will get used to it, and I very much hope this reality will be beautiful and will bring You joy. The fact that it is not real has no meaning; we all live in unreal realities. Only usually our realities are managed by someone else, and here You have the opportunity to build Your own reality. Just start doing it and continue for 40 days; after that period You will have a habit, and forming reality will become easier. Do not seek the truth; You definitely will not like it.