Normal vs. Exceptional circumstances
Leaders tend to choose Destruction over Slavery
Threats eliminate opposing vectors, encouraging extreme behavior
Unfair choice for Bulk of Iraqis:
Death now by elite Iraqis or later by elite Americans?
Group Consciousness has no Compassion for Them
Review: All Participate in Self Organization
Only Humans have Choice of Group
Human Law exists to enforce conformity to the Group values
Humans have ability to participate selectively in Group
Human potential for Differentiation
Differentiation yields Flexibility to act in Unison or Not
Flexibility of Differentiation not good for Group
Flexibility has allowed Human Group to Thrive
Differentiation/Integration Mixture leads to Emergence. Polarity leads Nowhere
The Mathematics of Mind polluted by Brain
The Inherent Pollution of Self Reflection
Cleaning the polluted Mind with a dirty Rag
The Cleaning Rate vs. the Pollution Rate
The Undifferentiated Fat Self
Problems with Mis-identification with our Parts
Problems with Mis-identification with our Person
Problems with Mis-identification with our Group
While Mixture is Natural, needs to be Differentiated
Algebraic development of the Fat Self
Red Dust of Cultural Conditioning accumulates daily
Accumulation of Cultural Conditioning Theorem
Dirty Minds taken for the Norm, while Clean Minds the Unusual
Disadvantages of a Dirty Mind
Inverted Realities
The State of Inversion - when Black is thot to be White
State of Inversion Happens in the Now
State of Inversion just a matter of degree
Purification of Daily Cultural Corruption
Water Purification: Washing away Thots with Experience
The Person Fever triggered by Amygdala
Accumulated Red Dust Inverts Reality
Emotional Upset: an Indication of Inversion
Step 1: Choosing not the Participate in Anger
Step 2: Water Purification reverses State of Inversion
The Emotional Wild Fire extinguished by Water
Step 3: Fire to Purify Polluted Mind
Pure Experience unavailable to many
Whatever we to do, we tend to Repeat
State of Inversion filled with Anxiety
The Path filled with Bliss of Being
Resist the Group Will; They don’t care
Give the Mind a regular Cleaning
Purification by Fire: Mind cleans Mind
Cultivating Return
The Key: Practice based upon Insight
Inversion, Reversion & Return Diagram: Insight vs. Practice
Fame and Fortune secondary to Being Here
Mind corrupted by Brain’s Symbols
Patriotism, a corrupted Symbol of the Brain
Common Ideals of the Culture?
Common Assumptions based upon Ignorance
Red Dust sticks on Ego bumps
Help the Universe Grind your Ego down
Why do we hold onto our Pain? No Gain.
Just the idea of a Bear is Enuf to Scare
Yep. Time to Take the Step to experience Reality. Whee!
Hook: Urge of Humans to Follow Group
How free are We?
Choice invigorating
The Firing Process; our Metaphor for Life
Cauldron, Just one Component of a Successful Firing
Flames must be hot enuf
Distracting Thots Dim the Flame
Strong Cauldron and Hot Flame, not Enuf, Also need Dough
Emptying Body and Mind so that the Spiritual Embryo can Emerge
Spiritual Embryo emerges from Quietude
Conflict between Little Voice and Deductive Brain
Intuition discovers Secret Passageways
Beware the Counter Revolution of the Corrupted Mind
Cultivate Open Awareness to Neutralize Mind’s Agenda
Obsessive Intent Burns the Soup
Staying on the Path - Being continually Dances with the Gods
Unconditioned Mind serves Spiritual Desire to follow Pure Intent
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