Re: Re: The Individual – Separate Self

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Below is a wonderful poem on the The Separate Self from The Lost Teachings of Atlantis http://www.scribd.com/doc/9839028/The-Lost-Teachings-of-Atlantis-Jon-PenielBook

The Spiritual Self
came to Be
as The One divided within itself.
Created then, were Infinite
multiplicities of the One
still One with the One
Consciousness of Oneness Remained.

Separate Self Consciousness
came to Be
as the Separate Self
moved deeper into the Matter of Earth.
Vibration Fell into Density and Fragmentation
with Polarization into Male and Female.
The Opposites Repelled.
The Positive lost Receptivity.
The Receptive turned from the Positive.
Polarity misdirected, the Flow waned Chaotic.
Severed in Consciousness from The One,
the Way was Lost.

The Separate Self
only has Life in Separation.
Separation is an illusion,
that the Separate Self works to maintain.
The Monkey Mind serves to keep away the stillness
that reveals the Light of Truth and Oneness.

In the Illusion of Separateness
from the One,
the Separate Self believes,
and behaves,
in ways that are not harmonious
in the flow of the One.
Such disharmony causes suffering,
both for the Separate Self,
and others.

The Separate Self
turned Within instead of Without.
Began the way of Take instead of Give.
Thus was the Birth of Selfishness

Then Came to Be
the SELFISH Separate Self.
The master of Selfishness,
the Pawn of Darkness.

Selfishness – The Root of all evil,
all ignorance, all wrongs,
all pain and suffering.

Greed, Hate, Jealousy, Envy, Vanity and Lust,
call thee each by thy true name –
Selfishness.
Theft, Brutality, War, and Famine –
exist not without Selfishness.

The Selfish Separate Self
is a creature
of our own design.
It Disdains Love
Shuns the Light
Fears the Truth

The Selfish Separate Self
lives against the One
It lives a Lie
It survives only in illusion
It Lives only to serve itself and its masters –
the darkness and
The Lords of darkness.
It relishes ignorance.
With its self-centered gaze,
it is Blind.

The Selfish Separate Self
is Insane.
Terrified of death –
yet it often accelerates its demise.
Wants to avoid suffering,
yet it creates it.
Wants to fulfill its every desire,
yet it often prevents their attainment.
It suffocates itself with its own blind taking,
and destroys its own source of life.

The Selfish Separate Self
controls the Mind
and twists the Truth.
It can avoid God, by searching for God.
It can avoid Love, by looking for Love.

Your Selfish Separate Self
is the most terrible Demon
you will ever See.
Transcend its Grip
and you will be Free

Your Selfish Separate Self
will frighten You
when you look it in the Eye
Greet it with True Love
and it will Die

From the ashes of its Grave,
like the Sun, it will Rise,
born anew, Separate no longer
to serve your True Self
and the Will of The One.
as a servant,
its proper place,
it Finds Peace and Happiness.
Thusly do the Great Enemies,
become Allies,
as One.

The One
becomes Two
The Two become Three
The Two Beget Four
and Begins the More

Within and Without
Torn Between and Against
Mirrors an All Sides
Split Inside and Out
Again and again
Thus is the Ignorant Self

To Be Whole Again
To Be home Again
Only The Weary Learn
Only The Bleeding heart Returns

To Be Whole with the One Again
is the Great Goal.
The Great Mountain we can climb
with our Will.
For those who Take Power over
their Selfish Separate Self,
will return
and be Wholly One.
The Wholly Ones use the Power of Love,
Sacrifice Their Selfish Separate Self,
and Make to Give.
Thusly do they Forever Walk
with the Peace of the Whole,
and in Their Wholiness,
are a Blessing the All.