06-09-2010, 12:01 AM
Well over the last few days Ive been reading this section concerning the FI. I read the quotes by DJ though read the Active Side of Infinity (I have the book), and asked my teacher as well, if there was an FI. He didnt define it as an entity but he said its our identity. And that he didnt know of anyone but himself who has freed himself of the FI. This seems to be in alignment with what Ruiz says is the dream of hell on the planet. So Ive been meditating on this issue, trying to give an assessment.
I dont see the FI as an entity, as in, a living breathing, sentient being. However, when I explore this, I see the FI as a 'thing' created over many years, since mankind was mankind, created whenever the creation of duality formed. It became a thing which many were 'plugged into,' which is related to being conditioned, and whereas many will go with the consensus on certain things. For example, lots of people eat at McDonalds. Its not good for you, but advertisers are probably familiar with the nature of people, and they know how to reach them with clever advertising, and making things convenient. How did you become accustomed to liking french fries with ketchup, was it really your tastes, or did the FI give you this habit? Do you like a beer after work? Is it really you which began to like the taste of beer, or was it the FI? What causes you to go to Starbucks and spend $5.00 on a cup of coffee, when you can buy a whole can for the price, and make several cups at home? Little things like that, cause the mind is very susceptible to its addictions...
Do you like action movies with lots of violence, or horror movies which make you scared? The original mind abhors violence, knows its wrong, and wants nothing to do with it. But the FI hooks people into spending money, feeding the FI back, by providing such movies and programs. What makes people become addicted to pornography? All these things sneak up subtly, but eventually 'many' people are drawn into such things. And then, they demand more of it. And they're not free, because the true nature of mind isnt influenced by such things and wants nothing to do with them.
A way to defeat the FI and become a free warrior is to reject what 'everyone does,' and by finding what you like verses what everyone likes and everyone does. Switching gears and watching family movies, reading books that are full of wisdom, and of course doing things like meditation, taking long walks. Getting close to nature. Sitting by a river, watching it flow. The FI doesn't like to be bored, doesn't like a quiet mind. It has nothing to latch onto when all is quiet and clear. It doesn't like wisdom because it needs people to be ignorant for it to exist.
What beliefs do you have which are your own, vs what people have told you? Question your beliefs. Explore them. Try to directly experience what you know. This may sound more agnostic, but still the approach makes sense. Toss it into the abyss and see what comes back up.
I know many think there are flyers and parasites (same thing) but what I believe is such things per the FI come across in such ways. Mind can be very powerful, and create thoughtforms which come across as entities, parasites, IBs and all sorts of things. Such things exist at the lower astral, and through dreaming one can explore their 'house of mind' and conquer those odd things that live there. Have you ever had a dream where you entered a house which was dusty and filthy? The call then is on to clean the house of mind and make it livable. This takes a ruthlessness of being a warrior, and going to war with all that resides so you can take back your mind and make it your own. Like the zen buddhists say, get back to original mind.
Im under the impression that regardless to the power of the FI and the 'many' which fuel it, that individually it only has so much power over you, if you give your power away to it. One must take back their power and make it their own. You may have to spend a lifetime ridding yourself of such things, and the thought can be overwhelming and exhausting. However, if you take it a day at a time, then you can win a battle here and there, and free yourself of the FI more and more. You may find in certain moments you are very bored when you do, when all is quiet. But it is a signal if you're bored, that you are having a free moment, so grasp it.
Anyway just some of my thoughts on it. Two cents.
I dont see the FI as an entity, as in, a living breathing, sentient being. However, when I explore this, I see the FI as a 'thing' created over many years, since mankind was mankind, created whenever the creation of duality formed. It became a thing which many were 'plugged into,' which is related to being conditioned, and whereas many will go with the consensus on certain things. For example, lots of people eat at McDonalds. Its not good for you, but advertisers are probably familiar with the nature of people, and they know how to reach them with clever advertising, and making things convenient. How did you become accustomed to liking french fries with ketchup, was it really your tastes, or did the FI give you this habit? Do you like a beer after work? Is it really you which began to like the taste of beer, or was it the FI? What causes you to go to Starbucks and spend $5.00 on a cup of coffee, when you can buy a whole can for the price, and make several cups at home? Little things like that, cause the mind is very susceptible to its addictions...
Do you like action movies with lots of violence, or horror movies which make you scared? The original mind abhors violence, knows its wrong, and wants nothing to do with it. But the FI hooks people into spending money, feeding the FI back, by providing such movies and programs. What makes people become addicted to pornography? All these things sneak up subtly, but eventually 'many' people are drawn into such things. And then, they demand more of it. And they're not free, because the true nature of mind isnt influenced by such things and wants nothing to do with them.
A way to defeat the FI and become a free warrior is to reject what 'everyone does,' and by finding what you like verses what everyone likes and everyone does. Switching gears and watching family movies, reading books that are full of wisdom, and of course doing things like meditation, taking long walks. Getting close to nature. Sitting by a river, watching it flow. The FI doesn't like to be bored, doesn't like a quiet mind. It has nothing to latch onto when all is quiet and clear. It doesn't like wisdom because it needs people to be ignorant for it to exist.
What beliefs do you have which are your own, vs what people have told you? Question your beliefs. Explore them. Try to directly experience what you know. This may sound more agnostic, but still the approach makes sense. Toss it into the abyss and see what comes back up.
I know many think there are flyers and parasites (same thing) but what I believe is such things per the FI come across in such ways. Mind can be very powerful, and create thoughtforms which come across as entities, parasites, IBs and all sorts of things. Such things exist at the lower astral, and through dreaming one can explore their 'house of mind' and conquer those odd things that live there. Have you ever had a dream where you entered a house which was dusty and filthy? The call then is on to clean the house of mind and make it livable. This takes a ruthlessness of being a warrior, and going to war with all that resides so you can take back your mind and make it your own. Like the zen buddhists say, get back to original mind.
Im under the impression that regardless to the power of the FI and the 'many' which fuel it, that individually it only has so much power over you, if you give your power away to it. One must take back their power and make it their own. You may have to spend a lifetime ridding yourself of such things, and the thought can be overwhelming and exhausting. However, if you take it a day at a time, then you can win a battle here and there, and free yourself of the FI more and more. You may find in certain moments you are very bored when you do, when all is quiet. But it is a signal if you're bored, that you are having a free moment, so grasp it.
Anyway just some of my thoughts on it. Two cents.