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09-14-2005, 08:50 PM
|  The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
Today the glamour of materiality is lessening perceptibly .The peoples of the world are entering the wilderness experience ,and will find in the wildderness how little is required for full living,true experience and real happiness.The gluttonous desire for possessions is not regarded as so reputable a desire as formerly,and a desire for riches is not producing the clutching hands as earlier in racial history.When desire is absent and man seeks nothing for the seperated self,the responsibility of material wealth can be safely handled again I would now like to move to the glamour of sentiment.Sentiment holds the good people of earth in thrall,and in a dence fog of emotional reactions.Love ,for many people,for the majority indeed,is not really love but a mixture of the desire to love and the desire to be loved,plus a willingness to do anything to show and evoke this sentiment,and consequently to be more comfortable in ones own interior life.It is this pseudo-love,based primarily on a theory of love,which characterises so many human relationships,such as those existing,for instance,between husband and wife,parents and their children.Glamoured by their sentiment for them and knowing little of thelove of the soul which is free itself and leaves others free also,they wander in a dence fog,often dragging with them the ones they desire to serve in order to draw forth a responsive affection.Study the word affection,and see its true meaning,affection is not love.It is that desire which we express through an exertion of mind and this activity affects our contacts,it is not the spontaneous desirelessness of the soul who asks nothing for its seperated self.This glamour of sentiment imprisons and bewilders all the Nice people in the world,imposing upon them obligations which do not exist,and producing a glamour which must eventually be dissipated by pouring in true and selfless love.The whole nature of glamour is vast,and could fill many bookshelfs to cover its entiretyI have briefly outlined that which seems to me important at this time,I am also painfully aware of much more that could be said,Can we ever break out of this glamour then?yes we certanly can,but it will take an awful lot of soul searching,and listening to the inner voice of conscience,which if heeded will lead us out of the fog and miasma and into the sunlight of reality..
kindest regards,michael....
Last edited by Robert; 03-26-2006 at 03:30 PM.
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It is when we can begin to function as more inclusive,rather than exclusive,and see the interconnectivity with all form,that we will begin to dispel the fogs and mists of glamour.
These are the words of a man who doesn't take religion any more seriously than a folkways tradition; who is a casual stroller down the isles of mythologies. I couldn't agree with you more.
Exept perhaps for a little entertainment now and then even though some say it has a blinding effect even after the performance.
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Originally Posted by jim barlow  It is when we can begin to function as more inclusive,rather than exclusive,and see the interconnectivity with all form,that we will begin to dispel the fogs and mists of glamour.
These are the words of a man who doesn't take religion any more seriously than a folkways tradition; who is a casual stroller down the isles of mythologies. I couldn't agree with you more.
Exept perhaps for a little entertainment now and then even though some say it has a blinding effect even after the performance. | Many thanks Jim,I cannot promise any entertainment,but will resist through the
many glamours that life throws up at us!
regards michael. | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
Glamour arose when mankind recognised and registered desire as an incentive,thus
demonstrating his humanity and his distinction from the animal,because it is the mind
which reveals the existance of desire.
The instinctual effort to satisfy desire-innate and inherent in the lower nature,gave
place to planned efforts to meet desire,involving the directive use of the mind.
Thus the line of demarcation between the animal and the human has become increasingly
apparent and the first and basic expression of pure selfishness appeared long long ago.
Later,as evolution proceeded and desire shifted from one planned satisfaction to another
it began to take on a less physical aspect and mankind sought pleasure in emotional
experience and in its dramatisation,this led to the establishment of the drama as its
first artistic expression.
TBC
regards michael. | | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
I agree, Michael, that man is a more complex animal. This implies of course the entire animal baggage s(he) is carrying around. Add to this an extended childhood (additional luggage), his reliance on others (language, books etc) and all the crap that's flying around (more obsolete social and personal stuff) and one wonders how in this hell an individual, skirting all the phoney shortcuts (glamor etc) is capable to glimpse at sanity once in a while.
I think this outcome can only be a very personal one. It cannot be copied or assembled. It has to be translated into personal terms. (Much like madness is, a less fortunate result of this personalization.)
One feature of this kind of thinking is the simultanious entertainment of appropriate opposites, remaining comfortable with both being truly given and going on from there.
I think this is an important step out of the jungle. | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
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Originally Posted by jim barlow I agree, Michael, that man is a more complex animal. This implies of course the entire animal baggage s(he) is carrying around. Add to this an extended childhood (additional luggage), his reliance on others (language, books etc) and all the crap that's flying around (more obsolete social and personal stuff) and one wonders how in this hell an individual, skirting all the phoney shortcuts (glamor etc) is capable to glimpse at sanity once in a while.
I think this outcome can only be a very personal one. It cannot be copied or assembled. It has to be translated into personal terms. (Much like madness is, a less fortunate result of this personalization.)
One feature of this kind of thinking is the simultanious entertainment of appropriate opposites, remaining comfortable with both being truly given and going on from there.
I think this is an important step out of the jungle. | That is so true Jim,we need to accept personel responsibility for ourselves,look for
a clearing in the fog,and march through with courage.
Thanks for your comments.
regards michael. | | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
writing style; 5
creativity; 4
on track; 3
Excellent Article Kirk, our longings for love happen as if we should be playing sport not to think one is deserving of the ball for the ball will never come! But the celebration comes after a game when all your players have survived! | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
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Originally Posted by theunify writing style; 5
creativity; 4
on track; 3
Excellent Article Kirk, our longings for love happen as if we should be playing sport not to think one is deserving of the ball for the ball will never come! But the celebration comes after a game when all your players have survived! | Thanks foryour kind words my friend,btw,is that 5 out of a hundred?
regards michael. | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
We exist in a world of glamour,there are literally hundreds of glamours,that exist within us, here are but a few,the glamour of the love of being loved!The glamour of popularity!
The glamour of personal wisdom?The glamour of selfish responsibilty!The glamour of too
complete an understanding,which negates right action?The glamour of self-pity!
The glamour of the messiah complex,in theworld of religion and world need! The glamour
of fear,based on undue sensitivity!The glamour of self-sacrifice! The glamour of selfish
unselfishness?? The glamour of self-satisfaction! And finally the glamour of selfish service!
Powerful energies are playing upon humanity,producing effects in all the three bodies of
man.They are evoking glamours in the emotional nature and illusions in the mental nature.Those easily subject to glamour become at this time conscious of an emphasised
duality.The subject,as you will therefore see,is vast,and this science of the psychological
influences and the results of their impact upon the human mechanism is,as yet,in its infancy.
tbc.
regards michael. | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
Of the many,many glamours,that surround and engulf us,one in particular,I find most
amusing and also disturbing,that of the "designer label"I have been involved in many heated exchanges about this one!
If I got hold of an empty coal-sack,cut a few holes in it,and put my name right across
the front of it,would you pay a thousand dollars for it!Of course you would not,but instead
put the name of some other chap who is "well known" and famous!Then you would pay
plenty for that "designer coal-sack"?
The wanabee generation,instant fame,just like that!From a nobody to a somebody in
24 hours.It truly amazes me that some will many times over the "true value" of a bit of
cloth,sunglasses,shoes,simply because it has the name of someone theywill never ever
meet in their lifetime!
I can imagine these very clever marketing folks,and their designer chums,laying on the
beaches of southern France,thinking what aload of suckers are being bred today,as they
puff away on a Cuban-cigar.
regards michael. | | | | | Re: The nature of glamour,and its hold on us.
Aspects of an ancient prayer come to mind in the dealing with the mists and fogs of
glamour;"Lead us,O Lord,from darkness to light;from the unreal to the real;from death
to immortality".
"Lead us from darkness to light"refers to the mind as it becomes eventually illumined
by the light of the intuition;thisillumination is brought about by the means of the technique
ofthe presence from whom the light shines.
This is the mediating factor producing the Transfiguration of the personality,and a centre
of radiant light upon the mental plane.This statement is valid whether we are speaking of
an individual or of that focal point of light which is formed by the mental unity and the
clear thinking of an advanced humanity.These,through the power of their unified minds,will succeed in ridding the world of some aspects of the Great-Illusion.
regards michael. | | | | |
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