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Deciding sudden or gradual
goal achievement
If
transformation into/as the True Self happens gradually, that is to say, step
by step, then each step achieved, and which is a secondary pilgrimage ended,
will release the amount of energy invested in its achievement. Consequently,
the blow-out (read: enlightenment as energy release or relief) will be small
and the display of the self (as identity and as reality) will be (true but)
weak. Since the released energy is (or can be) transformed as happiness, the
happiness resulting from the completion of on step of a whole pilgrimage
(consisting of n steps) will be small. The
advantage of the gradual approach to the end of her pilgrimage is that she
arrives almost cool (being pleasantly surprised and mildly elated, i.e.
blissful), and can stay in control. In short, the gradual approach results as
a controlled landing. The downside
of the gradual approach is that the goal of the pilgrimage, i.e. the True
Self, does not, when attained, release massive energy, therefore does not
shine (albeit momentarily) as a sun (or star), hence does not light up the
world, hence does not produce massed transmission of identity. If the
transformation to the True Self (indeed, to self perfection) happens
suddenly, as though coming around the corner and being confronted directly by
it (as in ‘love at first sight’ or discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun or
winning the lottery), then the total energy invested in the whole pilgrimage
is released suddenly, like a bolt of lightening (Sanskrit: lingam). The
advantage of sudden (and therefore unexpected) arrival at the end of the
pilgrimage (i.e. at wholeness of identity, hence at holiness) results in a
massive explosion (read: release) of energy. That massive energy release
displays the achieved identity wholly and as absolutely real (hence as true)
and, spreading through that whole self, is experienced as a mighty (and
overwhelming) surge or rush of rapturous joy. In fact, sudden arrival at the goal
of the pilgrimage lights up the pilgrim like a sun, experienced by those
close by as a sun and by those far away as a bright star. In short, each time
a pilgrim achieves the goal of her pilgrimage, namely her True Self, ‘a star
is born’. The downside
of sudden arrival at the goal is that if the pilgrim is unprepared for the
lightening strike, that is to say, if she has failed to install devices that
will either divert, dissipate or guide and control the energy surge into a
network of applications), she runs the risk of being fried, indeed cremated
by the massive energy release. Sudden arrival at the goal amounts to a crash
landing. Such a landing makes a true mark, but at a high price. Only the
fully dedicated pilgrim is prepared to pay that price. Both gradual
and sudden landing happen at the speed (or rate) of c. |