Parasitic tricks of a mind in story

 https://tessa.substack.com/p/parasites-and-mind-tricks-a-story/

The assignment of the parasitic attempt to possess and control by deceit to its agencies never gets to the root.

Self-image can be taken vainly - that is - as if it is truly reality, rather than a collection of thoughts about, reflecting or representing a Reality that can never be rendered unto imaged forms, yet can be recognised and accepted and shared in.

The identity phished by image and form is a masking over.

When we grasp at a beauty as if to possess it, we mask over a sense of lack of beauty that drives such a grasping. While we 'love' our creation, it is an image referencing a moment passed, a symbol to something that now needs boosting so as 'not to lose it'. Again reinforcing fear of lack.

The ego or masking attempt to get for self or get away from feared threat to self, runs as a learned habit of perceptions and responses seeming set in a wish to get or become something , but carrying the baggage of unowned or denied self.

The addict is then running away from true self and Self as a sense of a driven self for 'getting'.

This runs a false or covert identity parasitically running over a fear of the true.

Why would anyone fear truth?

By identifying in and believing untruth.

Truth is not a manufactured identity but a quality of being unconflicted, at one and at rest as awareness of felt being - as distinct from thoughts set in idea by which to fail or find unworthy and in need of a masking over.

"And WHO told you you were naked?" said the Lord, can be understood as WHO judged you in lack, division, fear and shame, such as to be 'susceptible' to terrible exposure, humiliation or retribution?

Gaslighting.

The attempt to manipulate and control our own masking (to ourself) is internalised gaslighting or guilting judgements that attract penalty unless complied with.

If we can so easily observe this behaviour in ourself, why should we be surprised to find we mask to and manipulate others? Such as to generate a social masking order set over conflicts that doesn't truly address them, so much as judge in ways that seek to get for self and get rid of the conflict (away from self to others and world).

I see the Bible quote as the gift of the Holy Spirit - for the freedom to question ANY 'reality' we make by be-living it or reacting as if it is true and thus believing it, while investing the error in the masking or defensive 'solution' as hidden baggage.

Our 'defences' are insanely complex, but truth is of a simple willingness to give and receive.

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