Many Faces – One Flame
Many Faces|One Flame
Note to reader: my intent is to shed clarity on the following topics since I feel that this is a relevant theme in todays world. My intention is to make the way clearer – not to fragment authentic traditions or practices, but rather, to point out what often goes unseen. I believe this will only be helpful.
Take this as a contemplative reflection – let what lands you land you.
Lately I’ve been reflecting on the classical guru-archetype. There have always been gurus, and teachers walking around, and most likely, each authentic one has something unique to contribute. I’ve personally learned various things from various persons — and I humbly honor them all — much, much love to you!
Guru refers to the ‘Master’ and there is only one Master – this is the truth. Then, if there are multiple persons who have mastered their consciousness to a certain extent, all reflecting how they conceive the Guru and how to give back to the Guru, who is the Guru? I say: nobody, but it lives in and around them all.
Each one who has attained a profound, Self-verified awakening in Life's Mystery reflects that Guru-hood and becomes a kind of guru – even while inwardly staying as the same person they have always been! But such a person doesn't always run around screaming: I’m a guru! Look at me! They might actually be the loser next door. Or the person with the long lashes. Or generally, the person you least expect.
But what if there is a ‘guru-archetype’ which isn’t always the actual Guru, but can be a mimicry of the uncontainable in form? The Guru, although Tranquil and Loving, disapproves this.
Archetypes are highly reactive and insidious energies, and when they fall into the wrong hands, they may get misused (like many other things by creatures in nature). This is not man's fault, Mother Nature subjects each one to a simple duty of maintaining their form in a constantly changing flux, and the trickster involved in every Divine Story compliments every great leap with a binding counterpart. And in these writings, my main goal is to stay in the flow-state and to see what blooms from there. My intent is not to demonize anything or anybody personally.
At one point of time, I gave up everything to meditate. That was my plan.
The guru can become the most grandiose archetype since it refers to the Highest. The highest is the Highest. You can’t go around it nor get on the top. You can try, however. But, this is simply not your job. If you gave up all that interferes with your freedom now, you could feel Truth now. But if after that, you wanted to make that Truth yours, and put it in your pocket, it would likely disappear. Then you would be back at it – guessing, speculating, searching for it again… So now you can see how careful work all this is. And only there, only there can a person stay in lasting peace.
The most grandiose archetypes are sometimes favoured by the most grandiose people, and there is usually fear, a lot of fear behind such application. The spiritual field can be a quite intense one. I’ve met many people but in no circles has the Guru been so insidiously replicated, sometimes resulting in disoriented people as much as in some spiritual circles. I mean, some other people mostly mock Divinity, at least until It shakes the very core of their being resulting in uttering words of surrender: maybe I was wrong? Maybe there is a Stern Mother.
It only asks for less pride.
The key isn’t who gets the most, or who shouts the loudest, but who surrenders first.
Neem Karoli Baba, a renowned Guru and Mystic of India from the Bhakti-tradition uttered, as he sank into Samadhi, these words: ‘Hail To the Creator of the Universe’
He didn’t claim ownership. He embraced the mystery.
Samadhi in his case, was the final union of the soul with its Source, but generally, samadhi refers to unification of one’s awareness with the object of one’s contemplation. To contemplate means rising above mechanical thinking and giving yourself permission to be led through the Lessons of the School of Intuition towards your objective. And if one contemplates the highest, then samadhi would mean becoming that. Samadhi isn’t as rare as some think. And on some level, you are in samadhi now. The object that you feel as the central object of your focus in your awareness now is the 'thing' you are in samadhi with now.
An interesting reflection: It’s funny – some groups, like anarchist’s and rock ‘n’ rollers, may mock the Lord while others, even if spiritual, may use It for self-glory. I’ve actually known many types of people – and certainly always felt a heart within them all.
I’m here to tell you that I’m not some self-help guru. I’m not a rescuer. I'm not your carefree healer, but I can also heal. I am an empowerer. I’m a highly sensitive person, with a highly sophisticated lifestyle which demands care, and understanding from others. And there are tricks that have, even lately, caught me off guard! So, although my name is LILA, I’m actually not a toy. Alas! That is not what Divine Play means.
Thou Art Not But a Piece of Provender to be Chaffereth at the Marketplace.
Guru Symbolism
The guru-archetype is highly insidious and can become a total freak zone. Why? Because it symbolizes the fulfilment for everyone's fundamental desire to be free in Infinity, and to be held safe.
It symbolizes the Defender who comes when you thought you couldn’t last any longer.
It symbolizes the healing for the generational pattern causing issues in your life.
It symbolizes the blanket on a cold night. Everybody wants that during a cold night!
Have you ever not had something? How much did you just want that basic thing met then? Very well, now you can appreciate the together-ness of this moment if it indeed is true for you.
Check your fridge. Is there food? If yes, then wonderful.
Feel the clothing on your skin.
Acknowledge the roof over your head if that is indeed true.
Everything on top of this is bonus and you should be very thankful for it.
I check my leg – I walk sound. I write on my laptop – salutations to working fingers. I see the view from my window – salutations, sight and the scene. I’m not deprived of food, water or minerals – people in Africa don’t always have these in check. Nobody broke into my apartment last night! Guess what I’m doing with my time? I'm spending it extremely well (or I aim to). Do I have to feel sorry for being privileged? No, because I’m using my time for something that can be beneficial. If you don’t act when you can – somebody will take your seat. Act when you can and be brave. Be like a alert cat watching their meal with keen eyes and a one fundamental desire which is to catch it. Observe without preying.
Let’s gather together all the sound minds and join forces to create such strong positivity that will radiate in all of space, pollinating stars of love – in all directions, races, lands, identities, sexualities and paths.
During my most intense moments which resulted in a profound transformation, when I had seemingly lost everything: all my ‘friends’, old identity, reputation, name and even a basic respect from the outer world, feeling buried in a frosty ground and forgotten by the shiny world, the only thing I had was my lilac cross made of amethyst, my Life-faith and the Word vibrating in the wilderness. I want to thank the crafter lady who made the talisman deeply.
I had been blessed with ‘stuff’ that couldn’t be solved overnight, in fact, there seemed, at that time, to be no one who would get it – so I had to stretch myself a little bit.
The one who hasn’t passed a kind of an Impossible Test doesn’t usually understand the full spectrum of Guru-hood, nor do they get to be one. It is as simple as that.
I never thought that I’d come this far, to be able to say something like this: In those very difficult, core shaking moments, I just want to tell you, there is support. There is a loving face of the one who has seen it all—all of it.
And sometimes you must believe even more. All Masters who get it are there. And the ones who don’t get it are waiting to get there. If you grasp even a little bit of this text, or you’ve had your own moments of discovery, please know that it is super valuable. It is more valuable than you might ever know.
It is scientifically difficult to act as a vessel for the uncontainable for a long period of time in form. Only the one can who has seen the other side truly, and felt the suffering of this world in their very bones, being grinded into pieces and dust, then returned – having nobody to turn to but the Voice in the Wilderness – that is, the Word – an Almighty Vibration heard by even novice Yogis and meditators. Or this is certainly one route and I do not recommend trying, just for fun, if you know what I mean.
This is not always the Lord they tell you about in religious classes in elementary school. Interestingly, I wasn’t told anything about a real God ever in school – perhaps that is why I've always had my own insights.
Funnily, I attended ‘Life-knowledge’ classes in school – never the religious classes.
Always follow your sva-dharma. If that results in you knowing something, then it’s meant to. But you can’t get up one morning and decide that you’re gonna become like Jesus-person is, or somebody else than you actually are. Even better, to be like Jesus is to be your raw, True Self, since that is the reflected Divine-image as you, made in the Likeness of Love.
Jesus-person had friends, family, a body sometimes necessitating food and drink etc. But the Christ in Yeshua was never bound.
Spiritual Gaslighting
Because the Guru is such a sacred archetype and role, it has been terribly used – there are risks involved with it. Sacred archetypal roles are meant to be cultivated with respect, never mixing inauthentic cultivation with authentic.
Sacred roles such as these, even if merely displayed, tend to awaken what I call the ‘authority response’ in people, which is sometimes a subtle mixture of fight, flight, freeze and fawn.
Fawning can show up as becoming the ‘altruistic one’ resulting in assimilating a group's tasks, mindsets or practices as your own while neglecting your True Self.
Freeze can show up as a kind of paralyzing submission
Fight & Flight can show up as general restlessness and fog
A real Guru does not judge you nor make you feel unsafe if thou art indeed repentant (having come into terms with regrets and shortcomings). While there are no conditions for the Love of the Guru, sometimes they might trigger an internal response in others – and then it becomes more about karmic consequence than personalized attack.
Sometimes, the authority response can be super intense, as powerful beings have been associated with a demanding demeanor. But they are truly kind. They really like you.
The more primitive parts in ordinary folks (ones who haven’t yet fully unleashed their inner authority) tend to obey an external authority, and if something resembles that, boom, there we go. This plays on the subconsciousness intensely.
As said before, each being seeks the highest always without exceptions, so this is, sometimes, one of the most powerful methods used in spiritual gaslighting.
There are a few things that, according to behavioral profilers, and researchers appeal to our subconscious primal, or spiritual needs.
Here are a few behavioural ‘hooks’
Masculine authority (this is one of the most subconsciously appealing things ever)
Signals: confidence, certainty, firmness
Subconscious appeal: safety, structure, guidance
Shadow: control, domination, suppression of nuance
Maternal/Nurturing Energy
Signals: warmth, receptivity, compassion, emotional mirroring
Subconscious appeal: care, validation, belonging
Shadow: enmeshment, infantilization, guilt manipulation
Tribal/Belonging Energy
Signals: group consensus, inclusion, shared beliefs
Subconscious appeal: safety in numbers, identity, security
Shadow: conformity, rejection anxiety, loss of self
Wounded energy
Signals: visible vulnerability, emotional depth, care-free-attitude
Subconscious appeal: desire to protect, empathy, understanding
Shadow: magnet for saviours or predators, and people who want to ‘fix’, ‘solve’, mold or consume the wound, and sometimes even profit from it.
As all these are deeply profound, and you are not a toy, except for the Loving Lord – be aware of the dynamics which play on these. These can override the discernment of even the smart, spiritually educated person. And of course, I am not saying that these phenomena should be totally erased or shouldn't be involved ever—in fact, dynamics such as these are often involved with phenomena truly great. I'm rather emphasizing mindfulness of the given phenomena. If your position involves operating within such frameworks—it is fine, if you know what you are doing and if others know aswell.
As many people today are drawn to gurus, self-help, therapy etc. this is a gentle word of caution. Anybody can set up a business and start getting ‘clients’. Sometimes, all you need is a few books, Youtube videos and lectures to know how to play on the most insidious parts of people. But the heart can’t be deceived. You’ll know when you meet a true prophet. I haven’t gone astray with any of them.
I personally delved into these topics through hardships. I have noticed a quite dangerous phenomenon, for example, of ‘altruistic healers’ running around inquiring into personal matters of people, to spin manipulative narratives and to propagate a sense of control. Therapy practices such as IFS and other forms of healing are widespread—this is not to blame but to praise—there are risks I see forming. IFS is truly a natural healing mechanism of the pysche, it just has to be done correctly. I personally think it's wonderful, but should be in the right hands.
In essence, to be sattvic is to cultivate peace and clarity. To act sattvic is to follow your inspiration, without needing much in return. I really like the flow-feeling – that is where the I in me gets the ‘kick’. So in a nutshell, I would just follow my heart and aim to tetrade my progress in fields which attracted me. I spent some years doing that fearing what I used to do. I was just stacking progress on progress.
Then, I suddenly found myself from where I had always been.
When something symbolizes something so high as spiritual growth, it's good to be careful.
It’s like what the cops say: ‘you have the right to remain silent, and everything you say or do can be used against you in court.’
There is a phenomenon of teachers almost being rocked down. I believe there are a few great Masters in this world at this moment being at energetic risk because of intense spiritual traffic — partially due to seeking born from exiled parts in people — and just general haze. This is why I think separating therapy from ascension can be beneficial, but then again – these two are ultimately quite interwoven.
When somebody, or something is your God, you obey. That is why there might be a tendency to overanalyze. Like, you don’t want to lose the thing you want the most, and have to come get it again if you don’t get it... But your Guru doesn't judge you. Your Guru would resurrect you from the snakes pit you jumped in your despair to find Truth. If there is only one encounter, a Divine transmission, it stays with you.
When you meet the person, you meet the person. The Guru is paradoxically not the person and also the person. You can decide together how much you'd like to know each others' persons. Some prefer to keep personal matters out of the picture entirely.
So in a nutshell, these behavioural signals tend to trick subconscious parts in people which can cause intense internal pull. This is why, it’s important to:
Know what you are talking about, if you are going to talk. This is especially true in positions which embody maternal affection or masculine authority as part of the ‘job’.
Avoiding people who use the following methods to gain position, influence or status.
Being clear about what you’re doing and what your intentions are.
More About Roles
You have probably witnessed people in various roles. I mean, what aren’t roles? There is a cosmic order which necessitates fulfillment and closure. Life will pick the right persons to play the right roles, but there shouldn't be pride about this.
In the case of Godly Conduct, Life will pick those capable of acting as vessels for deeper, universal energy movements. Such tasks are very, very demanding – and the ones in these tasks need a lot of support. Don’t throw rocks at them!
One thing some spiritual people struggle with is aversion to roles, or over indulgence in them.
There are as many roles as there are people being cancelled from them. Have you ever seen people just randomly getting cancelled? It can happen. There are many people who play roles intentionally and also people who have been cast into these roles unknowingly because they have applied above mentioned methods, or they have been involved in something that appeals to them, perhaps intentionally, perhaps not.
Focus, authority, tribe and emotion are the 4 main pillars of persuasion. Even the smartest might get pulled in – because, they too – inhabit a form, which in its healthy form signals from stimuli with the corresponding part-impulses, which in the case of healthy people are intact.
If you are going to be serious, be serious. If you are going to go half way – wait a little bit. Preparation is restoration – rushing is restricting.
There are certain careers, occupations and life missions which resonate heavily with these mechanics, and it is serious business. I mean, how many people there indeed are who suddenly got famous, or massive in some other way, making them a carrier of the torch?
Leaders are followed. And followers do what the leader tells. Leaders should be good leaders. People look up to them.
What does your parents symbolize to you? Isn’t it quite important that they be nice to their children? Nothing breaks a child’s heart more than a perceived betrayal from their god – the parent. The spiritual tragedy that tops the list is being let down by a person who symbolizes even more than the parent. And then again, my intention is not to blame or personalize. I am wishing everybody well regardless of what may have happened in the past. Universal settlement feels like the most important thing there is at this moment. Something in me just wants peace. Nothing special—just peace.
Let’s take a look at a couple more dynamics:
Have you ever wondered: why on earth is there so much evil in this world? What is evil? If everything is God, why does God want to beat Itself with a stick?
Well, horse charioteers began by whipping their horses, and then less harmful methods were invented. And Master Horses move in telepathic attunement with their Master.
Some spiritual seekers believe that they’ll finally be loved fully if they follow the commands of their leader or an organization without ever questioning.
Subconscious appeal: Belonging, acceptance, keeping the peace.
Shadow: Being rejected and cast out – even totally cancelled. I have been cancelled many times and I tell you I have always survived.
Terrorist’s believe they’ll get to heaven when performing their disastrous act.
Subconscious appeal: Heaven, which in this case, symbolizes liberation from suffering. Such a heaven is temporary and full of suffering. Generalized interpretation of heaven is usually not accurate.
Shadow: Life without meaning
There are people being casted into roles and out of them, as well as there are people intentionally, or accidentally playing one.
My intent is not to downplay anything or anybody, or whatever others are doing. My intention is to encourage mindfulness of the given phenomena. Knowing this may help tremendously in the actual spiritual growth process.
This feels like something absolutely necessary that wanted to bloom from within me.
Conclusion
Just like there is a natural selection which selects the survivor in nature to propagate genes, there is a Divine Selection which chooses, through a history of self-chosen cultivation, those who gets to eat the Everlasting Birthday Cake together in the now that is becoming.
Day by day, may we become increasingly devoted Gardeners of Goodness.
Mystical Ending Poem:
The first letter of the alphabet manifests when the two aurelians stand by the axis feeding upon each other.
With the dearest regards from Terra Finalis
Līlā Zenith
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