Since appearance and perceived specialness reign supreme, you constantly grab something from others to appear more than them. However, you can use your desire for more to set you free.
Duality Hack #3.6 – reading time: 5 minutes
In a world defined by time and space, it is not about being peaceful but taking up as much space as possible via personality and belongings. For example, the more impressive you look on social media, the more likes and followers you get. But to keep the followers, you must constantly invent new ways to look like you have the best. However, you always fear that someone more intelligent or ruthless will take what you have, as you have taken it from others.
There is no way to survive in a world defined by time and space without physically, mentally, emotionally, and energetically taking something from somebody else, such as food, time, love, or a point of view.
If you go shopping, you want to get as much as possible for as little as possible. But for the shops, it is the other way around. They try to provide you with as little as possible for as much as possible within the law. And when you work, you want as much money as possible for as little effort as possible, whereas your boss tries to give you less and makes you work harder to profit from you.
Getting more is the lowest common factor for everybody
In the civilised world, exploiting others has been legalised. The means for taking something from others is money. The mentally or physically strong ones get the most at others’ expense.
Getting more is the lowest common factor for everybody who believes in a world with more than one. The capitalists are straightforward about their desire for more money and power. But the socialists hide it behind do-gooder talk about more money and power for the people. Those who claim to be spiritual may not desire more money and power. However, they have a strong passion for more love, peace and purity.
It is a cherished idea that the poor are victims of the rich, and they should distribute their wealth to make everyone equal. But rich and poor are already alike. They share the same greed to get as much as possible for as little as possible. Hence, there is no difference between those with much and less, except the ones with much are more talented at exploiting others. [Photo: Alexius]
We all want more because that is how to uphold the belief in a world with more than one. Fortunately, if we check to see if more is better, we realise more does not entail more fulfilment but disappointment. Then, we are ready to undo the belief in more by perceiving it as a symbol of oneness. When we do that, more does not make a difference, psychologically, so we can play the game of more without feeling guilty until we have had enough of this nonsense.
It is impossible to profit from reality. It is that which is One, and it takes more than one to benefit from something. Therefore, since you can only profit from illusions, that is what you get when you pay for something. Fortunately, Alexius’ Duality Hacks costs nothing. When you apply them, there is no need for freedom and self-assurance because you become indifferent to being someone. [Photo: Alexius]
APPENDIX about more
You may blame the world for not having enough, but it is not the cause. The belief in more than One is the reason. However, you cannot undo this mistake if you hope for a better future brought by an exceptional person, the latest gadget, or a transformation into something brighter.
That is not to say you must stop your desire for more. You can go on looking for more while you have the belief in more than one undone if you perceive more as a symbol of that which is One. The more you do that, the more the need for more fades out while you have fun getting more.