CONFRONTING SUPPRESSION (Part 1): How To Face ‘What Is’ ‘As-It-Is’

“Control over our experience of something lies not in our avoidance or withdrawal, but our willingness to look at it ‘As-It-Is‘.”
—Joshua Free, PC-2, Thought & Emotion and Pathway to Ascension (Vol.1)

We all participate in creating this reality experienced as The World. It is fortunate that most individuals desire to promote and manifest greater ‘happiness‘ in their daily lives. But of course, this is only possible to the extent that one has Self-Honest knowledge, understanding, and an ability to effectively bring it about.

There are also individuals creating reality in The World that oppose Self-Honest pursuits ‘happiness’ and suppress the improvement of others. Such individuals may also exhibit obviously destructive traits regarding the ‘environment’ (Natural World). Their perception of any ‘greater good’ or ‘greater number’ is actually quite narrow in view and self-serving (or for a small group) – and often leveraging against a future world for all other life (not only human).

“The word ‘confront‘ has many negative connotations in modern language. For example: we tend to refer to someone who is quick to exhibit anger with others as ‘confrontational‘. But this only partly demonstrates the true meaning of the word, which is ‘to come around to the front‘, to ‘face up to‘, or else ‘handle‘.”
—Joshua Free, PC-2, Thought & Emotion and Pathway to Ascension (Vol.1)

Fortunately, very few individuals are truly dangerous types. The greater mass of people we might associate with these types, are in fact, only associated with them – which is to say: within their circle of influence. But, when these types (and their associates) are installed to positions of a country’s political system, widespread suppression soon follows (among other things).

Over the past century, popular entertainment media – books and movies and music – have each presented their own prophetic descriptions of exactly what such a ‘dystopian‘ state of affairs could mean for the Human Condition. (Though, of course, very little consideration is often given to how this human experience affects our continued ‘evolution’ as spiritual beings.)

There is an archaic Tibetan exercise of “Sitting Face-to-Face” which a Seeker may practice best with a partner. This is performed by simply sitting across from another person without talking or giving in to reactions. [In a formal systematic session, this may also be practiced alone with an ‘object’.] What is important is to be able to “extrovert” your attention from its compulsively fixed point (of view); to project it to a point that is outside and away from where you perceive the “Body” or “Mind” to be located.

Unlike other systemology processes—where we “make a copy” of distractions (thoughts and emotions) to practice getting them under our control—this exercise is not concerned with addressing each distraction as a thing, but rather ignoring them and refocusing attention exactly where you want it. Much may get “stirred up” in the “Body” and “Mind” just by sitting quietly and maintaining eye contact with someone.

If any discomfort, emotional reactions or intruding thoughts “stir up” or “turn on” while performing this process, simply maintain focus of your attention “outwards” until they “simmer down” or “turn off.” There are many times in Life when you need to persist or handle something in spite of distractions, and the ability to do this clearly without losing focus, is an important skill for optimum survival (and our ability to create).

[This new mardukite.com blog-post series excerpts several Professional Course lesson-booklets, which are also collected in “Pathway to Ascension: Volume One” (by Joshua Free), published by JFI Publications and distributed from the Free State of Colorado via Mardukite Academy of Systemology and Borsippa-HQ of the Mardukite Free Zone.]