Using Personality

2003-11-10 06:27:00

John quotes a teacher he respects as giving advice on recognizing one who is in the dark. He says:
They won't listen to you, or see your point of view. They don't care what your point of view is. They are not interested in getting inside your shoes, or understanding what makes you tick.

Question:
Does this mean that if a teacher shows interest in your point of view and seems to have empathy for you that he is in the light? Explain.

If he does not seem to see your point of view does it mean he is in the dark?

JJ:
While it is true that a true teacher will feel empathy for another point of view as well as tune into the emotions of another, it is also true that a worker of darkness attempts to feign that which is good.

Not only that but he will use exuberance from his emotional body to make his point with more energy than the worker of light in an attempt to deceive.

A worker of light may merely grab or shake another's hand and state frankly that he feels for his brother in a certain situation.

The worker of darkness tends to be a showman and will give a big hug, share an emotional story and maybe cry a few tears.

Keep in mind that there is no black and white rule here as both brothers are attempting to reach their desired ends and may use various methods. For instance, enlightened people may hug a lot, but there is one difference between the two approaches which is black and white.

The Brother of Light is sincere. If he shares empathy, he means it. If he hugs he means that. If he sheds tears, they are real tears.

The Dark Brother, or a pawn, is an actor who uses his personality to further his own ends. He can bring the tears on demand to create the desired effect.

The dark disciple may therefore listen intently to your side, look you intently in the eye and hang on your every word if it suits your purpose.

The Brother of light is generally easy going, but if he doesn't agree with you he will be honest about it and often when one disagrees he is looked upon as not seeing your point of view. Sometimes the point of view does not seem to be seen because the one giving it does not make sense and other times the one hearing it has a fixation on his own dogma.

The real test is not that one will see your point of view, but to pick a principle or teaching that you have received from your soul and seek to discus it with another. If he is in the soul he will generally sense through the soul where you are coming from and understand what you are saying.

Question:
This gives us an idea of a tactic that an earthly teacher can use to deceive, but how does an other-worldly entity deceive through the personality?

My favorite comic, Steven Wright, uses very little personality in his delivery because his words can stand by themselves. But name three comics who use a powerful personality to make people laugh.

JJ:
The reason I asked you to name your favorite comic is that a comic with a strong personality can illustrate to us the power of personality to convey as meaning much beyond the actual words spoken.

Does this mean that comics with an exuberant personality are headed toward the dark side? Far from it. In fact one of the characteristics of a Dark Brother is a lack of sense of humor.

Even so the comic with lots of personality does illustrate the power of the astral to draw attention to himself and win the audience over.

You have given an interesting selection of comics. Sounds like some of you are older than me.

Among the older comics those who did not rely heavily on personality were Will Rogers, Jack Benny and Bob Hope. Examples of those who did rely on it were Jerry Lewis, Amos and Andy and the Three Stooges.

Among today's comics Steven Wright may be the lowest personality comic in history. Dennis Miller also relies on his words more than his personality. High personality comics are Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Bean, and perhaps the most exaggerated personality of them all - Roberto Benigni.

Any of these guys could take a statement that seems dry by itself and then by the power of their personality they could leave the audience in stitches by stating it while doing certain physical and emotional maneuvers.. They indeed illustrate the power of the personality to transform the mundane into a topic of extreme interest.

The question now is what in the world do the tactics of personality strong comics have to do with the tactics of a Dark Brother?

We'll answer that question next.

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