Living Life Anonymously

Why does one seek acknowledgement? One wants desperately to be somebody, to be known by accomplishment or title. The entity that is the self requires definition in order to exist, the result of which is identity. Ones identity is the enclosure of the world in which the self exist. That enclosure represents the security of knowing self as the conceptual. But the concept of self is not the reality of self. Personality craves attention, it seeks the reinforcement of belief as image. That which is the self projects image through relationship. One is looking for a confirmation of image/belief in the external.

One exist in a world of labels, we are the labeled. One wants to be known as being associated with this or that organization. This activity gives one a sense of control. That we are in command of our own destiny. One wants to be a force that needs to be dealt with. Psychologically it is the "I am me" syndrome. One seeks recognition at all cost. Identification as the basis for the insanity of self ideology. One seeks the attention of others, which may be through either unsavory behavior or through accomplishment as authority.

What is the reality of the defined, the named? When one is identified one is seeking to escape the fear of non-existence of the perceived mendacity of the masses. To be identified is to be separated. It is the illusion of the self absorbed. The named is not reality it is image through definition which is concept. If one wants reality then one must see oneself in relationship. One cannot know oneself directly one must observe the effects through relationship. Relationship mirrors the self.

If one can observe the reality of the moment and within that moment realize the true self, then it is possible to move in a totally different direction. In the fusion of the me and the not me there is the intelligence of action in the moment. The dissipation of that which is the identified, the defined as that which is named. When one moves away from identification one leaves behind all the baggage of the accumulated self. One is reborn anew from moment to moment. It is the illumination of the selfless of that which is beyond definition, beyond knowing.

This is a life of freedom, of the dissipation of becoming. One has no one to be. There is the absence of expectation as accomplishment. For the first time one is truly free and without the conflict and confusion of a world that is caught in the illusion of the named. One lives a life essentially of an anonymous nature. Life is the simplicity of creative intelligence that has no agenda. One does not need to leave footprints in the sand, one can live intelligently as though one never existed.

With the dissipation of the self, that which is named, there is realization of that which is unconditioned. It is a consciousness that is manifested through non-action and non-being. When all else is not it is. One gains insight into the illusion of the named through awareness of the movement of thought, which is the self that is caught in time/space. It is the meditation of the timeless.