Perfection
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Perfection
Perfection describes a state bodily existence whereby an individual is Healed, Aligned, Transformed, Integrated, and fully and permanently Connected to their own Spiritual Ego.
Components of Human Development
Human Development > Healing, Alignment, Connection, Integration, Empowerment, Perfection, Transformation
Full human development requires a healthy body (Healing), Aligned, connected, and integrated psyche, and an empowerment that facilitates personal and collective transformation.
Syncretic Terms
Perfection > Al-Insan al-Kamil, Arhat, Cosmic Man, Final Fulfilment, Moksha, Nirvana, Perfect Contemplation, Perfected One, Plateau Experience, Redemption, Ritambharapragya, The Unity, Tikkun, Triumph of Spirit, Triumph of Spirit Archetypes, Triumph of Spirit Narrative
Related LP Terms
Perfection > Bodily Ego, Connection, Divine World Order, Holy Grail, Perfect Connection, Perfected Connection, Perfected One, Perfection, Spiritual Ego
Non-LP Related Terms
Notes
Perfection is a state of the body, not the Spiritual Ego. The spiritual ego (a.k.a. the soul) is already perfect. It needs no earthly tutelage. OTOH the Physical Unit (a.k.a. the body) does need work, not because it can't handle the spiritual ego, but because it has been exposed to a Toxic Socialization process that has left it dysfunctional, diseased, and disconnected.
Perfection is the outcome of Healing, Alignment, and Connection Practice.
A Connection Framework provides institutional supports for healing and reconnection.
Perfection is a goal of Yoga.[1]
The LP Connection Framework provides a rubric for achieving perfection.
In esoteric and exoteric religious traditions, the notion of perfection is often corrupted and cast as part of the Fool in School archetype, which says we need to suffer, meet challenge, and learn lessons in order to achieve perfection. "...perfection is indeed the goal of every human life but that it may take many lifetimes to achieve...Failing to reach full realization in this life doesn't damn you to perdition; it simply means you'll have to come back again and again until you get it right."[2]
The idea of perfection can appear in corrupted form. For example, one pair of authors the goal of life's journey as represented in the archetype, the Hero's Journey. In typical ecclesiastical fashion, they suggest perfection is a multi-lifetime, karmic affair: "...perfection is indeed the goal of every human life but that it may take many lifetimes to achieve...Failing to reach full realization in this life doesn't damn you to perdition; it simply means you'll have to come back again and again until you get it right." [3]
Quotes
Maria Sabina, a Mazatac Wise One/Shaman, after many years of connection practice, claims perfection. "I had attained perfection. I was no longer a simple apprentice. For that, as a prize, as a nomination, the Book had been granted me. When one takes the saint children, one can see the Principal Ones. Otherwise not.[4]
"In treading the Path, the Sufi ascends until perfection is reached, and in the perfect saint, God and [individual ego] become one again. Abd Al-Kaim Jili [5]
The "perfect man" is a concept in Islam referring to someone who has "purified" the self from ailments, complexes, ignorance, deviations, etc. [6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. “The Powers of the Mind.” Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf
- ↑ Smoley, Richard, and Jay Kinney. Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to Western Inner Traditions. Illinois: Quest Books, 2006.
- ↑ As one pair of authors note as they discuss the goal of the journey, "...perfection is indeed the goal of every human life but that it may take many lifetimes to achieve...Failing to reach full realization in this life doesn't damn you to perdition; it simply means you'll have to come back again and again until you get it right" (Smoley and Kinney 2006).
- ↑ Maria Sabina quoted in Estrada, Alvaro. Maria Sabina: Her Life and Chants. Translated by Henry Munn. Santa Barbara, California: Ross-Erikson, 1981. p. 47.
- ↑ Margaret Smith, Readings from the Mystics of Islam (Westport, CT: PIR Publications, 1994), https://amzn.to/2MdrfqB
- ↑ Mutahhari, Murtadha. Perfect Man. Translated by Dr. Alaedin Pazargadi. Iran: Bethat Islamic Research Center, Unknown. https://www.al-islam.org/perfect-man-murtadha-mutahhari.