Some more questions: In reading Power vs Force, I was interested to see shame as the lowest consiousness level. I belong to a group of people who, despite years of excellent work history, were targeted for expulsion or mistreatment in the workplace. We all have trauma with pain, mostly felt as shame and diagnosed as severe PTSD or severe anxiety disorder.
The bullies are all serial bullies with a history of psychologically injuring other employees; and, also using a target’s coworkers to carry out the abuse. However, in the beginning, targets believe they are the problem. There is no way to learn or understand that although it looks like a free choice for these coworkers, it really isn’t. Targets become very isolated, are too embarassed to share what’s happening, and by the time we find them they have been abused for a long time.
When someone feels shame instead of anger, in my experience it is because they are genuinely selfless and unassuming people. Speaking only generally, how do you think these experiences might affect someone who is well over calibration level 200 prior to the abuse? If they are in a state of shame all the time, does it mean they are at level 20 and have to start over again? I don’t see them becoming selfish while going through all this. Also, after they intellectually connect the dots, they still feel a great sense of shame. Can two levels of consciousness co-exist in the same person at the same time?
I’m guessing the same questions might be posed for victims of repeated violence or torture.
Thanks, and you can certainly post these things.
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I’m assuming you have a professional leading your group, so you can work through these issues. The level of shame as I define it from the Map of Consciousness, is when the overwhelming process in one’s life is colored by that emotion. However, what goes along with shame is the God view of despising. Since you are interested in this work, you must surely have a strong faith in God. That gives you the qualities of courage, hopeful, willingness, which are all at 200 and above. Once you and others reach forgiveness and acceptance, you are at 350. You are not at the lower end of the scale. That may be for severe cases of lifelong torture. You would be constantly apathetic and hopeless. I don’t feel that from you. As a human being we all have felt some of these emotions. That doesn’t signify you calibrate at that level. You may calibrate at 400 and still feel guilt or anger occasionally. I don’t give personal calibrations, but I can assure you, that you do not need to worry over where you calibrate. We all have an overall level of consciousness, which doesn’t fluctuate but a few points in a lifetime. We are born with it. We may however, have serendipitous epiphanies, which allow us to jump to much higher levels spontaneously.
As I see it you and the others have been shamed only because of the illusion you aren’t worthy in general. People abuse power all the time, and it shows itself as force. You cannot change them so it’s preferable to avoid them, whenever you can. In the workplace, this is a difficult situation because it’s not always feasible to switch jobs.
Don’t agonize about the others since they are exhibiting the willingness and courage to overcome the issues that affect them. Simply because you have all been subjected to lower consciousness (in the form of anger and pride) does not mean you share their levels, also. To give you an example, the vast majority of those who were tortured in the holocaust, calibrated many levels above their captors. They experienced shame and pure evil and still were at higher levels due to their inherent nature.
Being in the field of lower levels may feel awful, but it doesn’t change what you are, only how you feel. It is essential to add surrender (to God) and forgiveness to whatever else is going on in your lives, in order to rise above it all. In Jesus’ words, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” You can apply that to everyone who is acting erroneously.
Overall it sounds like there’s great spiritual progress happening. This is why we’re here.
God Bless you,
Mys