What is Dissociation (being split-off from one’s deepest truth) mimics recovery– but it isn’t recovery. People who are dissociated live in great peace. But this is only because they have blocked their negative feelings. The recovered person resolves his negatives feelings, and thus his peace is not false. Emotional detachment, in recovery, can mean two different things. In the first meaning, it refers to an "inability to connect" with others emotionally, as well as a means of dealing with anxiety by preventing certain situations that trigger it; it is often described as "emotional numbing" or dissociation, depersonalisation or in its chronic form depersonalisation disorder. In the second sense, it is a decision to avoid engaging emotional connections, rather than an inability or difficulty in doing so, typically for personal, social, or other reasons. In this sense it can allow people to maintain boundaries, psychic integrity and avoid undesired impact by or upon others, related to emotional demands.
We who are dissociated do not suffer. But this is only because they have abandoned their healing process and numbed their pain. Enlightenment grows from the fertilised soil of suffering.
People who are dissociated call themselves recovered. But this is only because they have they have no conception of what recovery is. Recovery is the polar opposite of dissociation.
People who are dissociated are not easily emotionally ruffled. But this is only because there lies a thick wall buffering their hidden, vulnerable self from the sharp and often honest edges of the world. The recovered are much less protected, but have such a deep core of self-love that they can defend themselves gently.
People who are dissociated feel they have mastered forgiveness. But this is only because they completely deny the harm done to them – and the damage remaining. The enlightened forgive spontaneously and without effort because they have fully embraced their damaged parts and grieved every honest ounce of their misery.
People who are dissociated are extremely self-confident. But this is only because their self-deceptive armour is impenetrable to self-reflection. The self-confidence of recovered enlightenment is fed by the universal spring of life.
People who are dissociated gravitate naturally toward leadership roles. But this is only because they are experts at leading themselves away from their heart’s true course. The recovered enlightened person leads right to the heart of the matter.
People who are dissociated have gone through hell to get to where they’re at. But they fail to realise that they’re still stuck right in hell. Recovered Enlightenment is the freedom of emotional integration.
People who are dissociated feel they have found their true self. But this is only because they equate their true self with no self at all – or at best a false self or ego based on a distorted sense of consciousness. Recovery is the true self linked with the conscious mind.
People who are dissociated consider themselves paragons of spirituality. But this is only because their spirits are so buried behind walls of denial that they have no conception of what spirit is. Recovery is the passionate spirit of the child held by the consciousness of the adult.
People who are dissociated are quite motivated, sophisticated, and convincing. But this is only because they perennially risk returning to suffering if they do not convince everyone of their lie. Recovery brings a motivation to spread the truth that is everyone’s birthright.
People who are dissociated act decisively. But this is only because they cannot see or question their unconscious motivation. The enlightened person is also decisive, but only because he has no unconscious, because in his healing process it, like a now-useless appendage, has dissolved.
Dissociation is contrary to Recovery. Behind dissociation lies unresolved trauma, and only once trauma is resolved can the light of consciousness enter the core of our being.
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