So, let’s look at these two examples. Let’s begin with the 16th gate. The 16th gate is a gate of identification. It’s the secret of understanding the 16th gate. Without identification it is not possible to master logic, because logic essentially is boring. It
is, essentially. The fantasy that can launch logic may be very exciting. But the proving and reproving, and testing and retesting, and practicing and re-practicing, perhaps boredom is not the word, but you get the meaning. They say it better in
French, ennui, it sounds better. It can be a thing.
Identification is the only way that you can overcome that. In other words, you’re in love with music and you’re identified enough with the glories of what you assume will be your great career that you practice day after day after day even though some of it
is really tedious, painful and whatever the case may be. The identification is what does the job.
So, here is somebody who doesn’t have their own consistent identification. They don’t know what to identify with, they don’t. The classic description of the open 16th gate if you have the 48 is that you’re looking for skills. Obviously, there is a truth
for that. But understand what the mind is going to pick at, the bone the mind is going to chew on. It’s going to chew on that 16 and it’s going to chew on identification. So, the mind is going to say, “Look, we need to be identified. If we’re not identified it’s not going to work. We really have to be turned on, we really got to
be…” the mind is going to rule that.
Obviously, that’s not what this person is about. This person is here to bring depth to somebody else who’s identified. And it’s the wisdom to understand what identification really means. What it means to turn people on; because if you turn them on, this is a very material design in many ways, boy can you do well.
So, you have the 16, identification. Whenever there is something in front of this person it’s always going to be there. They’ve got an open emotional system, avoid confrontation. “Am I identified enough with this to really confront this person?” Identification is everywhere in what the mind will touch, because it’s one of the
frames. It’s something that’s missing. It’s something that he or she doesn’t have.
~Ra Uru Hu