The Path to True Maturity: Transcending Childhood and Adolescence
by Beezone, Ed Reither, and ChatGPT
Edited and adatped from the early writings of Franklin Jones (Adi Da Samraj)
The man of understanding is not the usual Guru Lord, the father and mother of men (and women). He requires no children for his enjoyment, nor does find wisdom in the childishness of men (and women). He requires the companionship of maturity, the communicated intelligence of men (and women) who live in the conscious recognition of their own nature and the nature of their experience.
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ll the methods cultures have devised to guide children into adulthood often serve to extend the conditions of childish dependency or transform them into the fears and struggles of adolescence. Ancient and modern cultures alike have largely reinforced this dependency or fostered conflicted adolescence, rarely leading individuals into the stage of full maturity.
The effort or striving to find fulfillment, understanding, or a sense of completeness through external means—such as goals, relationships, or material achievements—reflects the condition of childhood dependence. This mindset views the world as a caregiver, offering various forms of support, and leads individuals toward idealized notions of maturity that are rooted in the hopes and expectations of childhood. However, this dependence implies a lack of inherent self-sufficiency or the realization of one’s true nature and reality. Only those who have grown beyond these motivations, structures, and idealisms can live the reality of full maturity.
True maturity, which encompasses understanding one’s nature and reality, is the hallmark of human evolution. It is free from the symbolic and functional representations that shape the mind and life of children, as well as the struggles and separations of conflicted adolescence. It no longer interprets life through the lens of dependency or estrangement from sustenance. Instead, reality is directly known and lived as the “Heart-Light”—the inherent force of real consciousness that is one’s own.
Those who embody this understanding are a transformative presence in the world. They represent the growth beyond childishness and adolescence, demonstrating that the challenges, sufferings, and fleeting enjoyments of life are merely patterns carried over into adulthood. These individuals communicate a mature perspective, grounded not in nurturing or controlling symbols but in the reality of the Heart-Light itself, prior to experience or representation. They show that maturity is not shaped by circumstances but arises as a decisive, self-generated, and intelligent event, equally accessible to all, regardless of life’s fortunes or misfortunes.
No religion, no science, and no adventure can prepare anyone better than another for this realization. The same decisive understanding is required in every case, making it a radical step beyond the consolations or hardships of conventional youth. This step, while equally challenging for all, marks the threshold of true maturity. Anyone who has reached a point of recognizing life’s inherent difficulties—its challenges, suffering, sickness, old age, and death—is ready to embrace the radical realization of understanding.
