@Swamiji said
" There are also those who can get stuck in the Abyss because they can't get rid of a single idea, a single thing they hold to be true, or a single aspiration."
Oh yeah, that's me... I just couldn't let go of a certain aspiration/"ideal" (although there were all sorts of peculiar messages from the universe clearly pointing that I SHOULD let go of it NOW, i guess), so I got stuck and eventually withered.
Nicely put.
@Edward Mason said
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I'm just curious what the traps in the path might be that would lead someone to fall into what appears to be a kind of spiritual narcissism, when transcending the mundane self has already been a significant and necessary attainment.
93 93/93,
Edward"
I think, at this point, its not about spiritual narcissism or consciously choosing any sort of egoic path, or anything like that (i dont think that's really possible at this level), its usually more a matter of various deep-rooted insecurities and fears that come up at that point, and general ignorance, that hold the individual back from plunging forth into unknown, and which then may, in effect, actually (automatically) reinforce any remaining weakened ego structures that were on their way to annihilation...
IOW, it's not that you aren't ready to give up the ego... it's that there are certain major insecurities that keep you in it's company, that keep you stuck with it... until you basically fall off the track, and the momentum gets pretty much lost.
But i guess, if after such a (more-or-less unwilling) fall, one is consciously working his way out of the remaining ego-maze, working his thought out, and getting a clear perspective on the insecurities that came up in the process, and resolving them, i mean, isn't "climbing back up" only reasonable progression?
I mean, for one who is actually willing to "die", and has consciously done everything he could after the fall to disintegrate himself, has cleared up any confusion that held him stuck, and is not interested in clinging to anything, what does HE ACTUALLY HAS LEFT other than to climb back up and live??
Or am i missing something here... 
I was wondering,
What are the general possibilities of a so-called "black brother", who, due to certain insecurities failed to cross the abyss, lost the solid contact with his HGA and fell off the path into the dead zone?
Can the whole thing be brought back up somehow (to finish the job)? Can the contact be redeemed?
Tnx