Using Code Igniter without the $ this - > load() pattern?

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
No, as said by others, this is simply not how CI works.

CI's architecture defines all classes to be singletons, assigned to the "CI superobject", which is the instance of the controller loaded.

If you have a problem with the way this works, you might have picked the wrong framework. The excellent manual isn't going to do you much good if you decide to do something completely different.