Thursday, April 16, 2009

THE “CIRCLE”: Leaving Body Identification, Going Back to the Absolute, and Then Overlaying THAT on the Am-ness, Part Eight

Table of Contents

Today's Considerations
Recent Posts and Archives
Tools for Realization
Author's eBooks
Author's Paperback Books
Free eBooks
An Advaita Vedanta philosophy site, focusing on Realization, enlightenment, nisarga yoga, non-duality (nonduality), your original nature, dwelling as your natural state, and the teachings of Maharaj.

[NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: If you are currently experiencing problems with ordering or paying for eBooks or books, please use this link Contact to make payment with a VISA or MC and arrangements will be made for you to receive your eBooks or books.]

Announcing the closing of the Non-Duality Bookstore as the focus in the future will be on providing books electronically. See at the end of this post an offer to receive at lower-than-eBook prices the last of the paper books remaining in stock at 50% off with free shipping in the U.S. and half-price shipping internationally

FROM GINNY: “Can you/You live as the unmanifest?” is one of the central questions, isn't it? Blasting the trappings, even particulate light will get heavy. The concept of "turiya" will become yet another thorn to be removed as it is known there is no "background," no "screen" on which we play. "Joy" comes as weight is lifted in every "sense" of that word. This Joy has no opposite in that it is known as beyond any emotional feeling or description. Love, g.

F.: Indeed, that is one of the central questions of the teachings and now of this series. FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality) offers in a step-by-step fashion the precise means by which the “going back—in the exact, same reverse order of the “coming in”—must happen. So, You are invited to consider: “Will You/you complete the “circle” and live as the non-manifest?”

What does the remainder of the post-Realization relative existence look like when Reality is overlaid on the Am-ness? What is the beingness like after the “overlaying” of THAT on the Is-ness? First, what THAT looks like must be understood.

THAT involves no fighting, no war, no murder. THAT is Reality as opposed to false images, phoniness, lying, and deceit. THAT is natural so THAT is free of anything unnatural and free of anything supernatural. THAT, in the absence of any desire-r or fear-er, is marked by desirelessness and fearlessness;

furthermore, there are no do-ers in THAT so there is no doingness (including no doing of persona-reinforcing "religious work" and no doing of persona-reinforcing "spiritual disciplines and exercises").

THAT involves no programming, no conditioning, no cultures (so no acculturation) and no domestication. THAT is mindless. THAT involves no skin (so no skin color or separation via pigmentation), no adulteration, no ambiguity, no sense of brokenness, no prettiness and no ugliness, no hierarchies, and no ignorance.

As the poet Lennon invited persons to understand, THAT involves no heaven, no hell, no judgment, no countries, nothing to kill for or die for, no possessions, no greed, and no religion.

THAT involves nothing personal, no god(s), no dogma, no ideology, no spirituality. It involves no spouses so it involves no divorces. It involves no relationships so it involves neither breakups nor angst nor breakup-associated murders. It involve no opinions to debate, no theology to argue, no politics to divide, and no local, state, national or international issues or incidents.

So, when THAT is overlaid on the Is-ness, when Reality is overlaid on the beingness, then the beingness also involves no fighting, no war, no murder. The beingness happens Realistically as opposed to being marked by false images, phoniness, lying, and deceit.

The beingness then unfolds with no influence from programming, conditioning, acculturation and domestication. The Am-ness becomes mindless; it involves no skin so no color, no adulteration, no ambiguity, no sense of brokenness, no prettiness and no ugliness, no establishment of fictional hierarchies, and no learned ignorance.

As the poet Lennon invited persons to understand, the beingness happens spontaneously with no belief in heaven, hell, countries, things to kill for or die for, possessions, greed, or religion(s).

The manifestation—unfolding à la the non-manifestation—involves nothing personal, no god(s), no dogma, no ideology, no spiritual concepts and practices and exercises. It all just happens naturally, not unnaturally and not supernaturally.

The beingness, after having been subsumed in Reality, is absent any desire-r or fear-er and is thus marked by desirelessness and fearlessness. In the absent of desire and fear, there is no need to beg any god or any person for anything;

thus, wherefore religion or spirituality or any of the doingness associated with either? Wherefore dependency on persons or god or gods? Wherefore co-dependency with persons or with imaginary, other-world entities?

Once the full “journey” has been completed and Truth is known, then the manifestation also involves no spouses or other roles. It is devoid of all belief in “relationships”—that is, of belief in "two, relating" rather than the “not two”—so there is no “need” to stay together or to break up. What happens is witnessed either way.

Realized, "spousing can happen," but there is no belief in a conceptualized "spouse" or in any other role; therefore, there are no grounds for angst or murder. There are no beliefs or opinions to spread or debate, there is no theology to argue, there are no politics that divide, and there are no local, state, national or international issues or incidents to engage in.

That is what it looks like when THAT is seen, is understood, and is then overlaid on the Am-ness. If the seven-step "journey" is completed in its exact sequence, then all of the so-called "perks" of THAT can and will happen NOW. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
THE FOLLOWING NON-DUALITY BOOKS ARE IN THE STORE IN LIMITED SUPPLY AND WILL BE OFFERED AT 50% OFF WHEN BOUGHT AS A PACKAGE:

While quantities last, the following package deal is being offered: Receive all nine (9) of the books listed below for $88 total with free shipping in the U.S. and ½ price shipping internationally.

[Sorry, but the offer does not apply to eBooks; this limited-time offer, however, is even less expensive than eBooks. This applies to the last of the paper books which are now in stock but which will never be available again. As various titles sell out, as happened with one title yesterday, the remaining paper versions will be offered at a pro-rated price of 50% off also.]

NON-DUALITY TITLES:
From the Absolute to the Nothingness
Consciousness/Awareness
From the I to the Absolute (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
It's All Bullshit (and Why Knowing it Sets You Free)
Self-Transformation Meditation Guide I
Self-Transformation Meditation Guide II
There's No Such Thing as ''Peace of Mind''
Spiritual Sobriety (Recovering What Religions Lost)
The Essence of the Teachings

or

PICK AND CHOOSE:
Order any six from the list above and you still receive 50% off + free shipping. (Smaller orders received 50% off but shipping fees apply)

To order, visit
Contact
to arrange for payment and delivery.
VISA or MC accepted.

Finally,
all of the non-duality books in the collection are also available as eBooks

Visit
The Official Website of Floyd Henderson

Recent Posts and Archives

Tools Used by Other Seekers of Realization

WATCHING an Advaita Vedanta Retreat: Watch a Downloadable computer file version of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat (Downloadable on PC only, not Apple.)

ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes For information, visit Information on the Advaita Classes on the Internet To enroll visit Enroll in the Advaita Internet Course

ATTENDING an Advaitin retreat with Floyd and being guided through all seven steps. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.

ARRANGING a one-hour session via Skype or telephone with Floyd. (Skype is a free service.) Click the button to pay and you will be contacted to arrange a date and time for the call.

Five Free eBooks

Compliments of Andy Gugar, Jr.,
the following eBooks are available without charge for you or for friends:

I.
"GOOD vs. EVIL?" or "IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, and INSANITY?"

The content of this eBook deals with one of the most common but erroneous beliefs that the non-Realized masses cling to and which they will fight about (and even kill over), namely, that there is a planet-wide duel going on between “the forces of good and evil” in the universe.

Either (1) the ancient view is spot on: that the "ills of the planet" are rooted in evil people, in people not being religious enough or spiritual enough, and are caused solely by bad morality; or, (2) the "ills of the planet" are rooted in ignorance, stupidity and insanity and "being good" or "being moral" does not put an end to ignorance, does not eliminate stupidity, and does not treat insanity in any way.

II.
"THE VISION"

Comments regarding the free eBook entitled “THE VISION”:

“My thanks to you and Andy.” – Andrew “Mac” McMaster

“Thanks so much for the book! And, by the way, it is brilliant and the most effective pointing that you have done. It has served to help clear the remaining blockages.” – Stan Cross

“Greatly appreciate having “THE VISION” added to my Henderson resource library that is situated on the right side of my bed for easy access! Eternally grateful for what was received and what was given.” – Robert Rigby

“‘THE VISION’ is such a well-written, condensed version of the Nisarga Yoga approach to understanding and enjoying Reality that I feel it can serve as a must-read ‘meditation guide’ for all earnest seekers.” – Andy Gugar, Jr.

III.
"Sapolsky, Maharaj, and the Non-Dual Teachings"

Dr. Robert Maurice Sapolsky is an American neuroendocrinologist; a professor of biology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery at Stanford University; a researcher; an author; and a Research Associate at the National Museums of Kenya.

There is much that a non-dualist or Advaitin or Nisargan can relate to by comparing and contrasting what Sapolsky reveals about the way certain troops of baboons live in Africa with the way that humans abide all around the globe.

This 152-page eBook catalogues the common, non-dual message shared by Sapolsky and Maharaj and reveals the ways that Sapolsky’s scientific research supports the non-dual pointers offered by Maharaj.

IV.
Seeking

In “PART ONE” it will be seen that most persons on the planet are not seeking, and most will never seek, but for those who are seeking, most will face several obstacles:

In “PART TWO” of this book, it will be seen why many criticized Maharaj for “changing his message in his later talks.” It will be seen that the changes were not about changing the message per se as much as about changing his methodology as he experimented with one version of the Ultimate Medicine after another in order to try to find an effective means for addressing the Ultimate Sickness.

He tried a religious version of the Medicine, a Spiritual version of the Medicine, and finally settled on a version which addressed to Sickness at its core . . . at the mental and emotional level.

V.
"THE MOST DANGEROUS BELIEF OF ALL"

“Dangerous” is a term that can only apply during the relative existence, but of those who do commit suicide, for example, how many shoot themselves in the foot over and over until they “bleed out”? None. They shoot themselves in the head. Why? In order to try to stop the noise - to try to stop the chatter of a thousand monkeys – to stop the noisy mind which is the area that stores the ideas, notions, concepts, mind-stuff, etc. which drives them into the depths of insanity.

And what are those ideas, notions, concepts, etc. called, collectively? "Their beliefs." The irony? They are not their beliefs at all. They are the beliefs of “others” that were set in place via programming, conditioning, etc. and which persons then think are their own.

And what are those beliefs rooted in, and what reinforces those beliefs and convinces persons that they are sacred and worth fighting over and even sometimes worth dying for? Blind faith.

This 337-page eBook discusses those issues in detail.

To read any or all of the free eBooks, please double-click the "FREEBIES" link at the top of this page