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Here, there is nothing that is believed, so there is no one here who wants you to believe anything, either. Here, the invitation is to be free of all that you have been programmed, conditioned, acculturated, and domesticated to believe so that you can be free, period.
"Undeceive yourself and be free"
--Sri Nigarsadatta Maharaj
--Sri Nigarsadatta Maharaj
F.: This morning, there was witnessed the first in a series of events that are most welcome at the end of another extremely humid and extremely sweltering summer of heat in South Texas, an event that is, on occasion, a harbinger of the possibility of relief from temperatures that hang out in the 90-100F range for months.
The event witnessed this morning: the first V-shaped formation of birds migrating to the south. Such a simple, natural happening, but one that might carry with it a potential shift.
The overhead formation, first noticed because of the squawking sounds of the birds in flight, was observed as the flock moved from right to left across the sky above the house here and was watched - with a smile, it is confessed - until it was blocked from view by the copse of tall pine trees on an adjacent piece of land.
The movement toward the front door was halted when another single squawk was heard. Looking up, a solitary bird was seen, trailing the formation that had passed some twenty seconds earlier.
These first signs of the coming winds of change paralleled several Advaitin pointers:
** a cyclical, natural, consciousness-driven happening was occurring once again and typifying all that happens throughout the relative existence: migrations cycle; the seasons cycle; the elemental bodies of the birds - and all else - will cycle; the manifestation of the consciousness cycles;
** the masses just do what they do, squawking away, making noise as they race from one place to another;
** and then came the lone bird being ignored by the crowd, a crowd racing full-speed ahead, the lone bird making its way at a different pace - moving at its own pace as if flying to the beat of a different drummer and representing, in many ways, Advaita itself;
** and, as with Advaita, there might come "a potential shift."
"Advaita," literally meaning "not two," took on a visual representation in the skies above the house this morning: the flock was made up of many two's or pairs as it raced ahead; the lone bird was the "not two."
And in spite of the nonsensical concepts being set forth by many who claim to be Realized, concepts that suggest that Advaita is "compatible with this, and this, and that," the fact is that those persons could not be further misled, could not be any further asleep to the meaning of "not two," and could not be less aware of reality when they claim that "Advaita is compatible with" anything else.
Nevertheless, the rule rather than the exception nowadays is that many are bastardizing the teachings by suggesting that "Advaita Plus" is far better than mere Advaita. It is not unlike Ecolab's® advertisements for the new and improved Eco-Star Detergent Plus: "If you think Advaita can clean away contaminants, Advaita Plus will really clean out your mind."
It is not unlike Crest's® Whitening Toothpaste Plus Scope: "If you think Advaita can replace the darkness with whiteness, Advaita Plus will eliminate the gloomy shadows and bring out the white, uh, the light."
It is not unlike the newest nonsensical conceptualizations that have been dreamed up by non-Realized persons who claim to be Realized and who have been heard over the course of the last few months to claim:
"I am going to weather this current storm in my life by using a combination of non-duality and AA";
"I believe you should discuss on your website the wonderful things that can happen via Christian Advaita";
"I have realized by way of the Neo-Advaita teachings" [see Dennis Waite's observations about that approach in the last series, Advaita Quotes and Pointers];
"I use 'Psychotherapeutic Advaita' in my practice";
"I practice Advaita combined with Native American Spirituality";
"I find that 'Neoplatonic Advaita' provides a faster path to clarity";
"Advaita, when combined with thoughtful and humble prayers, is the best path to enlightenment"; etc., etc., etc.
And it is not unlike so many men who have come through these doors with a "Mike Plus" or a "Raul Plus" or a "Hakeem Plus" or a "Raja Plus" mentality; it is not unlike so many women who have come through these doors with a "Cathy Plus" or a "Rosa Plus" or an "Asmahan Plus" or a" Safia Plus" mentality.
Because they are not free and independent, and because they fail to understand their Selfness (and are therefore trapped in the low self-esteem of "self-ness"), they do not believe that they are "enough"; thus, they are driven to offer "Themselves Plus"...themselves plus money, plus housing, plus sex, plus care-giving, plus a really nice car, plus rescuing, plus material objects of status, ad infinitum: "Please accept me + everything else that I can toss into the pot."
What irony that a teaching based in de-accumulation and less-ness is being bastardized with distorted concepts promoting accumulation and more-ness. And just as with those types, the sleep-walking sleep-talkers who have no understanding at all about what "not two" truly means now want to offer up a multiplicity of "New and Improved Versions of Advaita, With Enhancers" that they have dreamed up.
Be not deceived by those deceivers.
Maharaj: "Undeceive yourself and be free"
and
"To imagine that some little thing - food sex, power, fame - will make you happy is to deceive yourself. Only something as vast and deep as Your Real Self can make you truly and lastingly happy."
Not Your Real Self Plus AA? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Christianity? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Native American Spirituality? No. Not Your Real Self plus Far Eastern Spirituality? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Socratic or Platonic Discourses? No.
Not Your Real Self plus prayers? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Traditional Hinduism, Judaism, Islam or any other religion or ideology or philosophy? No. Not Your Real Self Plus anything else? No.
The event witnessed this morning: the first V-shaped formation of birds migrating to the south. Such a simple, natural happening, but one that might carry with it a potential shift.
The overhead formation, first noticed because of the squawking sounds of the birds in flight, was observed as the flock moved from right to left across the sky above the house here and was watched - with a smile, it is confessed - until it was blocked from view by the copse of tall pine trees on an adjacent piece of land.
The movement toward the front door was halted when another single squawk was heard. Looking up, a solitary bird was seen, trailing the formation that had passed some twenty seconds earlier.
These first signs of the coming winds of change paralleled several Advaitin pointers:
** a cyclical, natural, consciousness-driven happening was occurring once again and typifying all that happens throughout the relative existence: migrations cycle; the seasons cycle; the elemental bodies of the birds - and all else - will cycle; the manifestation of the consciousness cycles;
** the masses just do what they do, squawking away, making noise as they race from one place to another;
** and then came the lone bird being ignored by the crowd, a crowd racing full-speed ahead, the lone bird making its way at a different pace - moving at its own pace as if flying to the beat of a different drummer and representing, in many ways, Advaita itself;
** and, as with Advaita, there might come "a potential shift."
"Advaita," literally meaning "not two," took on a visual representation in the skies above the house this morning: the flock was made up of many two's or pairs as it raced ahead; the lone bird was the "not two."
And in spite of the nonsensical concepts being set forth by many who claim to be Realized, concepts that suggest that Advaita is "compatible with this, and this, and that," the fact is that those persons could not be further misled, could not be any further asleep to the meaning of "not two," and could not be less aware of reality when they claim that "Advaita is compatible with" anything else.
Nevertheless, the rule rather than the exception nowadays is that many are bastardizing the teachings by suggesting that "Advaita Plus" is far better than mere Advaita. It is not unlike Ecolab's® advertisements for the new and improved Eco-Star Detergent Plus: "If you think Advaita can clean away contaminants, Advaita Plus will really clean out your mind."
It is not unlike Crest's® Whitening Toothpaste Plus Scope: "If you think Advaita can replace the darkness with whiteness, Advaita Plus will eliminate the gloomy shadows and bring out the white, uh, the light."
It is not unlike the newest nonsensical conceptualizations that have been dreamed up by non-Realized persons who claim to be Realized and who have been heard over the course of the last few months to claim:
"I am going to weather this current storm in my life by using a combination of non-duality and AA";
"I believe you should discuss on your website the wonderful things that can happen via Christian Advaita";
"I have realized by way of the Neo-Advaita teachings" [see Dennis Waite's observations about that approach in the last series, Advaita Quotes and Pointers];
"I use 'Psychotherapeutic Advaita' in my practice";
"I practice Advaita combined with Native American Spirituality";
"I find that 'Neoplatonic Advaita' provides a faster path to clarity";
"Advaita, when combined with thoughtful and humble prayers, is the best path to enlightenment"; etc., etc., etc.
And it is not unlike so many men who have come through these doors with a "Mike Plus" or a "Raul Plus" or a "Hakeem Plus" or a "Raja Plus" mentality; it is not unlike so many women who have come through these doors with a "Cathy Plus" or a "Rosa Plus" or an "Asmahan Plus" or a" Safia Plus" mentality.
Because they are not free and independent, and because they fail to understand their Selfness (and are therefore trapped in the low self-esteem of "self-ness"), they do not believe that they are "enough"; thus, they are driven to offer "Themselves Plus"...themselves plus money, plus housing, plus sex, plus care-giving, plus a really nice car, plus rescuing, plus material objects of status, ad infinitum: "Please accept me + everything else that I can toss into the pot."
What irony that a teaching based in de-accumulation and less-ness is being bastardized with distorted concepts promoting accumulation and more-ness. And just as with those types, the sleep-walking sleep-talkers who have no understanding at all about what "not two" truly means now want to offer up a multiplicity of "New and Improved Versions of Advaita, With Enhancers" that they have dreamed up.
Be not deceived by those deceivers.
Maharaj: "Undeceive yourself and be free"
and
"To imagine that some little thing - food sex, power, fame - will make you happy is to deceive yourself. Only something as vast and deep as Your Real Self can make you truly and lastingly happy."
Not Your Real Self Plus AA? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Christianity? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Native American Spirituality? No. Not Your Real Self plus Far Eastern Spirituality? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Socratic or Platonic Discourses? No.
Not Your Real Self plus prayers? No. Not Your Real Self Plus Traditional Hinduism, Judaism, Islam or any other religion or ideology or philosophy? No. Not Your Real Self Plus anything else? No.
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
Much of what Louise has shared has resonated with many site visitors. to that end, some have inquired recently if Louise offers the online Advaita Internet Course. The answer is, "Yes."
Whether taking the course with Louise or Floyd, the price of the course includes all 11 of the Advaita eBooks, questions sent after completion of the assigned readings, replies to your answers, and follow-up as required.
With either teacher, you will be guided through all seven of the steps, in order, that lead from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond). For more specific information and details about the course, you may click on the link to the right.
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With either teacher, you will be guided through all seven of the steps, in order, that lead from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond). For more specific information and details about the course, you may click on the link to the right.
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Some seekers are already using the computer file version and the DVD sets for meetings in groups in homes, playing the retreat, pausing for discussion, etc.
To find out more or to purchase the DVD set or the downloadable computer file version of the retreat, click:
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[It is recommended that you watch the video with pen and paper in hand. Write whatever you need clarified. You'll see that there are constant reviews and you might find an answer later in the seven-hour presentation. Then, after you watch it all, there will be a common ground for discussion. Purchase of the DVD’s or the file will include the right to clarifications and answers to your specific questions via e-mail.]
2. BY READING these books in this exact order:
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
[Those two prepare the seeker to question it all]
THE MEDITATION GUIDES
[Provide a broad overview of the understanding]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
[Begins to free the seeker of body identification and the desire for body continuity]
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of the false content of the “mind”]
LIBERATION
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of personas]
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
[Provides the final preparation for the seeker to be directed along the “path”]
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
[Directs the seeker along the “path”]
CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS: The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding as The Absolute)
[Allows the seeker to understand the functioning of the totality, the manifestation, and what is involved with the un-manifestation]
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
[Provides the seeker the wisdom to understand the Noneness as well as the Oneness]
Purchase an e-Book now and begin reading it in minutes (except with e-checks that can take 7-10 days). Trusting our clients as we do, all e-Books are provided to you in printable form.
SAVE IF YOU BUY ALL ELEVEN AT ONCE:
(You may order the books one at a time or you may use the following link to acquire the entire 11-e-Book set on sale for $99 if ordered at one time with the “Buy Now” button below. For this option, there will be no download links provided; once the near-instant notice of payment is received from PayPal, your e-Books will be sent to you as e-mail attachments. All are printable for your convenience.)
For more information or to order, click:
DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
SIX WAYS THAT SEEKERS HAVE REALIZED:
1. BY WATCHING the 4-Disk Video (DVD) Set, or the same retreat available as a downloadable file. Either will provide an entire seven-hour retreat / series of satsang sessions showing three seekers being guided through all seven steps by Floyd and can provide viewers with an “experiential,” step-by-step series of satsang meetings that will move the viewers from identification with the I to abidance as the Absolute and then to abidance as That Which Is beyond
Some seekers are already using the computer file version and the DVD sets for meetings in groups in homes, playing the retreat, pausing for discussion, etc.
To find out more or to purchase the DVD set or the downloadable computer file version of the retreat, click:
DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
Option “A” is for the downloadable file version, Option “B” is used to order the DVD set for delivery inside the U.S., Option “C” for international orders.
For the download, Paypal will send me a notice that payment has been received and then I will send by e-mail the downloading instruction, password, etc.
[It is recommended that you watch the video with pen and paper in hand. Write whatever you need clarified. You'll see that there are constant reviews and you might find an answer later in the seven-hour presentation. Then, after you watch it all, there will be a common ground for discussion. Purchase of the DVD’s or the file will include the right to clarifications and answers to your specific questions via e-mail.]
2. BY READING these books in this exact order:
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
[Those two prepare the seeker to question it all]
THE MEDITATION GUIDES
[Provide a broad overview of the understanding]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
[Begins to free the seeker of body identification and the desire for body continuity]
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of the false content of the “mind”]
LIBERATION
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of personas]
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
[Provides the final preparation for the seeker to be directed along the “path”]
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
[Directs the seeker along the “path”]
CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS: The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding as The Absolute)
[Allows the seeker to understand the functioning of the totality, the manifestation, and what is involved with the un-manifestation]
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
[Provides the seeker the wisdom to understand the Noneness as well as the Oneness]
Purchase an e-Book now and begin reading it in minutes (except with e-checks that can take 7-10 days). Trusting our clients as we do, all e-Books are provided to you in printable form.
SAVE IF YOU BUY ALL ELEVEN AT ONCE:
(You may order the books one at a time or you may use the following link to acquire the entire 11-e-Book set on sale for $99 if ordered at one time with the “Buy Now” button below. For this option, there will be no download links provided; once the near-instant notice of payment is received from PayPal, your e-Books will be sent to you as e-mail attachments. All are printable for your convenience.)
You may visit The Official Website of Floyd Henderson for information on each book.
3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:
I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.
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5. BY ARRANGING satsang by telephone in the U.S. or by Skype internationally:
Use the Contact link for details or for information on making arrangements for a session
6. BY ARRANGING for floyd to travel to your location and meet with you or your group. Use the contact link above to discuss details.
3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:
I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.
For information, visit Information on the Advaita Classes on the Internet
To enroll visit Enroll in the Advaita Internet Course
4. BY ATTENDING an Advaitin retreat for satsang with floyd and being guided through all seven steps. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.
5. BY ARRANGING satsang by telephone in the U.S. or by Skype internationally:
Use the Contact link for details or for information on making arrangements for a session
6. BY ARRANGING for floyd to travel to your location and meet with you or your group. Use the contact link above to discuss details.
The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders offers the non-duality message by way of a mystery-adventure novel, discussing the movement from pain to healing to awakening to peace.
From Dr. R.F. Maley, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston: "Floyd Henderson's book, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, is a fun read and an interesting mystery, but perhaps more importantly it serves as a vehicle for blending Eastern Philosophy and Native American Spirituality to make an intellectually challenging novel. The book's insights into both relationships and authoritarian conditioning of people in our society make it a must read, tracing the roots of narcissistic, sociopathic and psychopathic behaviors to the very core of the culture. This truly witty and politically-incorrect study of the aggressive nature of 'the American character' offers not only a diagnosis but also a treatment plan, making the book an excellent supplemental reading in courses such as psychology, anthropology, philosophy, sociology and counseling."
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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