[Received 17 October 2005 after that day’s posting]
From “A site fan in southern California”: You suggested to Frank that faith is an obstacle to giving up belief in lies and then finding truth. I agree. A priest I had faith in abused me in more ways than I’ll tell. The problem is, you’re expecting Frank to have faith in you, so you’re contradicting yourself. Why should Frank or I or anyone believe you and have faith in you?
F.: Thanks for the question, but have you not read the writings on the site or in the books that invite all to “question everything”? Would that not include this space called “Floyd”? The pointer always is that protégés should accept nothing on blind faith, including thorns offered to remove thorns by this space called "Floyd." No one is asked to accept blindly the pointers on this site or to trust me or anyone else. I am no guru; instead, I point to the only thing that should be trusted: the Inner Guru, that inner resource, that vestige of pure consciousness that can be found when the debris field of ideas and emotions and beliefs is cleared away.
Some ask, “Didn’t you trust your guru?” Of course not. I read his words which clarified the “gift” from my inner resource, namely, the seven-part vision that led to realization and shifted me from the I to the Absolute. (Two links will be provided at the bottom that offer more details on the vision and on the movement from the I to the Absolute.) Next, “Floyd” cannot be listened to. Floyd is not speaking. These writings happen spontaneously from the purified consciousness. Pure consciousness is attempting to circumvent your “mind”—the consciousness that has been contaminated—to address the pure consciousness that You Are. A reporter described a recent crime in which a woman was reportedly blungeoned to death by a teen. She called the crime “mindless.” Wrong. That crime was a result of the killer being “mindful.” Whoever committed the murder had a mind filled with the contamination of the conditioning of this culture. The realized are “mindless” and cannot behave in ways that happen when a mind is full—full of the insane ideas and beliefs resulting from enculturation. These words are for that inner resource and it is from the inner guru that these writings emanate. That resource is not speaking to “a site fan” or to Frank or to any person but is addressing that vestige of pure consciousness that can be known if all the false is purged. Consciousness speaks to consciousness.
I sense from your writing a longing to be free. You, like many, have obviously suffered some abominable experiences that have left you miserable (and that, by the way, were no fault of your own). You want to be free of the after-effects, but those after-effects have left you unable to trust anyone. That is okay for this journey. The pointers on the site are toward that one thing that you can trust: the resource within. It is What You Truly Are. I suspect the Advaita Teachings are not the first thing you’ve tried in an effort to find relief from your misery. I suspect that you might be limiting the focus of the cause of your misery to a repulsive act by a priest, but I can assure you that billions on the planet are in misery who haven’t undergone that nightmare, the memory of which you still carry with you. Understand how all persons get to that place of misery if you would be free, for the causes are not limited to any single cause. I suspect that is a belief of yours right now. You must process that, yes, but true relief will come when you process all of the programming and conditioning. Know that YOU are not contaminated. Your consciousness has been contaminated, but YOU are not that. YOU are the pure consciousness. Most are ignorant of that fact, so they are ignorant of all or some of the true roots of their misery.
Nothing is more limiting and binding than not knowing how persons of the planet come to such misery, and nothing is more freeing and expansive than knowing the truth. The earth’s population is restricted, limited, and miserable, and an opportunity to be free of all that would be available to all except for the fact that persons use the ego-defense mechanisms of denial and magical thinking to convince themselves that they are free and happy. 95% suffer the relative effects of an addiction that result from their repeated use of something in their efforts to escape the misery, searching desperately for even the briefest respite from their despair and their troublesome “mind.” Most addictions are preceded by trauma, and few on the planet can reach adulthood without having been traumatized in many ways. (Again, most will deny that. Even if they admit as you do to childhood experiences that had a major impact, they minimize the effects by saying, "That was then; this is now.” They do not know that their “then” is their “now.” Freedom from the after-shocks can be found.) Misery, if recognized, can be the catalyst that can propel persons onto a “path” that can lead to freedom from the prison of a contaminated “mind” and to the freedom of enlightenment…of finally seeing all the lies and then undergoing the freeing realization of finally knowing the truth. Only one in a million, however, will ever truly realize. Are you the “one”…or the “million”? How free do you want to be? Faith is blind belief…belief in what they told you. Was what they told you based in fact? Rarely. More often, what they tell you is a repetition of fiction presented as fact by persons who are too egotistical to say “I don’t know” and too ignorant to say, “There is a simple scientific explanation for that.” Magicians of old wore robes. Many telling magical stories today still wear robes. Others merely wrap themselves in their spiritual “cloaks.” And those tale-tellers had been told the tales by others before them who were also egotistical or ignorant. The length of time a lie is told gives it no validity, but it does given it credibility among persons who walk the planet in a dream state.
In The Matrix, Morpheus pointed out the dilemma to Neo: “Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”
Tales, myths, and superstitions have been passed down for thousands of years by tale-tellers, by myth-perpetuators, and by superstition-conveyors. Their falsehoods have been accepted by non-questioning listeners for as long. Forget the blind acceptance of any concept by faith. Turn to the vision within and abandon all concepts. You are seeking freedom and happiness, but they are never found by seeking them. They are found when persons seek to know the True Self and That Which is even beyond the Self. Come to full realization and thereby understand the functioning of the Totality, for only then can peace and happiness happen. Best regards in your efforts to that end, and thanks for your e-mail and your openness. Please enter the silence of contemplation.
LINKS for more details on the content of this post:
The Vision: http://floydhenderson.com/spiritjourney.htm
From the I to the Absolute: http://floydhenderson.com/iamabsolute.htm
From “A site fan in southern California”: You suggested to Frank that faith is an obstacle to giving up belief in lies and then finding truth. I agree. A priest I had faith in abused me in more ways than I’ll tell. The problem is, you’re expecting Frank to have faith in you, so you’re contradicting yourself. Why should Frank or I or anyone believe you and have faith in you?
F.: Thanks for the question, but have you not read the writings on the site or in the books that invite all to “question everything”? Would that not include this space called “Floyd”? The pointer always is that protégés should accept nothing on blind faith, including thorns offered to remove thorns by this space called "Floyd." No one is asked to accept blindly the pointers on this site or to trust me or anyone else. I am no guru; instead, I point to the only thing that should be trusted: the Inner Guru, that inner resource, that vestige of pure consciousness that can be found when the debris field of ideas and emotions and beliefs is cleared away.
Some ask, “Didn’t you trust your guru?” Of course not. I read his words which clarified the “gift” from my inner resource, namely, the seven-part vision that led to realization and shifted me from the I to the Absolute. (Two links will be provided at the bottom that offer more details on the vision and on the movement from the I to the Absolute.) Next, “Floyd” cannot be listened to. Floyd is not speaking. These writings happen spontaneously from the purified consciousness. Pure consciousness is attempting to circumvent your “mind”—the consciousness that has been contaminated—to address the pure consciousness that You Are. A reporter described a recent crime in which a woman was reportedly blungeoned to death by a teen. She called the crime “mindless.” Wrong. That crime was a result of the killer being “mindful.” Whoever committed the murder had a mind filled with the contamination of the conditioning of this culture. The realized are “mindless” and cannot behave in ways that happen when a mind is full—full of the insane ideas and beliefs resulting from enculturation. These words are for that inner resource and it is from the inner guru that these writings emanate. That resource is not speaking to “a site fan” or to Frank or to any person but is addressing that vestige of pure consciousness that can be known if all the false is purged. Consciousness speaks to consciousness.
I sense from your writing a longing to be free. You, like many, have obviously suffered some abominable experiences that have left you miserable (and that, by the way, were no fault of your own). You want to be free of the after-effects, but those after-effects have left you unable to trust anyone. That is okay for this journey. The pointers on the site are toward that one thing that you can trust: the resource within. It is What You Truly Are. I suspect the Advaita Teachings are not the first thing you’ve tried in an effort to find relief from your misery. I suspect that you might be limiting the focus of the cause of your misery to a repulsive act by a priest, but I can assure you that billions on the planet are in misery who haven’t undergone that nightmare, the memory of which you still carry with you. Understand how all persons get to that place of misery if you would be free, for the causes are not limited to any single cause. I suspect that is a belief of yours right now. You must process that, yes, but true relief will come when you process all of the programming and conditioning. Know that YOU are not contaminated. Your consciousness has been contaminated, but YOU are not that. YOU are the pure consciousness. Most are ignorant of that fact, so they are ignorant of all or some of the true roots of their misery.
Nothing is more limiting and binding than not knowing how persons of the planet come to such misery, and nothing is more freeing and expansive than knowing the truth. The earth’s population is restricted, limited, and miserable, and an opportunity to be free of all that would be available to all except for the fact that persons use the ego-defense mechanisms of denial and magical thinking to convince themselves that they are free and happy. 95% suffer the relative effects of an addiction that result from their repeated use of something in their efforts to escape the misery, searching desperately for even the briefest respite from their despair and their troublesome “mind.” Most addictions are preceded by trauma, and few on the planet can reach adulthood without having been traumatized in many ways. (Again, most will deny that. Even if they admit as you do to childhood experiences that had a major impact, they minimize the effects by saying, "That was then; this is now.” They do not know that their “then” is their “now.” Freedom from the after-shocks can be found.) Misery, if recognized, can be the catalyst that can propel persons onto a “path” that can lead to freedom from the prison of a contaminated “mind” and to the freedom of enlightenment…of finally seeing all the lies and then undergoing the freeing realization of finally knowing the truth. Only one in a million, however, will ever truly realize. Are you the “one”…or the “million”? How free do you want to be? Faith is blind belief…belief in what they told you. Was what they told you based in fact? Rarely. More often, what they tell you is a repetition of fiction presented as fact by persons who are too egotistical to say “I don’t know” and too ignorant to say, “There is a simple scientific explanation for that.” Magicians of old wore robes. Many telling magical stories today still wear robes. Others merely wrap themselves in their spiritual “cloaks.” And those tale-tellers had been told the tales by others before them who were also egotistical or ignorant. The length of time a lie is told gives it no validity, but it does given it credibility among persons who walk the planet in a dream state.
In The Matrix, Morpheus pointed out the dilemma to Neo: “Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”
Tales, myths, and superstitions have been passed down for thousands of years by tale-tellers, by myth-perpetuators, and by superstition-conveyors. Their falsehoods have been accepted by non-questioning listeners for as long. Forget the blind acceptance of any concept by faith. Turn to the vision within and abandon all concepts. You are seeking freedom and happiness, but they are never found by seeking them. They are found when persons seek to know the True Self and That Which is even beyond the Self. Come to full realization and thereby understand the functioning of the Totality, for only then can peace and happiness happen. Best regards in your efforts to that end, and thanks for your e-mail and your openness. Please enter the silence of contemplation.
LINKS for more details on the content of this post:
The Vision: http://floydhenderson.com/spiritjourney.htm
From the I to the Absolute: http://floydhenderson.com/iamabsolute.htm
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