[FIRST, AN E-MAIL REGARDING THE POSTING YESTERDAY: Before now I never thought about how everything that applies to the non-Realized (image and distortions and lies) is also true of institutions. Religion: I left the catholic church after finding out how they covered up all the sexual molestation that was going on to protect their image. Business: Enron, Arthur Anderson, Tyco etc. all image and distortion and lying. Government: The government tries to keep up its image by lying and distorting truth and putting a positive spin on all their failures. Education: I’m a high school teacher--sorry, teaching happens--and one part of an education class in college was about creating a “teacher image” and looking professional when we start teaching and not looking and acting like college students any more. You nailed it. Thanx for the site. Richard
F.: Hello, Richard. Your observation is accurate, but understand that you haven’t found a “parallel” between institutions and the non-Realized. You have merely witnessed what happens when the non-Realized organize themselves into groups with common agendas. The groups—be they religions, businesses, governments, or schools—will exhibit the dualistic traits of the individualized personas/persons who make up their membership. Thx for note.] Now, on to today's topic:
FROM A SITE VISITOR: Reading your words, I am convinced that the audience for your writings has not yet been born. Mark.
F.: And you write that to this speck of consciousness that was not born, either. Ha. In fact, there is a prospective audience of 6.5 billion persons that these words are for, but the words will only be read by a few of those, will be understand by a fraction of the readers, and will never be read by the remaining billions. But "they" are present, meaning, there are billions of instances where the consciousness has manifested and been warped via programming and conditioning and enculturation, and could be re-purified...if.
Yet this is not a whit different from what has happened over the last 800 years or so in regards to the version of the Original Understanding that is now made available via “the Advaita Vedanta philosophy” (which has been warped by some into “the Advaita Vedanta religion” or “the Advaita Vedanta spiritual teachings”).
F.: Hello, Richard. Your observation is accurate, but understand that you haven’t found a “parallel” between institutions and the non-Realized. You have merely witnessed what happens when the non-Realized organize themselves into groups with common agendas. The groups—be they religions, businesses, governments, or schools—will exhibit the dualistic traits of the individualized personas/persons who make up their membership. Thx for note.] Now, on to today's topic:
FROM A SITE VISITOR: Reading your words, I am convinced that the audience for your writings has not yet been born. Mark.
F.: And you write that to this speck of consciousness that was not born, either. Ha. In fact, there is a prospective audience of 6.5 billion persons that these words are for, but the words will only be read by a few of those, will be understand by a fraction of the readers, and will never be read by the remaining billions. But "they" are present, meaning, there are billions of instances where the consciousness has manifested and been warped via programming and conditioning and enculturation, and could be re-purified...if.
Yet this is not a whit different from what has happened over the last 800 years or so in regards to the version of the Original Understanding that is now made available via “the Advaita Vedanta philosophy” (which has been warped by some into “the Advaita Vedanta religion” or “the Advaita Vedanta spiritual teachings”).
The words of the sages and jnanis have been available, but how many will ever break free of the concepts in which they are trapped to seek the Truth via this vehicle? Today, billions of Christians worldwide will gather to worship their Christ without having the slighest clue that his message was Advaitin. Nor will they understand any of his words that expressed the "I AM" and the “not two” teachings of Advaita.
All across the planet, six billion members of the three religions of Abraham are functioning in total ignorance, so the audience for this truth is present right now; however, those persons will not seek the Truth since they are (a) convinced that they have found it and are now (b) driven by their agendas to spread the lies and distortions which they call “The Truth” or "The Good News."
So it is. The consciousness that speaks via this site can have no agenda since there is no “one” to have an agenda. No agenda is behind the words of the consciousness that are offered in book format or via satsanga for the same reason. If not another word is read, it matters not. If not another satsanga session is scheduled, it matters not. If not another seeker requests a book, it matters not.
All perceived “needs” have disappeared; all physical requirements of the space have been met easily since accumulating ended and a minimalistic style of living began; only AS IF living is happening, spontaneously; and nothing remains that prefers either an extension of the manifestation nor an end to the manifestation. It's called functioning from a position of neutrality.
All across the planet, six billion members of the three religions of Abraham are functioning in total ignorance, so the audience for this truth is present right now; however, those persons will not seek the Truth since they are (a) convinced that they have found it and are now (b) driven by their agendas to spread the lies and distortions which they call “The Truth” or "The Good News."
So it is. The consciousness that speaks via this site can have no agenda since there is no “one” to have an agenda. No agenda is behind the words of the consciousness that are offered in book format or via satsanga for the same reason. If not another word is read, it matters not. If not another satsanga session is scheduled, it matters not. If not another seeker requests a book, it matters not.
All perceived “needs” have disappeared; all physical requirements of the space have been met easily since accumulating ended and a minimalistic style of living began; only AS IF living is happening, spontaneously; and nothing remains that prefers either an extension of the manifestation nor an end to the manifestation. It's called functioning from a position of neutrality.
Enjoyment certainly happens though nothing is desired. Nothing is feared since there is nothing to register fear. The consciousness functions from a position of neutrality, knowing that if persons are trapped in seeking the applause of the village, they must also be prepared to accept the scorn of the town as well.
Here, no “good” label is being sought and no “bad” label is being avoided. All is neutral, and all persons can reach that position of neutrality via Full Realization. In some cases, it happens in an instant; in other cases it happens by degree. Either way, it can happen. So the audience is present, but its members will rarely seek. If they happen to seek and to find, that will be even rarer.
An e-mail was received yesterday from a woman who has just read WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE? Scores of past beliefs are being seen to have been false, nothing more than the product of imaginings that were rooted in myths and superstitions and passed along for millenia as “the truth.” Yet a residual longing for certain beliefs (a result of attachments) seems to linger. She was reminded...
That which you attach to because it gives you pleasure will eventually give you pain. That which you attach to because it gives you the greatest pleasure will eventually give you the greatest pain.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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Here, no “good” label is being sought and no “bad” label is being avoided. All is neutral, and all persons can reach that position of neutrality via Full Realization. In some cases, it happens in an instant; in other cases it happens by degree. Either way, it can happen. So the audience is present, but its members will rarely seek. If they happen to seek and to find, that will be even rarer.
An e-mail was received yesterday from a woman who has just read WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE? Scores of past beliefs are being seen to have been false, nothing more than the product of imaginings that were rooted in myths and superstitions and passed along for millenia as “the truth.” Yet a residual longing for certain beliefs (a result of attachments) seems to linger. She was reminded...
That which you attach to because it gives you pleasure will eventually give you pain. That which you attach to because it gives you the greatest pleasure will eventually give you the greatest pain.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
THE FEATURED ITEM ON SALE (15% OFF THROUGH TONIGHT) IS A NOVEL FEATURING A REALIZED COUPLE AND A NON-DUALITY MESSAGE: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS. The pro-peace thesis of this 480-page book uncovers the sources of separation and conflict in relationships on all levels, from couples to countries, all wrapped in a fast-moving mystery/adventure that covers many decades and many continents. A Realized couple is at the center of an intrigue that will expose the ways that institutionalized duality has impacted the citizens of the world for decades. It also shows how Realization can impact the relative existence in a way that can generate peace on a planet where businesses, governments and religions have historically generated separation and conflict because their non-Realized leaders are driven by self and have no clue at all about the unicity...the Oneness.
For information on BOARD OF DIRECTORS, visit http://www.floydhenderson.com/ and click on the picture.
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