FROM A SITE VISITOR: I finally understand your pointer that even if arms and legs and organs are ‘lost’ I Am still Me. But now, how to be free of my racing mind, once and for all?
F.: And now, the review:
1. THE KEY POINTER: Because the “mind” is nothing more than a conglomeration of accumulated concepts and dualistic beliefs, it cannot possibly lead one to the no-concept, non-dual Reality.
2. You cannot possibly forget your “self” if you do not forget all of the other distractions being churned out by your chaotic mind, whether those thoughts are “spiritual” or “evil.” All thoughts are dualistic.
3. For persons failing in the search for peace and happiness, it matters not if the “mind” is churning out thoughts that focus on “God” or on “decadence.” In the peace and happiness of the no-concept, non-dual Reality, neither “good thoughts” nor “bad thoughts” happen…neither sin nor virtue exists.
4. Analysis paralysis will not move you along the “path.”
5. The non-Realized who finally conclude that “life is meaningless” often become suicidal; the Realized that finally conclude “life is meaningless” become joyous and free.
6. "Mind" must be transcended to Realize.
7. A “mind” is not needed to Realize since a conglomeration of lies cannot reveal Truth.
8. It is belief in the conceptualized, dualistic content of the “mind” that blocks the consciousness from being aware of the Truth of Oneness.
9. It is necessary to know thyself before You can know ThySelf; that is, everything you are not must be Realized—and eliminated as possible identities—before You can Realize THAT Which You Are.
10. Since a “mind” is a storehouse of accumulated external knowledge, the “mind” is of no use for tapping into that which is already known internally.
11. Since it is the “mind” which is full of concepts and which blocks the pure consciousness from knowing itSelf, obviously “the mind” cannot be an aid in the search for Self; instead, it will be an impediment.
12. The intent of the Direct Path teacher is to use argument to un-persuade, not to persuade; to de-program, not to program or re-program; and to expunge the conglomeration of pollutants that are referred to collectively as “the mind.”
13. “The non-Realized” are merely manifested specks of consciousness that have not been re-purified post-programming, post-conditioning, post-domestication, and post-enculturation.
14. The Direct Path Advaitin teacher’s invitation is not to “Think about all these 'profound things' that I have told you” but to "Allow these pointers to inspire you to start questioning everything that persons have told you." Only rebels will approach the starting gate of the “path” to Realization; sheep never will. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (TOMORROW: End of review)
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