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NOTE: A seeker who plans to attend an Advaita retreat this August is seeking someone to share the costs. If you are interested, you may use the Contact link and arrangements can be made. With this opportunity, you will be able to attend at about 50% of the regular price. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.
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NATURAL LIVING
F.: (Continued from yesterday) The pointer was offered that there can be no sane existence that can happen in a "partly this style" and "partly that style." That would be “dualistic living,” and after he was taught the Advaitin understanding, Christ reportedly offered the pointer that “a dual-minded person is unstable in all ways.”
Of course that does not mean that persons don’t attempt to live in a “combo” fashion. It just means that their existence will not be natural or sane. For example, it is natural (i.e., it happens in nature) that the female of any species prefers the strongest of all of the males that might be vying for her attention (or more accurately, vying for the right to copulate).
Rams butt heads to establish rank and satisfy the natural urge of a ewe to “breed only with the best”…that is, in a manner that will assure the greatest chance for continuation of the species (and a continuation that involves the healthiest, strongest progeny possible).
What is unnatural is for males to appear on the stage of “The Jerry Springer Show” and fight for the survival of the false identities that they think define who they are: “The Lover,” “The Spouse,” “The Homeowner,” etc.
When the vying moves beyond natural urges and involves the added unnatural assumption of ego-states, then unnatural violence happens among members of the human species that does not mark the natural-functioning style of other species. As noted during other discussions, 59% of all women killed in the U.S. annually (and 41% of all men) are killed during a breakup.
If the ewe leaves with another male, the ranking male does not kill her. There might be another male-on-male fight, but the ewe will not be murdered because a ram has assumed a set of false identities.
What is also unnatural is when a female of the human species was programmed and conditioned during her early years in a way that leaves her with such low esteem levels that she picks the weakest mate for cohabitation and copulation and reproduction.
What is also unnatural in many human relationships is the case where one is being abused but stays and tolerates the abuse as a result of (A) unnatural desires for a better lifestyle and a larger house and a finer automobile—desires that are rooted in ego-states;
or as a result of (B) an effort to live supernaturally and to stay in an abusive relationship because a person “told god” (“took a vow”) that she/he would stay with the mate forever, "for better or worse"…worse often involving regular physical beatings or mental abuse or emotional abuse or verbal abuse, etc.
“Dating” is also natural (i.e., it is modeled in nature). Mentioned before on the site were the cardinals that court in the back yard of this house. During mating season, the male “takes the female out to dinner,” so to speak; that is, he gathers seeds for her and feeds her directly from his mouth to hers.
That is a part of the mating ritual; however, for a human male to believe that a female’s acceptance of an invitation to dinner (and to believe that a $20 meal should be his ticket to her bed) is unnatural.
While a male that is enjoying a visit and the conversation with a woman can accept a “thank you” for the meal, “The Arrogant, Entitled Lover” will never be able to accept that thank you which he would consider to be an offense…a “brush off from an ungrateful woman.” Such is the emotional intoxication that can be generated by the unnatural assumption of false identities.
What is rooted in nature becomes unnatural when personas are assumed which, in turn, drive thoughts and words and actions which would normally happen in a natural fashion were it not for personality’s input.
Also, what is rooted in nature becomes non-natural when supernatural roles are assumed (be they religious or spiritual) that drive thoughts and words and deeds that result when one is programmed to believe in invisible super beings that live in the sky.
Peace and freedom come when the Realized know that what some take to be “the supreme state” is really just the natural state, but that understanding can only come from beyond “the mind.” Maharaj said, “Just live your life as it comes, but alertly, watchfully, allowing everything to happen as it happens, doing the natural things the natural way….”
If that were to happen, then Real Love would happen. It would be understood that, if Reality were to be overlaid on the relative, then Love ItSelf would simultaneously be the Lover and the Beloved (and neither of those as used here refers to a role or an identity).
Then pure and natural beingness, free of body and mind states, would happen from the platform of abidance as the original, natural state, and the “sickness” discussed in recent posts would dissolve—the ultimate medicine having done its job.
If a nisarga, natural fashion of living were to happen, then the remainder of the beingness would happen effortlessly. Of course employment could continue, but it would happen effortlessly;
of course “relationships” could continue, but they would happen effortlessly; and of course all that is required to nurture the beingness for the remainder of the manifestation would also happen, but it would happen effortlessly.
And Love, which few will ever understand but which most seek, would also happen quite effortlessly and most blissfully. Please enter into the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
Of course that does not mean that persons don’t attempt to live in a “combo” fashion. It just means that their existence will not be natural or sane. For example, it is natural (i.e., it happens in nature) that the female of any species prefers the strongest of all of the males that might be vying for her attention (or more accurately, vying for the right to copulate).
Rams butt heads to establish rank and satisfy the natural urge of a ewe to “breed only with the best”…that is, in a manner that will assure the greatest chance for continuation of the species (and a continuation that involves the healthiest, strongest progeny possible).
What is unnatural is for males to appear on the stage of “The Jerry Springer Show” and fight for the survival of the false identities that they think define who they are: “The Lover,” “The Spouse,” “The Homeowner,” etc.
When the vying moves beyond natural urges and involves the added unnatural assumption of ego-states, then unnatural violence happens among members of the human species that does not mark the natural-functioning style of other species. As noted during other discussions, 59% of all women killed in the U.S. annually (and 41% of all men) are killed during a breakup.
If the ewe leaves with another male, the ranking male does not kill her. There might be another male-on-male fight, but the ewe will not be murdered because a ram has assumed a set of false identities.
What is also unnatural is when a female of the human species was programmed and conditioned during her early years in a way that leaves her with such low esteem levels that she picks the weakest mate for cohabitation and copulation and reproduction.
What is also unnatural in many human relationships is the case where one is being abused but stays and tolerates the abuse as a result of (A) unnatural desires for a better lifestyle and a larger house and a finer automobile—desires that are rooted in ego-states;
or as a result of (B) an effort to live supernaturally and to stay in an abusive relationship because a person “told god” (“took a vow”) that she/he would stay with the mate forever, "for better or worse"…worse often involving regular physical beatings or mental abuse or emotional abuse or verbal abuse, etc.
“Dating” is also natural (i.e., it is modeled in nature). Mentioned before on the site were the cardinals that court in the back yard of this house. During mating season, the male “takes the female out to dinner,” so to speak; that is, he gathers seeds for her and feeds her directly from his mouth to hers.
That is a part of the mating ritual; however, for a human male to believe that a female’s acceptance of an invitation to dinner (and to believe that a $20 meal should be his ticket to her bed) is unnatural.
While a male that is enjoying a visit and the conversation with a woman can accept a “thank you” for the meal, “The Arrogant, Entitled Lover” will never be able to accept that thank you which he would consider to be an offense…a “brush off from an ungrateful woman.” Such is the emotional intoxication that can be generated by the unnatural assumption of false identities.
What is rooted in nature becomes unnatural when personas are assumed which, in turn, drive thoughts and words and actions which would normally happen in a natural fashion were it not for personality’s input.
Also, what is rooted in nature becomes non-natural when supernatural roles are assumed (be they religious or spiritual) that drive thoughts and words and deeds that result when one is programmed to believe in invisible super beings that live in the sky.
Peace and freedom come when the Realized know that what some take to be “the supreme state” is really just the natural state, but that understanding can only come from beyond “the mind.” Maharaj said, “Just live your life as it comes, but alertly, watchfully, allowing everything to happen as it happens, doing the natural things the natural way….”
If that were to happen, then Real Love would happen. It would be understood that, if Reality were to be overlaid on the relative, then Love ItSelf would simultaneously be the Lover and the Beloved (and neither of those as used here refers to a role or an identity).
Then pure and natural beingness, free of body and mind states, would happen from the platform of abidance as the original, natural state, and the “sickness” discussed in recent posts would dissolve—the ultimate medicine having done its job.
If a nisarga, natural fashion of living were to happen, then the remainder of the beingness would happen effortlessly. Of course employment could continue, but it would happen effortlessly;
of course “relationships” could continue, but they would happen effortlessly; and of course all that is required to nurture the beingness for the remainder of the manifestation would also happen, but it would happen effortlessly.
And Love, which few will ever understand but which most seek, would also happen quite effortlessly and most blissfully. Please enter into the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
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Meditation Guide (Advanced Volume)
There's No Such Thing as ''Peace of Mind''
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3. ARRANGE FOR FLOYD TO TRAVEL TO YOUR LOCATION AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP
Here’s a recent example:
Travel costs of the drive to Austin and back: $200.00
Friday and Saturday hotel room: $140.00
½ day Friday, Saturday and ½ day Sunday fees: $600.00
16 participants: $59.00 each for the retreat
Certain bargains are currently available for international flights as well
4. DONATIONS
1. REALIZATION AIDS
2. ADVAITA BOOK SETS-50% off
3. ARRANGE FOR FLOYD TO SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP
4. DONATIONS
1. REALIZATION AIDS
The Advanced Seekers’ Book Set
From the I to the Absolute
Consciousness / Awareness
From the Absolute to the Nothingness
Purchase one or all at The Official Website of Floyd Henderson
2. ADVAITA / NON-DUALITY BOOK SET
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE IN THE STORE IN LIMITED SUPPLY AND WILL BE OFFERED AT 50% OFF WHEN BOUGHT AS A PACKAGE:
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)
Meditation Guide (Advanced Volume)
There's No Such Thing as ''Peace of Mind''
Ending Financial Problems by Understanding Your Personality
The Essence of the Teachings
$79.00 for all eight books + free S&H in the U.S.
Most titles are also available as eBooks
Visit
The Official Website of Floyd Henderson
3. ARRANGE FOR FLOYD TO TRAVEL TO YOUR LOCATION AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP
Here’s a recent example:
Travel costs of the drive to Austin and back: $200.00
Friday and Saturday hotel room: $140.00
½ day Friday, Saturday and ½ day Sunday fees: $600.00
16 participants: $59.00 each for the retreat
Certain bargains are currently available for international flights as well
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FROM “ANONYMOUS”: Almost every visitor brought Maharaj food or flowers. I’d like to treat you to a meal if you tell me how to do so with my credit card!
FROM LOUISE, SOUTH AFRICA: [Consider the case of an acquaintance who] added a donate button to his site. Regular blog readers were happy to support the site in this way.
F.: Okay—so it’s done, but note that the postings and responses are offered without charge, as is access to the library of 1,300 Advaitin essays archived on the site.
