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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.
THE DECEIT OF PERSONALITY CONTINUITY
F.: Obviously, there can be no continuity of personality now, culturally-assigned identities being in constant flux, so how could there possibility be any continuity "later"? Consider the personas assigned or adopted by "floyd":
IN TERMS OF “self”:
“They” told “me” that “I am a baby,” but later they said, “I am a boy”; “I am a teen”; “I am an American”; “I am a young man”; “I am an adult man”; “I am a Christian” (followed later by, “You’re not even a Christian!”)
IN TERMS OF TASKS / OCCUPATIONS
They said that “I am a student”; “I am the newspaper delivery boy”; “I am the mower of lawns”; "I am the college student”; “I am the graduate student”; “I am the teacher”; “I am the employee of an insurance company”; “I am the owner / operator of three businesses”; “I am the employer of forty-three people.”
IN TERMS OF “RELATIONSHIPS”
“I am the son”; “I am the brother”; “I am a stranger”; “I am an acquaintance”; “I am a close friend”; “I am a boyfriend”; “I am the lover”; “I am the fiancé”; “I am the spouse”; I am the father”; “I am the enemy”; “I am the mortal enemy.”
IN TERMS OF “OWNERSHIP”
“I am the owner of this house”; “I am the owner of an even larger house”; “I am the owner of several successful businesses, working for five of the largest builders in the city”; “I am the owner of one of the largest houses in the area (followed later during a recession by, “You are not the owner of that house—we are taking it back so it is now ours” and “You are not the owner of three successful businesses—you are the previous owner of three businesses that have now gone out of business just like the five builders you worked for"); “I am the owner of this new house and this new lakehouse" (followed later during a divorce by, “Both of those properties will be sold and you do not own either”); “I am the owner of this fleet of company trucks and private automobiles and a house filled with goods” (followed by, “You will own nothing because you are ordered to liquidate everything and split the proceeds 50-50"). Ad infinitum.
How many of those “selves” are now taken to have ever been real? None. In terms of occupations, how many remain? None. In terms of hundreds and hundreds of “relationships,” how many continue? None. How many houses, lakehouses, fleets, employees, goods, or businesses remain? None. In terms of anything that was delusionally thought to be “mine” or “owned,” how much is still possessed? None of it.
Prior to beginning the “journey,” cycles of accumulation were followed by cycles of forced de-accumulation. As each persona seemed to experience one “loss” after another, misery and suffering followed because the primary desire of each and every persona was not met, because the primary fear of each and every persona manifested, and because each and every persona always eventually came to an involuntary end.
Peace and freedom and joy came only when de-accumulation began to happen by choice rather than by force; when it was seen that none of those personas was ever real and that no other personas will ever be real; when the illusion of all personality came to a voluntary end; and when it was seen that there is no continuity of…
… any assigned or imagined “self”; no continuity of any occupational identity; no continuity of “relationships”; no continuity of “ownership” since the very concept is false; and no continuity of personality at all.
The miserable heaviness of accumulating (and of accumulating concepts regarding body and mind and personality) has given way to (1) an overall lightness of being, to (2) the incredible, empty lightness of being nothing, and to (3) the delightful fullness of being Love...One...complete.
The same awaits You if You complete all seven steps on the "path" from identification with the false "I" to identification with the Absolute to identification with the nothingness and eventually to no identification at all. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
F.: Obviously, there can be no continuity of personality now, culturally-assigned identities being in constant flux, so how could there possibility be any continuity "later"? Consider the personas assigned or adopted by "floyd":
IN TERMS OF “self”:
“They” told “me” that “I am a baby,” but later they said, “I am a boy”; “I am a teen”; “I am an American”; “I am a young man”; “I am an adult man”; “I am a Christian” (followed later by, “You’re not even a Christian!”)
IN TERMS OF TASKS / OCCUPATIONS
They said that “I am a student”; “I am the newspaper delivery boy”; “I am the mower of lawns”; "I am the college student”; “I am the graduate student”; “I am the teacher”; “I am the employee of an insurance company”; “I am the owner / operator of three businesses”; “I am the employer of forty-three people.”
IN TERMS OF “RELATIONSHIPS”
“I am the son”; “I am the brother”; “I am a stranger”; “I am an acquaintance”; “I am a close friend”; “I am a boyfriend”; “I am the lover”; “I am the fiancé”; “I am the spouse”; I am the father”; “I am the enemy”; “I am the mortal enemy.”
IN TERMS OF “OWNERSHIP”
“I am the owner of this house”; “I am the owner of an even larger house”; “I am the owner of several successful businesses, working for five of the largest builders in the city”; “I am the owner of one of the largest houses in the area (followed later during a recession by, “You are not the owner of that house—we are taking it back so it is now ours” and “You are not the owner of three successful businesses—you are the previous owner of three businesses that have now gone out of business just like the five builders you worked for"); “I am the owner of this new house and this new lakehouse" (followed later during a divorce by, “Both of those properties will be sold and you do not own either”); “I am the owner of this fleet of company trucks and private automobiles and a house filled with goods” (followed by, “You will own nothing because you are ordered to liquidate everything and split the proceeds 50-50"). Ad infinitum.
How many of those “selves” are now taken to have ever been real? None. In terms of occupations, how many remain? None. In terms of hundreds and hundreds of “relationships,” how many continue? None. How many houses, lakehouses, fleets, employees, goods, or businesses remain? None. In terms of anything that was delusionally thought to be “mine” or “owned,” how much is still possessed? None of it.
Prior to beginning the “journey,” cycles of accumulation were followed by cycles of forced de-accumulation. As each persona seemed to experience one “loss” after another, misery and suffering followed because the primary desire of each and every persona was not met, because the primary fear of each and every persona manifested, and because each and every persona always eventually came to an involuntary end.
Peace and freedom and joy came only when de-accumulation began to happen by choice rather than by force; when it was seen that none of those personas was ever real and that no other personas will ever be real; when the illusion of all personality came to a voluntary end; and when it was seen that there is no continuity of…
… any assigned or imagined “self”; no continuity of any occupational identity; no continuity of “relationships”; no continuity of “ownership” since the very concept is false; and no continuity of personality at all.
The miserable heaviness of accumulating (and of accumulating concepts regarding body and mind and personality) has given way to (1) an overall lightness of being, to (2) the incredible, empty lightness of being nothing, and to (3) the delightful fullness of being Love...One...complete.
The same awaits You if You complete all seven steps on the "path" from identification with the false "I" to identification with the Absolute to identification with the nothingness and eventually to no identification at all. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
UPCOMING TOPIC: SO YOU THINK YOUR SUPERNATURAL WAY IS BETTER THAN THE NISARGA (NATURAL) WAY?
Now you can receive for $40 a downloadable computer file version of the same 7-hour satsang that seekers receive when they visit for the Advaita Retreat with Floyd. You will be guided through the seven steps from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond).
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.)
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
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.
3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
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.
