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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.
F.: The invitation of this series is to shift to a state of de-specialization, to de-accumulation, to de-personalization, to de-identification, to de-conceptualization, to decrease, to deflation, to deletion, and to detachment.
DE-CREASE and DE-FLATE
To decrease means “to cause to become gradually less or smaller.”
To de-crease or to become gradually less or smaller, in Advaitin terms, is actually to see the less-ness or the small-ness that already is. The movement is from a belief that “I am all of these things that I and my culture believe I am” to “Maybe I am not all of those things” to…
“Is it possible that whatever I Am is none of the things which my culture and I have thought all along that I am?” to “I am merely a temporarily-manifested speck of consciousness” to “I Am That or This” to “I am presently nothing more than a space” to “I Am the Void” to…
“I am nothing. All that anyone has ever reported that I am is now annulled. I am identity-less and form-less.” As far as the Nisarga Yoga and the Direct Path Method are concerned, that is what the sequence of de-creasing looks like.
To deflate = "to reduce in size and/or importance." De-creasing takes care of any delusions about “size,” the understanding having been made clear via Realization that “I am not a big name,” that “I am not a big this” and that “I am not a big that.” Neti-neti.
As for the reduction in “importance,” taking a full dose of the Ultimate Medicine facilitates freedom from the effects of the ego-sickness that inspires a belief that “I really am something.” Confuse not the ego (the false “I”) with the egotism that is used by a warped “mind” to protect the ego.
To clarify, an ego-state is a false identity assumed by the blocked or contaminated consciousness to be real. When an ego-state is assumed as an identity, then egotism—a tool used to support the false identity—soon follows.
When egotism activates, then not only is a false identity supported but it is also upgraded. [You may use the search tool at the top right to find more on ego upgrading.] The identity will soon increase in "importance," or so the “mind” will believe. Egotism will inflate the supposed but illusory significance of each and every ego-state adopted.
Soon after a man in a robe says, “I now pronounce you ‘husband’ and ‘wife’,” egotism will activate to protect those new but false ego-states. Have you witnessed that most persons are far more arrogant and controlling after they marry than they were during "the courting process"?
Of course that must almost always be the case, because once the beliefs that “I am a wife” and “I am a husband” are accepted as truth, egotism will become the guardian of those ego-states. Soon, the belief that “I am a wife” is inflated to “I am a Super Wife.”
Similarly, “I am a husband” is inflated to “I am a Super Husband.” And while “wife” merely needed “husband” to continue to “be”—to "exist" (in her “mind”)—“Super Wife” must have a “Super Husband” to exist. When “husband” is revealed not to be a “Super Husband” at all, then she will actually believe that she is being interfered with or threatened.
She deserves better; she is not receiving all that she deserves. “Husband,” having also assumed a false role on the stage of “The Theater of the Lie” in the play entitled "Their Relationship in Their World,” engages in the same mental drama.
A defensive posture—or even an offensive posture—will be assumed by both as egotism convinces them that they deserve far more and far better than they are receiving. Then, a combat mode will be entered into, and in the majority of cases (shown statistically) the fighting will continue until a different man in a robe proclaims, “I now pronounce that you are not husband and wife.”
The relief that eventually follows, the sense of freedom that is eventually witnessed after leaving that combat zone, is as close as most persons will ever come to the manner in which the Realized abide without interruption after they find that they are not what they were told they were.
Among the non-Realized, the state of relief will eventually be abandoned as desires and fears drive both parties back to the man in a robe who can guide them through the process of assuming the same false identities again (and sometimes again and sometimes again and again).
To all visitors that have not Realized Fully, the proclamation here is that you are not what you think you are; you are not what anyone in a robe has ever told you that you are; you are not what any parent or teacher or preacher or priest or rabbi or imam has told you that you are.
Moreover, you do not need to believe that you are anything. Freed of belief in that bogus need, you can be closer to the Realized's total freedom from any perceived need at all.
However, if you cling to even one ego-state as an identity, you will never be free. If seekers would be free, they must abandon belief in every ego-state. Why? All ego-states result in co-dependency. Co-dependent, there is no independence, and the absence of independence means there is an absence of freedom. In the absence of freedom, there can be no peace.
Why do ego-states generate co-dependency? Because no illusory, imaginary identity / ego-state can exist in isolation. For “The Teacher” to exist, there must be “The Student”; for “The Husband” to exist, there must be “The Wife” or “The Husband’s Spouse” (a belief fed by the false concept of “possession” that is so popular among the non-Realized).
Post-programming and post-conditioning and post-acculturation, neither freedom nor peace nor happiness can manifest unless de-creasing and de-flating happen first. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
DE-CREASE and DE-FLATE
To decrease means “to cause to become gradually less or smaller.”
To de-crease or to become gradually less or smaller, in Advaitin terms, is actually to see the less-ness or the small-ness that already is. The movement is from a belief that “I am all of these things that I and my culture believe I am” to “Maybe I am not all of those things” to…
“Is it possible that whatever I Am is none of the things which my culture and I have thought all along that I am?” to “I am merely a temporarily-manifested speck of consciousness” to “I Am That or This” to “I am presently nothing more than a space” to “I Am the Void” to…
“I am nothing. All that anyone has ever reported that I am is now annulled. I am identity-less and form-less.” As far as the Nisarga Yoga and the Direct Path Method are concerned, that is what the sequence of de-creasing looks like.
To deflate = "to reduce in size and/or importance." De-creasing takes care of any delusions about “size,” the understanding having been made clear via Realization that “I am not a big name,” that “I am not a big this” and that “I am not a big that.” Neti-neti.
As for the reduction in “importance,” taking a full dose of the Ultimate Medicine facilitates freedom from the effects of the ego-sickness that inspires a belief that “I really am something.” Confuse not the ego (the false “I”) with the egotism that is used by a warped “mind” to protect the ego.
To clarify, an ego-state is a false identity assumed by the blocked or contaminated consciousness to be real. When an ego-state is assumed as an identity, then egotism—a tool used to support the false identity—soon follows.
When egotism activates, then not only is a false identity supported but it is also upgraded. [You may use the search tool at the top right to find more on ego upgrading.] The identity will soon increase in "importance," or so the “mind” will believe. Egotism will inflate the supposed but illusory significance of each and every ego-state adopted.
Soon after a man in a robe says, “I now pronounce you ‘husband’ and ‘wife’,” egotism will activate to protect those new but false ego-states. Have you witnessed that most persons are far more arrogant and controlling after they marry than they were during "the courting process"?
Of course that must almost always be the case, because once the beliefs that “I am a wife” and “I am a husband” are accepted as truth, egotism will become the guardian of those ego-states. Soon, the belief that “I am a wife” is inflated to “I am a Super Wife.”
Similarly, “I am a husband” is inflated to “I am a Super Husband.” And while “wife” merely needed “husband” to continue to “be”—to "exist" (in her “mind”)—“Super Wife” must have a “Super Husband” to exist. When “husband” is revealed not to be a “Super Husband” at all, then she will actually believe that she is being interfered with or threatened.
She deserves better; she is not receiving all that she deserves. “Husband,” having also assumed a false role on the stage of “The Theater of the Lie” in the play entitled "Their Relationship in Their World,” engages in the same mental drama.
A defensive posture—or even an offensive posture—will be assumed by both as egotism convinces them that they deserve far more and far better than they are receiving. Then, a combat mode will be entered into, and in the majority of cases (shown statistically) the fighting will continue until a different man in a robe proclaims, “I now pronounce that you are not husband and wife.”
The relief that eventually follows, the sense of freedom that is eventually witnessed after leaving that combat zone, is as close as most persons will ever come to the manner in which the Realized abide without interruption after they find that they are not what they were told they were.
Among the non-Realized, the state of relief will eventually be abandoned as desires and fears drive both parties back to the man in a robe who can guide them through the process of assuming the same false identities again (and sometimes again and sometimes again and again).
To all visitors that have not Realized Fully, the proclamation here is that you are not what you think you are; you are not what anyone in a robe has ever told you that you are; you are not what any parent or teacher or preacher or priest or rabbi or imam has told you that you are.
Moreover, you do not need to believe that you are anything. Freed of belief in that bogus need, you can be closer to the Realized's total freedom from any perceived need at all.
However, if you cling to even one ego-state as an identity, you will never be free. If seekers would be free, they must abandon belief in every ego-state. Why? All ego-states result in co-dependency. Co-dependent, there is no independence, and the absence of independence means there is an absence of freedom. In the absence of freedom, there can be no peace.
Why do ego-states generate co-dependency? Because no illusory, imaginary identity / ego-state can exist in isolation. For “The Teacher” to exist, there must be “The Student”; for “The Husband” to exist, there must be “The Wife” or “The Husband’s Spouse” (a belief fed by the false concept of “possession” that is so popular among the non-Realized).
Post-programming and post-conditioning and post-acculturation, neither freedom nor peace nor happiness can manifest unless de-creasing and de-flating happen first. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
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.
