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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.
FROM A SITE VISITOR: Floyd Henderson, have not forgotten to contact you - been spending some time viewing the DVD’s (The Seven Step Journey to Reality) for the second time. It is interesting waking up to the understanding and the direction you’ve pointed me in for the last eighteen months. The block of the belief in a [literal, personal] Higher Power has me in silence, struggling with thirteen years of prayers and beliefs and a [“special book.”] I do want to continue with you. I am looking at the personas that caused the insane behaviors and am understanding “The Helper” - very clear today [that I was] seeking to be loved and to fix the broken. I can see how this has blocked [me from knowing] my True Self. Thanks
F.: [Continued from yesterday]
Over the past few months, five different men who have "tried it all" in twelve-step groups are now looking to the teachings of non-duality to see if they might find what they now admit is “still missing.” [For those who love their program, so it is. There is no agenda here that anyone should join anything, so there is no agenda here that anyone should not join anything either.]
The five have come to realize that their lives have deteriorated either into (1) a “Night-of-the-Living-Dead”-kind-of-near-catatonic state where they are walking about in a god-trance;
or into (2) a nightmare of discontentment that is resulting from their own dishonest charade and that of their fellows; or into (3) the nightmare of continuing to live in a personality-trance after having supposedly replaced their former “bad” ego-states with their new and improved “good” roles.
One admitted that his wife said recently: “Now that I’ve seen both options, I think I could tolerate the former jerk more than this boring, arrogant saint that has shown up. It’s about time to move on.”
Thus, this discussion. Whether the one trapped in the belief of a personal self and a personal god is in a twelve-step group, involved in organized religion, or is a member of some other “spiritual program,” the pointer again is this:
the third step on the seven-step “path” from identification with the false self to understanding the Absolute is a step where religious and / or spiritual role-playing happens. The step cannot be skipped; however, the step must be transitioned if Full Realization is to happen.
To that end, the reference above to being “blocked by the belief in a [literal, personal] Higher Power” is a monumental realization by one programmed with the dogma of organized religion and then further programmed by the same dogma disguised as “spirituality.”
It suggests that there might finally be a readiness to move on and complete the entire “journey.” Meanwhile, for those still clinging to their “program” (that is, to their new programming) there are some messages in their literature that can point them toward the “path.”
[Most will never read those messages since the members of that fellowship are not unlike their religious counterparts who repeat—without having actually read it—what they are told is in their special book, so below are some of the often-ignored passages that try to point them toward the understanding of non-duality.]
1. Cast aside ideas, emotions and attitudes, a.k.a., beliefs. (How clear that invitation is to abide in a no-concept state, free of the effects of emotional intoxication which is rooted in the acceptance of ego-states as identities)
2. With few exceptions, our members find that they have tapped into an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. (“Conception” and “Power” aside, their invitation was to tap into the inner guru rather than some conceptualized “outer power” and to understand eventually that the founders of that program did not see the "Higher Power" as a literal, personal entity)
3. The suggestion that their religious members talk of “God-consciousness” implies that their spiritual members are tuned in to the pure consciousness / True Self / inner resource / inner guru.
As with religions, religion-based step groups inspire service and helping others. If one is not dominated by the Type Two Helper / Savior / Rescuer personality when they enter, they will soon be conditioned to internalize that type.
As with religion and religion-based programs, the practice is always to increase the influence of personality rather than to be led to freedom from having one’s thoughts and words and deeds driven by the subconscious motivator(s) of personality.
Difficult for Personality Type Two Helpers / Servers / Saviors (who are driven to talk in order to try to impress, a part of their quest to be “loved” by many) is finding the ability to remain in the silence—much less enjoy it. If Two’s do begin to discard the traits of that type, they often move into the quiet and begin to seek the Authentic Self.
The Authentic Self is found not in groups but in the quiet after pointers from a Realized teacher have been received and are then taken alone into the silence for consideration. More on group-inspired personality adoption tomorrow. Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
F.: [Continued from yesterday]
Over the past few months, five different men who have "tried it all" in twelve-step groups are now looking to the teachings of non-duality to see if they might find what they now admit is “still missing.” [For those who love their program, so it is. There is no agenda here that anyone should join anything, so there is no agenda here that anyone should not join anything either.]
The five have come to realize that their lives have deteriorated either into (1) a “Night-of-the-Living-Dead”-kind-of-near-catatonic state where they are walking about in a god-trance;
or into (2) a nightmare of discontentment that is resulting from their own dishonest charade and that of their fellows; or into (3) the nightmare of continuing to live in a personality-trance after having supposedly replaced their former “bad” ego-states with their new and improved “good” roles.
One admitted that his wife said recently: “Now that I’ve seen both options, I think I could tolerate the former jerk more than this boring, arrogant saint that has shown up. It’s about time to move on.”
Thus, this discussion. Whether the one trapped in the belief of a personal self and a personal god is in a twelve-step group, involved in organized religion, or is a member of some other “spiritual program,” the pointer again is this:
the third step on the seven-step “path” from identification with the false self to understanding the Absolute is a step where religious and / or spiritual role-playing happens. The step cannot be skipped; however, the step must be transitioned if Full Realization is to happen.
To that end, the reference above to being “blocked by the belief in a [literal, personal] Higher Power” is a monumental realization by one programmed with the dogma of organized religion and then further programmed by the same dogma disguised as “spirituality.”
It suggests that there might finally be a readiness to move on and complete the entire “journey.” Meanwhile, for those still clinging to their “program” (that is, to their new programming) there are some messages in their literature that can point them toward the “path.”
[Most will never read those messages since the members of that fellowship are not unlike their religious counterparts who repeat—without having actually read it—what they are told is in their special book, so below are some of the often-ignored passages that try to point them toward the understanding of non-duality.]
1. Cast aside ideas, emotions and attitudes, a.k.a., beliefs. (How clear that invitation is to abide in a no-concept state, free of the effects of emotional intoxication which is rooted in the acceptance of ego-states as identities)
2. With few exceptions, our members find that they have tapped into an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. (“Conception” and “Power” aside, their invitation was to tap into the inner guru rather than some conceptualized “outer power” and to understand eventually that the founders of that program did not see the "Higher Power" as a literal, personal entity)
3. The suggestion that their religious members talk of “God-consciousness” implies that their spiritual members are tuned in to the pure consciousness / True Self / inner resource / inner guru.
As with religions, religion-based step groups inspire service and helping others. If one is not dominated by the Type Two Helper / Savior / Rescuer personality when they enter, they will soon be conditioned to internalize that type.
As with religion and religion-based programs, the practice is always to increase the influence of personality rather than to be led to freedom from having one’s thoughts and words and deeds driven by the subconscious motivator(s) of personality.
Difficult for Personality Type Two Helpers / Servers / Saviors (who are driven to talk in order to try to impress, a part of their quest to be “loved” by many) is finding the ability to remain in the silence—much less enjoy it. If Two’s do begin to discard the traits of that type, they often move into the quiet and begin to seek the Authentic Self.
The Authentic Self is found not in groups but in the quiet after pointers from a Realized teacher have been received and are then taken alone into the silence for consideration. More on group-inspired personality adoption tomorrow. 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.
