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FROM A SITE VISITOR: f, As If living is the norm now, but occasionally something will be seen that will bring about feelings of outrage. Must be the last stubborn "justice" or "fairness" persona? Mind still exists?
F.: Yesterday’s post ended with this consideration:
You seek the calmness but find the outrage. What shift is being called for to end such futility?
One part of the shift is the shift (1) away from thinking that "others are nothing" while believing that one "is really something" or (2) away from thinking that others are something (“a jerk,” “an ass,” etc.) even though one is claiming to be identified with the nothingness (though “the judge” or “the one that is better than” is being evidenced.)
Peace is associated only with the nothingness, never with somethingness. The way of all flesh—the way among those with whom “the world is too much with them”—is toward eventual weariness and lethargy or anger or outrage amid concern with that which is elemental but which is witnessed erroneously as being something that is “personal” or “individual.”
If the entire seven-step “journey” from identification with the false “I” to the Absolute happens, then the “mind” will move to eventual nothingness, and all personality will move to eventual nothingness. That means that the religious person will move to eventual nothingness and the spiritual person will move to eventual nothingness.
If freedom from “outrage” is to be found now, then the movement must happen now. And the movement is away from “personal” witnessing to (a) pure witnessing and to (b) S-O witnessing without attachment or agenda.
See? It’s about seeing the relative for what is it (and is not); about seeing Reality; about witnessing purely, without blockages, as if looking through a transparent, polished window. Remember Louise’s pointer?
“Here, the beautiful scene of the garden, the pear tree, the swimming pool is already present; it can be viewed through the study window. If the window is dirty, caked with layers of dust and dirt, the garden will not be visible.”
The seven-step “journey” is about polishing; about removing the layers of programming; about cleansing the “mind” of the filters of conditioning; about removing the blinders of acculturation; about eventually understanding that there is no such thing as peace of mind; and about understanding why it is noted here that “there is only peace if you are out of your ‘mind’.”
Only if you are out of your “mind” can “personal” witnessing end, and only if you are out of your “mind” can S-O witnessing happen without being accompanied by a triggering of emotional intoxication. Then only can the relative existence happen peacefully and spontaneously (in the fashion of the naturally-abiding deer that have never been outraged over anything).
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
You seek the calmness but find the outrage. What shift is being called for to end such futility?
One part of the shift is the shift (1) away from thinking that "others are nothing" while believing that one "is really something" or (2) away from thinking that others are something (“a jerk,” “an ass,” etc.) even though one is claiming to be identified with the nothingness (though “the judge” or “the one that is better than” is being evidenced.)
Peace is associated only with the nothingness, never with somethingness. The way of all flesh—the way among those with whom “the world is too much with them”—is toward eventual weariness and lethargy or anger or outrage amid concern with that which is elemental but which is witnessed erroneously as being something that is “personal” or “individual.”
If the entire seven-step “journey” from identification with the false “I” to the Absolute happens, then the “mind” will move to eventual nothingness, and all personality will move to eventual nothingness. That means that the religious person will move to eventual nothingness and the spiritual person will move to eventual nothingness.
If freedom from “outrage” is to be found now, then the movement must happen now. And the movement is away from “personal” witnessing to (a) pure witnessing and to (b) S-O witnessing without attachment or agenda.
See? It’s about seeing the relative for what is it (and is not); about seeing Reality; about witnessing purely, without blockages, as if looking through a transparent, polished window. Remember Louise’s pointer?
“Here, the beautiful scene of the garden, the pear tree, the swimming pool is already present; it can be viewed through the study window. If the window is dirty, caked with layers of dust and dirt, the garden will not be visible.”
The seven-step “journey” is about polishing; about removing the layers of programming; about cleansing the “mind” of the filters of conditioning; about removing the blinders of acculturation; about eventually understanding that there is no such thing as peace of mind; and about understanding why it is noted here that “there is only peace if you are out of your ‘mind’.”
Only if you are out of your “mind” can “personal” witnessing end, and only if you are out of your “mind” can S-O witnessing happen without being accompanied by a triggering of emotional intoxication. Then only can the relative existence happen peacefully and spontaneously (in the fashion of the naturally-abiding deer that have never been outraged over anything).
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
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THE MEDITATION GUIDES
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
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LIBERATION
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THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
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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
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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]
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3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
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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.
