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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.
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This site now has over 1300 regular visitors from more than 58 different countries; therefore, Louise and I have added an option to the right to translate the postings into other languages. Click a flag and postings will be translated into the primary language of the nation indicated by the flag. While some translations will be far from exact, they might provide at least some degree of access to pointers not otherwise available to seekers using one of the 54 languages on the list. (Use of the back arrow will allow visitors to return to the English version.)
F.: Yesterday, this pointer was offered:
The natural BS detector of the young—which allows for (1) an "out-of-the-mouth-of -babes" manner of accurately characterizing nonsense as nonsense and allows for (2) the rebellious but justified challenging of irrational comments when heard—becomes disengaged post-programming, post-conditioning, post-acculturation, and post-domestication.
What follows, then, is the "out-of-the-mouth-of-sleepwalking-adults" manner of thinking and talking and emoting that prevail around the globe and that perpetuate belief in the myths and dogma and delusions that mark and mar the relative existence when that which is nisarga (natural) is displaced by that which is unnatural and that which is erroneously thought to be supernatural.
The result is that, now, the non-Realized masses all around the globe talk BS rather than detect BS. Examples of such supernatural (a.k.a., "religious" or "spiritual" / magical) thoughts and talks that children doubt and question but that adults have accepted unquestioningly "then" or now include:
** All females suffer pain during their menstrual cycles because Eve misled Adam and convinced him to eat an apple from a tree that they were forbidden by god to eat apples from, so she was punished and all other women forever are also punished
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "How's that fair or just? All are punished for the actions of one? Are you confusing god with military commanders who use that method?"
** God loves you unconditionally, but he will punish you forever with fire and misery and suffering if you break one of his major rules
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Then how is that 'unconditional'?"
** God loves his children unconditionally, but one time he saved all of the animals and one family before flooding the earth and killing every human except the members of that family
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Then how is that 'unconditional'?"
** God is all-powerful, yet humans have the power to make him glad or sad or angry
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "So wouldn't that mean that humans have more power than God since they can control how he feels? In fact, wouldn't that mean that God is not all-powerful but is actually co-dependent?"
** You are fighting for your Emperor God, so if you kamikaze pilots commit suicide by flying your airplanes into Allied warships, you will be serving God
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Kill myself?!"
** You are fighting for Allah, so if you commit suicide by wearing a bomb vest and killing non-Muslims (or Muslims who have joined the wrong sect) you will be serving Allah and will therefore be rewarded forever with eternal sex orgies in paradise
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Kill myself!? and "So heaven is all about sex with multiple partners, really nothing more than a brothel in the sky that does not charge men to have sex (and does not pay the women for having sex, claiming it is their religious duty to pleasure the martyred)?"
** All is controlled by the Will of the Universe which (dualistically) tracks good and evil, so if a hurricane wipes away a town and much of its population, that is a necessary act that is required in order for the universe to re-establish karmic balance
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "So punishment can come centuries after the fact? And 'the universe,' whatever that means, can track good and evil? So there's some sort of 'Celestial Bookkeeper in the Sky,' or is your deal even more magical than that?"
** As quoted from the literature of the dominant Christian religion, the "deliberate stimulation of the genital organs (a.k.a., 'masturbation') is not a natural act," is a "gravely disordered action," and is a sin against God
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Say what?!"
** God answer prayers. If you are in desire or fear, pray for what you want to have and pray about what you fear and want to have removed
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Then why is it that most of what I pray for I never get?"
The typical reply: "Well, God works in mysterious ways."
** I whip you with a belt when you do wrong because I love you
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "How about if you love me a little less then? This is sounding like that god who loves me 'unconditionally' but is willing to punish me for eternity. Maybe that's where you learned this 'love-but-punish' concept?"
** I am the pope and I whip myself and sleep on the floor and deprive myself of food in order to be more perfect and more Christ-like
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Say what?! So you're telling me that suffering is good, that I should welcome the masochistic and the sadistic, that I should be happy to skip meals, and that I should sleep on the floor rather than in my bed if I want to be Christ-like?"
** I am an ayatollah in Iran and I have written a book that lists the four animals and a bird that men in our religion can have sexual relations with
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: Nothing, but might say, "Animals! A bird! Okay, now you've left me speechless, totally stunned into silence, but I think I finally see why your men are willing to kill themselves to go to a paradise where the eternal fate of women in your religion is to be used forever as sex objects."
So, what do those examples reveal?
(1) There has never been in the multi-million-year history of the planet any other single source that has dreamed up more dualistic nonsense and that has provided more support for the continuation and propagation of dualistic beliefs than organizations or groups that specialize in religious / spiritual / supernatural topics that inspire magical thinking and talking and emoting and destructive behavior throughout the relative existence;
(2) the "natural BS detector of the young"—a detector which is also referred to as "the inner guru" or "the inner resource"— becomes deactivated during childhood by parents and society and "the authorities" who impose programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation; and
(3) the natural tendency to question nonsense becomes deactivated during childhood by parents and society and "the authorities" who impose programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation.
Thus, the unnatural / supernatural tendency to allow blind faith to lead persons to believe whatever they are told by an "authority figure," or by one claiming to speak for "The Authority," becomes the typical adult condition that completely prevents any chance for nisarga (natural) living to take place after having been subjected to programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation. More on that tomorrow.
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
The natural BS detector of the young—which allows for (1) an "out-of-the-mouth-of -babes" manner of accurately characterizing nonsense as nonsense and allows for (2) the rebellious but justified challenging of irrational comments when heard—becomes disengaged post-programming, post-conditioning, post-acculturation, and post-domestication.
What follows, then, is the "out-of-the-mouth-of-sleepwalking-adults" manner of thinking and talking and emoting that prevail around the globe and that perpetuate belief in the myths and dogma and delusions that mark and mar the relative existence when that which is nisarga (natural) is displaced by that which is unnatural and that which is erroneously thought to be supernatural.
The result is that, now, the non-Realized masses all around the globe talk BS rather than detect BS. Examples of such supernatural (a.k.a., "religious" or "spiritual" / magical) thoughts and talks that children doubt and question but that adults have accepted unquestioningly "then" or now include:
** All females suffer pain during their menstrual cycles because Eve misled Adam and convinced him to eat an apple from a tree that they were forbidden by god to eat apples from, so she was punished and all other women forever are also punished
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "How's that fair or just? All are punished for the actions of one? Are you confusing god with military commanders who use that method?"
** God loves you unconditionally, but he will punish you forever with fire and misery and suffering if you break one of his major rules
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Then how is that 'unconditional'?"
** God loves his children unconditionally, but one time he saved all of the animals and one family before flooding the earth and killing every human except the members of that family
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Then how is that 'unconditional'?"
** God is all-powerful, yet humans have the power to make him glad or sad or angry
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "So wouldn't that mean that humans have more power than God since they can control how he feels? In fact, wouldn't that mean that God is not all-powerful but is actually co-dependent?"
** You are fighting for your Emperor God, so if you kamikaze pilots commit suicide by flying your airplanes into Allied warships, you will be serving God
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Kill myself?!"
** You are fighting for Allah, so if you commit suicide by wearing a bomb vest and killing non-Muslims (or Muslims who have joined the wrong sect) you will be serving Allah and will therefore be rewarded forever with eternal sex orgies in paradise
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Kill myself!? and "So heaven is all about sex with multiple partners, really nothing more than a brothel in the sky that does not charge men to have sex (and does not pay the women for having sex, claiming it is their religious duty to pleasure the martyred)?"
** All is controlled by the Will of the Universe which (dualistically) tracks good and evil, so if a hurricane wipes away a town and much of its population, that is a necessary act that is required in order for the universe to re-establish karmic balance
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "So punishment can come centuries after the fact? And 'the universe,' whatever that means, can track good and evil? So there's some sort of 'Celestial Bookkeeper in the Sky,' or is your deal even more magical than that?"
** As quoted from the literature of the dominant Christian religion, the "deliberate stimulation of the genital organs (a.k.a., 'masturbation') is not a natural act," is a "gravely disordered action," and is a sin against God
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Say what?!"
** God answer prayers. If you are in desire or fear, pray for what you want to have and pray about what you fear and want to have removed
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Then why is it that most of what I pray for I never get?"
The typical reply: "Well, God works in mysterious ways."
** I whip you with a belt when you do wrong because I love you
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "How about if you love me a little less then? This is sounding like that god who loves me 'unconditionally' but is willing to punish me for eternity. Maybe that's where you learned this 'love-but-punish' concept?"
** I am the pope and I whip myself and sleep on the floor and deprive myself of food in order to be more perfect and more Christ-like
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: "Say what?! So you're telling me that suffering is good, that I should welcome the masochistic and the sadistic, that I should be happy to skip meals, and that I should sleep on the floor rather than in my bed if I want to be Christ-like?"
** I am an ayatollah in Iran and I have written a book that lists the four animals and a bird that men in our religion can have sexual relations with
A questioning child that has not yet been programmed to ignore the inner guru when it hears a completely ludicrous statement would ask: Nothing, but might say, "Animals! A bird! Okay, now you've left me speechless, totally stunned into silence, but I think I finally see why your men are willing to kill themselves to go to a paradise where the eternal fate of women in your religion is to be used forever as sex objects."
So, what do those examples reveal?
(1) There has never been in the multi-million-year history of the planet any other single source that has dreamed up more dualistic nonsense and that has provided more support for the continuation and propagation of dualistic beliefs than organizations or groups that specialize in religious / spiritual / supernatural topics that inspire magical thinking and talking and emoting and destructive behavior throughout the relative existence;
(2) the "natural BS detector of the young"—a detector which is also referred to as "the inner guru" or "the inner resource"— becomes deactivated during childhood by parents and society and "the authorities" who impose programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation; and
(3) the natural tendency to question nonsense becomes deactivated during childhood by parents and society and "the authorities" who impose programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation.
Thus, the unnatural / supernatural tendency to allow blind faith to lead persons to believe whatever they are told by an "authority figure," or by one claiming to speak for "The Authority," becomes the typical adult condition that completely prevents any chance for nisarga (natural) living to take place after having been subjected to programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation. More on that tomorrow.
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
[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
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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.)
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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.
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