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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.: Most seekers want whatever it is that they think awaits them at the end of the "path," so most will never continue the seeking to the actual end of the nisarga "path."
When a speck of consciousness called "a nisargan teacher" begins speaking about "less-ness" to the point of "nothingness," those seekers who are desiring "more-ness" will be repelled by what they are hearing. (Thus, the fact that the nisarga yoga is probably the least popular yoga of all.)
If their seeking has an Eastern bent, then they will seek some other teacher who is using a yoga that promises "something" (something "great," in fact) rather than staying with a teacher that is offering less (and, eventually, nothing). If the seeker happens to be among the 97% who are seeking via organized religion, they will most assuredly want more, not less.
However, if total de-accumulation happens, then it will result in mind-less-ness and identity-less-ness and concept-less-ness and belief-less-ness, all of which could lead to less stress and to less discontentment and to less chaos and to less instability.
Yet that requires that there must be less influence from the key sources of duality and misery, specifically: yogas that promise more, religions that promise more, and teaching methods that promise more.
MIND-LESS-NESS and IDENTITY-LESS-NESS
If mind-less-ness manifests, then the storehouse of (1) all dualistic beliefs and (2) all beliefs about personality and identity, will end.
Look at the chaos and instability that manifests as a result of beliefs stored in the "mind," including the belief that personas are real. Consider how much of the chaos on the planet has been rooted in the mind's constant movements regarding "relationship personas" alone:
“I love her” later becomes “I hate her” and “I love him" later becomes "I hate him” and “Yes—we promise to stay together forever" later becomes, “I can’t stand to stay with that person for even one more micro-second.”
The personas are ever-changing, too: a man in a robe can say “I pronounce that you are husband and wife” but later another man in a robe can say, “I pronounce that you are no longer husband and wife.”
A man in a robe can tell one woman, “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones” then later can tell another woman, “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones” and then he can later tell a third woman “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones” and at some later time he can tell a fourth woman, “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones.”
And in all those cases, not one woman says, “BS! You’ve said the exact same thing to all those other women, too! All of those pronouncements cannot possibly be true!” Instead, the women all replied to the man in the robe in their sleep and said, "Okay" and “Okay” and “Okay” and “Okay.”
Furthermore, if the "mind" were to end, not only would such widespread belief in personas and "relationship personas" end but also the primary source of dualistic beliefs - organized religion - could end.
BELIEF-LESS-NESS AND LESS RELIGION
The proselytizing ninety-seven percent of the planet's population who claim that they are followers of one of the many organized religions most certainly want more:
more believers, more members, more people willing to accept their dogma, more people following their religious teachings, more rewards now, more rewards later. Nothing and nothingness are anathema. Why did the Realized poet John Lennon suggest that less religion would bring a greater sense of Oneness?
Why did he invite all to "imagine there's no heaven / It's easy if you try / No hell below us / Above us only sky" and to imagine "no countries" and to imagine "nothing to kill or die for and no religion too?" [You may visit the archives to see the series on “Imagine” that was posted on this site 16 September 2006 and ff.]
Consider: if it were understood that there is no heaven nor hell, then there would be no need for religions. If there were no religions, there would be no Islamist terrorists and no Christians genocidists. There would have been no Inquisition; no "European Holocaust";
no use of the Christian concept of "Manifest Destiny" to justify "the Holocaust of the Americas" that saw the annihilation of 150,000,000 people who were living in what is now called North, Central, and South America.
There would be far less sense of separation; there would be far less manifesting of the God Complex Disorder because there would be far fewer "godly people"; and there would be an end to the motivator of most of the killing that is currently happening on the planet, namely:
duality-and-dogma-based arrogance and ego-states (and the accompanying egotism) and moralizing and judging. There would also be an end to the assumption of the now-prevalent “good personas” that generated a sense of "different from" and "better-than."
In the absence of persons who take themselves to be “good” or even “perfect” (or, as the Methodists claim, people who believe they have been “made perfect”) then all of the “bad” persons they dream up would also end.
There could not be the label that was used to define "floyd" as “A New Age Agent of Satan”; there could be no one with “right or wrong” sexual preferences and there could be no "heathens"; and there would be far fewer instances of "someone who is 'not good enough' for another.”
Is it any wonder that the sages for thousands of years have endorsed de-accumulation and less-ness as opposed to accumulation and more-ness?
When a speck of consciousness called "a nisargan teacher" begins speaking about "less-ness" to the point of "nothingness," those seekers who are desiring "more-ness" will be repelled by what they are hearing. (Thus, the fact that the nisarga yoga is probably the least popular yoga of all.)
If their seeking has an Eastern bent, then they will seek some other teacher who is using a yoga that promises "something" (something "great," in fact) rather than staying with a teacher that is offering less (and, eventually, nothing). If the seeker happens to be among the 97% who are seeking via organized religion, they will most assuredly want more, not less.
However, if total de-accumulation happens, then it will result in mind-less-ness and identity-less-ness and concept-less-ness and belief-less-ness, all of which could lead to less stress and to less discontentment and to less chaos and to less instability.
Yet that requires that there must be less influence from the key sources of duality and misery, specifically: yogas that promise more, religions that promise more, and teaching methods that promise more.
MIND-LESS-NESS and IDENTITY-LESS-NESS
If mind-less-ness manifests, then the storehouse of (1) all dualistic beliefs and (2) all beliefs about personality and identity, will end.
Look at the chaos and instability that manifests as a result of beliefs stored in the "mind," including the belief that personas are real. Consider how much of the chaos on the planet has been rooted in the mind's constant movements regarding "relationship personas" alone:
“I love her” later becomes “I hate her” and “I love him" later becomes "I hate him” and “Yes—we promise to stay together forever" later becomes, “I can’t stand to stay with that person for even one more micro-second.”
The personas are ever-changing, too: a man in a robe can say “I pronounce that you are husband and wife” but later another man in a robe can say, “I pronounce that you are no longer husband and wife.”
A man in a robe can tell one woman, “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones” then later can tell another woman, “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones” and then he can later tell a third woman “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones” and at some later time he can tell a fourth woman, “I now pronounce that you are Mrs. James Philmore Jones.”
And in all those cases, not one woman says, “BS! You’ve said the exact same thing to all those other women, too! All of those pronouncements cannot possibly be true!” Instead, the women all replied to the man in the robe in their sleep and said, "Okay" and “Okay” and “Okay” and “Okay.”
Furthermore, if the "mind" were to end, not only would such widespread belief in personas and "relationship personas" end but also the primary source of dualistic beliefs - organized religion - could end.
BELIEF-LESS-NESS AND LESS RELIGION
The proselytizing ninety-seven percent of the planet's population who claim that they are followers of one of the many organized religions most certainly want more:
more believers, more members, more people willing to accept their dogma, more people following their religious teachings, more rewards now, more rewards later. Nothing and nothingness are anathema. Why did the Realized poet John Lennon suggest that less religion would bring a greater sense of Oneness?
Why did he invite all to "imagine there's no heaven / It's easy if you try / No hell below us / Above us only sky" and to imagine "no countries" and to imagine "nothing to kill or die for and no religion too?" [You may visit the archives to see the series on “Imagine” that was posted on this site 16 September 2006 and ff.]
Consider: if it were understood that there is no heaven nor hell, then there would be no need for religions. If there were no religions, there would be no Islamist terrorists and no Christians genocidists. There would have been no Inquisition; no "European Holocaust";
no use of the Christian concept of "Manifest Destiny" to justify "the Holocaust of the Americas" that saw the annihilation of 150,000,000 people who were living in what is now called North, Central, and South America.
There would be far less sense of separation; there would be far less manifesting of the God Complex Disorder because there would be far fewer "godly people"; and there would be an end to the motivator of most of the killing that is currently happening on the planet, namely:
duality-and-dogma-based arrogance and ego-states (and the accompanying egotism) and moralizing and judging. There would also be an end to the assumption of the now-prevalent “good personas” that generated a sense of "different from" and "better-than."
In the absence of persons who take themselves to be “good” or even “perfect” (or, as the Methodists claim, people who believe they have been “made perfect”) then all of the “bad” persons they dream up would also end.
There could not be the label that was used to define "floyd" as “A New Age Agent of Satan”; there could be no one with “right or wrong” sexual preferences and there could be no "heathens"; and there would be far fewer instances of "someone who is 'not good enough' for another.”
Is it any wonder that the sages for thousands of years have endorsed de-accumulation and less-ness as opposed to accumulation and more-ness?
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
Much of what Louise has shared has resonated with many site visitors. to that end, some have inquired recently if Louise offers the online Advaita Internet Course. The answer is, "Yes."
Whether taking the course with Louise or Floyd, the price of the course includes all 11 of the Advaita eBooks, questions sent after completion of the assigned readings, replies to your answers, and follow-up as required.
With either teacher, you will be guided through all seven of the steps, in order, that lead from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond). For more specific information and details about the course, you may click on the link to the right.
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Whether taking the course with Louise or Floyd, the price of the course includes all 11 of the Advaita eBooks, questions sent after completion of the assigned readings, replies to your answers, and follow-up as required.
With either teacher, you will be guided through all seven of the steps, in order, that lead from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond). For more specific information and details about the course, you may click on the link to the right.
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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).
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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]
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.
The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders offers the non-duality message by way of a mystery-adventure novel, discussing the movement from pain to healing to awakening to peace.
From Dr. R.F. Maley, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston: "Floyd Henderson's book, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, is a fun read and an interesting mystery, but perhaps more importantly it serves as a vehicle for blending Eastern Philosophy and Native American Spirituality to make an intellectually challenging novel. The book's insights into both relationships and authoritarian conditioning of people in our society make it a must read, tracing the roots of narcissistic, sociopathic and psychopathic behaviors to the very core of the culture. This truly witty and politically-incorrect study of the aggressive nature of 'the American character' offers not only a diagnosis but also a treatment plan, making the book an excellent supplemental reading in courses such as psychology, anthropology, philosophy, sociology and counseling."
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The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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