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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.: In a post a few days ago, it was noted that when seekers actually move along the "path," subject-object witnessing, such as "I (subject) see you" (object), is transitioned and pure witnessing begins. At that second level of witnessing - at the True Self / Real Self / Pure Witnessing level - the Reality of the Oneness is seen.
Thus, "I love you" eventually gives way to the understanding that "Love is knowing that I am everything." Only would the non-Realized (A) diminish the magnitude of the understanding of the unicity...of the Oneness, and only would the non-Realized (B) bastardize the most perfect noun (namely, "Love," referring to the conflict-ending, peace-beginning sense of Oneness) to an often-self-serving verb: "I love you...so now, give me this and do this and that for me. No? You would if you loved me."
Of the "AM-ness" that sees Reality, including seeing that which is itSelf, Maharaj said:
"This ‘I am-ness’ is, being conscious of consciousness, being aware of itSelf. And it is indescribable, because it has no attributes. It is only being my Self, and being my Self is all that there is. Everything that exists, exists as my Self. There is nothing which is different from Me. There is no duality and, therefore, no pain. There are no problems. It is the sphere of Love, in which everything is perfect."
Only among the non-Realized would the magnitude of that associated with the most perfect of all spheres be reduced to something that is now most imperfect in the limited sphere of the relative.
Among the non-Realized, the false self is taken to be the True Self; therefore, the triad of elements / air / consciousness is taken by the subject-object witness as being that which one supposedly loves. If there is a plant food body-cum-consciousness that is circulating air, what is really "loved" by the one using the word as a verb?
The air that is being breathed? No. The Consciousness? No. The plant food body? Yes. When "love" is used as a verb, nothing more is happening than the limbic brain doing what it does, nothing more is happening than the triggering of a chemical reaction to attraction, and nothing more is happening than the ancient but subconscious drive to perpetuate the species.
Do the Realized never say "I love you"? Of course the expression is used, yet when spoken by the Realized, it is merely a pointer toward the Real Love that is known and felt when attachment to not-Real Love comes to an end and when the Oneness is Realized:
Maharaj: "Let go your attachment to the unreal and the real will swiftly and smoothly step into its own. Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realisation that You are the source and heart of all will dawn upon You. With this will come great Love."
Most "developed" nations now report a divorce rate that fluctuates between 50 and 60 percent. Why? Because the mental and emotional intoxication which flows from that which is thought to be True Love - but is merely the not-love that is believed in when the duality-reinforcing blocked consciousness is in action and dreaming that there can be some truth to the dualistic concept that an "A" can love a "B" - is eventually seen to be false:
** "You've never loved me! You've just been using me!"
** "I loved you, but you've blown it! You've never given me as much love as I gave you! We're through!"
** "I'm going to leave her for you. I realize now that she and I have never had real love, but I have finally found it with you."
Contrast those mind-based ideas about love that are rooted in duality with Real Love by understanding the point of this exchange:
Questioner: "Between the spirit and the body, is it love that provides the bridge?"
Maharaj: "What else? Mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it."
When belief in the body-mind-personality triad is discarded, this follows:
Maharaj: "In seeking You discover that You are neither the body nor mind, and the Love of the Self in You is for the Self in All. The 'two' are One. The consciousness in You and the consciousness in Me, apparently two, really One, seek unity and that is Love."
The defense of segregation and apartheid and division and partition is based in the arrogance and subject-object duality of false love: "I love my ____ (race, religion, group, nationality, self, etc.) and I want to keep it pure."
When relative "love" is the driving force, then relative "hate" will also manifest. No part of a dualistic pair can remain without its counterpart eventually manifesting; thus, when there is the "love" of partition, then the hatred of integration and union and unification and fusion and alliance will necessarily rear its ugly head.
The partner that loves the partner will (more often than not, statistically) eventually hate the partner. Only if Real Love is understood can Maharaj's next pointer be understood:
Maharaj: "In ['the highest state'], Love itself is the lover and the beloved."
Among arrogant persons trapped in duality, the lover and the beloved are also one, but in a manner that traps them forever in "the lowest state." In a "relationship" involving two egomaniacs (that is, people suffering from manias because of their assumed ego-states) they will only love self...or the false selves they have assumed.
Among egomaniacs, there is only room to love one, and that one is always...self. "What is desire, but love of the self?" (Maharaj)
All of that misunderstanding is rooted in the belief that things personal are real, but Maharaj spoke of the impersonal as being all that is Real:
"The impersonal cannot be described in terms of good and bad. It is Being - Wisdom - Love - all absolute." What has disturbed the peace, disrupted the peace, even destroyed the peace more than beliefs about what is "love-worthy" in this world and what is not...than beliefs about who and what should be loved and about who and what should be hated?
Maharaj said: "For peace you must go beyond the world. The root cause of the world is self-love. Because of it, we seek pleasure and avoid pain. Replace self-love by Love of the Self and the picture changes."
The invitation it to begin using the word "love" less as a verb and more as that which it truly is: a noun, Love, pointing to the unicity beyond the seeming multiplicity, pointing to the Oneness, pointing to that which is Real.
Thus, "I love you" eventually gives way to the understanding that "Love is knowing that I am everything." Only would the non-Realized (A) diminish the magnitude of the understanding of the unicity...of the Oneness, and only would the non-Realized (B) bastardize the most perfect noun (namely, "Love," referring to the conflict-ending, peace-beginning sense of Oneness) to an often-self-serving verb: "I love you...so now, give me this and do this and that for me. No? You would if you loved me."
Of the "AM-ness" that sees Reality, including seeing that which is itSelf, Maharaj said:
"This ‘I am-ness’ is, being conscious of consciousness, being aware of itSelf. And it is indescribable, because it has no attributes. It is only being my Self, and being my Self is all that there is. Everything that exists, exists as my Self. There is nothing which is different from Me. There is no duality and, therefore, no pain. There are no problems. It is the sphere of Love, in which everything is perfect."
Only among the non-Realized would the magnitude of that associated with the most perfect of all spheres be reduced to something that is now most imperfect in the limited sphere of the relative.
Among the non-Realized, the false self is taken to be the True Self; therefore, the triad of elements / air / consciousness is taken by the subject-object witness as being that which one supposedly loves. If there is a plant food body-cum-consciousness that is circulating air, what is really "loved" by the one using the word as a verb?
The air that is being breathed? No. The Consciousness? No. The plant food body? Yes. When "love" is used as a verb, nothing more is happening than the limbic brain doing what it does, nothing more is happening than the triggering of a chemical reaction to attraction, and nothing more is happening than the ancient but subconscious drive to perpetuate the species.
Do the Realized never say "I love you"? Of course the expression is used, yet when spoken by the Realized, it is merely a pointer toward the Real Love that is known and felt when attachment to not-Real Love comes to an end and when the Oneness is Realized:
Maharaj: "Let go your attachment to the unreal and the real will swiftly and smoothly step into its own. Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realisation that You are the source and heart of all will dawn upon You. With this will come great Love."
Most "developed" nations now report a divorce rate that fluctuates between 50 and 60 percent. Why? Because the mental and emotional intoxication which flows from that which is thought to be True Love - but is merely the not-love that is believed in when the duality-reinforcing blocked consciousness is in action and dreaming that there can be some truth to the dualistic concept that an "A" can love a "B" - is eventually seen to be false:
** "You've never loved me! You've just been using me!"
** "I loved you, but you've blown it! You've never given me as much love as I gave you! We're through!"
** "I'm going to leave her for you. I realize now that she and I have never had real love, but I have finally found it with you."
Contrast those mind-based ideas about love that are rooted in duality with Real Love by understanding the point of this exchange:
Questioner: "Between the spirit and the body, is it love that provides the bridge?"
Maharaj: "What else? Mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it."
When belief in the body-mind-personality triad is discarded, this follows:
Maharaj: "In seeking You discover that You are neither the body nor mind, and the Love of the Self in You is for the Self in All. The 'two' are One. The consciousness in You and the consciousness in Me, apparently two, really One, seek unity and that is Love."
The defense of segregation and apartheid and division and partition is based in the arrogance and subject-object duality of false love: "I love my ____ (race, religion, group, nationality, self, etc.) and I want to keep it pure."
When relative "love" is the driving force, then relative "hate" will also manifest. No part of a dualistic pair can remain without its counterpart eventually manifesting; thus, when there is the "love" of partition, then the hatred of integration and union and unification and fusion and alliance will necessarily rear its ugly head.
The partner that loves the partner will (more often than not, statistically) eventually hate the partner. Only if Real Love is understood can Maharaj's next pointer be understood:
Maharaj: "In ['the highest state'], Love itself is the lover and the beloved."
Among arrogant persons trapped in duality, the lover and the beloved are also one, but in a manner that traps them forever in "the lowest state." In a "relationship" involving two egomaniacs (that is, people suffering from manias because of their assumed ego-states) they will only love self...or the false selves they have assumed.
Among egomaniacs, there is only room to love one, and that one is always...self. "What is desire, but love of the self?" (Maharaj)
All of that misunderstanding is rooted in the belief that things personal are real, but Maharaj spoke of the impersonal as being all that is Real:
"The impersonal cannot be described in terms of good and bad. It is Being - Wisdom - Love - all absolute." What has disturbed the peace, disrupted the peace, even destroyed the peace more than beliefs about what is "love-worthy" in this world and what is not...than beliefs about who and what should be loved and about who and what should be hated?
Maharaj said: "For peace you must go beyond the world. The root cause of the world is self-love. Because of it, we seek pleasure and avoid pain. Replace self-love by Love of the Self and the picture changes."
The invitation it to begin using the word "love" less as a verb and more as that which it truly is: a noun, Love, pointing to the unicity beyond the seeming multiplicity, pointing to the Oneness, pointing to that which is Real.
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
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.
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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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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.
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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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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:
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Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:
I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.
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3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes
Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:
I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.
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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