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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.: It has been reported that when a man driving 50 m.p.h. (= about 80 k.p.h.) ran though a stoplight and injured my daughter by broadsiding the car she was in, something was most assuredly felt here. Realization ends the ability to be emotionally-intoxicated (that always involves ego-states) but enhances the ability to feel.
Yet feelings, like everything else among the Realized, are witnessed...witnessed as they rise...witnessed as they fall. In the old days of ego-states and emotional intoxication, "Floyd the Super Father" would have found the man and introduced him to be a big dose of bodily harm.
Today, there is nothing here that can be affected or harmed, threatened or endangered, discouraged or encouraged, offended or stroked. And the same could happen in every case among persons if they but understood the pointer offered again as recently as yesterday:
There is no personal "one." There is merely a plant food body, a mere space or form through which air circulates and in which conscious-energy is manifested. That energy, and the elements that make up the form, are constantly and continually cycling.
There has never been any continuity of body or consciousness. If the consumption of plants (or the consumption of things that eat plants) comes to a halt, then within 50-60 days, the manifestation of consciousness in the body-cum-consciousness will end. The replacement of skin cells that cover the form and that are replaced in their entirety every 28 days will happen no more.
So that which the non-Realized take to be "self" or "others" or "people" or "persons" has no continuity now, much less later. That which the non-Realized take to be "self" or "others" or "people" or "persons" really amounts to nothing more than temporarily-combined elements, circulating air, and temporarily-manifested energy.
The elements associated with "your form or space" yesterday are not the same elements associated with it today; the air you breathed yesterday is not the air you will breathe today; and the energy that was manifested yesterday is not the same quantity of energy that will be manifested today.
The distortion that gives the false sense of continuity to "you" is memory, and since seeing then was warped and was not reality at all, then memories based in perceptions from then are also warped, false, and not real at all.
So which parts of a plant-food-body-air-energy-triad can be affected by anything? As asked yesterday, can the plant food body be offended? No. (It can feel pain, but it cannot experience misery or suffering. Those are only of the realm of the fictitious "mind.")
Can the air be affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, sad? No. Can the energy be affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, sad? No. This experiment has been assigned before:
Go into your kitchen and find a wall outlet where you plug in the cords of appliances. Just behind that outlet is energy. Remove any and all cords and move all of the appliances out of the way. Lean in as closely as you can to the wall outlet, get your mouth as close to the plug as possible without actually touching it, and begin to yell:
"You are worthless! You are the dumbest thing on this planet." Yell,
"I hate you and I am moving out of this house. I want to be as far away from you as possible, and I never want to see you again!" Yell,
"You are scum! You are a user, a control freak, a sociopath!" Yell,
"You are a total hypocrite!" Yell,
"You and your _____ (fill-in-the-blank: religion, spiritual group, philosophy, God-talk, Advaita-crap, warped thinking, whatever) disgust me! Do the world a favor and die!" Yell
"You are so stupid that if your intelligence could be turned into leather, there would not be enough to make a saddle for a flea!" Yell,
"If abject stupidity ever reaches $80 a barrel, I want drilling rights on your head!"
Then step back and see if the energy has been bothered in the least. Yell also at the elements from which the wall plate was made. Yell also at the air around the energy that is a half-inch away from the plug openings. Nothing, right?
Then, go outside and yell at a deer or a bird or a fish. They will move away from the noise, being natural in all ways and noise being most unnatural, but they will know no offense.
Why? Because they are mindless, identity-less, ego-less, and egotism-less. If the yelling startles them, so it is, but whatever happens in that regard will end in seconds after they move to a quieter place.
Nothing about the body-air-conscious-energy-triad can be affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, or sad, but ego-states can mistakenly THINK that they have been affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, or sad.
Again, pain is of the body, misery and suffering are of the "mind"; the "mind" is not real; therefore, any imagined effects are also not real. If you have not fixated in the no-concept, no-identity, no-beliefs, non-dual Reality, then consider that what others take you to be - and what you are taking yourself to be - is a complete misperception.
Until you reach the no-identity state, focus on seeing that nothing more is involved in any relative happening than a plant-food-body-cum-consciousness that is circulating air. Then understand that
(A) for now, you are but the consciousness that is witnessing either impurely (because of blockages) or that
(B) is seeing purely because You completed the seven-step "path" to Realization, eliminating all of the obstacles that had been preventing the seeing of Reality and Truth.
Yet feelings, like everything else among the Realized, are witnessed...witnessed as they rise...witnessed as they fall. In the old days of ego-states and emotional intoxication, "Floyd the Super Father" would have found the man and introduced him to be a big dose of bodily harm.
Today, there is nothing here that can be affected or harmed, threatened or endangered, discouraged or encouraged, offended or stroked. And the same could happen in every case among persons if they but understood the pointer offered again as recently as yesterday:
There is no personal "one." There is merely a plant food body, a mere space or form through which air circulates and in which conscious-energy is manifested. That energy, and the elements that make up the form, are constantly and continually cycling.
There has never been any continuity of body or consciousness. If the consumption of plants (or the consumption of things that eat plants) comes to a halt, then within 50-60 days, the manifestation of consciousness in the body-cum-consciousness will end. The replacement of skin cells that cover the form and that are replaced in their entirety every 28 days will happen no more.
So that which the non-Realized take to be "self" or "others" or "people" or "persons" has no continuity now, much less later. That which the non-Realized take to be "self" or "others" or "people" or "persons" really amounts to nothing more than temporarily-combined elements, circulating air, and temporarily-manifested energy.
The elements associated with "your form or space" yesterday are not the same elements associated with it today; the air you breathed yesterday is not the air you will breathe today; and the energy that was manifested yesterday is not the same quantity of energy that will be manifested today.
The distortion that gives the false sense of continuity to "you" is memory, and since seeing then was warped and was not reality at all, then memories based in perceptions from then are also warped, false, and not real at all.
So which parts of a plant-food-body-air-energy-triad can be affected by anything? As asked yesterday, can the plant food body be offended? No. (It can feel pain, but it cannot experience misery or suffering. Those are only of the realm of the fictitious "mind.")
Can the air be affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, sad? No. Can the energy be affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, sad? No. This experiment has been assigned before:
Go into your kitchen and find a wall outlet where you plug in the cords of appliances. Just behind that outlet is energy. Remove any and all cords and move all of the appliances out of the way. Lean in as closely as you can to the wall outlet, get your mouth as close to the plug as possible without actually touching it, and begin to yell:
"You are worthless! You are the dumbest thing on this planet." Yell,
"I hate you and I am moving out of this house. I want to be as far away from you as possible, and I never want to see you again!" Yell,
"You are scum! You are a user, a control freak, a sociopath!" Yell,
"You are a total hypocrite!" Yell,
"You and your _____ (fill-in-the-blank: religion, spiritual group, philosophy, God-talk, Advaita-crap, warped thinking, whatever) disgust me! Do the world a favor and die!" Yell
"You are so stupid that if your intelligence could be turned into leather, there would not be enough to make a saddle for a flea!" Yell,
"If abject stupidity ever reaches $80 a barrel, I want drilling rights on your head!"
Then step back and see if the energy has been bothered in the least. Yell also at the elements from which the wall plate was made. Yell also at the air around the energy that is a half-inch away from the plug openings. Nothing, right?
Then, go outside and yell at a deer or a bird or a fish. They will move away from the noise, being natural in all ways and noise being most unnatural, but they will know no offense.
Why? Because they are mindless, identity-less, ego-less, and egotism-less. If the yelling startles them, so it is, but whatever happens in that regard will end in seconds after they move to a quieter place.
Nothing about the body-air-conscious-energy-triad can be affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, or sad, but ego-states can mistakenly THINK that they have been affected, offended, scared, angry, happy, blissful, joyful, or sad.
Again, pain is of the body, misery and suffering are of the "mind"; the "mind" is not real; therefore, any imagined effects are also not real. If you have not fixated in the no-concept, no-identity, no-beliefs, non-dual Reality, then consider that what others take you to be - and what you are taking yourself to be - is a complete misperception.
Until you reach the no-identity state, focus on seeing that nothing more is involved in any relative happening than a plant-food-body-cum-consciousness that is circulating air. Then understand that
(A) for now, you are but the consciousness that is witnessing either impurely (because of blockages) or that
(B) is seeing purely because You completed the seven-step "path" to Realization, eliminating all of the obstacles that had been preventing the seeing of Reality and Truth.
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.
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
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.
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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The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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