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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.: This pointer is worth sharing again: persons can either follow a few clear-cut steps that result in the unblocking of the blocked consciousness, or they can follow the path of their parents. One “path” leads to total and complete freedom;
the other leads to a delusional existence in which persons think they are making choices but are actually acting and reacting in ways that are nothing more than a reenactment of childhood (and therefore childish) experiences.
One path is rooted in logic and fact; the other is rooted in emotional intoxication and fiction. One path has ingrained in you certain beliefs that will result in continued darkness and misery; in fear and desire; in valuing or accepting suffering in "this life" in anticipation of a reward in "that life";
in rigidity and inflexibility; in arrogance; in a false sense of separation; in "dual-mindedness" which leaves one "unstable in all ways"; in spiritual workaholism; in believing ancient myths and superstitions; and in the remainder of your relative existence being marred by the duality of occasions of happiness while otherwise being heavy and burdensome. The other path will result in the remainder of your relative existence being marked by an incredible lightness of being.
Few will ever enjoy that incredible lightness of being because few will ever enter into any form of self-inquiry and then Self-Inquiry: few will sit with a truly honest and forthright counselor or adviser or teacher or guru who will uncover what it is that is really driving them to behave the way they behave;
few will ever complete any kind of "personal" inventory that uncovers the relative liabilities and defects that dominant a personality that in turn dominates their every thought, belief, and act; and fewer still will ever question everything they have been told by authority figures and that they have accepted on faith as truth.
It is one thing if a child at the age of five buys into tales about St. Nick, virginal births, multi-armed goddesses, and supernatural power(s) in another world controlling everything in "this world" - down to when a sparrow dies and when rain falls; it is quite another thing for an adult at the age of thirty or forty or eighty to be fooled by the same, preposterous stories that a five-year old falls for.
It is one thing to believe what one was taught from birth to age six. It is another for an adult to accept those ideas and concepts and dogma which were taught at a time when questioning was not allowed and when punishments were administered for questioning authority figures.
It is quite another thing also for one to reach an adult age and still not has the ability to question the nonsense that was accepted as truth by a naive child. As adults, those childish beliefs are the source of misery, yet most are in denial about how bored or unhappy or even miserable that they are because of those beliefs.
Those who do touch the extent of their unhappiness usually either blame themselves or someone else for their misery (which is actually rooted in the beliefs and distortions that were programmed into them).
Egotism, of course, figures into much of the reluctance to admit to unhappiness, and egotism only manifests after an ego-state is assumed as an identity and ego-defense mechanisms are triggered to defend the illusion and image. To admit that one parent was walking about in his/her sleep and teaching nonsense will suggest to the ego of a person that the person is 50% “defective.”
To admit that both parents were walking about in their sleep and passing down nonsense that has—for thousands of years—been taken to be truth will suggest to the ego of a person that the person is 100% “defective”; thus, egotistical, adult-aged persons continue to defend the source of their faulty programming and conditioning rather than being rid of the effects once and for all.
The result is that lies have been cycled, and continue to be cycled, passed down within one family of fools after another. When it is seen that lies have been cycled for thousands of years by trillions of families, then it become clear why the planet is populated with the type of fools who are referenced in the following pointer: “Those alone who understand that I, the Absolute, am beyond the states of being and non-being realize my true nature. All others are fools.”
The irony is, that which is required to be freed from years of being fooled (namely, admitting that you have been fooled) is the very thing that personas - supported by arrogance and egotism - refuse to admit. Understand that and you understand why Maharaj’s estimate of the number of persons who will ever Realize changed from “1 in 100,000” early on to “1 in 1,000,000” later on to “1 in 10,000,000 at the most” in the end.
The result is that men who were spoiled by their mothers want spoiling wives; that women who were abused by their fathers find abusive men and become abusers as well; and why every scenario that marked the childhood of persons is repeated compulsively in adulthood among the non-Realized masses.
All of the dysfunctional or unhealthy or insane elements of the childhood environment contributed to the formation of the personality, and the personality drives the repetition compulsion that results in persons doing in adulthood what they experienced in childhood.
And all of the conscious claims to the contrary, their conduct is actually driven by their subconscious beliefs and by the other concepts held as truths by the blocked consciousness that cannot differentiate between lies and truth.
The result of all of that is a planet inhabited by children or by adults who behave as children. Lies are being cycled, and belief in lies results in the cycling of nonsense and insanity that generate misery and suffering throughout the relative existence.
"Minds" race and persons run full speed ahead, trying to allow their bodies to catch up with the pace of the "mind," but the "mind" always stays one step ahead, never affording the body any chance to relax and rejuvenate and take it easy.
Moreover, persons use the most ineffective methods to try to stop the racing, misery-generating “mind.” What is the only approach that is truly effective? The following is offered in the book, "What Happens When I Die?"
Efforts to quiet the “mind” or to ignore thoughts cannot succeed with any consistency. Only when Full Realization strikes, only when the "Oh my gosh!" moment happens, only then does the “mind” dissolve. What to consider meanwhile? It is true that, if you are instructed to "avoid thinking about an elephant," the only thing that you can think of is an elephant. So, what is the answer? The answer is not to try to be rid of a disturbing thought. The answer is to ask when a thought is interrupting the peace, “WHO is thinking that thought?" That is, which false ego-state is generating this disturbing thought, believing some lie is true?"
Only by relinquishing belief in the false identities that inspire thoughts can the thoughts come to an end. Only by abandoning the "this" and "that" in such beliefs as "I am this" (role) or "I am that" (role) will the peace and quiet of only the "I Am" ever happen. Until that happens, the only thing you will be at one with is your emotions, and that will most assuredly block any effort to find Truth, Oneness, freedom and the peace that follows.
the other leads to a delusional existence in which persons think they are making choices but are actually acting and reacting in ways that are nothing more than a reenactment of childhood (and therefore childish) experiences.
One path is rooted in logic and fact; the other is rooted in emotional intoxication and fiction. One path has ingrained in you certain beliefs that will result in continued darkness and misery; in fear and desire; in valuing or accepting suffering in "this life" in anticipation of a reward in "that life";
in rigidity and inflexibility; in arrogance; in a false sense of separation; in "dual-mindedness" which leaves one "unstable in all ways"; in spiritual workaholism; in believing ancient myths and superstitions; and in the remainder of your relative existence being marred by the duality of occasions of happiness while otherwise being heavy and burdensome. The other path will result in the remainder of your relative existence being marked by an incredible lightness of being.
Few will ever enjoy that incredible lightness of being because few will ever enter into any form of self-inquiry and then Self-Inquiry: few will sit with a truly honest and forthright counselor or adviser or teacher or guru who will uncover what it is that is really driving them to behave the way they behave;
few will ever complete any kind of "personal" inventory that uncovers the relative liabilities and defects that dominant a personality that in turn dominates their every thought, belief, and act; and fewer still will ever question everything they have been told by authority figures and that they have accepted on faith as truth.
It is one thing if a child at the age of five buys into tales about St. Nick, virginal births, multi-armed goddesses, and supernatural power(s) in another world controlling everything in "this world" - down to when a sparrow dies and when rain falls; it is quite another thing for an adult at the age of thirty or forty or eighty to be fooled by the same, preposterous stories that a five-year old falls for.
It is one thing to believe what one was taught from birth to age six. It is another for an adult to accept those ideas and concepts and dogma which were taught at a time when questioning was not allowed and when punishments were administered for questioning authority figures.
It is quite another thing also for one to reach an adult age and still not has the ability to question the nonsense that was accepted as truth by a naive child. As adults, those childish beliefs are the source of misery, yet most are in denial about how bored or unhappy or even miserable that they are because of those beliefs.
Those who do touch the extent of their unhappiness usually either blame themselves or someone else for their misery (which is actually rooted in the beliefs and distortions that were programmed into them).
Egotism, of course, figures into much of the reluctance to admit to unhappiness, and egotism only manifests after an ego-state is assumed as an identity and ego-defense mechanisms are triggered to defend the illusion and image. To admit that one parent was walking about in his/her sleep and teaching nonsense will suggest to the ego of a person that the person is 50% “defective.”
To admit that both parents were walking about in their sleep and passing down nonsense that has—for thousands of years—been taken to be truth will suggest to the ego of a person that the person is 100% “defective”; thus, egotistical, adult-aged persons continue to defend the source of their faulty programming and conditioning rather than being rid of the effects once and for all.
The result is that lies have been cycled, and continue to be cycled, passed down within one family of fools after another. When it is seen that lies have been cycled for thousands of years by trillions of families, then it become clear why the planet is populated with the type of fools who are referenced in the following pointer: “Those alone who understand that I, the Absolute, am beyond the states of being and non-being realize my true nature. All others are fools.”
The irony is, that which is required to be freed from years of being fooled (namely, admitting that you have been fooled) is the very thing that personas - supported by arrogance and egotism - refuse to admit. Understand that and you understand why Maharaj’s estimate of the number of persons who will ever Realize changed from “1 in 100,000” early on to “1 in 1,000,000” later on to “1 in 10,000,000 at the most” in the end.
The result is that men who were spoiled by their mothers want spoiling wives; that women who were abused by their fathers find abusive men and become abusers as well; and why every scenario that marked the childhood of persons is repeated compulsively in adulthood among the non-Realized masses.
All of the dysfunctional or unhealthy or insane elements of the childhood environment contributed to the formation of the personality, and the personality drives the repetition compulsion that results in persons doing in adulthood what they experienced in childhood.
And all of the conscious claims to the contrary, their conduct is actually driven by their subconscious beliefs and by the other concepts held as truths by the blocked consciousness that cannot differentiate between lies and truth.
The result of all of that is a planet inhabited by children or by adults who behave as children. Lies are being cycled, and belief in lies results in the cycling of nonsense and insanity that generate misery and suffering throughout the relative existence.
"Minds" race and persons run full speed ahead, trying to allow their bodies to catch up with the pace of the "mind," but the "mind" always stays one step ahead, never affording the body any chance to relax and rejuvenate and take it easy.
Moreover, persons use the most ineffective methods to try to stop the racing, misery-generating “mind.” What is the only approach that is truly effective? The following is offered in the book, "What Happens When I Die?"
Efforts to quiet the “mind” or to ignore thoughts cannot succeed with any consistency. Only when Full Realization strikes, only when the "Oh my gosh!" moment happens, only then does the “mind” dissolve. What to consider meanwhile? It is true that, if you are instructed to "avoid thinking about an elephant," the only thing that you can think of is an elephant. So, what is the answer? The answer is not to try to be rid of a disturbing thought. The answer is to ask when a thought is interrupting the peace, “WHO is thinking that thought?" That is, which false ego-state is generating this disturbing thought, believing some lie is true?"
Only by relinquishing belief in the false identities that inspire thoughts can the thoughts come to an end. Only by abandoning the "this" and "that" in such beliefs as "I am this" (role) or "I am that" (role) will the peace and quiet of only the "I Am" ever happen. Until that happens, the only thing you will be at one with is your emotions, and that will most assuredly block any effort to find Truth, Oneness, freedom and the peace that follows.
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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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