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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.: Yesterday, references were made to several things that cycle throughout the relative existence:
A. Beliefs, myths, superstitions, concepts, dogma, and ideas are cycled from one generation to the next. So, too, are all of these cycled:
B. Misery and suffering, generated by believing false myths, superstitions, concepts, dogma, and ideas;
C. The assumption of false identities - of false roles taken to be real - and the subsequent egotism and arrogance that always follow;
D. Lies;
E. Being fooled, foolishness;
F. The compulsion to repeat childhood experiences, especially the ones considered to be "the most negative" (the repetition compulsion being the drive to repeat those and bring about a different ending to the scenarios in adulthood);
G. The dysfunctional or unhealthy or insane elements of the childhood environment;
H. Childish behaviors, no matter the age;
I. Thoughts, cycling endlessly via the fiction-filled "mind";
J. The search for peace (the search triggered because of the effects of A-I above which rob persons of freedom and, therefore, peace).
Peace can never precede freedom; it only follows. To buy into the plethora of lies that are circulating throughout cultures and countries and around the globe is to be imprisoned in peace-less ignorance and harmony-less darkness.
Freedom comes via the understanding that the only thing which is real that cycles is energy (that is, energy / matter). Again, what is taken to be "floyd" or "louise" or "maharaj" by the non-Realized masses is merely a triad of conscious-energy, air, and elements, all of which are cycling.
At some point, the elements will return to the universal pool of elements; the oxygen will return to the universal pool of air; and the consciousness will return to the specialized-energy-pool called "the Absolute." To understand that that is all that is cycling - all that is happening - is to free persons of the misery-generating belief that their false roles (which cycle into play and which will cycle out of play) are real.
To fail to understand that the triad above is what is truly cycling is to believe that roles are cycling into "reality" and then cycling out of "existence," leaving people at one with their emotions, at one with their fallacious belief systems, and at one with the lie.
At one with the lie, only misery and suffering can come. To believe that a pronouncement from a man in a robe can actually change That Which You Truly Are is to buy into a lie: "I was single, but now I am a wife / a husband. Now, I must think differently, talk differently, and - most of all - behave differently. If that is done rightly, then "The Husband" / "The Wife" can continue to be who I am."
Because the Second Law of Thermodynamics applies to everything in the relative existence, what comes together will eventually come apart:
the elements came together to form the bridge...the elements forming the bridge came apart and people died...now everyone is shocked and miserable;
the elements came together to form the city...a hurricane blew through and the elements forming the city came apart...now everyone is shocked and miserable;
and
the couple came together to form "a marriage"...the couple came apart to form "two divorcees"...now everyone is shocked and miserable.
To be at one with the lie is to be at one with the emotions, and to be at one with the emotions (which can only be "experienced" by an ego-state) is to be happy at some point and miserable at another point.
That which supposedly brings happiness will eventually bring misery, and that which supposedly brings the most happiness will eventually bring the most misery. If a man in a robe is believed when he tells the lie that "two are now one," then another man in a robe must be believed when he tells the lie that "you two who were one are now two again."
And in believing those lies which are cycling daily around the globe is to lose touch with reality; to lose touch with reality is to lose freedom; and to lose freedom is to lose peace.
To accept unquestioningly beliefs, myths, superstitions, concepts, dogma, and ideas is to be fooled; to be a fool is to be miserable. To assume ego-states as true identities is to be fooled, and to be a fool is to be miserable. To be childish no matter one's age is to be fooled, and to be a fool is to be miserable. To believe in the content of the ever-churning "mind" is to be fooled, and to be a fool is miserable.
To be driven in adulthood by the repetition compulsion that is rooted in unresolved childhood issues is to be driven by the dysfunctionalism and the mentally and emotionally unhealthy (or even insane) elements of the childhood environment. That, in turn, drives persons to act like fools, and to behave as a fool is to be miserable.
To be able to differentiate between
(1) that which cycles and which is real and
(2) that which is being cycled around the globe but which is based in lies
is to be able to avoid being fooled and to avoid misery and suffering. The ability to differentiate true from false is an ability that comes to some by completing the entire "journey" to Full Realization.
A. Beliefs, myths, superstitions, concepts, dogma, and ideas are cycled from one generation to the next. So, too, are all of these cycled:
B. Misery and suffering, generated by believing false myths, superstitions, concepts, dogma, and ideas;
C. The assumption of false identities - of false roles taken to be real - and the subsequent egotism and arrogance that always follow;
D. Lies;
E. Being fooled, foolishness;
F. The compulsion to repeat childhood experiences, especially the ones considered to be "the most negative" (the repetition compulsion being the drive to repeat those and bring about a different ending to the scenarios in adulthood);
G. The dysfunctional or unhealthy or insane elements of the childhood environment;
H. Childish behaviors, no matter the age;
I. Thoughts, cycling endlessly via the fiction-filled "mind";
J. The search for peace (the search triggered because of the effects of A-I above which rob persons of freedom and, therefore, peace).
Peace can never precede freedom; it only follows. To buy into the plethora of lies that are circulating throughout cultures and countries and around the globe is to be imprisoned in peace-less ignorance and harmony-less darkness.
Freedom comes via the understanding that the only thing which is real that cycles is energy (that is, energy / matter). Again, what is taken to be "floyd" or "louise" or "maharaj" by the non-Realized masses is merely a triad of conscious-energy, air, and elements, all of which are cycling.
At some point, the elements will return to the universal pool of elements; the oxygen will return to the universal pool of air; and the consciousness will return to the specialized-energy-pool called "the Absolute." To understand that that is all that is cycling - all that is happening - is to free persons of the misery-generating belief that their false roles (which cycle into play and which will cycle out of play) are real.
To fail to understand that the triad above is what is truly cycling is to believe that roles are cycling into "reality" and then cycling out of "existence," leaving people at one with their emotions, at one with their fallacious belief systems, and at one with the lie.
At one with the lie, only misery and suffering can come. To believe that a pronouncement from a man in a robe can actually change That Which You Truly Are is to buy into a lie: "I was single, but now I am a wife / a husband. Now, I must think differently, talk differently, and - most of all - behave differently. If that is done rightly, then "The Husband" / "The Wife" can continue to be who I am."
Because the Second Law of Thermodynamics applies to everything in the relative existence, what comes together will eventually come apart:
the elements came together to form the bridge...the elements forming the bridge came apart and people died...now everyone is shocked and miserable;
the elements came together to form the city...a hurricane blew through and the elements forming the city came apart...now everyone is shocked and miserable;
and
the couple came together to form "a marriage"...the couple came apart to form "two divorcees"...now everyone is shocked and miserable.
To be at one with the lie is to be at one with the emotions, and to be at one with the emotions (which can only be "experienced" by an ego-state) is to be happy at some point and miserable at another point.
That which supposedly brings happiness will eventually bring misery, and that which supposedly brings the most happiness will eventually bring the most misery. If a man in a robe is believed when he tells the lie that "two are now one," then another man in a robe must be believed when he tells the lie that "you two who were one are now two again."
And in believing those lies which are cycling daily around the globe is to lose touch with reality; to lose touch with reality is to lose freedom; and to lose freedom is to lose peace.
To accept unquestioningly beliefs, myths, superstitions, concepts, dogma, and ideas is to be fooled; to be a fool is to be miserable. To assume ego-states as true identities is to be fooled, and to be a fool is to be miserable. To be childish no matter one's age is to be fooled, and to be a fool is to be miserable. To believe in the content of the ever-churning "mind" is to be fooled, and to be a fool is miserable.
To be driven in adulthood by the repetition compulsion that is rooted in unresolved childhood issues is to be driven by the dysfunctionalism and the mentally and emotionally unhealthy (or even insane) elements of the childhood environment. That, in turn, drives persons to act like fools, and to behave as a fool is to be miserable.
To be able to differentiate between
(1) that which cycles and which is real and
(2) that which is being cycled around the globe but which is based in lies
is to be able to avoid being fooled and to avoid misery and suffering. The ability to differentiate true from false is an ability that comes to some by completing the entire "journey" to Full Realization.
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."
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IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
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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
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THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
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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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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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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.
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