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"To take appearance for reality is ... the cause of all calamities." - Maharaj
F.: On a planet that talks of a "north" pole and a "south" pole and of an "east" that is the opposite of "west," is it any wonder that polarity is a key marker of so many cultures?
Chile, in the news lately, is "far right"; there is friction with their neighbor Bolivia because it is "far left"; the U.S. is equally polarized as 50% consider themselves to be "right-wing conservatives" and half see themselves as "left-wing progressives or liberals."
With 50% of the global population being Personality Type Sixes whose lives are marked with fear and indecisiveness and fluctuations between occasional calm and more frequent anxiety, then half of all people on the planet will often be in fear and will be exposed to the calamities that are generated when fear-based personas behave is their self-destructive, foolish manner when the fight-flight-freeze syndrome triggers internal conflict, relatively speaking, which produces external conflict as well.
Thus, the calamities referenced by Maharaj run an entire spectrum from (A) the woman who wrote yesterday and described a relative existence that is not unlike a roller coaster ride (experiencing "joy" some times but fear and anxiety most other times) to (B) fighting, abusing, killing, and self-killing at the other extreme.
Yet nowhere along the spectrum can there be any rest, any peace, or any lightness of being - no matter what type of relative existence is unfolding...no matter if the masses might label one life as being marked by "slighter calamities" than others.
[It is common among persons to differentiate "big problems" from "little problems" thusly: "Your problems are the little ones, mine are the big ones." Though perception is never reality, it is impossible to convince perceivers of that fact; therefore, the news received yesterday:
a man who has been divorced for years - but who could not accept the fact that the playing of "The Husband" role had come to an end - shot himself in the heart after leaving a dramatic (even histrionic) note intended to project guilt onto the one he blamed for destroying "him" (that is, for bringing to an end the false identity he had accepted as his primary identity). The note to "The Ex" read, "You left a hole in my heart."]
As is often the case, suicide is aimed at someone other than oneself, but note how duality is always at the core of calamities:
The message is "I cannot live with my self anymore," actually meaning, "I - whatever this real witness is that is observing and drawing a conclusion - cannot live with my false self or selves anymore" while also believing that "I cannot live without my false selves anymore either." Such a conundrum - rooted in relative lies that are believed to be Absolute Truth - can most certainly drive one to end the manifestation. But do you see the duality? Both an "I" and a "me" are referenced:
"I" - this True Self / this consciousness that is manifested but blocked from seeing Reality - cannot co-exist any longer with all of the false, unreal roles that seemingly come and go.
Many will reach that point of delusion and self-deception, and the result is either the continuation of a miserable existence, the ending of the manifestation of the consciousness, or the reaching of an understanding that allows all of the lies to be seen as lies, paving the way for Truth to be Realized if the "path" is followed entirely.
Short of Full Realization, "appearances" (and "disappearances") will be taken for reality and will be "the cause of all calamities." That is, "The Spouse" can seemingly appear when a man in a role says so, and "The Spouse" can seemingly disappear when a different man in a robe says so.
And the whole time, nothing real has come and nothing real has gone. Such persons were never in the world; instead, the world was in them...in their "minds." In relative terms, though, calamities will result and will have a seemingly real impact when they occur.
Chile, in the news lately, is "far right"; there is friction with their neighbor Bolivia because it is "far left"; the U.S. is equally polarized as 50% consider themselves to be "right-wing conservatives" and half see themselves as "left-wing progressives or liberals."
With 50% of the global population being Personality Type Sixes whose lives are marked with fear and indecisiveness and fluctuations between occasional calm and more frequent anxiety, then half of all people on the planet will often be in fear and will be exposed to the calamities that are generated when fear-based personas behave is their self-destructive, foolish manner when the fight-flight-freeze syndrome triggers internal conflict, relatively speaking, which produces external conflict as well.
Thus, the calamities referenced by Maharaj run an entire spectrum from (A) the woman who wrote yesterday and described a relative existence that is not unlike a roller coaster ride (experiencing "joy" some times but fear and anxiety most other times) to (B) fighting, abusing, killing, and self-killing at the other extreme.
Yet nowhere along the spectrum can there be any rest, any peace, or any lightness of being - no matter what type of relative existence is unfolding...no matter if the masses might label one life as being marked by "slighter calamities" than others.
[It is common among persons to differentiate "big problems" from "little problems" thusly: "Your problems are the little ones, mine are the big ones." Though perception is never reality, it is impossible to convince perceivers of that fact; therefore, the news received yesterday:
a man who has been divorced for years - but who could not accept the fact that the playing of "The Husband" role had come to an end - shot himself in the heart after leaving a dramatic (even histrionic) note intended to project guilt onto the one he blamed for destroying "him" (that is, for bringing to an end the false identity he had accepted as his primary identity). The note to "The Ex" read, "You left a hole in my heart."]
As is often the case, suicide is aimed at someone other than oneself, but note how duality is always at the core of calamities:
The message is "I cannot live with my self anymore," actually meaning, "I - whatever this real witness is that is observing and drawing a conclusion - cannot live with my false self or selves anymore" while also believing that "I cannot live without my false selves anymore either." Such a conundrum - rooted in relative lies that are believed to be Absolute Truth - can most certainly drive one to end the manifestation. But do you see the duality? Both an "I" and a "me" are referenced:
"I" - this True Self / this consciousness that is manifested but blocked from seeing Reality - cannot co-exist any longer with all of the false, unreal roles that seemingly come and go.
Many will reach that point of delusion and self-deception, and the result is either the continuation of a miserable existence, the ending of the manifestation of the consciousness, or the reaching of an understanding that allows all of the lies to be seen as lies, paving the way for Truth to be Realized if the "path" is followed entirely.
Short of Full Realization, "appearances" (and "disappearances") will be taken for reality and will be "the cause of all calamities." That is, "The Spouse" can seemingly appear when a man in a role says so, and "The Spouse" can seemingly disappear when a different man in a robe says so.
And the whole time, nothing real has come and nothing real has gone. Such persons were never in the world; instead, the world was in them...in their "minds." In relative terms, though, calamities will result and will have a seemingly real impact when they occur.
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
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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.
NOTE: When you order this package, you receive three additional ebooks free: CASTING LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIPS, FINDING REAL LOVE IN AN UNREAL WORLD and THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS (offering the Advaita teachings in a fictional novel format)
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.
NOTE: When you order this package, you receive three additional ebooks free: CASTING LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIPS, FINDING REAL LOVE IN AN UNREAL WORLD and THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS (offering the Advaita teachings in a fictional novel format)
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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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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