On little cat feet.
Unfortunately, because most seekers will never find a Realized teacher that can help whip up the winds of clarification, the fog, too often, never lifts.
Louise offered the pointer that when clouds appear in the sky, all that is beyond the clouds is as it always was and as it always is and as it always shall be. The temporary manifestation of the clouds simply prevents persons from seeing that which is beyond the clouds or beyond the fog.
Impatient seekers want the fog lifted immediately. That is not how the fog comes, and that is not how the fog goes. Yes, the Realized can share the exact moment when their peripetia came, and yes, they can tell you when the final piece of fog was blown away by a wind that swept away the final vestiges of fog (that is, the final beliefs about any concepts or ideas or attitudes).
But the step-by-step "path" must be followed in an exact manner if the entire "journey" is to be completed. Yesterday, site visitors saw "Bob" sharing evidence of the fact that he had taken the fork "to the right" - to where so many persons come to believe that their religious or spiritual concepts and beliefs make them "right."
The trappings of his spiritual practices were catalogued, revealing how embroiled he had become in the limited, super-spiritual, super-seeker, bound-in-spiritual-exercises-state that he found at that dead end place:
But as the fog began to lift, he began to see that he had been "stuck" at a dead end and that there was so much more to be revealed, if only he could find a teacher to guide him back to the "Actual Path to Reality" and point out the final steps required to reach the actual destination:
an understanding of the Absolute (and maybe to an understanding of that which was prior to the Absolute in "this universe") and then to abidance in the easy and relaxing and natural fashion that no longer transforms "simply living" into an all-consuming job.
And though the right fork in the road is the route typically followed - leading seekers to a dead end where they are surrounded by a very heavy fog - they need not stay there for an extended period. Yet most will. Most (97% of all persons on the planet claiming that they are affiliated with one organized religion or another) will never leave the dead end. Neither will those following the dictates of their "spiritual program," and neither will those doing all of their spiritual exercises on their own or with a group.
But if the fog begins to lift, persons can be re-directed back to the real "path." When that happens, there is a sign that the shift might be real: the sign is that all of the religious and / or spiritual accoutrements are left behind at the dead end, along with all of the dogmatic practices and all of the unnecessary and pointless spiritual exercises as well. And that happens spontaneously, not after having been encouraged to do so.
While a few more steps must be completed on the "journey," the fog that had inspired the warping of "life" into a "job" - that is, the foggy, warped beliefs that inspired the abandonment of the natural for the supernatural and magical - will begin to lift and the seeker will begin to feel a lightness.
That comes as a result of no longer carrying about such heavy personas as "The Religious One" or "The Spiritual Giant," as a result of no longer engaging in all of the work required to maintain those false images, as a result of no longer carrying about the rigmarole of dogmatic practices, and as a result of no longer being burdened with all those spiritual exercises that - in the end - failed to lead to that which was actually being sought anyway.
The fog lifts lightly, but there are some key indicators that the light is beginning to break through. At some point, the place where the fog settled in after it came on little cat feet - specifically, the place that is the fiction-filled "mind" - must give way to something that seems at the time to be quite violent:
namely, that place where the cat-feet fog gathers must enter the mouth of the tiger and be eliminated once and for all. The Realized teacher will not guide the seeker away from the tiger - from the inner guru; instead, the teacher will guide the seeker along the "path" right to the place where the tiger awaits:
Maharaj: "The inner Guru is not committed to non-violence. He can be quite violent at times, to the point of destroying the obtuse or perverted personality."
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
The Final Understanding
The Ultimate Sickness, The Ultimate Medicine
I AM THAT (vs. "This Is Who I Think I Am")
Freedom From Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness
Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full
The Myth Of Death
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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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DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
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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.
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[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.
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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)
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.
Presently, Skype sessions are being conducted with parties in Australia; The Netherlands; New Jersey, U.S.A.; London, England; Italy; and India.
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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."
The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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