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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.
Furthermore, for those who have developed a preference for any non-nisargan yoga or who prefer Traditional Advaita Vedanta, Neo-Advaita, Neo-Vedanta, or Pseudo Advaita: here you will only find the use of the Direct Path Method of teaching along with the Nisarga (Natural) Yoga.
Also, you will find here very few of the teachings offered by Maharaj in his earlier talks and far more of the message that he offered in his ultimate talks. Why? During his last years, he said of I AM THAT: "That book and whatever was expounded at that time was only relevant for that period. I am speaking differently today" and am "emphasizing different aspects." His final understanding, which was completely different from what he offered early on, is the basis of pointers here. Maharaj made clear at the end that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race"; only the pointers in his final talks point the way to "the finish line."
F.: Reference was made yesterday to the fact that some who think they have Realized Fully may stray from the path of light and into the darkness. Yet even the Fully Realized, while exempt from the insanity of emotions, are not exempt from feelings. Why?
Because they do not dissociate; they do not become non-attached by way of sociopathy; they are not so isolated from "life" that they never rub up against the darkness of the relative existence; and they do not become unaffected by the happenings in "the world" by escaping into the detachment of the psychotic that has mentally moved into "a different world."
Of course the Realized see the heaviness of the darkness, but they know that it is the light only that can bring the incredible sense of lightness. How could the bringer of light not know the darkness? Just as the peacemaker does not go where there is peace, the light giver does not go where there is always light. And the seeker of the light is either (a) in the darkness or (b) in the light but unaware of the light.
Some become so sure that they "got it" that - when they seem to have lost touch with the stability-producing understanding that they saw via the light - can take a detour that then drives them to become judging and / or self-judging and critical or self- critical; some will then enter the gloomy darkness of guilt or the miserable shadows of shame.
Understand that guilt comes if you think you have done something that was "bad"; shame comes if you conclude that you are bad. Neither conclusion can be drawn if non-duality is understood. But if those "detours" come, what then? What advice did Maharaj offer that can be relevant when such detours occur?
Maharaj: "Let things happen as they happen - they will sort themselves out nicely in the end. You need not strain towards the future - the future will come to you on its own. For some time longer you will remain sleep-walking, as you do now, bereft of meaning and assurance; but this period will end and you will find your work both fruitful and easy. There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged. Such moments are most desirable for it means the soul had cast its moorings and is sailing for distant places. This is detachment - when the old is over and the new has not yet come. If you are afraid, the state may be distressing; but there is really nothing to be afraid of. Remember the instruction: whatever you come across - go beyond."
What it is that persons come across that must be gone beyond? The darkness, which triggers the self-destructive drive of emotions that lead to obsessing which leads to the insanity of behaving compulsively and then to the most insane behaviors imaginable. What is beyond such chaos-generating emotionalism?
Hardness? Coldness? Feeling nothing? Being robotic? No. What is beyond is feeling without becoming emotionally-intoxicated and then being driven to behave blindly, without logic or reason, entering into risky behavior to try to manipulate external sources to do what a person thinks is needed to alleviate whatever is being feared at the moment or whatever is generating depression or anger at the moment.
The Fully Realized will not emote, but they will feel. Feeling is normal and natural; emoting is abnormal and unnatural. When feelings arise, the Realized watch them rise and fall. When emotions arise among the non-Realized (or among those on "a detour") senseless actions will be taken.
So, is the answer to "feel only but do not emote?" No. Feeling without emoting is but a way station on the path to sanity and freedom and peace because feelings that do not rise and fall but linger instead can - in the end - interrupt sanity and freedom and peace almost as much as unchecked behaviors that are being driven by emotionalism.
First, witness the insanity of persons who are running head-long into entanglements or relationships with no basis at all, behaving as if love has developed over a period of months and years when the fact is the two people involved met in a bar only the night before. Lust at first sight is hardly love at first sight, much less Love.
Then witness the way that the fears and anger and depression that personality can generate will remove any self-preserving sanity and can drive one into a "full speed ahead" approach to life (and death) that is typical among the masses.
To see the difference in feeling vs. emoting, recall the buck and the doe that certainly seemed to be feeling sadness when dealing with the event of a still-birth outside the window of this office. When it was seen that the fawn would not be rising and walking away with them, something strong was being felt.
But they did not become emotionally intoxicated. They did not lower their heads and run as fast and as hard as possible into one of the trees in this yard, hurting or killing themselves as a result of being insane because they entered a state of emotional intoxication.
No. They remained still, and then eventually they moved on with the life that did remain. So emotions are unnatural, always generated by the illusion of personality; feelings, on the other hand, are natural. Does that mean that as long as you do not emote, it is recommend to feel constantly?
Absolutely not. Here, joy is felt at times, but to believe that joy-only can be felt 24/7 would be as insane as the behaviors that follow the manifestation of emotionalism. Here, sadness is felt at times, but to believe it is fine to feel sadness 24/7 would be as insane as the behaviors that follow the manifestation of emotionalism.
Feelings rise and fall. Some feel "good" and some feel "horrible," and that very duality should show that feeling any single feeling for an extended period is dualistic and therefore unnatural.
Emoting guarantees misery; extended feeling can eventually bring misery as well. Psychologists suggest that those with psychic health can process an unhealthy emotion or an unhealthy feeling in about fifteen minutes.
The tool used by Advaitins for such prompt processing is the "WHO cares?" question. Which persona is driving what? Anger, depression, and fear can all be emotions when driven by personalities; they will seldom be processed.
Anger, depression, and fear can also be feelings, the difference being that, among the Realized, they are processed. WHO is in fear? "The Unemployed One" who thinks that he is dying because "The Employer" has just declared that he / she must leave the workplace with a final check in hand?
WHO is depressed? "The Lonely One" who believes that happiness is an outside job and can only come if "The Right Person" comes along, the right person being the one showing up and bringing along loads of money or sex appeal or the status of a higher lifestyle?
WHO is angry? "The Abandoned Wife" whose husband left when she was pregnant with their third child, disappearing with another woman?
If those people emote, then someone could return to the workplace and begin shooting up the place with an automatic weapon; someone could either commit suicide or remain depressed forever; someone could track down the abandoning spouse and use a knife to take revenge.
If those person feel, then they have the opportunity to process the feelings, to find out WHO thinks he / she is dying when nothing more is ending than a false identity.
So emotions are unnatural, and natural feelings can become unnatural when they are not processed. How are such extended feelings viewed by the Advaitin that finds little in the relative existence that is more destructive than thinking? Maharaj puts feelings and thoughts on the same objectionable level:
Maharaj: "Thoughts and feelings are flimsy, transient and meaningless, mere mental dust that blinds and chokes, yet they are there, obscuring and destroying."
The same lightness-blocking fears and depression and anger that can drive persons to act out in unnaturally destructive and unnaturally self-destructive ways can also manifest as feelings that are natural but that do not lead to destructive or self-destructive behaviors if they are processed.
Emotions are never processed though they might occasionally be seen in retrospect to have been insane; the Realized can see the potential effects and consequences of extended periods of feeling and can process feelings away before they devolve into emotions and inspire irrational conduct and relative costs.
Emoting results in motion; processing feelings does the opposite. Emotions refuse to hear when the captain "blows the still"; it is the sanity of Realization and the presence of light that blow the still, stop all motion, and preempt insane and risky and damaging behaviors (all relatively speaking, of course).
When the detour comes, the sane find the way back to the path; when emotional intoxication drives the bus off the road, there is sometimes no coming back. Some do survive the crash, though they can be left in a helpless or wounded condition. That sometimes requires one who cares enough to offer assistance to come along and toss a rope that can be used to pull the one that survived such a wreck back onto the actual path.
The invitation is to shift into the background of motion which, otherwise, can transport one from feeling ... to emotion ... to self-destructive motion:
Maharaj: "... in reality there is only the source, dark in itself, making everything shine. Unperceived, it causes perception. Unfelt, it causes feeling. Unthinkable, it causes thought. Non-being, it gives birth to being. It is the immovable background of motion. Once you are there you are at home everywhere."
Because they do not dissociate; they do not become non-attached by way of sociopathy; they are not so isolated from "life" that they never rub up against the darkness of the relative existence; and they do not become unaffected by the happenings in "the world" by escaping into the detachment of the psychotic that has mentally moved into "a different world."
Of course the Realized see the heaviness of the darkness, but they know that it is the light only that can bring the incredible sense of lightness. How could the bringer of light not know the darkness? Just as the peacemaker does not go where there is peace, the light giver does not go where there is always light. And the seeker of the light is either (a) in the darkness or (b) in the light but unaware of the light.
Some become so sure that they "got it" that - when they seem to have lost touch with the stability-producing understanding that they saw via the light - can take a detour that then drives them to become judging and / or self-judging and critical or self- critical; some will then enter the gloomy darkness of guilt or the miserable shadows of shame.
Understand that guilt comes if you think you have done something that was "bad"; shame comes if you conclude that you are bad. Neither conclusion can be drawn if non-duality is understood. But if those "detours" come, what then? What advice did Maharaj offer that can be relevant when such detours occur?
Maharaj: "Let things happen as they happen - they will sort themselves out nicely in the end. You need not strain towards the future - the future will come to you on its own. For some time longer you will remain sleep-walking, as you do now, bereft of meaning and assurance; but this period will end and you will find your work both fruitful and easy. There are always moments when one feels empty and estranged. Such moments are most desirable for it means the soul had cast its moorings and is sailing for distant places. This is detachment - when the old is over and the new has not yet come. If you are afraid, the state may be distressing; but there is really nothing to be afraid of. Remember the instruction: whatever you come across - go beyond."
What it is that persons come across that must be gone beyond? The darkness, which triggers the self-destructive drive of emotions that lead to obsessing which leads to the insanity of behaving compulsively and then to the most insane behaviors imaginable. What is beyond such chaos-generating emotionalism?
Hardness? Coldness? Feeling nothing? Being robotic? No. What is beyond is feeling without becoming emotionally-intoxicated and then being driven to behave blindly, without logic or reason, entering into risky behavior to try to manipulate external sources to do what a person thinks is needed to alleviate whatever is being feared at the moment or whatever is generating depression or anger at the moment.
The Fully Realized will not emote, but they will feel. Feeling is normal and natural; emoting is abnormal and unnatural. When feelings arise, the Realized watch them rise and fall. When emotions arise among the non-Realized (or among those on "a detour") senseless actions will be taken.
So, is the answer to "feel only but do not emote?" No. Feeling without emoting is but a way station on the path to sanity and freedom and peace because feelings that do not rise and fall but linger instead can - in the end - interrupt sanity and freedom and peace almost as much as unchecked behaviors that are being driven by emotionalism.
First, witness the insanity of persons who are running head-long into entanglements or relationships with no basis at all, behaving as if love has developed over a period of months and years when the fact is the two people involved met in a bar only the night before. Lust at first sight is hardly love at first sight, much less Love.
Then witness the way that the fears and anger and depression that personality can generate will remove any self-preserving sanity and can drive one into a "full speed ahead" approach to life (and death) that is typical among the masses.
To see the difference in feeling vs. emoting, recall the buck and the doe that certainly seemed to be feeling sadness when dealing with the event of a still-birth outside the window of this office. When it was seen that the fawn would not be rising and walking away with them, something strong was being felt.
But they did not become emotionally intoxicated. They did not lower their heads and run as fast and as hard as possible into one of the trees in this yard, hurting or killing themselves as a result of being insane because they entered a state of emotional intoxication.
No. They remained still, and then eventually they moved on with the life that did remain. So emotions are unnatural, always generated by the illusion of personality; feelings, on the other hand, are natural. Does that mean that as long as you do not emote, it is recommend to feel constantly?
Absolutely not. Here, joy is felt at times, but to believe that joy-only can be felt 24/7 would be as insane as the behaviors that follow the manifestation of emotionalism. Here, sadness is felt at times, but to believe it is fine to feel sadness 24/7 would be as insane as the behaviors that follow the manifestation of emotionalism.
Feelings rise and fall. Some feel "good" and some feel "horrible," and that very duality should show that feeling any single feeling for an extended period is dualistic and therefore unnatural.
Emoting guarantees misery; extended feeling can eventually bring misery as well. Psychologists suggest that those with psychic health can process an unhealthy emotion or an unhealthy feeling in about fifteen minutes.
The tool used by Advaitins for such prompt processing is the "WHO cares?" question. Which persona is driving what? Anger, depression, and fear can all be emotions when driven by personalities; they will seldom be processed.
Anger, depression, and fear can also be feelings, the difference being that, among the Realized, they are processed. WHO is in fear? "The Unemployed One" who thinks that he is dying because "The Employer" has just declared that he / she must leave the workplace with a final check in hand?
WHO is depressed? "The Lonely One" who believes that happiness is an outside job and can only come if "The Right Person" comes along, the right person being the one showing up and bringing along loads of money or sex appeal or the status of a higher lifestyle?
WHO is angry? "The Abandoned Wife" whose husband left when she was pregnant with their third child, disappearing with another woman?
If those people emote, then someone could return to the workplace and begin shooting up the place with an automatic weapon; someone could either commit suicide or remain depressed forever; someone could track down the abandoning spouse and use a knife to take revenge.
If those person feel, then they have the opportunity to process the feelings, to find out WHO thinks he / she is dying when nothing more is ending than a false identity.
So emotions are unnatural, and natural feelings can become unnatural when they are not processed. How are such extended feelings viewed by the Advaitin that finds little in the relative existence that is more destructive than thinking? Maharaj puts feelings and thoughts on the same objectionable level:
Maharaj: "Thoughts and feelings are flimsy, transient and meaningless, mere mental dust that blinds and chokes, yet they are there, obscuring and destroying."
The same lightness-blocking fears and depression and anger that can drive persons to act out in unnaturally destructive and unnaturally self-destructive ways can also manifest as feelings that are natural but that do not lead to destructive or self-destructive behaviors if they are processed.
Emotions are never processed though they might occasionally be seen in retrospect to have been insane; the Realized can see the potential effects and consequences of extended periods of feeling and can process feelings away before they devolve into emotions and inspire irrational conduct and relative costs.
Emoting results in motion; processing feelings does the opposite. Emotions refuse to hear when the captain "blows the still"; it is the sanity of Realization and the presence of light that blow the still, stop all motion, and preempt insane and risky and damaging behaviors (all relatively speaking, of course).
When the detour comes, the sane find the way back to the path; when emotional intoxication drives the bus off the road, there is sometimes no coming back. Some do survive the crash, though they can be left in a helpless or wounded condition. That sometimes requires one who cares enough to offer assistance to come along and toss a rope that can be used to pull the one that survived such a wreck back onto the actual path.
The invitation is to shift into the background of motion which, otherwise, can transport one from feeling ... to emotion ... to self-destructive motion:
Maharaj: "... in reality there is only the source, dark in itself, making everything shine. Unperceived, it causes perception. Unfelt, it causes feeling. Unthinkable, it causes thought. Non-being, it gives birth to being. It is the immovable background of motion. Once you are there you are at home everywhere."
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
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There Is Nothing That Is Personal (Including You and Including God)
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace If You're Out of Your Mind)
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (Including You and Including God)
SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ and HIS EVOLUTION
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
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Jesus Christ the Advaitin
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THE "ADVANCED SEEKERS' SET"
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
CONSCIOUSNESS / AWARENESS
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
THE FINAL UNDERSTANDING
THE SEVEN STEPS TO REALIZATION ESSAY SERIES
A Series of Essays Discussing THE FIRST STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
A Series of Essays Discussing THE SECOND STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
A Series of Essays Discussing THE THIRD STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
A Series of Essays Discussing THE FOURTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
A Series of Essays Discussing THE FIFTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
A Series of Essays Discussing THE SIXTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
A Series of Essays Discussing THE SEVENTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization
THE "NO-DEATH" SERIES
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
The Myth Of Death
THE "BLISSFUL ABIDANCE" BOOKS
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
LIBERATION
Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full
What BLISS Is and What BLISS Is Not
When Reality Is Overlaid Upon the Relative
There Is Nothing That Is Personal (Including You and Including God)
Overcoming the Fear of Being Totally Independent
The Essence of the Teachings
SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume One
SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume Two
THE "RELATIONSHIP" SERIES
Casting Light on the Dark Side of Relationships
Finding REAL LOVE in an Unreal World
The Path to Freedom vs. The Path to Misery
THE "FREEDOM FROM DELUSION" SERIES
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace If You're Out of Your Mind)
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (Including You and Including God)
SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ and HIS EVOLUTION
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
Jesus Christ the Advaitin
William Shakespeare the Advaitin
THE "FINANCIAL SANITY" SERIES
LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANS
Ending Financial Problems by Understanding Your Personality
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The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders [E-BOOK]
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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
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
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LIBERATION
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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.
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.
Presently, Skype sessions are being conducted with parties in Australia; The Netherlands; New Jersey, U.S.A.; London, England; Italy; and India.
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.
Presently, Skype sessions are being conducted with parties in Australia; The Netherlands; New Jersey, U.S.A.; London, England; Italy; and India.
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."
You may purchase your copy of the ebook version of THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS then start reading within minutes:
The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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