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As for Maharaj, you will find here some of his early pointers for beginners but some of his later pointers that are for seekers father along the "path." 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." What he offered later differed considerably from his earlier talks, making clear that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race" but that his final talks point the way to "the finish line."
F.: So what is the bottom line message regarding authenticity? The bottom line is that, in the absence of authenticity, person will become separated - not from the Authentic Self, that cannot happen - but separated from the awareness of that Authentic Self and the awareness of the Oneness.
Separated from the awareness of the Authentic Self and separated from awareness of the Awareness beyond, then persons will sense a separation from "others." It is that sense of distance and separation from "others" or "another" that is at the root of all relative misery and suffering.
Originally, you were at Home - the Original Home being Your Original Nature and Your Present Home being the Authentic Self. Neither is a "place" that has to do with anything personal. When the poet wrote an ode on "Intimations of Immortality," or when Advaitins discuss "The Nectar of Immortality," the use of the term "immortality" refers to nothing with even the slightest trace of personhood.
Yet the relative remains and must happen until mahasamadhi is taken, so this was asked recently by a confused site visitor:
"What sense at all is there in your statement that 'marriage and husbanding can happen even in the absence of a husband'?" Not only is there sense in the statement, there is the formula for freedom ... for relishing all of the varieties of essence that have been discussed in this series.
Little in the teachings is as misunderstood as the implication behind the summative statement of "I AM THAT; I AM." The implication is that a sense of "not two" can be felt even as the AM-ness continues and even after THAT is understood.
As an example, in the first posting in this series, reference was made to "the essence of knowing Love" and "to the essence of delighting in the physical expression of Love and the Oneness." "Knowing Love" comes with understanding THAT; the "physical expressions of Love and the Oneness" seems to many to be an act that can have nothing to do with anything other than the AM-ness.
That is a misperception that cannot be seen to be erroneous until the understanding of the differentiation in "love" and "Love" is grasped. In early May, this was offered:
When the relative act of sex happens alongside the manifestation of Real Love, the phenomenal act coincides with a noumenal awareness and results in a level of bliss that no one can ever experience unless both of those elements manifest, coincide, intersect, and merge simultaneously. Yet that can only happen post-Realization in the post-Awareness understanding of the first part of the following quotation from Maharaj:
"Love is knowing that I am Everything; Wisdom is knowing that I am nothing."
Now here's the back story on that offering: it was written in response to two e-mails received over a period of several weeks from Far Easterners who explained and complained to me that "you should be recommending abstinence on your site."
In assuming their new but false identity of THAT only, they are pretending that the relative dissolves as a result of their having reached such noumenal and spiritual heights.
If that dissolution really happened as a result of Realization, then the only chance for experiencing the essence of Love and Love's Expression would disappear as well because there are no physical rewards awaiting in some imaginary, upgraded "world" that one will supposedly abide in later and eternally.
For those who are using persons as sex objects to build up their own egos, yes, abstinence might be indicated if it would allow their focus to shift away from self-gratification and self-focus to the search instead for authenticity and for an understanding of the statement that "Love is knowing that I am Everything."
Yet on a site where Nisarga (Natural) living is recommended, no natural act can or will be blacklisted, advice from those assuming the role of "Spiritual Giants" notwithstanding.
Site regular Sim years ago said something to the effect that he "would rather tolerate some misery if it means he can also enjoy some pleasure." The suggestion was that all of what happens can and will continue to happen post-Realization but that the difference lies in emoting vs. feeling.
The point was made that only ego-states emote, and the result of emoting is that it sets off a chain of reactions that drive persons to take actions that are harmful to self or others, relatively speaking. Emotions set events in "motion," it has been noted, and usually the motion is accompanied by actions that bring about pain and / or suffering.
Can feelings not cause a sense of dis-ease as well? Of course they can. Warnings have been offered here about not only emotional intoxication but also about feelings intoxication; yet the Realized witness their feelings as they rise and fall without taking harmful action. For example, post-Realization, a marriage might continue or it might end.
If it ends, one or both members of that couple might feel the misery that comes to anyone sensing distance and separation. Yet if the Realized are involved in such an event, they will watch those feelings rise and fall or might even consciously process the feelings.
By contrast, ego-state-driven emotions can drive one to pick up a knife or gun and harm the partner, as happens in the U.S. where 59% of all women killed annually are killed during a "breakup."
The point? The Realized can and do relish all of the varieties of essence that the relative affords, and, yes, the Realized will still feel. Because it's happening in the relative, some feelings might be dualistically termed "positive" and some might be dualistically termed "negative."
In the end, though, all of the feelings will be witnessed as they rise and fall so that any sense of having just ridden a roller coaster through a trying event can be witnessed, yes, but can be witnessed without being accompanied by motion and emotion and actions and reactions that generate continuing or lasting relative harm.
The Realized are not immunized against all things relative; they are merely prepared for whatever the relative brings by feeling whatever feelings arise as a result of whatever happens while being exempted from ego-state-driven emotional intoxication around relative events.
Emotional intoxication can go on for decades, as with the man who made contact here recently who is still mourning the end of his marriage ... an event that happened eighteen years ago; by contrast, feeling intoxication and feelings are short-lived.
And that has always been the purpose of the postings on this site which, from day one, explained that the sharings here are about "Applied Advaita," even in the absence of "An Applier."
The invitation was then - and remains to this day - that you allow the teachings to be applied in regards to all things relative so that you can always return to the rest and respite of Home ... to the Authentic Self ... to the enjoyment of the Medicine Place ... and to Your Original Nature. More on that tomorrow in "Part B" of the conclusion.
Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
Some prefer a paperback in hand rather than reading books on a computer or an e-reader. Because of the generosity of Andrew Gugar, Jr., who wants to make this message available to those people, all four books in the Advanced Seekers' Series are being offered in this one volume for $19.95 + S&H rather than the usual price of $39.95 for a 352-page anthology.
Separated from the awareness of the Authentic Self and separated from awareness of the Awareness beyond, then persons will sense a separation from "others." It is that sense of distance and separation from "others" or "another" that is at the root of all relative misery and suffering.
Originally, you were at Home - the Original Home being Your Original Nature and Your Present Home being the Authentic Self. Neither is a "place" that has to do with anything personal. When the poet wrote an ode on "Intimations of Immortality," or when Advaitins discuss "The Nectar of Immortality," the use of the term "immortality" refers to nothing with even the slightest trace of personhood.
Yet the relative remains and must happen until mahasamadhi is taken, so this was asked recently by a confused site visitor:
"What sense at all is there in your statement that 'marriage and husbanding can happen even in the absence of a husband'?" Not only is there sense in the statement, there is the formula for freedom ... for relishing all of the varieties of essence that have been discussed in this series.
Little in the teachings is as misunderstood as the implication behind the summative statement of "I AM THAT; I AM." The implication is that a sense of "not two" can be felt even as the AM-ness continues and even after THAT is understood.
As an example, in the first posting in this series, reference was made to "the essence of knowing Love" and "to the essence of delighting in the physical expression of Love and the Oneness." "Knowing Love" comes with understanding THAT; the "physical expressions of Love and the Oneness" seems to many to be an act that can have nothing to do with anything other than the AM-ness.
That is a misperception that cannot be seen to be erroneous until the understanding of the differentiation in "love" and "Love" is grasped. In early May, this was offered:
When the relative act of sex happens alongside the manifestation of Real Love, the phenomenal act coincides with a noumenal awareness and results in a level of bliss that no one can ever experience unless both of those elements manifest, coincide, intersect, and merge simultaneously. Yet that can only happen post-Realization in the post-Awareness understanding of the first part of the following quotation from Maharaj:
"Love is knowing that I am Everything; Wisdom is knowing that I am nothing."
Now here's the back story on that offering: it was written in response to two e-mails received over a period of several weeks from Far Easterners who explained and complained to me that "you should be recommending abstinence on your site."
In assuming their new but false identity of THAT only, they are pretending that the relative dissolves as a result of their having reached such noumenal and spiritual heights.
If that dissolution really happened as a result of Realization, then the only chance for experiencing the essence of Love and Love's Expression would disappear as well because there are no physical rewards awaiting in some imaginary, upgraded "world" that one will supposedly abide in later and eternally.
For those who are using persons as sex objects to build up their own egos, yes, abstinence might be indicated if it would allow their focus to shift away from self-gratification and self-focus to the search instead for authenticity and for an understanding of the statement that "Love is knowing that I am Everything."
Yet on a site where Nisarga (Natural) living is recommended, no natural act can or will be blacklisted, advice from those assuming the role of "Spiritual Giants" notwithstanding.
Site regular Sim years ago said something to the effect that he "would rather tolerate some misery if it means he can also enjoy some pleasure." The suggestion was that all of what happens can and will continue to happen post-Realization but that the difference lies in emoting vs. feeling.
The point was made that only ego-states emote, and the result of emoting is that it sets off a chain of reactions that drive persons to take actions that are harmful to self or others, relatively speaking. Emotions set events in "motion," it has been noted, and usually the motion is accompanied by actions that bring about pain and / or suffering.
Can feelings not cause a sense of dis-ease as well? Of course they can. Warnings have been offered here about not only emotional intoxication but also about feelings intoxication; yet the Realized witness their feelings as they rise and fall without taking harmful action. For example, post-Realization, a marriage might continue or it might end.
If it ends, one or both members of that couple might feel the misery that comes to anyone sensing distance and separation. Yet if the Realized are involved in such an event, they will watch those feelings rise and fall or might even consciously process the feelings.
By contrast, ego-state-driven emotions can drive one to pick up a knife or gun and harm the partner, as happens in the U.S. where 59% of all women killed annually are killed during a "breakup."
The point? The Realized can and do relish all of the varieties of essence that the relative affords, and, yes, the Realized will still feel. Because it's happening in the relative, some feelings might be dualistically termed "positive" and some might be dualistically termed "negative."
In the end, though, all of the feelings will be witnessed as they rise and fall so that any sense of having just ridden a roller coaster through a trying event can be witnessed, yes, but can be witnessed without being accompanied by motion and emotion and actions and reactions that generate continuing or lasting relative harm.
The Realized are not immunized against all things relative; they are merely prepared for whatever the relative brings by feeling whatever feelings arise as a result of whatever happens while being exempted from ego-state-driven emotional intoxication around relative events.
Emotional intoxication can go on for decades, as with the man who made contact here recently who is still mourning the end of his marriage ... an event that happened eighteen years ago; by contrast, feeling intoxication and feelings are short-lived.
And that has always been the purpose of the postings on this site which, from day one, explained that the sharings here are about "Applied Advaita," even in the absence of "An Applier."
The invitation was then - and remains to this day - that you allow the teachings to be applied in regards to all things relative so that you can always return to the rest and respite of Home ... to the Authentic Self ... to the enjoyment of the Medicine Place ... and to Your Original Nature. More on that tomorrow in "Part B" of the conclusion.
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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Lessons in Non-Duality from Travels in South Africa
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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
Lessons in Non-Duality from Travels in South Africa
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
Jesus Christ the Advaitin
William Shakespeare the Advaitin
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LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANS
Ending Financial Problems by Understanding Your Personality
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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
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FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
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CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS: The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding as The Absolute)
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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:
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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.
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(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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