A DAILY CONSIDERATION FOR YOU
The indigenous peoples of "the Americas" exhibited a philosophy some called "The Great Whatever" (which involves not apathy or lethargy or indifference but instead involves a sense of non-attachment and neutrality). That sets the stage for peacefulness and contentment.
Furthermore, it is the ignorance-stupidity-and-insanity-based irony that is rooted in
... the desire of the blocked consciousness among humans to extend itself and in
... the love of continuity and in the beliefs that
... "life is precious" and that
... "death" is to be hatred and avoided at all costs
which has resulted in the preoccupation among the non-Realized masses with such topics as ...
"life"; "death"; being "anti-abortion" and "pro-life" (but also ironically being "pro-capital punishment"); "extended longevity"; "anti-contraception"; "the sanctity of every pregnancy" and "God's desire that all women should remain pregnant to full-term and 'birth,' even if the pregnancy is a result of rape and / or incest"; "forcible rape" (vs. a fiction-based type of "fess-up-ladies-you-really-wanted-it-and-enjoyed-it" non-rape) as well as a fear of "dying" among the non-Realized masses.
The application of the non-dual understanding can bring peace now, but that can only come after the understanding eliminates the fear of "death" and eliminates the love of continuity and eliminates its accompanying belief that "life is precious."
As always, whatever gives humanity pleasure has always eventually given humanity pain, and whatever has given humanity the most pleasure has always eventually given humanity the most misery.
[To be continued]
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
F.: Greetings to all. I am violating the order from the ophthalmologist to stay off the computer for this brief moment to express again the gratitude being felt here for all of your inquiries and well wishes regarding the current problem with the right eye.
There is nothing definitive that can be said about the issue at this point, but postings will resume at some point.
Meanwhile, have you watched the first five videos to the right and found all seven of the steps discussed therein? If not, the invitation is extended.
Again, thanks to all. Peace, Unity, Love, Light.
A key part of the non-duality message adumbrates the wisdom that has been shared by the sages for millennia: "To thine own Self be true"; "Know ThySelf"; "Physician, heal thyself"; "Be true to YourSelf"; and "Be YourSelf ... don't try to change being You for anyone."
Whether some of those offering such advice understand Advaita's "you / You" understanding or not, the message of the wise has always been to abandon assuming personalities (a.k.a., personas / false selves) as identities.
Why? Each personality assumed (and there are persons walking about right now who are playing 30, 40, 50 or 60 false roles or more), brings with it its own hidden agendas, and those agendas include a primary fear and a primary desire.
Maharaj said: "It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy ... truth liberates.”
He made clear that whatever gives you pleasure will eventually give you pain and that whatever gives you the most pleasure will eventually give you the most pain.
Ask the fifty-year-old, full-blown alcoholic who was once able to enjoy his drink in the past but can no more, though he continues to imbibe anyway; ask the couple that was so sure that they were exempt from the 50%-60% odds that their marriage would fail; ask the parents who were so delighted when a child arrived, only to have to arrange a funeral later on as a result of an inoperable, terminal condition; or as a result of an accident; or as a result of that child having been gunned down in a gun-slinging society.
Regarding the fact that persons are driven by so many personalities with some many desires, a piece of advice has circulated which most adults have heard, namely: "Be careful what you ask for- you may get it." And what do persons (the non-Realized) wish for more than anything else? A longer relative existence, followed by life eternal. Be careful if that is what you are wishing for.
One property of the consciousness is that it automatically and spontaneously wishes to extend itself. On my walks through the woods, birds that see this plant food body approaching the limb on which they are seated will fly away. Did anyone teach them, "Beware of strangers"? Did anyone say to them, "If you see a human, get the heck away from them"? Of course not. So why do they spontaneously and automatically fly away?
Because of the manifested conscious-energy, a form of energy with certain specific properties. All forms of energy have certain properties, that is, certain characteristic traits or peculiarities or attributes. One attribute of the conscious-energy is that it would extend itself indefinitely.
Life-extension science (also known as anti-aging medicine, indefinite life-extension, experimental gerontology, and / or biomedical gerontology), is the study of slowing down or reversing the process of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan.
Some researchers and "life extensionists" or "longevists" (those who wish to achieve longer lives themselves), believe that future breakthroughs in tissue rejuvenation with stem cells, in molecular repair, and in organ replacement will eventually enable humans to have indefinite lifespans through "complete rejuvenation to a healthy youthful condition." Some are speaking enthusiastically about the next target for humans, specifically, "living until the age of 200 years."
(Of course, ultimately, that is all about money, and nothing motivates spending more than fear and ego. Tap into that market and one will surely become financially rich. Religions sale the concept of "life eternal" and rake in trillions of tax-free dollars around the globe and own trillions and trillions of dollars worth of property. The sale of anti-aging products (such as special nutritional products, physical fitness, skin care, hormone replacement, vitamins, supplements, and herbs) is a lucrative global industry with the U.S. market alone generating over $50 billion of revenue annually.
To see how strongly the desire for extending the manifestation is among the non-Realized, consider "end-of-life medical costs." The costs of extending the manifestation for even a short time among patients in critical care who are suffering from chronic disease and multiple organ failure — typically the elderly and those for whom death is often a near-immediate outcome — are exceedingly high.
In the U.S. alone, those patients - who are 5% of the total patient population during any given year - account for nearly 50% of all spending; thus, more than $600 billion a year is spent on 5% in order to keep them alive for an additional six months on average. The desire-driven belief is: "Let's spend trillions on end-of-life medical care ... whatever it takes. Don't pull the plug, no matter the degree to which any 'quality of life' has diminished or even disappeared long ago."
It is the desire of the consciousness to extend itself, to seemingly love "life" and to hate "death." As a result, the fear of "death" and the love of continuity, and its accompanying belief that "life is precious," inspires much of what Maharaj called "ignorance, stupidity, and insanity" (which is even more pervasive now than when he was addressing the issue).
That love of continuity and its accompanying belief that "life is precious" has never been more significant than nowadays, relatively speaking.
[Yes, this is all relative, but - as repeated on this site for nearly eight years - "Applied Advaita" is offered here, meaning that
a. the "I AM" is as much a part of the teachings as "I AM THAT"; that
b. the understanding of THAT is to be overlaid on the relative existence so that the remainder of the manifestation can happen in a wise (as opposed to ignorant), astute (as opposed to stupid), and sane (as opposed to insane) manner; and that
c. bliss can manifest only in the presence of wisdom, astuteness, and sanity; moreover,
d. bliss can manifest only "now," never "later." Either get it and enjoy it during the "I-AM-ness," during the relative existence, or it will never be enjoyed at all.]
So the love of continuity and its accompanying belief that "life is precious" has never been more significant than nowadays, relatively speaking, because of this:
there is an ignorance-stupidity-and-insanity-based irony that is rooted in that love and that belief. Persons are concerned about damage to the environment and about pollution and about global warning; about the possibility of a huge meteor striking the planet and bringing an end to all human life; about a God sending back a Self-Son and dispatching most people off to eternal punishment; about a political party, one different from their own, that is going to bring about doom;
about nuclear armaments that are in such large supply that they could be used to wipe out the human population ten times over; about super-viruses and incurable diseases; about a permanent failure of the global economy; ad infinitum. The irony: it is the very love of continuity and its accompanying belief that "life is precious" that has the greatest chance of destroying humanity.
The invitation here is "Don't sweat meteorites as your top priority; don't sweat global warming as your top priority; don't sweat which political party is in charge (since both have proved throughout history that they don't have a clue about effective ways to address relevant issues); and don't sweat anything else on the list above. No, if you want to sweat something - which the Realized do not - then sweat all that comes from the belief that "Life is precious." Why?
Because it is over-population that is the greatest threat - relatively speaking - to the continuation of human existence on the planet. The irony is that it is the very love of life that has the best shot at hastening widespread "death."
Consider:
* It took all of human history to reach a global population of 1 billion people in 1800.
* It was another one-hundred-and-twenty-seven years before that total reached 2 billion in 1927.
* Then, it took only another thirty-three years to reach 3 billion in 1960.
* It took only another fourteen years after that to reach 4 billion in 1974.
* Then it took only thirteen years to reach 5 billion in 1987.
* After that, it took only twelve years to reach 6 billion in 1999.
* And in 2011 – after only another twelve years - the global population passed 7 billion in total.
What can be projected if something does not change? This:
And what is all that unchecked growth about? It is about that which the sages have warned persons about for millennia: being driven by the subconscious agenda of personality's desires and fears. It is about the ignorant and stupid and insane love of continuity and the belief that "life is precious." It is about attachment to body.
There is nothing definitive that can be said about the issue at this point, but postings will resume at some point.
Meanwhile, have you watched the first five videos to the right and found all seven of the steps discussed therein? If not, the invitation is extended.
Again, thanks to all. Peace, Unity, Love, Light.
A key part of the non-duality message adumbrates the wisdom that has been shared by the sages for millennia: "To thine own Self be true"; "Know ThySelf"; "Physician, heal thyself"; "Be true to YourSelf"; and "Be YourSelf ... don't try to change being You for anyone."
Whether some of those offering such advice understand Advaita's "you / You" understanding or not, the message of the wise has always been to abandon assuming personalities (a.k.a., personas / false selves) as identities.
Why? Each personality assumed (and there are persons walking about right now who are playing 30, 40, 50 or 60 false roles or more), brings with it its own hidden agendas, and those agendas include a primary fear and a primary desire.
Maharaj said: "It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy ... truth liberates.”
He made clear that whatever gives you pleasure will eventually give you pain and that whatever gives you the most pleasure will eventually give you the most pain.
Ask the fifty-year-old, full-blown alcoholic who was once able to enjoy his drink in the past but can no more, though he continues to imbibe anyway; ask the couple that was so sure that they were exempt from the 50%-60% odds that their marriage would fail; ask the parents who were so delighted when a child arrived, only to have to arrange a funeral later on as a result of an inoperable, terminal condition; or as a result of an accident; or as a result of that child having been gunned down in a gun-slinging society.
Regarding the fact that persons are driven by so many personalities with some many desires, a piece of advice has circulated which most adults have heard, namely: "Be careful what you ask for- you may get it." And what do persons (the non-Realized) wish for more than anything else? A longer relative existence, followed by life eternal. Be careful if that is what you are wishing for.
One property of the consciousness is that it automatically and spontaneously wishes to extend itself. On my walks through the woods, birds that see this plant food body approaching the limb on which they are seated will fly away. Did anyone teach them, "Beware of strangers"? Did anyone say to them, "If you see a human, get the heck away from them"? Of course not. So why do they spontaneously and automatically fly away?
Because of the manifested conscious-energy, a form of energy with certain specific properties. All forms of energy have certain properties, that is, certain characteristic traits or peculiarities or attributes. One attribute of the conscious-energy is that it would extend itself indefinitely.
Life-extension science (also known as anti-aging medicine, indefinite life-extension, experimental gerontology, and / or biomedical gerontology), is the study of slowing down or reversing the process of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan.
Some researchers and "life extensionists" or "longevists" (those who wish to achieve longer lives themselves), believe that future breakthroughs in tissue rejuvenation with stem cells, in molecular repair, and in organ replacement will eventually enable humans to have indefinite lifespans through "complete rejuvenation to a healthy youthful condition." Some are speaking enthusiastically about the next target for humans, specifically, "living until the age of 200 years."
(Of course, ultimately, that is all about money, and nothing motivates spending more than fear and ego. Tap into that market and one will surely become financially rich. Religions sale the concept of "life eternal" and rake in trillions of tax-free dollars around the globe and own trillions and trillions of dollars worth of property. The sale of anti-aging products (such as special nutritional products, physical fitness, skin care, hormone replacement, vitamins, supplements, and herbs) is a lucrative global industry with the U.S. market alone generating over $50 billion of revenue annually.
To see how strongly the desire for extending the manifestation is among the non-Realized, consider "end-of-life medical costs." The costs of extending the manifestation for even a short time among patients in critical care who are suffering from chronic disease and multiple organ failure — typically the elderly and those for whom death is often a near-immediate outcome — are exceedingly high.
In the U.S. alone, those patients - who are 5% of the total patient population during any given year - account for nearly 50% of all spending; thus, more than $600 billion a year is spent on 5% in order to keep them alive for an additional six months on average. The desire-driven belief is: "Let's spend trillions on end-of-life medical care ... whatever it takes. Don't pull the plug, no matter the degree to which any 'quality of life' has diminished or even disappeared long ago."
It is the desire of the consciousness to extend itself, to seemingly love "life" and to hate "death." As a result, the fear of "death" and the love of continuity, and its accompanying belief that "life is precious," inspires much of what Maharaj called "ignorance, stupidity, and insanity" (which is even more pervasive now than when he was addressing the issue).
That love of continuity and its accompanying belief that "life is precious" has never been more significant than nowadays, relatively speaking.
[Yes, this is all relative, but - as repeated on this site for nearly eight years - "Applied Advaita" is offered here, meaning that
a. the "I AM" is as much a part of the teachings as "I AM THAT"; that
b. the understanding of THAT is to be overlaid on the relative existence so that the remainder of the manifestation can happen in a wise (as opposed to ignorant), astute (as opposed to stupid), and sane (as opposed to insane) manner; and that
c. bliss can manifest only in the presence of wisdom, astuteness, and sanity; moreover,
d. bliss can manifest only "now," never "later." Either get it and enjoy it during the "I-AM-ness," during the relative existence, or it will never be enjoyed at all.]
So the love of continuity and its accompanying belief that "life is precious" has never been more significant than nowadays, relatively speaking, because of this:
there is an ignorance-stupidity-and-insanity-based irony that is rooted in that love and that belief. Persons are concerned about damage to the environment and about pollution and about global warning; about the possibility of a huge meteor striking the planet and bringing an end to all human life; about a God sending back a Self-Son and dispatching most people off to eternal punishment; about a political party, one different from their own, that is going to bring about doom;
about nuclear armaments that are in such large supply that they could be used to wipe out the human population ten times over; about super-viruses and incurable diseases; about a permanent failure of the global economy; ad infinitum. The irony: it is the very love of continuity and its accompanying belief that "life is precious" that has the greatest chance of destroying humanity.
The invitation here is "Don't sweat meteorites as your top priority; don't sweat global warming as your top priority; don't sweat which political party is in charge (since both have proved throughout history that they don't have a clue about effective ways to address relevant issues); and don't sweat anything else on the list above. No, if you want to sweat something - which the Realized do not - then sweat all that comes from the belief that "Life is precious." Why?
Because it is over-population that is the greatest threat - relatively speaking - to the continuation of human existence on the planet. The irony is that it is the very love of life that has the best shot at hastening widespread "death."
Consider:
* It took all of human history to reach a global population of 1 billion people in 1800.
* It was another one-hundred-and-twenty-seven years before that total reached 2 billion in 1927.
* Then, it took only another thirty-three years to reach 3 billion in 1960.
* It took only another fourteen years after that to reach 4 billion in 1974.
* Then it took only thirteen years to reach 5 billion in 1987.
* After that, it took only twelve years to reach 6 billion in 1999.
* And in 2011 – after only another twelve years - the global population passed 7 billion in total.
What can be projected if something does not change? This:
And what is all that unchecked growth about? It is about that which the sages have warned persons about for millennia: being driven by the subconscious agenda of personality's desires and fears. It is about the ignorant and stupid and insane love of continuity and the belief that "life is precious." It is about attachment to body.
It is about being driven by the beliefs (a.k.a., "nonsense") that has been collected in what is called "the mind." It is about acculturation, allowing men who are not breeding to tell you to breed like rabbits and then blindly obeying those men. It is about the threat of eternal punishment for using birth control. It is about legally removing a woman's right to determine if she wants to continue a pregnancy or not.
It is about religious leaders telling those in a nation with the highest incidence of AIDS that they must still not use contraceptive protection: "Better to die from AIDS than suffer eternal punishment and damnation for blocking a chance to impregnate and breed and thus increase the global population (along with our membership)."
It is about the arrogance of people actually - and ignorantly - believing that they are creating something, and creating something that is "special and precious." It is also about body and mind and personality identification.
Here, there is no personality, so there is no desire that is driving a love of continuity; yet there is no desire that is driving a hatred of the manifestation, either. There is a position of neutrality. If there is some "quality of life" available, let the IS-ness continue. If not, let it end.
The indigenous peoples of "the Americas" exhibited a philosophy some called "The Great Whatever" (which involves not apathy or lethargy or indifference but instead involves a sense of non-attachment and neutrality). That sets the stage for peacefulness and contentment.
Furthermore, it is the ignorance-stupidity-and-insanity-based irony that is rooted in
... the desire of the blocked consciousness among humans to extend itself and in
... the love of continuity and in the beliefs that
... "life is precious" and that
... "death" is to be hatred and avoided at all costs
which has resulted in the preoccupation among the non-Realized masses with such topics as ...
"life"; "death"; being "anti-abortion" and "pro-life" (but also ironically being "pro-capital punishment"); "extended longevity"; "anti-contraception"; "the sanctity of every pregnancy" and "God's desire that all women should remain pregnant to full-term and 'birth,' even if the pregnancy is a result of rape and / or incest"; "forcible rape" (vs. a fiction-based type of "fess-up-ladies-you-really-wanted-it-and-enjoyed-it" non-rape) as well as a fear of "dying" among the non-Realized masses.
The application of the non-dual understanding can bring peace now, but that can only come after the understanding eliminates the fear of "death" and eliminates the love of continuity and eliminates its accompanying belief that "life is precious."
As always, whatever gives humanity pleasure has always eventually given humanity pain, and whatever has given humanity the most pleasure has always eventually given humanity the most misery.
[To be continued]
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
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SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM THAT WHICH DOES NOT WORK TO THAT WHICH DOES, Part One
Therefore, another movement or shift is happening here spontaneously after reflecting on the more than two decades since the teachings were first offered here and looking at the results of Maharaj sharing pointers in his loft and looking at the results of "Floyd" sharing pointers in this electronic loft: Looking objectively at his results, Maharaj's satsang method of sharing - in the end and by his own admission (only "one out of 10,000,000") - did not produce the intended outcome.
Looking objectively at the results here when using an "electronic loft" satsang method of sharing has not produced the intended outcome nearly as often as any of the three "face-to-face" methods used with seekers by which they have been led through the seven steps in order. Here, the body is growing older, of course. Mahasamadhi could be taken today, or it could be taken in twenty years.
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A Non-Duality Online Course is currently available at a reduced rate. See above for details.
(Received from Mac: "Glad to see the online teaching offered at a discount. Hopefully, more who are ready will be able to take the course. For me, the course was the beginning of the unlearning that led to the trip to the lake for a retreat and the understanding.")
A "movement" or "shift" happened here that added another parallel to the many parallels in terms of the phenomenal "experiences" and the noumenal revelations that "Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj" and "Floyd" share in common. (Many visitors over the years have said that they also shared the same parallels with "Maharaj" and "Floyd" as well.)
In the case of "Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj" and "Floyd":
1. both grew up in very poor families
2. both moved to populated areas to seek employment opportunities
3. both exhibited business skills that led to their opening and operating many businesses and to their having a large number of employees working for them
4. both succeeded financially
5. both became attached to accumulating;
6. both married and had a family
7. both were initially religious
8. both moved away from organized religion and became interested in "spiritual" matters, finding and following the teachings of a big name teacher (or, in "Floyd's" case, many big name teachers)
9. both had highly religious wives who were quite displeased with the shift away from religion and toward "spirituality"
10. both began to feel empty in spite of all of their "spiritual seeking" and in spite of all of their accumulated "spiritual knowledge";
11. both began to de-accumulate after both saw that they could survive quite well on a fraction of the income they had been making
12. both had wives who were unhappy when the de-accumulation stage was entered and both had wives who became unhappy about their husbands' focus on non-duality and who blamed their unhappiness on no longer having a religious husband
(The facts be known, in both cases the unhappiness involved the fact that their husbands were no longer interested in - or willing - to work 80+ hours per week and that their husbands were no longer interested in accumulating wealth and possessions and providing the rich lifestyle to which their wives had grown accustomed)
13. both eventually came to see that the religious and spiritual states were also ego-states, and both saw that there are far more steps on the "path" to complete after reaching the religious and spiritual steps and after playing those roles which are the third of seven steps on the entire "path"
14. both "lost" their wives (one via "death," the other through divorce);
15. both accelerated their seeking;
16. both entered into the "forest dweller stage"
17. both Realized
18. both began to de-accumulate even more
19. both began sharing the teachings
20. for years, both answered questions in whatever order those questions were received, though both said that the movement from identification with the false "I" / "I's" involved an exact, step-wise manner of moving along a "path" that involved "going back" in the same (but reverse order) of the way they "came in" - that is, the way that the manifestation happened and the way that the consciousness was blocked through seven stages that resulted in their becoming identified solely with their false personas, with the content of the "mind," and eventually, with the body.
But the most significant awareness that finally came to both after years of offering satsang and after having answered thousands and thousands of questions was this:
After years of "Maharaj" offering satsang in his loft, and after years of "Floyd" offering satsang in meeting halls and in his home and via what one site visitor called "Floyd's electronic loft," this fact became obvious to both:
"Maharaj" came to see in the 1970's and into 1980 and 1981 that his approach was not working
and
"Floyd" finally came to see the same.
21. Both saw that many who heard the teachings are not going to understand (Maharaj reporting that "only 1 in 100,000 are going to 'get' this" understanding)
22. both soon saw that even more than expected of those who heard the teachings were not going to understand (Maharaj modifying his "guesstimate" and reporting that "only 1 in 1,000,000 are going to 'get' this" understanding)
23. eventually both saw that even far more than expected of those who heard the teachings were not going to understand (Maharaj eventually concluding that "only 1 in 10,000,000 are going to 'get' this" understanding). And the failings were not the fault of seekers.
A "one -in-ten-million" estimate is proof that satsang was not working for most seekers, and the evidence here lately is proof of the same.
Both "Maharaj" and "Floyd" invited seekers to focus on the exact, step-wise "path." Yes, during satsang, "Maharaj" sometimes alluded to the steps while discussing them in no particular order - but he never once laid out the steps in the exact order in which they had to be completed. That was not his teachings style or approach.
Therefore, another movement or shift is happening here spontaneously after reflecting on the more than two decades since the teachings were first offered here and looking at the results of Maharaj sharing pointers in his loft and looking at the results of "Floyd" sharing pointers in this electronic loft: Looking objectively at his results, Maharaj's satsang method of sharing - in the end and by his own admission (only "one out of 10,000,000") - did not produce the intended outcome.
Looking objectively at the results here when using an "electronic loft" satsang method of sharing has not produced the intended outcome nearly as often as any of the three "face-to-face" methods used with seekers by which they have been led through the seven steps in order. Here, the body is growing older, of course. Mahasamadhi could be taken today, or it could be taken in twenty years.
Obviously, that cannot be known. But the decision here has been made that whatever amount of the relative existence remains shall be spent in sharing the teachings in the ways that have been seen over the last 20+ years to be the most effective methods.
Looking back over the list of those that have truly received the understanding, it is seen that Robert R. read all of the books, then took the online Advaita course and then completed some face-to-face Skype sessions to receive the final clarifications required. It was seen that Mac read all of the books, completed the online course, and then attended a retreat where he was guided through the seven steps. Mac said that the online course work inspired him to attend the retreat in order to be able to receive the final "pieces." It was seen that Andy Gugar, Jr. read all of the books, then came here for a retreat and was taken through the seven steps in order, and then returned once more for the final clarifications required. After reviewing the shifts that happened with him after attending two retreats, he reaffirmed this past week his commitment to helping spread the non-duality, nisarga understanding as presented here. As a result of seeing what has "worked" during the last 20+ years of sharing the non-duality understanding - and seeing what had not "worked" as well - changes will be made.
SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM THAT WHICH DOES NOT WORK TO THAT WHICH DOES, Part Two
Looking back over the list of those that have truly received the understanding, it is seen that Robert R. read all of the books, then took the online Advaita course and then completed some face-to-face Skype sessions to receive the final clarifications required. It was seen that Mac read all of the books, completed the online course, and then attended a retreat where he was guided through the seven steps. Mac said that the online course work inspired him to attend the retreat in order to be able to receive the final "pieces." It was seen that Andy Gugar, Jr. read all of the books, then came here for a retreat and was taken through the seven steps in order, and then returned once more for the final clarifications required. After reviewing the shifts that happened with him after attending two retreats, he reaffirmed this past week his commitment to helping spread the non-duality, nisarga understanding as presented here. As a result of seeing what has "worked" during the last 20+ years of sharing the non-duality understanding - and seeing what had not "worked" as well - changes will be made.
SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM THAT WHICH DOES NOT WORK TO THAT WHICH DOES, Part Two
In "Part One," examples were given of seekers that were led to Realization not by satsang but by following the various protocols outlined farther down this page which provide the understanding in the step-wise, orderly, required fashion which moves seekers along a "path" that is as prescribed by Maharaj ... "going back" in the "reverse order" by which the consciousness manifested and became blocked.
However, conversations with some that just read the majority of the books have revealed that they certainly seem to have grasped the understanding and Realized as well.
As a result of seeing what has "worked" during the last 20+ years of sharing the non-duality understanding - and seeing what has "not worked" as well - changes are being made.
There are seven specific steps that happen when awareness-energy is "pulled" into a cycle of manifestation. When that energy manifests as conscious-energy, that formerly pure and unadulterated energy becomes "corrupted" (or "blocked" from seeing clearly) via programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, and brainwashing. Soon, there is a belief in the not-Real as a result of seven degrees of separation from an understanding of the Real.
Using the method that was also employed by his contemporaries - a method which focused on offering non-duality pointers via satsang - Maharaj addressed questions in the order in which they were received. He might receive a question from a seeker at the third step and his reply would include what amounted to an invitation to move to the fourth step. The next question might come from a seeker at the first step, and the reply would include an invitation to move to the second step.
The information offered to the second seeker would seemingly contradict what was offered to the first seeker, so visitors who have come here for decades have asked questions which showed how confused they were by the fact that Maharaj's statements to each visitor in his loft were "level-appropriate" yet were provided in no precise order, resulting in what seemed to be an inconsistent message.
So the process overall was confusing in that
seekers were told to follow the "path back" in the same way that they "came in," except in reverse order,
but
pointers were not given in a specific, step-wise order at all.
Maharaj did recognize the seven steps that are taught here, but by offering the teachings in an order that was dictated by the order in which questions were received from seekers who were at different steps on the "path," the result was this:
a pointer about moving beyond the fourth step might be followed by a pointer about moving beyond the first step, and that pointer might be followed by a pointer about how to move beyond the sixth step.
The same was done on this site for seven years. The result is a collection of 1,800 or so essays discussing almost every non-duality topic that can be discussed, and the search button on the top right side of this page will now allow seekers with a question about a specific topic to find an explanation. That method, however, will never provide the manner in which the seven steps on the "path" must be transmitted and received in order to Realize Fully.
An objective study of the history here of more than twenty years of offering non-duality pointers reveals this: seekers that were given pointers in the exact order in which they needed to receive them were the ones that Realized.
They read the books, then they completed the online course and / or completed seven Skype or telephone sessions or came here for a retreat (or watched the downloadable DVD version of an actual retreat, available below).
Some found that which they were seeking by reading the author's book that deal with non-duality subject matter. Via all of those venues, the steps are taught in their proper order.
The essays available on this site will remain for those interested in searching for a discussion of a particular non-duality topic without charge, but the focus here until mahasamadhi is taken is going to be on offering the teachings in the step-wise fashion that has been seen to work.
THESE PAPERBACK BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH AMAZON.COM
(Four by Floyd Henderson and two by Dennis Waite. Click the picture for more information or to order)
(Four by Floyd Henderson and two by Dennis Waite. Click the picture for more information or to order)
* * * * * * *
ALL EBOOK AND PAPERBACK VERSION OF HENDERSON'S NON-DUALITY BOOKS
and
RECOVERY LITERATURE
and
FINANCIAL BOOKS
are available at
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International buyers: note the separate option for those outside the continental U.S.
II. BY READING the explanations offered in the collection of non-duality books that are available on this site and at www.floydhenderson.com.
III. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes For information, visit Information on the Advaita Classes on the Internet To enroll visit Enroll in the Advaita Internet Course
IV. BY ATTENDING an Advaitin retreat with floyd and being guided through all seven steps. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.
V. BY ARRANGING a one-hour session via Skype or telephone with Floyd. (Skype is a free service.)
Click the button to pay and you will be contacted to arrange a date and time for the call.
VI. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS are available at
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Within minutes of purchase you can be reading any of the eBooks below on your mobile devices, including an iPhone, iPad, Android tablet, Android phone, laptop, home computer or on a Kindle reader.
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FOR THOSE SEEKING FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE NON-DUALITY UNDERSTANDING, AS NOTED ABOVE, SOME SEEKERS HAVE REALIZED BY USING THE METHODS BELOW, OR A COMBINATION OF THE METHODS:
FOR THOSE SEEKING FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE NON-DUALITY UNDERSTANDING, AS NOTED ABOVE, SOME SEEKERS HAVE REALIZED BY USING THE METHODS BELOW, OR A COMBINATION OF THE METHODS:
WAYS THAT SEEKERS HAVE REALIZED:
I. BY WATCHING the 4-Disk, Seven-Hour Video (DVD) Set of an advaita retreat, or the downloadable file version. To find out more or to purchase the DVD or downloadable computer file version of the retreat, DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
I. BY WATCHING the 4-Disk, Seven-Hour Video (DVD) Set of an advaita retreat, or the downloadable file version. To find out more or to purchase the DVD or downloadable computer file version of the retreat, DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
International buyers: note the separate option for those outside the continental U.S.
II. BY READING the explanations offered in the collection of non-duality books that are available on this site and at www.floydhenderson.com.
III. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes For information, visit Information on the Advaita Classes on the Internet To enroll visit Enroll in the Advaita Internet Course
IV. BY ATTENDING an Advaitin retreat with floyd and being guided through all seven steps. For details of the retreats offered, please visit the retreat information site.
V. BY ARRANGING a one-hour session via Skype or telephone with Floyd. (Skype is a free service.)
Click the button to pay and you will be contacted to arrange a date and time for the call.
VI. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS are available at
Floyd Henderson's Website
and
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This anthology contains the six books that make up what has been called "The Blissful Abidance Series" for those seeking to live blissfully and happily for the remainder of the manifestation, including these books
This book can be read as a "Stand-Alone eBook" or as a "Companion Piece" or "Follow-Up" to be read after "When Only Three Hours of Manifestation Remain."
After having guided over 8,000 people through the Twelve Steps, the focus eventually turned toward working with the few who have been seeking recovery for some time but sense that "there must be something more" or who have said, "I am still not where I want to be." A few - even with double-digit "sobriety" - have said, "I don't want to drink ... I want to die."
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[Please note: When the Direct Path Teaching Method is offered in conjunction with the Nisarga Yoga, something unique results when compared to what happens via the approach used by religions, spiritual movements, philosophies, ideologies, etc.:
rather than inviting seekers to learn more, the invitation here is to unlearn all; rather than offerings teachings, what is offered are unteachings; rather than offering to provide seekers more of anything, seekers will find that the process will take away everything. And via that process, the bliss of Your Original Nature will manifest and remain until mahasamadhi is taken.
To that end, the content of this book will seem radical to the seekers of more, but for those truly ready to be totally free and totally independent - and for those who are truly ready to abandon efforts to accumulate and to de-accumulate instead - the pointers in this book might be relevant.]
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FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE: A Seven-Step Journey to the Absolute
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CONSCIOUSNESS / AWARENESS
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FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
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THE FINAL UNDERSTANDING
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THE ADVANCED SEEKERS' SERIES
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THE BLISSFUL ABIDANCE SERIES
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SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ AND HIS EVOLUTION
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THE FINAL FIFTEEN TOPICS DISCUSSED BY SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
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A TWELVE-STEP JOURNEY TO SELF-TRANSFORMATION
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A GUIDE FOR WORKING THE STEPS (IN THE MANNER USED BY THE FOUNDERS)
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THE TWELVE STEPS AND ADVAITA / NON-DUALITY: A 21-DAY PLAN FOR A PSYCHIC CHANGE
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SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDE (VOLUME ONE)
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SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDE (VOLUME TWO)
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WHY NISARGA YOGA IN ADDITION TO THE ADVAITA TEACHINGS?
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A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE via the Non-Duality Teachings and the Nisarga Yoga
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YOUR ORIGINAL NATURE
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GOING CRAZY / GOING SANE
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INSTABILITY / INSANITY: WHAT THE ADVAITA TEACHINGS CAN (AND CANNOT) ADDRESS
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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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FREEDOM FROM SHIFTING BETWEEN STATES OF HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS
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THE ULTIMATE SICKNESS / THE ULTIMATE MEDICINE
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PROGRAMMING, CONDITIONING, DOMESTICATION, AND ACCULTURATION (THE SOURCES OF THE ULTIMATE SICKNESS & THE NON-DUALITY TREATMENT)
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"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?"
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THE MYTH OF "DEATH"
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THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS: THE SIMPLICITY OF REALIZATION
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FINDING REAL LOVE IN AN UNREAL WORLD
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CASTING LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIPS
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OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF BEING TOTALLY INDEPENDENT
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THE NON-DUALITY POINTERS OFFERED BY YESHU'A ("JESUS THE CHRIST")
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"GOOD vs. EVIL?" or "IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, and INSANITY?"
is available to be sent to you and anyone else you choose.
The book will be emailed to you as a PFD attachment upon request
[Please note: When the Direct Path Teaching Method is offered in conjunction with the Nisarga Yoga, something unique results when compared to what happens via the approach used by religions, spiritual movements, philosophies, ideologies, etc.:
rather than inviting seekers to learn more, the invitation here is to unlearn all; rather than offerings teachings, what is offered are unteachings; rather than offering to provide seekers more of anything, seekers will find that the process will take away everything. And via that process, the bliss of Your Original Nature will manifest and remain until mahasamadhi is taken.
To that end, the content of this book will seem radical to the seekers of more, but for those truly ready to be totally free and totally independent - and for those who are truly ready to abandon efforts to accumulate and to de-accumulate instead - the pointers in this book might be relevant.]
To receive your free copy, or to have us send a free copy to your friends or relatives, send your email address (or their addresses) to the following:
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE ADVAITIN
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WHEN ONLY THREE HOURS OF MANIFESTATION REMAIN (THE "FINAL" TALKS OF FLOYD HENDERSON)
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I AM THAT (vs. "This Is Who I Think I Am")
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QUOTATIONS AND POINTERS DEALING WITH NON-DUALITY, ADVAITA, NISARGA YOGA, AND MORE
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DANCING LIGHTLY
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THE PATH TO FREEDOM VS. THE PATH TO MISERY
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THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (INCLUDING YOU AND INCLUDING GOD)
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LIBERATION (ATTAINING FREEDOM FROM PERSONALITY VIA REALIZATION)
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WHY YOU MUST BE EMPTY IF YOU WOULD BE FULL
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FREEDOM FROM BELIEFS (Believers, Non-Believers, and "No-Belief-ers")
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WHEN REALITY IS OVERLAID ON THE RELATIVE
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THE RELATIVE RESULTS OF RETURNING TO "THE CHILD IGNORANCE STAGE" OR "THE CHILD NO-KNOWING STATE"
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WHAT BLISS IS AND WHAT BLISS IS NOT
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THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
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LESSONS IN NON-DUALITY FROM TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE FIRST STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE SECOND STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE THIRD STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE FOURTH STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE FIFTH STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE SIXTH STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE SEVENTH STEP ON THE SEVEN-STEP PATH TO REALIZATION
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SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (RECOVERING WHAT RELIGIONS LOST)
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IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (AND WHY KNOWING IT SETS YOU FREE)
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