A DAILY CONSIDERATION FOR YOU
[You may scroll down to "Section Four" to find how to receive up to five, free eBooks which deal with a variety of non-dual topics]
[You may scroll down to "Section Four" to find how to receive up to five, free eBooks which deal with a variety of non-dual topics]
F.: To review why the masses are unable to just abide simply; are unable to let “life go on” and unable to “abide naturally”; are unable to be free of all encumbrances and unable to just take it easy; are unable to relax and just live; are unable to lose their excessive seriousness; and are unable to simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation:
1. Because they are involved with a religion or ideology or philosophy that provides a perceived payoff, often including instant freedom from what they take to be “the eternal consequences of sin” by merely asking.
2. Because they are “Dissociation Seekers,” not truly seeking Reality as much as they are seeking to escape from or avoid the realities of the relative existence.
3. Because of their early programming and conditioning, which set persons up to accept something less than any human deserves, they normalize a “less than” existence which has no element of fullness to it at all.
4. Because they love the roles played at the third step on a seven-step “path,” including “The Super Religious One” or “The Spiritual Giant” or “The Super Seeker.” Similar to “Dissociation Seekers,” the ones playing “The Super Seeker” role are not really seeking to move toward something as much as they are trying to move away from something or someone: a boring life; a boring mate; children; responsibilities involved with maintaining a domicile; work, etc.:
“Hi. I’m going to a meeting so I’ll be late.”
“Hi. I’m going to be meeting with someone who is just getting started with our deal, so I’ll be out most of the evening.”
“Hi. We’re going to a weekend retreat so I’ll see you and the children late Sunday night.”
“Hi. A group of us are going up to the central part of the country and visit Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the sacred rock formations there.”
“Hi. I’ll be back in three days. We’re going to a retreat at the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in the Bodh Gaya area.”
"Hi. See you in about two weeks. Some in our group have arranged a tour of the holy sites in the Middle East.”
“Hi. I’ll be out most of the weekend. I’ve volunteered to work the phone banks Saturday and Sunday. Then we have the group barbecue Sunday evening. Later.”
“Hi. I’ll be gone for about sixteen days. We’re going to Peru to visit Machu Picchu.”
And the same happens among all who claim they are seeking something which just happens to require them to be away; or who are seeking to do something which provides an excuse to avoid spouses, children, and other responsibilities at home; or who are seeking chances to be called away with the justification that they must “help others”:
“Hi. Back from my tour of duty in the war.” “Bye. Volunteering to go back to the war and kill people to help my buddies. See you and the kid later.” “Hi. Back from my second tour of duty.” “Bye. See you and kid later – going back to the war. No rest for the weary, you know. Gotta kill, kill, kill.” “Hi. Back from my third tour of duty.” “Bye. Going back to the war.” “Hi. Back from the war again. I'm staying home now.” “Bye. Gotta go help my buddies who have mental problems. Don’t wait up – this is gonna be a late one.”
[Add in the roles of "The Super Xenophobic," “The Super Helper,” “The Super Savior,” “The Super Loyalist,” “The Super Patriot,” “The Super Killer,” etc. to see how false personality identifications drive such behaviors in persons and to see some of the most astonishing things that persons can become addicted to. More on that in “Reason #6.”]
Of course many of those types are so bored that they seek out any and every opportunity to find something to get the adrenals pumping in order to become emotionally-intoxicated and thus “lose themselves” in the process while also getting away from a spouse or from family responsibilities which their attachment disorders drive them to avoid except in the most perfunctory way.
5. Because of the method of teaching which they happened to find (or more often just stumbled across). Three of the five methods usually end up involving a lifetime of seeking or study or engaging in “spiritual exercises.”
Next, Reason #6:
6. Personality.
Many regular visitors to this site are aware that there are nine basic personality types and that each person has a primary type which usually develops by the age of six or so; then, varying degrees of the other eight types usually show up as well.
There is some correlation between the personality type of a seeker and how that person's seeking - and behaviors - will unfold:
PERSONALITY TYPE ONES: Being perfectionists, Type Ones are not likely to ever be attracted to the notion that one can reach a point where they are "freed and finished," totally; thus, they are never really freed from the three keys symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness identified by Maharaj: “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity.”
Non-Realized Type Ones will refuse to admit that anyone could find even the slightest evidence of any of those three symptoms in their thoughts or behaviors. Yet they will never be finished with seeking, because they are driven to know it all, so they will forever be about the business of accumulating knowledge (a.k.a., “learned ignorance” per Maharaj). In that way they are very much like Type Fives.
Also, Type Ones often have an intense sense of right and wrong which leads them to attach to “personal” religious and moral values. They can develop an extreme “sense of mission”; combine that with a desire to change all of those with different beliefs from theirs and there is the potential for them to take extreme steps to push their belief system onto others.
In the effort to stay true to their principles, Ones resist being affected by their instinctual drives, consciously not giving in to them or expressing them too freely. The result is a personality type that has problems with repression, resistance, and aggression: "Sex in this life? No thanks. We prefer to keep our women covered head to toe so none of us will be tempted; besides, we’re going to have huge numbers of women to gratify us sexually once we die as martyrs"; or, "I'm a good Catholic. Sex is not for pleasure. It is for procreation. That alone is the proper purpose of sex, and that alone is pleasing to God. I was taught, 'If it feels good, stop it!'"
They also find it difficult to trust their inner guidance, so Type Ones (1) seldom ever awaken to the truth available via the inner guru or the inner resource and they (2) come to rely far more heavily on their superego (which is a learned voice from their childhood which they allow to guide them toward what they see as “the greater good” which they so passionately seek).
[Superego = a part of a person's mind which relates to dualistic attitudes about what is right vs. wrong and then to feelings of guilt; it is the part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting standards learned from parents and teachers and religious or spiritual leaders; it is the critical, rigid, always-talking "mother within" who has such high expectations that no one can usually ever meet.]
To be continued.
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
Section Two offers other recent posts. (All of the nearly 2,400 posts as well as any specific topics which you’re interested in can be accessed by using the search feature at the top of the right column.)
Section Four offers five free eBooks, compliments of Andy Gugar, Jr.
Section Five discusses parallels in Maharaj's and Floyd's "journey" and provides a chance for you to see if you've had any such parallels as well.
Section Six offers information on paperbacks that are available through Amazon.com for those who prefer a book in hand.
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SECTION TWO:
20 January 2015
1. Because they are involved with a religion or ideology or philosophy that provides a perceived payoff, often including instant freedom from what they take to be “the eternal consequences of sin” by merely asking.
2. Because they are “Dissociation Seekers,” not truly seeking Reality as much as they are seeking to escape from or avoid the realities of the relative existence.
3. Because of their early programming and conditioning, which set persons up to accept something less than any human deserves, they normalize a “less than” existence which has no element of fullness to it at all.
4. Because they love the roles played at the third step on a seven-step “path,” including “The Super Religious One” or “The Spiritual Giant” or “The Super Seeker.” Similar to “Dissociation Seekers,” the ones playing “The Super Seeker” role are not really seeking to move toward something as much as they are trying to move away from something or someone: a boring life; a boring mate; children; responsibilities involved with maintaining a domicile; work, etc.:
“Hi. I’m going to a meeting so I’ll be late.”
“Hi. I’m going to be meeting with someone who is just getting started with our deal, so I’ll be out most of the evening.”
“Hi. We’re going to a weekend retreat so I’ll see you and the children late Sunday night.”
“Hi. A group of us are going up to the central part of the country and visit Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the sacred rock formations there.”
“Hi. I’ll be back in three days. We’re going to a retreat at the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in the Bodh Gaya area.”
"Hi. See you in about two weeks. Some in our group have arranged a tour of the holy sites in the Middle East.”
“Hi. I’ll be out most of the weekend. I’ve volunteered to work the phone banks Saturday and Sunday. Then we have the group barbecue Sunday evening. Later.”
“Hi. I’ll be gone for about sixteen days. We’re going to Peru to visit Machu Picchu.”
And the same happens among all who claim they are seeking something which just happens to require them to be away; or who are seeking to do something which provides an excuse to avoid spouses, children, and other responsibilities at home; or who are seeking chances to be called away with the justification that they must “help others”:
“Hi. Back from my tour of duty in the war.” “Bye. Volunteering to go back to the war and kill people to help my buddies. See you and the kid later.” “Hi. Back from my second tour of duty.” “Bye. See you and kid later – going back to the war. No rest for the weary, you know. Gotta kill, kill, kill.” “Hi. Back from my third tour of duty.” “Bye. Going back to the war.” “Hi. Back from the war again. I'm staying home now.” “Bye. Gotta go help my buddies who have mental problems. Don’t wait up – this is gonna be a late one.”
[Add in the roles of "The Super Xenophobic," “The Super Helper,” “The Super Savior,” “The Super Loyalist,” “The Super Patriot,” “The Super Killer,” etc. to see how false personality identifications drive such behaviors in persons and to see some of the most astonishing things that persons can become addicted to. More on that in “Reason #6.”]
Of course many of those types are so bored that they seek out any and every opportunity to find something to get the adrenals pumping in order to become emotionally-intoxicated and thus “lose themselves” in the process while also getting away from a spouse or from family responsibilities which their attachment disorders drive them to avoid except in the most perfunctory way.
5. Because of the method of teaching which they happened to find (or more often just stumbled across). Three of the five methods usually end up involving a lifetime of seeking or study or engaging in “spiritual exercises.”
Next, Reason #6:
6. Personality.
Many regular visitors to this site are aware that there are nine basic personality types and that each person has a primary type which usually develops by the age of six or so; then, varying degrees of the other eight types usually show up as well.
There is some correlation between the personality type of a seeker and how that person's seeking - and behaviors - will unfold:
PERSONALITY TYPE ONES: Being perfectionists, Type Ones are not likely to ever be attracted to the notion that one can reach a point where they are "freed and finished," totally; thus, they are never really freed from the three keys symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness identified by Maharaj: “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity.”
Non-Realized Type Ones will refuse to admit that anyone could find even the slightest evidence of any of those three symptoms in their thoughts or behaviors. Yet they will never be finished with seeking, because they are driven to know it all, so they will forever be about the business of accumulating knowledge (a.k.a., “learned ignorance” per Maharaj). In that way they are very much like Type Fives.
Also, Type Ones often have an intense sense of right and wrong which leads them to attach to “personal” religious and moral values. They can develop an extreme “sense of mission”; combine that with a desire to change all of those with different beliefs from theirs and there is the potential for them to take extreme steps to push their belief system onto others.
In the effort to stay true to their principles, Ones resist being affected by their instinctual drives, consciously not giving in to them or expressing them too freely. The result is a personality type that has problems with repression, resistance, and aggression: "Sex in this life? No thanks. We prefer to keep our women covered head to toe so none of us will be tempted; besides, we’re going to have huge numbers of women to gratify us sexually once we die as martyrs"; or, "I'm a good Catholic. Sex is not for pleasure. It is for procreation. That alone is the proper purpose of sex, and that alone is pleasing to God. I was taught, 'If it feels good, stop it!'"
They also find it difficult to trust their inner guidance, so Type Ones (1) seldom ever awaken to the truth available via the inner guru or the inner resource and they (2) come to rely far more heavily on their superego (which is a learned voice from their childhood which they allow to guide them toward what they see as “the greater good” which they so passionately seek).
[Superego = a part of a person's mind which relates to dualistic attitudes about what is right vs. wrong and then to feelings of guilt; it is the part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting standards learned from parents and teachers and religious or spiritual leaders; it is the critical, rigid, always-talking "mother within" who has such high expectations that no one can usually ever meet.]
To be continued.
Please enter the silence of contemplation.
NOTE: Sections Two through Six follow:
Section Two offers other recent posts. (All of the nearly 2,400 posts as well as any specific topics which you’re interested in can be accessed by using the search feature at the top of the right column.)
Section Three offers ways that seekers have Realized, tools which some have used, and information on floyd's books.
Section Four offers five free eBooks, compliments of Andy Gugar, Jr.
Section Five discusses parallels in Maharaj's and Floyd's "journey" and provides a chance for you to see if you've had any such parallels as well.
Section Six offers information on paperbacks that are available through Amazon.com for those who prefer a book in hand.
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SECTION TWO:
Other Recent Posts
20 January 2015
A DAILY CONSIDERATION FOR YOU
[You may scroll down to "Section Four" to find how to receive up to five, free eBooks which deal with a variety of non-dual topics]
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F.: The questions now being addressed include these:
So why can people not just abide simply and let “life go on,” as Maharaj advised. Why can they not “abide naturally” but end up abiding instead either unnaturally (for example, eating body and blood) or trying to abide supernaturally (by causing ringing sounds by placing a special bowl on a special pillow and striking it with a special stick or arranging expensive crystals in particular patterns or sitting under a pyramid made of metal rods)? Why can they not be free of all encumbrances and just take it easy? Why can they not relax and just live? Why can they not enjoy? Why can they not lose the excess seriousness? Why can they not simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation?
The reasons why none of that is happening among the non-Realized masses vary. Earlier, this was offered as Reason #1:
1. There’s a perceived payoff, often including instant freedom from what they take to be “the eternal consequences of sin,” received time and again merely for the asking. In their minds and belief systems, just by asking for it, a “clean slate” is restored. Also, since they admit, “I am a sinner and will never be perfect,” the stage is set for them to continue throughout the entire relative existence to steal and cheat and do whatever is in their “self -interest” (that is, in the interest of a multitude of false selves – each with a hidden agenda – to be able to do whatever they want to do and to do whatever it might take for them to get, always, whatever they want.)
Why else are the masses unable to merely abide simply; to let “life go on”; to “abide naturally”; to be free of all encumbrances; to take it easy; to relax and just live; to lose the excess seriousness; and to simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation?
Why else? Reason #2:
2. This was offered: Also at play can be those personas which inspire people to claim that they want to be Fully Realized but who are actually only seeking to escape reality and to dissociate from the relative existence and the responsibilities that it can require.
From the free eBook “The Most Dangerous Belief of All”: “The teachings have nothing to do with ‘escaping reality,’ with ‘leaving this world behind, mentally,’ with ‘relocating, mentally, into a castle in the air or into Foo-Foo Land’ or with ‘leaving the AM-ness behind and abiding as THAT alone’.”
Why else? Reason #3:
3. Because of their early programming and conditioning, which set persons up to accept something less than any humans deserve.
You might ask if you were set up to normalize a “less than” existence that has no element of fullness to it at all? Are those offering a treatment plan for you using those subconscious beliefs to keep you coming back rather than seeking the real deal which can afford you a shot at enjoying a sense of fullness rather than a deflating and stagnating sense of emptiness? Why are you really settling for less than total healing?
Maharaj: “Life goes on, but it is spontaneous and free, meaningful and happy.”
Maharaj stopped offering mantras, and there is no mantra offered here. Yet a key pointer to consider can be offered: “Simplicity is the essence of abiding normally and naturally, and normal and natural abidance is marked by simplicity.”
A man in India wrote: “I sat in Maharaj’s tiny loft and heard him say that ‘this is all so simple’ and ‘it is all very simple’ and ‘the I AM is just pure and simple being.’ He said it, but it has been you that has shown me why it is simple, how to reach the simple, and how to keep it simple. Thank you.”
Why else? Reason #4:
4. Affiliations and ego-assumption and the egotism which always manifests shortly after each and every ego-state is assumed as an identity. Ninety-seven percent of the people on the planet are affiliated with one religion or another. They love playing the role of “The Super Religious One.” Millions more brag that they “are not religious” but are “spiritual instead”; they love playing the role of “The Spiritual Giant.” Then there are those involved with Eastern philosophies who assume the role of “The Super Seeker” and love playing out that role (which affords them more opportunities to escape the tedious or boring relative existence with what they deem to be its “excess of responsibilities” or to escape from a home life with someone they really to not want to be around. Seeking, for them, can offer what they take to be "a legitimate excuse" for being away, for attending sessions or meetings, for traveling to "holy places" or to "special places with special energy" in supposedly special places all around the globe).
Why else? Reason #5:
5. The method of teaching which they happened to find (or more often just stumbled across):
If seekers happen to find the DIRECT PATH METHOD, then they might work for years trying to find an efficient means for traversing that “path.” If they happen to find the DIRECT PATH METHOD offered in combination with NISARGA YOGA and understand the message there, then they might “get it” and start abiding naturally rather than unnaturally or “supernaturally” (that is, “religiously” or “spiritually”) and be done with seeking and with making a second job out of mere living.
If seekers happen to find the PSEUDO ADVAITA METHOD, then they will never Realize. They can spend a lifetime studying non-duality without ever being able to just abide simply; to let “life go on”; to “abide naturally”; to be free of all encumbrances; to just take it easy; to relax and just live; to lose the excess seriousness; and to simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation.
If seekers happen to find the TRADITIONAL ADVAITA METHOD, then they, too, might spend a lifetime working at learning Sanskrit and studying the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Suttras and focusing as much on “scriptures” as do the members of the three religions which grew out of the teachings of Abraham, namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This method is another than often leads to a lifetime of “work” at trying to Realize and at trying “be free,” though most witnessed here are never free of their “seeking and spiritual work.”
If seekers happen to find NEO-VEDANTA METHOD, they, too, can work forever at gathering new concepts and ego-states who prefer sublime or exalted or lofty content.
If seekers happen to find the NEO-ADVAITA METHOD, then they can spend a lifetime thinking they have attained the ultimate understanding though – in most cases - they have actually understood nothing but have avoided entirely the process required to truly understand and then to be truly free and abide naturally.
[Note that only one of those methods, if combined with the Nisarga Yoga, provides the opportunity to attain a final understanding and then be done with it . . . done with seeking; done with all of the extra work that is not really necessary; done with distorting the relative existence into a two-job event rather than meeting basic requirements and then taking it easy and living simply. With most non-dual methods, as with all religions, one is led into making a lifetime commitment to dogma or teachings or principles or never-ending worship activities and spiritual exercises, ad infinitum. Only one combination offers a "get it and then be done with it" invitation. The rest suggest that their deal should be all-important in the beginning and then also all-important forever after as well. See? The deal here really is about . . . simplicity.]
Why else? Reason #6:
6. Personality. More on that tomorrow.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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So why can people not just abide simply and let “life go on,” as Maharaj advised. Why can they not “abide naturally” but end up abiding instead either unnaturally (for example, eating body and blood) or trying to abide supernaturally (by causing ringing sounds by placing a special bowl on a special pillow and striking it with a special stick or arranging expensive crystals in particular patterns or sitting under a pyramid made of metal rods)? Why can they not be free of all encumbrances and just take it easy? Why can they not relax and just live? Why can they not enjoy? Why can they not lose the excess seriousness? Why can they not simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation?
The reasons why none of that is happening among the non-Realized masses vary. Earlier, this was offered as Reason #1:
1. There’s a perceived payoff, often including instant freedom from what they take to be “the eternal consequences of sin,” received time and again merely for the asking. In their minds and belief systems, just by asking for it, a “clean slate” is restored. Also, since they admit, “I am a sinner and will never be perfect,” the stage is set for them to continue throughout the entire relative existence to steal and cheat and do whatever is in their “self -interest” (that is, in the interest of a multitude of false selves – each with a hidden agenda – to be able to do whatever they want to do and to do whatever it might take for them to get, always, whatever they want.)
Why else are the masses unable to merely abide simply; to let “life go on”; to “abide naturally”; to be free of all encumbrances; to take it easy; to relax and just live; to lose the excess seriousness; and to simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation?
Why else? Reason #2:
2. This was offered: Also at play can be those personas which inspire people to claim that they want to be Fully Realized but who are actually only seeking to escape reality and to dissociate from the relative existence and the responsibilities that it can require.
From the free eBook “The Most Dangerous Belief of All”: “The teachings have nothing to do with ‘escaping reality,’ with ‘leaving this world behind, mentally,’ with ‘relocating, mentally, into a castle in the air or into Foo-Foo Land’ or with ‘leaving the AM-ness behind and abiding as THAT alone’.”
Why else? Reason #3:
3. Because of their early programming and conditioning, which set persons up to accept something less than any humans deserve.
You might ask if you were set up to normalize a “less than” existence that has no element of fullness to it at all? Are those offering a treatment plan for you using those subconscious beliefs to keep you coming back rather than seeking the real deal which can afford you a shot at enjoying a sense of fullness rather than a deflating and stagnating sense of emptiness? Why are you really settling for less than total healing?
Maharaj: “Life goes on, but it is spontaneous and free, meaningful and happy.”
Maharaj stopped offering mantras, and there is no mantra offered here. Yet a key pointer to consider can be offered: “Simplicity is the essence of abiding normally and naturally, and normal and natural abidance is marked by simplicity.”
A man in India wrote: “I sat in Maharaj’s tiny loft and heard him say that ‘this is all so simple’ and ‘it is all very simple’ and ‘the I AM is just pure and simple being.’ He said it, but it has been you that has shown me why it is simple, how to reach the simple, and how to keep it simple. Thank you.”
Why else? Reason #4:
4. Affiliations and ego-assumption and the egotism which always manifests shortly after each and every ego-state is assumed as an identity. Ninety-seven percent of the people on the planet are affiliated with one religion or another. They love playing the role of “The Super Religious One.” Millions more brag that they “are not religious” but are “spiritual instead”; they love playing the role of “The Spiritual Giant.” Then there are those involved with Eastern philosophies who assume the role of “The Super Seeker” and love playing out that role (which affords them more opportunities to escape the tedious or boring relative existence with what they deem to be its “excess of responsibilities” or to escape from a home life with someone they really to not want to be around. Seeking, for them, can offer what they take to be "a legitimate excuse" for being away, for attending sessions or meetings, for traveling to "holy places" or to "special places with special energy" in supposedly special places all around the globe).
Why else? Reason #5:
5. The method of teaching which they happened to find (or more often just stumbled across):
If seekers happen to find the DIRECT PATH METHOD, then they might work for years trying to find an efficient means for traversing that “path.” If they happen to find the DIRECT PATH METHOD offered in combination with NISARGA YOGA and understand the message there, then they might “get it” and start abiding naturally rather than unnaturally or “supernaturally” (that is, “religiously” or “spiritually”) and be done with seeking and with making a second job out of mere living.
If seekers happen to find the PSEUDO ADVAITA METHOD, then they will never Realize. They can spend a lifetime studying non-duality without ever being able to just abide simply; to let “life go on”; to “abide naturally”; to be free of all encumbrances; to just take it easy; to relax and just live; to lose the excess seriousness; and to simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation.
If seekers happen to find the TRADITIONAL ADVAITA METHOD, then they, too, might spend a lifetime working at learning Sanskrit and studying the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Suttras and focusing as much on “scriptures” as do the members of the three religions which grew out of the teachings of Abraham, namely, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This method is another than often leads to a lifetime of “work” at trying to Realize and at trying “be free,” though most witnessed here are never free of their “seeking and spiritual work.”
If seekers happen to find NEO-VEDANTA METHOD, they, too, can work forever at gathering new concepts and ego-states who prefer sublime or exalted or lofty content.
If seekers happen to find the NEO-ADVAITA METHOD, then they can spend a lifetime thinking they have attained the ultimate understanding though – in most cases - they have actually understood nothing but have avoided entirely the process required to truly understand and then to be truly free and abide naturally.
[Note that only one of those methods, if combined with the Nisarga Yoga, provides the opportunity to attain a final understanding and then be done with it . . . done with seeking; done with all of the extra work that is not really necessary; done with distorting the relative existence into a two-job event rather than meeting basic requirements and then taking it easy and living simply. With most non-dual methods, as with all religions, one is led into making a lifetime commitment to dogma or teachings or principles or never-ending worship activities and spiritual exercises, ad infinitum. Only one combination offers a "get it and then be done with it" invitation. The rest suggest that their deal should be all-important in the beginning and then also all-important forever after as well. See? The deal here really is about . . . simplicity.]
Why else? Reason #6:
6. Personality. More on that tomorrow.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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A DAILY CONSIDERATION FOR YOU
[You may scroll down to "Section Four" to find how to receive up to five, free eBooks which deal with a variety of non-dual topics]
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F.: So why can people not just abide simply and let “life go on,” as Maharaj advised? Why can they not “abide naturally” but ened up being abide driven instead to either live unnaturally (for example, eating body and blood) or trying to abide supernaturally (by producing ringing sounds by placing a special bowl on a special pillow and striking it with a special stick, by arranging expensive crystals in particular patterns, by sitting under a pyramid made of metal rods, etc.)?
Why can most persons never be free of all encumbrances and just take it easy? Why can they not relax and "just live"? Why can they not abide more simply? Why can they not enjoy? Why can they not lose the excess seriousness? Why can they not simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation?
There are many reasons, some based in conscious motives and some based in the subconscious, hidden agendas of the personalities which are driving their every thought and word and deed without their having a clue that such is the case. No matter the reason, though, everything that is done is done because there is a perceived payoff.
Note that on the seven-step “path” to Realization, it is at the third step where persons play religious and / or spiritual roles. For 97% of the people on the planet, that begins in childhood and continues for the entire relative existence. Sometimes the payoff which is being sought involves clinging to a religious role, considering religion to be all-important. An example:
Recently on the outskirts of Paris, two men who killed twelve people inside the offices of Charlie Hebdo were eventually cornered and surrounded in a warehouse, and one told a negotiator on the telephone that they “wanted to die as martyrs.”
The payoff? According to their beliefs about their Harem Heaven, if they committed suicide, they would not be rewarded, but if they were killed in a supposed "campaign for Allah," they would receive not only seventy-two virgins but also thousands of wives and thousands of concubines, all to be at their beck and call to gratify the male martyrs' every sexual desire for all eternity. At the end, the two men rushed outside the warehouse, firing away and knowing they would be mowed down by a hail of bullets from the police which would supposedly guarantee them a ticket into their conceptualized "celestial brothel."
A man who left the Christian church after having received treatment for his alcoholism from a professional counselor told me that he did so because - as a Christian - he could “never abide in a way that did not harm others” as long as he could say, “Hey God, I’m sorry” and (as he put it) “have my slate wiped clean.” See? Payoff?
He admitted that he had “lived the life of a Christian-alcoholic-narcissistic-sociopath” until that life finally wore him down and his drive to escape all that led him to a search that ended when he found this blog and began waking up to what had been motivating him all along: a self-absorbed self who wanted what he wanted when he wanted, who hated being told “No” by anyone, but who was also trying to deal with his early programming in the Catholic Church which set him up for a lifetime of guilt and anxiety and fear on one hand and reckless daring and audacity on the other.
In other cases, the payoff is attention and money. The supposedly non-dual Big Name Teacher millionaires and multi-millionaires are certainly receiving attention and money, as are their Big Name religious counterparts.
Consider an example of the latter which can illustrate the current pointers in this series as well as explain why there is an invitation in the free eBook below (“The Most Dangerous Belief of All”) to become free of the all of the negative, relative effects of being driven through life by blind faith.
Billions believe in a god or in gods and goddesses, but the point is offered in that eBook that nothing should be believed if it cannot be proved. Always, religious leaders have offered what was claimed to be proof of God’s existence via "this miracle" or "that miracle." Recently, new methods have become popular because persons are claiming that they died and went to heaven and were sent back to tell people that god and heaven are real.
[Just as many claim to have been abducted by aliens who performed experiments on their bodies and then released them and now offer their "proofs," which are similar to religious accounts which also claim to prove that other-world beings are real.]
Consider a recent example of one such tale that has been told in a Christian book that has become a New York Times bestseller (and which has also been made into a movie) which is entitled “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond This World” (with the words “A True Story” also appearing on the cover).
Tyndale House Publishers said, “As you see heaven and earth through Alex’s eyes, you’ll come away with new insights on miracles, life beyond this world, and the power of a father’s love.”
The book, written by Alex Malarkey and his father Kevin Malarkey, a Christian therapist in Ohio, claimed to detail a boy's trip to heaven and his return to earth.
It has been read by millions and the movie has been seen by millions and has been touted as “the evidence that non-believers and atheists have always dreaded might come someday.” See? Payoff.
The book has a 4.2 stars rating on Amazon.com, and some of the hundreds of review include these:
Aquila Clark: “I believe he really did go to Heaven.”
From “Firstimer”: “God’s power and love for Alex and his family and anyone who chooses to have faith is truly amazing!”
Joe D. Kelly: “This book is a true story about a boy named Alex Malarkey who was in a terrible car accident.”
In 2004, when Alex was 6, the two were badly injured in an automobile accident. Alex ended up in a coma for two months, and the book claims to tell the story of his trips to heaven during that time. In the book, he describes “the hole in heaven” that leads to hell, he details his conversations with Jesus Christ, and he provides an account of meetings with the devil (who at one point blamed Alex for the accident).
Beth Malarkey, Alex's mother and caregiver, is divorced from Kevin Malarkey. Along the way, as the book and movie soared in popularity among Christians, she said that she “was troubled by the book.” She wrote years ago that "it is both puzzling and painful to watch the book 'The Boy who Came Back from Heaven' to not only continue to sell but to continue, for the most part, to not be questioned."
Those who have read “The Most Dangerous Belief of All,” or the excerpts from that book which were shared on this site, know that Maharaj advised: “Question everything” and “Question it all.”
Among the many who did just that - who questioned the content of the Malarkey tale - their skepticism has now been validated with this news release:
“The Christian mega-hit 'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven: A True Story' is being pulled from the shelves of stores after one of its co-authors admitted he made the whole thing up. Tyndale House, the book's publisher, has reported that it would take the book and all ancillary products out of print. That comes after Alex wrote in the open letter, ‘I did not die. I did not go to Heaven'.”
[Consider the irony of the names of two key players in the writing of the book - Alex Malarkey and his father Kevin Malarkey - as you note the definition of the word “malarkey”: “malarkey is speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress, as in ‘the claims were just a lot of malarkey’.”]
As for the various payoffs mentioned above, Alex confessed to his motivations: "I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention.” [See? Payoff.”] “When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to.” His father, Kevin Malarkey, has not publicly commented on his son's statement as of this writing.
See? The motives of those who continue to act as if their “journey” is all-important are doing so in order to gain one kind of payoff or another. Involved with that can be egos (that is, ego-states or personality identifications) and egotism (one of the many ego-defense mechanisms used by those trapped in their false identities).
Among those roles which are usually at play (and which generate a sense of being important) are “The Super Religious One” and “The Spiritual Giant” and “The Super Seeker.”
Also at play can be those personas which inspire people to claim that they want to be Fully Realized but who are actually only seeking to escape reality and to dissociate from the relative existence and the responsibilities that it can require. More on that later.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
15 January 2015
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. BY USING EBOOKS available at
Floyd Henderson's Website
Anthology of four books
Anthology of six books
SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDE (VOLUME ONE)
WHY YOU MUST BE EMPTY IF YOU WOULD BE FULL
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
The following eBooks are available without charge for you or for friends:
I.
"GOOD vs. EVIL?" or "IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, and INSANITY?"
II.
"THE VISION"
III.
24. both made the decision that whatever amount of the relative existence remains shall be spent in sharing the teachings in the way that has been seen to be the most effective method: not suggesting that there are not enough religious persons; not suggesting that the Ultimate Sickness is caused by being "spiritually-unfit"; but by seeing that the problem centers in the mind (which must come to an end, which it will the moment all beliefs are abandoned)
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.
SECTION SIX:
Why can most persons never be free of all encumbrances and just take it easy? Why can they not relax and "just live"? Why can they not abide more simply? Why can they not enjoy? Why can they not lose the excess seriousness? Why can they not simply “Dance Lightly” for the remainder of the manifestation?
There are many reasons, some based in conscious motives and some based in the subconscious, hidden agendas of the personalities which are driving their every thought and word and deed without their having a clue that such is the case. No matter the reason, though, everything that is done is done because there is a perceived payoff.
Note that on the seven-step “path” to Realization, it is at the third step where persons play religious and / or spiritual roles. For 97% of the people on the planet, that begins in childhood and continues for the entire relative existence. Sometimes the payoff which is being sought involves clinging to a religious role, considering religion to be all-important. An example:
Recently on the outskirts of Paris, two men who killed twelve people inside the offices of Charlie Hebdo were eventually cornered and surrounded in a warehouse, and one told a negotiator on the telephone that they “wanted to die as martyrs.”
The payoff? According to their beliefs about their Harem Heaven, if they committed suicide, they would not be rewarded, but if they were killed in a supposed "campaign for Allah," they would receive not only seventy-two virgins but also thousands of wives and thousands of concubines, all to be at their beck and call to gratify the male martyrs' every sexual desire for all eternity. At the end, the two men rushed outside the warehouse, firing away and knowing they would be mowed down by a hail of bullets from the police which would supposedly guarantee them a ticket into their conceptualized "celestial brothel."
A man who left the Christian church after having received treatment for his alcoholism from a professional counselor told me that he did so because - as a Christian - he could “never abide in a way that did not harm others” as long as he could say, “Hey God, I’m sorry” and (as he put it) “have my slate wiped clean.” See? Payoff?
He admitted that he had “lived the life of a Christian-alcoholic-narcissistic-sociopath” until that life finally wore him down and his drive to escape all that led him to a search that ended when he found this blog and began waking up to what had been motivating him all along: a self-absorbed self who wanted what he wanted when he wanted, who hated being told “No” by anyone, but who was also trying to deal with his early programming in the Catholic Church which set him up for a lifetime of guilt and anxiety and fear on one hand and reckless daring and audacity on the other.
In other cases, the payoff is attention and money. The supposedly non-dual Big Name Teacher millionaires and multi-millionaires are certainly receiving attention and money, as are their Big Name religious counterparts.
Consider an example of the latter which can illustrate the current pointers in this series as well as explain why there is an invitation in the free eBook below (“The Most Dangerous Belief of All”) to become free of the all of the negative, relative effects of being driven through life by blind faith.
Billions believe in a god or in gods and goddesses, but the point is offered in that eBook that nothing should be believed if it cannot be proved. Always, religious leaders have offered what was claimed to be proof of God’s existence via "this miracle" or "that miracle." Recently, new methods have become popular because persons are claiming that they died and went to heaven and were sent back to tell people that god and heaven are real.
[Just as many claim to have been abducted by aliens who performed experiments on their bodies and then released them and now offer their "proofs," which are similar to religious accounts which also claim to prove that other-world beings are real.]
Consider a recent example of one such tale that has been told in a Christian book that has become a New York Times bestseller (and which has also been made into a movie) which is entitled “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond This World” (with the words “A True Story” also appearing on the cover).
Tyndale House Publishers said, “As you see heaven and earth through Alex’s eyes, you’ll come away with new insights on miracles, life beyond this world, and the power of a father’s love.”
The book, written by Alex Malarkey and his father Kevin Malarkey, a Christian therapist in Ohio, claimed to detail a boy's trip to heaven and his return to earth.
It has been read by millions and the movie has been seen by millions and has been touted as “the evidence that non-believers and atheists have always dreaded might come someday.” See? Payoff.
The book has a 4.2 stars rating on Amazon.com, and some of the hundreds of review include these:
Aquila Clark: “I believe he really did go to Heaven.”
From “Firstimer”: “God’s power and love for Alex and his family and anyone who chooses to have faith is truly amazing!”
Joe D. Kelly: “This book is a true story about a boy named Alex Malarkey who was in a terrible car accident.”
In 2004, when Alex was 6, the two were badly injured in an automobile accident. Alex ended up in a coma for two months, and the book claims to tell the story of his trips to heaven during that time. In the book, he describes “the hole in heaven” that leads to hell, he details his conversations with Jesus Christ, and he provides an account of meetings with the devil (who at one point blamed Alex for the accident).
Beth Malarkey, Alex's mother and caregiver, is divorced from Kevin Malarkey. Along the way, as the book and movie soared in popularity among Christians, she said that she “was troubled by the book.” She wrote years ago that "it is both puzzling and painful to watch the book 'The Boy who Came Back from Heaven' to not only continue to sell but to continue, for the most part, to not be questioned."
Those who have read “The Most Dangerous Belief of All,” or the excerpts from that book which were shared on this site, know that Maharaj advised: “Question everything” and “Question it all.”
Among the many who did just that - who questioned the content of the Malarkey tale - their skepticism has now been validated with this news release:
“The Christian mega-hit 'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven: A True Story' is being pulled from the shelves of stores after one of its co-authors admitted he made the whole thing up. Tyndale House, the book's publisher, has reported that it would take the book and all ancillary products out of print. That comes after Alex wrote in the open letter, ‘I did not die. I did not go to Heaven'.”
[Consider the irony of the names of two key players in the writing of the book - Alex Malarkey and his father Kevin Malarkey - as you note the definition of the word “malarkey”: “malarkey is speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress, as in ‘the claims were just a lot of malarkey’.”]
As for the various payoffs mentioned above, Alex confessed to his motivations: "I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention.” [See? Payoff.”] “When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible. People have profited from lies, and continue to.” His father, Kevin Malarkey, has not publicly commented on his son's statement as of this writing.
See? The motives of those who continue to act as if their “journey” is all-important are doing so in order to gain one kind of payoff or another. Involved with that can be egos (that is, ego-states or personality identifications) and egotism (one of the many ego-defense mechanisms used by those trapped in their false identities).
Among those roles which are usually at play (and which generate a sense of being important) are “The Super Religious One” and “The Spiritual Giant” and “The Super Seeker.”
Also at play can be those personas which inspire people to claim that they want to be Fully Realized but who are actually only seeking to escape reality and to dissociate from the relative existence and the responsibilities that it can require. More on that later.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
15 January 2015
SECTION THREE:
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. BY USING EBOOKS available at
Floyd Henderson's Website
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 Kindle reader.
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE: A Seven-Step Journey to Reality
CONSCIOUSNESS / AWARENESS
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
THE FINAL UNDERSTANDING
THE ADVANCED SEEKERS' SERIES
Anthology of four books
THE BLISSFUL ABIDANCE SERIES
Anthology of six books
SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ AND HIS EVOLUTION
THE FINAL FIFTEEN TOPICS DISCUSSED BY SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
A TWELVE-STEP JOURNEY TO SELF-TRANSFORMATION
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A GUIDE FOR WORKING THE STEPS (IN THE MANNER USED BY THE FOUNDERS)
THE TWELVE STEPS AND ADVAITA / NON-DUALITY: A 21-DAY PLAN FOR A PSYCHIC CHANGE
SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDE (VOLUME ONE)
SELF-TRANSFORMATION MEDITATION GUIDE (VOLUME TWO)
WHY NISARGA YOGA IN ADDITION TO THE ADVAITA TEACHINGS?
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE via the Non-Duality Teachings and the Nisarga Yoga
YOUR ORIGINAL NATURE
GOING CRAZY / GOING SANE
INSTABILITY / INSANITY: WHAT THE ADVAITA TEACHINGS CAN (AND CANNOT) ADDRESS
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (THERE IS ONLY PEACE IF YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND)
FREEDOM FROM SHIFTING BETWEEN STATES OF HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS
THE ULTIMATE SICKNESS / THE ULTIMATE MEDICINE
PROGRAMMING, CONDITIONING, DOMESTICATION, AND ACCULTURATION (THE SOURCES OF THE ULTIMATE SICKNESS; THE NON-DUALITY TREATMENT)
"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?"
THE MYTH OF "DEATH"
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS: THE SIMPLICITY OF REALIZATION
FINDING REAL LOVE IN AN UNREAL WORLD
CASTING LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE OF RELATIONSHIPS
OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF BEING TOTALLY INDEPENDENT
THE NON-DUALITY POINTERS OFFERED BY YESHU'A ("JESUS THE CHRIST")
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE ADVAITIN
WHEN ONLY THREE HOURS OF MANIFESTATION REMAIN (THE "FINAL" TALKS OF FLOYD HENDERSON)
I AM THAT (vs. "This Is Who I Think I Am")
QUOTATIONS AND POINTERS DEALING WITH NON-DUALITY, ADVAITA, NISARGA YOGA, AND MORE
DANCING LIGHTLY
THE PATH TO FREEDOM VS. THE PATH TO MISERY
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (INCLUDING YOU AND INCLUDING GOD)
LIBERATION (ATTAINING FREEDOM FROM PERSONALITY VIA REALIZATION)
WHY YOU MUST BE EMPTY IF YOU WOULD BE FULL
FREEDOM FROM BELIEFS (Believers, Non-Believers, and "No-Belief-ers")
WHEN REALITY IS OVERLAID ON THE RELATIVE
THE RELATIVE RESULTS OF RETURNING TO "THE CHILD IGNORANCE STAGE" OR "THE CHILD NO-KNOWING STATE"
WHAT BLISS IS AND WHAT BLISS IS NOT
THE TWICE-STOLEN NECKLACE MURDERS
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS
LESSONS IN NON-DUALITY FROM TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA
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
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (RECOVERING WHAT RELIGIONS LOST)
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (AND WHY KNOWING IT SETS YOU FREE)
SECTION FOUR:
FIVE FREE eBOOKS
(Compliments of Andy Gugar, Jr.)
FIVE FREE eBOOKS
(Compliments of Andy Gugar, Jr.)
The following eBooks are available without charge for you or for friends:
I.
"GOOD vs. EVIL?" or "IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, and INSANITY?"
The
content of this eBook deals with one of the most common but erroneous
beliefs that the non-Realized masses cling to and which they will fight
about (and even kill over), namely, that there is a planet-wide duel
going on between “the forces of good and evil” in the universe.
Maharaj said of each that visited his Bombay loft, “Only that person will visit this place whose virtue and sin have come to an end.”
He also said that the problems of humankind are problems associated
with the Ultimate Sickness and that three of the key traits of the
Ultimate Sickness are "ignorance, stupidity, and insanity."
To
that end, either (1) the ancient view is spot on: that the "ills of the
planet" are rooted in evil people, in people not being religious enough
or spiritual enough, and are caused solely by bad morality; or, (2) the
"ills of the planet" are rooted in ignorance, stupidity and insanity
and "being good" or "being moral" does not put an end to ignorance, does
not eliminate stupidity, and does not treat insanity in any way.
II.
"THE VISION"
Comments regarding the free eBook entitled “THE VISION”:
“My thanks to you and Andy.” – Andrew “Mac” McMaster
“Thanks so much for the book! And, by the way, it is brilliant and the most effective pointing that you have done. It has served to help clear the remaining blockages.” – Stan Cross
“Greatly appreciate having “THE VISION” added to my Henderson resource library that is situated on the right side of my bed for easy access! Eternally grateful for what was received and what was given.” – Robert Rigby
“ ‘THE VISION’ is such a well-written, condensed version of the Nisarga Yoga approach to understanding and enjoying Reality that I feel it can serve as a must-read ‘meditation guide’ for all earnest seekers.” – Andy Gugar, Jr.
“My thanks to you and Andy.” – Andrew “Mac” McMaster
“Thanks so much for the book! And, by the way, it is brilliant and the most effective pointing that you have done. It has served to help clear the remaining blockages.” – Stan Cross
“Greatly appreciate having “THE VISION” added to my Henderson resource library that is situated on the right side of my bed for easy access! Eternally grateful for what was received and what was given.” – Robert Rigby
“ ‘THE VISION’ is such a well-written, condensed version of the Nisarga Yoga approach to understanding and enjoying Reality that I feel it can serve as a must-read ‘meditation guide’ for all earnest seekers.” – Andy Gugar, Jr.
III.
While in South Africa in 2011, I was introduced to A Primate’s Memoir (2002)
by Dr. Robert Maurice Sapolsky. Sapolsky is an American
neuroendocrinologist; a professor of biology, neuroscience, and
neurosurgery at Stanford University; a researcher; an author; and a
Research Associate at the National Museums of Kenya.
A Primate’s Memoir (which documents Sapolsky’s years in Africa while studying baboons), was recommended because there is much that a non-dualist or Advaitin or Nisargan can relate to by comparing and contrasting what Sapolsky reveals about the way certain troops of baboons live in Africa with the way that humans abide all around the globe. The book also portrays an unconventional way of studying neurophysiology to determine the effects of stress on life expectancy. (And the reduction or elimination of stress among humans is one of the aims of the non-dual understanding.)
Now Sapolsky’s recent findings are offered in a documentary film entitled “Stress: Portrait of a Killer.” [The 56-minute film is available on YouTube in many countries.]
This 152-page eBook catalogues the common, non-dual message shared by Sapolsky and Maharaj and reveals the ways that Sapolsky’s scientific research supports the non-dual pointers offered by Maharaj.
In “PART ONE” it will be seen that most persons on the planet are not seeking, and most will never seek, but for those who are seeking, most will face several obstacles:
Often, many do not really know WHY they are seeking. Too, many who are asked WHAT they are seeking often offer no clear-cut answer beyond the standard talk about "Realization" or "Enlightenment." For those who have come this way and have a clear notions about why they are seeking and what they are seeking, many have not yet found anyone that has shown them exactly HOW to go about the process. The content in "Part One" offers some considerations about all three.
In “Part Two” of this book, it will be seen why many criticized Maharaj for “changing his message in his later talks.” It will be seen that the changes were not about changing the message per se as much as about changing his methodology as he experimented with one version of the Ultimate Medicine after another in order to try to find an effective means for addressing the Ultimate Sickness.
Maharaj’s loft was actually more of a laboratory in a loft in Bombay (now “Mumbai”) because he undertook in that loft many experiments in his efforts to find an effective form of the Ultimate Medicine that could treat the Ultimate Sickness effectively and successfully. In fact, he would eventually have three laboratories:
He first ran . . .
** a “Religion Laboratory,” then later
** a “Spirituality Laboratory” and eventually
** a “Psychology Laboratory.”
All three will be discussed in detail in "Part Two."
“Dangerous” is a term that can only apply during the relative existence. Among the Realized, there are no beliefs about “birth” so there are no beliefs about “the danger of death” (or the danger of anything else, for that matter).
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A Primate’s Memoir (which documents Sapolsky’s years in Africa while studying baboons), was recommended because there is much that a non-dualist or Advaitin or Nisargan can relate to by comparing and contrasting what Sapolsky reveals about the way certain troops of baboons live in Africa with the way that humans abide all around the globe. The book also portrays an unconventional way of studying neurophysiology to determine the effects of stress on life expectancy. (And the reduction or elimination of stress among humans is one of the aims of the non-dual understanding.)
Now Sapolsky’s recent findings are offered in a documentary film entitled “Stress: Portrait of a Killer.” [The 56-minute film is available on YouTube in many countries.]
This 152-page eBook catalogues the common, non-dual message shared by Sapolsky and Maharaj and reveals the ways that Sapolsky’s scientific research supports the non-dual pointers offered by Maharaj.
IV.
In “PART ONE” it will be seen that most persons on the planet are not seeking, and most will never seek, but for those who are seeking, most will face several obstacles:
Often, many do not really know WHY they are seeking. Too, many who are asked WHAT they are seeking often offer no clear-cut answer beyond the standard talk about "Realization" or "Enlightenment." For those who have come this way and have a clear notions about why they are seeking and what they are seeking, many have not yet found anyone that has shown them exactly HOW to go about the process. The content in "Part One" offers some considerations about all three.
In “Part Two” of this book, it will be seen why many criticized Maharaj for “changing his message in his later talks.” It will be seen that the changes were not about changing the message per se as much as about changing his methodology as he experimented with one version of the Ultimate Medicine after another in order to try to find an effective means for addressing the Ultimate Sickness.
Maharaj’s loft was actually more of a laboratory in a loft in Bombay (now “Mumbai”) because he undertook in that loft many experiments in his efforts to find an effective form of the Ultimate Medicine that could treat the Ultimate Sickness effectively and successfully. In fact, he would eventually have three laboratories:
He first ran . . .
** a “Religion Laboratory,” then later
** a “Spirituality Laboratory” and eventually
** a “Psychology Laboratory.”
All three will be discussed in detail in "Part Two."
V.
"THE MOST DANGEROUS BELIEF OF ALL"
Regarding the content in this 337-page book:
“Dangerous” is a term that can only apply during the relative existence. Among the Realized, there are no beliefs about “birth” so there are no beliefs about “the danger of death” (or the danger of anything else, for that matter).
Certainly,
therefore, there are no concerns about “dying,” “an afterlife,” or
“receiving reward vs. punishment.” Additionally, the Realized make no
judgment about suicide or the “rightness” or “wrongness” of that act.
But
of those who do commit suicide, how many shoot themselves in the foot
over and over until they “bleed out”? None. They shoot themselves in the
head. Why? In order to try to stop the noise - to try to stop the
chatter of a thousand monkeys – to stop the noisy mind which is the area
that stores the ideas, notions, concepts, mind-stuff, etc. which drives
them into the depths of insanity.
And
what are those ideas, notions, concepts, etc. called, collectively? "Their beliefs." The irony? They are
not their beliefs at all.
They are the beliefs of “others” that were set in place via programming,
conditioning, etc. and which persons then think are their own.
And
what are those beliefs rooted in, and what reinforces those beliefs and
convinces persons that they are sacred and worth fighting over and even
sometimes worth dying for? Blind faith.
So how can “dangerous” have any relevance alongside an understanding which has no beliefs
about birth, death, or an afterlife? It is relevant only in terms of the
way that the relative unfolds.
Strictly relatively speaking, there are those who move through the
relative existence without being driven by what Maharaj called “ignorance and stupidity and insanity”
and there are those who move through the relative existence while being
driven by all three of those symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness.
Persons in the latter group who are driven by those three traits are the most
likely to generate, relatively speaking, hazard / menace / chaos /
danger . . . call it what you will.
While the Realized give no validity to any "a" vs. "b" duality, the Realized are
wise enough to stand (a) outside the tigers’ cage at a zoo rather than (b) enter
into the tigers’ cage.
If
a wise one were to somehow magically have the option of meeting either
Gandhi or ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a dark alley, the wise one
would be interested in the beliefs of neither and would be in awe of
neither but would likely choose Gandhi over Abu Bakr, based in a wise
one’s tendency to seek peace rather than peril and wellbeing rather than
danger.
Yet that choice would be based in sanity and wisdom rather than in fear or fright; it would be based more in a tendency to end suffering rather than a propensity for increasing suffering.
Yes,
to bring an end to the fear in which one might be trapped, the non-dual
teacher will gladly point out that that the rope in the dark corner of a
barn is a rope rather than a snake, but the teacher will be equally as
glad to point out the pending “danger” to the seeker who is about to try
to pick up a snake because she or he is mistaking it for a rope.
Again, Maharaj: “The teacher does not evaluate. His sole concern is with suffering and the ending of suffering.”
The
Realized understand that, in the end, those persons with the most
blind-faith-based beliefs are usually going to be the ones who are least
concerned about peace and the ones most likely to generate chaos and
relative dangers.
The
reason for offering the pointers in this book are in alignment with the
same reasons that any true non-dual pointers are offered: to cast light
onto the darkness; to allow those who cannot see to finally see; to
provide a method by which those who cannot differentiate between the
true and the false may finally do so;
to
offer an effective version of the Ultimate Medicine in order to
alleviate the ignorance-and-insanity-induced-suffering which results
from the Ultimate Sickness; and thus to facilitate the opportunity for
those seeking peace and light and True Love to succeed in their quest.
To that end, best regards.
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SECTION FIVE:
COMPARE YOUR "JOURNEY" AND SEE IF YOU'VE UNDERGONE ANY EVENTS THAT PARALLEL THOSE OF MAHARAJ AND FLOYD
COMPARE YOUR "JOURNEY" AND SEE IF YOU'VE UNDERGONE ANY EVENTS THAT PARALLEL THOSE OF MAHARAJ AND FLOYD
The "experiences" of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and Floyd share many parallel. Many visitors have said that they have also shared some of the same parallels. Can you relate to any of these?
1. Both grew up in very poor families
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 initially tried to address the Ultimate Sickness with religious teachings but realized that did not work, so both tried to address the Ultimate Sickness with spirituality, only to see eventually that "being spiritual" did not cure the Ultimate Sickness either
8. both then realized that the main problems of humanity center in the mind so both turned to the sharing of psychology and scientific-and-fact-based pointers to free persons of the effects of programming, conditioning, acculturation, domestication, brainwashing and indoctrination
9. both had highly religious wives who were quite displeased with the shift away from religion
10. both had grown to feel empty in spite of all of their "spiritual seeking" and in spite of all of their accumulated "spiritual knowledge"
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 initially tried to address the Ultimate Sickness with religious teachings but realized that did not work, so both tried to address the Ultimate Sickness with spirituality, only to see eventually that "being spiritual" did not cure the Ultimate Sickness either
8. both then realized that the main problems of humanity center in the mind so both turned to the sharing of psychology and scientific-and-fact-based pointers to free persons of the effects of programming, conditioning, acculturation, domestication, brainwashing and indoctrination
9. both had highly religious wives who were quite displeased with the shift away from religion
10. both had grown 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 (and no longer having a husband who brought in huge sums of money)
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 offered satsang
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 (and no longer having a husband who brought in huge sums of money)
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 offered satsang
21. both saw that most who hear the teachings are still not going to understand
22. both, therefore, offered pointers without expectation, without attachment to outcome, and without any concern about the way that persons react to hearing Truth
23. both suggested that seekers focus on the exact, step-wise "path
22. both, therefore, offered pointers without expectation, without attachment to outcome, and without any concern about the way that persons react to hearing Truth
23. both suggested that seekers focus on the exact, step-wise "path
24. both made the decision that whatever amount of the relative existence remains shall be spent in sharing the teachings in the way that has been seen to be the most effective method: not suggesting that there are not enough religious persons; not suggesting that the Ultimate Sickness is caused by being "spiritually-unfit"; but by seeing that the problem centers in the mind (which must come to an end, which it will the moment all beliefs are abandoned)
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.
SECTION SIX:
FOR THOSE WHO PREFER A BOOK IN HAND TO READING eBOOKS, 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)
