TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS
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THE RATIONALE FOR CONCLUDING THAT "IT'S TIME TO TRY 'A DIFFERENT ROUTE' WHEN SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY BECAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF FOLLOWING THE MOST POPULAR ROUTE FOR 5000+ YEARS HAVE PROVED INEFFECTIVE," Continued
Many see that the results of the Ultimate Sickness and its symptoms of ignorance and insanity which lead to a sense of separation and to arrogance and to electing to office politicians who suffer from the most extreme cases of assoholism imaginable (which, in turn, leads to conflict and arguing and fighting and hating and wars and chaos) are a blot on humankind.
A few who see that result seek something beyond that. Yet few will see that the rationales, routes, seeking, perceived problems, and that which is "effective" or "not effective" referenced above can also become a blot on humankind. How?
By inspiring persons to assume the role of "The Super Seeker" and / or "The Super Religious One" and / or "The Spiritual Giant," thereafter becoming trapped in all sorts of going and doing and zooming and thus preempting any chance at all of being able to relax and take it easy. The irony: they become so absorbed in seeking peace and so fanatical about perpetuating their supposedly new and improved identities that they guaranteed they'll have no peace.
The fact: the manifest consciousness will forever inspire wanting and desiring and fearing and, therefore, the seeking of that which is wanted or desired or the avoidance of whatever is feared.
This morning, moving about in the backyard and enjoying a hot cup of Caffe Breve as I walked about in the crisp morning air, the birds in a large flock were scattered through the bare limbs of several trees.
As soon as the birds saw me approaching, they darted about in dozens of directions before all flying away. Why? Because of the manifest consciousness. The manifest consciousness, above all else, wants to remain manifested, wants continuity. Some of the fear which the birds displayed can be innate; other fears can result from modeling by the older birds in the flock. But above all, it was the most basic manifest-consciousness-generated desire for continuity which drove them to take flight and avoid a life form which was different from them.
By way of contrast, it is only humans, as a result of perverted programming, conditioning, etc., who add other elements into the mix, elements which no other life forms have - namely, belief systems - and they store them in the mind and allow them to drive actions which are not rooted in the typical character of the manifest consciousness but are rooted in dualistic concepts which generate distortions which then cause what is actually non-threatening to be perceived as threatening (supposedly threatening to very manifestation of consciousness itself).
Here's what the results of such extraneous elements in the mind can look like:
"The Wife" says, "I'm leaving you." "The Husband" believes that he cannot "exist" without the person who has been playing the co-dependent counterpart role to his role; thus, "The Husband" strikes out in what he takes to be a defensive action - defending the "self" - though clear witnessing allows all others to see that his actions are totally offensive; thus, annually in the U.S., 59% of all women killed are killed during such "breakups."
The birds this morning could easily have attacked me. Their pecks when striking a human's head at 28 miles per hour (45 kilometers per hour) can be painful, so they could have inspired me to be the one avoiding them rather than vice-versa. But the zero-concepts, no-beliefs birds this morning moved away from what was perceived to be a potential threat rather than flying toward it. Some might call that "sane," but Nisargans call it "natural."
Warped-mind humans, on the other hand, often run toward perceived threats . . . and attack. That is because the originally-pure universal consciousness has been blocked, so humans are seldom capable of differentiating between the sane and the insane, between the true and the false.
If humans can be guided via a means which allows the blockages of clear seeing to be removed; if they can be freed from the distortions set in place in their minds by perverted programming, conditioning, etc.; if they can be guided to being in conscious contact with the original nature of awareness; if they can function under the auspices of the unmanifested awareness and abide thereas, then they will not be driven to prefer conflict and arguing and fighting and hating and attacking and entering into wars and constantly generating chaos.
Then, wherefore endless seeking? To find is to end the otherwise endless search.
If persons can be freed of the agendas of the manifest consciousness even as the consciousness remains manifest, then their every thought and word and action can be a result of the consciousness being most influenced by (1) a sense of Oneness rather than a false belief in separation and different-from-ment and better-than-ment and by (2) an understanding of Love rather than hate.
“Love says 'I am everything.'
Wisdom says 'I am nothing.'
Between the two, my life flows.”
The options are clear:
(A) traversing the relative existence in the manner of a still lake or - if moving - then moving through the relative existence in the manner of a gently "flowing" stream;
or
(B) being unable to be still like the water of a lake on a calm spring morning and being unable to traverse the relative existence in the manner of a gently "flowing" stream and, instead, moving through the relative existence in the manner of a raging river with Class VI rapids, described as rapids which are "extraordinarily difficult" and which "cause paddlers to face constant threat of death because of extreme danger" and which are marked by such "violent whitewater that they should be left to paddlers of Olympic ability who take every safety precaution possible."
As for the latter manner, been there . . . tried that lifestyle (and failed miserably).
As for the former manner, there now . . . and enjoying the stillness or the calm movement through the relative when movement is called for.
Might turbulent waters sometimes come? Yes. Can they be witnessed without attachment and without becoming emotionally-intoxicated because they have come? Yes. Why? Because it has been seen that they will always eventually go . . . and on their own. Nothing in the relative existence lasts, be it deemed "good" or be it deemed "bad."
Might turbulent waters sometimes come? Yes. Can they be witnessed without attachment and without becoming emotionally-intoxicated because they have come? Yes. Why? Because it has been seen that they will always eventually go . . . and on their own. Nothing in the relative existence lasts, be it deemed "good" or be it deemed "bad."
The key point for today:
Once that type of abidance happens because a particular understanding was reached, and once the understanding of the functioning of the totality manifests, it need not be re-learned every day. As a child, my parents taught me how to tie the laces on my shoes. Once I understood that, I did not need to be re-taught that skill every day. I did not need more learning every day in regards to how to tie my shoes.
Similarly, I do not need more learning or more teaching about how to abide naturally and calmly. I do not need to bow five times a day and talk to a non-existent, imaginary Being; I do not need to meet weekly in order to be taught once more about how I should behave throughout the upcoming week; I do not need to attend a meeting a day for the rest of my entire relative existence; I do not need to enter supposedly-holy buildings or travel to supposed-holy sites or forever read supposedly-holy texts.
Whatever does happen now is just a part of a grand dance which is being enjoyed because I dance lightly nowadays. And yes, the joy is often enhanced when I dance with others who are also dancing lightly. But neither the light dancing in the hall - nor the dancing outside the hall which never involves dancing lightly - is taken seriously in the long haul.
As Maharaj made clear: it is impossible to be bothered by those who do not have a clue about "where you live. "
Whatever does happen now is just a part of a grand dance which is being enjoyed because I dance lightly nowadays. And yes, the joy is often enhanced when I dance with others who are also dancing lightly. But neither the light dancing in the hall - nor the dancing outside the hall which never involves dancing lightly - is taken seriously in the long haul.
As Maharaj made clear: it is impossible to be bothered by those who do not have a clue about "where you live. "
I receive emails from people (actually, "persons") who do not write to ask a question but who write in an effort to try to tell me in their near-endless epistles what they think they know and what they think they understand. Yet the fact that they have no ability to exercise an economy of words - much less honor the silence - makes clear that they do not yet understand that which is actually to be understood.
Understand what is actually to be understood and there will be no further need for rationales, routes, seeking, perceived problems, that which is "effective" or "not effective" and endless, energy-consuming, energy-wasting seeking. If belief in "The Super Seeker" ends, enjoying the stillness and the quiet can begin.
How can that happen?
By being guided to a way to be free of the influence of the manifested conscious-energy and to abide as your original nature as unmanifested awareness-energy.
The difference? That tomorrow.
To be continued.
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