NON-DUALITY AND THE NISARGAN YOGA VS. FANATICAL / OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONS

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3. Here, with those who are still driven to talk about "God," the "Son of God," the "Holy Spirit," "Buddha," "Krishna," etc., etc., etc., the invitation to them is to view those as verbs, not nouns. See the end of the post for the full meaning and implications of that. 

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It might be argued that 

(1) fanaticism has long been the root of much of the chaos among persons on planet earth and that 

(2) the roots of fanaticism involve:

(a) personality identification;

(b) the personality disorders which come with the adoption of personality identifications;

and

(c) that which is passed along via the prevalent ignorance-and-insanity-based programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, brainwashing and indoctrination which children are exposed to early on and which adults continue to be exposed to throughout their manifestation, including the addictive thinking which is prevalent in all non-realized humans.

From early on, humans are programmed, conditioned, etc. to develop the Addictive Personality Disorder with its initial forms, namely, the primary addiction to control and the secondary addiction to power / Power in order to be able to control. 

Those two addictions explain why 97% claim to be affiliated with one religion or another and why millions more claim to be "spiritual, not religious," yet both are motivated by the agenda which they share in common, specifically . . .

their quest to be in contact with a Power or with Powers which will allow them to control what they want to control, including weather, relationships, the ability to extend the length of their own manifestation and that of those they are dependent upon, how they feel, ad infinitum. 

And in all cases, fanaticism involves that which the sages for ages have warned persons about, namely, personality identification and the disorders which come when persons see personalities as real rather than as false identities, ego-states, roles, etc. 

Those disorders include the Fanaticism Personality Disorder / the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the Antisocial Personality Disorder, the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and many others. 

Kalmer Marimaa in "THE MANY FACES OF FANATICISM" explains the roots of the words associated with fanaticism thusly: 

"The terms 'fanaticism' and 'fanatic' come from the Latin adverb fanatice (frenziedly, ragingly) and the adjective fanaticus (enthusiastic, ecstatic, raging, fanatical, furious). The adjective is based on the noun fanum (place dedicated to a deity, holy place, sanctuary, temple). We also find some similarity to those terms in the verb fano (devote). Combining together the noun fanum and the adjective fanaticus, the term 'fanatic' can be understood as a temple devotee who is orgiastic, inspired, frantic or frenzied." 

"Webster’s dictionary describes a fanatic as 'a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics'."

"Psychologist Tõnu Lehtsaar has defined the term fanaticism as 'The pursuit or defence of something in an extreme and passionate way that goes beyond normality. Religious fanaticism is defined by blind faith, the persecution of dissents and the absence of reality'.” 

"Devoted supporters of a sport, athlete, sport club, game, musician, band, actor, or other similar attraction are usually called 'fans.' A fan might be loyal and devoted without having a fanatical attitude, but the inclination towards fanaticism is often found among fans." 

"H. J. Perkinson sees fanatics as dogmatic people whose theories, ideology and proposed solutions are absolutely right in their own eyes. At the same time, fanatics avoid critical thinking when they ignore or are not able to see those arguments, facts, or consequences that refute their solutions." 

Thus fanaticism often can manifest around attachments involving sports, athletes, musicians, actors, etc.; around anything which persons become addicted to; around politics; and around religions and spiritual movements and ideologies and philosophies. 

Yeshu'a (Jesus) warned persons about when he said, "A dual-minded person is unstable in all ways," so when fanaticism manifests, it brings with it duality; dual-mindedness; an inability to analyze critically; a tendency to be frenzied; a propensity for ragingly and being furious;

an  attachment to places dedicated to attaining power / a Power / Powers and which reinforce personas preoccupied with being holy; and, since holy means "different," a propensity to believe that one is different-from-others and therefore better-than-others. 

More on that to come. 

To be continued.

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Here, with those who are still driven to talk about "God," the "Son of God," the "Holy Spirit," "Buddha," "Krishna," etc., etc., etc., the invitation to them is to view those as verbs, not nouns. 

THE EXPLANATION 

If looked at as nouns, they point to illusions and are, therefore, a total waste of time to even discuss; if looked at as verbs which are resulting in certain sane but rare behaviors among humanity, then they are worthy of some attention during the relative existence. 

Meaning? There are members of certain groups who say things such as "My concept of God in the past was of a weak God, an absentee God, A Santa Claus-type God, a mean, punishing, vindictive God, etc. Today, I am in close contact with a loving and caring God whom I worship and praise and glorify and give thanks to." 

The reply to that usually goes like this: "If you are in contact with a God that wants to be worshipped and praised and glorified, then you're dealing with someone like yourself - a narcissist - and hanging out with narcissists will never bring an end to your narcissism (that narcissism evidenced by the fact that you think you are "godly"). 

Next, in the phrase 'loving and caring God,' any supposed God that truly had her or his act together would tell you that the totally irrelevant part of that phrase is 'God' and that the only part that is relevant is the "loving and caring" part. 

"That is, a non-narcissistic god / goddess would say, "I care not an iota about being worshipped and praised and glorified by you or anyone else. How arrogant and insecure and needy would I have to be to want that? Forget the man-made, dreamed up noun 'God' and focus on the 'God as a verb' understanding and then go forth and let loving and caring be verbs - not adjectives - and let them generate the act of love and the act of caring and let those actions manifest through you." 

Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on: 

"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within" 

and 

"Heaven and earth shall fade away." 

 --Yeshu'a (Jesus) 

and 

"Heaven and hell are not geographic places but are states of mind, nothing more than concepts dreamed up by men." 

--Pope John Paul II 

"There is no hell." 

--Pope Francis, the current pope 

[in an interview with journalist Eugenio Scalfari, 

a writer used by the Pope to issue off the record teachings 

which become a part of the Papal Magisterium] 

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of the "Awakening Together" satsang session with Regina and Jacqueline referenced earlier, 18 MARCH 2018

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the direct link to the AUDIO VERSION 

of that session.