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2. 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.
3. A new video ("Number Ten: Awakening Together Satsang, March 2018") has now been added in the far right column of this page, offering the opportunity to view a recent 2018 satsang session with Floyd being interviewed by Regina and Jacqueline of "The Awakening Together Group."
THE SEEDS OF DUALITY WHICH PRODUCE DUALITY'S PROGENY:
Offspring Number Forty-Three =
Having a Propensity for Magical, Supernatural, Unquestioned Beliefs
MAGICAL, SUPERNATURAL, UNQUESTIONED BELIEFS
Maharaj made clear that
(a) the roots of the Ultimate Sickness are centered in the human mind and that
(b) the cause of humanity’s problems lie in humankind’s long history of being trapped in the Sickness’s “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” and then
(c) the passing down of those symptoms from one generation to the next.
As for the parents and relatives and friends and politicians and business leaders and religious leaders and so-called spiritual leaders who often receive so much admiration from the non-realized masses, their primary contribution has mainly involved contaminating their offspring and acquaintances with the Sickness.
And how are the symptoms of the sickness passed down? Via nonsensical and warped programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, brainwashing and indoctrination, passed down by persons who are all the while believing that they have really helped their offspring and others who have been “positively influenced” by what they have passed down.
Moreover, what blocks the masses from seeing the nonsense that was passed down and then questioning it and rejecting it?
Ego and egotism, as revealed in a response which I have heard hundreds of times when inviting persons to see the “personality liabilities” which are the legacy which was handed down to them:
“To hell with you, Floyd. They must have done something right because, look at me. I’ve turned out pretty damn good overall.”
Of the typical programming, conditioning, etc. to which the masses are exposed, the most mentally debilitating beliefs passed down involve:
1. Having “faith” in things unseen;
2. Believing anything and everything told to them by “authority figures” without questioning any of it; and
3. Therefore, developing a set of belief systems which are all based in nonsense and ignorance but are held in the highest possible esteem.
And what are the relative effects of such gullibility, unwariness, blind acceptance, naiveté, and simplicity:
A. Being fooled;
B. Being used;
C. Being hoodwinked;
D. Being duped;
E. Being conned;
F. Being deceived;
G. Being bamboozled; and, therefore,
H. Constantly being disturbed, angry, enraged, infuriated, and incensed.
None of that is a call to hate those driven by ignorance and insanity, yet it is an invitation to question the lies which are constantly being broadcast and believed and accepted as fact and truth.
Maharaj invited seekers to question everything, including his words.
The truth cannot be stated, but one can point to the false which is to be seen as false and then discarded.
Who is least likely to do that?
Those who have been programmed to think magically; to believe that there are powers - or that there is a Power - in another world who can be called on to solve all relative problems in “this world”;
those who have been deceived into believing that there are either eternal rewards or eternal punishments which await them post-manifestation; and those intimidated into believing that eternal damnation awaits those who do not have unquestioning faith in said powers or Power.
After Yeshu’a (“Jesus”) was introduced to non-duality, he reportedly said, “A dual-minded person is unstable in all ways.”
What he understood was that the key symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness - which Maharaj would later identity as “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” - cannot be compartmentalized. Meaning?
If one is driven by “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” in terms of the religious or spiritual beliefs they hold most dear, then they will also be driven by “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” in terms of their political beliefs;
they will be driven by “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” in terms of their beliefs about finances; they will also be driven by “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” in terms of their beliefs about what can be rightfully expected from partners in business or in “personal” relationships;
and they will also be driven by “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” in terms of how much respect and admiration and regard and value and appreciation and influence they think they deserve.
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 worshiped 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 worshiped 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"
--Yeshu'a (Jesus)
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.
[That said, would that the popes who have shown the courage to reject a core concept of their dogma - namely, "hell" - would find the additional courage required to question the very existence of their institution in light of the centuries-long cover-up of their history of raping children and in light of the mental and emotional and psychological scarring of billions of their members past and present.
And that need for courage also applies as questions need to be asked about why so many other sky cults are still being supported and allowed to continue to exist as well. When certain types of programming and conditioning have been shown to blind the masses, they should end. Will they? Not likely. Why?
Because what the masses think and say and do is most influenced by the international crime families which hold sway over the masses as criminals conduct their planet-wide operations. What are the major international crime families and which are the most influential and have the largest memberships?
The Mafia / La Cosa Nostra; the Catholic Church (with it 1.2 billion followers); Protestant and Evangelical Churches (with over 1.2 billion followers) like the one I was raised in where the youth director molested and sexually assaulted young girls; big business which has long created environments in which people have been abused; powerful political bodies like the U.S. Congress, etc., etc., etc.)
With all of those crime families, neither the followers nor the leadership ever voluntarily step down or shut down their criminal activities. Be they gangs, organized crime families, religions, big business, politicians, etc., they all want control and they all want power and they all want money, and nothing internal will interfere with the driving forces at play.
The masses must demand that all those in charge must step down and their groups and institutions must shut down, and there's the real problem because the continuation of their crimes are enabled not as much by the people running such crime organizations as they are enabled by the masses of people who - wanting some perceived "payoff" - remain involved with them and give them money and support them and aid and abet the continued existence of those criminal enterprises and thus facilitate the ability of church criminals and political criminals and other types of criminals to continue to commit their crimes.]
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