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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.
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THE SEEDS OF DUALITY WHICH PRODUCE DUALITY'S PROGENY:
Offspring Number Forty-Two =
Being Driven by What Maharaj called "Ignorance, Stupidity, and Insanity" Which Results in the Non-Realized Being Attracted to Ignorance, Stupidity, and Insanity.
THE CONDITION OF BEING DRIVEN BY "IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, AND INSANITY" GENERATES AND PERPETUATES AND ATTRACTS IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, AND INSANITY
So what did the content of yesterday's post have to do with the non-dual understanding which Maharaj came to in the end?
He advised seekers to look to science to find the facts which explain the non-dual understanding which makes clear what is happening in the relative existence (that is, throughout the AM-ness) as well as which happens - and cannot possibly happen - post-manifestation (that is, what is involved with the THAT-ness).
Many want to take the summative statement of non-duality ("I AM THAT; I AM") and cast aside the "I AM" part, focus only on the "THAT-ness," assume an Identity from a long list of supposedly Special Identifications, then mentally dissociate from the reality of the AM-ness and move into Foo Foo Land for the remainder of the relative existence.
So their plan endorses dissociation from the reality of the AM-ness and the relative issues which impact humans. Maharaj understood that a failure to understand, to be driven by the key symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness ("ignorance, stupidity, and insanity," he said) will result in the misery and suffering so evident throughout the relative existence of most persons.
He also said it is the task of the non-dual guide to alleviate such suffering among those who come, seeking the understanding.
As seen yesterday, when ignorance prevails, the misery of failed marriages and broken relationships will be guaranteed to come and can adversely impact those involved for years.
And when the ignorance and insanity which are rooted in an absence of understanding prevails, the masses will choose leaders who tout duality-based separation by race and sexual preference and economic level and social level, emphasizing the "inferiority" of those who have been assigned the lesser status of "the other."
As always, only chaos can eventually result.
So yesterday, following Maharaj's counsel, (A) some of the factors which contribute to humankind's suffering and misery were noted and then (B) - as instructed - science was turned to in order to understand some of the root causes and then address them.
To that end, we turned to the wisdom of two men versed in the science of the mind:
Bobby Azarian, Ph.D., who is a cognitive neuroscientist affiliated with George Mason University
and
David Alan Dunning, an American social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Michigan.
And what was revealed:
Nowhere in their research regarding the causes of human misery and suffering (nor in the potential treatment for human misery and suffering) did the research reveal that more religious dogma would take care of the problems;
nor did their research reveal that being more spiritual would address humankind's issues.
Instead, their research and that of other researchers revealed that the problems of humanity are rooted in issues involving the mind and personality disorders.
Of course Maharaj beat them to that conclusion decades earlier, but now the science is there to support the pointers, just as Maharaj predicted.
So what was seen is The Dunning-Kruger Effect which explains the role ignorance plays among persons who are not just misinformed but who are completely unaware that they are misinformed."
The role personality plays was seen in that those with "The Narcissistic Personality Disorder," "The Sociopathic Personality Disorder," and "The Psychopathic Personality Disorder" support leaders who are narcissistic, sociopathic, and psychopathic.
Dunning showed that "the intelligence which is required to be effective at a task is often the same quality needed to recognize that one is not effective at that task so, if one lacks such intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not effective at the task. This includes political judgment.”
Azarian added, "Essentially, they’re not smart enough to realize they’re dumb."
He also showed that science has unequivocally shown that "a conservative's brain" (or "mind") has an exaggerated fear response when faced with stimuli that may be perceived as threatening
and
how the 50% or so in a population who have that conservative mind can be easily manipulated by tapping into their fears and aggravating them.
Azarian also notes that - as long as a leader continues his fear-mongering by constantly identifying some "others" as a potential danger - many conservative brains will . . .
"involuntarily light up like light bulbs being controlled by a switch. Fear keeps followers energized and focused on safety. And when persons think they have found a protector, they become less concerned with remarks that would normally be seen as highly offensive."
Next, Azarian notes that "a well-supported theory from social psychology called "Terror Management Theory," explains why fear-mongering is doubly effective.
More on that tomorrow.
The point for now is that it should be clear how much of the BS throughout the relative existence is rooted in ignorance, insanity, mental mis-wiring, and the effects of exposing minds to faulty and nonsensical programming, conditioning, etc.
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"
--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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