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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 Fifty-nine =
No Interest in Being Truly Free and Independent
THE MASSES PREFER DEPENDENCY AND CODEPENDENCY AND ATTACHMENT TO THE THINGS WHICH ROB PERSONS OF THEIR FREEDOM
There was no post yesterday because two women living outside the U.S. had requested morning Skype sessions to discuss their continuing anxiety and fears.
Both really wanted me to give them something that – in a magic pill fashion – might provide relief.
Recognizing that, both were reminded that I am far less about the business of giving anyone anything and am far more about the business of taking away everything.
If anyone is “given” anything, it is at most a pointer or a series of pointers. Why?
Because the truth can be understood but it cannot be stated, so at most I can point toward the truth which, if seen, can be a part of addressing the problems which mark and mar the human condition.
A “part”? Yes. I explained to both that their fear-and-desire-generated anxieties are rooted in two aspects:
One part is nonsense which has been taught and believed and stored in the mind without any of that nonsense having been questioned.
In the case of one woman, in preparation for our session, she compiled what turned out to be a very long list of her fears.
She was shown how many of those fears were a result of three decades of religious programming and conditioning in the Catholic Church.
That dogma has lead her into the misery of overwhelming guilt about many of the things she has done in her life which her church and church community have told her were “bad.”
That present guilt-involved suffering has been aggravated by the additional fears around the eternal punishment which she has been convinced must surely be awaiting her and which will last for eternity.
I shared this with her yesterday:
“Today is Thursday, so today is one of the two days a week - Monday being the other - when I usually see a man named Ricardo who is one of the most appreciated people in my life. "
"This morning, I was standing by the front door while drinking the first of two cups of the caffé breve which I enjoy each morning, I watched as nine or ten deer grazing in the front yard looked back over their shoulders and began moving away at a healthy clip.
"I looked to the left and saw Ricardo slow jogging down the street, running ahead of the huge white garbage truck (a.k.a., ‘dustcart’ in some countries).
"His job is to collect the garbage which the homeowners place in containers near our houses and to set the bags beside the curb so his co-workers riding on the back of the truck can grab them quickly and toss them inside.
"It’s a highly efficient but quite tiring and somewhat danger process. As he approached, I explained to the woman,
“he flashed that smile I’ve seen consistently for years, an amazing smile because it manifests in 98-degree Fahrenheit weather, in 28-degree freezing weather, in sunshine, in rain . . . whatever.
“When he saw me, he shouted, ‘Buenos días senor!’ I shouted back the same greeting to him, and as he took the bag of garbage and carried it to the curb running aside the street, I shouted, ‘Gracias, amigo!’ He shouted back, ‘Da nada, amigo!’ and off he jogged, smile in place.
Then I asked her,
“Why might you conclude that Ricardo is one of the most appreciated people in my life?”
She: “Because he provides a needed service?”
F.: “Yes. Put more simply, it is because he takes out the garbage. And for that reason, I should someday be one of the most appreciated people in your life. When he comes two days a week and then goes away, he always leaves a far healthier condition behind than existed when he arrived.
“If he did not get rid of the garbage, my house – and my life – would stink. Soon, the garbage would fester with things that could make me ill. Without his taking the garbage out, I would become very sick and would stay very sick.
"Moreover, Ricardo damn well better not ever be about the business of giving me anything and better stick to the business of taking away everything which needs to be taken away!
“If he came by two days a week and shouted, “Here is your garbage, sir!’ and left multiple bags of trash on my property, I’d be taking steps to avoid Ricardo and guaranteeing that I would have no contact with him ever again.”
“And the same should apply to you, but because of your conditioning, you have continued for years to have contact with the people in your church who have convinced you that you are not good enough and that you have disappointed them and have disappointed God and that you are on a path to eternal damnation and punishment and mental and physical suffering forever.
“It is as if Ricardo is bringing you more and more garbage, and you keep picking it up at the curb and dragging it into your house and allowing it to make you sick and keep you sick while telling him, ‘Thank you very much’ as he does that.
“If your 30+ years of going to them to find peace were working, I’d recommended, ‘Rock and roll. Keep it up. But all I see is decades of their failing to accomplish what they claim they can accomplish (namely, giving people 'peace of mind') but then blaming you for not getting it, for not having enough faith, for not doing enough praying when in fact you have likely done those things more than they have.
“Meanwhile, you’re giving them money as many of them rape children and join into a conspiracy to cover it up. Did you hear this morning about the lists released by several dioceses in Texas?”
She: “Yes. That is very sad.”
F.: “Not sad enough, evidently. They have provided the names of nearly 300 priests who have abused and molested children. I suspect that is probably a tenth of the total, but that’s just a guess. But guessing a side, the fact is, that is their history; therefore, when you tithe each week, you are contributing to the slush fund they use to pay off victims and to buy their silence, allowing the crimes to continue.”
[Silence]
F.: “I told you when we started that the truth will set you free but will piss you off first. Understand that I am only the messenger. I did not compile that list. I am simply aware of the list.”
She: “Yes. It is criminal and shameful, and you are right. I must admit the suffering they have caused to many children and young adults.”
F.: “Actually, you must go further. You must admit the suffering they have caused you. They abused those 300 physically, but they abused you mentally and emotionally. It’s time to get the garbage out, namely, the garbage they have put into your mind that is controlling how you think and feel.”
To all, have you identified the sources of the garbage that has been given to you? Might it include friends? Relatives? Politicians? Religious or spiritual charlatans? Is it time to see where the garbage came from and, more significantly, to take it out?
F.: [To her] “That is what our sessions should be about. I bring you nothing. I take out what you should want taken out and tossed.
“Then and only then can you abide as if once more in The Child No-Knowing State; then only can you abide naturally; and then only will you have a chance to return to that state when there was an occasional chance to experience unconditional happiness and to feel a sense of freedom and joy.
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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