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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 green text after today's 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." (See the details in the blue text after this post.)
WARRANTED CERTITUDE VS. TOTALLY UNJUSTIFIABLE CERTITUDE
Before finishing the continuation of yesterday’s post, be reminded that Maharaj spoke on many occasions about the science / non-duality connection.
On one occasion, he put it this way:
“Someday, science shall advance to the point that it will confirm all of the non-dual pointers offered here.”
[Yesterday]
Today’s pause is to discuss “certitude,” which comes in two varieties.
In the previous post, Bill Maher’s take on “certitude” in the conclusion of his film Religulous was shared because of this reason:
When realization happens, the accompanying unblocked consciousness, functioning in conjunction with pure awareness, will instantly make perfectly clear if one is hearing or reading
1. words of true wisdom which are coming via the pure universal consciousness
as opposed to
2. words steeped in the vocabulary of learned ignorance which are coming by way of the blocked consciousness which generates the nonsensical thoughts and words and actions of the non-realized masses.
As brilliant as Maher is, and as spot on his analyses of the problems generated by totally unjustifiable certitude have always been, two statements were made which simple, scientifically-based understandings of non-duality and the functioning of totality can clarify.
One such statement was noted and explained yesterday via the non-dual understanding and scientific principles, the take here being that one need never doubt the fact that there is not - and never has been - a creator or Creator of anything, a fact which a science-based understanding of the laws of nature can prove.
Regarding that, yesterday this clarification of one of Bill’s points was offered:
The take here is this: One on either side of any debate can doubt, but it is not necessary to doubt when scientific facts support only one side of the argument. For example:
Science has proved that all is basically energy / matter. Neither energy nor matter can be created or destroyed. Since energy / matter has been, therefore, nothing has been “created.” Because nothing has been created, then there is no creator / Creator.
That said, true wisdom still showed itself when Maher explained: “There are no gods actually talking to us,” so he is in touch with the pertinent fact regarding the point.
Today, a second statement will be clarified via a combination of the non-dual understanding and a basic scientific understanding:
Maher said:
“And anyone who tells you that they know, that they know exactly what happens when you die, I promise you, they don't.”
Again, a simple, scientifically-based understanding of non-duality and the functioning of totality can clarify.
The take here is this: Maher is likely referring to the tales told by those functioning under the auspices of their totally unjustifiable certitude who explain with total self-assuredness what the streets of heaven are paved with, who explain with total self-assuredness what the gates to “the kingdom” are made of, who explain with total self-assuredness what an eternity with a god is going to be like, exactly, etc., etc., etc.
Those with a non-dual understanding in combination with an awareness of scientific facts can understand in general terms what is going to happen “when you die.”
Because the “you” is nothing more than a three-part composite unity consisting of an elemental plant food body which is forever changing and which has air continuously circulating into and out of it and which has conscious-energy continuously circulating into and out it, then “when you die” (that is, "take mahasamadhi") science makes clear that this is what shall happen:
Eventually, the elements will return to the universal pool of elements; the air will return to the universal pool of air; and the conscious-energy shall return to the universal pool of conscious-energy.
That said, Maher is once more spot on when he tells those with totally unjustified certitude that they do not know what is going to happen. That is the case if their body of learned ignorance also includes claims involving a heaven, a hell, an “afterlife,” a “soul” or any other nonsense dreamed up by men with a long history of manipulating humans whom they would control with the use of the nonsense they preach and teach.
Those two statements aside - with the additional explanations via science and non-duality that Maher would likely agree with if only exposed to them - his summative statements offered at the end of Religulous regarding the relative effects of totally unjustified certitude are as spot on as any found here in nearly seventy-two years.
Hence, the justification for his pointers being offered here for consideration.
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 their god / their 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) whose Vatican Bank worked for decades with the Mafia while laundering mob earnings (for a 15% all-profit charge by the Bank); 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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or
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