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ENTERING INTO "THE CHILD IGNORANCE STAGE" OR "THE CHILD NO-KNOWING STATE"
[Included are excerpts from the book entitled The Relative Results of Returning to "The Child Ignorance Stage" or "The Child No-Knowing State"]
Many years ago during a satsang session which was recorded and transcribed and became the text of the book entitled FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE, this point was offered:
“It has been found that one must either find a working philosophy or be doomed to adopt their ideology instead, and my experience shows that nothing is more destructive than buying into their ideology. For the most part, however, the version of the Advaita Vedanta (Non-Duality) message that I offer has been characterized by one protégé as being ‘Applied Advaita’.”
The term signaled to those awake enough to hear that the focus here was going to be on the practical, no-nonsense, functional, and (relatively-speaking) “useful” by-products of realization which can remove what Maharaj referred to as the Ultimate Sickness’s “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” which have long been - and which continue to be - the near-universal and totally-unchecked curse of humankind.
Focusing on the practical, no-nonsense, functional, and (relatively-speaking) “useful” by-products of realization must - by definition - come at the expense of paying no attention whatsoever to a totally-dreamed up and totally-fictional “afterlife” (or to fictional “afterlives”) has sent seekers running away in droves over the years.
So it was. So it is. The same happened to Maharaj when he made the same shift in focus and eliminated all “religious understandings” and all “spiritual understandings” from his version of the Ultimate Medicine and - seeing that the Sickness is rooted in the human mind - replaced those earlier “religious and spiritual understandings” with "psychological understandings.”
That became a major point of demarcation when he shifted his focus from “things Noumenal” to “things phenomenal and relative and things dealing with the current but temporary manifestation.”
Convinced that there will not be any post-manifestation “self” or “Self” or “you” or “You” or “you-ness” or “You-ness,” he also became convinced that it would a colossal waste, as well as colossally-insane, to discuss for even a second longer a “self” or “Self” or “you” or “You” or “you-ness” or “You-ness” which are all nothing more than false concepts, mental mirages, illusions, delusions, fantasies, etc.
That said, visitors are invited to continue to open their eyes to the fact that there is
(a) that which applied effort and applied energy and an applied non-dual understanding can change
but also
(b) that which none of those can change or impact or influence at all. Why?
The Second Law of Thermodynamics makes clear that (a) whatever comes together will, guaranteed, eventually come apart and (b) will never come together again.
What are some things which came together and which eventually came apart and which will remain apart forever?
Bridges
Trade centers
Composite unities (a.k.a., "humans")
If that is realized, then it can also be realized that if one is going to focus on one of two things, and the two options are
(A) the present “reality”
vs.
(B) some supposed future “Reality” or some dreamed up places where one can receive eternal rewards or eternal punishment or some other version of a mental, dreamed up Foo-Foo Land-type place of supposedly-eternal existence, then those freed of the three symptoms the Ultimate Sickness which Maharaj identified as “ignorance, stupidity and insanity” will see that the sane choice would be to focus on option “A” above.
To that end, another consequence of realization which can bring about a sometimes-sought-after change in the relative existence is the elimination of personality identifications which lead to personality disorders, neuroses, and psychoses.
Personality Assumption: the Prerequisite for Personality Disorders
It has been shown how a failure to return to "The Child Ignorance Stage" or the "Child No-Knowing State" leaves persons trapped in what can be called "The Adult's Learned Ignorance Stage" or "The Adult Who Only Thinks He / She Knows” State.
What do such non-realized, programmed, conditioned, acculturated, domesticated, and belief-burdened adults think they know? They think they know who they are, and - if they were to complete a thorough self-investigation - they could easily make a list of 80 or 90 or 100 roles that they have played throughout the relative existence and which they accepted as part of the definition of "who they are."
Trapped in such a state of ignorance that inspires persons to believe in the false and to have no ability to differentiate between the true and the false, their assumed ego-states trigger the use of egotism and a plethora of other ego-defense mechanisms. The inevitability of misery and suffering, which always accompany the belief in false ideas and concepts and beliefs, has been discussed.
It has also been seen that if a seeker only reaches the fourth step of seven on the "path" from identification with the false "I" to abidance as the Absolute (that is, if a seeker only reaches "The Child Ignorance Stage" or "The Child No-Knowing State") - thereby completing only about 60% of the seven steps on the "path" - even that will still be worthwhile, relatively speaking.
If the return to that no-beliefs and no-personality condition does not happen - and if all of the false "selves" that non-realized persons take to be "who they are" are not discarded - then another entire set of relative problems will also occur alongside those that manifest as a result of the use of ego-defense mechanisms; specifically, such persons will remain trapped in personal / persona / personality / personalities identification and will develop personality disorders.
So, entrapment in personality will guarantee the manifestation of personality disorders which will, unconsciously, drive thoughts and words and deeds and remove any opportunity for persons to make conscious choices (though they will be convinced that they have the ability to choose). To be trapped in personality will also generate fears; will generate desires that will usually lead to misery because a persona's desires can never be met fully; and will block persons from knowing that which they truly are (at present, composite unity) and what they have always been and shall be (namely, energy / matter).
It has also been shown that (contrary to some teachings) the latter - knowing that which they truly are - is not a prerequisite for being free of living under the influence of the hidden agendas of personalities. The prerequisite for that freedom is simply knowing who and what you are not. It has been shown that it is belief in the "not-You's" that generates confusion, misery, suffering, instability, delusion, and chaos.
To return to "The Child Ignorance Stage" or the "Child No-Knowing State" and to once more be free of beliefs - which also allows one to be free of believing in false ideas and concepts and beliefs - is to eliminate the influences of personality disorders that . . .
a. prevent the ability to use logic and reason; that
b. inspire nonsensical thoughts and words and actions; that
c. generate fears and desires which, in turn, generate misery and suffering; and that
d. set the stage for untreated personality disorders to develop into neuroses and psychoses and even full-blown madness.
What are some of the most common personality disorders that manifest among those who have not returned to "The Child Ignorance Stage" or the "Child No-Knowing State"?
1. the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder;
2. the Depressive Personality Disorder;
3. the Histrionic Personality Disorder;
4. the Factitious Personality Disorder;
5. the Narcissistic Personality Disorder;
6. the God Complex Personality Disorder;
7. the Avoidant or Schizoid Avoidant or Schizotypal Personality Disorders;
8. the Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder;
9. the Paranoid Personality Disorder;
10. the Manic-Depressive Personality Disorder;
11. the Antisocial or Sociopathic or Pathological Personality Disorder;
12. the Dependent Personality Disorder;
13. the Borderline Personality Disorder;
14. the Self-Defeating Personality Disorder;
15. the Masochistic Personality Disorder;
16. the Sadistic Personality Disorder;
17. the Sado-Masochistic Personality Disorder;
18. the Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder;
and
19. the Compliant-Submissive Personality Disorder.
And the entire list is far longer. Why will so few ever Realize and be free of the relative effects of being driven blindly by ego-defense mechanisms and personality disorders?
A. Because persons must first see that they are being driven by forces that often operate at a subconscious level, but most will never understand that such motivating forces are at play.
B. Because the persons who make up the non-realized masses are unaware that subconscious forces always drive the thoughts and words and deeds of persons.
C. Because persons would have to see that their thoughts and words and deeds are insane, but the non-realized have down to an art form
(1) the denial of their disorders and insanity and
(2) the normalization of the abnormal.
D. Because freedom from being driven blindly by ego-defense mechanisms and personality disorders requires a willingness to visit with someone that has the wisdom to understand what makes persons feel the way they feel, think the way they think, say the things they say, and do the things they do, even when they have been afforded one missed opportunity after another to see that ego-and-egotism-driven behaviors are harmful (relatively speaking) and to see that personality disorders are generating nonsensical, and even insane, thoughts and words and actions.
E. Persons cannot know what they do not know unless they submit themselves to a guide who can show them what they do not know, but the inclination among the non-realized is to believe that they do know, so no one can tell then anything to the contrary.
F. Ninety-seven percent of all persons on the planet accept unquestioningly the teachings and dogma associated with the organized religions which the 97% reported being affiliated with. The persons among that 97% think that they know exactly why everything happens as it happens, and their misunderstanding is always rooted in some "other-world" power or powers that are intervening and controlling events in what they take to be "this world."
If persons
1. accept blindly whatever they were told, and then believe that
2. their blind faith will guarantee them access to power(s) now and also believe that
3. their faith will guarantee them rewards for eternity and also believe that
4. their faith will guarantee that they will be exempted from the eternal punishment that "non-believers" or "the faithless" are going to be subjected to . . .
then they are likely to cling to what they think they know and to what they think will provide them a payoff rather than seek any new understanding or consider any different possibilities which could free them of the effects of believing in their myth-and-superstition-based and fact-free belief systems.
Such obstacles generally prove insurmountable. So it is, but so it need not be. Yet the force required for a rocket to break free of the gravitational pull of the planet and soar freely through another realm in an unfettered fashion is a minimal force when compared to what is required to free persons of the pull of their early programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation and brainwashing and then return to the prior, unencumbered state which offered unconditional happiness.
And the last time that unconditional happiness happened for the non-Realized masses was during the pre-programming, pre-conditioning, pre-domestication, pre-acculturation and pre-brainwashing period referred to as "The Child Ignorance Stage" or "The Child No-Knowing State." Returning to that state is also the only chance that anyone will have to enjoy unconditional happiness again.
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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