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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"]
THE RATIONALE FOR COMPLETING THE STEPS REQUIRED TO RETURN TO THE CHILD NO-KNOWING STATE
Maharaj made clear that realization is not some deep and mysterious or mythical or mystical or religious or spiritual or supernatural process that is intended to inspire persons to
(A) give up their belief in and attachment to a host of false, personal identities (a.k.a., personas, identifications, roles, false selves, stage characters, facades, fronts, masks, outward shows, public images, etc.)
and thereafter
(B) replace those identities with a newly-found, supposedly far-grander or actually "Super Identity" such as "the Supreme Self" or "the Infinite Self" or one of a host of other supposedly "Special Identities" from which to choose.
Realization, he said, is simply the process of seeing that their programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication and brainwashing and indoctrination have combined to pass along to them a system of lies and distortions and illusions which began to be presented at such an early age in childhood that there was little chance that the tales being told and the falsehoods being presented as "gospel truth" would be subjected to critical investigation and even challenged but would be accepted as a result of blind faith and adult pressure alone.
[Hence, anyone accepting as "a leader" someone who should be easily recognized as a sociopathic liar and a psychopathic con is as childish and naive and ignorant as the children among the masses who are, on a daily basis, hearing and believing and then regurgitating the lies and nonsense which is being told to them by equally ignorant (and often totally insane and narcissistic or sociopathic or even psychopathic) religious leaders, political leaders, spiritual leaders, community leaders, law enforcement leaders, military leaders, family leaders, teachers, gurus, life coaches, sponsors, spouses, partners, significant others, etc., ad infinitum.]
Therefore, the term "the non-realized" simply points to those who have not been freed from their belief in all of the "learned ignorance" which they have been taught whereas the term "the realized" simply points to those who have been freed from their belief in all of the "learned ignorance" which they have been taught. That will be the meaning of those terms as used in the following passages.
Maharaj once said that, someday, science would advance to the point where it would substantiate the accuracy of the teachings which the realized have understood intuitively throughout the ages. That has happened in terms of pointers that deal with such science-supported teachings as those regarding the beginninglessness, the creation-lessness, the creator-lessness, beingness, non-beingness and that which is beyond; including consciousness and cycling (vs. timelines); and including limitlessness and infinite cause and all of the other related pointers.
Maharaj could have also said that psychology - based in the scientific method - would also advance to the point where it would substantiate the accuracy of the teachings that the realized have shared throughout the ages regarding "the mind" and "personality," including: the warping effects of programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication and brainwashing and indoctrination;
including the link between personality-assumption and the manifestation of baseless fears and abnormal desires; including the acceptance of distortions and illusions as reality; and including the roots of personality disorders and ignorance and insanity as well as the many other pointers offered for thousands of years in regards to the debilitating results of "mind-and-personality-identification."
To emphasize why sages have long recommended to seekers that they "go back" and "return by the same path by which you came, only in reverse," the effects of not returning to "the Child Ignorance Stage" or "the Child No-Knowing State" will be reviewed. To remain trapped in personality - in accepting false ego-states as identifications - is to inspire the subconscious use of ego-defense mechanisms. The results of the use of ego-defense mechanisms include:
egotism, narcissism, self-centeredness, selfishness, and self-absorption; insensitive and pathological behavior; and putting a "spin" on one's behavior or the behavior of another in order to justify and to distort reality;
a preoccupation with knowledge-gathering and knowledge-sharing and intellectualization which can reinforce egotism and which can block one from feeling or which can inspire the displacement of feelings; the refusal to accept reality or facts;
losing track of time, daydreaming, and finding another representation of self in order to avoid facing reality; projecting one's own negative traits or flaws and assigning them to someone else; and reverting to an earlier stage of development in the face of uncomfortable thoughts or impulses;
repression which results in unconsciously blocking thoughts, feelings, and impulses; compensating and over-compensating in order to try to counter-balance perceived weaknesses by exaggerating perceived "strengths"; manipulation, excessive assertiveness and aggressiveness;
trying to redirect or channel impulses or emotions or feeling or behaviors deemed unacceptable by one's culture rather than addressing their cause and seeking treatment; and constantly upgrading and downgrading persons and self.
Furthermore, to remain trapped in personality - in accepting false ego-states as identifications - is to set the stage for the development of personality disorders, neuroses, and even psychoses. The results of personality disorders can include: the normalization of the abnormal; self-deception; an obsession with self-image;
an inflated sense of self-worth; self-defeating behavior and self-destructive behavior; anxiety; fear, obsessive thinking; compulsive behaviors; depression, feelings of dejection, and joylessness; a sense of inadequacy and worthlessness; brooding or worry and a sense of remorse and / or guilt;
neediness; a low tolerance for frustration or challenges; weak coping skills; self-infliction of wounds and self-mutilation and even self-destruction; passive-aggressive behaviors; procrastination; avoidance and isolation; hoarding; hyper-vigilance; rigidity; judgmentalism; mood swings alternating from major depression or clinical depression to mania or extreme elation; sleeplessness;
hallucinating; delusions; paranoia; raging; and an inability to function in work or social or familial situations; sociopathic or pathological and criminal conduct; dissociation from reality; dependence and co-dependence; masochistic and / or sadistic thoughts and behaviors; addictions; emotional intoxication; instability; and an attachment to chaos.
And that is only the beginning of the list of "negative" effects, relatively speaking, of attachment to personality / personalities and the resultant disorders which are guaranteed to manifest.
In so many cases, all of that could disappear with the completion of only about 60% of the steps on the non-duality "path," substantiating the earlier pointer that completion of even four of the seven steps is worthwhile, relatively speaking.
Best regards on your "journey," even if you only complete a part of it . . . even if you complete only four of the seven steps on the "path" to full realization. That would be enough.
BEGINNING TOMORROW: A review in order to clarify how to (and what to) realize.
To be continued.
(A) give up their belief in and attachment to a host of false, personal identities (a.k.a., personas, identifications, roles, false selves, stage characters, facades, fronts, masks, outward shows, public images, etc.)
and thereafter
(B) replace those identities with a newly-found, supposedly far-grander or actually "Super Identity" such as "the Supreme Self" or "the Infinite Self" or one of a host of other supposedly "Special Identities" from which to choose.
Realization, he said, is simply the process of seeing that their programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication and brainwashing and indoctrination have combined to pass along to them a system of lies and distortions and illusions which began to be presented at such an early age in childhood that there was little chance that the tales being told and the falsehoods being presented as "gospel truth" would be subjected to critical investigation and even challenged but would be accepted as a result of blind faith and adult pressure alone.
[Hence, anyone accepting as "a leader" someone who should be easily recognized as a sociopathic liar and a psychopathic con is as childish and naive and ignorant as the children among the masses who are, on a daily basis, hearing and believing and then regurgitating the lies and nonsense which is being told to them by equally ignorant (and often totally insane and narcissistic or sociopathic or even psychopathic) religious leaders, political leaders, spiritual leaders, community leaders, law enforcement leaders, military leaders, family leaders, teachers, gurus, life coaches, sponsors, spouses, partners, significant others, etc., ad infinitum.]
Therefore, the term "the non-realized" simply points to those who have not been freed from their belief in all of the "learned ignorance" which they have been taught whereas the term "the realized" simply points to those who have been freed from their belief in all of the "learned ignorance" which they have been taught. That will be the meaning of those terms as used in the following passages.
Maharaj once said that, someday, science would advance to the point where it would substantiate the accuracy of the teachings which the realized have understood intuitively throughout the ages. That has happened in terms of pointers that deal with such science-supported teachings as those regarding the beginninglessness, the creation-lessness, the creator-lessness, beingness, non-beingness and that which is beyond; including consciousness and cycling (vs. timelines); and including limitlessness and infinite cause and all of the other related pointers.
Maharaj could have also said that psychology - based in the scientific method - would also advance to the point where it would substantiate the accuracy of the teachings that the realized have shared throughout the ages regarding "the mind" and "personality," including: the warping effects of programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication and brainwashing and indoctrination;
including the link between personality-assumption and the manifestation of baseless fears and abnormal desires; including the acceptance of distortions and illusions as reality; and including the roots of personality disorders and ignorance and insanity as well as the many other pointers offered for thousands of years in regards to the debilitating results of "mind-and-personality-identification."
To emphasize why sages have long recommended to seekers that they "go back" and "return by the same path by which you came, only in reverse," the effects of not returning to "the Child Ignorance Stage" or "the Child No-Knowing State" will be reviewed. To remain trapped in personality - in accepting false ego-states as identifications - is to inspire the subconscious use of ego-defense mechanisms. The results of the use of ego-defense mechanisms include:
egotism, narcissism, self-centeredness, selfishness, and self-absorption; insensitive and pathological behavior; and putting a "spin" on one's behavior or the behavior of another in order to justify and to distort reality;
a preoccupation with knowledge-gathering and knowledge-sharing and intellectualization which can reinforce egotism and which can block one from feeling or which can inspire the displacement of feelings; the refusal to accept reality or facts;
losing track of time, daydreaming, and finding another representation of self in order to avoid facing reality; projecting one's own negative traits or flaws and assigning them to someone else; and reverting to an earlier stage of development in the face of uncomfortable thoughts or impulses;
repression which results in unconsciously blocking thoughts, feelings, and impulses; compensating and over-compensating in order to try to counter-balance perceived weaknesses by exaggerating perceived "strengths"; manipulation, excessive assertiveness and aggressiveness;
trying to redirect or channel impulses or emotions or feeling or behaviors deemed unacceptable by one's culture rather than addressing their cause and seeking treatment; and constantly upgrading and downgrading persons and self.
Furthermore, to remain trapped in personality - in accepting false ego-states as identifications - is to set the stage for the development of personality disorders, neuroses, and even psychoses. The results of personality disorders can include: the normalization of the abnormal; self-deception; an obsession with self-image;
an inflated sense of self-worth; self-defeating behavior and self-destructive behavior; anxiety; fear, obsessive thinking; compulsive behaviors; depression, feelings of dejection, and joylessness; a sense of inadequacy and worthlessness; brooding or worry and a sense of remorse and / or guilt;
neediness; a low tolerance for frustration or challenges; weak coping skills; self-infliction of wounds and self-mutilation and even self-destruction; passive-aggressive behaviors; procrastination; avoidance and isolation; hoarding; hyper-vigilance; rigidity; judgmentalism; mood swings alternating from major depression or clinical depression to mania or extreme elation; sleeplessness;
hallucinating; delusions; paranoia; raging; and an inability to function in work or social or familial situations; sociopathic or pathological and criminal conduct; dissociation from reality; dependence and co-dependence; masochistic and / or sadistic thoughts and behaviors; addictions; emotional intoxication; instability; and an attachment to chaos.
And that is only the beginning of the list of "negative" effects, relatively speaking, of attachment to personality / personalities and the resultant disorders which are guaranteed to manifest.
In so many cases, all of that could disappear with the completion of only about 60% of the steps on the non-duality "path," substantiating the earlier pointer that completion of even four of the seven steps is worthwhile, relatively speaking.
Best regards on your "journey," even if you only complete a part of it . . . even if you complete only four of the seven steps on the "path" to full realization. That would be enough.
BEGINNING TOMORROW: A review in order to clarify how to (and what to) realize.
To be continued.
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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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