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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"]
HOW TO (AND WHAT TO) REALIZE
Yesterday:
BEGINNING TOMORROW: A review in order to clarify how to (and what to) realize.
A. There can be no understanding regarding how to realize without first understanding what to realize . . . without understanding what realization actually is.
To review: What did Maharaj say that realization is?
He said in the end that realization is simply the condition of being free from functioning under the influence of learned ignorance.
He said: "Realization is but the opposite of ignorance."
Wow. How bold, especially considering the environment in which he was offering that definition. So much for purpose; for replacing old, bad identities with new and improved identities; for achieving Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha or Nirvana; for the reunification of the soul with Brahman; or for an end to cycles of reincarnation, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum.
[Note: The ego-state / personal identification defense mechanism called "egotism" can only manifest if an ego-state / false identity / false Identity is first assumed. The curse of humankind is egotism (a.k.a., arrogance, unchecked pride, smugness, conceit, haughtiness, loftiness, and pomposity), and egotism is another key symptom of the Ultimate Sickness; thus, the root cause of the curse of humankind is the assumption of any ego-state / false identity / false Identity.]
If his final, ultimate definition of realization points to humankind's problems and the solution (which it does) then indeed Maharaj was spot on: the version of the Ultimate Medicine required to address the issue pointed to in that definition really is simple if one can find a guide that is offering pointers based in understanding that definition.
Note that a limitless accumulation of knowledge is not being called for there. One need not earn Master's Degrees or Doctorates. One need not accumulate more learning.
[Maharaj explained that "knowledge" is itself "learned ignorance," so neither knowledge nor more learning is required for realization. Some degree of "intelligence" is required as long as it is understood that intelligence is merely the ability to understand.]
To be free of false knowledge / learned ignorance, one need but see that the problem involves all which has been taught and learned in cultures which pass along ignorant and insane programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation and brainwashing and indoctrination.
To understand that point makes clear that one need not become a Biblical scholar because no single volume contains more nonsense and ignorance and ill-advice than that, unless - that is - one considers the content in all other supposedly-holy texts as well.
If the problem of humanity centers in the mind, as Maharaj finally concluded, then more need not be added to the mind. The problem is calling for a purging of the mind, for A Great Flush, if you will. It is calling for un-learning, not more learning. It is calling for all which has been taught to be un-taught.
Now we're getting somewhere. Now we're simplifying the process. Accept Maharaj's definition of what realization is (and therefore what it also is not) and then a lifetime of religious and / or spiritual workaholism and knowledge accumulation can end and clarity and then relaxing can begin.
If the problem is the vast store of learned ignorance which has been taught and accumulated within a mind, then how could the seeking of other-worldly-noumenal-based religious fitness or other-worldly-noumenal-based spiritual fitness possibly address the mental problems which are manifesting right here and right now in the relative existence?
How can going to meeting and listening to insane talk possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can traveling the globe in order to stand in a hundred supposedly-holy spots possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can wailing at a wailing wall possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can striking a special bowl with a special stick possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can special garments possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can endless seeking and "sharing" and hearing and going and doing and zooming possibly help one become able to be still and quiet?
How can the killing of non-believers and infidels possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can speaking in foreign tongues and rolling around on a church floor or handling rattlesnakes possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can a planet wide tolerance of, and the providing of continuous financial support for, a supposedly holy place which has long tolerated the physical and sexual abuse and raping of children possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
How can judging and punishing others possibly help address problems rooted in learned ignorance and imposed insanity?
The answer: it cannot. None of that can address the symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness which Maharaj identified as "ignorance, stupidity, and insanity." No religion, spiritual movement or program, philosophy, or ideology can free persons of learned ignorance and imposed insanity because that is not their goal, their statements to the contrary notwithstanding.
Even if some among those groups claim that their deal is all about freeing its membership of insanity, any objective observer would have to conclude that they are obviously failing miserably if that is their goal.
In fact, all of the above have shown repeatedly that that actually reinforce and add to the already-accumulated "ignorance, stupidity, and insanity."
Maharaj's approach: sit with someone that has transitioned beyond the ignorance, stupidity, and insanity which they were taught and with someone that can shine light on the symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness which have manifested and accept the invitation to see all of the learned ignorance which has been accepted and then be willing to cast it all aside.
How? All of the accumulated ideas, concepts, notions, thoughts, views, etc. which have been accumulated and stored in the mind collectively form your "belief systems." They are all just beliefs, and they are not even "your beliefs." They are "their" beliefs.
Want to purge the mind? Want to give yourself the required Great Flush required to be rid of the cesspool called "the mind"?
Again, easy peasy. Just admit it's all nonsense and cast it out, the same way you treat the other garbage which accumulates in your domicile between the days that the garbage is picked up and hauled off for disposal. It makes no more sense to cling to the garbage stored in a mind than it would make to cling to the garbage which accumulates in a home.
Dispose of the content of the mind. How? By giving up all belief in all learned ignorance in order to be free of the problem which centers in the mind. Then only can you relax and take it easy because - as Maharaj said - "There is no such thing as peace of mind" and as added here, "There is only peace if you are out of your mind."
The what to be realized is that realization is merely rejecting all belief in all of the learned ignorance that one has been taught and now believes in wholeheartedly.
The how is to work with one that has already rejected all belief in all of the learned ignorance that was taught and use the same methods that she or he employed in order to be free of all beliefs and, therefore, all learned ignorance.
The how takes one beyond accepting the identity of "A Believer" and beyond accepting the identity of "A Non-Believer" and reaching the condition of functioning for the remainder of the relative existence in the style of what - for the sake of discussion - can be referred to as "A No-Belief-er."
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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