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HOW TO (AND WHAT TO) REALIZE
H. Next, what is to be realized is
(1) the difference in the brain vs. the parts within it that make up “the mind”
and
(2) how the mind shifted from originally being an asset in terms of the survival of the human species to, now, being a liability in terms of the survival of specific humans and the survival of the human species as a whole.
To review the earlier explanation regarding the brain-mind conundrum and how the functioning of the two differ:
The brain is elemental and natural, as opposed to the mind which has become totally unnatural (especially in terms of the near-universal desire among the non-realized masses to be "supernatural" or "spiritual" or "other-worldly").
Early on, the adult human brain had a one-cup size, and the parts of the brain now referred to as “the mind” - wherein information could be stored and from which information could be retrieved - did not exist.
Originally, therefore, human-like “beings” had no "mind part" of the brain.
a. Originally, they abided under the auspices of the brain only.
b. Later, they would abide under the auspices of a mind focused on survival.
c. Eventually, they would abide – as is the case nowadays - under the auspices of a nonsense-filled, irrational mind which is bent on self-destruction rather than survival.
It was not until the adult human brain evolved during a period spanning many millennia from its original one-cup size to its present 3-1/2 cup size that any human ever had "a mind," that is, ever had those areas of the brain where information could be stored and from which information could be retrieved.
So a part of the brain is now capable of storing and retrieving information, and once that part of the mind became filled with nonsense via programming, conditioning, etc., a nonsense-filled mind formed.
But earlier, for many years, the information stored in the mind and recalled on occasion was, in terms of the relative existence, an asset because it facilitated the survival of the species as it led humans to avoid ignorant, self-destructive behaviors.
The earliest version of "the mind" was originally an asset for humanity when it was filled with facts, such as when someone called “Thorson” witnessed someone called “Rickback” fall off a cliff and break into pieces on the rocks below.
Having witnessed that scenario and having a mind part in the brain that could store the facts regarding what humans would come to refer to as "the death" or “the demise" of Rickback, Thorson was able to save in the mind-part of his brain the intuitive message, “Take caution if near the edge of a cliff. The potential, if too close to the edge, is an event which will not contribute to the survival of the species.”
Now, however, as a result of distorted and nonsensical programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, indoctrination and brainwashing, the mind - as Maharaj made clear in multiple warnings - is a liability.
The reason that Maharaj suggested that “ . . . You should go back, reverse, to the source” and “Follow the same path by which you came” is because it is now the case that during the “coming in leg of the manifestation" that the teaching and learning and storing and retrieving of foolishness and learned ignorance is added to and accumulated in the mind.
It is during the stages of child programming, child conditioning, etc. when each child is exposed to the hand-me-down ignorance and insanity which is being passed down to all children and which relocates them mentally and emotionally to the Land of Suckerdom where most of them will spend the rest of the manifestation.
The “realization” process, Maharaj said, is about nothing more than a human taking the steps required to be free of all of the learned ignorance which she or he has been taught and free of all of the past influences which set personality disorders and neuroses and psychoses into place.
It has been shown repeatedly on this site that "The Causes of the Ultimate Sickness" become "The Symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness" to the degree that "The Causes" (distorted and nonsensical programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, indoctrination and brainwashing) result in the passing down from one generation to the next the symptoms of the Sickness, three of which which Maharaj identified as "ignorance, stupidity, and insanity."
Once the symptoms manifest in one generation, then those symptoms of the Sickness will be passed down to the next generation, and the next, and the next, ad infinitum; thus, the transmission of the Ultimate Sickness now involves almost all among the masses (among all of whom happen to be entrapped in a cycle of nonsense and and who are now engaging in nothing less than the widespread dissemination of ignorance - including what Maharaj called "learned ignorance" - without their ever becoming aware of how truly Sick they are and without any awareness of how nonsensical their thoughts and words and actions actually are).
You may have heard someone report something like this: "Well, my son brought home the crud from school, he passed on the sickness to his brother and sister, they passed the illness to me, and I passed it on to my husband. Now we're all as sick as can be."
The same happens with the Ultimate Sickness except that it now starts not with children passing a sickness down to adults but with the adults passing the Sickness down to children (and to other adults as well).
What do their distorted and nonsensical programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, indoctrination and brainwashing generate? A crud-filled mind, the content of which is now passed down to their children and also passed down to everyone else who listens to their nonsense and who accepts their lies and distortions and delusions and illusions as fact.
Thus, this is a key point in understanding what the Sickness is about and how it is to be treated:
If persons were to all become reasonable and rationale in a flash, they would see that the greatest challenge being faced but ignored all around the globe is persons being fooled and then all acting the way that those playing the role of "The Complete Fool" act.
Maharaj said: "There is no such thing as peace of mind.”
I added: “There is only peace if you are out of your mind” which is actually “their mind” which has been “transplanted” into your head.
The above shows both what is to be realized and why steps should be taken to be freed from being driven unconsciously and subconsciously by the nonsense and of the mind and thereafter to abide under the auspices of a fully awake and fully aware and fully conscious elemental brain.
And what is now stored within it which has transformed the mind from a relative existence asset into a total relative existence liability?
False ideas, notions, concepts, thoughts, impressions, images, opinions, views, theories, and learned ignorance (a.k.a., “knowledge”), all of which can be summarized in a single word: “beliefs.”
Want to be free of being driven subconsciously and unconsciously by the nonsense that has been taught and is now stored in the mind? It’s really a simple process:
Simply abandon all beliefs and allow the mind to dissolve into what Maharaj called a “zero concepts” state (which is actually a zero beliefs state).
TOMORROW: How to be freed from having one’s every thought and word and action being subconsciously and unconsciously determined and controlled by a falsehood-filled and nonsense-filled mind.
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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