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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"]

Today:

The Illusion of Believing That One Can Be Something Other Than - or "In Addition To" - What "One" Is

That which believes it can "become" something else, can become "better" (or "worse"), or can become "super religious" or "a spiritual giant" is an ego-state (a false role, a bogus identity, an assumed personality / persona).

When the consciousness (as a result of programming, conditioning, domestication, acculturation, brainwashing and indoctrination) is blocked from seeing truth and reality / Reality, then the counterfeit body-mind-personality triad is believed to be real and can thereafter generate a near-infinite number of beliefs that are taken to be true but that are not.

[Above, the lowercase “r” in “reality” and the uppercase “R” in “Reality” are totally arbitrary, used only to remind seekers that there are phenomenal things which are real and that there are Noumenal / non-phenomenal things which are real.]

One blogger uses a title which hundreds of thousands of so-called “Non-Dualists” have stated before her, namely, “Nothing is real.”

This was offered in response in 2013:

“If you are certain that is the case, then test your claim. Count off fifteen paces from a brick wall, turn and face the wall, bend until your upper torso is parallel with the ground and the top of your head is aimed at the wall, begin running towards the wall as fast as you can, and ram your head into the wall as hard as you can. When you come to, you can then report whether the brick wall is real or not.

“To the contrary of the claim by some teachers that ‘nothing is real,’ the actual fact is that everything is real. It is just that nothing is as it ‘appears’ to be. Place a brick from the wall under an electron microscope and you'll observe a swirling mass of subatomic particles.

“In fact, the only ‘triad’ that some versions of non-duality recognize as being presently based in fact is the ‘composite unity’ of air-elements-conscious energy triad, and even that triad forms what is nothing more than a temporary grouping; therefore, the air-elements-conscious energy triad is not that which is uniquely real either.

If it is understand that the triad is merely a "composite unity" that is temporary, then it should become clear that the oxygen being circulated through a space or from cannot become something other than oxygen; and if it is understood that the elements forming the temporary space cannot become something other than elements;

and if it is understood that the energy manifested in that space (specifically, the conscious-energy) cannot become something other than the type of energy that it is; and if all of that is understood, then it can also be understood that neither air nor elements nor energy can "become spiritual," can "become better," can "become worse," or can become anything that is different from what they already are.

In fact, the entire notion of "becoming" - the very belief that one can "become" something else - is just one more belief that is based in learned ignorance and - often - in the egotism that always manifests alongside the assumption of an ego-state.

Thus it can be asked: can H2O "become" a cube or a lake or a river or a waterfall or vapor or ice or snow or sleet or steam or a puddle or a stream, or are those also nothing more than "man-fabricated concepts" which erroneously suggest that an "A" can become a "B" or which suggest that something can become something else that is totally different from what it really is?

That which is “Real” is unchangeable, fixed, constant, consistent, unalterable, immutable, and absolute. That which believes it is changeable, variable, and alterable is the blocked consciousness, blocked from seeing facts and reality and Reality and truth, blocked by the accumulated and bogus contents of a "mind" which leads persons to assume that they are that which they are not. That which believes it can change or grow or develop into something that is different from what it actually already is is a speck of consciousness that has been fooled.

That which believes it can become enhanced or improved or made better or made worse or ungraded or downgraded is a speck of conscious-energy that has been fooled. And all such beliefs are rooted in the duality of either

(1) an egotism-based notion of being "very good" or even "great"

or

(2) a guilt-and-shame-based notion of being "bad" or "unworthy."

Either way, all such notions and beliefs are outgrowths of a fiction-filled "mind" that is plagued with psychological distortions which were set in place by faulty programming, warped conditioning, perverted domestication, and arrogance-based acculturation.

Because all in the relative existence truly is relative - that is, all observed and judged via differing and varying misperceptions only - then the very notions or beliefs about what is "good vs. bad" and "right vs. wrong" and "better vs. worse" and "spiritual vs. not spiritual" and "religious vs. not religious" or "spiritual enough vs. not spiritual enough" and "changed for the better vs. changed for the worse" will vary from one person to the next. Who, then, could possibly claim to know which of the above elements in those dualistic pairs are the "right" or “true” ones?

Who believes that he or she can define in absolute terms any or all concepts and beliefs when all beliefs and concepts are totally relative and not absolute at all? Only the programmed and conditioned and domesticated and acculturated and brainwashed and indoctrinated; only specks of blocked consciousness that have assumed the most arrogant of assumed personas;

only those who take themselves to be right and perfect and capable of judging dualistic pairs and determining - without any doubt or question - which of the opposite elements in each pair is at play in any given situation. Yet all the time, they might as well be debating "sasquatches vs. unicorns"; "satanic reps vs. guardian angels"; "tooth fairies vs. Easter bunnies."

One visitor said yesterday, “Well, tomorrow marks 72 years since ‘Floyd’ first made a run down a birth canal and either blessed or cursed the planet, depending on who’s judging. Ha. So what can you tell me you’ve seen or heard that has been most revealing?”

The reply: “Maybe I’ll explain tomorrow.”

Per his query:

Much has been seen or heard which showed how prevalent and consequential the role of "fanaticism" has been throughout the history of humankind.

In the seventy-two years that what is called “Floyd” has been manifested, he first learned about fanatics in his own home and in the Evangelical Southern Baptist Church where his fanatical father took him to be taught by other fanatics and to be influenced by other fanatics;

he witnessed other fanatics in the community who formed street gangs and first terrorized the neighborhood and then later terrorized the city at large;

he encountered fanatical cops who obsessed over power and control and abused their authority by abusing us pre-teens as well as teens and financially-poor adults in the poverty-stricken sections of the town where we lived;

he would hear tales of how - only a few years before his “birth” - that many of the men in the neighborhood had been sent to fight fanatical fascists and Nazis in Europe and how his father had been shipped from San Francisco to Okinawa to fight fanatical Imperialists and how the fleet his father was sailing in had been attacked by fanatical, suicidal pilots who flew their airplanes into U.S. ships;

he would hear about the roots of that conflict and understand how the belief in

(a) eugenics and white supremacy

and in

(b) a “superior race”

and in

(c) religious differences

all combined to form a perfect storm of hatred of “the other” and a sense of “different-from-ment” and a sense of “better-than-ment,” all of which helped lead to a world war in which 80 million persons died because one person was able to tap into the arrogance and fear and hatred of a large segment of a nation's population;

he would witness fanatical politicians in the U.S. trying to deal with fanatical Russians; he witnessed fanatics building bomb shelters in their back yards; he watched fanatics in his school demand that students regularly participate in drills to prepare for the dropping of atomic bombs on us, drills which included crawling under our desks and opening the thickest textbooks we had and placing them over our head in order to . . . what?

He watched fanatics in Cuba fighting for control of the island and he watched as fanatics in the U.S. declare that Castro was “an enemy of the U.S.”;

he watched abject fear manifest during a missile crisis and he watched abject fear manifest when the promise of eternal fire and damnation were discussed by ministers and priests warning people to prepare for their “Final Judgment before God”;

he watched himself during a sort of “out-of-body-experience” as he “accepted salvation" in order to please the fear-based adults in his life but knowing it was total hogwash;

he witnessed U.S. fanatics declare Vietnam to be "an enemy" and then start another war; he watched as he was drafted by the U.S. Government to fight in that war; he watched as he failed the hearing test during his U.S. Army physical exam and then failed it every six months after that throughout the war;

he would witness much later that, during the 70’s and the 80’s, he had sought out far too many “lovers”; he would witness fanatics overreacting to the swings in the economy; he would watch a fanatic named Rumsfeld meet a fanatic named Saddam Hussein and declares him “our friend”; he would witness as he accumulated vast wealth and then later as financial fortunes were "lost";

he heard a doctor use the word “cancer” during a diagnosis of his colon problems and watched his spouse get into her car and drive away the day before the scheduled surgery for that cancer, never to return;

he watched fanatical Republicans rule and heard them declare that nations to the south were “the enemy”; he watched as glasnost came and watched as Russians were then declared “a friend” and “a trading partner”;

he watched more Republican fanatics initial more invasions and start more wars and heard them a declare that “We must fight them in Central America or we’ll fight them here”; he saw as secret U.S. death squads were exposed;

he met with a U.S. sniper who was using drugs to try to suppress the guilt of assassinating 46 innocent civilians in Central America (including a teacher and a priest) who were declared “the enemy” by the U.S. for giving anti-U.S. speeches;

he saw military fanatics engage in illegal arms deals; he saw Democrats rule and build up huge surpluses in the national treasury; he saw Republicans rule once more; he witnessed a Bush declaring that an Ortega was now “an enemy”; he saw two poorly-designed towers in New York City fall; he saw a Rumsfeld and others who had declared a Saddam to be “a friend” change his mind and declare that Saddam was “an enemy”;

he witnessed another war; he saw the national treasury surplus squandered, replaced by huge national debt; he heard as fanatics in Washington, D.C. declare, “We must fight them in the Middle East or we’ll fight them here”;

he saw them declare that nations to the south of the U.S. were once again “the enemy”; later, he witnessed a global economic collapse triggered by events in the U.S. which were led by fanatical, greedy captains of industry on Wall Street;

now, the health care providers no longer say “cancer,” but one did say "diabetes"; later one would talk of "severe pulmonary issues"; another would speak of "internal hemorrhaging"; and a third would warn about a failing heart value; but ultimately, it’s all much ado about nothing, much ado about the physical body which I am not.

Now, he has once again watched fanatical Republicans rule and heard them declare that nations to the south are once again “the enemy” along with non-whites around the globe; he has once again heard that those of a different political party are declared "the enemy"; he has once again heard that the press is declared "the enemy"; he has once again heard that those of different religions are declared "the enemy"; he has once again heard that those who question authority are declared "the enemy";

and

once again, “Floyd” is now hearing an expression of belief in

(a) eugenics and white supremacy and in

(b) a “superior race” and in

(c) religious differences which have once more manifested in a perfect storm of the kind of hatred and beliefs about “the other” and “different-from-ment” and “better-than-ment” which led to a rise in the fascism and Nazism which triggered an earlier war in which 80 million persons died because one person has once more been able to tap into the arrogance and fear and hatred of a large segment of a nation's population and inspired division and duality and separation and splits and discord and gulfs.

Looking back over the last 72 years, it is clear that fanatics - obsessed with body and mind and personality identifications and power-grabbing and control - are the curse of humanity;

it is clear that being fanatical and obsessing leads to compulsive, destructive thoughts and beliefs and behaviors (relatively-speaking), be the fanatics driven by economic beliefs, political beliefs, race-related beliefs, and / or religious beliefs;

it is clear that a part of almost all national and international conflicts I have witnessed during the various phases of my 72 years have had a religious component;

and

it is clear that - of all the chaos and division and duality and separation and splits and discord and gulfs which have been inspired by the religions and spiritual movements and philosophies and ideologies which humans have dreamed up - have been most severe among those religions, movements, etc. which have taught that

1. only their way is the right way

and that

2. only those involved in their particular group or denomination or sect within their religion or group will be allowed into some version of “heaven” or whatever kind of post-life reward they claim they and their followers will receive.

Throughout it all, humans have long been witnessed to have an affinity for trying to be something other than - or "in addition to" - what they are and an attraction to covering up what they are in an effort to convince others that what they are showing in public is their truth though they are actually living a lie.

The stage presence has long been valued more than the actual which exists behind their curtain.

It has also been made clear that “the most virtuous” have been the biggest pains in the butt throughout the last 72 years and throughout history to boot. (And truthfully, some would say “unfortunately,” that is a statement based in actual experience rather than mere observation.)

Maharaj said, "Only that person will visit this place whose virtue and sin have come to an end."

Humans spend so much of their time and energy in their efforts to develop a particularly-appealing public affect which will lead to their being admired, respected, loved, esteemed, approved of, marveled at, and applauded in order to nurture their primary and secondary addictions:

Humankind’s primary addiction = an addiction to control.

Humankind’s secondary addiction = an addiction to power / Power in order to be able to control.

The “realized” (that is, those freed of their learned ignorance and their susceptibility to being fooled by images) could care less about those games which persons / personas play, including the mental and emotional games which inspire them to present themselves as super-religious, super-spiritual, or super anything else.

Moreover, looking back over the events I’ve witnessed, it is clear that present-day fanatics are espousing nothing new and that their Ultimate-Sickness-based-dualistic beliefs are generating the same kind of hatred and chaos and conflict which all arrogance-based, “we are better than them”-type movements have always generated.

No element of a dualistic pair has any more or any less credibility than the opposite element in the dualistic pair. All duality is false. It is all a part of the dream; all a part of the scheme; all a part of the scene. It all amounts to nothing more than a flash across the screen of blocked consciousness.

Persons viewing movies in 3-D have been seen to jump back in fear when it appears that something has left the screen. Their perception / misperception is that they really are about to be struck by whatever they think is flying directly at them. And that is the way that the non-realized masses traverse the relative existence, seeing images and believing that they are all real;

believing that some of the images they see are "good"; believing that some of the other images they see are "bad"; believing that some of the formerly "bad" images have changed or improved and are now "good"; and believing that some of the formerly "good" images have suddenly been exposed and revealed to have been "bad" all along.

So it have been, and so it likely to continue. The fact is, you need not participate. There is another way, a way that allows for conscious choices to be made for the first time ever, but only if one is freed from being driven unconsciously the symptoms of Ultimate Sickness.

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.

XX"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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