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A REVIEW AND SUMMATION OF THE KEY UNDERSTANDINGS WHICH CAME VIA THE VISION AND WHICH WERE REQUIRED FOR FULL REALIZATION
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ANOTHER CONSIDERATION
Let’s pause in order to tie . . .
the process or “journey” or “path” being followed in the vision
to . . .
"the Big Non-Duality Picture”
in order to “keep one’s eye focused on the ball” or “on the goal” or “on the real task at hand.”
Maharaj tried to make clear that any process he offered (including the seven-step path early on or the four-step path later on) was about finding the Ultimate Medicine required for treating the Ultimate Sickness with its key symptoms being “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity.”
He stated forthrightly that "realization is simply about being freed from beliefs based in learned ignorance."
Moreover, no one nowadays is exempt from having first been led down a path of “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity” which leaves all persons in need of finding a path to follow which can lead to freedom from “ignorance, stupidity, and insanity.”
In that regard, Michael Reisig shared in his writing what he called “a quote by our Rastaman buddy, Rufus” who said: “Insight, mon, is what you get when you survive your own stupidity.”
[Of course, to be specific, there is actually no such thing as “your or my ignorance,” “your or my stupidity,” “your or my insanity,” or “your or my mind.” There is actually only “their ignorance,” “their stupidity,” “their insanity,” or “their mind,” all of which has been passed down from one former generation to the next and which has almost always been accepted without questioning and with blind faith when taught by some so-called “authority figure.”]
Maharaj shifted away from offering the non-dual message in combination with religion - and later on shifted away from offering the non-dual message in combination with spirituality - and instead focused in the end on combining psychology-based understandings with the non-duality understanding in order to address humankind's actual problem, namely, believing that the nonsense taught and learned and stored in the human mind is true and real.
"Liberation" is about nothing more than being liberated from having one’s thoughts and words and actions being driven by and determined by and controlled by ignorant and stupid and insane beliefs.
"Enlightenment" is about nothing more than shining the light on nonsensical beliefs rooted in darkness in order to see clearly and then stop misperceiving and stop being fooled.
And, again, "realization" is about nothing more than being freed from beliefs based in learned ignorance.
See? It’s all about the fiction-filled, lie-filled mind and treating that as a professional would treat any other cancer-like sickness, namely, by removing it completely.
Whether discussing the process revealed in the vision or discussing any other “paths” or “journeys” or discussing “liberation” or "enlightenment" or “realization” or the “Ultimate Sickness” or the “Ultimate Medicine,” the end game is all about the one thing and one thing only:
being free of ignorant beliefs stored in the warped, programmed, conditioned, acculturated, domesticated, brainwashed, and indoctrinated mind.
Today we will look at the next twenty understandings which came via the vision and which can reveal to the wise even more about how to (and what to) realize:
Today we will look at the next twenty understandings which came via the vision and which can reveal to the wise even more about how to (and what to) realize:
61. It was clear that nothing more is happening; that nothing that is happening is happening as a result of "a Causer" but is all happening spontaneously; that all which happens between (A) the formation of a plant food body and (B) the final dissolution actually happens in a mental realm and in an imagined "world" and is never the way it appears to be to the non-realized masses; that nothing in the "in-between world" has any lasting meaning or purpose; and that it all really is "much ado about nothing."
62. The vision made clear that all which happens is merely happening under the auspices of the most basic principles that are taught - but evidently seldom learned - in most 4th grade level, basic science classes.
(Maharaj often said that these teachings are so simple because there is nothing to reconcile that could not be understood with an understanding of the basic scientific principles which he predicted would someday advance to the stage that all of the ancient non-dual understandings will someday be scientifically, factually verified.)
(Maharaj often said that these teachings are so simple because there is nothing to reconcile that could not be understood with an understanding of the basic scientific principles which he predicted would someday advance to the stage that all of the ancient non-dual understandings will someday be scientifically, factually verified.)
63. The vision made clear that the ultimate problem, though, does not involve as much what persons do not know as what persons think they do know, namely, all of the "acquired knowledge" - a.k.a., "learned ignorance" - that has been accumulated along the way that is cast off in the vision at the fourth stage . . . the gull stage . . . after the return to the Child No-Knowing Stage.
64. The vision made clear that the body will NOT exist post-manifestation in any form because all of the elements which make up the parts are going to return to the universal pool of elements.
65. The vision showed how to reverse back to the Absolute, but it also showed that those seven steps - if studied in reverse - actually illustrate the original manifesting process. In that illustration, the vision makes clear that there was no pre-manifestation "You" or "Me," that there was most certainly nobody (no body) awaiting "birth" or "Creation," and that notions about "pre-birth" contracts are merely so much delusional fiction.
66. The vision made clear that one need but see that "I AM energy / matter" is fact.
67. The vision also made clear that the body in which the consciousness is temporarily manifested cannot last forever as a specific form and that it will, therefore, return to the pool of elements when the elements which have come together will eventually come apart (a scenario which happens on a daily basis as long as a composite unity remains). And it showed that all of that will happen painlessly and in a suffering-free manner.
68. That is the case among the realized whether the dissolution happens quickly or drags out over a period, as illustrated by Maharaj whose case was the latter.
69. He witnessed the pain of the body that was experiencing the spreading cancerous growth within. The same happens here. There is not a single day now that the effects of a motorcycle accident that occurred years ago do not generate body pain. Being tossed onto the surface of a highway at 70 m.p.h. resulted in the breaking of both major bones in the right leg, breaking multiple bones in the left hand, undergoing 17 breaks in the right foot and ankle, dislocating hips and shoulders, a concussion, and more. Yet the pain has no "mental" or "emotional" effect on the way that "Floyd" moves through each day, and it certainly has no effect on the "spirit" since that does not exist. As with Maharaj, it is all merely witnessed, but now, there is a certain oil being used which is providing some relief as well.
70. The seven steps of the vision, if understood and felt and "experienced" fully, can generate a sense of comfort and calm and relief and ease alongside a courage-generating sense of security and well-being and contentment and gladness and Love. How can that claim be offered with such assurance? If it happened for "floyd," it can happen for anyone with intellect (meaning, with a capacity to understand).
70. The seven steps of the vision, if understood and felt and "experienced" fully, can generate a sense of comfort and calm and relief and ease alongside a courage-generating sense of security and well-being and contentment and gladness and Love. How can that claim be offered with such assurance? If it happened for "floyd," it can happen for anyone with intellect (meaning, with a capacity to understand).
71. Elements of the vision continued to flash into consciousness for months after it initially came. The flashes almost always happened when in a theta state, dozing off or coming out of a deep, delta-level sleep. It was early on during some of those episodes that a backwards or reversed version of the vision began to play out.
72. It became clear that after "going back the way I came in" from the Absolute on Leg Two of "the journey," I would after that be "going back" to the relative along the same way by which "I" had "come in" the first time when the consciousness was subjected to all of the insane programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication and brainwashing and indoctrination that now happens to all persons.
73. Yet it was clear that going back to the relative on the Third Leg would be different because I would no longer be susceptible to being influenced by ignorant and insane programming, conditioning, etc. Why? Because my internal BS detector and rejector had been activated as a result of realization and that would block out all beliefs (which are total BS to begin with).
74. The vision made clear that on the third leg, the unblocked consciousness that now knew and understood the Awareness (which was now aware of itself - aware of Its Original Nature which is My Original Nature) would not be anything like the specks of consciousness that had been blocked and that led to a miserable relative existence.
75. It was clear that (a) things were going to be different from the way they had been prior to completing the seven steps to Reality and that (b) Reality was going to be overlaid on the relative so that whatever happened would happen spontaneously and would happen as naturally and sanely and reasonably and logically as the relative existence of every living thing of the planet except for the non-realized masses.
76. Suddenly, a phrase that had only seemed to be understood took on a whole new level of meaning, namely, "as if living."
77. It was seen after the vision that "as if living" is a style of living that the realized exhibit, seemingly living just like most live but without personal attachments, delusions, and emotional intoxication.
78. The vision made clear that it is the manner in which the realized "finish out" the manifestation, meeting “responsibilities” and providing for the space (for the composite unity consisting of an elemental plant food body with air being circulated and with conscious-energy also being circulated) while knowing full well that what is called "this world" is nothing more than an imagining in the distorted perceptions of persons.
79. It was seen that "as if living" consist of a lifestyle that is unencumbered with attachments and emotional intoxication and belief in the lies of the culture; a lifestyle free of game playing and image perpetuation; and a lifestyle unmarred by the emotions and emotional intoxication experienced by persons.
80. It was seen that "as if living" makes possible a lifestyle during which the realized can witness feelings rise and fall without experiencing any emotional intoxication and without reacting, over-reacting, or setting off a chain of reactions (as happens with persons).
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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