ALL OF THE OTHER REALIZATIONS WHICH CAME AND ALLOWED FOR FULL REALIZATION

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ALL OF THE OTHER REALIZATIONS WHICH CAME AND ALLOWED FOR FULL REALIZATION 

THE VISION

[What is being quoted (in green) are the revelations that were emanating from the inner resource - that is, via the pure consciousness ... the inner guru - as the final blockages were falling away and allowing access to that which had always been known, within.]

We continue with the look at "intellect" (merely the capacity for understanding) vs. "knowledge" / "learned ignorance" in order to clarify the role of the intellect and the uselessness of knowledge.

To review: turning back to the vision, it was seen that the capacity for understanding also still remains even as the crystal cave is crossed and as the trek up the steps to the dome is taken. 

Then, this came:  

"The capacity to understand remains as long as the final vestiges of Awareness during the manifestation remain. That Awareness was able to see all of the universes and to know that the Awareness - just one of many specialized forms of energy - was present for all of those." 

Then this:  

"Whoa! Specialized energy. That's all consciousness is . . . all that awareness is. Just a specialized form of energy (which does not suggest that either is "special" at all but merely denotes that they function in a unique manner - as do all forms of energy). " 

Then this:  

"At the most basic level, this scientific fact can be understood: all is energy-matter. Neither can be created. Neither can be destroyed. There's scientific proof that there's no creator! Nothing is created. Nothing have ever been created. Not 'this world / universe'; not 'planets and stars / suns'; not 'galaxies'; not a 'first man' and not a 'first woman.' Nothing has been created. " 

Suddenly, this:  

"All is just like a human body: things coming together and thing coming apart. The ancients with their creator-sustainer-destroyer gods - which were rolled into one god by Abraham, coming up with what would amount to a schizo god . . . all fiction. And THAT'S why in the vision the raven had to come to an end, and fairly early on during 'the journey': 

the body that carries about the belief that there's some spirit inside - something spiritual inside - that can develop 'a spiritual malady' - nonsense! Moreover, nothing is destroyed, and nothing has ever been destroyed."

Then a question came:  

"But wait a minute. What about the lines wherein Maharaj spoke about creation and destruction?" 

"All through the creation and dissolution of the universe, I remain ever untouched. I have not expounded this part: my state never felt the creation and dissolution of the universe. I am the principle which survives all the creations, all the dissolutions." 

"So what did he mean? He must have really meant that he - a speck of the forever-existing energy non-dualists speak of - was actually there for the coming together of every universe and the coming apart of those that have come apart. There's another piece I haven't understood until now! I'm blown away by how much this vision is revealing!"

[Side note: Recently, scientists found a star in the universe that is older than the universe. Many in that group were perplexed, then challenged the test results, therefore retested the age of the star, found the same result, and were still baffled:

"What!? Something in the universe that is . . . older than the universe?! Surely that's impossible!" 

Recall Maharaj's pointer: "I have been present for the 'creation' and 'dissolution' of all universes" (that is, present for the formation / the coming together of all universes and the coming apart of many universes as well," per the Second Law of Thermodynamics)

and

"In the process, I remain ever untouched."

Many scientists now understand how egocentric and shortsighted and parochial and provincial humans were in the past to think that the "world" - the planet on which they were presently abiding - was "all there is" and, later on, to think that the universe in which their planet is presently located is the only universe.

In fact, multiple universes are commonplace and they have long been bumping up against each other in the "greater" expanse of space or have experienced certain of the structures within them "escaping" and triggering the formation of another universe.

In any given universe when - at high speed - certain atoms interact and smash into each other, they can set off an explosion the likes of which most humans cannot even imagine and thereby trigger the formation and / or expansion of another universe or other universes.

When universes "bump together," there might also be an "exchange" of other "bodies" from the older universe which manifest with the more-recently-formed universe; hence, the presence of a star in a universe which is actually older than that universe.

(For more on universe formation, study the way that helium and hydrogen combined to make a molecules of "helium hydride.")

Today, the universe is filled with large, complex structures such as planets, stars,  galaxies, etc., but 13 billion years ago - following "the big bang" - the early universe was hot and all that was present at that point were a few types of atoms, mostly the aforementioned helium and hydrogen. That explains why 93% of all of the atoms in this present universe are hydrogen.

Maharaj said, "Someday, scientific understandings will advance to the point that they will be able to prove and explain the validity of all of the non-dual teachings," especially those regarding the formation of this universe and all others and those regarding the functioning of the totality. Spot on - that has happened, and more is being revealed on a near-daily basis.]

Now, the discussion of the revelations continues: 

The capacity to understand remains even at the final stages of "the journey" discussed above; thus, it was concluded:  

"So the capacity for understanding remains even up to that final point in the vision." 

Yet was it something beyond the intellect which felt or which grasped the earlier realization? The one that . . . millions of forms . . . are . . . you! 

Then this came:  

"That capacity for understanding must have come via the inner resource, and that can only happens fully when the Awareness is . . .

in touch with itself after the consciousness is re-purified. So the Awareness knew that it was moving back, closer and closer, second by second, to that no-place place (that no-specific-but-universal-'place') from which it had first come. So even then the 'intellect' had not yet 'subsided' but was working as one with Awareness." 

The vision reported:

There is only the slightest vestige of any you as you draw closer and closer to . . . you. "That sounds like subsidence of the intellect is finally beginning to happen at that point." 

Here, it came that Maharaj had said, "World is experiential but 'You,' the Absolute, are non-experiential.' On the other hand, 'This 'you-are' experience has come . . . . " 

He coaxed his listeners to go to the borderline, because he understood that it is at the borderline between

THAT / the Absolute

and

the experiential, relative existence

where Reality is discovered. 

Maharaj:  

"The borderline between 'i am' (beingness) and 'i am not' (non-beingness) is the precise location where the intellect subsides. It is the Mahayoga state. Be there!" 

So reality can only be known during the manifestation and only if the consciousness has been unblocked and the Awareness is aware of itself. 

Then, I recalled how willingly I saw "the dissolution" - Nirvana - as millions merged with the light at the dome; and I saw how willingly I stepped forward. No fear. No trepidation. Just a pervasive sense that "everything is going to be okay." And upon "returning" to the relative post-vision / post-realization existence via the third leg of "the journey," it was that sense of fearlessness and courageousness which manifested at that point (and which has prevailed ever since) 

Maharaj spoke of that sense that came to him post-realization, a sense of fearlessness and courage that comes when one finally understands what most will never understand. It became clear that that condition manifests because there is no longer "a fear of the unknown." 

Then another question came?  

"Why?"

And the answer came on the heels of the question: 

"Because there is no longer 'the unknown.' The functioning of the totality is clear."

Here's the way Maharaj described it: 

"I do not need convictions, I live on courage. Courage is my essence, which is love of life. I am free of memories and anticipations, unconcerned with what I am and what I am not. I am not addicted to self-descriptions, soham and brahmasmi ('I am He', 'I am the Supreme'); these are of no use to me, I have the courage to be as nothing and to see the world as it is: nothing. It sounds simple, but just try it!" 

That's has also always been the invitation here: "Just try it!" 

[Let's pause at this point to allow time to sit in the silence and review and then contemplate the pointers which came via the vision and which have been shared up to this point.]

Okay. To move on:

Next, during the study of the content of the vision, almost as if in some "stream-of-pure-consciousness," one point after another came: 

Maharaj: "At present, 'I am' is in the beingness state. But, when I do not have the knowingness of the 'I am' illusion, then the 'Poornabrahman' or 'Parabrahman' state (Supreme Reality state or Ultimate Reality state) prevails. In the absence of the touch of 'I Amness' I am the total complete, 'Poornabrahman' state, the permanent state. The borderline of beingness and non-beingness is intellect-boggling, because the intellect subsides at that precise location. This borderline is the 'maha-yoga' [Sanskrit, "the great yoga"]. You must be at that borderline, that 'maha-yoga' state'. You descend into the 'godown' of that state which has the title 'birth'." 

Then, regarding the eagle: . . . at the end of the tunnel, you can see nothing other than light. "As the physical fades, there is simply energy . . . light. The body-cum-consciousness ends; the energy remains. So all else is darkness, therefore, except for the light coming from the crystal cave." 

Then, Maharaj again: "The borderline of beingness and non-beingness is intellect-boggling, because the intellect subsides at that precise location." 

Next, "As with beingness and non-beingness, the location of the cave is one of contrasts: the bright light coming from the dome vs. the darkness throughout the rest of the cave. The reflected light of the dome striking the crystals . . . the darkness below. Duality is present, but then . . . ." 

Maharaj: " . . . The intellect subsides at that precise location." 

Then from the vision: To your left and to your right drift millions of forms, and on closer inspection, You see that they are . . . you! Each looks to be a clone maybe a transparent clone but a clone nevertheless of you! 

Followed by:  

"Again, though, the capacity for understanding remains even at that point. Yet it is something beyond that capacity that knows . . . that understands . . . which grasps the fact that . . . millions of forms ... are . . . you! That is obviously via the inner resource, working as one with the Awareness." 

Then,  

"Beyond there is the movement to the portal . . . to the light . . . to the Absolute when the Awareness moves totally from a state of beingness to non-beingness and beyond (and reaches that Original State and its Original Nature). At that point, the intellect ends. The borderline has been crossed." 

Some are familiar with the story of Andy Gugar, Jr.'s first visit here when it was suggested that, "if there is a fear of death, then go ahead and die now." 

What became clear via the vision was this: the death of ego - the end of the false sense of personhood and the false sense of being "a spiritual being" - happens at the point where (in the vision) the raven transforms into the no-knowing gull. 

Yet something else can be understood if all of the messages of the vision are understood: the "go ahead and die now" - the "let ego die" message - served as a pointer to other dimensions of the understanding, namely, the various "legs" that were alluded to earlier: 

LEG ONE of "the journey" covers the manifestation of consciousness and then its subsequent corruption / blocking via programming, conditioning, acculturation, and domestication to the point that body identification is reached; 

LEG TWO of "the journey" is covered in the vision and reveals the process of "going back" . . . of reversing out of the relative in the opposite manner by which the coming in happened; 

LEG THREE involves taking all that is realized and subsequently returning to a condition of sanity and logic and reason during the relative. There is "an overlaying of Reality on the relative existence." In so doing, THAT and the AM-ness are one and the remainder of the manifestation will unfold spontaneously and naturally in a way as sane as that adhered to by all living things on the planet (with the key exception of humans); 

Finally, there will be the Unmanifesting, and that will happen in exactly the same was as LEG TWO. The reason the realized have no "fear of death" is because LEG TWO was a "practice run," so to speak. For the masses, "dying" is a mystery . . . a scary proposition. "What's going to happen?" and "What is to become of me?" 

For the realized, the answers are clear. For the realized to look at the approaching event that persons call "dying" is to look at something quite familiar. Why? Because LEG TWO was completed. Because the happening that persons call "dying" is a "been-there-done-that" event among the realized. 

The response to the "go ahead and die now" advice for the realized is "already went ahead and 'died' during LEG TWO, thank you very much." 

Therefore, as far as the "What's going to happen?" question, the answer is perfectly clear: Nothing. 

As far as the "What's to become of me?" question, the answer is "Nothing . . . and that's just fine." 

Thus, the realized can acknowledge what might be called - for the sake of discussion -

"LEG FOUR: the Final Unmanifesting of This Specific Speck."

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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