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HOW TO (AND WHAT TO) REALIZE
The seven-step path used early on by Maharaj was replaced with a four-step path after he stopped focusing on SELF-Enquiry and advised seekers to focus on a (false) self inquiry which is not at all concerned with finding the answer to “Who Am I?” and focuses instead on finding “who / what you are not” (with Maharaj adding, “That is enough”).
While the seven-step path ended with a focus upon and an understanding of the Absolute, the four-step process is not concerned with that; however, the nomenclature associated with the Absolute can offer insight into the rationale for completing the initial four steps.
First, to understand why the term “Absolute” was employed by those focusing on SELF-Enquiry and realization for centuries (and continues to be on a widespread basis to this day) is to reach a more accurate understanding of why the four-step process calls for what it calls for.
Consider these definitions of “absolute”:
“not qualified or diminished in any way”
“total and complete, in and of itself”
“free from restriction or limitation”
“not limited in any way”
“perfect”
“pure”
“viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things”
“not relative or comparative”
“something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. as opposed to the relative”
“free from imperfection”
“free from mixture”
“having no restriction, exception, or qualification”
“perfectly embodying the nature of a thing”
So what is to be realized next?
W. The Four-Steps on “the Path” and What Understanding the Definitions of the Absolute Can Provide Regarding Those Four Steps
To “merge into the Absolute” is to allow all ego-states and identities to vanish in the process and then allows "the realized" to abide as the Absolute for the remainder of the manifestation.
Persons (a.k.a., “the non-realized”), even though they take themselves to be the roles they play, are no different from those that do not assume any personas as identities (a.k.a., “the realized”).
All that is happening in this present "realm" is this:
consciousness / conscious-energy manifested, became obstructed by the learned ignorance which is stored in the human mind as concepts / beliefs, and has not been unobscured ( = persons)
or
consciousness / conscious-energy manifested, became obscured, but had subsequently been unobscured ( = the realized).
Beyond that, the exact same providence awaits those who take themselves to be persons as well as those who know all that they are not, and providence is this: the ultimate fate of any presently manifested consciousness is that it will unmanifest and will be re-absorbed into the pool of universal consciousness.
The guaranteed cycling of conscious-energy means that those who believe themselves to be persons will eventually be free of all identifications and all of the concerns which accompany the assumption of identities (or "Identities"), just as is the case with the realized that presently identity with nothing and that identify as nothing. Why?
Prior to a speck of consciousness / conscious-energy manifesting,” it knew nothing.” It was unconscious of anything and unaware of anything. Conscious-of-ness and aware-of-ness can only happen when manifested, that is, when confined within a space (be that an elemental plant food body, an acorn, a growing leaf on a plant, whatever) rather than being “cage-free” and "free-roaming" throughout the universe as was the case with unmanifested conscious-energy and awareness-energy.
The manifested consciousness / conscious-energy will, guaranteed, unmanifest; in fact, that happens constantly, not just at the point of mahasamadhi (and that is why humans must eat: to replenish the conscious-energy and other types of energy as well - which are constantly "coming and going"). When no longer manifested, the conscious-energy will then merges into that vast pool of energy called “The Absolute” and – once more – will not know anything and will not be aware of anything.
So, unmanifested, there can be no conscious-of-ness or aware-of-ness. Again, those actions depend upon conscious-energy manifesting and being confined - always temporarily - within a given space.
Ultimately, therefore, it is irrelevant if that speck of consciousness when manifested “knew itself” or if it “mistook itself for the roles that the obstructed consciousness leads persons to think they are.”
Therefore, the only difference which can happen must happen NOW: persons suffer chaos and emotional intoxication while "the realized" witness and feel, but after the consciousness is no longer manifested, the result is the same - consciousness will be unmanifested and unknowing.
As Szent-Gyorgyi said, “What drives life is . . . a little electric current, set up by the sunshine.” If that fact is understood, then what room remains for arrogance, for ego, or for ego-states assumed as identities?
If it's entropy and chaos and change you find unacceptable, then know that what is taken to be “you” was really just a series of specks of unmanifested conscious-energy which was free-ranging throughout the Absolute which is fixed, immutable, ineradicable, constant, and invariable.
Within that free-ranging space, conscious-energy was moving with other forms of energy throughout a space and was and is and shall be “total and complete, in and of itself” and “free from restriction or limitation” and “pure” (meaning, unadulterated and not mixed with anything else, such as beliefs)
as well as
“not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. as opposed to the relative” and “free from mixture” and “free from the imperfections” which were introduced post-manifestation via programming, conditioning, acculturation, domestication, brainwashing, indoctrination.
Post-manifested, whether “realized” or “not realized” throughout the relative existence, the conscious-energy returns to its original condition of “having no restriction, no exception, and no qualifications.”
Hence, the earlier pointer that “the use of a path” or “realization” is all about bringing change during the relative existence and has nothing to do with any fictional so-called “afterlife” or “reincarnations,” etc. Such concepts and associated beliefs are all just so much nonsense, received earlier by those plagued by ignorance and passed down by them to those in subsequent generations who are now attached to their belief in the same ignorance which now plagues them.
The only thing actually happening is this:
“I” have passed eternity being That, but for now “I” just happen to be involved in movements with other waves and particles of energy during this present, temporary, cycling into manifestation.
This so-called "floyd" is nothing more than the result a cosmic accident, an accident that was facilitated along the way by an act of friction. The same is true for all humans presently abiding and for all humans that did abide for a while. So . . .
Wherefore "pride"? Wherefore egotism? Wherefore arrogance? Wherefore beliefs about “different-from-ment” and "better-than-ment"?
Only in the distorted, fiction-filled-minds of “non-realized” humans.
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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