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"And they hate the Indians for being in America too early. Who the hell do they like?"
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Of the non-dual understanding which Maharaj offered, what might explain why he initially estimated that "only 1 out of 100,000 will ever get this" but later said that "only 1 out of 1,000,000 will ever get this" and eventually - after decades of working with seekers - modified that guesstimate to "1 out of 10,000,000"?
Consider the enormity of the obstacles which one who works for 20 or 40 or 80 years with seekers of the non-dual understanding will witness:
Obstacle #13: THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OBSTACLE OF ALL: Myths, Superstitions, Thoughts, Ideas, Concepts, Notions, Views, Theories, Inklings, Perceptions, A.K.A., "Beliefs," Part A
For 1300+ years, Jews and Christian and Muslims have been killing each other by the millions, continuing right up to today.
500 or so years ago there began the slaughter by Christian invaders of 150 million Native Americans in the areas now called North, Central, and South America.
Around 75 years ago a war was started which resulted in eighty-five million people dying when Catholic and Lutheran Christians in Germany began "purging their culture of undesirables" (that is, began the systematic killing of Jews and non-whites, gays, and the physically and mentally handicapped).
[Interestingly, now - 75 years later in the U.S. - the head of the Republican Party is inciting violence against Jews and non-whites, is eliminating the rights of citizens who are among the LBGT community, and has mocked a reporter with a disability from the podium of one of his political rallies. Today, duality (and thus disunity) are being modeled and endorsed and practiced on a national level by national leadership. Yet they claim that comparisons with Nazis past and present "are extreme and nothing more than a political ploy. by liberals and progressives."]
[Interestingly, now - 75 years later in the U.S. - the head of the Republican Party is inciting violence against Jews and non-whites, is eliminating the rights of citizens who are among the LBGT community, and has mocked a reporter with a disability from the podium of one of his political rallies. Today, duality (and thus disunity) are being modeled and endorsed and practiced on a national level by national leadership. Yet they claim that comparisons with Nazis past and present "are extreme and nothing more than a political ploy. by liberals and progressives."]
In the U.S. in 2017, far more people were killed by white supremacists than by the so-called "terrorists" who have remained the focus since 9 / 11 though most acts of terror in the U.S. are home-grown.
The stats: "White supremacists in the United States killed more than twice as many people in 2017 as they did the year before and were responsible for far more murders than domestic Islamic extremists, helping make 2017 the fifth deadliest year on record for extremist violence in America."
Wonder why?
Of course, first and foremost in all of the cases above - and in the millions of other cases like those throughout human history - are the invaders' and killers' beliefs, especially in regards to the dualistic notions about "the other" and in terms of their entitlement and arrogance and their beliefs about "what they deserve" and "what they are due" and "what their unlimited rights are" and how they claim "to have been victimized" even as they are actually the key perpetrators.
Below there will be a listing and discussion of the four sets of belief systems which keep alive the duality-based fear and / or hatred of all "others" and which support the entitlement and arrogance which are typical of those with the Goldilocks Syndrome mentioned yesterday and which are guaranteed to generate and perpetuate a belief in "the other" and, therefore, guaranteed to generate and perpetuate constant conflict.
A couple of characters in a Noah Gordon novel touch on the way that the Goldilocks Syndrome has helped shape the U.S. - and many nations - in ways which have always given the U.S. and those nations a dark, prejudicial underbelly which has usually been hidden in recent years until the present.
One man in Gordon's novel named Jay is bemoaning the fact that his neighbors regularly display their xenophobic and atavistic attitudes toward him. He complained about his neighbors in Illinois:
"It's because the ignorant bastards consider me a foreigner, even though I was born in [the U.S.] and some of them were born in Europe. They don't trust me."
They hate the Irish and the Jews and the Chinese and the Italians, and God knows who all, for coming to America too late."
They hate the French and the Mormons on general principles."
"And they hate the Indians for being in America too early. Who the hell do they like?"
His friend Rob grinned at him and said, "Why Jay . . . they like themselves! The think they are just right, having had the sensibility to arrive at exactly the correct time."
Nowadays, that same evidence of the Goldilocks Syndrome which inspires notions about what is "just right" and what is not is alive and well:
Some are thought to be too dark; some are thought to be too light and need to tan. And others think that it is their skin color which is just right.
No relationships on any level have ever come to a nasty end, and no marriages have ever ended in divorce, except where beliefs were the driving force.
Nothing has contributed more to humankind's chaos and arguing and fighting and killing and mass killings than . . . beliefs, and the types of beliefs which are most prevalent and therefore most influential are:
#4: Beliefs about relationships and how those whom one is in relationship with should think and talk and behave.
#3: Beliefs of a xenophobic nature about how fellow citizens should think and talk and behave and how others should recognize that "we are the greatest nation on earth" and that "we are exceptional."
#2: Beliefs about politics, political parties, political leaders, and how "all others should believe what I and my political fellows believe and should accept the agenda of our political party as being the only right one."
And #1:
Beliefs about "God" or "gods and goddesses" and "what is right and what is wrong" and "what is moral vs. what is immoral" and "which religion is the single right one and why all of the other religions are wrong."
With 97% of all persons on the planet claiming a religious affiliation, of course religious beliefs are the most predominant and influential beliefs of all.
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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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