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THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WHICH PROVIDES
AN UNDERSTANDING OF "NO YOU-NESS," Part Three
AN UNDERSTANDING OF "NO YOU-NESS," Part Three
The result? The masses are being driven by belief systems which should have been seen to be total hogwash by the fourth grade. Because that did not happen, then the masses are driven by the subconscious agendas of false identities - of personalities - which were set in place by the age of six and by beliefs which, logically, should have been abandoned by the age of ten . . . but were not.
Hence, the non-realized masses (a group which Maharaj said includes all humans on the planet earth with only a few thousand exceptions at any given moment) have . . .
1. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of the "reproduction process" (that is, how already-existing elements and energy cycle to form new spaces / bodies); and
2. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of the fact that no one has ever been "born" because all that happens during the "reproduction process" is that elements are merely cycling, simply coming together for a while; and
3. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of the fact that no one has ever "died" and that all that happens is that - per the Second Law of Thermodynamics - all that comes together will eventually come apart; and
4. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of the fact that what they call "humans" are merely composite unities which exists temporarily as elemental plant food bodies come into being because of the cycling of elements; that those elements have to be replaced regularly by the direct eating of plant food (or indirectly by eating something that ate plant food);
that the supply of conscious-energy has to be replaced regularly by the direct eating of plant food (or indirectly by eating something that ate plant food); and that oxygen has to be circulated continuously throughout the space contained within the elemental plant food body; and
that the supply of conscious-energy has to be replaced regularly by the direct eating of plant food (or indirectly by eating something that ate plant food); and that oxygen has to be circulated continuously throughout the space contained within the elemental plant food body; and
5. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of the fact that there is only cycling energy-matter which is involved in "the reproduction process" and in the temporary beingness state; that energy-matter has always existed; that energy-matter can neither be created nor destroyed;
and that, therefore, it is impossible that there is a supernatural "Creator" or "Creators" or a "Creator God" or "Creator gods and goddesses" and it is impossible that there is any human who has ever created anything, either;
and that, therefore, it is impossible that there is a supernatural "Creator" or "Creators" or a "Creator God" or "Creator gods and goddesses" and it is impossible that there is any human who has ever created anything, either;
[Compare the cycling of elements and energy and air which two persons can participate in during the "reproductive process" to a carpenter: it might be said that a carpenter "created a table," but the carpenter actually created nothing. The wood already existed.
He merely engaged in a particular activity whereby he cycled an already-existing group of elements (called "a tree") and took certain actions which formed something that already existed into a different shape (which will only last temporarily). Nothing was "created." He did not "make' anything. He merely cycled already-existing elements into a shape which was different from the shape they were in when he found them.]
He merely engaged in a particular activity whereby he cycled an already-existing group of elements (called "a tree") and took certain actions which formed something that already existed into a different shape (which will only last temporarily). Nothing was "created." He did not "make' anything. He merely cycled already-existing elements into a shape which was different from the shape they were in when he found them.]
Moreover, the non-realized masses (a group which Maharaj said includes all humans on the planet earth with only a few thousand exceptions at any given moment) have . . .
5. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of the fact that when mahasamadhi is taken (that is, according to the perspective the non-realized masses, "When people 'die'") the only thing that happens is that . . .
the elements return to the universal pool of elements;
and
the conscious-energy is released from the space and returns to the omnipresent, universal pool of conscious-energy (which some refer to as "The Absolute");
and
the oxygen leaves the elemental plant body and returns to the universal pool of air;
and that is all that happens.
Additionally, the non-realized masses (a group which Maharaj said includes all humans on the planet earth with only a few thousand exceptions at any given moment) have . . .
6. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of what does and does not happen.
So what really does happens? From the beginning of the manifestation of an elemental plant food body, the same elements and air and energy will never remain in combination with any continuity. Only the delusion of "memories" gives humans a belief in body continuity.
The fact is that the elements of any plant food body constantly come and go. The reason persons need to dust their furniture and vacuum their floors regularly is because the elements are falling off the body regularly: the outer skin is replaced every twenty-eight days, the stomach lining is replaced regularly in a seventh of that time, etc.
The same air is never breathed a second time; and any given quantity of conscious-energy is only manifested briefly. The elements and energy must be replaced regularly by eating food and the air must be replaced regularly by inhaling and exhaling.
The fact is that the elements of any plant food body constantly come and go. The reason persons need to dust their furniture and vacuum their floors regularly is because the elements are falling off the body regularly: the outer skin is replaced every twenty-eight days, the stomach lining is replaced regularly in a seventh of that time, etc.
The same air is never breathed a second time; and any given quantity of conscious-energy is only manifested briefly. The elements and energy must be replaced regularly by eating food and the air must be replaced regularly by inhaling and exhaling.
And what does not happen? The elements-energy-air which never stayed together for more than a few seconds or minutes or hours at a time throughout an entire manifestation most certainly will not come back together post-mahasamadhi / post-"death."
During the manifestation, there were trillions and trillions of permutations of elements and conscious-energy and air which were temporarily-combined and then not combined from one moment to the next. There was a constant coming together and coming apart.
If something of any given manifestation were to exist post-mahasamadhi, which particular set of those trillions and trillions of permutations would reunite as a never-to-change-again form? What a totally impossible scenario, yes? What a totally insane notion, yes?
During the manifestation, there were trillions and trillions of permutations of elements and conscious-energy and air which were temporarily-combined and then not combined from one moment to the next. There was a constant coming together and coming apart.
If something of any given manifestation were to exist post-mahasamadhi, which particular set of those trillions and trillions of permutations would reunite as a never-to-change-again form? What a totally impossible scenario, yes? What a totally insane notion, yes?
Once the elements-energy-air fail to remain united as a composite unity, they will never come together again. Not as an angel; not as a soul-reincarnate; not as a human reincarnate; not as a celestial half-human / half bird; not as a resident in a heavenly brothel with seventy-two virgins and thousands of wives and whores at their disposal;
not as some kind of gauzy being that will spend eternity worshipping a male god or as an invisible being which has been assigned by a god to guard over another still-living human who cannot see the half-human / half bird which which is hovering overhead; and not as a new cluster of elements-energy-air which has to live another life because a good-enough-life was not lived during some previous manifestation.
not as some kind of gauzy being that will spend eternity worshipping a male god or as an invisible being which has been assigned by a god to guard over another still-living human who cannot see the half-human / half bird which which is hovering overhead; and not as a new cluster of elements-energy-air which has to live another life because a good-enough-life was not lived during some previous manifestation.
An understanding of a fourth grade level of science and the basics of biology make clear that none of that is possible; that no "creating" is possible; that no Creators or creators are possible; that no 'life-after-death" is possible; and that whatever is taken to involve any you-ness or You-ness is bunk other than to suggest that - prior to any composite unity coming about - the elements and conscious-energy and air involved already existed.
As for trying to explain "where you were prior to conception," all that could be said is this:
"Well, there is no you-ness or me-ness involved, but prior to conception, I suppose it can be said that a part of what contributed to the formation of the composite unity which persons mistake as a "me" or a "you" was existing as a part of the universal pool of elements;
that another part of what contributed to the formation of the composite unity which persons mistake as a "me" or a "you" was existing as a part of the universal pool of conscious-energy; and that another part of what contributed to the formation of the composite unity which persons mistake as a "me" or a "you" was existing as a part of the universal pool of oxygen.
Call it "THAT" if you like, or anything else you want to call it, but that is all that was involved.
that another part of what contributed to the formation of the composite unity which persons mistake as a "me" or a "you" was existing as a part of the universal pool of conscious-energy; and that another part of what contributed to the formation of the composite unity which persons mistake as a "me" or a "you" was existing as a part of the universal pool of oxygen.
Call it "THAT" if you like, or anything else you want to call it, but that is all that was involved.
As for the mistaken notion of "death," nothing more is going to happen except that the three parts forming the composite unity at the time I take mahasamadhi will return to those respective pools, just as happened over and over and over again throughout the entire manifestation as the three parts constantly came together and came apart. End of story. Period. Full stop."
6. no more than a ten-year-old's understanding of why it is that every living thing on the planet abides nisargally / naturally except for humans who do not, abiding unnaturally and / or supernaturally instead.
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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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