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Is it possible that seeking is probably triggered more than anything else by unmet desires and / or ongoing fears? That possibility would be of special interest to those familiar with the non-dual understanding which makes clear that all desires and all fears are rooted in some always-false personality identification.

And when throughout human history it has been unmet desires and / or ongoing fears which are driving persons, how many of those persons have sought out a God or gods or goddesses in an effort to try to get what is desired but not yet attained or in an effort to try to get some sense of being protected by some other-worldly Power from what is being feared? 

In that regard, Maharaj explained: "You have invented a God and worship such a God and pray to that God for something good to happen to you," be that "something good" the fulfillment of something desired or the avoidance of something feared. 

Note, too, that the "something feared" which inspires the endless flaunting of one's "Super Religious" role or one's "Spiritual Giant" role often involves the fear that one's "super-good image" might be exposed for what it actually is: a totally bogus, totally inauthentic fabrication that is being presented to the public. That fear inspires a constant public displaying of, by word and / or by deed, one's supposed devotion to and supposed closeness to God and God's "One True Prophet."

Let's see what that looks like in practice with a recent incident which illustrates the pointer:

Once I sent a text to one of those types who was tending to an ill relative of ours in order to check on the status of the sick one. The response from her included three lines.

The first line reported the status as "some improvement," which was all that needed to be said.

But then another line was added, saying, "Thank you Jesus."

Then a third line was added, saying, "I am praying."

(I checked with my attorney, but she said I could not sue that caretaker for reimbursement of cleaning costs simply because the woman's texts triggered a spontaneous gag reflex which led me to toss my cookies all over my phone. Impartial witnessing really is being called for in every moment on this planet. 😀 ) 

So there came three text messages when only one was called for. The two extra texts were there to reinforce an image, and those extra texts were the inspiration of the subconscious agenda of false ego-states - which are believed by her to be "really good ones" - and which were being typed by one who can only talk / type from a subconscious state (and therefore "in her sleep"), driven as she is by the agendas of her false identities to maintain and constantly show off their supposedly High Holy State. So it is.

What might Maharaj have counseled in that case? 

This, which he once said: “All you need is to get rid of the tendency to define your self.”

All fears and all desires begin with the assignment or assumption of an identity because it is each assigned or assumed personality which brings with it a primary desire and a primary fear. Maharaj understood that religions generate false identities, so he kicked out of the loft those who came to flaunt such identities; 

he understood that spirituality generates false identities as well, so he also kicked "spiritual giants" out of the loft and eventually began advising seekers to "stop reading the 'spiritual classic' I AM THAT" and to "give up spirituality"; and he also came to understand that Self-Inquiry - leading to the notion that one is some sort of "Supreme Self" - can generate a singular, but nevertheless false, identity as well. 

Eventually his message focused on the point that it is “self”-inquiry which makes clear who you are not; that realizing all that you are not can eliminate the bogus belief in both personal and special identities; and that - since false identities generate all fears and desires - that freedom can come only after all identities are cast aside. 

Should one find all that one is not, and abandon belief in all identifications (including the “good” ones and the “bad” ones and the “common, everyday ones” and the “Special One or Ones”) then only can one abide naturally in an agenda-less fashion - the same way in which all living things on the planet abide . . . except for humans). 

Should one become who-less and WHO-less and identity-less and Identity-less, then the abidance can unfold as it does here. 

Again, Maharaj: “All you need is to get rid of the tendency to define your self” 

and 

“I really do not see myself related to anybody or anything. Not even to a Self, whatever that Self may be. I remain forever - undefined.”

(See why he said “knowing who you are not is enough”? If he eventually gave up all involvement with seeking a Self or knowing a Self or relating to a Self, then why would Self-Inquiry be a requirement for becoming freed from misery and suffering which he said is "the teacher's sole concern"? It is not.) 

Next, consider the implications of this bit of syllogistic reasoning: 

Maharaj: 

(A) "The teacher’s sole concern is with ‘suffering and the ending of suffering’.” 

(B) "To me, dependence on anything for happiness is utter misery." 

Ergo, 

(C) the job of the teacher is to eliminate dependence.

(Combine that with his other "mission statement" - that it is the job of the teacher to eliminate belief in all learned ignorance - and the ignorance-dependence connection is made clear.)

Here, there is no dependence so there is no misery or suffering. The same can manifest during the remainder of "your" relative existence as well. 

Key, though, is understanding this: misery and suffering can only be experienced during the relative existence. Post-manifestation, there will be no “one" to be miserable, no “one” to suffer, and no “one” to be happy or joyous or blissful. (Maharaj: “Both experience and experiencer will disappear.") 

Recall the response from the woman in St. Louis when she was offered these considerations: 

“All is energy-matter. Neither energy nor matter can be created nor destroyed; thus, there can never have been any 'creator' or 'Creator.' All has always been. Babies are not created . . . energy-matter simply cycles. No 'Sustainer-God' has ever existed because there is no 'one' to be sustained. No 'Destroyer-God' exists because nothing can be destroyed. And no 'Creator-God' exists because nothing has ever been created."

Her response: “Floyd, millions of people cannot be wrong about their belief in God.” 

The reply: 

“Right you are. Millions of people have not been wrong. The fact is that it is billions and trillions of people that have been wrong . . . in their beliefs.” 

Such distortion and delusion continue today. Billions of persons are concerned about avoiding misery and suffering in “the next life” or on “the next plane,” having been programmed to believe in such things because they have been programmed to believe, dualistically, in "themselves" and in "lower selves" and in "higher selves" and in "their Supreme Selves." 

There is no Creator-God or Destroyer-God or gods or goddesses, so there has been no creation of either a better world or a worse world which awaits you / “You”; thus, Maharaj abandoned talk about dogma and about spirituality because 

(1) “The teacher’s sole concern is with ‘suffering and the ending of suffering’” and with 'ignorance and the ending of ignorance'"

and because 

(2) misery and suffering-inducing-ignorance can only happen now, never later.

"Later" (post-manifestation and post-mahasamadhi) there will be no "one" to experience either suffering or pleasure, either punishment or reward, either ignorance or wisdom. All of that can only happen during the NOW.

Therefore, it only makes sense, if the teacher's sole concern involves the elimination of misery and suffering and ignorance, to discuss the way that the actual relative existence is unfolding now rather than discuss the dreamed up way that a imaginary existence is supposedly going to unfold "later."

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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