THE RATIONALE FOR CONCLUDING THAT "IT'S TIME TO TRY 'A DIFFERENT ROUTE' WHEN SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY BECAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF FOLLOWING THE MOST POPULAR ROUTE FOR 5000+ YEARS HAVE PROVED INEFFECTIVE," Continued

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Now, back to the discussion which was focusing on "The Most Influential Obstacles Of All" which have come via dreamed up myths and superstitions and via "religious" and / or "spiritual" sources, including religious and / or spiritual thoughts, ideas, concepts, notions, views, theories, inklings, perceptions, a.k.a., "beliefs." 

The focus is also on this pointer: 

Of those who seek, many seek in bars, on dating sites, in brothels, in malls and clothing stores, in restaurants, in self-help groups (as if that is really a thing), in want ads, in pharmacies, from their drug dealers, etc., etc., etc. as well as in any other places where their addictive personality disorders drive them to seek.

Yet with 97% of the planet's population claiming a "religious affiliation" and with others claiming the supposedly-higher status of "being spiritual, not religious," billions seek in religious and / or spiritual venues. Of those billions, few understand that realization can come without dogma, without continuous spiritual practices, and without an exclusive preoccupation with "the nature of reality and things noumenal." 

Why is that significant? Recall the man who approached me after a talk and said, "I was abused as a child by a priest. I've done years of work to try to get beyond that, but where I am today is, I still cringe when people start talking religion to me. So my question is, have you found a way to guide people to realization and freedom without their having to buy into the dogma you talk about?" 

That question made clear that I had not even reached the "kindergarten level of spirituality" which Maharaj condemned, much less the understandings beyond that which awaited. It was that question which would send me along a "different route" and would eventually lead me to the entirely different version of the Ultimate Medicine which is offered now which allows for realizing without being fanatical about dogma and without engaging incessantly in spiritual practices and without a never-ending preoccupation with things noumenal rather than relaxing and taking it easy and then abiding naturally and then dancing lightly throughout the remainder of the manifestation. 

THE RATIONALE FOR CONCLUDING THAT "IT'S TIME TO TRY 'A DIFFERENT ROUTE' WHEN SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY BECAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF FOLLOWING THE MOST POPULAR ROUTE FOR 5000+ YEARS HAVE PROVED INEFFECTIVE," Continued 

A week does not pass (and sometimes a day does not pass) without hearing from another person who writes to say that her or his life has "gone to hell" and who reports that the method or plan or approach or set of steps or path they've tried for ten years, fifteen years, recently eighteen years, twenty year, and even twenty-years "is not working" or "has not worked . . .  yet."

What they have in common are several beliefs which will guarantee that they shall continue to suffer: 

1. They have been convinced by the persons offering the method or plan or approach or steps or path which has failed is not actually a failure of the plan but is their fault because of their own half-hearted approach; 

or, 

2. with little urging from persons offering the plan, the sufferers have concluded that the plan failed because of their half-hearted approach, taking 100% responsibility for plans that do not work (with clear evidence of that fact right before their very eyes though not yet seen).

Either way, they are asking for me to guide them or to recommend a guide for them who will work with them by using - once again - one of the ineffective methods or plans or approaches or set of steps or paths which have a track record of ineffectiveness which they would see were they able to see clearly. So what else do they have in common? 

3. An inability or unwillingness to "think outside the box" and to seek a totally different approach. 

Most are ensnared in a conviction that either religion or spirituality of some kind must be at the heart of their seeking; thus, 

a. they'll leave one church to find another church of the same denomination; or 

b. they'll leave one denomination to join up with a different denomination. 

(For example, one man told me that he left the Baptist church which he was a member of and joined a Methodist church, thinking that might "work." I dismissed his plan, explaining to him that "a Methodist is just a Baptist who can read. Beyond that, the same nonsense is going to be offered in both venues.") 

Some who have tried a twelve-step approach will 

c. join a different group, and a different group, and a different group; or 

d. will seek out "a better sponsor who will teach me the steps in the right way." 

Some will attach to someone whom Maharaj warned seekers to stay away from, namely, "The Big Name Teachers," buying all five of one authors books at $28.99 each or attending a workshop for $5000.00 or attending the longer, full workshop at $10,000.00 a pop. 

A few of those have come here over the years not for more programming and not for a different program but for de-programming. Others simply move on to the next "Big Name Teacher," and the next and the next and the next. 

Some are attached to their "Super Seeker" identity, and subconsciously, they are set up to never find. Why? 

Because if they find that which should have been sought all along (namely, freedom from learned ignorance and insanity) then their false identity of "The Super Seeker" would have to end. Why is that not an option they'll even consider? 

Because if they have a spouse and / or children, they might have to stay home and address the issues which have left them unable to be available, unable to interact in a psychologically-healthy manner, unable to engage, unable to give rather than just take, unable to love and to Love, and either 

unable to nurture wholesome "relationships" (for a change)

or 

unable to enter into a state where they are perfectly comfortable in the solitude (as opposed to isolating and avoiding and escaping). 

The invitation is to consider an option or other options which are "outside any and all of the boxes" where you've been before. 

Recently, when on an out of town trip, I found myself in need of some new tires. I asked for some recommendations from people living in that town and I also searched the web for reviews and ratings and then visited the store which seemed to have the best reputation. 

The manager came out, looked at my tires, and said, "No problem. We have those in stock and I can have them on your car and you'll be out of here in less than an hour." 

What if he had said:

"We've not really had much luck getting those tires and, truth be told, they don't have a very good history anyway. Very few who have them are happy with what they've got." 

How insane would it be if I replied, 

"Well, a lot of people are still buying those and even though you don't know if you can ever provide me with what I'm seeking, I'm just going to sit here in your lobby and wait and see what happens." 

Or, how insane would it have been if I had left and returned every day for a week, a month, a year, and repeated that for many years, even though I was not getting what I needed while I waited there.

Or what if I was convinced that the place I was going to really did have what I needed and it was just a matter of time before they would finally provide that so I stayed there and returned there over and over and over? 

You would have no doubt if you witnessed that behavior, that something was really and truly screwed up in my head, yes?

Yet that is exactly what millions and billions of persons have done over and over and over again and exactly what millions and billions of persons continue to do over and over and over again

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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