MAHARAJ'S FINAL PLAN: REALIZING WITHOUT DOGMA, WITHOUT CONTINUOUS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, AND WITHOUT A PREOCCUPATION WITH “THE NATURE OF REALITY AND THINGS NOUMENAL"

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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. See the end of the post for the full meaning and implications of that. 

TO REVIEW:

"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] 

"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within" 

and 

"Heaven and earth shall fade away." 

 --Yeshu'a (Jesus) 

MAHARAJ'S FINAL PLAN: REALIZING WITHOUT DOGMA, WITHOUT CONTINUOUS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, AND WITHOUT A PREOCCUPATION WITH “THE NATURE OF REALITY AND THINGS NOUMENAL"

No you-ness, no YOU-NESS, No identity, and no IDENTITY 

Yesterday it was noted that, in his own Edison-like process, Maharaj found "the ways that do not work" to treat the Ultimate Sickness; thus, he abandoned those ways, but he did not simply walk away and did not abandon the seekers who asked, "If not religion and if not spirituality, then what?" Instead, he provided another "alternative Medicine" to the popular brands of the Ultimate Medicine being used, unsuccessfully, to treat the Ultimate Sickness. 

THE "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE"

The “alternative Medicine” which Maharaj eventually prescribed came after he abandoned the use of a religion / non-duality combination that did not work; after he abandoned the use of a spiritual / non-duality combination that did not work; and after he told seekers to “give up spirituality”; 

and after he told seekers that finding out who they are not is enough (that is, finding all of the “not-you’s" which can be uncovered by conducting a “self” inventory) would be enough rather than being bogged down in years of “SELF”-Inquiry.” 

Yes, some seekers are more than happy to let their fanaticism run wild and send a thousand examples of cases where Maharaj offered religious pointers, spiritual pointers, and pointers about the “Self.” Yet he abandoned all of those by the end, and that is why he told seekers to stop reading the book I AM THAT - called by some “a spiritual classic” – and to listen to his final talks only. 

The false "something / Something" beliefs vs. the non-dual reality

So what of the something / Something vs. nothing duality? 

One person said, “Floyd, nothing is real.” That is not the teaching. The teaching is that everything is real (being energy / matter) but that nothing in this realm is as it appears. Appearance is mistaken for the real / Real. Look at any object via the use of an electron microscope and the object if viewed through the use of that instrument looks nothing like what it appears to be to the naked eye. 

Rather than seeing yourself as Something (and Something Special and Some Supreme Self or even concluding that “I Am God"), Maharaj recommended seeing “yourself” simply as . . . “nothing”: 

"Love says 'I am everything'. Wisdom says 'I am nothing'." 

and 

"There is nothing but the Absolute." 

And what is "the Absolute"? Simply a field of energy in which there is no awareness of anything and no one to be aware of anything and which has the potential to manifest as conscious-energy and – if “realized” – can then be aware of itself, of the Absolute. Then only can awareness be aware of awareness. 

He said: “The hearsay goes . . . ‘I am’. ‘I am’ means the flow of the mind has started. Now whatever you say with that ‘I AM-ness’ through the mind about ‘you’, you have represented as yourself. But that is not so.”

SWITCHING TO THE USE OF A PSYCHOLOGY / NON-DUAL VERSION OF THE ULTIMATE MEDICINE

Once he switched to the use of a psychological / non-dual version of the Ultimate Medicine, Maharaj made clear that . . .

belief in the mind and its learned-ignorance-content must end; that . . .

he had become mindless instead of mindful; that  . . .

seekers should give up all ideas about identity and Identity; that . . .

seekers should reach a state of “zero concepts” by purging the mind of all of concept / beliefs; and that . . .

they should thereafter simply enjoy being free and abiding naturally in the awareness of the nothingness. 

A seeker once asked, “So, Floyd, which is the real focus? Concentrating on the message in ‘From the I to the Absolute (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)’ or the message in ‘From the Absolute to the Nothingness’?” 

The reply: “Both, and in that order. The messages in the first four books on the author’s website provide a progression in messages, each level-appropriate, offered in the same way that Maharaj modeled. Each builds on previous understandings. 

In the end, the process involves being free of all identity and all Identity. Why? Because the process is about eliminating all identification and Identification since any ego-state (or Ego-State) will trigger the use of ego-defense mechanisms (such as egotism and arrogance and entitlement and amazing levels of a sense of importance) which perpetuate identity and / or identity assumption and distortion and delusion. 

What "benefit" can come from being “in touch with Reality” if it renders one "out of touch with reality” . . . with the present manifestation and relative existence? 

What "benefit" can come if the one uses a process which is intended to eliminate all false sense of “importance” if it only reinforces a sense of importance by generating Identification with “Things” or “A Thing” or “One” or “Something” that is supposedly all-important? 

Here, daily activities never involve reading about non-duality. Since 1989, if reading happens, it usually involves mysteries or detective novels. Many modern novelists are among the favorites, but one British author who wrote during the early 1900’s – Edgar Wallace by name – is especially enjoyed. (That is not a recommendation.) In one of his novels, one character says to another: 

“The trouble with you is that you have no sense of unimportance.” 

That adumbrates the invitation here to see that such is the problem with all humans who are trapped in identities or an “Identity”: they have no "sense of unimportance." 

THE METHODS MAHARAJ FOUND "DID NOT WORK"

Consider the methods which Maharaj tried but abandoned before offering an alternative: 

First, “Religion.” 

Why must that be abandoned if the intent is to reach an awareness of being nothing? If the intent is to “have a sense of unimportance”? Because of this: 

For over 5000 years, the persons considered to be the most important by the masses on this planet are religious people, especially religious leaders. Look at Iran. The elected officials can agree to whatever they want, but the most powerful one of all is the country’s religious leader, “The Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 

In the U.S., religious persons are the most powerful and most respected. They even control the U.S. Congress (with Catholics making up the largest religious group in that body). The religious supporters of those politicians determine what elected officials can do and cannot do and what officials say and do not say.

More than five thousand years ago, cultures all around the globe were convinced by their religious leaders to allow those religious leaders to fornicate with parents' virgin daughters and then cut out the virgins' beating hearts while those females were still alive and then pass their hearts among the crowd so all could share in the eating of the body and the drinking of the blood in an act of "communion with the gods" and later "with God." 

Imagine how important the masses involved in an act of “atonement” (of “at-one-ment” with God) must have considered themselves then and how important they consider themselves right up until today.

Then, "Self-ness"

Next, “Selfness.” Let that previous pointer move the discussion to those who are concerned with “Self” and “The Supreme Self.” Compare that with “The Supreme Leader” referenced above. There's not must difference in a “Supreme Leader” and a “Supreme Self,” is there, really? And imagine how important “Hindus” or “non-dualists” must consider themselves to be if they believe they are “A Supreme Self” or even “God.”

Finally, “Spirituality” 

Consider “The Spiritual Ones” who brag “We are not religious! We are spiritual!” or “This is not a religious group! This is a spiritual group!” How very "different from" and "better than" they consider themselves to be than people who are merely religious. How important "Spiritual Giant" role-players consider themselves, even as they give lip service to their "high level of humility.”

Identitylessness and identitylessness and nothingness

Maharaj endorsed identitylessness and Identitylessness and nothingness because he witnessed first-hand . . .

the ways that "being religion" and "being spiritual" and "being Supreme" feed a mind with a steady diet of ignorance;

the way those types assure their followers that a mind should be filled with concepts and ideas and notions and perceptions / misperceptions (a.k.a., “beliefs”); 

and

the way that has fostered a global sense of “different-from-ment” and “better-than-ment” - perceptions which lead to the duality and ignorance and insanity and instability and chaos which plague the existence of the masses all around the globe.

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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