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NEEDLESS WORK and COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE ACCEPTANCE and THE CURSE OF HABITS
The Three Legs of "The Journey," Part Three
As the consideration is offered here that it the AM-ness that is to be impacted via the "journey," consider the way that Malte in Germany answered this question when he was taking the online Advaita classes:
Assignment: Discuss this quote in terms of the Advaita understanding:
"Regarding one character in a Michael Connelly novel: "He was long past believing in God—the horrors he had seen documented had little by little sapped his stores of faith . . . .”
"And in those seemingly final days, as his own heart withered and tapped out its final cadences, he did not grasp desperately for his lost faith as a shield or a means of easing the fear of the unknown. Instead, he was accepting of the end, of his own nothingness. He was ready. It was easy to do."
Malte wrote: "The character of the novel obviously has identified himself with the supernatural "Religious Personality" for some time of his life. There was a time when he believed all the lies about a God who´s managing everything for "the Good of All."
“But then he saw the facts about what harm religion has done to humankind and realized that what he believed in was all BS. So now, as the time of death is near, it´s easy for him to let go because he knows that he doesn´t have to be afraid, for it has been religion which made him see a snake where there´s only a rope. He knows nothing will be left of him when he dies. This is Peace.”
"When understanding Advaita one knows that one doesn´t have to wait until one dies to live in the state of nothingness and peace. One can as well die now (the death of the self) to abide for the rest of the manifestation without any concepts and to live naturally / spontaneously."
See? It's about finding the manner that allows for the abidance to happen fearlessly and sanely and logically and peacefully and naturally and spontaneously . . . NOW.
Next:
The Thought-Word-Deed Roots of Duality and Insanity
Earlier,
this was noted:
"It was seen that as far as what matters NOW - namely, the relative
existence - that words are significant and that words are either words of Love
(based in an awareness of the Oneness) or they are words of fear, which can
trigger any of the subsets of fear: jealousy, anger, depression, etc.
"When that happens, words become vile and generate a sense of separation
rather than a sense of the Oneness and Love, and only a sense of Love will end
your depression or your roller-coaster shifts in moods.
"It was seen that generational chains of acculturation can be broken in
one instant when one seeker shifts to knowing the Oneness, to understanding
Love, to showing Love, and then not settling for just a show of Love (which can
include hugging) but including as well an overt, verbal expression of Love as
well."
Decades
of this relative existence have provided an opportunity to witness, both in a
Subject-Object fashion and in a Pure Witnessing fashion; so yes, there have
been people observed who said that they will use any words they like and anyone
not liking whatever they have to say "can go to hell."
Further witnessing eventually revealed that those persons who made that claim
were full-blown sociopaths. Others along the "journey" have taken
that stance temporarily as they identified with THAT solely, which is just another
false identification which will drive persons - even earnest seekers - to draw
erroneous conclusions about what the teachings imply and what the teachings do
not imply.
One conclusion drawn by those types is that "nothing relative matters so I
can talk to people any way I like. Who cares?" Maharaj cautioned against
such as attitude that leads to the careless use of words. To the contrary, the
Full Understanding brings with it an understanding of the Oneness and Real
Love.
Never
has full realization resulted in one becoming a sociopath; never has it
resulted in not caring about those suffering; and never has it inspired anyone
to add to anyone's suffering by hurling vile words of hate or contempt or anger
at them.
Thus, a discussion of words is as suitable a subject as any to make clear the
fact that realization does not negate the relative . . . it clarifies it, it
brightens it, it colors it beautifully. And that is natural. The significance
of words, relatively speaking, is that they are the second of two factors that
contribute to all actions.
First, there is a thought; then, the thought is expressed with words; only then does an action take place. Thought-to-word-to-deed is the continuum that leads to every action that persons take.
To be continued.
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"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
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"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
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