TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS
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WHY MAHARAJ ABANDONED RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL VERSIONS OF THE ULTIMATE MEDICINE AND TURNED HIS FOCUS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING INSTEAD
[Continued from yesterday]
In terms of the now widespread Borderline Personality Disorder - as is the case with the other disorders being discussed – one can search the internet for preliminary information, but a well-trained professional or one properly trained in personality inventory and analysis will probably be required to test for the presence and degree of any personality disorder.
Not to alarm
anyone further, but statistics regarding treatment success are not encouraging,
yet that is not a hard and fast rule and some progress is being made in the
development of effective treatment methods. In addition to what was mentioned
yesterday, look for these other signs of the Borderline Personality Disorder:
high rates of impulsivity, that is, impulsive, unpredictable behaviors and / or
fluctuations in regards to what is liked or disliked at any given moment;
frantic efforts to avoid abandonment alongside a willingness to abandon
(followed often by a desire to reverse that and "get back together"
or "become closer"); in other words, constant fluctuations in all
areas of the relative existence are typical;
a history of intense or unstable relationships; an identity disturbance, often
accompanied by a life-long effort to realize or to find the authentic self
(always without success);
emotional instability and moodiness - frequent mood swings; passionately
wanting the one they desire but able to dispassionately reject that same person
later, even "in an instant."
(Here, it is
called "the hug-slug syndrome": you never know which “partner” is
going to show up - the hugger or the slugger; thus, you'll see evidence of
psychological splitting); related to that, you can witness BPD's first
practicing idealization of people, followed later by devaluation of those same
people;
a chronic sense of emptiness; inappropriate and intense - but totally
unjustified - anger; paranoia; and, eventually, suicidal thoughts or behaviors;
however, those symptoms can appear with other disorders as well.
If you see
several of those traits and behaviors showing up in combination, then you might
arrange for a consultation with a mental healthcare professional.
Though the non-duality understanding might seem to be a clearly-indicated need
and potential treatment for BPD, that is not the case. Here, there have been
observed many cases of those with BPD who have reported that they have “worked
for years to try to get this message” or to try to "find myself" or
to "become stable";
in the end, however, they often remain somewhere beyond neurotic and as close
to being psychotic as possible, though BPD types are often quite intelligent
and have the ability to hide the disorder for a time (even though they are
unaware of the fact that the disorder is what is driving their unstable moods
and thoughts and behaviors and their addiction to chaos and instability).
Best regards as
you become informed about the disorder and then seek professional help if that
need is indicated.
Now, to pause for review:
a review of what has been discussed so far in this series will help clarify
exactly what is being referred to by the non-dual term "The Ultimate
Sickness" and will help clarify exactly what it is which "The
Ultimate Medicine" intends to address.
With this understanding comes an understanding as well of why it was the case
here that years of religious activity and work and study did nothing to address
permanently the problems that were rooted in The Ultimate Sickness;
why years of
spiritual activity and exercises and study and work did nothing to address
permanently the problems that were rooted in The Ultimate Sickness;
why years of working with professional therapists did nothing to address the
problems that were rooted in The Ultimate Sickness; why years of being
medicated by medical professionals did nothing to address the problems that
were rooted in The Ultimate Sickness;
why years of self-medicating did nothing to address the problems that were
rooted in The Ultimate Sickness; why years of reading everything written by the
people Maharaj disparagingly called "The Big Name Teachers" did
nothing to address the problems that were rooted in The Ultimate Sickness;
why years of reading the works of those same people (who studied the words of
Maharaj and then bastardized his message by adding "ingredients" to
give their own new version of non-duality a popular appeal in order to increase
sales) did nothing to address the problems that were rooted in The Ultimate
Sickness;
why years of searching around the globe for that which cannot be found anywhere
other than where I already AM did nothing to address the problems that were
rooted in The Ultimate Sickness; and why - at least in the case here - there
was a total failure in the search to find even one teacher (among all of the
religions and ideologies and philosophies and writers and lecturers and retreat
organizers) who was able to teach the way to complete the "journey"
that involved what was (accurately) said to involve:
"following a clear-cut path"
and that was (accurately) said to require that
“ . . . You should go back, reverse, to the source”
and that you must
“follow the same path by which you came”
and that the movement along that "path"
"should be done in a controlled and stepwise manner"
along with the (accurate) forewarning that
"it is not possible to jump straight to the end."
Not one teacher was found that laid out clearly and specifically the exact
steps on a "path" that they said involved clear and specific and
exact steps.
Then, the fruits of the labor manifested when exposure to the non-duality
teachings laid the foundation for understanding the clear-cut and specific and
exact steps on the "path" that came via "the vision" which
appeared while in a theta-level state of consciousness. (If interested, you can
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So what exactly is being referred to by the non-dual term "The Ultimate
Sickness," and what are the causes and symptoms of The Sickness, and how,
exactly, does "The Ultimate Medicine" (that is, these non-duality pointers)
serve as a potential part of the treatment for The Sickness?
COMING UP: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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THE EXPLANATION
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"
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
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