TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS PEACE OF MIND "Mindlessness" vs. "Just More Mind Games" Much has been written here during the past sixteen+ years of blogging in regards to the necessary of developing “a different perspective.” Meanwhile, in other venues, much has been said and written which encourages the use of denial and delusion false impression and spinning the truth. Many try to program their followers to join them in their false optimism mindsets seemingly endless happiness and in the distortion-based cheerfulness of their “It’s all good!” point of view. That has nothing to do with the non-dual understanding, any more than the pessimists’ and the depressed persons’ “It’s all bad” mindset. So use the avoidance-inspired “The way it is is the way it is,” allowing those types to take no actions even as they sink lower and lower into a pit of quicksand style of “giving up” and giving themselves an excuse to sit on their butts and do nothing about the morass of their relative existence which is calling for action to change. The realized, on the other hand, ask as I did with my daughter during her younger years when she was overcome with fear and relative challenges which seemed insurmountable. How did I guide her to witness objectively and do what can be done and otherwise not feel driven to take any rash actions in order to at least “do something”? I would calm her as much as possible and then ask, “Is there anything you can do about this right now?” If the answer was “yes,” then we discussed options. If I asked, “Is there anything you can do about this right now?” If the answer was “no,” then the suggestion was, “then leave it alone until there is someone effective that you can do.” So many who are trapped in their non-dual way of thinking feel “eagle-high” when things seem to be “going well” in the economy, in the war, at work, in their “personal relations,” etc. And so many who are trapped in their non-dual way of thinking feel “are whale poop low” when things seem not to be “going well” in the economy, in the war, at work, in their “personal relations, etc.” Yeshu’a said of that way of thinking, “A dual-minded person is unstable in all ways.” To break free of that unstable mode of living and to get off the non-duality-inspired roller coaster of an emotionally-intoxicated existence, one key tool is “objective witnessing with clarity.” When I looked back at what I deemed to be “the worst of times,” history proved that I was wrong, that something was happening that would be seen in a totally different light down the road. The same was true regarding events which I deemed to be fueling “the best of times.” To that end, I shared a part of my delusional perspectives which I call “Sixty Years of Much Ado about Nothing” (with a tip of my hat to the "non-dualist" William Shakespeare). It showed me that my track record of dualistically labeling happenings as “the worst” or “the best” were so far off the mark that I saw clearly it was insane for me to try to assign any dualistic label to any person or place or thing. Here’s that piece, a product inspired after being contacted by a man called “Guillermo”: FROM A SITE VISITOR: My
friend Ricardo told me to write to you. I just want peace. I just want to be
happy. Help. William (Guillermo) Realize that, ultimately, peace and happiness during the relative existence cannot happen unless it is first understood that all happenings are “Much ado about nothing.” Meaning? Meaning that if you observe all events with a clear perspective, you'll see how the trivial is elevated to the status of "significant" by persons. Then, seeing how trivial it all really is, you might be able to assume a position of neutrality around all happenings. Then, you might at least attain a sense of contentment before pursuing joy and bliss. If it is understood that the entire manifestation of consciousness is much ado
about nothing, then those obstacles which interrupt peace cannot materialize,
obstacles such as belief in dualistic concepts, attachment, caring, judging,
involvement, emotional intoxication, desiring, fearing, needing, etc. But those happenings are really just the various parts of a fable; however, the elements of a fictional story can only be reviewed objectively if one functions as a non-attached witness. Then, by reviewing the elements of the fiction from a “distance,” one can see clearly how it all amounted to nothing. Here are the elements in one tale with a
60-year span. It will show how much ado can be made about nothing when persons
think the events in their relative existence amount to something important.
This particular tale involved the experiences of persons in my “family of
origin” and involved my own experiences as well: graduation; college; another graduation; employment; bosses were
pleased; bosses were displeased; Vietnam was declared “an enemy”; another war;
being drafted; another war ended; graduate school; a Master’s Degree and
another graduation; low-paying employment; a meeting; “love”; a marriage;
Vietnam was then declared “a friend” and “trading partner”; a divorce; and
ultimately, it was all much ado about nothing. too many lovers; a chance meeting; “love”; a marriage; high-paying employment; a Bush declares an Ortega “a friend”; plaques and certificates of achievement and paid vacations awarded at annual banquets; pregnancy; birth; a healthy child; a sick child; swings in the economy; low income; high income; a Rumsfeld meets a Saddam and declares him “our friend”; an apartment in Tuscany; months at a time in Europe; dream jobs that
became nightmares; fortunes lost; fortunes earned again; huge homes purchased
and filled with “stuff”; friendships with neighbors; fights with neighbors;
pets bought; pets buried; repairmen scheduled; pipes OK; pipes burst; more
contractors dealt with; and ultimately, it was all much ado about nothing. meeting a U.S. sniper using drugs to try to suppress the guilt of assassinating 46 innocent civilians in Central America (including a teacher and a priest) who were declared “the enemy” by the U.S. for anti-U.S. speeches; illegal arms deals; Democratic rule; huge surplus in national treasury; Republican rule; a Bush declares an Ortega is now “an enemy”; two poorly-designed towers fall; a Rumsfeld and others who had declared a Saddam to be "a friend" said he is “an enemy”; another war; national treasury surplus gone, replaced by huge national debt; a declaration that “We must fight them in the Middle East or we’ll fight them here”; nations to the south again declared “the enemy”; now, the health care
providers no longer say “cancer,” but last week one said for the first time,
“diabetes”; but ultimately, it’s all much ado about nothing. Everything
thought to be bad would eventually be thought to be good and
everything thought to be good would eventually be thought to
be bad. In fact, it was all dualistic fiction, all dualistic nonsense, all
ego-based silliness, all ego-driven BS. The
invitation is too look at all those happenings and to note how “very important”
they were all considered to be when they were happening. The invitation is also
to see that the happenings amounted only to so much sound and fury . . . with
no importance or truth or reality involved at all. For now, this likely sounds senseless to you. Borrow the books Ricardo bought from the site and begin the readings in the order he can show you. Best regards on the "journey." More often than not, the different perspectives offered here a re discarded as persons explain that the Big Name Teachers whose books they read and whose gathering they attend disagree with me completely. The reply: “Thanks! That person’s criticism are a top assurance that I am obviously on the right track!” 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"
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"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
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