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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS PEACE OF MIND Maharaj, Even Before Eliminating Hinduism from His Version of the Ultimate Medicine “First of all you identify something as being good or bad for yourself. Then, in an effort to acquire good or to get rid of the bad, you have invented a God.” ---Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj   Maharaj, After Eliminating Spirituality from His Version of the Ultimate Medicine “Just give up spirituality” and “Abide naturally.” ---Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj   Maharaj, After Shifting to a Mind-Purging Version of the Ultimate Medicine “There is no such thing as peace of mind.” ---Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj   “There is only peace if you are out of your mind.” ---Floyd Henderson “MIND” and MEMORIES: When Nature’s “Assets” Become Warped into Relative “Liabilities” Part Six [Continued from yesterday] Thus, memories form the “mind” as they are stored in the file inside the brain. The memories / “mind” generate body identification, “mind” identification, and personality identification, all of which are illusions but which nevertheless generate catastrophic results (relatively speaking). The memories / “mind” have become the source of “the problem” because the “mind” interrupts the ability of the brain and the pure consciousness to function naturally; furthermore, that “mind,” and its belief in illusions and lies, blocks awareness of that which is true and real (the Absolute) and which is prior to body, “mind” and memory. It should be seen, therefore, that neither “the relative problems of the planet” nor “the problem of being out of touch with reality” has anything to do with either the brain or with the pure consciousness. The problems have everything to do with the false, fictitious “mind” which is nothing more than a body of fallacious information and reasoning fallacies and lies and distortions that have been filed away in a part of the brain. That original system of filing facts away in the brain and of compiling a mind (a storehouse of useful information) which once served humanity so well has now become the scourge of the planet, relatively speaking. That which was once totally natural has been warped by supernatural and dualistic teachings which now drive the unnatural behaviors that plague humanity. So the “mind” overrides the brain and pure consciousness so that the natural functions of the brain and pure consciousness are interrupted. To return to natural functioning (to live naturally and not live unnaturally or supernaturally) the brain-consciousness balance must be restored. For that to happen, the “mind” (all of the learned ignorance, concepts, beliefs and ideas) must go. Another visitor asked, “Is a teacher always a requirement, and if so, why?” The answer is, "Yes, with rare exceptions." Why? Because “minds” are warped and twisted and usually require assistance in developing an ability to perceive correctly (meaning in a fashion that is usually 180-degrees opposite of the way that programmed persons perceive things). It has been seen that “mind” formation nowadays interrupts the natural process and results in distorted, unnatural, and supernatural thinking. Here’s another example to illustrate what happens and why a teacher is usually required: To understand the metaphor, you must understand a game played by many young males in east Texas, a game that is called “Riding Pines.” It was a game that my cousins and I played when the entire family gathered at Grandmother's cabin during holidays. The game works like this. Children will go into the woods and find a pine tree with a thin trunk and 30 feet of height. They climb to around the 20 foot mark. Because of the depth of the tap root and the flexibility of the trunk of the tree at that point, they can begin shifting their weight back and forth to the right and then the left and cause the tree to begin to swing widely from side to side. (You may have seen circus performers doing something like this on poles.) As the tree begins to sway more and more, the rider will eventually cause the tree to sway as far as it can in one direction and then as it swings in the opposite direction, he’ll hold the thin trunk and toss his body off the limb he was standing on and hold onto the tree and then ride the tree down to the ground. If he ends up two or three feet off the ground, he drops, but the goal is to ride it down to the point where the feet end up touching the ground lightly at the perfect height for letting go and standing up without movement. The one who ends up hanging the closest to the ground wins. On release, a tree springs back to no more than a 45-degree angle, but without intervention the trunk will not straighten back up to its natural and normal vertical condition after it has been warped. The tree will never be able to return to its natural state on its own; however, foresters sometimes find trees that have been ridden and they’ll use ropes to pull a tree back to its natural, original condition. Now, here’s the non-dual pointer: In the forest the life cycle of a pine tree begins when a mature pine cone releases its seeds and germination happens. The consciousness manifested in the seed provides all of the awareness that the seed needs to produce a tree. Soon, a pine tree will begin to grow. At some point, young children come along and ride the tree. The tree becomes twisted and warped. It will try to straighten up on its own, but it cannot. The tip will seek the light, but the majority of the tree will continue to be bent. The natural functioning, the natural process, was interrupted. Only if foresters attach tension ropes to the tree can it eventually be straightened and returned it to its natural, original condition. Now, compare that with humans. At maturity, a seed can be released and a pregnancy can happen. The consciousness manifested in the seed provides all of the awareness that the seed needs to produce a “child.” Soon, the child might begin to grow. At some point, parents and other persons come along and begin teaching the child. The child becomes twisted and warped because it is being taught lies which adults are claiming to be truth. Later, usually when the stress of the relative existence makes the child feel as if the weight of the world is on his shoulder and riding him down, he might try to straighten up on his own, but he cannot. The warped tree cannot straighten itself, and the warped “mind” cannot straighten itself. Children as adults might seek the light, but the majority will continue to be bent. If their warped mind is pointed out to them, tension often happens. As with the foresters, a great deal of tension can be involved in straightening out that which is bent and crooked and unnatural. That which is natural has been interrupted and abandoned among persons, and most cultures try to treat that which is warped by encouraging the accumulation of more knowledge. A “realized non-dualist” might come along and reveal the way to straighten that which has been twisted and distorted and to return it to its natural, original condition by the only method that works: discarding the content of the warped, illusory, fiction-filled “mind.” To be continued. Please enter into the silence of contemplation.

 

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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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