SEEKING: WHY, WHAT AND HOW?

 

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SEEKING: WHY, WHAT AND HOW?

Seek to Abide as All Life-forms on the Planet Abide Except for Humans: Naturally, not Unnaturally and Not Supernaturally

Including one life-form with 7.7+ billion humans in that group, there are presently some 8,700,000 different forms of life on planet earth, and there only three ways that every life-form on the planet can function:

1. Unnaturally. That means in ways that are (relatively speaking) self-destructive, self-defeating, overly-self-indulgent, only-self-interested, self-centered, self-abasing, self-deceptive, self-pitying, self-righteous, and self-willed. Those types are almost exclusively . . . human.

2. Supernaturally . . . supposedly. Why supposedly? Because all beliefs are stored in the fiction-filled, programmed, conditioned, acculturated, domesticated, indoctrinated, and brainwashed mind, including the belief in things that are supposedly “supernatural”  or “magical” or “spiritual” or “controlled by other-world entities and Powers.” Those types are exclusively . . . human.

3. Naturally (that is, in a fashion that is not dominated by ignorance and insanity, that is not plagued by an inability to use reason and logic and an inability to behave rationally; which happens, instead, in a manner that is normal rather than abnormal;

in a manner not driven by personality and personality defects; in a manner that in not neurotic or psychotic; in a manner that is not marked by any affectations; and in a manner that is marked by being authentic and genuine, in a manner involving “Love” rather than meanness and cruelty. Those life forms are almost exclusively non-human.

(An exception, for some: some might not like to watch what cheetahs do to gazelles or what crocodiles do to migrating wallabies, but those animals involved in such attacks are behaving according to the laws of nature. That, too, is natural.)

Regarding #1: The behaviors and traits in #1 are predicated upon the belief in one concept - “self” - and of the 8,700,000 different life-forms on the planet, only one has a concept of “a personal self,” which sets the stage for all of those unnatural acts and characteristics in #1 above to manifest: humans.

Regarding #2: A mind, filled with nonsense as a result of the mind-forming and mind-sustaining and mind-warping processes listed above drive bizarre and perverted and distorted thoughts, determine the often mean and vile and cruel words that pour forth constantly in endless streams of verbalized ignorance . . .

(which inspire the most unnatural and supposedly supernatural actions and thoughts and words and the most unnatural and supposedly supernatural actions which are unique to only one life-form of the 8,700,000 different forms of life on the planet: humans). 

Regarding #3: Of the 8,700,000 different forms of life on planet earth, all but one abide in a natural fashion. Only one life-form of the millions on planet earth abides unnaturally, namely, humans. 

Thus, deer and squirrels and all mammals as well as all birds and reptiles and amphibians and fish and insects and spiders and scorpions and roaches and flies and mosquitoes and mollusks and crustaceans and corals and flowering plants and conifers and ferns and algae and mushrooms function in an all-natural manner, (human interference and mutation-causing human activities notwithstanding).

Only those among the human masses do not function naturally, and only humans normalize their unnatural and “supernatural” ways of thinking and talking and behaving.

Humans deem themselves to be unique among all 8,700,000 life-forms and better than the other 8,699,999. Some are taught by their religions that they are to “have dominion over all other living things.” Some are taught by their political or dictatorial or fascist leaders to have dominion over all other nations.

Then, the most ego-driven and egotism-based persons form hierarchies and form beliefs about which ones among all “other humans” (who they deem to be “lesser humans”) whom they should also have dominion over.

Indeed, humans are unique alongside all of the other 8,699,999 life-forms, but not at all in the arrogant and egotistical way that they are thinking:

Only one life-form (the human) has an opinion about “self”; 8,699,999 life forms have no opinions and no concept of “self.”

Only one life-form (the human) adopts multiple but false identifications; 8,699,999 adopt no identities.

Only one life-form (the human) abides unnaturally; 8,699,999 abide naturally.

Only one life-form (the human) tries to abide in a “supernatural” fashion; 8, 699,999 life-forms behave naturally.

Only one life-form (the human) believes in a “religious self” or in a “spiritual self”; 8,699,999 have no concepts about “religion,” “spirituality,” a “self “or a “Self.” 

Only one life-form (the human) behaves in self-destructive and self-defeating ways; 8,699,999 are not self-destructive and do not engage in self-defeating ways.

Only one life-form (the human) is driven by bizarre and perverted and distorted thoughts which generate often mean and vile and cruel words that pour forth constantly in endless streams of verbalized ignorance; the other 8,699,999 on the planet are not driven in that manner.

Only one life-form (the human) faces self-generated problems which are caused by that which is within as a result of having been programmed, conditioned, acculturated, domesticated, indoctrinated, and brainwashed;

some among the other 8,699,999 on the planet might also be acculturated and domesticated and conditioned (by humans - see Pavlov’s dogs, or in the case of pets that are whipped if they poop on the carpet); or conditioned by the older members of their species; or via the actions of those among other species (which would kill them and eat them, for example); 

but humans alone are unique in that they have an attachment to nonsensical and ignorant and insane ideas and concepts and notions and theories and dogma and thoughts and perceptions and distortions and views (a.k.a., “beliefs”) which they erroneously pass down to their offspring as “fact” and “truth.”

So only one life-form (the human) is preoccupied with trying to find an external means to address the problems which are generated by persons’ internalized distortions; the other 8,699,999 on the planet are not.

Usually, persons dissociate from or ignore or spin or twist or deny or disavow or reject the truth regarding what has been the actual, abnormal, unnatural condition of their relative existence. It has been observed here that humanity in general displays an astounding willingness to tolerate self-generated but needless pain and misery and suffering.

If that trend does become unacceptable to some few persons, the research here has revealed this: if persons are ever going to wake up to their condition and are ever going to seek change and are ever going to declare, “That's enough! Something has got to change!” then that usually happens around the age of forty-two-and-a-half. Now that involves a lot of years of avoiding the taking of the action to change when change has been called for for so long. 

While there are the three ways, discussed above, by which every life-form on the planet will function, there are also three different ways that humans believe the problems of the planet and the solution to their own “personal” problems can be addressed:

religiously 

or 

spiritually 

or

professionally (in order to address the psychological issues which drive the now-all-too-pervasive self-destructive, self-defeating, overly-self-indulgent, only-self-interested, self-centered, self-abasing, self-deceptive, self-pitying, self-righteous, and self-willed tendencies of persons). 

Of the 8,700,000 life-forms on planet earth, 8,699,999 have no awareness of – much less any interest in – religious concepts; 8,699,999 have no awareness of - much less any interest in - spiritual concepts; and 8,699,999 have no awareness of - much less any need for - professional, psychological care.

And those 8,699,999 are doing quite well without those concepts. How is the other single species that believes in religious dogma and / or spiritual concepts doing? Not so hot.  

Only one species is concerned with religious concepts, and that is the case with the majority of the members of that species; only one species is concerned with spiritual concepts, and that number is increasing; and only one species is ignoring the need for mental health care and / or “the Understanding” which are being called for so desperately.

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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