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2. 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. See the green text after today's post for the full meaning and implications of that.
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FREEDOM FROM BELIEFS (Believers, Non-Believers, and “No-Belief-ers”)
“People are capable sometimes of the strangest of transactions: they pay with their own lives for something as abstract and seemingly inconsequential as an idea."
(Costica Bradatan)
“This-ism,
that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.”
(John Lennon / Yoko Ono)
“
. . . Stop imagining yourself to be ‘this’ or ‘that.’ Just be.”
(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)
“Neti-Neti”
(Non-Duality Pointer to Identity-Less-Ness)
“Here,
there is nothing that is believed, so there is no one here who wants you to
believe anything, either. Here, the invitation is to be free of all that you
have been programmed, conditioned, acculturated, domesticated, indoctrinated,
and brainwashed to believe so that you can be free, period.”
(f.h.)
Moving Closer to Freedom from Beliefs
Pointers
from some of my other writings can now be shared to review some of the
considerations offered herein which are to be grasped if freedom from belief in
falsehoods (and the effects of such beliefs) is ever to manifest:
From the eBook “Overcoming the Fear of Being Totally Independent”: “Accept that you
cannot handpick right ideas and wrong ideas. Let them all go. That belief-free
state is freedom.”
From “The Essence of the Teachings”: “ . . . Trying to meet the expectations
and demands of others’ beliefs is blocking you from a peaceful existence.”
and
“Once persons ‘see’ that they are not a body that was born, once they ‘see’
that they are not defined by their thoughts, once they ‘see’ that they are not
the spiritual or religious roles they have played, then the de-accumulation of
beliefs and concepts and ideas can lead to . . .
the peace of Child Ignorance (that is, the No-Knowing State);
to witnessing;
to being in touch with the authentic;
to understanding the beingness and the non-beingness;
and to being in touch with Reality. From there, the doing stops and the being
begins.”
“‘Thinking’ (which is generated from an illusory mind that is nothing more than
the storehouse of lies, myths and concepts) will disappear to the degree that
attachment to, and belief in, lies and myths and concepts disappear.”
Yet few will ever commit to being totally independent. Few will ever begin the
movement toward total independence by first abandoning identification with the
body.
Fewer still will complete the entire seven-step “journey” to Reality and know true freedom and absolute independence; instead, most will fight to the end in defense of nonsensical, magical beliefs that were usually dreamed up by uneducated, ignorant men during ancient times.
What
about you? How free do you want to be? How soon do you want that freedom?
If you are not totally free of all of the beliefs that “they” have passed on to
you, then you are as if in a play, playing a role, and believing that the role
and the play are both real. Why would you believe such?
Because “your mind” has become the playwright, the author of every scene, and that is inspiring you to play the roles that seem to provide a “personal payoff.”
Everything that is said here is to be used to be rid of another false belief until all ideas and emotional intoxication and beliefs are gone and nothing remains but the unstated understanding.
Only then can the constant churning and
re-churning of the false beliefs of the corrupted “mind” finally cease.
If you are not totally free of all of the beliefs that “they” have passed on to
you, then “your mind” is obscuring the consciousness because that “mind” is so
marred with its belief in lies and superstitions and all of its so-called “knowledge”
(that is, its accumulation of learned ignorance), that it leaves you insane to
the degree that you are separated from the authentic and to the degree that you
believe the lies and dreams of the planet.
If you are not totally free of all of the beliefs that “they” have passed on to
you, then “they” (including untold generations of non-realized persons) still
control you. You are being controlled by “others”;
controlled
by persons from many generations ago whom you never met; controlled by those you
have met but who are no longer present even though their influence still
controls you; and controlled by those still present physically but also still
present psychically.
“They” decided that you needed their “knowledge,” which is really nothing other
than the accumulation of their learned ignorance (including “their” ideas and
beliefs that were rooted in superstitious and mythical explanations for what
they could not explain factually or scientifically).
In transferring those false beliefs to you, they created a “mind” - a repository of ideas and beliefs and non-truths.
It
contains (1) what was put into their “minds” - which they also never questioned
even once - and (2) what was then passed along faithfully and dutifully and,
unfortunately, to you. Nothing in it came from you or from You.
If you are not totally free of all of the beliefs that “they” have passed on to
you, then the fact remains that generations of “them” dreamed it all up, that “they”
forced you to accept their concepts as a child, that you internalized their
beliefs into a “mind,” and that you now allow their fiction to define what you
mistakenly take to be “your” beliefs, your values and your “mind.”
Next,
you are invited to review once again this exchange that was shared earlier and
see if its implication might now be more palatable:
In response to, “Floyd, millions of people who believe in Him can’t be wrong!”
the response was, “Indeed, your notion is accurate; in truth, it is not
millions who have been deluded in their beliefs. It is trillions upon
trillions.”
For
adults to be able to witness without judgment, without thoughts, and without
beliefs based in duality requires a shift “back” to that prior state of Child
Ignorance (or the Child-No-Knowing State) by casting aside all of the nonsense
which has been accumulated as a result of learning and conditioning and
programming and domestication and acculturation and indoctrination and brainwashing.
Finally, when people prepare for a journey, there are certain items that they
take along in order to make the trip somewhat easier. In the next post, some of
the items which can be used on the “journey” to becoming free of the effects of
believing in false beliefs and concepts and ideas shall be shared.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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For NON-DUALITY AUDIENCES
The Advanced Seekers' Series (344 pages) is an anthology of four books that share Advaita-based, non-duality pointers that can guide seekers to abide as their original nature. Included in the anthology are
"From the I to the Absolute (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality");
"Consciousness / Awareness: The Nature of Reality Beyond SELF-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding As the Absolute)";
"From the Absolute to the Nothingness";
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“What BLISS is and what BLISS is not”
“There’s No Such Thing As Peace of Mind (There’s Only Peace If You’re ‘Out of Your Mind’)”
“Liberation (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)”
“Freedom from Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness”
“Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full”
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“When REALITY Is Overlaid on the RELATIVE.”
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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."
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
If you prefer PAPERBACK copies
(collected in two anthologies).
Links for ordering are below with
BARNES and NOBLE presently providing better service
than AMAZON
when it come to fulfilling orders for
paperback and hardcover books
as opposed to delivering digital books.
[NOTE: Wherever you live, you can search for the books below by title with booksellers in your country. With 40,000+ retailers distributing my paperback books, you may order from U.S. stores or you may find someone nearer to you.]
For NON-DUALITY AUDIENCES
The Advanced Seekers' Series (344 pages) is an anthology of four books that share Advaita-based, non-duality pointers that can guide seekers to abide as their original nature. Included in the anthology are
"From the I to the Absolute (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality");
"Consciousness / Awareness: The Nature of Reality Beyond SELF-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding As the Absolute)";
"From the Absolute to the Nothingness";
and
"The Final Understanding."
from BARNES AND NOBLE by clicking here
or (sometimes less efficiently nowadays in terms of paperback delivery)
This anthology (438 pages) contains the six books that make up what has been called The Blissful Abidance Series for those seeking to live blissfully and happily for the remainder of the manifestation, including:
“What BLISS is and what BLISS is not”
“There’s No Such Thing As Peace of Mind (There’s Only Peace If You’re ‘Out of Your Mind’)”
“Liberation (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)”
“Freedom from Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness”
“Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full”
and
“When REALITY Is Overlaid on the RELATIVE.”
Order a PAPERBACK copy of The Blissful Abidance Series
from Amazon by clicking here.
SEND A GIFT BOOK TO SOMEONE
(1) You may purchase
a Floyd Henderson Shopify Gift Card here
for someone and offer recommendations for the books in Floyd's store which might be of assistance to them.
Or,
(2) To make an arrangement for us to send in your name as a gift from you any of our books to someone you choose:
(a) Visit www.floydhenderson.com.
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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."
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.