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NEEDLESS WORK, COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE ACCEPTANCE and THE CURSE OF HABITS
The Basic Rationale for Offering the Nisarga Yoga in Addition to the Non-Duality Teachings
After one chooses which mode of travel is to be used (that is, which method of traveling on the “journey” is to be used), then one must decide what is to happen AFTER having completed the journey.
(By the way: pointers about Nisarga Yoga and what the relative existence will be like while abiding in a nisarga / natural manner will appear to be very strange to those who are trying to follow a knowledge path, a worship path, an action path, or a service path. So it is. Those paths are available for discussion elsewhere.)
The longing here that led to
decades of seeking and searching manifested very early on, and the road that
was traveled before “the Advaita path” was crossed, by chance, was a long and
grueling and onerous road. The “journey” had been quite arduous.
Happening upon certain words and names such as “advaita” and “non-duality” and “Maharaj”
- and then entering into a thorough study of those - aroused some hope;
however, after so many years of searching in vain, the hope was of a most
cautious and guarded nature. Why? Because so many instances of hope had been
dashed along the way before, time and again.
The restraint was warranted. Along with the words of Maharaj in I AM THAT,
the words and writings of more than fifty non-duality teachers were read, and
while each of them may have been able to guide other seekers somewhere,
a. not a one of them presented the teachings in a way that led to the “Aha!
Moment” here;
b. not a one provided the final, search-ending flash of the peripetia;
c. not a one ignited the gunpowder that finally blew away all of the blockages
that had been built up via programming, conditioning, acculturation,
domestication, brainwashing, and indoctrination.
d. not a one offered the Ultimate Medicine in a manner that finally brought to
an end the misery of the Ultimate Sickness which had generated suffering for
decades; and
e. not a one made clear the means by which
(1) Full realization of THAT could happen
along with
(2) the manifesting of the ability to abide naturally and normally and steadily
and Lovingly and simply and sanely and enjoyably throughout the remainder of
the AM-ness.
Yes, there were years in the deepest pits of despair; yes, there were years
where the head was in the clouds and a parade of
even-more-obnoxious-personas-than-before all came and went, including “The
Religious One” and “The Spiritual Giant” and “The Lofty Thinker” and “The Supreme
Self.”
Even as talk of “the Oneness” happened, the fact is that there was a greater
sense of separation while playing those roles than during any of the darkest
days of the past. And part of that happened even after finding and exploring
the many different “brands” of non-duality.
All of the talk of “the path” and “the journey” proved to be a disservice for
it implied that there was “a path” that could be followed to its end and I
would “arrive” somewhere;
and all of that talk also suggested that, if I would but complete “the journey,”
I would arrive at a destination which was “there” - well away from “this world”
which had rendered a Type Four Personality (the type that accounts for only 1-2
of 1% of the earth's population) feeling quite the alien on this planet.
What was the missing element in the explanations and talks by all of those
teachers who talked of “the path” and “the journey”? What was missing was the
key fact that there is not one passage that is to be completed but that there
are actually three in total. Even if one wants to claim that there is but “one
journey,” then it must be made clear that the journey has three legs.
And Maharaj's earliest statements (which were his only statements that were
read originally) seemed to point to a two-leg “journey” when he said, “ . . . .You
should go back, reverse, to the source” and “Follow the same path by which you
came.”
If one reads the book “Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and His Evolution,” it becomes
clear that his early emphasis was not solely on the ultimate “goal” of abiding
naturally. The “totally unadulterated version of a purely nisarga message” came
years later.
So in the process of seeking via Advaita Vedanta, there was a fruitless search
for “the exact path,” an unsuccessful search for the exact way to follow that “path,”
a futile search for the means by which “the journey” could finally be completed
once and for all, and an unproductive search for the way to reach the final
destination of “the journey” and remain there.
It took a vision that came one afternoon while leaving the delta level of
consciousness and entering into a theta state of consciousness to finally “break
the code” being used by so many teachers and understand what the entire
three-leg “journey” involves.
The content of that vision made clear how it is that only one-leg of “the journey” will happen with the masses; how it is that far too many seekers are stopping after the second leg of the “journey” and being stuck at the third of four steps to full realization;
made clear how an entire
three-part “journey” must happen if one would realize fully; and made clear
what happens after “the journey” is completed so that the remainder of the
relative existence can happen in a not-insane, non-stupid, not-ignorant,
non-fluctuating, non-chaotic, not-unstable, but totally steady and logical AS
IF manner instead.
That manner is marked by freedom and joy and peace as well as an ability to
merely witness whatever events that the relative existence might toss one's way
which might fall outside the categorization of “perfectly tranquil happenings.”
This series will discuss that manner of living, referred to here with the term “AS IF living,” and will share what the relative existence can look like after realization and after the third and final leg of “the journey” has been completed.
Defining Nisarga Yoga: The Natural Disposition
At the simplest level, one may take “nisarga” to mean “natural.” As used most frequently, the term refers to the yoga of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj which advocates “natural living” or abidance as the natural state.
Every form or space on the planet has an innate disposition. That natural,
inherent, instinctive disposition is simple and uncomplicated, allowing for a
relative existence that is undemanding, plain, minimalistic, unadorned, bare
and fairly effortless at its core.
Be the reference to a rock or a flower or a bird or a tree or a fish or a deer,
all among those happens spontaneously without thought, the result of a simple,
no-mind, no-concept, no-belief, natural manner of functioning; too, that
happens planet-wide without any exceptions, except for one exception.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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“Liberation (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)”
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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
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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.
