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NEEDLESS WORK, COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE ACCEPTANCE and THE CURSE OF HABITS
Defining Nisarga Yoga: The Natural Disposition (continued)
Yesterday’s post ended with this:
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.
At that simplest level, the intent of the use of the nisarga yoga is in line with the core principles of non-duality shared on this site, dealing with being freed of the effects of the warped mind and the warped beliefs passed along via programming, conditioning, etc. by one’s culture and the popular dogma therein.
Thus, what a nisargan understanding can offer is abiding naturally vs. living and thinking and talking and behaving unnaturally, and abiding naturally rather than being driven by supernatural teachings which are based in fantasy-perpetuating dogma and in magical thinking regarding paranormal and mystical and mythical beliefs which have been passed down via organized religions and / or sky cults.
Once again, it is something presented on this site which is a ll about finding a clear perspective, being able to differentiate the true from the false, and being wise by casting aside all the ancient teachings which have been rooted in . . .
hearsay and dogma’s unfounded information and unconfirmed reports and word-of-mouth-bogus “gospels” and in a set of beliefs which have long been held onto strongly by groups or persons even though those so-called “beliefs” do not convey even the slightest shred of fact and truth.
When the Natural Disposition Became Skewed and Leads the Masses to Behave Unnaturally and / or Supernaturally (i.e., “Religiously’ or “Spiritually”)
So back to the ending of yesterday’s post:
Whatever happens on the planet 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. The exception: the space or form called “humans.”
As
the brain increased over the millennia from a size that would fill one coffee
cup to a size that would fill three-and-a-half coffee cups, a “mind” evolved;
that is, the ability to store and retrieve data developed.
What actually came about was a section of the brain that was capable of storing
information and capable of retrieving information, a process that happened
spontaneously and naturally in order to perpetuate the species - such longing
for perpetuation being natural once consciousness manifests.
(You do not have to train a bird to fly away from a human walking noisily through a forest. The consciousness automatically and spontaneously drives that behavior, and there is no mind—and thus no thought—involved in the movement of the bird. It is natural. The bird knows the I AM, even in the absence of language which allows the “thought” I AM to happen.)
How Language-Borne Lies Began Spreading the Ultimate Sickness Across the Globe
Focus
not on “pandemics.” They affect few, comparatively speaking. If seekers would
be well and free, they are invited via the Nisarga Yoga to focus on the
Ultimate Sickness that is infecting and affecting 95% or more of the persons on
the planet.
It is a sickness which prevents a seeing of the unicity and which drives
misperceived thoughts about separation and division and disharmony and
better-than-ment, eliminating any chance for the “peace on earth” wish that some
persons call for annually.
Contrary to popular belief, everything in this universe evolved from one,
single atom. There is a unity beyond the multiplicity; however, once language
developed, humans began perpetuating dualistic beliefs that reinforced a false
sense of separation.
They dreamed up the false concept of “time” and divided what is a continuous
stream of happenings into groups and subgroups: millennia, centuries, decades,
years, months, days, minutes, seconds, etc. Then they began telling lies that
they thought to be truth.
The result is this: what had been a simple, uncomplicated, undemanding, plain, minimalistic, unadorned, bare and fairly effortless natural existence took on the character among persons - actually, just a perceived character - of being complex, complicated, demanding, elaborate, conspicuous, adorned, embellished, strenuous, unnatural and / or supernatural.
How the Desire To Be Supernatural and To Live Supernaturally Has Almost Eliminated Natural Living Altogether
Few
persons on the planet now live naturally. Unnatural and supernatural living
have become the abnormal norm. While a relative existence that is marked by
that which is complex, complicated, demanding, elaborate, conspicuous, adorned,
embellished, and strenuous is unnatural, it is nevertheless sought by the masses.
Why?
Magical, superstition-and-myth-based, mind-inspired, egocentric thinking has
generated concepts about a god or gods, resulting in complicated efforts among
most humans to try to live supernaturally rather than naturally.
More and more, it is lies (rooted in ignorance and misunderstanding) that have
become widely-accepted as truth, such as this belief that humans once held on a
near-global basis:
“There are powerful beings in other worlds that cause thunder” and “those
powers use thunder for ‘good’ and ‘bad’ depending on the days of the week”:
“If there is thunder on Sunday, wise men will die; if there is thunder on a
Monday, it signals the death of many women; If there is thunder on Tuesday, it
is a sign that there will be plenty of grain; if it thunders on Wednesday, then
many prostitutes will die;
“if there is thunder on a Thursday, it is a sign that there will be plenty of
sheep and corn; if it thunders on Friday, some great man or noble leader will
die and that will trigger additional murders; if it thunders on a Saturday; it
is a warning that a plague is coming and it will cause widespread death.”
An extreme example? No more extreme than believing that if you die killing
Christians, you’ll be blessed with multiple virgins, prostitutes and wives in a
paradise; no more extreme than believing that if you kill Muslims in foreign
lands, you are a patriot; and no more extreme than believing that all Jews
should be exterminated
No more extreme than a preoccupation with blood, believing it has magical power if spread above a doorway; believing that it is “good” to beat yourself about the head and back with spikes and to walk through the streets in a holy parade of blood;
no
more extreme than believing you will be in closer, conscious contact with a
supreme power in another world if you drink blood in weekly or monthly services
conducted in supposedly “holy” buildings; no more extreme than believing that
you should kill all persons who do believe in your concepts.
All of that is most unnatural, but all of that is believed in by (and is therefore driving the behavior of) billions of people on the planet.
The Nisarga Yoga invites persons to abide as all other “non-human forms / spaces” on the planet, not in that supernatural fashion illustrated above but in a natural manner, free of belief in unnatural and supernatural concepts that drive such insane behavior.
The Ultimate Sickness, Mental Disorders, and Personality Disorders Have Spread Around the Globe
Yet
few will ever find the Nisarga Yoga, much less full realization; therefore,
such mental sickness as discussed above now dominates persons (the non-realized
humans) all around the globe.
The most nonsensical concepts imaginable have been dreamed up by controlling
men and women and have been shared as “The Truth” or “The Secret” or “The
Purpose” or “The Way” or “The Will of the Universe” or “The Sacred Contract” or
“The Holy This or That” or as “God’s Infallible Word.”
The result is that natural abidance - which is still common among all that is manifest except “humans” - now happens infrequently among the vast majority of persons.
The now-common mental sickness among persons is spread via the virus
of ignorance. The Nisarga Yoga is the vessel that carries the Ultimate Medicine
that can treat the sickness.
It is the yoga which can guide seekers along a “path” to being restored to
reason and logic and wisdom as a result of being free of belief in false
concepts, ideologies, myths, and superstitions.
It is the yoga which can result in an understanding of the functioning of the
totality. It is a yoga that can make clear the difference in humanity’s quest
for what is “false love” and can guide seekers to an understanding of the Oneness
(and, thus, what True Love is).
It is the yoga which can eliminate supernatural efforts to live in an unnatural
manner and can return persons (all of whom have been programmed and conditioned
and acculturated and domesticated) to a condition of abidance in the style of
their original nature;
it is a yoga which can guide seekers to a manner of functioning by which all that happens will happens naturally and spontaneously;
and it is a yoga that will reveal a fashion of abidance which allows the seekers who complete all four steps on the “path” to realization to be, once again, in touch with their innate and inherent and instinctive disposition.
To be continued.
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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."
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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”
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"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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