BELIEFS AND FEARS: The Fathers and Mothers of Foolishness

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BELIEFS AND FEARS: 

The Fathers and Mothers of Foolishness

BEING FREE OF THE EFFECTS OF FAULTY PROGRAMMING (continued)

 

No one nowadays escapes the programming, and no one escapes the results of being programmed, except for the few that realize,

 

“Wait one damn minute! I’m been on this planet for just over 42 years” (the average age when any person who is going to snap to the truth usually does so) “and I look back at the decisions I’ve made and see that 95% of them were totally insane, totally self-defeating, and totally self-destructive. 

 

I must either change or die because I cannot stand to live that way for another minute! I could not have been any dumber if I’d cut my head off!”

 

Actually, cutting off the head is one way to end dumbness. Another is

 

a. to realize; that is,

 

b. to see the dumbness (and the externally-imposed ignorance and the externally-imposed insanity);

 

and then

 

c. to take the steps required to be free of the effects of programming etc. which combine to set persons on a descent into the depths of the Ultimate Sickness where they will suffer the symptoms of that Sickness, including, ignorance, insanity, delusions, distortions, warped perspectives,

 

unclear seeing, illusions, misunderstandings, misapprehension, misconception, confusion, bewilderment, emotional intoxication, the programmed tendency to adhere to unquestioning and unquestioned faith; and the desire to accumulate.

         

And what do those symptoms lead to? All of the misery generated by chaos and turmoil and upheaval and instability and commotion and mayhem and disorder and by mistaking mirages and images and fallacies and fantasies and myths and superstitions and false impressions as reality.

 

Regarding the way that programming sets persons up for the crash, Maharaj said that “realisation is primarily the knowledge of one’s programming and the awareness that the infinite variety of programs depends on our infinite ability to be programmed.”

 

As for acculturation, he said: “If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking.”

 

The irony: Most will never even know that they are sick. The Ultimate Sickness is like hypertension (high blood pressure) in that both can be called “silent killers.”

 

Most persons who have low blood pressure know it because the body signals that state via such symptoms as dizziness or lightheadedness or unsteadiness or blurred vision or confusion (which are also some of the symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness).

 

On the other hand, most with hypertension and most with the Ultimate Sickness will likely never know that they have either one, so most with the Ultimate Sickness are not ever likely to seek treatment. Maharaj said that most “are not awareness of ignorance.”

 

He said, “You do not realise that your present waking state is one of ignorance” and he warned that “you are cheating yourself in your ignorance of your true motives.”

 

For the most part, the ignorant do not know they are ignorant. Maharaj made that point directly when he said: “An ignorant man is ignorant of his ignorance” (though there are many like those alluded to by President Obama who, tired of the absurdities being spouted by his critics, said:

 

“It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant.”) Similarly, the insane do not know that they are insane.

 

Yet Maharaj was spot on about persons lacking an awareness of their true motives. Why? Because true motives are almost always hidden from persons because their thoughts and words and actions are being determined by the hidden, subconscious agendas of their false identities.

 

During childhood, every person on this planet - just as was the case with Flight 9525 - is subjected to the most ignorance and insane programming, programming which removes all ability to make conscious choices.

 

They are all set on auto-pilot, causing persons (1) to be driven unconsciously by the insane beliefs placed in their minds via insane programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation and brainwashing and indoctrination and causing persons (2) to be driven by the subconscious agendas of the false identifications which they have been assigned or which they assume.

 

The result: they are set up for a constant descent until they crash and burn, and many are so adept at putting a spin on their reality that they deny that they are headed to a crash (or have already crashed).

 

The descent will take them through layers of clouds that obstruct their vision and give them a false perspective of themselves and “others” and “the world”; through layers of misery and suffering; through layers of failing to find Real Love and settling for Love’s illegitimate cousins named “infatuation” or “obsession” or “a craze” or “passion” or “fascination” or “false love” or “selfish love” or “dependent, self-serving love.”

 

As an “antidote” to the Sickness, Maharaj recommended a sort of abidance which unfolds under the auspices of an “auto-pilot mode,” but the auto-pilot he spoke of is not one set on a course that will guarantee a descent into chaos and instability and misery;

 

instead, the one he spoke of is the auto-pilot mode of the inner guru or the inner resource which can receive talk originating from the universal consciousness which speaks sanely, not insanely.

 

The manifested consciousness can be blocked and programmed - as can a human mind - but the universal consciousness functions autonomously and sanely.

 

Maharaj: “What harm is there in making automatic what is habitual and repetitive? It is automatic anyhow. But when it is also chaotic, it causes pain and suffering and calls for attention. The entire purpose of a clean and well-ordered life is to liberate man from the thralldom of chaos and the burden of sorrow.”

 

If ideas and concepts and beliefs are not forfeited (and if one is not freed of the influence of old wounds and old “memories” and old programming) then changing jobs, houses, cities, circumstances, people, or anything else will have no lasting impact on changing one’s emotional state.

 

If the seemingly endless chain of desires and expectations is not forfeited, one can get everything she/he might wish for or hope for or long for, but consistent happiness and consistent peace will not manifest. full realization, on the other hand, will provide a lasting impact, relatively speaking.

But full realization cannot happen as long as persons think that the beliefs of their parents, their teachers, their preachers, their priests, their imams, their rabbis, or their politicians are truth. Any of “their” beliefs which have become “your” beliefs will block you from finding truth . . . and peace.

Some seekers have seen the lies that are driving them by writing a thorough list of their beliefs, seeing where those beliefs really came from, and then questioning their validity. (In fact, no one’s beliefs have really come from parents or pastors or priests, etc.

 

The most widely-held and most respected beliefs today are thousands of years old, were dreamed up by controlling men during ancient times, were passed down to the ignorant masses, and have been repeated and accepted as truth for thousands of years by billions and billions of non-Realized persons among the also-ignorant masses.)

The writing exercise can reveal to honest seekers the fact that they have no beliefs that are their own but that they have only adopted the beliefs of others. That prevents them from realizing what they have always known, within, but have forgotten.

 

The exercise can show that there is no basis in fact for the concepts and ideas and beliefs that have been adopted from others.

The process can expose the fact that those beliefs are driving you into an unstable existence that is marked by fluctuations between being OK if alone vs. not being OK at work;

 

between enjoying the pleasure of pleasant situations vs. suffering the misery of unpleasant situations; and between feeling spiritual at times vs. not feeling spiritual at other times.

The invitation to you is to take the four steps which can move you beyond false identifications and allow you to return to The Child No-Knowing State.

 

Then you will not co-dependently allow strangers or people at work or anywhere else to determine how you feel. You’ll begin to cross the path of fewer and fewer “numbskulls” at work or outside work.

 

Eventually, there will be no “you” that has any agenda that can be interfered with. You’ll be free of any identity that can imagine it has been hurt or threatened, and then you’ll function in the wisdom and sanity of authenticity.

Persons are separated from the awareness of that which they truly are, and only awareness of that can result in peace and happiness during the manifestation.

Your search has taken you far enough along a “path” that you have discovered non-duality, the understanding of which might eliminate at the root all of the frustration and anger that you think you’re experiencing at certain times. To be free, though, you’ll be required to abandon all identification.

 

To be continued.

 

Please enter 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.

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