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TWO OF THE THREE VERSIONS OF THE ULTIMATE MEDICINE TRIED BY MAHARAJ FAILED
There are sicknesses that require a particular, unique treatment, and the same applies to the Ultimate Sickness. And in neither case is magical / supernatural thinking” or “being religious” or “being spiritual” any part of the proper treatment plans that have been shown to be successful. In fact, the contrary is the case.
Maharaj first tried a Hindu version of the Ultimate Medicine. He abandoned that, seeing it was ineffective. Maharaj then tried a spiritual version of the Ultimate Medicine. He abandoned that, seeing it was ineffective. Eventually he tried a third version – a psychological version – and stayed with that until the end.
That having been said, eat what you like, don’t eat what you don’t like, seek where you like, or do not seek at all. Here, the only concern is with those who come this way and are seeking earnestly.
Yet key questions remain:
1. How many “Libby’s” are out there?
2. How many have assumed the role of “The Spiritual Giant” and then had egotism elevate that role to “The Super Spiritual Giant?”
3. How many are causing relative harms to the body that is temporarily housing the consciousness, all in the name of “being spiritual”?
4. How many have fixated at the third step on a “path” and are as trapped in false-personality-identification as ever?
5. How many took themselves to be persons - but were at least multi-dimensional persons - prior to “becoming spiritual” persons who have now become so obsessive with their spirituality that they have become monomaniacs, that is, one-dimensional persons who can focus on nothing except for their new obsession with the spirituality that is driving their compulsive behavior around a single issue”?
6. How many have left those around them totally disgusted with someone who has taken on the role of “The Saint” and has become (a) no longer any fun to be around at best or (b) completely intolerable at worst?
Eighty-four
years ago what happened with an author who understood the roots of the
Addictive Personality Disorder is what is happening today with non-dualists and
Nisargans who understand the roots of all of the personality disorders that are
a key component of the Ultimate Sickness.
That author who understood the mind-based cause of a particular sickness was
ignored and shouted down by the voices of certain ignorant persons with whom he
was dealing. The same happens nowadays as well when one comes forth that
understands the cause of the Ultimate Sickness;
therefore, that author’s experience provides a framework for a discussion of
non-duality (and the challenges faced by those that would share the teachings)
because it mirrors exactly what happens when
(a) non-duality teachers with an understanding of the functioning of the
totality
cross paths with
(b) the non-realized masses who reject facts as being false and accept myths
and superstitions as truth.
It was seen earlier that the author of the most widely-read book dealing with
the treatment of alcoholism caved in to pressure; that he abandoned his
original thesis that addiction is a mental, emotional and physical problem and
not “a moral problem”; and that he was coerced into claiming that “spirituality”
provides “the cure.”
The argument of the opponents of his thesis claimed that the Addictive
Personality Disorder was caused by “bad morals.” And though the author did
assert that more about alcoholism was sure to be revealed over the coming years
and decades, what has been revealed in the subsequent seventy-eight years is
still being ignored by those using his book and program.
My daughter had to undergo a surgical procedure to remove her tonsils. We
discussed in detail why she rejected the first doctor she spoke to and then
discussed what she found out about the second doctor, whom she did choose,
following two consultations with him, after completing the research she did
into his skills, after reading the reviews of him that were available, and
after talking with some of his former patients.
She did not say, “The reason I chose him is because he has ignored all of the
modern research and because he refuses to acknowledge any and all of the
advances in medical techniques that have come about over the last eight decades
and because he uses the same method that doctors used in the 1930’s.”
She would have to be insane to choose a treatment method that ignores all that
has been learned over an eight-decade period which can address her illness more
effectively, wouldn’t she?
That
could only happen if the first persons she sought help from were non-professionals
who nevertheless promised her that they had the very best treatment available
for what ailed her and if she then took their word about that without
investigating any other possibilities.
Indeed, research has shown that the Addictive Personality Disorder does indeed
have mental, emotional and physical components, yet seventy-eight years worth
of progress in terms of research and understanding are constantly ignored and
cast aside as the readers of that author’s book - and the program in which they
claim membership - still claim on a daily basis that the disorder is a moral
one that can only be cured by spiritual means.
The non-dual teachings are about restoring logic and reason and wisdom; the
absence of logic and reason and wisdom among those making such an assertion as
the one above is astonishing, really.
The author under discussion knew, just as the non-dual Nisargan knows, that the
main problem (not only in regards to that disorder but also in regards to
almost all of the problems on the planet) centers in the mind; thus, anyone
with the slightest touch of common sense would understand this:
physical problems are addressed by dealing with the physical issues involved;
mental problems are addressed by dealing with the mental issues involved; and
emotional problems are dealt with by dealing with the emotional problems
involved.
Moreover, any reasonable human would admit that if there is an all-knowing,
all-powerful, all-caring God that is about the business of repairing minds (or
anything else that is messed up) then any reasonable human should also realize
that any all-knowing and all-powerful and all-caring God would not allow minds
(or anything else) to be messed up in the first place.
Since minds are messed up to an astounding degree, how do those endorsing
a spiritual cure for all of the planet’s ills reconcile the fact that the power
they are recommending to fix the planet’s ills does not use “his / her / their”
supposedly available and unlimited power to prevent the ills before they
manifest in the first place?
Not really an impressive way to supervise, control, and operate a planet, is
it?
Of course, their answer is, “God loves us so much that he / she / they give us
free will” (as if I would have given my three-year-old daughter the right to
exercise her free will when she wanted to play in the street . . . “because I
loved her so much” . . . rather than making her play in the yard).
Understanding the insanity of such a belief sets the stage for the sharing of
another non-dual, Nisargan pointer: the realized know that - when one is
abiding under the influence of personality - there is no such thing as “free
will” and that there is no such thing as “choice.”
How could there be when every thought and word and action is determined by the
subconscious agendas of each personality that has been adopted as an identity,
even as each personality hides its agenda from the one being driven by multiple
personalities?
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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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.
