LIBERATION (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)

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LIBERATION (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)

“After the information given to you by the mother, that you are a boy or girl, all your further acquisitions [false identities] are by hearsay.”

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

READINGS AND CONSIDERATIONS (Continued)

Reading #17: Never had he known such peace. Sensing himself in the vestige of a human-like form again, he drifted toward a lake below that covered most of the bottom of this huge cavern. Kirk experienced a fifth degree of separation - as if estranged from all illusionary roles, as if removed from a phony world left behind, as if moving closer to a degree of connection with the Real. (p. 98, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 17: What about you? Have you ever known before such a degree of peace as where the revelations of these recent days have taken you? You are so far removed from the false images. The snake is gone and you see the rope for what it is. 

That is the end of fear. That is the end of worry. That is the start of peace. Are you feeling it? See what a real feeling is like? See how different this is from emotional intoxication or spiritual intoxication?

 Reading 18: To his left and to his right drifted millions of forms, and on closer inspection, Kirk saw that they were . . . Kirks! Each looked to be a clone—maybe a transparent clone but a clone nevertheless—of him! (pp. 98-99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 18: Are you now relating totally to Kirk, the symbol of Your True Self? Can’t you sense the One that he’s feeling? 

The state of True Atonement (At-One-Ment) had been attained. He is in a state of At-One-Ment with All. He knows that He is All of Them and that They Are He. Do you think for a micro-second that in that state He could even consider harming another? 

Do you think for a micro-second that in that state He could even consider harming himself? How much harm have you done to yourself in this life? 

Could you have possibly done it from this state of awareness, from this state of consciousness? Become Kirk. Become One. See that You Are All and that All Is You. Can you feel it?  

Reading #19: Sinking shoulder-deep into the water, he felt his feet rise. His entire body stiffened momentarily, his feet rose, he floated onto his back, and then bobbed on the surface of the water. Now relaxed, he began to be moved along, gently propelled toward the opposite side of the cave. His movement just happened, no effort on his part required. The music of the organ - ethereal and heavenly - sounded softly, beautifully; the waters were now calm and warm. (p. 99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 19: Is it possible that when You live in the Understanding of Who What you really are that you become so free of the ego-states, the body identification, the mental games and all the other roles being played that 

You just seem to move along through life effortlessly, as if floating? Remember from an earlier reading the observation, “The leaf moving along the stream decides nothing. It merely goes with the flow.” 

Are you getting a sense that you could really pull this off and live that way? So many have, I suspect that You can, too. What are you feeling?

Reading #20: He began to ascend the steps, leaving the water behind. He and millions, walking in exactly the same fashion, moved toward the narrowing peak that led to the door of the dome. He wondered, How could so many be entering the dom . . . ?

As each neared the door, each seemed to dissolve into a form of light being drawn inside. As Kirk approached, he felt the last remnants - remnants of whatever he had formerly thought himself to be - gradually fading away. The dissolving seemed to be occurring in slow motion, and he felt ecstatic. (p. 99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 20: So there is something even beyond the recognition of the truth regarding the AM-ness? 

The first two states of body and mind were of “that” world. The second three were shifting away from attachment to that world as the birds - the raven, the gull, the eagle - broke free of the bonds of body-mind identification and even transcended spirituality, programming and witnessing. 

Then the authentic is realized, but something yet remains. Are you sensing That? Could the 30,000 to 40,000-year-old understanding, repeated by Christ, be true? 

Could the I Am existence of body-mind be the states of I-Amness that Christ spoke of in his “I Am” talks? Could you be spoken of as the I Am while manifested on earth, while wrapped up in body-mind identities? 

Could all the “spiritual or improvement work” that people do fail to free them from the body-mind trap and leave them like the birds, still in “that world” and far from understanding What We Really Are beyond? Are you sensing That which is beyond?

Reading 21: Finally, he merged with all, into the light, and it seemed . . . it seemed over. It seemed as if everything was over, was finished, was very near complete. Then some degree of consciousness seemed to linger after this sixth degree of separation. (p. 99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 21: Vestiges of the subtle body remain even after the unmanifested consciousness begins to return to the Absolute, that region or “Field of Awareness” that is the repository of potentialities which are not manifest. 

Call it the Unmanifested, if you like. You are not going there; instead, You Are That. I Am That. And for now I Am, and for now you are, too. I Am That; I Am. Same applies to you. 

Now we are in the I Am state, but truly . . . you are That. For now, speak of me as I Am. For now, speak of you as I Am. But even before Abraham was, I Am. 

And even before Abraham was, You Are. Ultimately, I Am That. You Are That. We Are That; thus, we are and always have been, One. Only That is Real, whether manifest or unmanifest. Are you understanding you? 

Do you now understand the answer to the statement “I do not even know who I am”? Can you now say, “I Know”? Do you also understand now why Maharaj would eventually say that . . . 

. . . it is not necessary to seek the answer to “Who or What Am I?” and that you should only seek to know “Who or What  you are not?”

Reading 22: Even without a physical body or an earthly mind or a spiritual body, he detected a series of chambers, leading to other universes. (p. 99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 22: The subtle body is losing consciousness, just as the physical body lost consciousness. Yet enough of the subtle body remains to see the final vestiges of the final stage. That seeing allows the Knowing. I ask you again: do you now Know?

Reading 23: All then faded into light. He sensed that nothing represented in the vision was the Real. He understood that only by peeling back all the layers of false identities - including the body, the mind, the spiritual identity, the child ignorance, the and the witnessing - could he ever know what he Really Is. (p. 99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 23: “I Am Light.” You Are Light. You are the Energy-Consciousness. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Even before Abraham was, you are. Get it? 

Reading 24: He understood that what he Really Is is That, that which is often removed from awareness through seven degrees of separation. (p. 99, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 24: You are getting it, aren’t you? What is “it”? “It” is The Understanding of all that you are not and All of That Which You Are. 

It may come to you and it may go, but deep inside you always knew, and never again will the truth be inaccessible. Consciousness senses its own presence. 

Truth is inaccessible when living in body-mind identification, in the trap of all their programming and conditioning and, dare I say, their lies? 

Maybe their “misunderstandings” would be more accurate. Liars know they are lying, usually. Those who told us the non-truths actually believed them. 

Are you seeing that the only way by which peace can come is by escaping the “misunderstandings” and attaining this Understanding? 

You can get this. Sense the dissolving of the false. Will you try that now?

Reading 25: He came to know that He Is that common building block of all in this universe, in all universes. (pp. 99-100, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 25: You are That? Do you understand?  

Reading 26: No wonder some can say, “I don’t even know who I am.” He finally realized how far removed most are from the knowledge of the original unicity as a result of conditioning, programming, and dogma. (p. 100, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 26: You get that now, don’t you? Do you see why one must use this guide as a progression? Do you see why someone starting at this point could not benefit in the least? 

All the preparation was to open the mind to all the false in order to see this singular truth. You see it, don’t you?

Reading #27: The vision’s ending and his awakening marked as well the beginning of a restored sense of peace. (p. 100, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders)

Consideration 27: Now, You too can awaken from the vision and live your daily life in the Understanding. 

You won’t be the same. You will be living AS IF, AS IF any of this is important or real, but knowing it is not. You’ll live without fear, without being trapped in their concepts. 

You’ll finally be able to cast aside all of their ideas, emotions, and beliefs. Those prison bars are actually already gone, gone with the false images, gone with the snake-in-the-rope illusion. Gone. 

Do you feel lighter, having given up all that? You can spend all of your remaining days now, flowing with the fantastic lightness of just being. Enjoy.

Tomorrow: The editor of The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders was born in the Far East before coming to the U.S. She was well-versed in Eastern perspectives - both ancient and modern - and is highly-intelligent, so she was chosen to interview me regarding the non-dual messaging interwoven throughout the novel.

Her experience and language skills were most appreciated during the writing and publishing process and I express once more my gratitude to her.

Tomorrow I’ll begin sharing the transcripts of that interview.

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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