CONSCIOUSNESS vs. AWARENESS

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CONSCIOUSNESS vs. AWARENESS

Fools do not know that, post-manifestation, there is no beingness or even non-beingness. There is no false self that will be; nor is there any Self that will be, so there is not any Infinite Self or Supreme Self that will be either. Nothing with any identity or shape or defined space will be. No selfness or Selfness exists. Only That which is beyond both beingness and non-beingness shall remain. All that there will be is the unmanifested energy in the universal pool and the matter which cannot be destroyed. And those who do not understand that truth are fools (that is, they are persons who have been fooled by taking the dreamed up beliefs of other humans as gospel. As one famous social critic said, “There is no belief that has been dreamed up by men that is worth believing”).

--floyd

“I talk to you from the perspective of the universal consciousness.”

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Peace cannot happen if body-mind-personality identification is not transcended because persons will continue to fear death and will desire continuity and will experience fear and unmet desires on a widespread and constant basis.

Do you see now why the concept of “death” is given no credibility by the realized, much less any “concern”? It is understood by the realized that what persons call “death” is merely the unmanifesting of consciousness;

moreover, it is understood that what persons call “death” is merely the unmanifesting of consciousness is merely the releasing of compact groupings of energy that are just “ungrouping” and being “freed up” to move about in a wider, less-limited (actually infinite) space, exactly as prior to manifestation.

That “ungrouping” and “releasing” of energy from a confined space (called “death” by persons) is a totally meaningless happening except to the corrupted consciousness that believes in the distorted, dualistic concepts of “good” vs. “bad” and “right” vs. “wrong” and the subsequent “punishment” vs. “reward” of a body-mind-personality triad with supposed eternal continuity.

In fact, only the energy is infinite and eternal; the body and “mind” and personality are illusory phenomena that are finite and temporary.

So that which persons refer to as “the moment of death” is really just the unmanifestation process whereby those larger groupings of energy particles in a confined space are freed from that space and enter into an expansive, unlimited energy field or space (called “The Absolute” in order to emphasize the pure and unadulterated state of the energy while in that space).

By “relocating” from a confined space called “the human body,” for example, those elementary particles can group together in that vast and expansive ocean of energy; however, they will group into smaller gatherings and into fewer configurations since they are not being compacted into a small space.

The prerequisites for “human consciousness” are not met in that case. That is an ending of “prerequisites,” not an ending of “life.”

During the process whereby consciousness unmanifests, therefore, particles of energy are merely “spreading out” or “being freed from ‘confinement’ in a compact space.”

After being freed from the confines of a relatively small space with a nervous system - such as a plant or a plant food body (which persons dualistically call “a human” or “an animal” or “a bird”) - the energy moves into the limitless expanse of the Absolute and the particles “move apart.” In that freed-up space, the essence of Reality (Awareness) IS.

Now, are you also seeing that though the cycles are naturally happenings, the manifesting of consciousness is actually, on one level, a very unnatural event? Why?

That which is normally and naturally free to move about in an unrestrained environment and in an unrestricted manner is temporarily not free to function in that manner. Manifested consciousness, as the physicist will understand, is actually “restricted” and “restrained” when compared to the “normal” state of particles of energy which move about in a limitless field or space.

Compare (a) the unrestricted movement of light waves moving instantly from the sun to the moon and reflecting off that surface with (b) the restricted movement of conscious-energy striking one synapse after another within the limited space of a human brain.

Here is all that happens when a human “dies” or when a bug is struck by the windshield of a car: a temporary “association of” or “involvement among” certain elements and energy and air comes to an end.

Though that particular association ends, the elements do not end, the air does not end, and the energy does not end. What did come to “an end” with the smashed bug (or a supposedly “dead human”) was an ever-changing combination of elements, air, and energy which were in a constant state of flux but perceived by persons to have had continuity.

The fact is that no “same bug” will ever be again, and no “same human” shall ever be again, but the same elements and air and energy shall be forever.

Peace and AS IF LIVING

Recall the pointer offered earlier: Nothing more has happened than this: the personalization of bliss (to the degree that “bliss” is an undisturbed vibration which was subsequently manifested and eventually personalized) became de-personalized via full realization, and awareness.

Once abidance as a body or mind or persona is transitioned, once abidance as a self or a Self is transitioned, once abidance as the re-purified consciousness is transitioned, then abidance as the Absolute can happen.

Then, for the remainder of the manifestation, AS IF living can happen. AS IF living describes a manner by which one can traverse the relative existence with the peace and contentment which can come when one remains fixed in a position of neutrality.

It points to the ability to abide as if anything is important or significant while understanding full well that nothing is either.

Recall this pointer as well:

This is the way that AS IF Living happens: you are, but there are no “thoughts,” no “mind,” no separation,  no sense of confinement, no fighting with others who are not as “good” as your ego-states and egotism convince you that you are, and no chatter of a thousand monkeys inside your head.

Peace and AS IF Living happen from a point of total “mindlessness.” Peace and AS IF Living happen without identity. Peace and AS IF Living happen without concepts. Peace and AS IF Living happen from a position of neutrality.

Peace and AS IF Living happen from the stance of Witnessing. Peace and AS IF Living happen when the Oneness is understood. Peace and AS IF Living happen beyond self-ness, beyond any belief in “Self-ness,” and beyond beingness and non-beingness.

Peace and AS IF Living happen when persons transcend all personalization and abide as the Absolute.

Remember that Krishna said, “Those alone who understand that I, the Absolute, am beyond the states of being and non-being realize my true nature, and all others are fools.”

Peace and AS IF Living happen when the role of “fool” is no longer accepted and the unspeakable truth is understood. Then, the truth speaks from within and the full understanding of the Functioning of the Totality happens. And once that happens, all attachment to the phenomenon or the noumenal is cast aside and peace and contentment manifests.

To be continued.

Please enter into 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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