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THE REASON THAT “NON-DUALISTS” SHOULD
UNDERSTAND PRIMATE CULTURES ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH
“In some cases, it seems that one can take humans out of baboon-land, but you cannot take the baboon out of humans.”
--floyd
As a result of the savannah experiences and conditioning, and because of genetic factors as well, far too often nowadays humans are behaving in a very savannah-style mode that models some of the most aggressive and brutal behavior exhibited there by alpha-male-types which are totally sociopath, described by Sapolsky as “scheming, back-stabbing Machiavellian bastards.”
This was shared earlier: The humankind so-called “birth” can be traced to the African Continent, and because that seemingly hostile and seemingly cruel environment on the savannah was humankind’s “first home,” it was in that “home” that humankind’s earliest conditioning took place.
Humans share a common ape ancestor with chimpanzees, but they share many DNA commonalities with chimps, apes, and baboons as well. Everyone is a mutant. Every living thing on the planet is a mutant, and mutations are (relatively speaking) either “beneficial” or “harmful”:
“What are the odds of a mutation being beneficial? In humans, it is estimated that there are about 30 mutations per individual per generation, thus three in the functional part of the DNA. This implies that on the average there are about 3/2000 beneficial mutations per individual per generation and about 1.5 harmful mutations.”
Now, that original, ancient conditioning has been transmitted for innumerable years by way of archetypal images which are embedded in the genetic structure of every human and which are rooted in those original savannah experiences and which have been passed down to humans today.
And as a result of the savannah experiences and conditioning, and because of genetic factors as well, far too often nowadays humans are behaving in a very savannah-style mode that models some of the most aggressive and brutal behavior exhibited there by alpha-male-types which are totally sociopath, described by Sapolsky as “scheming, back-stabbing Machiavellian bastards.”
Humans are like the faulty computers moving to all parts of the globe; leaving Africa, they carried with them their problematic faults and those are now commonplace all around the globe. And one of the concepts which has long existed on the savannah is that of hierarchies, the epitome of duality, which migrating humans took with them when they left the African continent.
And the rub for addressing the Savannah-styles problem which have become a global problem among humans deals with the fact that almost all persons are now functioning under the auspices of their personality / personalities which are driving them subconsciously to think and talk and behave in certain ways that are most insane. So now, “laboratories” are operating in every place on the planet:
Schools can be societal laboratories as well as educational laboratories which should have the goal - but seldom do - of eliminating the influence of hierarchies and developing “level playing fields” and providing all with an opportunity to have some chance at mobility within their society and being provided with some level of understanding about the fact that any sense of “different-from-ment” and “better-than-ment” are concepts that cannot possibly have any constructive effects (again relatively speaking) on any society.
With right-wingers taking control of many school districts, they demand that schools support beliefs about “different-from-ment” and “better-than-ment.” In the U.S., there are white supremacists who tout their “different-from” and “better-than” beliefs and are adding them to their schools’ curricula;
the masses who support xenophobic beliefs about this being “the greatest country on earth” are demanding that same false belief be taught in all classes; and the governor of Florida is joined by many of his fellow Republicans as he claims that “slavery was advantageous to blacks.”
He has said that enslaved people were able to use slavery as some kind of “training program.” Moreover, he has banded African American Studies in schools and universities in his state, claiming that such studies “significantly lack educational value.”
All of those people love their imaginary hierarchies, believing that they are at the pinnacle of every category of hierarchies. Yet how can humanity’s attachment to hierarchies be reduced in schools where all are graded and ranked; where many are still separated by race;
where contests are held for “the best looking” and “the most beautiful”; where a few are elected to “a homecoming court” or where a few win the annual “beauty contest” and where a few are “athletic heroes” who are often treated like the privileged members of royal families?
There are “workplace laboratories” (where hierarchies allow either egotism or frustration to thrive) and there are thousands of hierarchies set up by police forces, by the military, by governments, etc., and they all contribute to the infestation and spread of the Ultimate Sickness.
It is the intent of the truly realized non-dual teacher not to gain followers and millions and billions of dollars. It is the intent to offer pointers that address the real, mental causes of the Ultimate Sickness rather than to become popular by spouting popular religious dogma and / or spirituality-based remarks and comments.
The results of the findings that have come out of Maharaj’s religious and spiritual and psychology labs and Sapolsky’s scientific labs reveal that the problems of humanity are all rooted in psychological issues which are marked by ignorance and personality defects and neuroses and psychoses and insanity.
Aspirin cannot heal a cancerous polyp or tumor, and religious and spiritual talk cannot heal mental issues. The historical record shows that they will only aggravate the mental issues which already exist.
Those who criticize Maharaj for eventually abandoning all talk about religious and spiritual concepts and turning instead to discussing the psychological issues (which are really behind the perpetuation and spread of the Ultimate Sickness) do not have the understanding that he gained.
By first trying to use religion and spirituality to treat the Illness (but failing), he came to understand that only by addressing the psychological issues that plague humanity can the Sickness be effectively treated.
And of course there are “home-based laboratories” where the most insane duality-based beliefs are implanted in young minds. Again, hostile and seemingly cruel environment on the savannah was humankind’s “first home,” it was in that “home” that humankind’s earliest conditioning took place.
When a human male beats his mate and then demands that she have sex with him later that night, most in the home do not know this: that action has been happening for two million years on the African savannah and has been spread globally by humans moving away from that savannah and going to all parts of the globe.
In some cases, it seems that one can take humans out of baboon-land, but you cannot take the baboon out of humans. As noted yesterday, it’s rare, but it can happen.
Over the last 30+ years I’ve been asked two questions which both elicit the same reply:
One, “Why the hell would I want to understand the enneagram and how personality works?”
and
two, “Why the hell would I want to understand primate cultures in Africa?”
The reply: “I’m sure you don’t, but the few who do want to have those understandings do so because they came to realize that every thought you think, every word you say, and everything you do is rooted in personality and in millions of years of primate acculturation. Some few have come to realize, therefore, that such understandings can have immense value, relatively speaking.”
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.
