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THE REASON THAT “NON-DUALISTS” SHOULD
UNDERSTAND PRIMATE CULTURES ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH
“Again, primates are primates are primates. The basic behavior of one primate will usually adumbrate the basic behavior of all primates. Apes mirror humans; humans mirror apes; moreover, what happens in Vegas might stay in Vegas, but what happens on the savannah will happen everywhere else on the globe where humans have clustered together in cultures and societies.”
--floyd
“Baboons live in big, complex social groups, and the population I went to study lived like kings . . . .
“The baboons work maybe four hours a day to feed themselves; hardly anyone is likely to eat them. Basically, baboons have about a half dozen solid hours of sunlight a day to devote to being rotten to each other. Just like our society . . . .
“We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress.”
--Sapolsky
A woman once shared that she had received a brochure promoting “Advanced Mindfulness.” Really?
One of the billionaire “Big Name Teachers” (Maharaj) mentioned earlier touts a message that is quite a popular one among the non-realized masses when he speaks of a “peaceful mind” while Maharaj made clear that “there is no such thing as peace of mind.” The man listed above speaks of “cultivating the mind.”
By contrast, Maharaj suggested reaching a state of “zero concepts” and “a no-mind state” and bringing the mind to an end (by eliminating any and all beliefs in the mind’s content which then allows the mind to dissolve.)
Maharaj made a clear distinction between the false concept of “mindfulness” vs. being awake and aware and conscious.
The same man on the list above says “body and mind are one” whereas Maharaj made clear that the body is literally a conglomeration of the elements of the earth while the mind is the - as Sapolsky also says - an invention of the human species.
Yes, while a sick mind can result in actions that damage the elemental plant food body, does that make the body and “a mind” the same? An elemental plant food body is real in that energy and matter are real, but nothing about the mind is real.
As for a religious / spirituality connection with “financial prosperity” and “being blessed,” several old Germanic messages became British messages which became U.S. messages and - in some respects - conscious or subconscious messages among many Western cultures. The messages:
“If you are poor, it is clear evidence that you are displeasing God and that you are sinful, so work more” and - as posted by the Nazis on an archway at the entrance the Auschwitz Concentration Camp during WWII - “Work will set you free.” Additionally, “If your children are born with deformities then it is evidence that you are sinning.”
How did Maharaj know that the message offered with the Big Name Teachers necessarily had to be fraudulent? He knew that the word “popular” means “liked, admired, or enjoyed by many people” or “intended for or suited to the taste, understanding, or means of the general public” or “that which appeals to the tastes of the masses and strikes a chord with ‘the conventional wisdom’ of the population at large.”
In October of 2009, this pointer was offered for consideration on this site: “What is deemed to be ‘conventional wisdom’ is actually just widely-accepted learned ignorance.” In May of 2010, this related pointer was offered:
“Any belief or idea that is part of the collective ‘conventional wisdom’ amounts to nothing more than a part of the accumulated body of ignorance that has been learned by the masses and taken to be truth, and each such belief or idea is evidence of the duality that dominates the thinking of the ‘mind’-driven masses.”
Nowadays, those on the list above as well as many other Big Name Teachers are adding their popular ideas to the pool of dualistic concepts that are being distributed on a widespread basis. This was shared earlier in that regard:
To look carefully at the topics that the Big Name Teachers are discussing, it can be seen that their subject matter ironically deals with relative issues that are presented as being “beyond-the-relative” and that often really involve the fears and selfish desires of the masses:
“Power”; “Attaining Power”; “The Power of Now”; “The Power of Intention”; “The Power of Words” (as as if “power” in anything other than a man-made, dreamed up concept);
“10 Secrets for Success”; “Getting What You Want”; “The Spontaneous Fulfillment
of Desire”; “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the
Fulfillment of Your Dreams”;
“Assuring Eternal Life”; “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind”; “Advancing Your Spirit”;
and “The Infinite Self”; to name but a few.
THE CONCLUSION, Part B:
“NON-DUALITY” BUYERS BEWARE
Maharaj often offered pointers that seemed contradictory but which were actually only (A) “level appropriate” - offering an applicable pointer to a seeker at one point on the “path” but a totally different pointer to a seeker at a different point on the “path” - or (B) paradoxical, which many non-dual pointers are.
What he did not offer – which is happening among Big Name Teachers nowadays - was a blending of “non-dual-like” pointers along with relative concepts that give their messages a popular appeal. “Popular” pays, but truth does not, and would-be-rich snake oil salesmen have always known that.
Therefore, who among the non-realized masses wants to hear, “Power, of the type that you desire and to which the masses are addicted, is a false, dreamed up concept and is not real at all” as opposed to “I know the way that you can have unlimited power, NOW, and then always have it available to use to your benefit”?
What person among the non-realized masses wants to hear that “your concern with elevating your status and your concern with image and your self-absorption are the scourge of humanity and the relative existence” instead of “I can show you how to be a great success and how to attain the financial prosperity that you desire and deserve”?
Who among the non-realized masses wants to hear, “All of your beliefs about ‘self’ and ‘Self” are illusions” as opposed to “You are a ‘Very Special Variety of Self’”?
Who among the non-realized masses wants to hear that “Your relative desires will prove to be a relative curse on your relative existence” as opposed to “I will help you fulfill your every desire and achieve everything you wish to achieve”?
See, the point is that a message which attracts non-realized persons like moths to flames, and which is “popular” among non-realized persons, should make it immediately clear that something is inherently and fundamentally wrong with that message.
It would have been like getting to know Adolf Hitler in the 1940’s and his saying, “You know, now that I’ve gotten to know you, I like the way you think and talk and behave, and I have really come to admire you more than anyone I know.”
The point is, if an ass were to say, “You are really an ass,” then that would be a sure sign that you’re actually “on the right track.” If an ass were to say, “I really think you’re spot on and a wonderful person,” it would be time for you to reevaluate the ways that you are thinking and talking and behaving.
That should be a major red flag. Something is definitely way out of whack. It’s just like in algebra: “a negative” x “a negative” = “a positive.”
And for someone high up a fictional, imaginary hierarchy to invite you to climb to the top and join him or her should be clear evidence to one seeking via a non-dual method that the seeker should turn and run like the wind from one offering so hypocritical and fraudulent a message.
Maharaj never sought notoriety or to be “popular.” Quite the opposite, and when the focus of his later talks shifted, he became – and remains in some quarters – the most unpopular carrier of the non-dual message.
Whatever “popularity” he may have had early on dissolved in many cases as he shifted his perspective of the Ultimate Medicine from being “A Religious Medicine” or “A Spiritual Medicine”; as he advised seekers to stop reading the transcripts collected in “I AM THAT” and ignore all of his early talks that were peppered with religious and spiritual elements; and as he taught that it is “A Psychological Medicine” that is needed by the masses to treat the widespread Ultimate Sickness.
Moreover, Maharaj’s “telling it like it is” approach and teaching style - the same one used here, some say - assured that his methods would trigger the recalling of an old adage, “The Truth may set you free, but it is going to piss you off first.”
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.
