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Consider: A belief or a concept, a religion or a philosophy, a state or a nation, a hero or a villain . . . all are just part of an unhappy process of distortion-driven-functioning if the consciousness is blocked from seeing Truth and reality / Reality.
All
of those labels above are just dreamed up names, and all such dreamed up names
(dreamed up by that accumulation of corruptions called “the mind”) generate a
false sense of reality and block any sense of Reality as well.
The “journey” aims to put you fully in touch with reality to put you fully in
touch with you. Again, to be out of touch with reality is to be insane. This
process is about being truly restored to sanity.
This
“journey” is about getting in touch with reality in order to be free of the
bondage of the illusions and falsehoods and bogus beliefs stored in a “mind”
that has been exposed to years of enculturation, and it is at the fourth of the
seven steps on the “path” that all beliefs finally fall away and the
accelerated movement to true freedom happens.
To fixate at the third step (where religious and / or spiritual roles will be
assumed and played for a time) is to be forever trapped in believing false
beliefs. And that is insane. The invitation is to complete the entire “journey”
and then enjoy the remainder of the manifestation in a manner that is totally
free.
TWO OTHER MAJOR SOURCES OF FALSE BELIEFS: Considerations for Re-Consideration in Light of New Pointers
“This-ism,
that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.”
(John Lennon / Yoko Ono)
“
. . . Stop imagining Your Self to be ‘this’ or ‘that.’ Just be.”
(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)
“Neti-Neti”
(Non-Duality Pointer to Identity-Less-Ness)
“Here,
there is nothing that is believed, so there is no one here who wants you to
believe anything, either. Here, the invitation is to be free of all that you
have been programmed, conditioned, acculturated, and domesticated to believe so
that you can be free, period.”
(f.h.)
The
discussion of false beliefs - and being free of them - will shift its focus to
the two sources that presently result in more distortion and illusion and
deception (and self-deception) than any others.
The first source is rooted in one’s “personal” beliefs (which are still rooted
in “their beliefs” but which reproduce even more
deception-and-self-deception-based beliefs). Those “personal” beliefs and their
effects will be discussed in a later post.
The second source was alluded to at the end of the last chapter which ended
with these three pointers:
1. The “journey” aims to put you fully in touch with reality and You fully in
touch with you. Again, to be out of touch with reality is to be insane.
2. This “journey” is about getting in touch with reality in order to be free of
the bondage of the illusions and falsehoods of a “mind” exposed to years of
enculturation, and it is at the fourth of the seven steps on the “path” that
all beliefs finally fall away.
3. To fixate at the third step (where religious and / or spiritual roles will
be assumed and played for a time) is to be forever trapped in believing false
beliefs. And that is insane. The invitation is to complete the entire “journey”
and then enjoy the remainder of the manifestation in a manner that is totally
free.
Of all of the “-ism’s” that generate beliefs, none can compare with the number
of beliefs and concepts and dualities spawned during the last 5000 years by
these (and other) “-ism’s,” some of which were catalogued in an earlier
chapter:
Judaism; Protestantism / Catholicism / Jesuitism / Anglicism; Islamism;
Mormonism; Buddhism; Hinduism; Talmudism; Jainism; Sikhism; Shintoism; Taoism;
baptism; clericalism; congregationalism;
cultism; Deism; creationism; theism; montheism; polytheism; exorcism; dogmatism; druidism; fundamentalism; paganism; predestinarianism; proselytism; puritanism; revivalism; spiritualism; supernaturalism;
evangelism;
televangelism; messianism; monasticism; moralism; mullahism; mysticism;
moralism; occultism; salvationism; separatism; symbolism; and ritualism.
Is “Advaita” not included because of the author’s prejudice? No. It is excluded
from the list because its penultimate message is to be free of all beliefs in
order to receive the full dose of the Ultimate Medicine that can purge the “mind”
of a seeker of all beliefs and ideas and concepts and distortions and
deceptions.
It is excluded because . . .
A. it alone invites un-learning all rather than learning more;
B. because it alone offers, if properly shared, un-teachings rather than
teachings; and
C. because it alone uses thorns to remove thorns, after which all thorns are
tossed.
If the Direct Path Method is used in conjunction with the Nisarga Yoga, then it
alone invites seekers to abandon belief in all that has been taught and to
thereafter abide naturally rather than unnaturally or “supernaturally.”
Among religions and philosophies, there is no other means that can produce the
necessary brain-flush save completion of the entire Advaitin / non-dual “journey”
which can lead to the dissolution of all of the contamination that is “the
mind.”
That is why, ultimately, the non-dual understanding becomes the non-teaching by
way of un-teaching. All others methods and “-ism’s” require that their “teachings”
or their “dogma” be learned and be believed in unwaveringly . . . with no
questioning at all and with resolute and steadfast (and blind) faith alone.
How to be free if that is the basic programming and conditioning to which one
has been exposed from early on, as is the case with billions among the planet’s
population who report that they are affiliated with one of the “-ism’s” in the
list above or with another similar “-ism” not on the list?
That tomorrow.
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.
