ANNOUNCEMENTS
[Walter Driscoll asked to interview me in order to preserve on video some of the latest modifications and evolutions in the versions of the message offered here since 1989. He would label the discussion, "Unlearning with Floyd Henderson."
Please note: For those who have a problem hearing what is being shared, the video offers a fairly accurate set of closed captions which some listeners might want to activate.
The interview is available for viewing by clicking on video "NUMBER THIRTEEN" in the column to the right.]
1. [See the offer in gold text following this post for details on how you can watch a retreat on video which includes a detailed discussion of all seven of the steps on the path as used by Maharaj]
2. 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. See the green text after today's post for the full meaning and implications of that.
3. A newer video ("Number Ten: Awakening Together Satsang, March 2018") has now been added in the far right column of this page, offering the opportunity to view a recent 2018 satsang session with Floyd being interviewed by Regina and Jacqueline of "The Awakening Together Group." (See the details in the blue text after this post.)
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IN TERMS OF “REALIZATION” AS A NON-DUAL PROCESS, THE MATH AIN’T MATHING
“The math ain’t mathing.”
Taraji P. Henson
“You do not need to allow yourself to be taught more; you do not need to work more and more in order to learn more and more; you do not need to add to the body of nonsense and BS which ‘they’ passed on to you via conditioning and programming. You need less of everything, not more of anything. What you need to do is subtract, not add. You need to un-learn; you need to be un-taught.”
--floyd
“Go
forth, unburdened with ideas and beliefs.”
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
. . . “Go home, take charge of your father’s business, look after your parents in their old age. Marry the girl who is waiting for you; be loyal, be simple, be humble. Hide your virtue, live silently.”
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“ . . . Question wisely. You will find you know nothing for sure - you trust on hearsay.”
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“A little learning can be a dangerous thing.”
--Alexander Pope
“Anything short of total un-learning is a far-more-dangerous thing, relatively speaking.”
--floyd
“For the supposedly realized to deny the AM-ness is just as delusional as it is for the non-realized to identify solely with the Am-ness.”
--floyd
The Three Legs of “The Journey,” Part Two
After
completing the “journey” to “there” and then coming back in (for the second
time, but with a totally sane and sound and accurate perspective), then AS IF,
natural living happens.
From there, the AM-ness is not ignored, for that would be unnatural. While only
humans can verbalize the words “I AM,” birds know the I AM, deer know the I AM,
fish know the I AM. Approach any and they will move away, automatically and
naturally longing to extend the AM-ness, the manifestation of the consciousness.
That is natural. That is what Nisarga abidance looks like. To claim to abide as
THAT only is not natural; natural living puts one fully in touch with the
AM-ness but with an entirely different perspective, post-realization.
Also, to claim to have been “there” and to have returned and overlaid Reality
on the relative is proved to be totally artificial if non-Nisarga, non-natural
living is happening.
If persons who think they have realized are humming, shaving their heads,
beating on a drum, burning a stick, displaying special crystals, ringing a
special bell, striking a special bowl on a special pillow with a special stick,
then they have not overlaid Reality on the relative at all.
Pre-language, pre-bells, pre-bowls, and pre-pillows, humans or human-like
creatures intuitively sensed THAT via the inner guru. Tapping into the inner
resource is natural; tapping objects to be more religious or spiritual is not.
Consider the pointers in the following summary that were offered recently after
a live internet session:
“The review covered the entire multi-step coming in process from the
awareness manifesting as consciousness: the shift through the witnessing
stages; the bliss of the child with no ideas or concepts or beliefs;
“the child being assigned identities (which have subsequently been upgraded and
downgraded, giving joy at time and hurt at times, generating instability of
moods).
“Then it was seen how the seven steps taught here can take a seeker back to the
beginning (to the Absolute, to THAT) to see how the “coming in” happened the
first time and how body-mind-personality identification came about. It was seen
that the human tendency to attack the body when the mind is the source of
misery and suffering is useless.
“The steps ‘back out’ were taken, but it was then seen that one cannot stay ‘there’
alone, so the steps back in (again) were taken - but with CLARITY this
time - so that the present manifestation can be free of all that was collected
when the “coming in” steps were taken the first time.
“Now, we are done with THAT . . . with the philosophical, with the
metaphysical, with the excessive focusing on the noumenal, with ignoring the
phenomenal, with all attention focused on ‘the path,’ with a preoccupation with
the ‘journey.’
Now
you are here, and NOW you should be ready to have a different experience with
the relative existence.
“While ‘power’ is just a concept too, there are those who would prefer that you
be powerless throughout the relative, the better to control your thoughts and
words and actions.
“The tools available to you - including witnessing and Pure Witnessing - can
help prevent your giving them that power. You can stop allowing ‘others’ and’ ‘the
world’ and places and things and people to have the power or influence to
determine how you feel.
“Next, the difference in love and Real Love was discussed. It was seen that the
I AM matters as much as the I AM THAT in Advaita’s summative statement, so the
relative does matter;
“in fact, for NOW it is the only thing that matters, for when THAT (the
Absolute) is returned to, eventually, there will be no ‘one’ to know the
presence there.
“It was seen that as far as what matters NOW - namely, the relative existence -
that words are significant and that words are either words of Love (based in an
awareness of the Oneness) or they are words of fear, which can trigger any of
the subsets of fear: jealousy, anger, depression, etc.
“When that happens, words become vile and generate a sense of separation rather
than a sense of the Oneness and Love, and only a sense of Love will end your
depression or your roller-coaster shifts in moods.
“You were invited to get off the hectic roller coaster and to ride the smooth
ride on a train which moves along its steady, even tracks; you saw that boredom
is what can lead to a desire to get back on the roller-coaster and to generate
chaos in yourself and those around you.
“You are, from now on, going to be conscious of the words you use and are going
to begin shifting to (a) words of Love only or (b) you will otherwise stay in
the peace and silence if words of Love are not forthcoming at any given moment.
“It was seen that generational chains of acculturation can be broken in one
instant when a single seeker shifts to knowing the Oneness, to understanding
Love, to showing Love, and then not settling for just a show of Love (which can
include hugging) but including an overt, verbal expression of Love as well.
“It was shown that the teacher that comes to the seeker comes in Love, wanting
nothing other than a chance to assist in bringing suffering to an end.
“You were invited to log the instances in the next week that mark a shift to
Love, to focusing on being free of the content of the “mind,” and to ignoring
the body as your sole identifier.
“It was seen that suffering is not a call for drastic action but is a call for
attention. It was seen that focusing attention on the source of the suffering -
be the re-focusing guided by a respected relative and / or a teacher and / or a
professional counselor - can help fixate the shift to a state of happiness or
contentedness.
“It was seen that identifying with ‘THAT philosophical whatever’ is useless and
that the understanding means nothing unless it is applied in the relative. We
saw that THAT means nothing except to the degree that it can impact the
relative in a safe and sane and sound manner.”
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.
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If interested, click the button below to pay the fee via PayPal. You will then receive an email which includes the link for you to view the private, unlisted video via an arrangement we have made with YouTube, Inc. You do not have to have a YouTube account to watch this privately streamed video.
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To access the seven-hour streaming video of a retreat and begin watching right away, click this "Buy Now" button:
In addition to the five non-duality books made available without charge by Andy Gugar, Jr. (see “FREEBIES” above), you can now access nearly 3,300 posts for any topics of interest to you.
If you prefer PAPERBACK copies
(collected in two anthologies).
Links for ordering are below with
BARNES and NOBLE presently providing better service
than AMAZON
when it come to fulfilling orders for
paperback and hardcover books
as opposed to delivering digital books.
[NOTE: Wherever you live, you can search for the books below by title with booksellers in your country. With 40,000+ retailers distributing my paperback books, you may order from U.S. stores or you may find someone nearer to you.]
SEND A GIFT BOOK TO SOMEONE
(1) You may purchase
a Floyd Henderson Shopify Gift Card here
for someone and offer recommendations for the books in Floyd's store which might be of assistance to them.
Or,
(2) To make an arrangement for us to send in your name as a gift from you any of our books to someone you choose:
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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.
