Thursday, May 30, 2024

BEING MADE CRAZY, CRAZY, STAYING CRAZY or AWARE OF CRAZINESS AND SEEKING SANITY

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BEING MADE CRAZY, CRAZY, STAYING CRAZY or AWARE OF CRAZINESS AND SEEKING SANITY

UPCOMING SERIES:

If you were suffering from a sickness, would you accept treatment from a doctor that does not (1) complete a diagnosis and (2) identify cause prior to formulating a treatment plan?

Of course not, so why tolerate having the Ultimate Sickness treated by a guide that does not identify cause prior to formulating a treatment plan?

A narcissistic know-it-all showed up in Maharaj’s loft and started spouting the same-old same-old to try to impress his captive audience with the supposedly “profound” depth and breadth of his knowledge of all things non-dual.

Eventually, Maharaj stopped the man’s monologue and explained that he did not give a tinker’s damn about the man parroting gurus or guides or writers; instead, Maharaj said that he only wants to hear about a seeker’s own experiences and from one who shares only what he or she has come to perceive and understand.

In the next series, we will begin with finding the actual cause of the Sickness which only a non-dual guides try to address and then formulate a treatment plan which will differ entirely from the plans which have failed humankind for thousands of years.

As with Covid-19, researchers and manufacturers of treatment and / or preventive measures were and are constantly having to change their treatment plans because of mutations. The same applies with humankind: the problems of humans - be they physical or psychological - require treatment from a guide that is constantly studying the innumerable mutations of the Sickness in order to update and modify and improve the version of the Ultimate Medicine being used to address all aspects of the Ultimate Sickness.

All prescribed prescriptions stored in your medicine cabinet have an expiration date. So should the Ultimate Medicine used for addressing the Ultimate Sickness.

Genes mutate. The result is physical / body problems. Understandings also mutate. The result is mental / mind problems.

The Effects of Mutations And Variants - in Humankind, in the Non-Dual Message, in Religious Texts, in Spiritual Messaging, in Forms of Government, in Economic Systems, in Tribalism, in the Human Brain, in sicknesses and the Ultimate Sickness, ad infinitum. Everything is Mutated; hence, the Normal or Natural Has Been Replaced by the Abnormal, by the Unnatural, by the Supernatural by Magical and Warped Thinking, by Language, and by the Resulting Warped, Detrimental Behavior.]

Now, to continue:

“Insanity is universal. Sanity is rare. Yet there is hope because the moment we perceive our insanity, we are on the way to sanity.”

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“This is the function of the Guru - to make us see the madness of our daily living.”

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Be empty of all mental content, of all imagination and effort, and the very absence of obstacles will cause reality [and Reality] to rush in.”

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

A.    ORIGINALLY SANE

B.     GOING CRAZY

C.    GOING . . . GOING . . .

D.    GONE

E.     GOING SANE

“When someone says to me, ‘So-and-so is driving me crazy’ then I ask, ‘Well, if that is the case, why do you keep giving that person the keys?’”

--floyd

“One catalyst to the current planet-wide spreading of insanity is the normalization of craziness: ‘My fiancé has a standing arrangement with his buddies - every Friday night they go out to all-nude strip clubs. Once we marry, I’m going to put a stop to that’.”

--floyd

“Love is not blind. It’s color blind. It prevents people from seeing red flags.”

--floyd

“Two Tools That Can Assist with the Restoration to Sanity: ‘The 180-Degree Rule’”

In upcoming posts, there will be further discussion of the non-duality-related aspects which are contributing to this more-widespread-than-ever phenomenon of coldness and distancing and shifting away from expressing Real Love and love, including such aspects as personality, acculturation, and the sense of separation which the teachings try to eliminate. Consider:

Jennifer Jones: “Touching and being touched is a basic human need; some would suggest it is as significant a need as food and shelter. Animals the world over have the need for touch in common, suggesting our tactile abilities developed very early in our evolutionary history.

“We know babies who are deprived of touch often do not survive, and those elderly adults who are deprived of touch often wither. And we know there are specific life-giving hormones and chemicals created in our bodies as a response to being touched.

“We know that people who are compassionately touched often feel happier, more alert, more safe, more understood, and more communicative. Some researchers have described the need for touch as ‘skin hunger,’ suggesting the desire and need for touch is an actual craving, much like hunger for nutrients and water, existing in our physiology.

“While hunger for food may be easily recognized, the hunger for touch may manifest as ‘depression, hallucinations, moodiness, anxiety, irritability, boredom, pain’ and other physical symptoms. If we realize how truly essential touch is, perhaps it would be beneficial if we increase the amount of touch in our intimate relationships.

“We may not easily observe how a gentle touch, a little hug, or a soft kiss impacts our physiology, but we are certain that it does. Appropriate touch is a powerful and tender way to easily and simply bring feelings of love into a relationship. Touch is a way to share or express feelings that may be more powerful than the spoken word or gift giving.

“I deeply believe that the more we feel loved, appreciated, cherished, and valued, the healthier, happier, and more fulfilling our relationships.

“Touch is one of the most powerful and sensitive of all senses. Kind and appropriate touching sends a message to our very spirit and heart that we are valued, that we are safe, that we matter ... that we exist.”

No discussion of the insanity that now exists on a global basis can be complete without addressing the modern tendency to avoid appropriate touching and to avoid the verbal expression of Love / love.

That does not refer to an aversion to being touched as a result of having been molested, though professionals address that issue on a regular basis; it does not refer to those suffering from an attachment disorder because of the mental damage resulting from warped parenting, though professionals address that issue on a regular basis.

Those factors notwithstanding, acculturation can also generate an aversion to touching. (See the recounting yesterday of an incident with a former wife and her mother who blame “their Germanic, Anglo-Saxon culture” for their aversion to even appropriate touching, which - yes - many cultures do not encourage.)

Of interest over the decades has been the incongruity of those who have come here and talked of “improving the world,” talked about “spreading world peace,” or spoke of “helping to bring love and harmony to the people around the globe.” 

The incongruity - the ironic peculiarity - that has always tainted the talk about their lofty goals for the entire planet is the fact that they have not “changed themselves” or modified in the least the ego-driven, peace-breaking conditions in their own homes and relationships.

They would bring peace to “the world” without having brought peace into their homes, much less into their very being. They speak insanely of giving away that which they do not have, namely, unwavering love and steadfast harmony and stability vs. chaos in their own relative existence and in their own relationships.

The message that Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj offered to such types amounted to . . .

physician, heal thyself, and

speak not of the war next door until you bring peace into your own home,

and

if it is peace that you believe is essential, then seek it not for “the world” but for yourself.

“The 180-Degree Rule” is a tool offered here which seekers are invited to use to see if their words about “love” - or about Real Love as well, if they know what that is - correspond with their actions.

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.

The masses must demand that all those in charge must step down and their groups and institutions must shut down, and there's the real problem because the continuation of their crimes are enabled not as much by the people running such crime organizations as they are enabled by the masses of people who - wanting some perceived "payoff" - remain involved with them and give them money and support them and aid and abet the continued existence of those criminal enterprises and thus facilitate the ability of church criminals and political criminals and other types of criminals to continue to commit their crimes.] 

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