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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hence, the Normal or Natural Has Been Replaced by the Abnormal, by the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’.”
--floy
“Love is not blind. It’s color blind. It prevents people from seeing red flags.”
--floyd
Yesterday’s post ended with this:
So which two countries would you choose
as the two where you feel you are more likely to see affection being displayed?
On the other hand, which two would you not visit, convinced that you are far
less likely to see affection on display?
Every post here since 2005 has ended with an invitation to “enter into the
silence of contemplation.”
Every satsang session in Maharaj’s loft ended with the instruction to leave the loft, find a silent place, and consider all of the pointers heard during that day’s two sessions.
The goal of meditation never was to enter into some kind of super-spiritual, noumenal, other-worldly state; nor was the intent to use meditation to reduce stress levels; nor was meditation supposed to create “beneficial” feelings; positive outlooks; consistent sleep patterns; self-discipline; or pain tolerance.
So basically, the call has long been among realized guides to invite seekers to seek within, to conduct an inventory of all that is within. Within where? Within their minds.
Such “inner inventories” are part of the diagnosis process used to find all symptoms of the Ultimate Sickness; to find the cause(s) of the Sickness; to find the impact of the symptoms on one’s relative existence, and to then find a version of the Ultimate Medicine which can eliminate the Sickness and allow seekers to return to the pre-programmed, pre-conditioned, pre-acculturated, pre-domesticated, pre-indoctrinated, and pre-brainwashed zero concepts, no-knowing state.
Moreover, such inventories should first be completed by each seeker, revealing to each seeker the content of her or his own nonsensical belief system; then, the inventories should be expanded to include the beliefs of one’s own state or locality; and then to one’s nation.
Thus, to the inventory of one’s national beliefs. Humans should uncover not only the personality styles which are driving them but also the personality styles which are common to each nation.
If
one sees the personality types which are dominant but different among the
citizens in the four countries, the belief that “people are the same everywhere”
would end.
With decades of research and experience and observation, the Enneagram
Institute has developed a list of “The Personality Types (Styles) of
Contemporary Countries.” The list is not “written in stone,” the owners knowing
that generalizations can be quite invalid;
yet they also know because of research and experience and observation that the
people in some countries do generally exhibit certain traits on a culture-wide
basis which people of other countries do not exhibit for the most part.
Some of the traits that reinforce coldness vs. warmth, formality vs. a relaxed
demeanor, and distancing vs. a willingness to show affection and express Love
will manifest far more frequently in some countries than in others. The
nationalistic traits are offered below for those that are willing to look
objectively at the facts and see that displaying affection and expressing Love
are normal and sane and natural;
for those willing to inquire objectively to see if any of the traits that are
blocking such displays and expressions might be fairly widespread in their
particular nation or in their particular family or home; and for those willing
to determine if the discarding of those traits might allow for a more natural
and normal and joyful existence to manifest.
[Listed below are the cultural / nationalistic / xenophobic traits that can
block the ability to touch appropriately; that can prevent the ability to
express Love appropriately; that can block behaviors that are actually normal
and natural; and that result in distancing and standoffishness with others,
including one’s own family members and even one’s own offspring.
The countries are identified with numbers rather than by name because those who
still have any remaining traces of nationalistic pride might be driven by that
pride to miss out on the opportunity to look objectively at the traits and see
if any of them might apply;
to see if any of the national traits might be blocking them from expressing
Love, affection, and intimacy; to see if any of the traits might be hindering
their willingness to abandon distancing and withdrawing and then start engaging
in the natural and normal act of touching appropriately; and if any of those
nationalistic traits, therefore, might need to be removed.
The Personality Types or Styles of Contemporary Countries
Country # 1 (and the associated Group of Countries)
Insist on being right at the expense of their connection with others
Manipulate by correcting others and by playing on others’ sense of guilt and
inadequacy
Country # 1 (and the associated Group of Countries); Country # 2; Country # 3
and Country # 4
Insist on personal space and non-interference
Manipulate by staying preoccupied with ideas and projects and by detaching
emotionally from others
Country # 1 (and the associated Group of Countries); Country # 2; Country # 3
and Country # 4
Exhibit self-doubt (thus, lack the confidence to open up, to be close, to
express Love)
Reactive / Excessive (“You attack us once, we’ll attack you one-thousand fold”)
Vacillate between a need for closeness and a need for distance, so they are
often unpredictable and unstable
Manipulate by complaining and by testing others’ commitment to them
Country # 5
Insist on exclusivity and ever more closeness
Manipulate by finding out others’ needs and desires and by creating secret
dependencies
Country # 3; Country # 4; Country # 5; Country # 6 and Country # 7
Insist on postponing the making of commitments
Manipulate by staying upbeat and hyperactive
Insist that others meet their demands for gratification
Insist on maintaining control of others
Manipulate by dominating others
Demand that others do as they say
Country # 4; Country # 6 and Country # 7
Rank career and social status above relationships
Manipulate by charming others and by adopting whatever image will work
Country # 2 and Country # 6
Insist on having all of their emotional needs met immediately
Manipulate by being temperamental
Manipulate by making others “walk on eggshells”
Country # 3 and Country # 6
Insist that “personal” problems must never be reacted to, that they must be
minimized and dismissed, and that it is best if they are not acknowledged at
all (such as, “be tough,” “stop crying,” or “keep a stiff upper lip”)
Remain neutral (i.e., do not show feelings; do not act in a manner that is “too
happy” or joyous; do not show enthusiasm; remain calm at all time)
Manipulate by “checking out” and by passively-aggressively resisting others.
The point? Note the huge differences in the way that people in certain countries behave vs. the way humans in other countries behave. Secondly, humans do not have only one source of the personality types which unconsciously and subconsciously control their thoughts and words and actions, resulting in being driven by the “ignorant, stupid, and insane” agendas of every false personality identification;
instead, they have personality types / styles which have been imposed on them not only by the humans who make up their family and friends list but also by community and state leaders and by national sources as well.
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."
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