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VIDEO ONE: (Advaita Topics 1-9):
1. Defining Advaita Vedanta (Counter 28-55)
2. Methods of Teaching (Counter 55-1:44)
3. Unicity / Nonduality (Counter 1:44-2:39)
4. I AM THAT; I AM (Counter 2:39-3:31)
5. Learn vs. Unlearn (Counter 3:31-4:13)
6. Unlearn What? (Counter 4:13-4:44)
7. Person vs. Realized (4:44-5:25)
8. The Triad (Counter 5:25-7:45)
9. Before Conception (Counter 7:45-9:01)

VIDEO TWO: (Advaita Topics 10-16):
10. No Body Continuity / “ME” (Counter 1-56)
11. Not Born / No Creation / Cannot Die (Counter 56-2:00)
12. No Peace of “mind” / My “mind” / “Their “mind” (Counter 2:00-3:33)
13. Brain vs. “mind” vs. Consciousness (Counter 3:33-5:00)
14. Not in the World (Counter 5:00-6:03)
15. Inner Guru (Counter 6:03-7:15)
16. Personality-Suffering Connection / Upgrading Illusions (Counter 7:15-8:40)

VIDEO THREE (Advaita Topics 18-24):
18. The Role-Playing + Co-dependency + Suicide Link (Counter 1-2:05)
19. Upgrading / Downgrading Illusions (Counter 2:05-3:00)
20. Emotions vs. Feelings (Counter 3:00-4:22)
21. Religion and Spirituality (Counter 4:22-5:47)
22. Question All (Counter 5:47-7:13)
23. Natural vs. Unnatural vs. Supernatural Living (Counter 7:13-8:33)
24. When Trillions Are Wrong (Counter 8:33-9:20)

VIDEO FOUR (Advaita Topics 25-31):
25. Christ the Advaitin (Counter 1-1:50)
26. Child Ignorance / The Pre-”mind” State (Counter 1:50-3:40)
27. Child Ignorance vs. Learned Ignorance (Counter 3:40-4;39)
28. Two Levels of Witnessing (Counter 4:39-5:54)
29. Desires and Fears (Counter 5:54-6:41)
30. Consciousness vs. Awareness (Counter 6:41-7:20)
31. Real Love vs. false love (Counter 7:20-8:46)

VIDEO FIVE (Advaita Topics 32-33):
32. Zero Concepts (Counter 1-1:20)
33. The Nothingness (Counter 1:20-2:50)

Please enter the silence of contemplation.

REALIZATION AND "MORALITY"

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

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.

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FROM A SITE VISITOR: Been reading your archives and have a question--if non-duality means there can be no moral-immoral duality as you say, what is to prevent the realized from behaving in ways that are generally considered immoral in most cultures?

F.:Your very question implies duality and preconceptions: "What is to prevent the realized from behaving in ways that are generally considered immoral in most cultures?" you ask. Your preconception is that the Realized are do-ers and, as with the non-Realized masses, must be forced by society to do what is right.

Why did you not ask, "What is it that inspires the realized to behave in ways that are generally considered moral in most cultures?" In the end, of course, neither applies, but the examples show how duality perpetuates more duality and how all duality perpetuates ignorance and misunderstanding.

Understanding non-duality prevents belief in any dualistic pairings, but it does not prevent the ever-in-flux relative existence from continuing; further, nothing that is forever in flux can possibly be equated with That Which Is Eternally Unalterable and Unchangeable.

Nor does the non-dual understanding offer a license to behave in ways that are generally considered "immoral"; yet when Reality is overlaid on the relative after an understanding of Oneness, then - and only then - does Real Love manifest, and Real Love does prevent any thought or word or deed of intentional harm.

Next, there seems to be some desire on your part to cling to beliefs about what is moral and what is immoral. If that is the case, who is to be the final arbiter in determining what is moral or immoral?

Congressional elections will soon be conducted in the U.S. The candidates representing a newly-formed party that makes the currently-serving right-wingers look like left-wingers are presenting themselves as the arbiters of morality, claiming that

** laws must be written that make clear that abortion is immoral in all cases and that require women who become pregnant by rape or incest to "carry the child full-term to birth";

** that telling a lie is immoral, even if you were hiding Jews in your attic in WWII Amsterdam, so "if the Green Police and Nazi SS troops were to have asked you if you had any Jews in hiding, you would have to tell them the truth to preserve your immortal soul";

** that it is immoral to masturbate and that, if you are married, masturbation is adultery;

** that it is immoral to use condoms, even in regions where HIV and AIDS are decimating populations;

** that the Civil Rights Act in the U.S. which prohibited discrimination by race is immoral (and "unconstitutional") and that "a business owner should have the right to refuse service to anyone he / she chooses, even if the choice is based on race only"; and

** that the providing of universal health care for the population is immoral and outside the purview of the government.

While they claim their positions are the right and moral one, others would say that their positions are quite "immoral." Again, who would you accept as the final arbiter in such matters? Who would you agree should be able to determine what is moral and what is immoral and then have the final, unassailable word in regards to classifying thoughts and words and deeds as moral or immoral?

Christians claim that suicide is immoral; some Muslims claim that suicide - if the act also kills non-Muslim infidels (or even Muslims of a different sect) - would be an act approved by God and is therefore quite moral.

If you want to attach to the dualistic concepts of "moral vs. immoral," then the facts at this very moment in the U.S. and in other places on the planet show that what will follow will be even more of the relative calamities that Maharaj discussed. The present results of persons claiming they know what is moral and what is immoral are generating:

a sense of separation; the formation of right-wing and left-wing political parties that are polarizing populations; politics that generate culture wars rather than dealing with national and international challenges; religious wars; modern-day witch hunts; guilt; shame; judgmentalism; chaos, etc.

So what effects of the dualistic belief in moral vs. immoral would you cite as being "positive" (which would be another dualistic concept)? What proclamations such as "these actions are always moral and those actions are always immoral" would you want to set in stone? Moreover, how could anyone believe that any statements dealing with relative issues could be couched in strictly absolute terms and have any validity?

As noted earlier, knowledge is only required as long as ignorance remains. When ignorance is cast aside, no more knowledge is required. Similarly, when judgmental and fluctuating concepts about what is immoral end, wherefore a need for the concept of "morality"? The "ignorance vs. knowledge" duality ends with Realization, as do all "moral vs. immoral" beliefs as well.

Moreover, the nisarga (natural) tendency is to preserve the continuity. That is just the way the manifest consciousness works; thus, to speak of that which is "moral" is actually to speak of that which perpetuates the species naturally.

"Moral" has nothing to do with "the supernatural" or with "the spiritual" or with any of the dogma that tries to codify behavior and label any given act as moral or immoral, yet observe all of the (relatively) destructive acts that the belief in those dualities has generated that is most unnatural.

If you want to apply the nisarga test, the question to determine whether actions should happen are not is to ask, "Will this action perpetuate and develop the species or not?"

For example, will the species be enhanced if incestuous children increase in number, considering the potential for mental and physical defects? Will the species be served if, in areas subject to high incidences of HIV and AIDS infections, the people are taught that "the use of condoms will cast their souls into hell forever"?

Christopher Hitchens discussed the implied message being offered by the Christian people who think they know what is moral and what is immoral and who do not want condoms distributed in Africa. The implied message is, "AIDS is bad, but not as bad as condoms." Their real message is, "I'd rather you die than waste the seed through use of a condom."

The same nonsense is being generated in Indonesia where moral extremists want a law to be passed that declares only married adults can purchase condoms. So if you look at the facts, what is happening on the planet that - if impacted by persons who think they know what is moral and what is immoral - can be said, unequivocally, to be "beneficial to the perpetuation of the species as a whole"?

The facts show that the answer must be...nothing. And that is why the "moral vs. immoral" duality goes the way of all dualities among the Realized. All dualistic beliefs result in chaos. They never bring the order that is desired but actually perpetuate increased disorder and chaos because no absolutes can apply in the relative.

Only if Reality is overlaid on the relative - giving clarity to the summative statement that "I AM THAT; I AM" - can the "supposed two" be understood to be "not two."

In the end, that which is "moral" or "immoral" is not something that can be determined by what persons take to be "metaphysical and / or supernatural and / or religious and / or spiritual" criteria. In the realm of non-duality, the closest that anyone can logically come to defining what is "immoral" or "moral" must be based in the effect any given action has on the species overall, not on dogmatic or spiritual or dreamed up metaphysical rules and principles.

Meanwhile, it can be noted that the Realized Nisargan behaves spontaneously and naturally in all instances and that, in nature, there are no concepts at all, much less a concept about what is "moral vs. immoral."

Thus, the deer in this neighborhood do not gather together to debate "right vs. wrong" or "good vs. bad" or "moral vs. immoral." They do not codify what is moral and what is immoral and then dream up legal penalties to punish those who are determined to have acted in a supposedly immoral manner.

That only happens in the realm of the egocentric and egotistical non-Realized persons who dominate the planet. As for the deer, they just live and let live until the manifestation of consciousness ends. So it is among the Realized as well.

Please enter the silence of contemplation.

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CHERRIOS vs. CHERRIOS DUST; HUMANITY vs. RACE, COLOR, NATIONALITY, SEX; and UNICITY vs. MULTIPLICITY, Part Eight, The Conclusion

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

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.

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"To take appearance for reality is ... the cause of all calamities." - Maharaj

F.:Here is the conundrum faced by those who would be free of learned ignorance, free of the constant fluctuations that occur throughout the relative existence, and free of chaos and misery and suffering:

(A) all of their problems center in the mind, which takes appearances for reality and therefore causes calamities; but (B) as Louise wisely noted in her last series, the only tool available for addressing the problem is ... the mind.

Most understand the pointer that "a thorn can be used to remove a thorn," so the approach most seekers take is to use the mind to remove ... the mind? Really? Is that even possible? Yet at a certain stage of the "journey," what else can be tried?

However, rather than attempting to remove the mind - that is, discard all of the content of the mind which includes ideas, beliefs, concepts, and attitudes - most will attack the problem by adding more ideas and beliefs and attitudes and concepts into the mind.

Few understand that the most influential ideas, beliefs, concepts, and attitudes were placed in the mind during childhood when the processes of programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication were occurring at breakneck speed during most of a child's waking hours.

And those processes continued for days and months and years. Later, as adults, additional ideas and concepts and beliefs and attitudes have been added, but none have the level of influence nor the subconscious, controlling power over thoughts and words and, therefore, actions as the earliest programming and conditioning.

So, the obstacle to Realization: even among the seekers who realize that their problems center in their minds and in the minds of all among the non-Realized, they cannot conceive, on their own, of any means by which to address the mind-problem than to add to the content of the mind, supplement the content of the mind, amend the content of the mind, and / or analyze and over-analyze and "think things through" by use of the mind.

If physical problems among humanity can be addressed by injecting something into the body - so the "logic" goes - then surely the problem of the mind can be addressed by injecting additional information into it as well. And at some level, that seems to have some validity.

In what way? In the way of Advaitin pointers. It is not more knowledge that the Advaitin teacher injects but is, instead, a series of pointers offered in an exact and step-wise manner; yet the intent of the pointers is never to provide more ideas and beliefs and attitudes and concepts to be stored in the mind but to invite seekers to understand that - in the end - all of their knowledge (a.k.a., learned ignorance) has provided no benefits, no advantages, no gains, positioning them to become non-attached and willing to discard it all.

In the instances that some will cite to prove that pointer wrong, they will ignore that what they sought and gained in order to be happy only made them miserable in the end. They will refuse to see that whatever has given pleasure will give pain or misery in the end, or that whatever gives the most pleasure will give the most pain or most misery in the end.

Why the inability to see the actual facts of their circumstances? Because many have not yet reached "the end." Their supposed pleasures are seemingly on-going, and lost in the dream as they are, they will protest: "You are wrong - my life partner gives me great pleasure." Yes, for now, but you have not yet reached "the end" of the story.

No partner or any other external source can truly determine the internal condition; nor can any partner guarantee that you shall not have to face the calamities of the relative existence that can and will rob you of peace and freedom if you have not Realized Fully.

And Full Realization cannot come by adding to the problem (that is, to the content of the mind). It can only come by subtracting from the mind. The belief by persons that ...

... Cherrios crumbs or Cherrios "dust" is not the same as Cherrios,

... that persons of dissimilar color or race or creed or nationality or sexual preference are truly different and should actually fall into categories of "less-than vs. as good as or better-than" and that

... multiplicities, not the unicity, make up reality, and that

... all reality is as it appears

will assure that those persons will never be free of fluctuations, will never be free of being jerked about by illogical thoughts, and will never be free of the use of deceitful words that share myths as fact and lies as truth.

Because the progression that drives actions moves from thought-to-word-to-deed, then their calamitous thoughts and their calamitous words will necessarily generate calamitous actions that generate ... more calamities.

The final solution: unlearning ... de-accumulation. Seek not more but welcome less instead. Stop accumulating more knowledge / learned ignorance. Allow the pointers offered by a Realized teacher, pointers that you read or hear, to set you on a different course. Take the direct path to Realization which leads to a discarding of all ideas and concepts and beliefs and attitudes.

When the kitchen or bathroom plumbing is clogged, do you want to unclog the lines and then hang on to the clogging material, or would a sane and logical person want to be rid of the clogging material entirely?

The last idea or belief or concept or attitude that you cling to will be the last clogging element. Be rid of all of the clogging elements that are centered in the mind and that block the pure consciousness from seeing truth, from seeing the unicity, and from seeing that there are no differences at all.

Only then can you be free, only then can the calamities being self-generated in your relative existence be removed, and only then will You be in a position to overlay Reality on the relative and live in harmony and stability and peace, no matter what storms might be swirling around you.

That is the Advaitin alternative: do not inject more into the mind. Understand the direct path, nisarga pointers that invite You to empty the mind of all its nonsensical, fictional beliefs and then enjoy the lightness. Anything empty is far lighter than anything that is full.

Abandon the burdens of fullness - including being full of self or selves - and enjoy the lightness of being. Peace.

Please enter the silence of contemplation.

CHERRIOS vs. CHERRIOS DUST; HUMANITY vs. RACE, COLOR, NATIONALITY, SEX; and UNICITY vs. MULTIPLICITY, Part Seven

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

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.

(Please note: The Annual Fall / Winter Season Book Sale is now under way. Most Non-Duality eBooks at floydhenderson.com are on sale at 30-50% off regular price.)

"To take appearance for reality is ... the cause of all calamities." - Maharaj

F.: Kitchen and bathroom drains become clogged and result in relative calamities; traffic becomes clogged and results in relative calamities; arteries become clogged and result in relative calamities.

But nothing generates more relative calamities than the brains of persons when their brains become clogged with the content accumulated in the "minds" of the masses. In the book THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PEACE OF MIND, this pointer is offered:

“Consciousness is rooted in the Absolute. The brain is rooted in the elements. The ‘mind’ is rooted in wrong programming and faulty conditioning and lies and concepts and ideas and superstitions and falsehoods. Personas are rooted in programmed minds and are sustained by the ego-based lies and by the learned ignorance being taught in most modern cultures.”

And therein, in that now-unnatural subdivision of the natural, elemental brain - an unnatural segment called "the mind" - lies the root of all relative calamities. Is there a problem? Then the source of the problem will be centered in "the mind." Consider these alternate circumstances:

Has a pre-mind child ever started an argument, struck a mate, or driven a car while asleep, causing bodily harm?

Have men or women suffering from Alzheimer's ever declared that another nation must "do this or that" or suffer the consequences by having bombs dropped on their country?

Have persons sitting in institutions in catatonic states ever divided a nation by making the claim that women who have become pregnant as a result of rape or incest should be made by law to have the child or otherwise face the wrath of the judicial system?

Have any that have Realized Fully (and are therefore belief-free, idea-free, and concept-free) ever suggested that there is only one true religion and that those who do not follow their dogma are to be judged, ostracized, maimed, and murdered?

None of those that are now mindless, whether that condition is a result of (A) being Fully Realized or (B) being physically or mental or emotionally disabled or (C) being so young that they have not yet been programmed, conditioned, acculturated and domesticated, none that are mindless would be able to ...

... confuse appearance for reality

... mistake false roles for actual identities

... believe as a result of their dogma that they should be able to control what persons (almost always females) can and cannot do with their own bodies

... believe that there is a God telling them to kill people with different beliefs

... believe that they heard a god telling them to "shock and awe" another nation with massive bombings in retaliation for an event that the other nation had nothing to do with

... believe that the general welfare of their nation is best served by spending the nations's money on (and then using) offensive weapons of war rather than spending the nations' money on health care for the population and on wise defensive - rather than offensive - strategies

... believe that they have the right to beat the women in their society with sticks if the women should allow an ankle to be seen in public

... believe that their dogma prohibits women from being seen in public without being covered from head to toe while simultaneously allowing its males to practice bestiality

... believe that "a god that loves you, unconditionally," will nevertheless cast you into eternal flames if you fail to follow the ten conditions that he set up.

It is such beliefs and ideas and concepts that clog the part of the brain with something called "the mind" and that lead persons to take form for substance, to take the abstract as the concrete, to take myths and superstitions as truth, and to take appearance for reality.

And when persons "take appearance for reality," then such a clogging of the brain will occur that the consciousness will not be able to see past the clogging and will not, therefore, be able to differentiate the true from the false; then, that "cause of all calamities" takes charge and drives all thoughts and all words and all deeds.

And when calamitous thoughts and calamitous words and calamity-generating actions dominate the persons of a planet as they now do, then what else other than a plethora of worldwide relative calamities could possibly manifest?

Please enter the silence of contemplation.

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