FANATICISM AMONG RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, AND EVEN NON-DUAL SEEKERS AS WELL

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1. Following eye surgery, clear focusing has not returned and eye strain results from anything other than a brief exposure to a computer screen; moreover, two follow up procedures must be arranged to "fine tune" the effects of the surgery; hence, the postings will be brief for awhile.

2. [See the offer 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] 

3. 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 end of the post for the full meaning and implications of that. 

4. A new 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." 

By virtue of their numbers alone - with 97% on the planet's population claiming a religious affiliation - religions are hands down the most plentiful disseminators of widespread, duality-based nonsense and are the most copious initiators of fanaticism, politics coming in second (though the line between the two has all but disappeared as religion-controlled politicians are becoming the new abnormal norm). 

It matters not if one studies what has been generated during the last 1500 to 5000 years by Hindus, Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc. It will be seen by any objective witness that, combined, they have accounted for stirring up more fanaticism than any single institution in history. 

Yet religions and all other such sky cults hold no monopoly in churning out fanatics and their fanatical thoughts and words and actions. 

Non-religious but "spiritual" sources and persons are only slightly less culpable in the spread of fanaticism merely because of their comparatively fewer numbers. 

Those sources can include a plethora of philosophies, ideologies, spiritual movements, spirituality-based "recovery" programs, and groups and organizations with belief systems focused on ethereal and unearthly and supernatural concepts and mystical places and mystic Powers. 

Moreover, included among those are all sorts of distorted and bastardized versions of teachings which are misidentified as "non-dual teachings" but are actually anything but that. Yet most of those versions have attracted a host of fanatical followers who are now trapped in the prison of their emotionally-intoxicating monomania. 

One such fanatic visited Maharaj's loft and their encounter was described thusly: 

On one occasion, a youngish visitor, dressed in the traditional ochre robes signifying his allegiance to a certain Hindu sect, with the fires of fanaticism burning in his eyes, expressed his shock that Maharaj would not accept the theory of re-birth, the very bedrock of Hindu philosophy. 

He looked around for moral support but must have been a little dismayed by the indulgent smiles of understanding (but not acquiescence!) from the others. Maharaj looked at the young Sanyasin with a certain amount of sympathy, presumably for his misguided zeal, and said to him in an unusually kind manner: 

This statement of mine about re-birth being absurd is nothing at all. You will be shocked even more if you continue to come here. I do not teach any philosophy, any religion; and I am not concerned with any traditional texts as the basis for my talks. I talk only from direct experience. 

It is not my intention to hurt anybody's feelings. I, therefore, constantly remind people that they are free to walk out if they do not like what they hear. What they would hear from me would be direct truth, as I have experienced it, not as people would like to hear it. 

I am afraid I do not cater to people's concepts. 

As for the "monomania" mentioned above, it is a mental disorder which is marked by an exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for - or preoccupation with - one thing and it is always marked by obsession, fixation, consuming passion, and compulsion. 

It derives from the Greek word "monos" ("one") and refers to the "madness" or "frenzy" which has developed and festered and become a mental and emotional malignancy as the result of an extreme obsession and preoccupation which has developed in regards to one person or power or Power or issue or belief.

What an irony that the most mad and most frenzied are so delusional that they believe that they are actually the most stable and clear-seeing among the planet's entire human population. 

They are not unlike the drunk who is told by a bartender, "I cannot serve you any more alcohol. You are too intoxicated already" to which the typical drunk often replies, "I am not intoxicated, so shut the hell up and pour me another drink!" 

Fanatics and obsessives and extremists and militant activists are - like that drunk - usually in total denial about their mental state. 

Tell this guy 

that he is not so much mad as he is suffering from acute madness, 

that his intense rage is evidence of tremendous ignorance and a severe case of stupidity and is the product of unchecked, unwarranted pride and arrogance and malignant narcissism, 

that he is frenzied and mentally unstable and, possibly, totally insane 

and

that he is trapped in a state of emotional intoxication

and you will likely become the newest object of his crazed hatred and fury and wrath. 

So it is when dealing with fanatics. 

Eventually, such contact and dealings will always become a lose-lose proposition.

To be continued.

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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 god / 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" 

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] 

Here's 

the direct link to the VIDEO VERSION 

of the "Awakening Together" satsang session with Regina and Jacqueline referenced earlier, 18 MARCH 2018

If preferred, here's 

the direct link to the AUDIO VERSION 

of that session.

BLIND TO THE TRUTH BEFORE OUR VERY EYES

TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1. Following eye surgery, clear focusing has not returned and eye strain results from anything other than a brief exposure to a computer screen; moreover, two follow up procedures must be arranged to "fine tune" the effects of the surgery; hence, the postings will be brief for awhile. 

2. [See the offer 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] 

3. 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 end of the post for the full meaning and implications of that. 

4. A new 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." 

From another site visitor yesterday: 

I'm writing to confess that I've obviously been suffering from some self-deceiving pride. 

You've mentioned pride (of the "false" variety) as a trait of fanatics and pride yesterday as one of the sins which some religious people call "deadly." 

You've also said that more of humanity's problems have been caused by ego-state assumption and the egotism that always comes along with that than anything else. I agree with your point. Too, growing up, I heard "pride comes before a fall" and have continued to agree with that maxim also. 

I've also long seen how pride has blocked me from seeing truth and even being "decent company" for friends and family and co-workers. And I've also seen how many times since I started seeking via non-duality and the nisarga yoga and thought, "I've finally got it!" that some awareness comes along and casts light on my pride-based distortion. You did that yesterday. 

I've asked many people the same question that the man you quoted yesterday asked: "How can these religious people tolerate and even support a man for president who is an admitted sex predator?" 

Yet never once did I see the obvious, meaning, their historic practice of tolerating and supporting their own leaders who have been revealed to be sex predators. There it was, right before my very eyes for decades, yet I didn't connect their support for predatory religious leaders with their support for a predatory political leader. 

I've been on this path for years. Why am I yet so blind? 

The reply: At least you're seeing that you're still not seeing all that can be seen. Many are blind but still believe they see quite well, thank you very much. With you, the "clear perceiver" (the so-called "knower") had been there but does not always send into consciousness what it can perceive ("know").

Consider the relevance of this pointer from Maharaj: 

"Surely you cannot say the knower was absent. The experience of things and thoughts was not there, that is all. But the absence of experience too is experience. It is like entering a dark room and saying ‘I see nothing’. A man blind from birth knows not what darkness means. Similarly, only the knower knows that he does not know. Sleep is merely a lapse in memory. Life goes on." 

Most do not know what they do not know. All that remains for you is some additional time spent with one who sees clearly to point out what you are looking at but not seeing clearly.

Maharaj: "In due course a guru appears to inspire us to practise Yoga (here, the Nisargan Yoga) and a ripening takes place as a result of which the immemorial night of ignorance dissolves before the rising sun of wisdom. But in reality nothing happened. The sun is always there - there is no night to it." 

What did he say is the culprit that makes that happen? "The mind." 

Clear seeing cannot happen unless there is light. It is the darkness of the mind which always blocks out the light. 

I was recently in Austin and my granddaughter and I went for a walk. At one point, she stopped abruptly and pointed toward the landscaping in front a house and said, Look!" I said, "Yes, those are pretty plants, aren't they." She said with a chastising tone, "No! Cat!" and pointed again. 

Recent surgical procedures which have had some complications have left the sight blurred as I await a second procedure. By squinting and looking closely, in the shadows of the plants, there it was . . . a cat. 

She saw what I was not able to see easily. So it is with "the fully realized." They see easily what others are not able to see easily or at all, even though all might be looking at the same thing. 

So the stage can be set for conflict as a result of faulty seeing: 

One says, Look at that scoundrel." 

Another looks at the same person and says, "He is my hero, my idol, my deity personified." 

Let's try using the following as an illustration. Suppose I show you this picture: 

 and ask, 

F.: "What do you see?" 

The answer might be: "A beautiful ocean-side vista at sunset."

F.: "Okay. And did you notice the rock duck in the picture as well?"

The reply might be, 

V.: "I don't see any duck - not a wood duck, a mallard duck, or a rock duck, whatever that is." 

F.: "Well look again at this version of the picture: 

"Oh, that's what you were talking about. I was looking out in the water and in the distance sky. I didn't see what was right in front of me that you were inviting me to see. I didn't even understand the basic term. You weren't talking about a real duck but were seeing the likeness of a duck in the rock formation." 

"The fully realized," free of all of the blockages which had been stored in the mind, can see clearly and can see things - as did my granddaughter - which others don't see or never even notice at all. 

Two doctors have told me that once I have the next procedure on my eyes, I will see very clearly. (I just have to wait two months because of a nonsensical insurance timing restriction involving a 90-day waiting period before they'll cover the multi-thousand dollar cost. The delay is for their benefit, and certainly not mine. So it is.) 

Similarly, as you continue along the path, someday your vision may well become sharper and sharper. 

Maharaj said: "To know that consciousness and its content are but reflections - changeful and transient - is the focusing of the real. The refusal to see the snake in the rope is the necessary condition for seeing the rope." 

[Yet many who are naive or ignorant because of their mind-content-blocked consciousness and their resultant poor seeing also refuse to see the snake that appears to be a rope.] 

Consider: 

Questioner: "When do I know that I have discovered truth?" 

Maharaj: "When the idea ‘this is true’ / ‘that is true’ does not arise. Truth does not assert itself; it is in the seeing of the false as false and rejecting it. It is useless to search for truth, when the mind is blind to the false. It must be purged of the false completely before truth can dawn on it" 

and 

"There is no such state as seeing the real. Who is to see what? You can only be the real — which you are, anyhow. The problem is only mental. Abandon false ideas, that is all. There is no need of true ideas. There aren’t any." 

To be continued.

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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 god / 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" 

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] 

Here's 

the direct link to the VIDEO VERSION 

of the "Awakening Together" satsang session with Regina and Jacqueline referenced earlier, 18 MARCH 2018

If preferred, here's 

the direct link to the AUDIO VERSION 

of that session.

IMMODERATION AND FANATICISM VS. MODERATION AND BALANCE

TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1. Following eye surgery, clear focusing has not returned and eye strain results from anything other than a brief exposure to a computer screen; moreover, two follow up procedures must be arranged to "fine tune" the effects of the surgery; hence, the postings will be brief for awhile. 

2. [See the offer 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] 

3. 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 end of the post for the full meaning and implications of that. 

4. A new 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." 

Many among "the religious" speak of Seven Deadly Sins, as in "these will kill you"? 

Or as in "These are unforgivable by our forgiving god," added to "the other unforgivable sin of using His name in vain"?

Their seven sins considered to be "deadly" are:

lust 

anger 

greed 

pride 

envy 

gluttony 

and 

sloth. 

Yet were there not some degree of lust, would not the human species come to an end when the last person presently alive expired? Some lust is required in order for persons to engage in the sex act which perpetuates the continuation of the human species. 

[Additionally, the irony involved with that deadly sin is that the church leaders who are criticizing lust have a very long history of engaging in lustful acts with both adults and child-age parishioners. When a man asked me, "How can these religious people tolerate and even support a man for president who is an admitted sex predator?" I chuckled and said, "You've either kidding me or showing how unaware you are. Those are the same people who have been tolerating and even supporting their religious leaders who are also known sex predators and are the same people who continue to fund their institutions, right up to yesterday when reports were published that the sexual conduct continues to happen. Ha."] 

Were there not some degree of anger being felt, and if persons throughout history had to deny or suppress their anger and refuse to feel it when things are done which normally evoke anger, then persons would be like doormats, allowing themselves to be walked on and abused. 

If there were not some degree of greed, then persons might never be inspired to work in order to meet their basic needs. The same applies to some degree of gluttony. 

If there were not some degree of pride, then no job would be well done. 

If there were not some degree of envy, then persons might never be inspired to take any action to excel or exert themselves. 

If there were not some degree of sloth, then persons would never relax and allow their physical and mental and emotional batteries to be recharged. 

The point is not to succumb to the influences of the "Goldilocks Syndrome" and expect that nothing should ever be too hot or too cold or too hard or too soft but to see, nevertheless, that balance is the key to peace; that balance alone can set the stage for feeling contentment; and seeing that . . .

rather than extremes of mania and depression, or 

rather than extremes of feeling eagle high sometimes but whale caca low at other times, or 

rather than experiencing the effects of the Borderline Personality Disorder and loving someone sometimes but hating him or her at other times 

actually seeing that balance is the only sane way to go. 

For decades I have provided financial counseling to individuals, couples and businesses, either (a) setting them up on a budget which is sane and sensible or (b) formulating a strategy for them to be able to live within their means in a manner which is based in financial sanity rather than in the more commonplace financial insanity which drives most persons' spending habits.

The goal, therefore, is to have "a balanced budget," meaning one in which total revenues equal or exceed total expenses. 

The same applies to . . . everything. 

One report suggests that at least 13% of all humans presently suffer from full-blown alcoholism and that 12-13% can be classified as "hard drinkers" who abuse alcohol the same way that alcoholics do. There are also surveys which report that 30% of all humans do not consume alcoholic beverages at all. 

That suggests that about 50% of all humans drink alcohol but drink moderately. Their consumption is "balanced" so they drink alcoholic beverages but they do not do not suffer the mental and emotional and physical problems which are alcohol-related and which non-moderate drinkers suffer.

See? Balanced (although in the case of alcoholics, balanced drinking is not an option because of the combination of a physical, pancreas-related, sugar -related allergy and an obsessive mind). 

Yesterday, one of the traits displayed by fanatics was "immoderation." 

One dictionary defines "moderation" as "the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's thoughts and words and behaviors or in one's political opinions or religious beliefs." 

The deer in this neighborhood display the essence of the natural, Nisargan mode of living which Maharaj endorsed: 

They are not concerned with dogma or the state of a dreamed-up "soul." They display balanced and moderate degrees of lust, anger, greed, pride, envy, gluttony and sloth. 

They have sex and procreate; they can become angry and greedy and prideful and envious and gluttonous, especially during mating season. 

They can be slothful and - as Maharaj endorsed - willing to lie about and "rest in the cool, blue shade" and do . . . nothing. 

By any stretch of the imagination, could one accurately conclude that those traits - manifesting to the moderate degree to which they are manifesting in the deer - be considered "deadly" for them? 

To see a manner of abidance which is natural and sane and balanced and moderate, one best not look for that among the human masses. 

To see what abidance looks like when it is natural and sane and balanced and moderate, one best look to nature. Look long enough and eventually one will be able to find a model there. 

To be continued.

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Please enter into the silence of contemplation. 

[NOTE: The four most recent posts are below. You may access all of the posts in this series and in the previous series and several thousand other posts as well by clicking on the links in the "Recent Posts and Archives" section.] 

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. 

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 god / 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" 

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] 

Here's 

the direct link to the VIDEO VERSION 

of the "Awakening Together" satsang session with Regina and Jacqueline referenced earlier, 18 MARCH 2018

If preferred, here's 

the direct link to the AUDIO VERSION 

of that session.

How Can I Spot Fanatics and Avoid Them Rather Than Continuing to Deal With Them Over and Over?

TODAY'S CONSIDERATIONS 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1. Following eye surgery, clear focusing has not returned and eye strain results from anything other than a brief exposure to a computer screen; moreover, two follow up procedures must be arranged to "fine tune" the effects of the surgery; hence, the postings will be brief for awhile. 

2. [See the offer 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] 

3. 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 end of the post for the full meaning and implications of that. 

4. A new 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." 

A person who is beginning to see her pattern of continuously making the same mistake in forming relationships (as in, "You're right, Floyd! I have a broken picker!) She asked:

"How can I spot fanatics and avoid them rather than continuing to deal with them over and over?"

Yesterday this was discussed: 

A site visitor said: "Everyone is fanatical about something - Maharaj was fanatical about non-duality - you're fanatical about non-duality." 

The fallacy of that belief was shown. To further clarify, most of the following manifest alongside fanaticism and they were not observable in Maharaj once he reached a fully-realized state: 

bigotry 

extremism 

hatred 

intolerance 

zeal 

zealotry 

arbitrariness 

bias 

dogmatic 

faction 

frenzy 

immoderation 

infatuation 

madness 

monomania 

obsessiveness 

obstinacy 

partiality 

partisanship 

prejudice 

rage 

single-mindedness 

stubbornness 

unruliness 

violence 

willfulness 

incorrigibility 

unreasonableness 

As for fanatics or for those fanatics whom you might be dealing with, consider those traits and characteristics or attributes or mannerisms. If you're considering making a commitment with someone or to someone (such as a relationship commitment, a business commitment, a partnership commitment of any kind), might it be wise to take an objective look at that person and see if any of those traits are manifesting? 

Some are aware that I work with businesses and use the results of a personality inventory test to determine on a specific 1 to 100 scale the degree to which personality disorders are manifesting and to predict what kind of employee a prospect might be. I have also worked with current employees to show them what the test results reveal about them and to point out certain issues they might address in order to make their work life and their private life more stable and sane and peaceful. 

I work with counselors around the globe and take the test results they send to me and then provide them and their clients with reports which contain an analysis of the test results to find what is driving the clients and to provide a treatment plan to address all which the results reveal. 

In some cases, couples take the test before marrying in order to find areas of compatibility which are likely to manifest and areas of conflict which their main personality types will generate in their relationship over time.. 

Many who take advantage of such cutting-edge analysis and insight understand that it is better to avoid falling off a cliff rather than accepting a fall off a cliff as "a risk worth taking" with the hope of avoiding major injury or with the belief that effective treatment for the subsequent injuries will be readily and easily available. 

There is no better tool available than awareness regarding what is otherwise hidden or disguised. As proof, how many times post-commitment have you seen that "Mr. Right" was actually "Mr. Oh-So-Unbelievably Wrong" or seen that "A Devil in Disguise" appearing to be "An Angel - A Truly Pure and Charming and Delightful Angel" was indeed a vicious, unnatural force best avoided?

On the personality inventory I use, the levels of fanaticism and the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder have increased geometrically over the last 10-15 years in both frequency and degree. Both are now highly prevalent; therefore, the list above begs to be used prior to the making of any commitments. 

To be continued.

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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 god / 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" 

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] 

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