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THE NECESSARY FOUNDATION OF RIGHT LIFE pages 653 - 661 1. Rightly conservative "self"-discipline of the whole body is fundamental to the practice of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam (or Adidam Ruchiradam). Indeed, rightly conservative "self"-discipline has always (traditionally) been acknowledged as fundamental to Spiritual life. The responsibility for right conservative "self"-discipline is inherent and inescapable in the esoteric process of Realization. 2. The by-Me-Given foundation disciplines of the Reality-Way of Adidam are not ascetical. They are not at all a matter of dissociating from the body-mind-"self" or of disconnecting the body-mind-"self" from its environment of participation. Rather, the by-Me-Given foundation disciplines are entirely life-positive-and entirely a matter of establishing the right (and necessary) equanimity of the whole body (or the total psycho-physical complex of the individual being) through disciplines of basic right life (understood not in moralistic, or puritanical, or merely behavioral terms, but understood in Spiritual, Transcendental, and Divine terms). These by-Me-Given foundation disciplines are, most fundamentally, a matter of participating in devotional and (in due course) Transcendental Spiritual Communion with Me, by bringing the body-mind-"self" into the Condition (and Disposition) of Utter Non-separation. 3. It is profoundly important that My devotees understand that practice of the by-Me-Given foundation disciplines of the Reality-Way of Adidam is not a matter of being "good little boys and girls". Right practice of the by-Me-Given foundation disciplines of the Reality-Way of Adidam is simply the living of right life, through the establishment of participatory equanimity, for the sake of devotional and (in due course) Transcendental Spiritual Communion with Me (and, Ultimately, Most Perfect Realization of Me)-not in the mode of a seeker, but in the mode of a non-contracted participant. 4. In the Reality-Way of Adidam, "self"-discipline is (or must be) a right, voluntary, intelligent, and intentional practice. Also, in the Reality-Way of Adidam, "self"-discipline is a secondary (or supportive) responsive practice. That is to say, in the Reality-Way of Adidam, the various forms of by-Me-Given "self"-discipline are not proposed by Me as "ideal behaviors" that must (ultimately) be functionally, practically, and relationally (or, altogether, morally) perfected. 5. Rather, in the Reality-Way of Adidam, all the various forms of by-Me-Given "self"-discipline are Given by Me, and to be embraced by My devotee, for the sake of "self"-observation, "self"-understanding, the direct transcending of the ego-"I" (or "self"-contraction), and ego-transcending Real-God-Realization. And, Most Ultimately, Intrinsic egolessness (or the "radical" practice and process of the devotionally Me-recognizing, and devotionally to-Me-responsive, direct transcending of the ego-"I", or "self"-contraction) is Realized (to the Most Perfect degree) only As and by Means of the by-My-Divine-Avataric-Transcendental-Spiritual-Grace-Given Inherent Perfection of Inherent Self-Identification with My (Avatarically Self-Revealed) Transcendental, Inherently Spiritual, Intrinsically egoless, and Self-Evidently Divine Self-Nature, Self-Condition, and Self-State, and not by means of any functional, or practical, or relational, or (altogether) moral acts or behaviors. 6. Therefore, in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the perfection of functional, practical, and relational (or, altogether, moral) behavior (or "self"-discipline) is neither expected nor possible-but what is both expected and possible is that My every devotee practice each and all of the by-Me-Given functional, practical, and relational disciplines truly, seriously, consistently, and with full and consistent cultural accountability. 7. In the total context of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, it is not sufficient to apply discipline to only some areas of your life. In order to do the intrinsically ego-transcending practice I Give to My devotees, you must bring the discipline of the Reality-Way of Adidam to every area of your life. You must convert your life itself into ego-transcending practice. If you are to effectively practice and grow in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, your discipline must cover every aspect of your life. The trend of attention is a natural force, like wind and earthquake and mobs. An extraordinary discipline is required to turn that tide. Mere "self"-effort is not sufficient. Only the devotional response to My Avatarically Self-Transmitted Divine Grace makes the turn. 8. The comprehensive and complete range of basic functional, practical, relational, and cultural disciplines (Given by Me) relate to general health, right diet, right emotional-sexual practice (whether relationally sexually active or celibate), true service, and formal cooperative sacred cultural association. I have Given detailed Instructions relative to all of these forms of "self"-discipline. 9. In the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the basic disciplines relative to general health involve the maintenance of bodily equanimity and physical well-being through a right approach to healing and through (general physical) "conscious exercise",4 or the systematic exercises and general bodily practices that conduct natural human (and etheric) life-energy (and, as the case may be, My Avatarically Self-Transmitted Divine Transcendental Spiritual Energy) throughout the whole (or total psycho-physical and intrinsically egoless) body. 10. The usual activity of the human being involves a compulsive breaking and obstructing of the "conductivity" of the natural life-energy (and, as the case may be, of My Avatarically Self-Transmitted Divine Transcendental Spiritual Energy), thereby giving rise to tensions and disharmonies of the bodily human being. However, by Means of the by-Me-Given discipline of "conscious exercise"-which includes mindfulness of bodily movement and posture (at random throughout the day, while standing, sitting, and walking, and also while engaging the "dead pose"5) and, also, the performance of formal routines of physical movement (at specific times of the day)-you are enabled to observe your characteristic rituals of bodily "self"-contraction and (instead, by Means of the exercise of the total Means of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam) enjoy (to the maximum degree possible in your natural case) a stable, harmonious condition of the body (and the total body-mind-complex). In that maximally harmonious condition, both energy and attention are free (or available)-not only for the right engagement of the ordinary activities of daily life but for enacting every moment of every activity (whether of an ordinary or extraordinary kind) as devotional service to Me (engaged in devotional recognition-response to Me). Therefore, as My devotee, learn to use the entire body-mind-complex consciously-in ordinary daily life, in sacred activity, and in meditation (or, as the case may be, in "Perfect Contemplation"). 11. In and of themselves, physical exercises and traditional Yogic poses are not the ego-transcending discipline of "conscious exercise" that I have Given to My devotees. "Conscious exercise" is a unique and specific (by-Me-Given) approach to (and understanding about) exercise and all common daily activities. In and of themselves, the physical exercises and traditional Yogic poses of the "daily form" of "conscious exercise" are simply structurally correct models for physical movement and posture (altogether). In order to become "conscious exercise", those formalities of physical movement require not only the discipline of the physical body but also the simultaneous discipline of mind, emotion, and breath-in intrinsically ego-surrendering, ego-forgetting, and ego-transcending devotional Communion with Me. Therefore, "conscious exercise" is not the same as conventional physical exercise-because "conscious exercise" is founded in the turning of the principal faculties of the body-mind-complex to Me. Thus, "conscious exercise" is mature (or truly human) activity, since only when all the functions of human existence are so coordinated do they become a single, non-problematic condition of existence that is rightly and fully aligned to the Acausal Divine Self-Nature, Self-Condition, Source-Condition, and Self-State of all-and-All. 12. The principal (or basic) physical regimens of "conscious exercise" I have Given (for all of which regimens I have Given fully elaborated Descriptions in Conscious Exercise and The Transcendental Sun6) are Da Namaskar,7 Da Fours,8 Da Chi Gong,9 a recommended sequence of Hatha Yoga poses (and breathing exercises),10 a recommended sequence of calisthenics (engaged in a vigorous manner, but not to the point of excessive hyperventilation),11 and principles of ordinary bodily posture and movement (including conscious walking, standing, and sitting, as well as postures that support right "conductivity" practice and right physical balance in repose). In meditation and in devotional occasions, either sit cross-legged on a cushion, mat, or pad (of a material that insulates the body from the "grounding"-energy, and from the bodily-heat-absorbing results, of contact with the earth or the floor) or, if that is not physically possible, sit in an appropriately supportive chair or on an appropriately supportive bench.12 Altogether, this discipline of "conscious exercise", including the various specific modes (or regimens) of exercise I have Described, is to be practiced daily (and even in every moment of life-activity) by My every devotee. 13. In the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the basic disciplines relative to diet (which disciplines are Given, by Me, to all My devotees, in all four Congregations of Adidam, and which disciplines are recommended, by Me, for "consideration" and application by all of humankind) involve the constant (or always present-time) purification, re-balancing, and rejuvenation of vital bodily existence through right and optimum personal diet (and, in the general case, right periodic fasting)-which right and optimum personal diet is (necessarily) a pure (and purifying), and conservative (or "minimum optimum"), and (in the general case, or, in other words, in the case of each and every individual, unless right medical reasons indicate otherwise) fructo-vegetarian (with the diet consisting principally of greens and fruits13), and (in the general case) totally raw-food dietary discipline. 14. Among all the functional, practical, relational, and cultural disciplines that serve the practice of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the conservative discipline (or control) of diet is (elementally) the most basic-because dietary practice (which controls, or largely determines, the state of the food-body, or the state and general activity of the physical body) also determines the relative controllability of social, sexual, emotional, mental, and all other functional desires and activities. 15. The right and optimum diet is (necessarily) a conservative diet. In right (or effective) practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, dietary discipline fully serves the submission of personal energy and attention to the Great Process that becomes (Ultimately, by Means of My Divine Avataric Transcendental Spiritual Grace) Most Perfect Divine Self-Realization. 16. Therefore, in only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the right and optimum diet must be intelligently moderated in its quantity and carefully selected in its quality, so that it will not burden the physical body or bind the mind (or attention) through food-desire and negative (or constipating, toxifying, and enervating) food-effects (and ingestion-effects in general), and so that (along with the necessary additional "consideration" and really effective transcending of addicted, aberrated, anxious, or even excessively private habits and patterns relative to food-taking and waste-elimination) it serves the yielding (or freeing) of functional human energy and attention to the great (and, necessarily, devotionally Me-recognizing and devotionally to-Me-responding) process of the intrinsic and fully life-effective transcending of the ego-"I". 17. In the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the discipline of right ("minimum optimum") diet requires conformation to My herein-Given general dietary Instructions, in order to serve (in every present moment) the necessities of maximum good health, maximum well-being, and right full practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, in the case of the individual. 18. Thus, in the Reality-Way of Adidam, there is a basic dietary orientation (to which each individual must always directly adapt), and that basic orientation is Given by Me as a dietary Rule and Guide for all formally acknowledged practitioners of the Reality-Way of Adidam. That basic orientation (or dietary rule) is (unless right medical reasons indicate otherwise) to eat only raw (and, altogether, pure and purifying) foods, consisting principally of vegetables (and, in particular, greens) and fruits, together with seeds and (in moderate quantities) nuts. 19. My any devotee who persists in habits and addictions of gross physical "self"-indulgence (including dietary "self"-indulgence) is inevitably desensitized to Me-both devotionally and Transcendentally Spiritually. Therefore, such habits and addictions of gross physical "self"-indulgence undermine (and work against) the effectiveness of the Reality-Way of Divine Self-Realization That I have Given to My devotees. This is the reason why refinement of the physical body via a diet that is conservative (or "minimum optimum"), and (in the general case) fructo-vegetarian, and (in the general case) totally raw, and via a conservative (and truly pure and purifying) approach to food-taking (and body-maintenance altogether), is necessary in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam. 20. In the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the basic (or foundation) disciplines relative to sexuality begin with "consideration" of (and, therefore, real practicing devotional response to) My Teaching-Arguments relative to the human emotional-sexual character, its "Oedipal" (or childish and adolescent) patterning via early-life adaptation, and its obsessive egoic orientation toward "self"-pleasuring, stress-release, and rituals of rejection and betrayal. 21. In order for this "consideration" to become effective (or revealing relative to the conditional "self"), it is, as a general rule of formal expectation (from the beginning), to be accompanied (or made expressive) by the basic discipline either of celibacy (which may be chosen at any time during the course of Congregationist practice in the Reality-Way of Adidam, and which is a necessary and inevitable choice for formal renunciate practice in the Reality-Way of Adidam) or (in the relationally sexually active Congregationist case) of confining sexual activity to the any circumstance of emotionally intimate (and formally culturally accountable) relationship (engaged, as a general rule, by My First Congregation devotees, in the manner of "intimate Yogic friendship"15)-and, altogether, of devotionally surrendering (and, thereby, relinquishing) excessive (or wastefully "self"-indulgent) sexual behavior. 22. This basic general rule of formal expectation (which, in the course of Second Congregation practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, must, by actual practice, become a very basically "considered", and, as such, stably demonstrated, functional, practical, and relational commitment of body, emotion, mind, and speech) is itself to be accompanied (from the point of basic adaptation to Second Congregation practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, before the formal transition to First Congregation student-beginner practice) by the further basic discipline (in the relationally sexually active Congregationist case) of obliging sexual activity itself to become a rightly intimate (but not ego-binding), and positively life-energy-conserving, and truly rejuvenative form of "conscious exercise" (and, potentially, in due course, of Transcendentally Spiritually active "emotional-sexual devotional Communion")16-such that (in the relationally sexually active Congregationist case) functional, stylistic, and relational limitations on the practice of emotional-sexual relatedness are (by this discipline, and by the totality of the by-Me-Given foundation-practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam) "considered" and (to the maximum possible degree) out-grown,17 and such that (altogether) ego-bondage to sexual activity is de-conditioned and out-grown. 23. In the only-by-Me Revealed and Given "Radical" (or Always "At-the-Root") Reality-Way of Adidam, right practice of single celibate renunciation is a searchless and motiveless and intrinsically egoless discipline. Therefore, no search, or struggle, or strategy, or "method", or "technique" relative to sex can characterize right practice of single celibate renunciation in the Reality-Way of Adidam. 24. In the Reality-Way of Adidam, the right (or intrinsically free) practice of single celibate renunciation is to Always Already Stand As Is, by means of moment to moment "Perfect Knowledge" discipline-or, that is to say, to Always Already Stand in the Priorly Free disposition that always already (or intrinsically) has nothing to do with sex. If this discipline is practiced intensively and moment to moment-even when mental and/or bodily impulses toward sex arise-the mind and the body will, thus and thereby, be always established in equanimity. 25. In the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the basic disciplines relative to service involve the transcending of the social ego, by Means of the re-orientation of social activity, work, money, and (indeed) even all activities, to the ego-transcending, cooperative, inclusive, and other-serving disposition, and (altogether) to an intention that is, characteristically (and always positively, rather than insipidly), harmless (or inspired to love), and, characteristically, both pro-relational and positively relational (and, therefore, not fundamentally separative and competitive, but positively alive, without negative, or loveless, intentions-and actively competitive, or even rightly aggressive, only by necessity, in circumstances that either strictly demand or rightly expect competitiveness, or even, at times, ego-transcending aggressiveness18). 26. Traditionally, service (based on devotion) is regarded as the necessary (and first) beginner's orientation to "religious" (and, in due course, Spiritual) practice. Service is the traditional discipline of the "outward"-directed personality. Likewise, all practitioners of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam are Called (by Me) to establish (and to maximize) their participation in the discipline of service. 27. I Call all practitioners-at any and every stage of maturity in the practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam-to turn their practice of service into a True Reality-Process of "radical" (or always "at-the-root") devotion to Me. 28. True service to Me is not based merely on a socially conscious disposition, or the disposition that it is one's social duty to do "charitable" work. True service to Me is based on the disposition that one should always (in and by Means of all activities) serve Me, the Divine Avataric Master, and that one should devote to Me the fruits (or the rewards) of one's service, rather than take the fruits to oneself. Therefore, the Fundamental Principle of true service to Me is the ego-transcending re-orientation of the purposes and the rewards of one's service (and of even all one's actions). 29. Thus, the Principle of true service to Me is to devote the attention, the purpose (or intention), and the fruits of one's work to Me, the Divine Avataric Master-and, over time, that Principle is to be applied to every aspect of one's life, including every activity. Through constant service to Me, the lives of My devotees become intrinsically, and in practical life-terms, ego-transcending. There-fore, My truly Me-serving devotees do not perform actions for the sake of the results or pleasures they may enjoy as a result-but (rather) every action is (directly and simply) a form of My devotee's ego-surrendering, ego-forgetting, and intrinsically ego-transcending devotional Communion with Me. 30. It has traditionally been said that money is "the root of all evil". However, this traditional saying does not mean that money itself is evil. In and of itself, money is neither positive nor negative. Money is simply a sign of human energy. Money is made into a positive or negative sign depending on one's disposition toward it and toward life altogether. Therefore, if you are My devotee, the necessary and inevitable involvement with money is something to be made right, something to be transformed-not something to be merely eschewed (or, otherwise, merely wasted). 31. My devotees must, both individually and collectively, re-orient and transform themselves relative to money. If you are My devotee, you must make money into an expression of the fullness of your devotional energy and your ego-transcending disposition altogether, including your disposition toward the life-pattern of real and true cooperation. My devotees are to make right creative use of all of their personal and collective energies, including money. 32. Because of its comprehensive and pervasive function at the foundation of all functional, practical, relational, and cultural disciplines in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam, the discipline of cooperative Sacred Culture is a fundamental and profoundly important responsibility (for all My formally practicing devotees, in both the First Congregation of Adidam Ruchiradam and the Second Congregation of Adidam Ruchiradam) in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam. Not only is cooperative Sacred Culture the right and true context for the accountable disciplining of "money, food, and sex" (as well as for the accountable fulfillment of the by-Me-Given cultural disciplines), but (furthermore) the discipline of cooperative Sacred Culture is the most fundamental by-Me-Given Means of disciplining the basic human fault of social egoity. 33. The social ego is the first developmental form of egoity-the gross ego in its common, daily-life manifestation. Because they are characteristically identified with the gross physical body (and are, thereby, grossly bound), human beings tend to be diverted by (or preoccupied with, or even overwhelmed by) the purposes of the social ego (or the ego-in-the-"world", or the "consumer"-ego). Thus, the any individual ego is patterned not only relative to "money, food, and sex", but also relative to social egoity itself-which is (by its nature) non-cooperative and acquisitive (always seeking to generate associations that satisfy or console the separate and separative "self", by "knowing", thinking, doing, acquiring, and getting results in the form of enjoyments of one kind or another). 34. By embracing the discipline of living in the cooperative domain of The "Bright"-House Adidam,19 My devotee "moves out of" the domain of the social ego, or the mere "consumer"-domain of egos-in-the-"world". In the cooperative (sacred) domain of The "Bright"-House Adidam, the social ego (or "consumer"-ego) is disciplined both by being required to demonstrate the principle of cooperation in the field of daily relations (and, thereby, being required to "step out of" the independent-ego position, such that the independent-ego position ceases to be the principle on the basis of which daily-life conditions are generated) and by being called (and expected) to embrace the principle of simplicity in the field of daily activity (such that all matters of desiring, acquiring, and having are rightly and appropriately moderated). 35. Thus, a basic design for "self"-discipline is Offered to all practitioners formally embracing the Reality-Way of Adidam. On this basis, each individual must discover a detailed personal design that is both appropriate and optimum in his or her own case. In this always ongoing process, all My devotees must make the measure of every day, such that they (each and all) consistently fulfill all the by-Me-Given forms of functional, practical, relational, and cultural discipline. 36. I Teach and Require a purifying approach to the entire range of necessary forms of "self"-discipline in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam-because of how the human being really functions as a psycho-physical system. The human psycho-physical system is not merely a gross phenomenon. Rather, the human psycho-physical system is a participant in a Universal Field (with gross, subtle, and causal dimensions). However, because human beings tend to be so "bogged down" by the influence of their life-histories, their patterned habits, and their habitual associations, they (characteristically) are thoroughly desensitized to the actualities of their own conditionally manifested existence. Thus, especially in this "late-time" (or "dark" epoch), human beings tend to (mistakenly) presume that the entire cosmic domain (including their own body-minds) is merely gross (or merely physical, or merely material)-and, because of this overriding presumption, human beings also tend to (mistakenly) perceive the cosmic domain (including their own body-minds) as merely gross (or merely physical, or merely material). 37. When the human being is "ruled" by this materialistic presumption, it becomes impossible for real and true purification of the individual body-mind-complex to take place. Because much psycho-physical toxicity relates to the subtle (emotional, mental, psychic, and mystical) dimension of existence (and even, at the "root"-level, to the causal dimension of existence), the psycho- physical toxins cannot pass through and out of the human psycho-physical system if the reigning paradigm is that all of Reality is merely gross (or merely physical, or merely material)-and, therefore, those toxins merely accumulate in the body-mind-complex. 38. Such accumulation of psycho-physical toxins gives rise, over time, to the particular signs of human character exhibited by any individual-even the physical signs. Whatever is in the mind and the emotions registers in the body as well-because the human being is a single mechanism (and systematic sign). The fact that mental and emotional toxicity also displays itself in the physical body gives you an opportunity to notice that there is something about your habits of living that you must correct. If you do not (thus) correct yourself, then your life becomes an ever-increasing accumulation of distress and limitations. 39. Such is the characteristic life of the usual human being. Every egoically functioning person (or body-mind-"self") progressively accumulates more and more mental, emotional, and physical toxicity. I Am here to Teach you-and to Reveal to you, and to Give to you, and to Draw you into-the Real Process of becoming Utterly (and Eternally) Free of all psycho-physical limitations, by Means of Transcendental, Inherently Spiritual, and Self-Evidently Divine Real-God-Realization. 40. However, in the only-by-Me Revealed and Given (and, Ultimately, Most Perfectly Real-God-Realizing) Reality-Way of Adidam, there is a necessary practice of "self"-discipline (or right life), by Means of which the entirety of your gross, subtle, and causal existence is rightened and purified. In the beginning phases of your practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, the various by-Me-Given forms of functional, practical, relational, and cultural "self"-discipline act as reflectors-allowing you to observe what you actually do (as an egoic being), and (on that basis) to correct what you do (by ceasing to act in an egoic manner). 41. Thus, the purification of patterned accumulations is not a matter of mere thinking or of mere talking. You must live the devotional (and, in due course, Transcendental Spiritual) relationship to Me-by living all of the by-Me-Given disciplines (altogether). The discipline of right diet, for example, is not merely a matter of following a generally healthful dietary regime. Rather, the diet must purify the body-mind-complex of the toxins that are otherwise constantly accumulating in it. Similarly, all of the by-Me-Given forms of "self"-discipline must manifest the element of purification, or else you are not practicing them rightly. 42. Merely to enforce a degree of moderation relative to money, food, sex, and social egoity does not (fundamentally) change anything. You can adopt a "program" of moderation while yet maintaining essentially the same egoic habits (and the same fundamental egoic orientation) relative to life-functions. There is no potential Realization in such a "program". 43. Thus, the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam is not about a mere "lifestyle change". Rather, the only- by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam is about Realization of Reality Itself, or Truth Itself, or Real (Acausal) God-and such Realization Requires, as Its foundation, the real process of purifying what you have accumulated through your dis-ease (or "self"-contraction). That purifying process necessarily involves participation in the field of existence beyond the gross physical. Therefore, in due course, that purifying process necessarily becomes a Transcendental Spiritual Process. Such must be the case, because much that has been accumulated as a result of the "self"-contracted life is in the dimensions of energy that are beyond the gross physical. Until all of that is purified and gone beyond, there can be no Real-God-Realization. 44. People may imagine that they have truly passed through this process of purifying their patterned accumulations-but all such imaginings are mere "self"-delusion. The life-signs must be there to prove the reality of the process. The only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam is not merely a philosophical address to Truth. Rather, the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam is a thoroughly practical process, a practice that is effective throughout the entire range of conditionally manifested existence (from gross to subtle to causal), the entire spectrum of the conditional apparatus (which is, most fundamentally, a Unity-functioning hierarchically, but altogether). There must be this relinquishment of the "self"-contracted orientation, and of everything that has been egoically accumulated (as a result of that orientation). 45. Only when you enter the (Intrinsically Transcendental) devotional and Spiritual Process of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam do you reach beyond the "embodiment trap", into what is beyond the gross physical. The by-Me-Spiritually-Awakened Transcendental practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam does not (in any sense) exclude the gross physical body, but the by-Me-Spiritually-Awakened Transcendental practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam transcends the "point of view" of the gross physical body. 46. In the by-Me-Spiritually-Awakened Transcendental practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, you are participating in the Field of Energy-Force (or the dimensions of conditionally manifested existence within which various energy-forces function at different levels). 47. In the by-Me-Spiritually-Awakened Transcendental practice of the Reality-Way of Adidam, the same process of going beyond "self"-contraction (and, therefore, beyond its patterned accumulations) persists, but in a greater and more profound sense-leading, ultimately, toward the readiness to enter into the "Perfect Practice" of the Reality-Way of Adidam. 48. My devotees must clearly understand why the by-Me-Given forms of "self"-discipline are necessary: There is no Realization without renunciation. Realization and renunciation are the same. Realization and renunciation coincide, "hand-in-glove". Realization and renunciation cannot be separated from one another. There cannot be Realization without renunciation. And renunciation without any Real Process of Realization is merely another form of suffering. In that case, renunciation is nothing but a kind of lifestyle. And, in that case, renunciation is meaningless (or pointless) and ineffective. 49. Thus, the by-Me-Given disciplines of the Reality-Way of Adidam must be made effective toward Real-God-Realization (and, Thus and Thereby, toward Perfect Freedom). 50. All the patterning of ego-bondage-which is the patterning due to the exercise of "self"-contraction-must be gone beyond. It is not that you will achieve some kind of idealized human perfection as a prerequisite for Divine Self-Realization-but there is fundamental purification (and, as a result, a fundamental freedom from the egoically patterned obstruction of energy and attention) that, necessarily, must be the case. 51. This necessary process of purification is magnified in the "Perfect Practice" of the Reality-Way of Adidam-even continuing (Most Ultimately) into the course of the Demonstration of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given seventh stage of life in the Reality-Way of Adidam. 52. All of that is a Transcendental Spiritual Sign of the Self-Magnifying Radiance of the Process of Self-Abiding Divine Self-Recognition. 53. That only-by-Me Revealed and Given seventh stage Process "Operates" at a universal level that is not even describable from an ordinary perspective. 54. Such is the practice of the only-by-Me Revealed and Given Reality-Way of Adidam-as it is in Reality. And that by-Me-Given practice is Inherently (and, Ultimately, Most Perfectly) Liberating-in every sense.
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