In this interview, Troy of Is (student) and the Signposter (Teacher) engage in an intense dialogical-inquiry with Rick Archer that reveals some essential understandings which construct a foundation for awakening from the hypnotic trance, programmed into the human organism by the cultural-social enterprise. Such an inquiry is related to radical-deconstruction whereby Truth and Reality are revealed when all obstructions and encumbrances (sensory-perceptual, conceptual-linguistic constructions) are extinguished or completely seen-through by means of a total expenditure of energy in sincere dialogue.
Any cultural-social enterprise consists of a population of people who have taken on many of the overlapping conceptual-linguistic models or maps of ‘reality’ of which any cultural-social enterprise consists. The Signposter refers to such people as cultural-social agents since they have identified themselves with the assumptions, belief systems, value systems, conclusions, etc., from which a cultural-social enterprise has been constructed and organized as an interrelated system of concepts which make up the content of consciousness. Some examples of a cultural-social enterprise are the various countries, nations, states, cities, particular organizations (corporations, institutions, etc.), tribal communities, and so on which presently exist in the world.
When ‘the Only’ is referred to in this interview, such a term represents God, the Tao, Brahman, Buddha-Nature, or any other name that traditionally has been used to represent the One and Only, undivided, unbounded, unfathomable, and unlimited Great Mystery which is the only Reality there is.
If anyone has any questions for Troy of Is or the Signposter and would like to engage in this never-ending process of inquiry and awakening they have various options:
- They can e-mail questions to troyofis@gmail.com.
- Visit Troy of-Is’ Facebook page.
- Add Troy of Is to Skype (username: troy.ofis) and engage in free Skype video/audio calls.
- Comment on You-tube video’s containing other interviews with the Signposter and Troy of Is at: https://www.youtube.com/user/TroyofIs.
The Signposter’s book: The Delusion of Being Human
Interview recorded 7/28/2012
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:04:14 – The Spectrum of Gurus
- 00:07:28 – Experiencing Understanding from the Root
- 00:10:18 – The Ripening of the Experience
- 00:12:23 – The Nuanced Approach to Teachers and Charging Fees
- 00:15:03 – The Extremes of Adi Da’s Influence
- 00:17:34 – The Value of Adi Da’s Teachings
- 00:20:32 – The Limitations of Spiritual Slogans and Conditioning
- 00:22:46 – The Controversy surrounding Eckhart Tolle’s “New Heaven, New Earth”
- 00:24:37 – The Application of the Pain Body Idea to Children
- 00:27:02 – The Effectiveness of Teaching Through Example
- 00:29:34 – Assessing the Compassion of Spiritual Teachers
- 00:33:03 – The Manifestation of the Tao
- 00:36:26 – The Path of Suffering and Seeking
- 00:39:16 – Exploration of Different Spiritual Practices
- 00:42:18 – Different Spiritual Practices
- 00:45:34 – The Purpose of Life: Changing the Way You See the World
- 00:48:17 – Observing and Testing
- 00:52:22 – The Danger of Projecting Ultimate Enlightenment
- 00:56:10 – All knowledge and thought is off
- 01:01:21 – Transcending Consciousness and the Dream World
- 01:04:20 – Meeting Mr. – A Life-Changing Encounter
- 01:07:22 – Suffering and Finding the Soulmate
- 01:11:08 – The Evolution of the Universe to Life
- 01:15:26 – Creating a Soulmate
- 01:21:08 – God and Omnipresence
- 01:25:06 – Insights on Belief Systems and Surrender
- 01:29:29 – The Binding Influence of Conditioning and The Map is Not the Territory
- 01:34:56 – Mapping the Reality
- 01:40:47 – The Illusion of Being Human
- 01:45:36 – Respecting our Elders and First Nations
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