HI everyone, My name is Anthony and Im from Toledo Ohio. Im just starting to learn about Kundalini awakening and am anxious to learn more. If anyone could...
Hi Anthony, a b <PrayerBead@...> wrote: HI everyone, I think the book by Bonnie Greenwell Energies of Transformation is a good one for describing both...
Ive heard a some people talk about the downside of Kundalini awakening. What does that mean? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear Bill-- It goes without saying there are many dark people in India, but there is prejudice there against black-skinned people, too, and the light skin is...
Dear Bill, You are not the only person who ever used psychedelics; lots of people have taken lots of drugs. If drugs could make one a Buddha, we would be awash...
Dear Roxan, Your response to me comes across as sermonizing -- simply because you're getting personal with me -- therefore I'm not going to bother justify it...
Dear Roxan, I didn't accuse you of anything, but if you want me to accuse you something, I'll accommodate you by accusing you of insensitivity. I did respond...
Dear Bill, I almost hesitate to 'wade in' but ... what the heck. Defence of the 'self' from the positionality of the self is by definition self-limiting to...
Dear Alex, I was dealing with the right-here and right-now, not some transcendental blah, blah, blah. If one's going to make insensitive comments that could...
Dear Bill, The lyrics on the ancient Paul Simon Album 'Rhyming Simon', comes to mind, at least the refrain in the cut 'one man's ceiling is another man's...
Dear Roxan, I've decided I will respond to your previous assertions, but I wont respond to your assertions and assessments of my own experiences. I had them,...
Dear Roxan, Since the subjects that you and I are discussing at the moment happen to be a little contentious, I suggest we move over to 'Defenders' to continue...
Dear Anthony, Welcome! I hope you discover that there are several people in this group who are experienced and willing to share. It occurs to me from your...
Bill, your comments don't even merit a reply. This is a case of removing the plank in your own eye. I thought it was refreshing to hear someone say there could...
Dear Bill--Since you can't take a hint, I shall have to speak plainly: it is not safe to discuss drugs on an open forum, or on the internet at all and I am...
Hi Rose! Thank you for the welcome and thanks to everyone else aswell. I do use prayerbeads and rosaries (Im Byzantine Catholic) and recite mantras and...
Re: Profound Spiritual Experience Dear Roxan, I have no problem with femaleness, but I do have a problem with obtuse 'jokes' about ethnicity that could...
Dear Roxana I hope that other people don't pick up on your paranoia about speaking about drugs in this forum. Mind expanding drugs have a long and revered...
Good information on the topic of Mantra Japa can be read at- http://www.awgp.org/english/books/jap_tap_dhyan.pdf in the book 'Jap-Tap-Dhyan, three fold path of...
Dear Linda, Thanks for your input and I'm glad at least one person found the discussion of value and interest. I do agree with you that we should not let the...
Roxan is right... I once mentioned LSD on Internet and within ten minutes my entire neighborhood was invaded by about 1,000 armed robotized-drug cops, who on...
Well well i figured someone would light the wrong end of a firecracker yesterday before inhaling. Hopefully with bombs bursting in air Sears Tower will still...
"Saint Teresa of Ávila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptised as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) (March 28, 1515 - October 4, 1582) was a major figure...
Hi friends, I just came across some rather old research, circa 1966 and 1991, that I felt may add value to the discussion. Happiness and Ease to you all, ...
Dear taustin: I want to thank you for your broad reaching and enlightening article, "the role of kundalini in developing higher states of consciousness"...
Hello Nirodha, and thank-you for posting these interesting essays on psychedelics and the spiritual experience. The fundamental problem with this premise, as...
Hello dear friend Nirodha, thank-you ever so much for this most informative view on Teresa of Avila. I enjoyed reading it very much. I believe we ecstatic...
Hello my dear friend Jhanananda, You're very welcome, as always, and thanks for the link to your essay. As for scientists not understanding meditation and...
Hello my dear friend Jhanananda, I'm glad you enjoyed this piece, which was really just an introduction and link to St. Teresa and her writing, and I hope ...
