1997/10/08  18:45  
 kundalini-l-d Digest V97 #502 
  
kundalini-l-d Digest				Volume 97 : Issue 502
 
Today's Topics: 
  [Fwd: Re: Kundalini & the Holy Spirit] 
  Re: Unidentified subject! 
  zarcon's language......etc. 
  Re: Kundalini and Holy Spirit (was Pentecostal Kundalini) 
  Re: Kundalini and Holy Spirit (was Pentecostal Kundalini) 
  Light worker 
  FAQ's and more 
  Now is a good time! 
  Re: Unidentified subject! 
  Kundalini Joy Spot 
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 10:19:55 -0700 
From: indra <indraATnospamsmartt.com> 
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 10:16:08 -0700 
From: indra <indraATnospamsmartt.com> 
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To: tg xxx <imtgATnospamjuno.com> 
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Subject: Re: Kundalini & the Holy Spirit 
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tg xxx wrote: 
>  
> > 
> > E X P E R I E N C E D .................r    a    m. 
> <<I am rather surprised to find that a few choose to define everything 
> from the standpoint of ego....>> (snipped) 
>  
> Good Morning Sunshine! 
>  
> I just  received your wonderful letter to me and will answer it today, 
> but I wanted to write you first regarding Ram.  Hopefully, this is not 
> coming across as a defense, but more of an understanding.   This is my 
> intentions. 
>  
> Ram is a  sweetheart, much like you.  He has been posting quite a bit for 
> many months, altho he has been in lurking stage for awhile.   I have kept 
> most all of his past posts, which are usually telling us about the yogic 
> (?) terms - you know, like kalapas,  moksch, kriyas, etc. etc.,  among 
> other things  - they are very interesting! 
>  
> Because of his many  past postings and seeing his humbleness in many of 
> them, when I read what he wrote - E X P E R I E N C E D - I knew right 
> away that he was saying that he experienced this himself and was speaking 
> from experience, rather than making an ego statement.   I believe that if 
> you, too, had read Ram's postings since the beginning, you would have 
> seen it this way too.   In fact, I know you would. 
>  
> Anyway, I hope this helps you to understand a bit more.  These people who 
> I have come to know and love here on the list are very dear to me, as you 
> too are becoming in my heart also.....   And should anyone every 
> misinterpret you, I would do the same. 
>  
> I hope you see that I am not trying to jump on you and make you upset, 
> but to correct a misinterpretation that I see from my perception. 
>  
> Love, 
> xxxtg 
>  
> ps... did you know there is a Kundalini Archives that you can search for 
> prior postings by anyone on the list, either by author or subject? 
> Here's the URL # for it in case you didn't know about it: 
>  
> http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/listarch?list=KUNDALINI-LATnospamexecpc.com 
>  
> This is great to have if you are wanting to know if a particular subject 
> has been discussed via the list. 
>  
> http://members.aol.com/Teeegeee/tgsplace.html    <~~~~ on the web now!
 
 
Hello xxxtg!
 
Thanks very much for your information.If I have offended Ram or anyone, 
I apologize sincerely,in fact that ego part in my post was actually 
the reflection of my own ego. I am glad that you pointed it out. 
Still learning and experiencing.
 
Indra
 
Ram ! 
I read your latter post on the words. Please accept my sincere 
apologies for my expression of my ego. Well. I now realize that it was 
my ego which protruded outward, and I , the I within, could not control, 
because of my unawareness at the time.My intention was and is not to 
offend. My apologies go to you , really heartfelt. 
This is another realization, When we mistakes, the Shakti comes through 
people like xxxtg , as I find in this instance. I choose to acknowledge 
and accept the correction.
 
In Love Life and Light,
 
Indra 
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 97 13:17:52 EDT 
From: Leonya <haskinATnospamcadsys.ENET.dec.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com, grahamdATnospamnms.otc.com.au 
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! 
Message-Id: <9710081717.AA18607ATnospamus7rmc.bb.dec.com>
 
> But the "you" doesn't exist as you have said: 
> 
>  "The idea that you or anyone else actually exists as an individual is 
>  merely an appearance in the mind."
 
 Graham, you seem to be unwilling to see words as metaphors - you take 
them very literally without allowing for a possibility that the same  
word may be used to point to different things, depending on context 
in which it is used.  Such "flat thinking" leads to perception of 
the multitude of contradictions in most mystical texts.  Admittingly, 
I think it should be the responsibility of the writer to master  
language to such a degree as to carry a message across to the reader 
in a most clear, unambiguous, noncontradictory way (if thats the 
writer's intention in the first place, of course).  Unfortunately 
many people in search of Nirvana forsake language and linguistic 
thinking as unnecessary or even as obstruction to that goal, and 
when they later try to relate their mystical experiences to others, 
they usually fail because to get such messages across effectively  
the greatest possible mastery of language and logic is required. However,  
if you are really sincere in your attempts to learn something from those 
who are familiar with various mystical experiences, it is also your 
responsibility as a reader to try to see beyond the linguistic 
shortcomings of a message, and to do that you must be able to see 
words as just metaphors ("the finger is not the moon") instead of 
claiming the messenger to be an idiot or a liar.  Most thoughts on 
mysticism attempt to convey concepts of more than one level of  
meaning, looking at the world from more than just one perspective.   
To not recognize this is to exhibit what I call "flat thinking." 
Allow me to try to illustrate my point through the example from your 
discussion.
 
 In your discussion with Colin, there are two perspectives at play: 
the perspective of the individual mind and its separate material existence, 
and the perspective of the all-encompassing Mind (which can neither 
exist nor not exist in the material sense, since it is all-encompassing 
and "existence" implies something separate and limited).  From the 
perspective of the individual mind, existence of "you" and "I" is very 
real, but from perspective of the all-encompassing Mind, any "existence" 
is kind of like an illusion or appearance.  Mystical revelation usually 
refers to a realization of the "all-encompassing Mind" (this concept in 
itself is a long stretching metaphor), and from perspective of that 
realization, existence of you or anyone else is but an appearance.  In  
relating the viewpoint of the Mind, one inevitably has to incorporate 
at least two levels of meaning into the message (the Mind's and the mind's), 
which can result in such apparent contradiction as "I know that I do not 
exist", which nevertheless may have a great deal of experiential knowledge 
behind it.
 
 I sincerely hope that you will find what I said helpful.  I think that I am 
very far from being a master of language, logic, or mysticism; nevertheless 
I hope that you'll be able to use your logic and intuition to extract  
something useful from I have said - after all, a most important part of 
communication lies in the abilities of the receiver.
 
 Thank you, 
Leonya 
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 10:37:27 PDT 
From: "zarcon pitom" <zarconpitomATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: KUNDALINI-LATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: zarcon's language......etc. 
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Hello all, let me start by wishing all of you without exception Lots of  
Love and Light
 
seems at times i have trouble communicating in proper english......not  
always do i allow my physical adequate time to retype a message so that  
it is clear and concise.....it is an exhausting experience for my  
physical to allow me to share my thoughts.....awakened and not so  
awakened....even this message will make it tired......so please pardon  
my oft broken english.....as my physical becomes more used to me and  
accepts my presence so to will ease the communication from the  
non-physical realm to the physical realm.....My physical has been  
exhausted for the last two days and has required nearly 50% more sleep  
than is usual.....Communication efforts through the physical in prior  
days were very demanding.....most probably after this day has elapsed  
the physical will also be tired.....as time goes by, it will be easier  
and eventually all communication from me through my physical will be  
like this one.....until that becomes a regular phenomena though, this  
level of communication may be sporadic.....and the broken  
language.....the essence will be more common.....
 
Most of you accept my physical's process of dealing with the  
non-physical realm 
But Crustacean has communicated in a less than favorable vein
 
.....pity the confused, pity the bitter.....help them open their  
minds.....help them learn.....for they have suffered
 
Tomorrow is the 7th night that i have communicated to you through my  
physical...
 
sorry Crustacean.....for some reason known to you the term physical  
offends you.....interestingly no-one else has expressed a like sentiment  
Dont be ambivalent, accusatory,antagonistic,apoplectic,diametrically  
opposed, discombobulated,flabbergasted, obnoxious,verbose to  
obfuscate,officious,  perscipatious,persnicity,presumptory, vindictive,  
or xenophobic.....that'll do for a start.....be nice.....Crustacean, May  
you only know pleasantries since you have already known the other  
side.....Mangal 
-----------------------------------------------------------
 
give me the year when the reality of extraterrestrial visitation is  
openly acknowledged by the governments of the world.
 
The "we are not alone" concept is openly discussed and is a forgone  
conclusion.....is it necessary to say what masses of population  
throughout the world generally are willing to accept as truth? perhaps  
the answer to the question is that it has happened insofar as space  
exploration is searching for life on other planets.....i.e. Mars  
exploration and beyond..... 
this is an acknowledgement of the possiblity by government.....a baby  
step towards a public pronouncement..... essentially and indirectly the  
announcment has been made.....for if life did not exist elsewhere why  
invest the resources to find what does not exist.....is this so far from  
a pronouncement that we have been visited? governments are people and  
people are frightened of something more powerful, unknown and superior  
to themselves in tewchnological development.....the technology will  
improve and the pronouncement of we have been visited and we are  
learning to visit will be made.....the governement needs only to resolve  
the fuel factor then it shall state what you ask..... you must know or  
have heard of Area 51 and other similar areas....the study and learn and  
are getting close to discovering the fuel source.....the announcement is  
forthcoming.....i feel that it is currentl inappropriate to state a  
date.....i shall think on this some more and decide when to state the  
date.....but not today nor next month. 
 
My physical is tired.....can not drain it.....must stop.....will  
communicate more later
 
Lots of Love to all and Most Especially To Crustacean 
Namaste Ashtu     
 
zarcon 
i am of the ages
 
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 10:59:02 -0700 
From: Kurt Keutzer <keutzerATnospamsynopsys.com> 
To: lodpressATnospamintercomm.com 
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com, keutzerATnospamsynopsys.com 
Subject: Re: Kundalini and Holy Spirit (was Pentecostal Kundalini) 
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At 07:19 PM 10/7/97 +0100, Gloria Greco wrote: 
>Kurt Keutzer wrote: 
>>  
>> Gloria writes: 
>> >HI Kurt, 
>> >Actually I meant to write one is not better then the other, they are 
>> >just coming from different places with different frequencies, I was glad 
>> >to find in a book called Cosmic Shakti Kundalini by Sadguru Sant 
>> >Keshavadas the eternal cosmic or universal is called Maha Kundalini 
>> >while in the individual psychic energy is called Kula Kundalini. I was 
>> >glad they made a distinction since there is certainly a difference to me 
>> >in frequency and power. Maha only comes down from the crown when you are 
>> >ready to work with cosmic power while kula is doing the work in the 
>> >preparation of this event.I do believe it has to be experienced to be 
>> >understood.  Gloria 
Kurt says:
 
>> I presume we're all writing from our experience here but 1) I feel my 
>> experience is only one leg of the tripod - the others being direction from 
>> (more) realized teachers and from the classical literature. 
 
Kurt emphasizes his earlier point: 
So were I to 
>> draw only on my own experience I would say that the rising of the kundalini 
>> - obliterating my identity at the heart and leading me to a complete sense 
>> of universal unity  at the crown  was a far more profound experience 
>> (albeit temporary)than the blissful drip of the holy spirit from above.
 
Kurt reiterates: 
So my general point was that we all have our experiences but even in 
liberated beings (and I cretainly am not one) one's experience does not 
necessarily encompass the range of all possible human experience. So first 
we need to appeal to teachers and to the written literature to broaden our 
experience. Even then, Eastern teacher are accustomed to presenting their 
approach as the be-all and end-all and each piece of literature tends to do 
the same. So if we really want to build a comprehensive picture then we 
have to presume that our experience is just a part of the puzzle and then 
others and other traditions may offer different pieces of the puzzle as we 
go along. 
 
So when you say: 
>Gloria: 
>	Here is where we are hitting the snag, you are assuming the Holy Spirit 
>coming down from the crown is a blissful drip, 
 
Kurt replies: 
NO. I do not assume that. I only point out that if I were only to draw only 
on my own experience, supported by some teachers and some literature, then 
that would be my conclusion.
 
Gloria continues: 
from my experience it 
>comes down with so much power when it meets up with kundalini that you 
>would think you would die for sure. There is no description of it, and 
>it to continues to enter just as kundalini continues to climb and work. 
>This is how the regeneration is done and why some folks don't stay in 
>the body to long. What most people speak of in churches as the baptism 
>of the Holy Spirit is not what I'm referring to although that is a part 
>of it just as a kundalini release is a part of the awakening process. 
>When it actually creates and finishes its path through the nerve pathway 
>it is absolute power. 
> 
> Holy Spirit fire is the Ain Sof Ore of the Jewish/hebrew tradition and 
>it sits at the 8th chakra above the head once that chakra has form as is 
>prepared to go into action in harmony with the seven in the body. This 
>is where the distinction of power is, I'm speaking of working with it as 
>you work with kundalini. At this point kundalini is a mild dragon in 
>comparison, Ain Sof Ore is divine will manifest. Or the Malu Kundalini 
>of the eastern thought. It represents divine cosmic power instead of 
>individual. Gloria  
>ternet for spiritual growth.
 
I really appreciate you sharing your experience -in and of itself it is 
beautiful, invaluable and profound. Moreover, if you are in contact with 
living exponents of Kabbalistic traditions and able to penetrate the 
Kabbalistic writings then you are well situated to bring in this authority. 
Otherwise you are moving off the solid shore of personal experience onto 
the thin ice of speculation. Not being Jewish the only thing that I have 
been able to learn from Kabbalistic masters is that I am not going to learn 
anything about their tradition without converting to Judaism and studying 
seriously with them. So I tend to lay off interpreting from that tradition. 
I am also unacquainted with any notion of Malu kundalini in any eastern 
thought.
 
So this is a long-winded way of saying that while I respect the uniqueness 
of your experience I think that your characterization of kundalini as 
``mild dragon'' is as limited as my characterization of the white 
bodhicitta-holy spirit as ``a blissful drip''. I can appreciate that you 
have a personal ``wiring''that allows you a deeper experience of the 
descent from above. I would be gratified if you would acknowledge that: 1) 
some of us have a wiring that gives us a more profound experience of the 
ascent of kundalini. 2)both of these energies have a common basis and are 
fundamentally equal. Each has relatively inferior or superior 
manifestations but united at the heart or the crown there is no value in 
describing the superiority of one over the other.
 
Kind Regards, 
Kurt 
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 13:05:40 +0100 
From: Gloria Greco <lodpressATnospamintercomm.com> 
To: Kurt Keutzer <keutzerATnospamsynopsys.com> 
CC: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Kundalini and Holy Spirit (was Pentecostal Kundalini) 
Message-ID: <343B770F.3F3BATnospamintercomm.com> 
 
Kurt: 
> So this is a long-winded way of saying that while I respect the uniqueness 
> of your experience I think that your characterization of kundalini as 
> ``mild dragon'' is as limited as my characterization of the white 
> bodhicitta-holy spirit as ``a blissful drip''. I can appreciate that you 
> have a personal ``wiring''that allows you a deeper experience of the 
> descent from above. I would be gratified if you would acknowledge that: 1) 
> some of us have a wiring that gives us a more profound experience of the 
> ascent of kundalini. 2)both of these energies have a common basis and are 
> fundamentally equal. Each has relatively inferior or superior 
> manifestations but united at the heart or the crown there is no value in 
> describing the superiority of one over the other.
 
'Gloria: 
 I don't think it means anything until you have the experience and I'm 
not saying that kundalini is a little dragon at all, each aspect is 
divine power entering into the human condition to create itself as 
reflection of human consciousness. Lets not get caught in word games.  
>  
> Kind Regards, 
> Kurt
 
-- 
 
Enter The Silence to Know God ... and... accept life as the teacher.  
Gloria Joy Greco  
 e-mail me at : lodpressATnospamintercomm.com and visit our homepage at: 
http://users.intercomm.com/larryn/ 
My homepage is to help individuals learn how to use the internet for 
spiritual growth. 
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 06:44:17 +0930 (CST) 
From: Allan Kelly <monadATnospammicrotronics.com.au> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Light worker 
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Greetings Groovers, 
     I'm in Aust trying to start a Light 
workers newsletter. Could you please direct me to a place on the internet 
where I can get hold of the latest info related to Light work and 
information related to group light work activities that every light worker 
around the world can join in with.
 
With Love and Light  
Allan 
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 16:09:48 -0700 
From: Kurt Keutzer <keutzerATnospamsynopsys.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Cc: keutzerATnospamsynopsys.com 
Subject: FAQ's and more 
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Since I've mentioned ``MY FAQ's'' in a couple threads I've received a few 
requests for pointers to them. I've written 4 articles on kundalini related 
topics for the web- Kundalini FAQ, Kundalini Yoga FAQ, Siddha Mahayoga FAQ 
and the Siddha Mahayoga Tradition of Swami Shivom Tirth (co-authored with 
Narayan Prakash). I presumed most people enter through the gateway - home 
of the listserver -where these FAQ's are but evidentally not. Here's the 
address:
 
http://www.execpc.com/~libra/kund/kundgate.html
 
The FAQ's and a host of other information are sprinkled at: 
http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/Yoga/Overview.html
 
The FAQ's and other info can also be had at: 
http://aloha.net/~bpeay/kundalini/xindex.html
 
I'm always looking for feedback and alternative views from those expressed 
in the FAQ's. Given my criticisms of others viewpoints I can imagine people 
doubting how genuinely I'm really asking for feedback - some people may 
feel ``oh yeah, serve your ideas up so that I can demolish them!!'' I don't 
subject others viewpoints to any harsher scrutiny than I subject my own. 
Generally, I am neither a kundalini nerd who simply enjoys accumulating 
information on kundalini nor am I a realized individual who has had the 
ultimate experience, discovered the ultimate truth, or has priveleged 
access to a special fount of wisdom. I try to be an honest seeker who seeks 
to enhance his internal experience and reconcile that experience with 
living masters and the literature of the great traditions. 
 
I'd also like to add that I REALLY enjoy this listserver because I feel 
that it has a great deal of vitality - with roots in the shakti energy 
itself. I think we are in a golden era of exchange of ideas here. 
 
May all sentient beings find comfort and joy 
Kurt 
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 16:55:29 +0730 
From: lhorstmaATnospamdirect.ca (Lynn) 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Now is a good time! 
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Dear List,
 
Has anyone experienced a feeling of looking from the outside into yourself 
and see the old self? 
What I saw I did not like and now I am trying to get a grip of things.
 
4 years ago, my husband, who was my best friend,  lover and  business 
partner of 15 years- passed away of cancer. 7 months of illness and then he 
was gone. To say I have been undergoing total personality change is an 
understatement.
 
I left the country, left our businesses, for 2 years went into 
"hybernation". Unfortunately, I was then very much alive and in pain. Death 
is alot easy then life for those who is dead! but not for those loved ones 
left behind. Since then, I have been learning many lessons ... 
For the last 2 years, I am a practitioner of Chi Kong and meditation. Since 
then I can smell better, I can feel better, I can see colours clearer, I 
have more energy, I laugh at silly things, I have grown more beautiful 
inside.I empathise with people, I speak less and very sensitive to 
negativism, automatically, I avoid confrontation, however 4 days ago an old 
business associates from my late husband surface, we were in total 
disagreement on an old project and both refuse to give in, we were  very 
high strung and were attacking each other "verbally" & was using every 
tools that we  have on hand to defend  and then some. Finally he apologises 
even then I feel, the apology did not come from the heart. Now that this 
episode is over, I feel very ashamed of my behaviour, I don't feel that I 
should be saying all those things, whereas, I should have said right from 
the beginning, "here are the deals that you wanted so much, take it and go 
in peace!" Instead, I allow myself to be dragged into a war path for 4 days 
and in the end, I am saying to him, "take it and go in peace!"
 
On retrospective, I got a glimpse of my old self and the me that  I saw, I 
did not like and I take it as a lesson of reminder that  now is a good 
time, now is a better time, now is a peaceful time and I feel blessed! 
Thought I share this with the group. 
Blessings to All 
L 
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 09:56:53 +1000 (EST) 
From: Graham.DumpletonATnospamnms.otc.com.au (Graham Dumpleton) 
To: ombabajiATnospamhotmail.com (Colin Jones) 
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! 
Message-Id: <199710082356.JAA06119ATnospambaldric.pad.otc.com.au> 
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 Colin writes: 
 > Graham writes: 
 > > If you think my arguments are stupid, then perhaps it is because in  
 > > part they are mean't to be in order to show the sillyness of trying to  
 > > concoct these ways of labeling things in the first place. 
 >  
 > Dear Graham, 
 >  
 >    I don't think your arguments are silly.  They are logical, in a way.   
 > But the point is that you keep looking for contradictions.  If you took  
 > the time to look past the contradictions, which it is impossible to  
 > avoid when speaking of these matters, then you might actually experience  
 > the Truth of it.  But if you don't want to, then fine.  But why stop  
 > other people from trying?  Surely if you are right, they will discover  
 > this through their own experience?  Surely this is better than relying  
 > on your great wisdom?  I am not asking for anybody to believe what I  
 > wrote.  I am simply asking that if they want to, they can try to  
 > experience it.  That is all.
 
I do see beyond your words and understand what you are talking about, I 
wouldn't have been brazen enough to take the stand I did if I didn't think 
I felt I knew the underlying message (truth) you were trying to get across. 
I guess it wouldn't have mattered what you were saying or even if it wasn't 
you who said it. What I was making a stand against was the idea that one 
belief or another is the only correct answer. So, in a sense it wasn't even 
directed at you. If you look around you will see more and more poeple who 
will push a particular line and are totally closed off to the idea that 
there is more to it than what they believe. The open mindedness or healthly 
skepticism which one would think is good for us appears to be too quickly 
dissappearing.
 
At different times we have choices about one path or another which we might 
take. It would seem that a lot of people are simply hopping on the freeways 
representing what is popular or the trendy thing of our time. They get 
stuck on these freeways and frankly many probably don't want to get off 
because they think it makes life simpler because they do not have to think, 
they do not have to descriminate. Well who is to say that there isn't some 
accident just around the corner and the traffic on the freeway isn't at a 
standstill. They seem to have so committed themselves to believing in one 
thing or another that they have closed off all the other immediate choices 
they may have and thus to get off the freeway is harder than what it may 
otherwise might be.
 
So perhaps a lunatic running around on the freeway making a lot of noise 
might just wake a few people up to at least realise that they have been 
closing off to the other possibilities which exist. Some might even start 
thinking why I am on this freeway anyway. Think about the infrastructure 
which supports our real roads and freeways. It is a colossal investment in 
time and money, yet, in this material world, in order to get from point A 
to point B it serves a purpose. But in terms of our spiritual path, why do 
we need to fall back on our material ways and do the same thing of 
trying to construct these huge infrastructures or belief systems which try 
to describe how we think the spiritual world is put together.
 
For the ideas you expressed and probably just about anything else that 
someone might put forward as the truth, one can throw up thoughts, ideas 
or teachings from scriptures which will contradict which, will give an 
alternate viewpoint. How can we ever reconcile all these contradictions. 
The real question is do we need to. If we throw away these materialistic 
ideas of trying to construct a spiritual road and freeway system to get us 
where we need to and instead simply let our spirit and love flow through 
the air, might no we have a simpler time of it. Surely this would be better 
than letting ourselves be bombared by the huge amounts of information of 
the materialistic world which we incesantly try to reconcile and collate to 
work out what is truth but yet only serves to mire us further in the maya 
or illusion that is this physical plain.
 
In the bible, Jesus is given as saying someting along the lines of "first 
and foremost love my father", ie. love God. The idea being that from 
this will flow the gifts and understanding of heaven. So instead of 
trying to construct our elaborate belief systems and ritual practices 
as a way of elevating our selves to God, this is saying that we simply 
love God and in doing so we will attain him and be protected by him. 
This is our vehicle to fly through the air and bypass these roads and 
freeways, that is, the vehicle is our true felt love for God. Now I'll 
be the first to admit that it isn't as simple as that, in as much 
as even knowing what it is to love God is hard to grasp. However, if we 
simply keep in our mind the goal to know what it means to love God and 
desire that connection with God, it moves us forward to the goal. So it is 
that we can throw away these materialisic notions of trying to construct 
the actual path way and trust that in seeking that path to God through 
love that he will show us the way.
 
--  
Graham Dumpleton (grahamdATnospamnms.otc.com.au) 
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:40:28 -0500 
From: MrNamasteATnospamwebtv.net (MrNamaste) 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Kundalini Joy Spot 
Message-Id: <199710090140.SAA28434ATnospammailtod-1.alma.webtv.net> 
 
"The big challenge is how to experience this on the internet."
 
Has anybody out there experienced this?  
Or experimented with experiencing this??
 
p.s.  Ed Aarons  -- Can you provide a definitive description of how you 
believe that this will change the world?  I hope you will participate 
further and that this newsthread develops.  I have always been 
interested in how "any of all this" can seriously impact the world --- 
in the sense that Sri Aurobindo referred to many (ad infinitum) times in 
Integral Yoga.  (So I am not referring to how I impact my world or 
others in their world.)  I am speaking of far larger ramifications 
including (but not exclusive to the depths of) Matter, itself.
 
 
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