1998/06/10  12:39  
 kundalini-l-d Digest V98 #446 
  
kundalini-l-d Digest				Volume 98 : Issue 446
 
Today's Topics: 
  Re: after the avatar                  [ Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.or ] 
  Re: The Aviator??:--)                 [ Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.or ] 
  Re: Words and Definitions (harsha)    [ Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.or ] 
  Re: Words and Definitions (Jeanne)    [ Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.or ] 
  chaos                                 [ "Sharon Webb" <shawebbATnospamyhc.edu> ] 
  Dalmation Dogs                        [ amckeonATnospamhsmail.nfld.k12.mn.us ] 
  Chaos, Order, Fractals, and Chakras   [ Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.or ] 
  Re: Re: Words and Definitions (harsh  [ Harsha1MTMATnospamaol.com ] 
  Re: Chaos, Order, Fractals, and Chak  [ "Sharon Webb" <shawebbATnospamyhc.edu> ] 
  Whole Life Expo                       [ amckeonATnospamhsmail.nfld.k12.mn.us ] 
  Re: GUILT & PUNISHMENT - GET RID OF   [ AfperryATnospamaol.com ] 
  Re: our very own avatar needs transl  [ AfperryATnospamaol.com ] 
  RE: Kundalini                         [ "janpa tsomo" <j_tsomoATnospamhotmail.com> ] 
  RE: Words and Definitions             [ "jb" <hc19436ATnospamautovia.com> ] 
  Woshtak teebok wdo <- just causing c  [ Danijel Turina <sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.te ] 
  Re: our very own avatar needs transl  [ Kathy <deliriumATnospamfull-moon.com> ] 
  Re: Woshtak teebok wdo                [ Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.or ] 
  attack dogs :-)                       [ Mary Ezzell <maryATnospamsonic.net> ] 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:42:45 -0400 
From: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
To: "Kundalini - L" <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com> 
Subject: Re: after the avatar 
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980611114245.007a5140ATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
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Greetings.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>Of course. Obviously. You will notice how you are never exposed. It is only 
>you who reflects others . . .
 
*****
 
I am always exposed, Lobster.
 
I am simply "never" exposed in your perspective because you have an 
interest in portraying me as "only reflecting others".
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>Ordered? The assumption is that your style is ordered compared to what?
 
*****
 
Ordered in comparison to the chaos of my past writing.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>So really your order is just another name for chaos.
 
*****
 
Chaos is the order that I have yet to comprehend. 
Order is the chaos that I do comprehend.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>You do not even use the word avatar in its prescribed way. No clarity there 
>unless we apply to you for clarification. People can not see past your 
>'clarity' to what you are saying. So no clarity there.
 
*****
 
Yes, I use the word Avatar in a new way that is different from the 
exclusive, judgmental way.
 
The more people read what I am writing and look past others' attempts to 
malign me as some sort of Messiah-Wanna-Be, the more they will see the 
simple truth of my perspective behind all of the negative hype.
 
Now it may take some time because my demonstration of inclusiveness and 
positivity is rousing a big negative stink -- but when the air clears and 
they realize that rather than having climbed up onto the "spiritually 
superior" pedetal that some of you seem so desperate to accuse me of doing 
I was actually levelling the playing field, they might comprehend.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>You do not seem to have the tools to overcome the verbiage produced by your 
>concise speech. In other words we are spending time on the method of 
>communication instead of anything of value you may have to say.
 
*****
 
As long as you continue to insist that my purposes are negative, or 
motivated by negativity (Ego), rather than being positive, the conversation 
about my character will continue to spiral.
 
However, I have contributed other threads on Kundalini and Chakras dealing 
with the list's business that some folks who are patiently taking the time 
to comprehend my perspective are benefitting from.
 
If you want to be topical and address one of those issues, rather than to 
continue to spiral, let's go for it.  I am completely ready to engage a 
rousing issue of Kundalini and Chakras.  However, if you continue to simply 
keep focused on negating me, I will continue to keep focusing on positing 
my self in polar comparison.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>You need to stop reflecting and start absorbing
 
*****
 
Oh, I am aborbing *smiles*  I am definately learning a lot through these 
discussions.
 
Now, it may seem as if I am doing anything but aborbing to you, but that is 
because I am absorbing something different than what you want me to aborb.
 
Simply put: I am continuing to affirm and to clearly demonstrate my 
positivity in my letters, rather than to absorb your negative perspective 
about that which I am.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>Not so. Nobody is totally aware of all the possibilities inherent in 
>meaning. We are communicating one to another - this is the meaning of 
>dialogue. If you totally understand what is being said, your emanation would 
>change and I would be aware of this. It has not. You still have not grasped 
>what is being said.
 
***
 
I see that you are choosing to continue to negate.
 
I will affirm again that for the most part I do indeed *comprehend* what is 
being said.
 
Now as for my "emanation changing" because of "grasping what is being said" 
-- based upon what you have written so far the majority of your 
demonstration is about negation whether directly (statements about what I 
am NOT doing) or through groundless accusing me of attempting to be 
"spiritually superior".
 
My emanation is changing -- it is growing according to my personal 
development, rather than according to the particular negative path of 
development that your continued attempts to negate me reveals that you are 
really interested in.
 
And of course -- I completely understand that you are reflecting the 
negative an aspect of me, Lobster.
 
 
Lobster wrote:
 
>Therefore you can not claim to understand anything but your own 
>limitations. 
 
*****
 
I understand both the positive (the free) and the negative (the limited) 
aspects of my self.
 
But again, I comprehend that you want to tell me what I can NOT understand 
for your own purposes, Lobster.
 
 
*waves*
 
I AM 
Avatar Thyer
 
 
****************************
 
If you find your self reacting negatively to what I wrote in this letter, 
take a deep breath, release the urge to negate, and slowly re-read what I 
wrote.  I use words very precisely, and sometimes uniquely, because I am 
devoted to clear communication.  If you still find that you are reacting 
negatively to what I wrote, consider asking me about it to clarify the 
issue, rather than enacting your negativity by attacking with condemnation.
 
**************************** 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:55:14 -0400 
From: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: The Aviator??:--) 
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Greetings.
 
 
jeannegATnospamicon.net wrotes:
 
>Seemed like a nice name, and Thyer rhymes with Flyer...
 
*****
 
and rhymes with Fire, and Tire ....
 
*laughs and slaps his knee*
 
Hey -- as Spirit we are all the same.
 
 
I AM 
Avatar Thyer 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:09:29 -0400 
From: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: Words and Definitions (harsha) 
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980611120929.007bb350ATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
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Greetings.
 
 
Harsha quoted Lobster:
 
>The avatar may be true to his needs and completely incapable of 
>providing communication that enhances others understanding and moves them 
>forward. What they are sensing is someone who has the odour of a teacher - 
>but is just using deodorent.
 
*****
 
Thanks, Harsha.  I missed this particular quote.  So I will respond to it 
here.
 
Teachers can be both positive and negative. 
Students can be both positive and negative.
 
I am both a teacher (others learn from me) and a student (I learn from 
others).
 
If I was demonstrating negativity, then I would indeed have the odour of 
negative teacher and a negative student.
 
Since I am clearly demonstrating positivity, I am both a positive teacher 
and a positive student.  
 
 
I AM 
Avatar Thyer
 
 
****************************
 
If you find your self reacting negatively to what I wrote in this letter, 
take a deep breath, release the urge to negate, and slowly re-read what I 
wrote.  I use words very precisely, and sometimes uniquely, because I am 
devoted to clear communication.  If you still find that you are reacting 
negatively to what I wrote, consider asking me about it to clarify the 
issue, rather than enacting your negativity by attacking with condemnation.
 
**************************** 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:19:24 -0400 
From: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
To: Jeanne Garner <jeannegATnospamicon.net>, kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: Words and Definitions (Jeanne) 
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980611121924.007d1c10ATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
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Greetings.
 
 
Jeanne wrote:
 
>But I'll still think of Avatar Thyer as someone happily zooming through the 
>clouds, perhaps a bright, colorful scarf flapping in the winds...hard to 
>undo a misperception.
 
*****
 
Thanks for that wonderful image, Jeanne.
 
I hope that you realize that I consider you, and everyone else, to be 
flying through the spiritual clouds with me -- rather than considering you 
as "lower" to my self.
 
 
I AM 
Avatar Thyer 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:13:25 -0400 
From: "Sharon Webb" <shawebbATnospamyhc.edu> 
To: <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: chaos 
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Hi,
 
The "Av" wrote: 
>Chaos is the order that I have yet to comprehend. 
>Order is the chaos that I do comprehend.
 
Yes.  Mathematically speaking, there is no chaos, but only the illusion of 
chaos.  Underneath there is always order.
 
The famous Mandelbrot fractal set contains infinity...as all fractals 
contain infinity.  The graphical depiction of the Mandelbrot set shows a 
figure which to me looks like a Buddha lying on his side.  It also resembles 
a turtle---which some American Indians believed held up the world.  And this 
figure---and the infinity hidden inside it---is quite ordered.
 
An example of order underlying chaos:
 
At a nuclear power plant, engineers testing the system switched power from 
the main grid to a backup grid.  Although the switch was for all intents and 
purposes instantaneous, on playback the computer showed a definite graphical 
area of chaotic activity when the transfer was made.
 
Curious, the engineers used the computer to zoom into the heart of the 
chaos.  They found more chaotic activity, but as they continued to zoom, 
tiny indications of a pattern began to emerge.  And when they zoomed in once 
more they found the little Buddha lying on his side---the complete 
Mandelbrot set---an infinity of order ranging from the simple to the 
unbelievably complex.
 
Said one of the engineers, "Sure makes you believe in something, doesn't 
it?"
 
Sharon 
shawebbATnospamyhc.edu 
A new fractal gallery and screensaver was posted to this site, 4/3/98: 
 http://www.fractalus.com/sharon/ 
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Award 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:23:02 -0600 
From: amckeonATnospamhsmail.nfld.k12.mn.us 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Dalmation Dogs 
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Sharon Webb wrote: 
>I always think of myself as a Dalmation dog...
 
You might want to check out a Science Fiction book: "Vurt" by Jeff Noon. 
The main character is a hybrid human/dalmation taxi driver. It's sequel 
"Pollen" is pretty good too, but the dalmation doesn't figure quite as 
prominently.
 
I also recommend "Vurt" to anyone who enjoys diving into other worlds and 
becoming immersed in them. I tend to use books as if they are drugs, to 
utilize one metaphor. This book carries a "psychedelic" charge... so I 
recommend using it with caution.
 
JMHO, 
amckeon 
*sometimes a good illusion is the only thing that gets you through the day* 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:27:27 -0400 
From: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
To: "Sharon Webb" <shawebbATnospamyhc.edu>, <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: Chaos, Order, Fractals, and Chakras 
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980611122727.007d0370ATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
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Greetings.
 
 
Sharon, have you ever meditated on fractals?  Explored the infinite 
iterations of a mandlbrot?
 
I've often considered that the Chakras are as fractal-like iterations of 
full kundalini.
 
 
I AM 
Avatar Thyer 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:29:01 EDT 
From: Harsha1MTMATnospamaol.com 
To: thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org, kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: Re: Words and Definitions (harsha) 
Message-ID: <99b3a572.357eb44eATnospamaol.com> 
 
In a message dated 6/10/1998, 12:06:02 PM, thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org writes: 
<<If I was demonstrating negativity, then I would indeed have the odour of 
negative teacher and a negative student. 
>>
 
Harsha: Dear Thyer, 
     Let us put aside the odor issue for now. I 
will respect your request on my personal e-mail to simply call you Thyer which 
is your actual name. I think a similar understanding was reached with dear 
Peshwani who was signing himself (Shahansha -- King of Kings). Be well, be 
yourself. Let others be who they are. God bless everyone. 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:28:44 -0400 
From: "Sharon Webb" <shawebbATnospamyhc.edu> 
To: <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com>, "Avatar Thyer" <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
Subject: Re: Chaos, Order, Fractals, and Chakras 
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Hi,
 
The Av wrote: 
>Sharon, have you ever meditated on fractals?  Explored the infinite 
>iterations of a mandlbrot?
 
Yes.  But not the Mandelbrot.  Instead I use my own formulae.  And the 
fractals are three dimensional in meditation.  When I fell sick I had 
visions of fractals.   I moved along them, through them, and merged with 
them.  They have a texture of rose petals.
 
>I've often considered that the Chakras are as fractal-like iterations of 
>full kundalini.
 
Fractals are very simple equations which grow into unimaginable complexity. 
To me, a fractal set is like a thought of deity, a momentary glimpse through 
the eye of God.
 
:-)
 
Sharon 
shawebbATnospamyhc.edu 
A new fractal gallery and screensaver was posted to this site, 4/3/98: 
 http://www.fractalus.com/sharon/ 
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ENC Digital Dozen; Enchantment Award; ArtSearch Featured Site; 
NetTech NeatTech: Web Best ; Eye Candy Award; Studyweb Featured Site; 
Lotus Light Award; Wave of the Day; Hot Site Award; Critical Mass Award; 
Best of the Planet, People's Choice Award, 1998; WS Award; Treasured Site 
Award 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:47:02 -0600 
From: amckeonATnospamhsmail.nfld.k12.mn.us 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Whole Life Expo 
Message-Id: <l03130301b1a472377d92ATnospam[126.0.0.108]> 
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I went to this event when it came to my state. Check out the website (see 
below), Whole Life Expo is also coming to: 
Cleveland 
Austin 
Chicago 
Atlanta 
Portland
 
They had Tibetan monks there who did a sand painting and then destroyed it 
and passed out handfuls of the sand.
 
Barbara Hand Clow was one of the speakers... although I arrived too late to 
see her and there was an audio problem in recording the tapes... oh well, 
there was a good selection of her books there. Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra 
were the big featured speakers... with a line curving around the building 
to get into the auditorium for their deal. There were also presentations or 
workshops by Wallace Black Elk, Echo Bodine, Shakti Gawain, and many other 
names that some of you may have heard of but I have not.
 
Lots of stuff to buy of course, crystals, clothes, CDs, BOOKS, lots of 
information on alternative healing and religions, psychic readers, 
astrologers,gourmet vegetarian food, good vibes to groove on...
 
I bought this pocket "dial a chakra" thingie that is kinda kewl.
 
This guy was selling this exercise thing that was like a "johnny jump up" 
deal that people put babies in so they can bounce happily... But this one 
was for adults... I tried it out... Fabulous! I almost whipped out the 
credit card on the spot but then realized that I have no room to put the 
thing... It is attached to a frame about the size of a refrigerator...
 
Anyhoo, the friend I went with was a bit offended by what she saw as the 
overcommercialization of things spiritual, but I didn't mind. I expected 
it! I bought what I wanted and left the rest...
 
Check it out at: http://www.wholelife.com
 
amckeon 
*Deja Moo... I think I've seen this Bulls**t before :)* 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:53:42 EDT 
From: AfperryATnospamaol.com 
To: paulATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk 
Cc: Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: GUILT & PUNISHMENT - GET RID OF THE CONCEPT ! 
Message-ID: <b78198cd.357ec827ATnospamaol.com> 
 
Dear Paul, 
In a message dated 10/6/98 4:02:51 pm, you wrote:
 
>Magne Aga: What is "hate" ? According to my standards: Suppressed Love. 
>Paul: I am not sure I agree with your definition of hate. Love cannot be 
suppressed, it is transcendent.
 
Alan: Perhaps 'love reversed' might be a better way of looking at it than 
'suppressed'. Love focused on the little self rather than flowing towards the 
universal will tend to manifest to others as hate i.e. intense self love is 
its root cause. Surely, everything is love ultimately - is that not what God 
essentially is? - but that love has many and various expressions depending on 
how we harness it :-)
 
God bless, 
Alan 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:53:46 EDT 
From: AfperryATnospamaol.com 
To: thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org 
Cc: Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: our very own avatar needs translating... (Alan) 
Message-ID: <4d415ecd.357ec82bATnospamaol.com> 
 
Dear Avatar Thyer, 
In a message dated 10/6/98 3:03:25 pm, you wrote:
 
>Rather than thinking that over-use will degrade the term, I think that 
>*exclusive use* will degrade the term.........................[snip] 
>So popular usage of the word *Avatar* as only refering to a specific kind 
>of rarified, higher, superior, being causes Avatarhood to become an 
>exclusive club for the snobbish elite, rather than an inclusive experience 
>for everyone.
 
IMHO, the need for an 'exclusive' term will always exist because it expresses 
the reverence that so many of the population feel. If the term 'avatar' 
becomes trivialised, another term will come into being to show the distinction 
between just any old avatar and the super-dooper 2000 GT model with go-faster 
stripes. 
 
I do not think Christ, Buddha or Sai Baba are 'better' than me in the absolute 
sense, but I love and revere them as greater manifestations of the divinity 
that we all share. (How you attribute snobbishness to them defeats me 
entirely!)
 
I feel that you are ignoring this purely human aspect in your equations - our 
sense of the sacred and the need to express it in words.
 
God bless, 
Alan 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:09:03 PDT 
From: "janpa tsomo" <j_tsomoATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com, Harsha1MTMATnospamaol.com, hc19436ATnospamautovia.com 
Subject: RE: Kundalini 
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>From: "jb" <hc19436ATnospamautovia.com> 
>To: <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com>, <Harsha1MTMATnospamaol.com> 
>Subject: RE: Kundalini 
>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:14:27 +0100 
>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
>equivalents of Buddha, Ramana Maharishi, Patanjali, Shankara, Rama, 
>Ramanuja, Krishna, Yajnavalkya, etc. Women have ever enlightenedly been 
>glowing and they are humble...
 
What about Arya Tara:) ?
 
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:19:06 +0100 
From: "jb" <hc19436ATnospamautovia.com> 
To: <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com>, "Avatar Thyer" <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
Subject: RE: Words and Definitions 
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Avt wrote: 
> Greetings. 
> 
>  This is my simple definition of an Avatar: one of Spirit's individual 
> incarnations.
 
Jan: 
According to this definition, avatar is just a synonym for Mr. or Mrs., 
something nobody needs to convince us of. As no one is using the obvious, 
superfluous Mr. and Mrs., why are you using this word that takes a lot more 
time to write down than a simple first name... Hardly anywhere in NG's or on 
mailing-lists is something else used than a first name. IMO, the use of such 
an adjunct serves no purpose other than causing reading problems for the 
visually handicapped, of which I am one too. So my first question is, why 
use such a six letter adjunct to your name? As the reactions were 
predictable, the only reason I can come up with is a study of the behavior 
of certain spiritual communities. So my second question is, did you try this 
in other groups as well and if yes, what were your findings?
 
BTW, the ms outlook spelling check wants to change Avt into Vat... If you 
agree with using Vat, I can omit another click on "ignore" :-) 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:27:56 +0200 
From: Danijel Turina <sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.tel.hr> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Woshtak teebok wdo <- just causing confusion ;) 
Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980610202756.0094db20ATnospampop.tel.hr> 
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At 10:06 1998.06.11 -0400, you wrote: 
>>We are all incarnations of the one spirit or God, so literally we are all 
>>avatars and you are quite justified in using the term for yourself. However, 
>>in common English usage, the word is associated with the highest spiritual 
>>beings that we know on Earth and therefore carries with it a special 
>>reverence. Do you not think that over-use of the term 'avatar' would tend to 
>>degrade it ( perhaps in the same way that the word 'Bhagwan' was degraded by 
>>Rajneesh)? 
> 
>***** 
> 
>To me, part of the problem is that the term *Avatar* is associated with 
>"the highest spiritual beings" -- as if any entity is "higher" in polar 
>comparison to another that is "lower", or "superior" in polar comparison to 
>another who is "inferior". 
> 
>In my experience, I have noticed that those who run around telling others 
>that they are "lower" or "inferior" are the ones who really demonstrate Ego. 
> 
>I have also noticed that those who run around groundlessly insisting that 
>others are trying to be "higher" or "superior" are also demonstrating Ego 
>because by groundlessly accusing another of a superiority complex, they are 
>attempting to Separate their target from being positive -- even if their 
>target clearly and repeatedly affirms Union. 
> 
>So popular usage of the word *Avatar* as only refering to a specific kind 
>of rarified, higher, superior, being causes Avatarhood to become an 
>exclusive club for the snobbish elite, rather than an inclusive experience 
>for everyone.
 
Are you serious with this? 
Illustration of my point: why not say we are all computer programmers? 
Instead of reserving the word for the snobbish elite, why not give 
everybody the joy of being a computer programmer? The real problem is, how 
do you call the real computer programmers then. :) You just have to invent 
some new word. 
 
<enlightened> 
I indeed inhabit all beings, and I am one, undivided and omnipresent. I am 
everything, unmanifested beyond manifestation, source and the sole 
foundation. Nothing exists beyond and without me, and I am the heart of 
every being. Although undivided, I am observed as infinity of individual 
beings. Illusion that is me covers the self of all beings that is me, and 
One is manifested as multitude. I am the eternally free witness of the 
attempts of attaining freedom. I am the undivided Self in all beings that 
long for the unity.  
</enlightened>
 
:) 
Now tell me why the hell do you call yourself avatar? It most certainly 
isn't because you are convinced of it. If I had a signature that said "I am 
really Danijel, a human being that lives in Croatia, I'm not a blood 
sucking creature from outer space, those are alienated rumors spread by 
those who don't understand", what would you think? You would have every 
reason to believe that I don't have all the screws in place. You are no 
avatar. You are jivatman, individual manifestation of undivided Self. 
Avatar is something different, it is used to denote either incarnation of 
Isvara (God) or some extremely evolved being far above the human level. The 
term is not used to denote incarnations of Self, because Self is incarnate 
in everything, I am everything. So in that meaning there are no avatars at 
all. But from the relative perspective, there are beings that are 
unevolved, and beings that are extremely highly evolved. I can bring two 
people to you, Sai Baba and a drunkhead from the streat. According to your 
definition, they are both avatars, according to my definition, Sai Baba is 
avatar, and a drunkhead is a being conditioned by the lower astral and 
physical plane. For avatars, there are no laws of nature. For instance, in 
Hairakhan where Maha Avatar Babaji dwelled, there was no law of physics 
that wasn't broken ten times each day. Avatar is completely above every 
form of limitation. The entire Creation, and destiny of all beings, is 
under his control. He is the incarnation of God. 
 
So please, either state that you indeed are an incarnation of God - not 
Self, but God - or spare us your attempts to convince yourself of 
something, you are just confusing people. I can also state that I am a nazi 
racist axe murderer, and that it is other people's prejudice that says it 
is bad, that I define nazi racist axe murderer as a person who is very 
polite, kind and loving to all beings. G! :)
 
>I prefer to use the term to include everyone.
 
Why not use the term "racist" to include everyone, not just some people?
 
>Rather than thinking that over-use will degrade the term, I think that 
>*exclusive use* will degrade the term.  Because of this, I think that the 
>common way that it is used in English now is already degrogatory.  I'm 
>slowly working on changing that by providing a positive, unionizing 
>alterative to current negative, separating form.
 
ROTFLMTO :))))))))))))
 
>Unfortunately, lots of folks have been thoroughly programmed with the 
>negativem, separating use of the term that it triggers their own negativity 
>and they blindly pounce upon anyone who uses it.
 
You see, that's the same problem I encounter when I state I'm a racist axe 
murderer, <sigh>, us gentle loving creative souls are never understood. :)))
 
Come on, cut the avatar crap and sign with your name, instead of creating 
confusion with inappropriate use of terms. ;)
 
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E-mail  : sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.tel.hr 
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:33:26 +0100 
From: Kathy <deliriumATnospamfull-moon.com> 
To: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
CC: The List <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com> 
Subject: Re: our very own avatar needs translating... (Delirium) 
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> Delirium wrote: 
> 
> >So, Av, *why didn't ya say so earlier?* Surely you know the dictionary 
> >definition of avatar is different from what you have just told us *your* 
> >definition is. 
>
 
AT responded
 
> I did say so earlier -- when I was politely asked by another member of the 
> list.
 
Apologies...overwhelmed by your verbiage i probably "glazed" and missed that!
 
I got the gist of the rest of your post. I will say, though, that I think in 
this case *you* may be overreacting to the people who have posted you 
honestly...I perceive (and I may be mistaken but your words say to me at least 
that I am not) that you are being *way* defensive and shooting back...where no 
shooting is required. Some "consider the source" advice may be worthwhile here 
as well...because (once again IMO) you are definitely answering what you 
perceive as negative *with* negative...
 
hey, maybe we have a mathematical situation here...a double negative that 
makes a positive?
 
(the only double *positive* I know of that makes a negative is "yeah, right!")
 
That out of the way, what I wanna know is how Kundalini comes into all this 
fussin' over words...is the "heat" we're generating through these posts 
K-fire?
 
--Blessings and grins and cool cool waves of self-affirmation to us all
 
God (Kath/Delirium/Goddess/Avatar/whatever!) 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 15:35:16 -0400 
From: Avatar Thyer <thyerATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
To: Danijel Turina <sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.tel.hr>, kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: Woshtak teebok wdo 
Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980611153516.007b4580ATnospamfreenet.grfn.org> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
 
Greetings.
 
 
*chuckles warmly*
 
Nice post.
 
Continue on the path that's appropriate for you.
 
 
I AM 
Avatar Thyer 
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:44:56 -0700 
From: Mary Ezzell <maryATnospamsonic.net> 
To: <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: attack dogs :-) 
Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980610092925.009e04ecATnospampop.sonic.net> 
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At 10:09 PM 6/9/98 -0700, Angelique wrote: 
> 
>   Hello: 
>   I have been observing the "attack dogs" "piranha feeding frenzy" on the 
>list, 
 
< humor mode on >
 
Relax, honey. Our posts are perfect, you're just mirroring yourself.
 
Your post only tells us about your own reactions/motivations, not about us. 
(I'll refrain from mind-reading you. :-)
 
< humor mode seldom off >
 
Mary 
too lazy to look up the exact quotes
 
 
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