Nungali

Arjun said: O Janardan, if You consider a kitchen disposal unit thou shalt find how the individual is abolished into the infinite , then why do You ask me to wage this terrible war? My intellect is bewildered by Your ambiguous advice. Please tell me decisively the one path by which I may attain the highest good. The Lord said: O sinless one, the two paths in a transformer are never joined .... power shall enter from one side, and go out the other , but there shall be no meeting in the middle .. for those inclined toward contemplation, and the path of work for those inclined toward action consider that I originall used the wrong words ... and now , I shall spend several hours on this battlefield trying to argue my way out of it .

So ... 'the flaming sword' is like a kitchen disposal unit . Okay then ......

I like to use a different name each time . Or start reciting your phone number just as she is finishing writing the name . or ask for 9 sugars . . . or 1/3 cow milk, 1/3 soy and 1/3 almond . Unless its at my local store ... wow, the women in there .... " No , youre not getting two sugars .... one will do . " I still cant get over the time , I returned it , said it was too cool, the German dude took it back , opened it, stirred it , put the lid back on and handed it back ..... me and the other worker behind the counter , one of the woman are just standing there gawping at him and he ... " Thank you , have a nice day , " That shops crazy ! Very entertaining . ( The other day , I go in and two of the local crazy women are behind the counter ... oh-O ! The huge large one is rude and suggestive so I ask the other 'What;s going on with her today '? ' - the other (out load with straight tourist customers about ) : " She's a hornbag ! " ..... Jezuz !

What ? Okay then ... .... and then she wrote 'Steve' on it . Later she called out 'Steve ? ' and I took it and drank it . - It did not appear to have any concrete in it .

In my work as a chef / cook , yes , we ( me and boss ) do let people ruin our food ..... but then we mock and diss them behind their back I offer you this wonderful little experience ; Film catering , 100s for lunch , my crazy boss decides one day to offer a full ' sushi feast ' . We spent ages ( a whole team of about 7 ) making all sorts of beautifully decorated , innovative , fantastic Japanese style dishes . It looked rather fantastic . As usual, off to the side , for those that are not 'adventurous' there is a 'roast table ' ; a huge lump of something that my boss is standing behind waiting to carve off bits for people , a a huge tub of mashed potato , another of gravy and some green veg on the side . "Here they come ! " ... a minor stampede as 'off set' are coming through first . One of them is a rigger ; big fat guy , got tools strapped all over his huge belt that he still wearing , he approaches the Sushi table ; " Wot's that stuff ?" Me : " Sushi ." Rigger ; " Wot's that ? " Me; " Raw fish , some cooked or smoked , rice, seaweed, pickles and stuff . " he shrugs with careless approval , makes a grunting 'semi - appreciative' noise and starts hacking into my 'sushi sculpture' and stacking it up on his plate . I look over to my boss and he is . Then he takes his plate over to the roast table and holds it out under my bosses nose .... what ? Is there something wrong with it ? No, he points at the roast . So my boss carves off a few slices and tries to fit it on the side of his crammed plate . Guy is still there thrusting the plate at him , so he puts more and more slices on , piling it up until the guy grunts in satisfaction , then he moves along , scoops huge spoons of mash potato all over the plate and then drenches all of it in gravy ! me and boss are Then he grabs about half a loaf of buttered bread slices , goes to a table , hits emergency release on belt and throws that on the table , sits down and scoops his plate (now) mess up with the bread slices and stuffs them down his gob . Assorted sushi , roast beef , mash and gravy sandwiches !

Next , you will be dissing Lobsang Rampa !

I had not heard of that . I just looked it up, sounds interesting . Oh ? I didnt encounter that mentioned in what I read about it . It did mention ' rudimentary bondage and spanking' , but would that make him a 'sadist ' ? Could you explain that please ? What teaching and what do you mean he 'kept it intact' ? Certainly ... for many . Like also the term 'spirit' . Ha har ... probably not . I think he claimed a few previous incarnations .... he currently incarnates as an Indian peasant widow with 7 children ..... ( that'l teach him ! )

Hmmmm .... is that free ..... do you get food ?

Other fun with coffee : Girl takes my order at the take away window at a cafe in town , she is holding the empty cup up and is poised with a pen ; "Name ? " " Stafanoduoacantoupolis " ... she actually starts to write that and " How do you spell that ? " me; " S ..... t ....a ...f..a...n...actuoplaquss . " ... and she is still trying to write it on the cup ! Me : " Just put 'Steve' ."

Today's experiment ; Put two teaspoons of concrete in your coffee before you drink it .

Get off his case Daniel - go write a blog about it .

if you are not already .... get out into nature . Get some clean air and good fresh water . 'Rough it' a bit .... let the body know its alive and susceptible to the elements . Observe ... particularly the animals , I dont mean just watch them, or the natural processes but spend a while in quiet observation and stillness , after a while , if you make no noise or movement , the surrounds will 'accept' you .... sorta forget you are there ... then real observation can begin . A very important teaching with the indigenous here is ; " We learnt our behavior and what to do in many situations by observing the animals . " I have found , when understanding this and applying it correctly , that it can be a very helpful and empowering thing ... even psychologically and / or understanding processes or difficulties we may be going through .

Well, here is start , considering ; I have no experience with 'vibrating palm ' , but a vibrating back of the hand , fingers extended but 'loose' and like a slap which stopped on the surface but continued to 'flutter' . It was refereed to as 'fish tail' . I didnt feel much , it was light and on my side , that was because the 'applicant' was being nice to me and showing me a technique out of an obscure 'hakatsuru' (crane ) form . He said it would have been applied to a different part of the body , with force and penetration and at a certain 'point' in the system that controls the cardiac rhythm . Regarding the 'nature of the strike on impact ' , basically a strike 'on' or through the target / surface , will carry momentum and a larger area of the target ( or person ) will absorb the force and may be driven backwards . A 'recoiling' strike will not do this but concentrate the energy into a smaller area and hence may cause more internal damage ... the person might not be driven backwards , they might even fall forwards .

I might have something , depends on what you mean by 'martial cultivation systems' .

Well, I said I was in one and that was 2016 ... so I have been out of that field for some time . the thing is , with 'sub-groups ' even in a larger group or 'order' , the 'local' groups can be very different . In the organisation I was in , my local group was really good , and a bit different from the mainstream . One further north , in the same tradition was rather shocking and after some complaints and an inspection tour, it was closed down . The group south was in a city and although fairly good had a totally different culture and outlook . That should not really matter , but .... people are people . You can also get 'good' and 'bad' monasteries , temples, churches in the same traditions . So, in one way , it depends on your location . Well, if you are ' quite satisfied ' , plus what you added there ^ , seems like you have enough to go on with . You do realise LBRP although a 'banishing' ritual is actually all about invoking .... 'spirits' ... as you said . One may not call those forces spirits , but f you talk about 'invoking spirits' , that means the 'higher orders' ..... if one does not include the higher orders in their definition of 'spirits' but means 'lower order spirits' than that process would be an evocation . Maybe you meant 'evoking spirits is not for you ? AMORC started by Spenser Lewis who seemed only to have , at it's instigation , a MInerval degree in the OTO , and some unusual charter to bea bale to run a 'group of Minervals' .. which is very strange, even in OTO circles ; a Mineral is a guest of the Order ( first degree is full member ) and is considered a 'gestation period ' of 9 months before the first degree 'birth ' ritual . Also it serves as time for the candidate , as a guest of the Order to access and see if they want to go on further . To me that seems a reasonable plan , if you wanted to seek a group for initiation , a 9 month trial check out period , to me , would seem essential . In any case , Lewis appears to gave departed , and taken a collection of ripped off stuff with him and created his AMORC . Other 'Rosicrucian' 'mail order' groups have then split off from AMORC . The thing is, if one persevered and stayed within the OTO curriculum, they would have eventually found a real Rosicrucian degree ( 5th ) . . . instead of having to make one up themselves out of much lower degree materials . That depends on the groups focus ; again with the OTO , they declare every man and every woman has a right to the first three degrees . For me , with groups like AMORC , its not the ' here we are , we have something good to offer, that will improve you and society ' ... that seems a natural inclination if you value and see worth in your tradition ... its more the money making marketing of some of these groups ... they are using the tradition to run a money making business . What's your location ?

I would add Appreciation . I have found that physically grounding appreciation in 'offerings' is a healthy psychological practice . Not so much in any 'empty' act of offering but realisation of one's benefits and being truly grateful , potentiates the rituals of offering .

ESPECIALLY when many myths seem a 'display' of the 'Gods' human psychological issues I see people playing out 'mythological ' ( / 'psychological ' ? ) stories and roles often .

I like that .... but unfortunately my written notes are still in two dimensions ( who WRITES stuff .... pen on paper , any more ? )

Its a word I often use for certain process .... including psychological ones . For me it represents a system or systems of information / action that all come together to work with each other towards the same end . I even use a symbol for it in writing formula ; 6 arrows in a circle pointing into the same center .

Curious that ^ I have always noticed this for years on end ; I dont get colds flu covid nasties stuff ... for over 10 years . I dont have a healthy life style , smoke like a chimney and are lazy . Some of the other guys I used to train with look healthy are younger trimmer , have good diets ... ya know, they finda have that youthful glow ... every time a colds or flu go through town , they get sick as dogs hacking coughing , cant breathe properly , cant train and sometimes cant go to work . One is a tai chi instructor and health and sports medicine guy, he seems the most susceptible . However , if we all ran up the nearby hill , I would be pooped and they, I am sure would be well ahead of me ( then my hip or back would probably give out ) Strangely , I can often best them as well in bouts , seem to think more inovatively and not get pooped like they do .... they get exhausted and say they need to finish up for the day .... I ask why and they say 'Well we been going three hours ! " Me : 'Really ! That long .... seemed like 1 hour " .... come to think of it , I think they might all got some dose of covid at some stage ? But I did notice this to some extent before covid started ... esopecially with the most healthful looking , the tai chi guy .... flu bugs seemed magnetically attracted to him . he asked me why I dont get sick ..... " I am a smoker ... anything that goes in that environment ( my lungs ) ... dies . " ?

Oh yea of little faith .... my disciple Unota believes ... but you , old3bob .... step forward and place your hand into ... my coffee cup ... now taste your hand .... do you believe now , O thou 'Doubting Thomas' !

Jezus ! ya got a Yin Shen demon on yer case .... and now Daniel too ! ( I can tell you how to get rid of the 2nd one though ..... out argue him with facts and logic and he will put you on ignore