old3bob

we human beings with various degrees of conscience and consciousness may do anti-dharmic, ignorant or even willfully evil things at different times in our lives yet we can end up making amends and corrections when karma comes knocking -- such a dynamic does not apply to the the far darker demonic evil which can not be be reasoned with, nor can it be put into or compared with any kind of human context with clever and well reasoned philosophy, and to do so is dangerous folly... such evil has only one blinding need and that is to rend, crush, torment and or kill without conscience driven by an insatiable black-hole like hunger that must be fed without being particular, thus it gives no quarter to its prey; whereas most human beings in conflict with another human being can give quarter, or consider a truce if it were possible and or of mutual benefit in some way. Btw, Eastern and most religions have Dharma protectors mentioned in their teachings and such beings stand with indomitable will against the demonic forces, for an indomitable will anchored in piercing truth is the only power the demonic forces shy away from!

we could qualify that further by saying "internal practice" gone wrong, there is also that the old but true saying of the higher one climbs the further they can fall... (thus the internal test that can have external consequences)

evil is willful diabolical ego and malice opposing Dharma...such ego can steal, hold and (edit) use a great deal of energy in corrupt ways to increase its dark self while harming or destroying innocents (who loose their protection) or fools (who think they know better) in denial of such devouring hunger...that's a heads up folks! Btw, I'd add that taking a transcendental, "beyond it all" attitude does nothing for the Dharma's and karma's in the three worlds (or multi-verse if you prefer) that require our work personally and collectively.

only a tiny percentage of people are qualified to give or should give personal advice on Kundalini over the internet; also a very high percentage of those doing some type of yoga or energy practice are not qualified to give advice on Kundalini since it is really an advanced practice such as done by trained yogi's under a real master so "buyer beware" ! Most of these Kundalini and even some well meaning but half baked hatha yoga classes (which can lead to Kundalini problems) located all over America are like kids playing with loaded guns imo.. There is some good generic advice given by some schools or teachers that can help reduce symptoms now and in the meantime* so there is hope. (with the *meantime meaning when or if you are fortunate enough to find a true master that can actually and personally intercede on your behalf)

sugest looking into manipura chakra (solar plexus): https://catalystmagazine.net/manipura-the-solar-plexus-chakra-personal-power/

nailing down "precise workings" could be like "poison arrows". The Self attains the Self,...already. We as we apparently are in the world is not what becomes enlightened, although the we which is the enlightened one of us sees through that apparent.

it takes a will to surrender a will...

hmm... Psalm 96:11-12 says “Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy” Psalm 145:10 says, “All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!” And in Luke 19, many of Jesus’ disciples were praising Him and the pharisees there told Jesus to rebuke them, and Jesus said, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” so in a sense the trees and even rocks have "soul"...

ah the dubious and often slippery slope of putting folks in boxes, with Sanskrit based names or otherwise.... btw, the so called lower 3 chakras are just fine when used in what one might call the proper way..it is the 7 below the root or below the 1st that should be mentioned as being far more problematic or demonic. As most know it is widely taught that lord of the 1st chakra is the Mahadeva of very great importance in Hinduism, Lord Ganesha!

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that is not what you may think or can think...thus not found per or by the mind.

who knows much about the time we may or may not have, and who in any way can guarantee same? All we really have is the present moment! Odds or probabilities regarding same can more or less be calculated but they are not yet transpired facts! Much of California was supposed to go into the ocean long ago but it hasn't yet... karma related to such matters big or small can be thought about but even karma is not static or fixed thus not limited to giving a fixed reaction. for karma's can be mitigated, increased or decreased.

...btw we can be aware of what we apparently are and still make use of that.

understand a spiritual black hole, it sucks without reason or conscience, caring nothing about what any being thinks or feels, for it must feed... intellect can not look it in the eye and prevail only will held by the wisdom of truth can.

Hinduism is much older historically and more varied than Buddhism (which borrowed a lot from it) and has brought up the subject of enlightened masters for thousands of years in many of its core teachings and schools. For instance read the Chandogya Upanishad and others. The same goes for many teachings in ancient China going back thousands of years or more which I'll leave for someone else to comment on if they wish?

there is no alt-Dharma for universal Dharma's... specialists in lies almost always add half truths so as to burrow their way in to steal and corrupt... greed, malice and fear are the primary tools of dictators (for instance trump) manipulation and obviously primary to their character...

that which is not a phenomenal construct or thing of mind...that which is free, that which is joyous truth within all other truths but can not be caught or held by a name for she is so very quick that she is standing still everywhere at once.

I'd say that sometimes some of us have been granted visits to higher astral (or even causal ) realms but very few of us have major access or the present need to such access - being that most of us have not attained "moksha" or the great freedom and are dealing with human karma''s and issues and thus are largely "earthbound" souls. So imo it is dubious for us to be speculating about whether or not the higher astral realms (and or causal) exist or not along with the Beings who have attained those realms. Even various spiritual schools and their teachers who supposedly have major access to such realms and beings do not agree on the subject or on the Beings, thus to me they just see their particular take on the subject and often double down on it as being the only truth. (or the highest and more or less deny the all the rest)

source from, "In Search of the Miraculous" by P.D. Ouspensky, page 97. "....It was not bread and wine at all but real flesh and real blood. A magical ceremony similar to blood-brotherhood for establishing a connection between astral bodies"

going by that response apparently none...I believe the information source was from Mr. G (the fourth way) which I'd have to dig out the book for a quote.

how many traditional Christians could handle the idea of actually drinking some of the blood and eating some of body (of Christ) as being part of or derived from certain old (secret) shamanistic practices for astral connection? I don't know much about it, just came across that info years ago.

I'd say knowing that we don't know (very much nor the unknowable beyond duality with a dualistic mind)...is not doubt in the regular sense of gnawing or panicky doubt...

Hey Edward, you are right about universal ethics and morals as being fundamental spiritual laws to be started with and to be followed all the way through our lives... The the wild wild west parts of this site are often not easy to deal with but I think you were trying in a decent way. Btw. and in case you didn't know (?) Buddhism does not give primary importance to or belief in God or a personal savior, so that can get real wild for those who do and who also try to make comparisons or correlations across such different ways. Just a warning analogy for trying to mix water and oil. Jesus is definitively a real living being to me, more real than flesh, bone and blood or mental speculation or doubts, but religions can be tricky with there being 10,000 interpretations one can get caught up in or lost in along the way, yet in the end Spirit still comes through and works. I'd say our minds work a lot like changeable and programmable computer RAM but our hearts have the eternal ROM code of Spirit in them, RAM And Rom are supposed to work together but software does crash a lot, thankfully we can reboot with ROM. Good luck to you.