lifeforce

The relentless advancement of technology is having a serious detrimental effect to the environment and humanity itself. The smartphone is the opiate of choice nowadays, turning millions, possibly billions of people into zombies, unable to connect with each other in meaningful ways. The future is scary. After 10 years of using smartphones, I'm getting off the grid. I am going back to a bog standard mobile phone, call and text only. My internet use will be maybe once a week on my home computer.

http://web.archive.org/web/20170109162811/https://medium.com/vajra-resources/spiritual-cultivation-is-the-cultivation-of-heart-fbf51c1fad86 From the website discussed on page 6 of this thread.

Very thought provoking film, and so true of modern living. We are deep in Kali Yuga and implosion is imminent. The timing of we don't know, but it's on it's way. Our only refuge is spiritual cultivation, whatever form (s) we choose. How sad humanity has become.

Cundi Dharani. Namobuddhāya. Namo dharmāya. Namaḥ saṃghāya. Namaḥ sarva buddha bodhisattvebhyo. Nama ārya mahā-cundīye. Namaḥ saptānāṃ samyak-saṃbuddha koṭīnāṃ. Tadyathā, oṃ, cale cule cunde svāhā. Mahā-vīrya apratihata śāsane. Mahā-bala parā-krame, asi musala paraśu pāśa gṛhīta haste, mahā-krodha krodheśvarī ugra rūpiṇi, ananta mukhī, sahasra-bhuje, ajite aparājite aghorī dur-dame sahasra-akṣi. Sarva tathāgata-adhiṣṭhāne. Sarva devatānāṃ vanditā pūjitā pra-sādite. Vajra-ghoṇi vajre vajra-avahe, vajra-āyudhe, vajra-kāminī, vajrottami jvalita akṣi, akṣaye aghore ghora-rūpiṇi vi-kṛta darśane, vajra-vaiḍūrya-alaṃ-kṛtā śarīre. Oṃ bhagavati cunde druṃ druṃ, truṭ truṭ, bhroṃ bhroṃ, ru ru, sru sru, dru dru, gṛhṇa gṛhṇa, ā-veśaya ā-veśaya, gṛhṇāpaya gṛhṇāpaya, hara hara, sāra sāra. Māraya māraya, dara dara, bhañja bhañja, marda marda. Māraya māraya, paca paca, daha daha, gṛhṇa gṛhṇa, idaṃ duṣṭa grahaṃ jvaram ekāhikaṃ, dvāhikaṃ, tryāhikaṃ, cāturthakaṃ, saptāhikaṃ, nitya-jvaraṃ, mauhūrtikaṃ graha bhūta vetāḍa yakṣa rākṣasaṃ kuṣmāṇḍaṃ, yoni-jaṃ karma-jaṃ, sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ, ye mahiṃ śānti ke-cid duṣṭatāṃ, sarvāṃ sādhaya sādhaya, mardaya mardaya, śoṣaya śoṣaya, tapaya tapaya, ucchedaya ucchedaya, hana hana vajreṇa, sāra sāra daṇḍena, māra māra khaṇḍena, huṃ huṃ huṃ, culu culu, dru dru, cuṭ cuṭ cuṭ, druṃ druṃ druṃ. Oṃ, cale cule cunde sarva sādhaya svāhā. Oṃ svāhā. Cale cule svāhā. Cunde mama śānti-kuru svāhā. (read the long dharani 7x or more every morning until you’ve learned it and can practice it internally)

Hara/dantian centre for grounding, calmness. Heart centre for love Third eye for psychic development.

My thoughts to all affected by the heartless, cowardly, despicable act of mass murder of innocent Sufis in Northern Egypt on Friday.

Where do I sign up ?🦄

Be yourself. Follow your interests but don't overdo it.

The Secret of the Golden Flower is NOT an energy circulation exercise. The Wilhelm version, which JJ Semple followed, is severely flawed. Cleary's translation is superb.

Great find. Thank you.

The guy who had this page has taken it down. Which is a pity, because there was a Sanskrit long dharani of Cundi which I was going to use in my practice. I've scoured the internet for it but I've come up empty. Does anyone have this ?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Awakening-Tao-Shambhala-Classics-I-ming/dp/159030344X This is also a gem of a book. Reading these two will give a better understanding of neidan. Nothing whatsoever to do with energy circulation practices.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0062501933/ref=cm_cr_srp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8 Amazing book which is a classic on daoist internal alchemy. That is, the Thomas Cleary translation.

A student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?" The master replied, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep."

I was thinking the same.

https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk Also there is here. Again, only 15 minutes drive from my home. Another ancient holy Christian site which has tremendous energy and power. I can feel it here too. Even though I don't identify myself as a Christian, I can't deny the extraordinary power of these places.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/finchale-priory/?utm_source=Google Business&utm_campaign=Local Listings&utm_medium=Google Business Profiles&utm_content=finchale prior This place is about 15 minutes drive from my home. Every time I visit I feel really strong energy in the whole area. I plan on meditating here someday to tap into it.

https://muraqaba.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/muraqaba/ Sorry for the delay in responding. I've been away from the forums for a while. This is a good article which explains silent Sufi Meditation, muraqaba.

Xing Yi Nei Gong. Silent Sufi Meditation. Spending time in nature walking with my Siberian Huskies.

You practice all these ?

A visionary. David Icke woke me up to so many of the lies and cover ups in the world.

I can definitely relate to this, roger. I've been in this situation many times. The darkness and suffering can more often than not, be a catalyst for change.

A few that come to mind : Resistance to disease and minor ailments. Flexibility, elasticity and relaxed strength. A bright outlook on life. An appreciation of the complexity of nature.

Excellent stuff, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately this isn't an isolated incident. A quick search brings up some more vipassana horror stories.