John Zen
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As far as I know, Qi and Prana are the same things, just named differently. In my eyes, Kundalini is the circulating Qi, or the rising Prana, that can be detected either subtly, or as an "internal volcano erupting up the spine". The more intense the experience, the more enlightened the practitioner is/becomes. What do you think? Has anyone had a Kundalini awakening on this board? If so, am I close to the mark?
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semen retention experience , feelings and doubts
John Zen replied to silentknight's topic in General Discussion
Do not ever squeeze to try and stop something that is happening naturally. Saving semen won't do anything. Orgasms still use a tremendous amount of energy. You still lose that semen, it leaves your testicles and just sits in your "tubes". You can hurt yourself if you keep it up. -
Libertarian. Autonomous and consenting adults should be free to do whatever they want (sex, smoke, engage in commerce) so long as it is not directly harming others. Let it be. When I read the Tao te Ching, I find it to take a very libertarian tone when it offers advice on leading.
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http://i.imgur.com/uNY9m.jpg Why do I feel like the answerer is a follower of Samael Aun Weor?
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Is creating a World without Sexual Desires "Evil"?
John Zen replied to tulku's topic in General Discussion
"Good" and "Evil" do not exist. There is only pleasure and suffering, and the associations we make between the two in our minds (which we call good and evil). Just as there is no "I" (because we keep saying it over and over so much so that we believe it is true), there is no "Good/Evil". A world without sexual desires is one which is rid of many pleasures, but also rid of much suffering. How can we comment on these things which we have not experienced? -
Listen with headphones, while repeating the mantra "Relax" and "Let Go". You'll be refreshed and energized.
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What you said is true -- dreams have had a huge impact on modern Christianity. I don't trust people's dreams as global truths. In fact, I can't think of anything more animalistic, irrational, or dangerous when forming a global belief system than to trust the uncensored subconscious of one individual.
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Be careful. The man who formulated this version of "gnosticism" uses a great deal of subjective experience (in his dreams, for example) as the basis of his beliefs. There is a difference between rationally coming to a position, and rationalizing from a position. He does a lot of the latter.
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If only there was some reasonable interpretation to all of these puzzles...
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Why are these notes from the Dark Side? Sounds like the Light Side.
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I concede to you. Of course, I won't blindly accept everything that I read on the internet, it is just that Massey's assertions seemed right, so I had believed it for a while. So I accept that it's probable you are right. What do you make of the assertion that Jesus' life was based on Pagan myth?
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Of course I don't have access to ancient Egyptian documents or manuscripts which might detail the life of Horus. All I can do is read from several sources and believe what I think sounds the most plausible. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070907194328AAd6rQc This link is a starter, there are several links which follow from it. I am also reading "The Secret Teachings" by Gene Kieffer, which summarizes Gerald Massey's work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Massey#Claimed_parallels_between_Horus_and_Jesus
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Good catch, my mistake
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Historical analysis shows that Jesus' life as it is told in the gospels is actually the story of Horus from ancient Egypt. The stories and myths all originate in ancient civilization. Paganism evolved from these myths of gods, angels, and other divine actors, and was a popular European religion before the Roman Church hijacked the myths and assigned them to Jesus. I think that people tend to look for spiritual or esoteric meanings in these myths, but in reality the ancient Egyptian myths were ways for the initiated to track the Earth's Great Year, or the 26,000-year Astronomical Cycle of our Galaxy. The names and myths were symbols for telling the story of the Astronomical cycles. There was Written Tradition (Horace, Seth, etc.) which was interpreted as religion by those who were not initiated, and then there was the Oral Tradition (Astronomical History) which was connected to those symbols and passed on from initiate to initiate. I'm not sure exactly what Jesus taught. I believe it was just a message of Love, and a message of cultural and societal reform against the materialistic way of life. It is possible that there were esoteric meanings which are censored from the canonical gospels by the Organized Church, but we can not be certain one way or another about this. What I am sure of is that Jesus' life is far too similar to that of Horus and other Sun-Gods for it to be a coincidence. I have read some of Gene Kieffer's "The Secret Teachings", which shows the connections between Christian Gospel and Egyptian Mythology, and also connections between Egyptian Mythology and Astronomy. So I am convinced that the Organized Church hijacked Paganism, inserting Jesus into it's mythology, as a way of subverting Jesus' message of cultural and societal change and taking advantage of an already popular naturalistic religion.
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Daily Motion worked. Thank you.
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Nope. Still blocked in my country. Thanks for the effort.
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The videos do not work for me. It says that Copyright Laws have blocked the videos in my country
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Just bought "The Upanishads." Have anyone read it? Also, "The Bhagavad Gita." Has anyone read any of them? Thoughts, Feelings?
John Zen replied to DalTheJigsaw123's topic in General Discussion
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Relevant quote: "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" -- Jiddu Krishnamurti And I cannot say it any better.
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Here is a thread that I started concerning Samael Aun Weor and his claim of Sexual Alchemy: http://gnostic-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3798 My 1st post on the second page is the best way I can put it. I will discuss these things with you all if you wish. Maybe I'm wrong. I just thought it was an interesting discussion, maybe others may find some entertainment in reading it. Not trying to ruffle any feathers; just posting what I think is an entertaining discussion...
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I'm very interested in fitness, and gaining mass, but have hit a wall unfortunately. I am considering using HGH. I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the effects? Does it make you taller, or just contribute to muscle mass growth? Are there any negative risks? What are the financial costs? Health risks? I realize there may not be a wealth of information on this board, but I remember hearing someone say something about HGH earlier this year, and was wondering if anyone has any more relevant information?
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Thanks for the reference. I've been able to induce a few (2 or 3) OBEs, and several (~10) Lucid Dreams, since I've begun meditating. But you say it helps you to understand the experience, which is vital on the spiritual journey... My question has always been ... WHY are OBEs/LDs worth the effort? I feel like if I wanted to OBE tonight, and put enough effort and focus into it, I could do it, but I always question whether or not it is worth the effort. Can you put into context why you believe they are beneficial?
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While I support Ron Paul fully, not even he can stop the global financial tsunami that is about to hit. The crisis of 2008 was caused by years, decades, of bad credit. We used more and more bad credit as a bandage, but the levee is about to break in Europe, and the floodwaters will hit America soon after. Invest in Gold.
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The Hypocrisy of Humanity's Double Standards
John Zen replied to tulku's topic in General Discussion
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Yes you do. I'm just not sure if it will be the working class going to war against the ruling class, or if it will involve Israel and Iran finally trading blows. Probably both. On one hand, you have an enormous population of labor that was told they'd get a bunch of benefits, and now the elites are taking the rug out from under them. Shame on both groups: the elite for promising benefits that are unsustainable (making the promises for political gain), and the labor for feeling entitled to health care and pensions which they have not rightfully earned. The riots that we saw in Greece and London will spread to America, and will only grow bigger. We are on the verge of something big. Just wait until the currencies collapse due to the sovereign debt crises that afflict every major Western nation. Hell will break loose then. On the other hand, you have an unstoppable force on a collision course with an immovable object. Iran will keep building their nuclear capacity, and the West will keep telling them no. All the tension is as gunpowder, and all that is required is a little spark, and missiles will fly. Both of these hands are, unfortunately, pointing their fingers at the fact that the elite, ruling class has everything to gain from this chaos. They are holding assets, and the labor are holding dollar bills. When currencies collapse, assets become greatly more valuable, and dollar bills become far less. Furthermore, war has always been a boon for industry, and the owners of wealth. The military-industrial complex, the mass-media, big-oil, they all stand to gain in the event of war. Finally, all of this chaos will fuel more deficit spending, which helps only the big banks and the power brokers, and harms only the population who believes they are receiving benefits. In reality, sheep are being swindled. Malicious shepherds are convincing them to give up the land that they occupy, and to build a fence around it! "Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth." -- Alan Greenspan
