Coincidence

[Guest guest]

Yes, I know what you mean. That sort of thing happens

to me so often it hardly rates an eyebrow twitch any

more. It is when I get two or more that I start to pay

attention, and when three, I assume it is a message

that "They" are on the job... Life is "all mere

coincidence" the same way the Mona Lisa is "mere daubs

of paint on a canvas" or Mozart is "a mere fortunate

concatenation of sounds". Coincidences CAN happen, it

is just that some apparent coincidences have more

significance than others, the trick is to be able to

tell which is which! That is where the Qabalah comes

in. The rule of thumb is "Once is chance, twice is

coincidence, three times is "enemy" action".

Lilith M.

--- Detective_Mongo_Phd

<detective_mongo_phd wrote:

> All of reality is mere coincidence, for what it's

> worth. I was on page 346 of my book which mentioned

> swans in a phrase. At the very same moment the tv

> show The Swan came on. It was the only passage in

> the book with swans in it. I haven't seen The Swan

> show since.

> -

> Lili Masamura

>

> Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:12 PM

> Maha Shiva Ratri

>

>

> I tried LSD for the first time on Christmas Day

> about 10 years ago, when I was in my late 30s. It

> was

> a very positive and profound experience and now, a

> few

> months afterward, I wished to repeat it on Maha

> Shiva

> Ratri. A friend had told me about some very

> special

> and rare microdot that was available, called

> "India

> Temple Ruby", and this sounded like just what was

> wanted! I asked him to hook me up with the person

> who

> was distributing it, and he did. I was really

> getting

> into the Shiva groove since my kundalini awakening

> the

> previous October (under the influence of

> cannabis!)and

> was meditating every night. I prayed for a clear

> sign

> that this was a good idea. The guy arranged to

> meet me

> on Sunday afternoon, and I was going to a friend's

> place to watch "Little Buddha" that evening. He

> called

> me from a friend's place nearby around 1, and told

> me

> he would be there in about 45 minutes. I had some

> stuff to wash by hand, so I put on my fave kirtan

> tape

> "Jai Shiva", which was about 45 minutes long. I

> was

> busily scrubbing away when there came a knock on

> the

> door. I shouted down for him to come in. I heard

> him

> coming up the stairs and I got up to dry my hands

> and

> went out to greet him. I was confronted with a

> young

> man with waist-length jata, looking just like a

> sadhu!

> I noticed he was listening to the music, but made

> no

> comment. We sat down, and introduced ourselves,

> and

> very quickly I learned that he had been to India

> several times and was in fact a devotee of Lord

> Shiva!

> I was delighted with this, taking it as a VERY

> positive sign that I was definitely doing the

> RIGHT

> THING! The clincher came when we were discussing

> music, and he showed me a record he had just

> bought

> (yes, a RECORD...he was a DJ) and the record cover

> featured a near life-size face of LORD SHIVA! I

> figured a guy who looked like Lord Shiva, who had

> been

> to India and visited places sacred to Lord Shiva,

> who

> was a devotee of Lord Shiva, and who just HAPPENED

> to

> be carrying around a large pic of Lord Shiva with

> him,

> was a definite indication that taking a "trip" on

> Maha

> Shiva Ratri, the supreme festival of Lord Shiva,

> by

> means of "India Temple Ruby" microdot was just

> what

> Lord Shiva thought I should do! And so it was...it

> was

> an astounding experience!

> The real test of whether or not these

> experiences

> are valid is that the insights attained are

> applicable

> in everyday existence, and that associated

> phenomena

> occur independently of the "trip". I was getting

> tangible phenomena almost daily...it was quite

> clear

> to me that I could not be "making it up" when I

> would

> say, be thinking about Ganesha and then moments

> later

> walk into a store I had only been in once before a

> year previously and meet the owner, who just

> "happened" to be a devotee of Ganesha and who then

> took me into his little temple and gave me a

> blessing!

> Lilith M.

>

> --- Lili Masamura <sephirah5 wrote:

>

> > Dear Len/Kalipadma:

> > Yes, I heard the same story..I also heard

> that

> > Neem

> > Karoli Baba actually "palmed" the LSD and did

> not

> > take

> > it at all, he let Dr Alpert THINK he did! And I

> also

> > agree that while a little is good, more is not

> > necessarily better! Also, the set and setting,

> as

> > repeatedly emphasized by Timothy Leary, is

> crucial

> > for

> > obtaining maximum benefit. Surrounding yourself

> with

> > a

> > safe uplifting environment and supportive people

> > will

> > get you farther, naturally, than a noisy drunken

> > orgy

> > in a dubious environment. You wouldn't perform

> brain

> > surgery in a stable, would you? Then why expand

> > one's

> > awareness in a sinkhole of human iniquity and

> > baseness? Maybe if the 60's LSD experience had

> been

> > conducted with a bit more respect and reverence

> for

> > what they were doing, things might have been

> > different! Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) and Timothy

> > Leary

> > showed the possibilities of a different kind of

> > experience. I consider myself fortunate that I

> was

> > able to come to the whole scene in my later

> years,

> > backed up by life experience and people I could

> > trust,

> > and that I had the capacity to recognize the

> > possibilities and the occult knowledge to make a

> > full

> > use of them. I must say, I had the most

> remarkable

> > experience for my second LSD trip..I decided I

> would

> > take it on Maha Shiva Ratri, the Great Night of

> > Shiva,

> > when Shiva is said to visit in person His

> devotees

> > that stay up all night to await him. I got the

> idea

> > to

> > do so, and prayed for confirmation that it was

> the

> > right approach to take..did I get confirmation

> or

> > WHAT!!! I will tell you all about it in a post

> later

> > on tonight..

> > Lilith M.

> > --- kalipadma wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > I am reminded of the story of Dr. Richard

> Alpert

> > the

> > > LSD "psychonaut,"

> > > who met saint Neem Karoli Baba in the 1960s.

> > > Maharajji asked Alpert,

> > > "The medicine you take -- it gives you

> siddhis?

> > > Give me some." NKB took

> > > a HUGE dose of LSD, and instead of tripping

> his

> > mind

> > > out, just continued

> > > to run his ashram (with an occasional

> twinkling

> > > glance at Alpert).

> > >

> > > Afterwards, Maharajji told Alpert,

> "Interesting --

> > > but Yoga is better."

> > >

> > > (You will note NKB did not harangue Alpert,

> > "You're

> > > awful! You're so

>

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