In response to drugs

[Guest guest]

> "You can say that drug use may facilitate the same feelings, ideas,

> emotions, etc. as yoga does and I can't say you are wrong; but I can say

> that their use is about as far removed from the practice of yoga as you can

> get."

>

> Tell this to the original tantrics.

 

I was not referring to the tantric path. If I missed that point concerning

the other posts, I must

apologize.

The validity of this path is way beyond my ability to discuss.

 

Regards,

Gary

 

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

Thank you all for your varied viewpoints on drugs and yoga.

 

"You can say that drug use may facilitate the same feelings, ideas,

emotions, etc. as yoga does and I can't say you are wrong; but I can say

that their use is about as far removed from the practice of yoga as you can

get."

 

Tell this to the original tantrics. Now I cannot say that they were taking

LSD or psilocybin, but the concept of Soma lingers closely to Aminita. I

know that after a while, there were those who worked on methods to find

union with the divine without its use, but there was, in antiquity, the use

of highly potentized forms of entheogens.

 

Now, I'm not saying or advocating the use for everyone or for anyone, but

for those who choose to do so, they are equally valid in their practice.

The drug is just another form or avenue to the

"sometimes-all-consuming-passion" of reaching enlightenment. This, too,

(the pursuit of enlightenment) can become an addiction. It has to be a

genuine and sincere want and desire, yes, but it will come naturally if one

is truely selected by God to become enlightened. True enlightenment by the

human being can only come so far, after that point a deity must have their

hand in it; be it Ganesh, Jesus, Krishna, a tiny mushroom, or even your own

self as God. Then and only then can you become enlightened.

 

I'm still waiting.

 

Love and Blessings in Spirit,

 

Adam

 

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