Guest guest Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Next Tuesday, the Soul Answer Newsletter will go into WHY lust might actually be a spiritual poison to those on the spiritual path! You might find out things you hadn't even thought of concerning this extraordinary force! You can sign up for these newsletters that are exploring each of the 5 poisons—-lust, anger, greed, pride and attachment over the next several weeks. And on alternate weeks, Mother Planet, also known as Adi Shakti tells how to survive and thrive, often with quite surprising advice! Get them free by signing up for them at www.SoulAnswer.com . Do it before midnight next Monday, 7/16 and you will find LUST in your mailbox on Tuesday morning! And if you ever want to quit, it's really easy! Folks always comment that these newsletters give them great food for thought—-new and innovative ways to look at this terrific thing called the spiritual path that we are on! Lots of Love, Siri-Gian Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Lust Never Sleeps from Dev Atma Singh In " Autobiography of a Yogi, " Yogananda makes clear that lust, one of the seven deadly sins, is considered the cardinal sin to Indian religious philosophy. But this is not to say that an instance of lust is a thing to be held onto and repented. Look at an instance of any sin, and consider it in yogic terms: what underlies avarice, greed, sloth, etc is attachment. In each of these cases Maya convinces the soul of its existence. Just as the foundation of Maya is the illusion of separation, so lust is the sin that describes most succinctly the nature of our attachment (in its relation to bodily appetite). In other words, there is a force in us that belongs to the body that we yet experience in the mind. These are the virtues and sins as outlined by the yogis, saints, and even Thomas Hobbes (who called them Natural laws). We know them by their emotional content. Yogi Bhajan often said anger was a poison. Lust is, too, but Yogiji's emphasis is on that vehemence we carry in out-of-control emotions. The Bhagavad-Gita describes our emotions as the horses before the chariot. So our emotions either run away with us, or are reined by us, fueling our drive and commitment. It is important to allow ourselves to feel whatever it is we feel, but our soul, our " sat nam, " must be a capable charioteer. This is why, as we grow along a spiritual path, we begin to seek a holy community. With others who see through the veil of Maya, we are by nature practicing yoga, and by this practice we assures our ability to guide ourselves toward virtuous emotions. This way, while Maya is always there, and our bodily natures are tempted to believe its existence, we can breathe into the space that connects us to the object of desire, to realize we already are one with it, and we can let Lust go. sat nam dear ones ______________________________\ ____ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile./mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Dear Dev Atma Singh, Thank you for your overview on the classical yogic warnings concerning LUST! I see that you have done much study. On the other hand, what I will be presenting in Tuesday's Soul Answer Newsletter on Lust are my simple and practical observations as a long time natural healer and intuitive, as well as my walking this beloved path of Kundalini Yoga and Sikhism for over 3 decades. I will discuss people's energy patterns and frequency vibrations when engaging is this powerful " spiritual poison, " which actually convolutes their energetic communication or Union with their Soul. You will also get a glimpse of sharing your God-given sexual energy with your beautiful, life-committed partner for the sake of uniting your joined Souls! After all, Union with your Soul is the single object of the spiritual path, don't you think? And although I was educated as an expert on sin--its categories, its causes, punishments and redemptions by the age of 8 years in my religious grammer school, from my current perspective as a healer, I find that relating to these poisons as " sin " with its attendent guilt actually retards spiritual progress. So, when teaching on these poisons, I prefer to give down-to-earth information on how it all really works energetically so that anyone can make their own judgments and intellegent transformations without becoming stagnated in guilt or negative judgments. And you will also find links to Kundalini Yoga practices to help you transform your own sexual energy to improve your Union with your Soul and your life-committed partner's Soul as your One Soul! So, if you sign up for these free Soul Answer Newsletters at www.SoulAnswer.com by Monday midnight, 7/16, you will receive this simple information on Lust in your mailbox by Tuesday morning. And whether or not you miss that deadline, you can read the published newsletters on these Poisons--including the introduction to them at www.SoulAnswer.com/poisons.html . And if you do sign up for these newsletters, even after Monday midnight, you will also get the future communiques on the remaining poisons--anger, greed, pride and attachment. I appreciate your sharing your yogic study on Lust with us, Dear! Lots of Love, Siri-Gian Kaur Kundalini-Yoga , John Hall <johnandersonhall wrote: > > Lust Never Sleeps > from Dev Atma Singh > > In " Autobiography of a Yogi, " Yogananda makes clear > that lust, one of the seven deadly sins, is considered > the cardinal sin to Indian religious philosophy. But > this is not to say that an instance of lust is a thing > to be held onto and repented. > > Look at an instance of any sin, and consider it in > yogic terms: what underlies avarice, greed, sloth, etc > is attachment. In each of these cases Maya convinces > the soul of its existence. > > Just as the foundation of Maya is the illusion of > separation, so lust is the sin that describes most > succinctly the nature of our attachment (in its > relation to bodily appetite). > > In other words, there is a force in us that belongs to > the body that we yet experience in the mind. These > are the virtues and sins as outlined by the yogis, > saints, and even Thomas Hobbes (who called them > Natural laws). We know them by their emotional > content. > > Yogi Bhajan often said anger was a poison. Lust is, > too, but Yogiji's emphasis is on that vehemence we > carry in out-of-control emotions. The Bhagavad-Gita > describes our emotions as the horses before the > chariot. So our emotions either run away with us, or > are reined by us, fueling our drive and commitment. > It is important to allow ourselves to feel whatever it > is we feel, but our soul, our " sat nam, " must be a > capable charioteer. > > This is why, as we grow along a spiritual path, we > begin to seek a holy community. With others who see > through the veil of Maya, we are by nature practicing > yoga, and by this practice we assures our ability to > guide ourselves toward virtuous emotions. > > This way, while Maya is always there, and our bodily > natures are tempted to believe its existence, we can > breathe into the space that connects us to the object > of desire, to realize we already are one with it, and > we can let Lust go. > > sat nam dear ones > > > > > ____________________ ______________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile./mail > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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