Guest guest Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Thanks Thomas for sharing that. It makes sense to me and I enjoyed reading it. blessings, Linda , " Thomas Brooks " <magick41 wrote: > > Thanks Elektra, and the others who have welcomed me. I'd like to mention > that I've babbled a lot in my blogs, but the stuff I say isn't necessarily > true or right. It is my opinion, from my POV, and is subject to change upon > further insight. > > > > Concerning Kundalini, and others here are much more qualified than I, > although hopefully someday soon, with the fullness of the Kundalini > experience I'll know a lot more from experience. But I'd like to mention > how I have explained it to myself, through a pretty traditional paradigm. > > > > First, what is known as the Shema (The Listen UP!): " Hear O Israel, the > Lord your G-d, the Lord is One. " (Deut 6:4) This is to be understood not > merely as there is only one G-d as opposed to many, which is the most common > teaching/interpretation, but also that G-d is whole, not fragmented, and > that there is none, nothing else: For thus says the LORD, who created the > heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it > and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), " I am > the LORD, and there is none else. " Isaiah 45:18 > > > > Before there is anything created, that which we call G-d is all there IS > (Beingness). There is no inside or outside of G-d. Creation is what we > would think of as a mental action, the Universe is Mental/Mind. > > > > Second, from the traditional Western Mysteries, actually from what is called > the Emerald Tablet, there is this saying: " True, without falsehood, certain > and most true, that which is above is as that which is below, and that which > is below is as that which is above, for the performance of the miracles of > the One Thing. " > > > > In this regard it means that what is created is like the Creator. As an > example, what the One Identity sees as various aspects of ItSelf, > automatically manifests 'below'. We experience this as time and space, and > our growth/development as a process which takes time. It is a process in > the sense that it is like a baby growing in the mother's womb until it is > ready to be born. One might say we live in the Feminine Aspect of G-d, or > in the Subconscious mind of G-d. The Creative Life Force which is > responsible for the creation of the whole Universe, the Solar System, the > Earth, and all that is on it, is a huge energy which is basically the mental > activity of G-d in meditation upon the only thing that there is, ItSelf. (I > say IT because Gender is apparent in the created.) > > > > In the Western Mysteries Kundalini is known as Matter, Astral Light, the > Serpent Power represented by the Hebrew letter Teth. We know the Matter as > Solar Force. This is not a mindless force but is actually working to > complete the perfect manifestation of every aspect perceived by G- d. In our > life our brain has developed to the degree where we are able to perceive > ourselves as separate forms. As a matter of fact it is the very limitation > of our physical senses that gives us the world we see. This is merely one > level of mind, but it appears to us as if it is reality, and we identify > with the way things look. (In the Bible this is the 'sin', or the eating > the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.) The effect of > this is that we have separated ourselves from direct perception in favor of > perceiving through a lens, thought/concepts. On the negative side this is > the cause of all of the world problems, the fragmentation of human beings > and the conflict within and without. On the positive side, this has made > our individual development possible. The Creative Life Force is always > working to complete what it started, the perfect manifestation of the image > held in the Divine Mind. It is always active in us, and is very active in > our reproductive organs (and everywhere else.) It is mostly blocked though, > due to the effects of our identifying with our knowledge. This is Adam and > Eve (us) kicked out of the Garden of Eden. All of the Chakras (known as > planets in the Western Mysteries) have subconscious patterns associated with > them. As the Life Force moves through us, it activates various patterns and > we experience them subjectively in our interactions here. As we develop > patterns which are more aligned with the way things actually are instead of > how things look, this Force moves more strongly through us. When and if it > moves through us very strongly patterns, especially sexual patterns, can be > very active, but anger issues and other fruits of separation thinking can > also activate, which is one of the reasons for the safety protocols as I > understand them. This is the purification of our Matter talked about in > Alchemy, and doesn't mean that Kundalini is 'impure', but means purity in > the sense of without mixture with other stuff, also known as the Great Work. > > > > > That is the Reader's Digest version, and I'm not all that sure I am making > sense. But, as I am a product of the West, I have found these teachings a > big help in integrating some of the Eastern teachings which actually talk > about the same things. > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > On Behalf Of Elektra > Fire > Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:44 AM > > Re: Re: Greetings Thomas > > > > Hey Thomas, > > Glad you found your way here, good to meet you and > hear of your diverse spiritual background :-)) > > Hope you find more food for the soul right here. > > Have you much knowledge of the Kundalini? > Is it something that you have been persuing at all or > is it just pure chance you ended up here? > > Love and hugs > Elektra x x x > > ________ > Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with For Good > http://uk.promotion <http://uk.promotions./forgood/> > s./forgood/ > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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