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Soto

2008-08-03T07:09:37Z

I practice Soto Zen anyone else?

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Any Light Healers?

2008-07-26T00:45:44Z

if so, what kind were you attuned too, by who and where....
(Whether it be an established Reiki system (stemming from traditional Usui Tibetan) or shambhala, karuna, etc
This can also include your experiences with Pranic work stemming from yogic traditions or eastern practices.)
what's your experience been with that particular system?
If you've been attuned to more than one, are they synergistic? Is there a distinct difference in frequency between the two?
What are your personal feelings on being attuned into a trusted system, whether it be Reiki, Lightarian, Integrated Energy Therapy, etc....versus a personal connection to the Light?
What 'level' did you work towards, and do you feel there is a definite expansion in your bodies ability to receive more and more light, as each level is attained? (sometimes referred to as expansion of the pranic tube)
Have you experienced an 'Awakening' associated with your attunement, such as a surfacing of chaotic emotions, and the insurgence of higher, more intelligent thoughts and feelings into your general being, and a shift in behaviour?
How do you feel Light is connected to the changes we are seeing in Planet Earth?
Do you feel it's a part of a rising frequency, as experienced or 'taught' in Ascension beleifs?
What are your personal feelings on 'The Ascension' 2012, a transpersonal/transcendant evolutionary leap into a more complex dimensional paradigm?
Do you feel the changes occuring in earth are a result of this universal shifting 'upwards' in frequency?
What are your experiences with seeing reoccuring numbers such as 111, 222, 333 or particularly: 11:11?

But most importantly, do you feel that opening up your body to harnessing these naturally occuring frequencies around us has elevated your quality of life? I'm also curious to know if the high frequency can affect the white cell count and viral load in those who are HIV positive.

Just curious to know what others are experiencing out there!

illumi.nate

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A Life of Blossoming Flowers

2008-06-27T23:05:02Z

An essay on allowing life and love to take its course naturally in our lives.

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In life, we must be as the petals on the buds of a thousand flowers. It is only through nurturing and caring can the bud of a flower come to be in the first place. One cannot force the bud to grow faster. If you force the bud to open before its time, the flower will suffer and die. Nurturing, caring and loving are important, as important as the virtue of Patience. If you peel the immature petals apart, you notice how soft and vulnerable the inside was. It was simply unready to blossom.

Patience is calm, neither expects, nor becomes disappointed if the result differs from the desired outcome.

In our own lives we are so impatient for everything. We are especially impatient to find love, hoping and wishing to end our isolation and loneliness. Alas, isolation and loneliness exist prevalently within relationships too!

Our personal isolation can only be resolved within ourselves. Yet we stop ourselves from experiencing wholeness by being constantly stuck in the mindset of giving power to the small part of ourselves; the mind that tells us that unless we constantly search we will never find the one we are meant to be with. We believe that “the one” will slip away undetected.

We distrust the universe and its ways. We attempt to force it, make it bend to our ways. Instead we destroy flower bud after flower bud of our own potential, sabotaging every flower that could achieve a full blossom.

If we could only stop forcing the petals apart.

What does it take in our own lives to stop the harmful cycles that keep us dizzy, lost and confused? We keep ourselves numbed by our work, but our casual use of alcohol and drugs, by our abuse of sex and intimacy. We long to feel deeply, yet we actively numb the feelings we don’t want to feel or face.

Can we dream of the possibility of choosing to be patient, to allow Life to take its course, without sabotaging ourselves through the dizziness of constant searching?

Can we dream of a reality where we can allow difficult feelings to arise, feeling them and facing them without numbing our bodies and minds to avoid them?

Is it possible to stop using sex to avoid real contact, real connection?

All of these are possible if we can come out of our small senses of ourselves. This small sense of self that believes its only way of surviving is to continue spinning madly in circles, continuing painful cycles of self-destruction.

The truth is that we are whole and complete, just as we are. If we would only take a deep breathe and feel the gravity and truth of our implicit wholeness.

You are complete and whole, just as you are. In your life, choose to nurture and care for your garden. Choose to be patient and allow flower buds to grow and to blossom in their own time. Choose to not be dejected when things don’t happen the way you want them to. Your dejection only shows you how attached you were to an expected outcome. The world and the universe existed millenia before humans arrived and will continue for millenia after always following the principles of nature. Nature, the universe and your life are the same. They are an unfolding.

Allow the petals of your life to unfold naturally, and your life will be filled with many beautiful blooms!

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Happy, horny, holy Solstice

2008-06-20T00:56:47Z

Supple and turbulent, a ring of men
Shall chant in orgy on a summer morn
Their boisterous devotion to the sun,
Not as a god, but as a god might be,
Naked among them, like a savage source.
Their chant shall be a chant of paradise,
Out of their blood, returning to the sky;
And in their chant shall enter, voice by voice,
The windy lake wherein their lord delights,
The trees, like serafin, and echoing hills,
That choir among themselves long afterward.
They shall know well the heavenly fellowship
Of men that perish and of summer morn.
And whence they came and whither they shall go
The dew upon their feet shall manifest.

Wallace Stevens, "Sunday Morning," Section

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Why I created this tribe..

2008-06-08T02:40:19Z

Of all the subcultures within the gay communitty, I think the spiritual is one of the most hidden. (I'm not counting the many gay churches when I say that.) Spirituality is a huge part of my life, and I would like it to be easier to meet similar-minded men. I had the pleasure of meeting a practicing Hindu from South Carolina last week. We had a really special time together and I don't think it would have been as interesting if we didn't discuss some of the deeper topics involving our spirituality.

So what is everyone's spirituality that is here? I have been practicing Pleidain Lightwork for the last 11 years. It is a "rainbow" path drawing from different traditions, but largely from Egyptian practices. The work focuses on bringing the "ka" and higher self energies into the body and utilizing full sensory perception/psychic skills to do clearing and healing on the body and hologram.

In April I was introduced to Master Sha and have been doing work with him almost daily. The work involves chanting (in Chinese) and the use of multiple "Devine Transmissions" which Sha downloads to your soul. I have found it to be a really easy and very powerful way to boost my health on all levels, including of course the spiritual and emotional.

So enough from me, what about you guys? gals?

Erichel

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Controversial banned book.....'TEARS of THE MYSTIC RoSE'

2008-05-06T20:29:05Z

Controversial banned book of Swami Rajneesh is igniting the osho sannyasins again to come together again and form a buddha field... this looks like a new phase in the osho sannyas world which always talks about buddhahood.

swami rajneesh talks about many mysteries in his much liked book 'TEARS of THE MYSTIC RoSE'....
like Black magic on osho, why osho left this body suddenly, how jiddu krishnamurti was involved in osho making this decision of leaving body suddenly, transmission of lamp done by osho, how osho went beyond enlightenment, what is the role of therapies in seeker's path and when therapies can act as a hindarance, where is buddha's body (maitreya) today... where is osho's real inner circle... why ashram(commune) was painted black....

many osho disciples have got enlightened but were not coming in open but now they may join together to make a buddhafield to help seeker on any path.

energy created by osho sannyasins to meditate is always open for seekers from any path.
infact buddhahood is our real nature.... osho or buddha or ramana or ramakrishna or nisargaddata or gurdjieff or jesus are just devices to take us towards meditation and realize our true nature.

link for downloading the book free is
http://www.oshorajneesh.net/osho_rajneesh_tears_of_the_mystic_rose.pdf

to know more about swami rajneesh website is www.oshorajneesh.net

with love

Prayoga

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a stream of thought

2008-05-06T03:06:40Z

My spirituality is a great part of who I am. I am Native American and a great portion of my belief system lies there. Currently I am unable to go to a sweat lodge or ceromonie but I hope to soon.
I taught comaparative religious studies under the class title of World Cultures at University level. I also was a buyer and led group mediations at a Metaphysical book store. I am not at all"New Age" but have explored healing, both giving and recieving in a number of disaplines. I have chanted by Hindu influence of a friend from India using prayer beeds, I practice meditation, have one been a part of a Buddhist sahnga and practiced walking meditation..and I am facinated with the similarities between Hopi and Tibetian spirituality.
In the past I have always found a spiritual group. Now these days have been harder in a foreign country (SWEDEN) but I return to the USA and will have to focus on getting a job as a priority and then an apartment as I have but one friend who has ofered lodging.
This morning I had a sream of thought and would apreciate comments..thank you:
I woke this morning finding myself in deep thought and having a talk with "god" or to "god" (as the "Creator" "Great Mystery" "Great Spirit" Jesus, Yahweh, Buddha, Mohammed, Wakntaka or whichever is the name for the Supreme being or the ONE is called to each different culture or person), does not actually answer back in the way we think anyway. I was questioning why we were here? What is the true meaning of human existence..I am still having these thoughts. Thoughts that ran through my head were not so much based on the animal part of ourselves but rather the being part of our selves as in the term Human being...so concentrating on the being..I question what is the purpose of being if the human equation is removed....rather deep thinking. Somehow this "DEEP" thinking doesn't come along for most people too often that they speak of and I was wondering if I was to seek answers to this question what "expert could I go to"? Would it be a spiritual "expert" or a psychological expert"?Or a cultural expert," perhaps a philosopher who has knowledge and is an expert in all fields.
Then I thought of purpose and paths. Most people are so caught up in the material world of being human that their being is connected to that. Most people seek love and I am one of these people too but...for most it is instinctual love that they seek to mate and to form a family of people with common experiences to share and a sense of love based on that "reality" however illusionary that might be. Being born different...I did not seek to procreate..and still then I had family and..excuse my stream of thinking..but it all is caught up in what is the purpose of life, past that of propagating a species on a human/animal level which most of the world is satisfied with...but if your born differernt.there is still the sex drive to contend with and the socialization process that each culture shares in order to have a shared "reality." We all want to be loved and love ourselves and to give love....is that a common theme of reality? and spiritual evolution..Most of the earth follow some religion which either they have grown up with or into or search out spiritual meaning that satisfies them enough to get through the physical reality of being here..why are we here....also gets into ideas of philosophy..so philosophy, religion/spirtuality, the need to procreate or to have a sex drive keep people functioning on a rather low frequency of function and keeps them docile into deeply searching for the meaning of life. Even if one is a Tibetan munk or some sort of a person who concentrates on spirituality it is the tasks of the day that keeps one going...if one has the freedom to seek this way of life. But then is the question of what culture, belief system and shared reality we all have. If I was born in Africa of course I would be African and if I was born in Italy I would be Italian...so the FREEDOM that everybody seeks is to have freedom of thought and speech and belief...but back to belief..does circumstance create a belief system or does a belief system create circumstance...if it is circumstance that creates reality...then one must have some notion that unless one chose the circumstance one has no freedom in the belief system of reality. Spiritually there doesn't seem to be a high level of evolution..all though the golden rule seems to apply to most spiritualities and organizations of religion..the dogma of such pits people against people looking at the differences in their belief system...causing war or separatism from a larger body of human beings....technology seems to have advanced faster than spirituality and the meaning of life. still stream of thought keep up with me here..there is the socialization and harsh reality to keep the human of the human being alive by means of survival.....one must have a job in order to place security no matter what illusionary reality one believes. A need for food shelter and physical needs being met. When one is engaged in survival..and what ones needs in order to be satisfied with whatever food shelter ect..that is needed is again taking away from thought of "who am I" why am I hear? What is my purpose in being here?
because as we all have jobs..we have to follow a socialized set of rules within the workplace based on keeping our jobs and thus surviving. So if you do not like your job it wears the brain out to the point of tiredness and thus it becomes more about survival than thriving and growing. If you go to college or have chosen a job you like....most people become disillusioned in their chosen field at some point because of politics ect...and are back to working for survival..and vacations and buying things that bring physical comfort..quite on a superficial level..but if one has mated and has children then there is a purpose in the suffering a job or career to provide the things for ones children so they will suffer less with material things. So there is an equation somewhere here within this stream of thought and not to exclude biology, hormones and the capacity of the human brain to think or not think...as the population grows the problems associated with survival seem to get harder..economics and jobs available to create products to satisfy or at least pacify the feelings that most people either do not have or thoughts they do not have as to the meaning of life....spirituality still has no fertile ground to evolve with if one is engaged in surviving. To mealy survive is not enough so people choose or are socialized into common experiences of joy, sports, politics, religion, art,..some choose drugs or alcohol to numb the feeling of this sense of LOST that at one time or another we all feel..the sense of loss in that I do not feel complete or whole...and as these thoughts seem to come as we grow older thus Plato and other old figures of the past..we are then beset with circumstances placed on one another as a body or culture of people...war, famine, disease, personal trauma, death of loved ones, sickness, and expectations placed on a person as culturally and socially dictated accordingly....the evolution of the spirit ,the soul, the being in the human being equation the searching for true meaning of existence is somewhat limited by personal experience. So to what point does culture and society and countries and religions and or spiritual beliefs and disciplines have to change in order for us to get any answers on the reason we are here..the reason why some are born to poverty while others are born to privilege. I think it must be easy for those who settle on an organized religion and belief system that is set in place and functions in a larger schema of reality...the more one is blinded or satisfied with conditions of survival and belief systems the more one is contented to be here and asks seldom if ever why am I hear, what does it mean to be a human being..what is my personal reason for being here? As a soul, in body on the physical plane?
I also thought if e have crossed over into questing pre conceived notions of reality and question the "GRAND illusion" of "reality"..then a person is less likely to want to participate in the controlling or popular belief system...bringing a sense of loneliness and isolation. The Human part of us has a built in need for socialization and means by which there is shared experience ect...so where does that leave me? And where does that leave the world in terms of commonalties? If everyone is an individual and yet part of a culture, society, that is not global and respectful of individuality...to the point that "what is the meaning of life and why are we here what is my, our purpose, then purpose is not a commonality shared by means of cultural differences and belief sysyems....How can we have world peace..when by means of feeling a sense of belonging is tied up in survival? As I said this is just a steam of thought. If proper housing and food were provided everyone as a human right globally..then what would people do in terms of thought.. What would their daily physical activities be? would they then evolve spiritually or would they have to evolve spiritually to get to the point of providing to each individual that which they need to fully function without working to survive. I awoke after a deep sleep and went right into deep thought. What is my purpose? How do I provide food and clothing and a roof over my head while still trying to provide a much needed need to evolve spiritually? How can I as an individual keep clear the need to seek answers when I am bogged down by a larger agreed upon "reality"? Soon I will return to the USA. In order to survive, I must find a job, then housing and survival necessities. I will be so besieged with and entrenched in this procedure. It will not be satisfying only that I feel more secure and surviving....But it will make me so tired mentally physically and emotionally..that the questions that I really need answered will be lost again in exhaustion from survival. I apologize for sharing this stream of thought....But somewhere within it lies an answer to the problems of the world and world peace.
Any intelligent response would help me to further understand a WORLD, that is coming to an end as we know it. For if there is no large scale spiritual evolution...then after world change survival will once again be the necessity that takes over.
People now starving under famine are surely not thinking about the meaning of life and spiritual evolution...they are thinking about food! How to feed their children! How to battle disease,
wonder if anyone else has thoughts such as this, my stream of writing and could advise me as to how to except my reality, while also including helping the world as a global community.

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Queer, Buddhist influenced folk: 4/12 Rebecca Riots "Best Band with a Conscience"

2008-04-07T23:41:58Z

The Rebecca Riots 4/12: intimate show, song premieres "best band with a conscience"

THE REBECCA RIOTS BRING FRESH RADICAL FOLK FOR OUR TIMES TO SAN GERONIMO
Folk icons The Rebecca Riots political/spiritual brand of acoustic music has
won them accolades locally and nationally, including ³Best Band with a
Conscience² from the S.F. Bay Guardian; ³This Band Should Be a Household
Name² from the East Bay Express, ³(Rebecca Riots) heals minds with its
social and political commentary" from The San Francisco Chronicle and even
³Dreamy Girl Band² from Girlfriends Magazine!

The Rebecca Riots will play at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center on
Saturday, April 12th at 8pm. We are located at 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
in San Geronimo, 9 miles west of San Rafael. Tickets are selling
and we recommend advance purchase for this show. Will call tickets are
available online at http://www.sgvcc.org/artsevents/centerevents.html.
The Community Center is a great, low-key and alcohol-free venue for music
with great acoustics and an intimate size. It is only 15 minutes from San Rafael
but is nestled among the beautiful rolling hills of San Geronimo. Come out and
enjoy a hike, have a delicious meal at one of the delicious local restaurants
and catch a great concert on Saturday night!

Musically Rebecca Riots is known for upbeat, energized folk music. They do
three part harmonies, guitar, mandolin and harmonica. On stage, the three
women are charismatic, funny, and inspiring. Songs and between-song banter
touch on a range of timely political and social issues, including police
accountability; healing through interfaith spiritual practice (the three
musicians are Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist [Eve Decker, whose spiritual
home is at Spirit Rock]); caring for the country¹s homeless; gay-straight
alliance; prisoner¹s rights; positive body image for women; building with
straw bale; gratitude toward nature; facing death and loss; anti-apartheid
work; Palestinian rights; love and support of children and teens; and good
old celebratory love songs.

The band was formed in 1993. In the period from 1993-2001, Rebecca Riots
released four CDs, [Gardener (April 2000),
Live at the Freight & Salvage (1999), Some Folks (1998), Rebecca Riots
(1995)] were signed to Appleseed Recordings, and toured the United States
several times. They played the Vancouver Folk Festival, Bumbershoot, the
Salina Folk Festival, and regularly sold out multiple shows in Seattle,
Portland, and the Freight and Salvage in their home town of Berkeley,
California. They have shared stages with Peter Yarrow, Utah Phillips, Laura
Love, Street Sounds, Rhiannon, Ulali, Cheryl Wheeler, Sonia of Disappear
Fear, Gwen Avery, Alix Dobkin, Alice Stewart, and many other balladeers for
social change.

Rebecca Riots spent nearly a decade regaling the folk music world with their
catchy, thoughtful, uptempo songs before taking a break for a few years to
pursue other aspects of their lives. From 2002-2006 Rebecca Riots stopped
touring, playing one or two shows a year in Berkeley and produced one CD,
³Just As Sure². During that time Lisa had a baby and produced albums for
other singer-songwriters, Andrea became a public school teacher and visited
Palestine, and Eve did long meditation retreats and released a solo CD based
on Buddhist teachings.

In fact Eve is well-known to the Spirit Rock Meditation Center community,
³Spirit Rock has been my spiritual home since 1992.² She says. She has
performed at numerous events and benefits for the organization such as
Sylvia Boorstein¹s 70¹s birthday and is training to be a retreat leader.

The same passion that riveted audiences and drove the band to create songs
of struggle, love and inspiration has led these women back to the national
stage. After almost five years, Rebecca Riots will visit Marin as one of
their first stops in a return to touring that is generating buzz and
anticipation near and far.

The Riots will feature some of their new tunes as well as old favorites at
the SGVCC show. With five CDs already to their credit, the Riots are
preparing for a new recording that might be released as early as this fall.
"We have lots of new material that we really want to play out. New songs
need to be refined and polished and the best way to do that is to lay it on
the line and put them in front of a sophisticated live audience, like that
at San Geronimo" explained Riots member Eve Decker.

Rebecca Riots has been called "fresh, radical folk" but their recent return
to the stage shows growth and change as well. While the trio, Eve Decker,
Lisa Zeiler and Andrea Prichett have always brought their own, unique
personalities to the music, the years in-between have given lots of new
inspiration for their songs. Close harmonies and tight rhythmic guitar are
still a mainstay of the Riots. The themes of the songs still include lots of
political content, but the time off has made the music deeper. Its hard to
categorize the songs as being political or spiritual or topical or
specifically love songs. There is just a beautiful depth that happens when
Rebecca Riots do their thing.

WHERE: San Geronimo Valley Community Center
6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. San Geronimo, CA

WHEN: Saturday April 12th, 8pm

HOW MUCH: $15 adults/$12 seniors/$8 kids. Advance tickets recommended.
Available online at http://www.sgvcc.org/artsevents/centerevents.html. You
may also drop off payment at the Community Center (please call ahead) or
mail your check (made out to SGVCC with a note saying how many tickets you
want for what show) to us at SGVCC, Box 194, San Geronimo, CA 94963 Attn:
Hannah

VENUE CONTACT: 415-488-8888 www.sgvcc.org

--
Hannah Doress
Arts & Events Coordinator
San Geronimo Valley Community Center
arts@sgvcc.org
415-488-8888 #253
www.sgvcc.org

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Embracing Queer Spirit - A Book Club for Spiritual Growth

2008-02-14T02:56:13Z

I know I'm probably preaching to the choir here.... but maybe you know someone who would be interested. Please pass it along if you do!

Embracing Queer Spirit
A Book Club for Spiritual Growth

Have you ever felt that being homosexual, bisexual, or transsexual is a good thing rather than an abomination?
Have you ever thought that you exist the way you are for a reason rather than as an abnormality?
Have you ever considered that being gay, bi, lesbian, or trans might be a gift rather than a burden?

Chances are you haven't because these ideas aren't modeled for us. What if you could explore these ideas for yourself in a safe and supportive environment?

This book club is a gateway to embracing yourself as a queer being. We do this by exploring the writings of those who've journeyed ahead of us. Our vision is that each of us in the group move toward a greater understanding and acceptance of ourselves as queer beings. We hold a sacred space where personal sharing and deep listening are practiced. The goal for each of us is to move closer to being able to say YES to the questions above.

This book club is just like every other book club in that we read books. We differ in the way that we work with the material. Each week we bring more than our thoughts, we bring our experience of how the books are affecting us, changing us, and challenging us. We are asked to go deeper into the material. What made our hearts joyful and what made our hearts ache?

We will meet twice a month on the first and third Monday evenings. We begin on March 3rd and we will meet at the First Unitarian Church of San Jose.

Space is limited in this small group so please contact me to reserve your space or if you have questions.

Warmest Wishes,

Hayden Reynolds, MA
haydenspiritguide@earthlink.net

Hayden Reynolds, MA has completed his training for the doctoral certificate in Spiritual Guidance from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, and is completing his dissertation on gay spirituality. He is skilled in many processes and techniques for working with spiritual material, including: hypnosis, dream work, ritual use, and journey work. Hayden has practiced and studied many faith and spiritual traditions and honors the truth in all systems.

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Gute Rutsch in 2008 !!!

2007-12-31T00:01:41Z

Gute Rutsch in 2008 !!!

It's all about you; GOLDFINGER
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=crn5ephc4UM

Boweevil
your Prayoga

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Makes UG you gay???

2007-12-29T15:26:10Z

"Whatever you do in the pursuit of truth or reality takes you away from your own very natural state in which you always are. It's not something you can acquire, attain or accomplish as a result of your effort. All that you do makes it impossible for what already is there to express itself. That is why I call this your natural state. You're always in that state. What prevents what is there from expressing itself in its own way is the search. The search is always in the wrong direction, so all that you consider very profound, all that you consider sacred, is a contamination in that consciousness. You may not [Laughs] like the word contamination but all that you consider sacred, holy and profound is a contamination. There's nothing that you can do, it's not in your hands. This is something which I can't give because you have it. It is ridiculous to ask for a thing which you already have. There isn't anything to get from anybody. You have what I have. I say you are there."

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Lavender Enlightenment

2007-12-26T04:20:51Z

Just wondering: how do you find being gay relates to the journey of enlightenment? Have you found it to be a catalyst, or an impediment? A gift, or a challenge...or both?

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Is enlightenment the ultimate Catch-22?

2007-11-28T20:59:24Z

Is enlightenment the ultimate Catch-22?

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What would be your advice?

2007-11-10T18:47:09Z

If you could only give three pieces of advice to someone you loved who was just starting their life, what would they be?

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Seeking queer triads for research!

2007-09-22T23:05:58Z

My name is Sunny. I am a graduate student in the Sexuality Studies program at San Francisco State University. I am conducting research on polyamory. The aim of my study is to explore how individuals in queer polyamorous triads discuss love in their relationships. I am in search of individuals in queer, long-term (one year or longer), polyamorous triads to interview. Individuals must identify themselves and their relationships as queer, and the triads must be three people who are all sexually and romantically involved with one another.

Participating in this study will entail a 45-90 minute one-on-one interview at a comfortable and private location convenient for both of us to discuss your experiences and feelings of love while in a triad.

If you are currently in a queer, long-term (one year or longer), triad relationship and are interested in participating in the study, please contact me!

smnordmarken@yahoo.com
(415) 516-0908

I am currently seeking people to interview! Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to participate.

Thank you!
Sunny

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Newbie

2007-09-12T02:27:07Z

Hi there guys! New to tribe.net and to this tribe...have enjoyed reading the posts so far and looking forward to contributing down the track. Greetings from down-under!

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love or hate

2007-08-28T17:29:17Z

I just went to the film festival (gay and lesbian) and was just thinking how lucky we were to have such a well organized weekend with so many great films you just can't get anywhere else and have a casual time for the community to connect and see each other. I was telling Mark how difficult it was to go to my first festival because just crossing the street and going to fhe festival seemed like a huge risk.

Last year was my first PRIDE march (but that is another story). I only mention it because of the "God hates Fags" contingency that showed up. It is a painful experience to walk past people that are verbally attacking you. I was thinking about how lucky we are that in 12 years of the flilm festival, I don't remember anyone from this contingency showing up (can you guess where this is headed).

I went to the festival today and there was a lone man with a cross and a sign. My intial response was "Oh, lord" and I plucked up my courage to cross the street. When I crossed the street there were a couple of guys leaving the festival and we exchanged smiles and one of them shook their heads - resigned to the fact that this has become part of our environment (the sharks swim near the seals) I just smiled and said "They're everywhere" a bit annoyed that we couldn't be left in peace.

I thought about how much shame people had to overcome just to go to the festival. I thought about their courage.

I was wondering what was really in his heart. I almost walked up and asked him but thought about it when I was in the car going home.

(love)
If his heart was full of love and he really loved these people and was afraid that they were going to Hell. Then I have a lot of respect for that. That is Love in action (even if it is in my opinon misguided). It shows that he cares and he is really doing something about it.

(hate)
If his heart is full of hate and he just wants the people to feel bad ("Homosexuality is an abomination" as he said) and do as he says then he is nothing but an bully. It takes no courage to be a bully. It takes no courage to hate. If this the case then I have no respect for his perpetuation of hate.

I am talking about this calmly now but it really shook me up. Mostly because I feel like there should be a response but also it is hard to walk through something like that and not be effected by it. But how to respond in a way that would not escalate the hate? Just like you would challenge someone if they told a fag joke. It seemed like something that warranted a response.

I know there will be even more of these guys at the pride march in Sept.. I have an idea and if you have seen the Laramie Project, then you already know what it is. So when the time comes I may ask you to join me in an act of bravery and kindness.

Have a beautiful day. . .

-m

(side story)
I was at a peace march in Washington DC and had and amazing experience. As we were walking there was a "pro-war" audience and one of the hecklers started yelling stuff at us. The guy beside me started yelling back. They started heading towards each other. In a moment of clarity, as calmly as possible I put out my arms out and looked the guy beside me in the eyes with the heckler at my back and said "That is what he wants. He wants to make you angry. This is a peace march." and he looked at me nodded and turned and kept walking. It was a powerful moment.

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New M4M Member, Intro 2U: C My Page/Send Add?

2007-08-09T19:37:28Z

Hello Dear Tribe Members,

Just Wanted to Introduce Myself…
Hope you will want to see my page, send an add, and even write a testimonial:
http://people.tribe.net/d6aa2e9c-308c-4ab8-b937-d29e5f46af62

I am author, artist, illustrator, filmmaker, and photographer, Merton Parrish. I am a devotee of Priapian Spirituality (Priapus), and have a special devotion to my fellow gay, bi and str8 m4m men. I have diverse interests and am enjoying the diversity here on Tribe. I live in the midwest with my male partner of eight years. I am 44 years young.

Because the M4M life and Priapian Spirituality has been such a joy to me, I am here to provide information on these things for my m4m brothers. I would like to share with you my blogs, writing, art, and the various pages I have created on the net. I hope to be of service to you, connect with you, and become friends with you here on Tribe.

I will enjoy knowing you visited my page. I would be so pleased if you would add me as a friend and write a testimonial, and hope that you will also bookmark my Tribe page, and bookmark the various pages I've listed in my links section (I think you will enjoy my regularly updated 360 and Blogger Blog in particular… http://mertonparrish.blogspot.com/ and http://360.yahoo.com/mertonparrish )

Finally, I'd be happy to chat/cam/IM/Em with you (for friendship, camming, play, cockworship, or to answer any questions you might have about M4M life or Priapian Spirituality). Detailed contact info is below my signature…

Peace, guys!

Merton :)
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Email:
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My Y_hoo IMs:
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Note: If you send an add to my IM list for any of the above IMs, make sure your age, sex, and location is on your profile and 360. Ty! :)

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Seekng an enlightened relationship

2007-07-19T01:45:39Z

glad to find this tribe - hope to find a soulmate here!

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Passion To Serve

2007-06-07T00:41:33Z

In our spark to be
more aware, we
divine in form
awaken to norm
a passion to serve
with graceful verve
a space to know
so we may grow
sans faith or path
age or caste
our spark to be
joyously

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Ethics?

2007-06-05T09:57:06Z

I was reading through the posts on the "Why I created this tribe.." thread and noticed something. Many people speak of meditation, magical and shamanic practice but few of us are talking about ethics. This is not a criticism; it is just something I noticed. My feeling is that part of that comes from being on the "wrong" end of morality as gay people. Also, I think that generally, in this day and age, we do not like to feel restricted. However, so many of the worlds great wisdom traditions have a code of ethics that is viewed as central to the practice (Yama & Niyama in Yoga, the Bodhisattva Precepts in Zen, the Commandments (10 of Moses or the 2 Great Commandments of Jesus), etc.) and central to enlightenment. My question is:

What role do ethics play in your practice and your spirituality?

For me, taking and keeping the Boddhisattva Precepts has been an astounding practice. I feel that it has lead to a growth in wisdom and in freedom. Life is just so much easier for me now that I am mindful of practicing non kiling, non-stealing, not misusing sexuality, not lying, not being intoxicated, not speaking ill of others, not elevating myself and blaming others, not being greedy, not harboring anger, and not speaking ill of the Three Treasures. I initially saw these as restrictions. Over time, however, I am coming to appreciate all that these precepts add to my practice and to the freedom in my life.

However, I notice that in my day to day life, people (especially my fellow queers) react strangely to me when I say "Oh, I don't do that." or even just "No, thank you." Sometimes they pursue and react even more negatively when I tell them that I have taken vows and am trying to keep them. I try to do this in as non-judgemental a way as possible. I make clear that this is simply my practice and not something I expect them to follow. However, I sense a general aversion in the queer community to having any kind of code of ethics and sticking to it.

What is your experience?

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Learning patience

2007-06-05T03:56:59Z

So, lately, I've been noticing that I really need to expand upon my having more patience with people and situations. Are there any readings, books, meditations, etc to help with this?

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Cascade Mountain Faerie Community

2007-04-25T18:58:11Z

Hi,
Creating community in the Washington Cascades. Please let me know if you're interested.
Thanks,
Terry
http://tribes.tribe.net/cascadecommunity

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A new group, it's sheer Heaven

2007-04-10T20:46:38Z

Manifest your vision. Get the support you desire. You are one with all that is. You are a visionary. You stand before your tribe and speak the divine truth that is you. You claim your desires, you ask for what you need and the tribe offers their gifts. Together we manifest the reality of Heaven on Earth. We are amazed to witness the birthing of our dreams. We are empowered by the ease and grace of our cooperation. We are grateful to the Great Creator for eachother's presence and the miracle that is life.

http://tribes.tribe.net/heavenonearth

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Shambhala tradition

2007-04-07T17:44:34Z

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book or two on the Shambhala tradition of Buddhism.

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re-my last blog post..

2007-03-19T18:22:35Z

In actuality...
There seems to be a mis-understanding about my most recent blog, so please allow me to explain further and in more detail...

First of all, I am NOT encouraging anyone to use magic AGAINST anyone, what I am suggesting is that we unify our energies to STOP technology from a): destroying this grid called Earth and it's global community of lifeforms, and b) from giving a space to the military forces of Earth where they may emprison and force people into their dark ways of being. Governments are rushing (particularly the U.S.A.) to create what I call truly DARK forms of technology, that they will use even on their own citizens who do not comply with their agenda. This must be stopped, the only way is to use an action that they have no real clue about, that action is PROTECTION MAGIC.

Hitler used the same magic staff as Napoleon Bonaparte, this staff is an ancient tool of war. It is believed that it went missing from Germany and resurfaced in the U.S.A., many believe George Bush has it in his possession at this time. If you know about the various forms of magic then you will understand that this is NOT good or of good. This is the kind of stuff we are up against, guys like Bush use magic to create their path, we who are of LIght MUST do the same.

When I say we need to rid the Earth of low vibratory beings and their low vibratory tools, I am NOT saying we need to attack them or get rid of them by using our magic against them, what I am saying is that we need to PROTECT our existence from them. THEY will destroy themselves, and THEY will elliminate themselves from this grid by THEIR own actions. What we need to do is PROTECT ourselves and our Earth communities from their evil/ignorant plans and intentions. This is why the angels have lent us their hands at this time, and this is why I have protection around me personally, I do vibtrate in this way and am active in this process. YOU can be too, that is my POINT.

Yes, a lot of people will die during this shift, it is written in the cards. My spirit tells me that only about 3 million humans will be left on Earth by 2013, this will be of THEIR own karma and doing, it will ALSO be of their CHOICE, for not all beings here wish to EVOLVE. It is the choice of some to just WITNESS these events occuring, it is also the intention and choice of some to PREVENT humanity from evolving at this time. ALL GOVERNMENTS ARE IN THIS ROLE at this time. The wealthy dont want to let go of money, power or position. There are people using magic to control the masses and their actions at this time, some do this in disguise as trying to "help", when really all they are trying to do is keep the peace while they continue to rape and pilage this Earth and its MANY communities.

We humans seem to think WE are all that matters, yet we are a part of a very delicate intricately linked web of life and magic of living forms, participating in an on going evolution of beingness. Some of us think that we will all evolve, and we will, but NOT all in the same direction. Those who worship technology over life will find themselves being downloaded into a matrix of hell that will start with the micro-chip implant that is ALREADY happening at this time, will they see it as hell? No, they will think it is the SAFE way to go, fear will be their motivaing factor, for they fear life itself and DEATH.

In truth I wish this world of ours was not like this, that our options were different, but this is it baby! Like it or not this is where it is all heading. The Earth is raising her energy much like we get a fever when sick, and yes, this rising of energy will kill a lot of people. But before you point fingers at me accusing me of not caring for these beings, I suggest you take a good look at the fact that most of us DONT want to change. How many of us know the environment is suffering? How long have we known this? Yet we get up and go live the life we live by driving our cars, flying everywhere, and paying taxes to a system we KNOW doesnt care? hmmm? Steven Harper is looking like a good candidate for our next election here in Canada, yet he will NOT change anything to upset the economy. This is where most of us are at, we care as long as WE dont have to change.

Time is up, my spirit years ago told me that things wil really start going totally nuts around 2008-09, by the looks of it my spirit is right. I have cried over and over again after being fed psychic images of what is to come and why, I DO care and feel for all beings. However I know my true purpose, and that my friends is to PROTECT this magical grid called Earth and its incredibly varied forms of life. This is something that is beyond the human realm. We are not so imporatant that everything must die around us while we twiddle our thumbs and act like spoiled children always wanting things our own way. I dont care if I live through this shift, what I do care is that I give as much as I can of myself to the Earth and to ALL of life at this time. This means understanding energy and what is available to me. The angels ARE available, Archangel Micheal is the controller of the armies and varied forms of authority in this Universe. In the past he has helped us maintain a certain form of democracy, this is why all tyrants of the past have eventually met their match. But today is different, he will only assist those who are truly in harmony with universal law and order, this means he will NOT be serving the governments of our world unless they quickly learn to comply with this form of universal law and order. That is why he protects me from ignorant hands, and he is here to protect YOU too, if you are true and of love.

My suggestion would block technology and peoples ability to use it in negative ways against each other and the Earth at this time, plain and simple. The rest will be a product of its own doing.
peace out
G.Force

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Solutions for a crazy world

2007-03-19T02:31:52Z

How to handle this world...
Seems like a lot lately huh? The corporate world wants to rule everything, controling all sources of needs, like food and water. The governments like the Bush Admin. threatening us with their desire to take our freedoms away, using fear as a reason of nessesity. When you look at it you think shit, how can I stop this maddness? Well, I know a way. I live this and YOU can too.

The Earth is a sphere of thought in motion, it is the ultimate dreamscape to which our human bodies are attuned. Many of us are clueless as to just how powerful we are as cosmic beings. I am not. I work with Archangel Micheal, and the Spirit of Love-God. These forces are quite powerful, and quite able to protect. Once when I was in the mountains of Santa Cruz, I was shown just how powerful these forces are...

I was guided to go sleep in a redwood tree, an opportunity I had always dreamed of. The night itself was quite trippy, as I was visited by a cougar. It smelled me as I slept, woke me up with its warm breathe. I was guided not to create eye contact by my spirit, as it visted me it began to run energy on me. I felt an exchange between us take place, then it left and I fell back to sleep. When I awoke it was sunrise, I was awakened to find a family of deer foraging in front of me. The morning was beautiful, very mystical indeed.

Then out of no where came 2 forest rangers, they appraoched me and asked me what I was doing there. In my common sence I knew they were asking because techniquely I was not supposed to be there. I said I was just hanging out enjoying the morning air, they then asked for i.d.. In my head a conversation was going on between me and my spirit, here is how it went...

I said to my spirit "Listen honey, you wanted me here journeying, you brought me here, so protect me from these fools. In my heart I knew i had a BIRTHRITE to be there, and therefore I knew their laws they were upholding were full of shit. My spirit said pray to Archangel Micheal, he will help you. So I did my magic call to him... Archangel Micheal help me help me help me (this I said 9 times in my head)! I then said to him, you control the police on Earth, keep these dudes from bothering me NOW! Then something really cool happened. The ranger tried to walkie-talkie me passport i.d. into headquarters to check for warrents I guess. But as hard as he tried his radio would NOT work. He got frustrated and asked his partner to pass him his radio to use. Then his partners radio STOPPED working too. Then he said ok, he would go to his car and use the radio there. About 20 minutes passed and then he returned complaining that his car radio wouldn't work either! They both looked at me with frustration on their faces, and then said "get lost quick or else!". I packed up my stuff and walked away. My spirit then told me they were coming back to take me away. I asked what I should do and my spirit said go down this path, I did and it lead to a hidden path that lead out of the park, down to a old railway track. I walked to Santa Cruz from there with ease.

This incident showed me something very powerful, it showed me that technology can be manipulated by spirit forces EASILY. It also showed me that when I am not in the wrong I AM protected from authority.

Now imagine if one million of us evolving souls chose to work with these forces, to raise the energy on Earth to a level that would PREVENT ALL forms of technology from working here. I think and KNOW that the flow would change greatly here on Earth, and those in control would find themselves up shits creek without a paddle, just as they deserve.

This is a possiblity, but it will only work if we do no wrong, in otherwords we are not attacking them, we are simply changing the frequency here so they can no longer function in the ways in which they do. That experience I shared with you will not be my last, spirit will protect me no matter what comes my way. How about you, do you feel this trust and truth? Can you fathom it?

The dreamscape works upon YOUR own belief systems, what you believe translates into what you experience. In the next 5 years many will die, from war, earthquakes and natural forms of desaster. As many of us leave this plain the grid will open up and become more free, and available to use to our spiritual advantage. If you are of LOVE, you will find yourself and your thought process/manifestation powers greatly increasing. The way to the new world that is upon us is through conscious thought and intention, and working with that in which connot be seen with the naked eye; spirit forces. The approach is simple, be not at war, but of love. allow that love to protect you and your communities. Those who control this world at this time are NOT of love, therefore they have very limited forms of protection that are based in the material world. This makes them very weak and quite vulnerable to cosmic forces. But remember, you must be of love, for they use magic too; black magic. If you are not of love, you will fail to produce the energy required to exist in this way I speak of.

This is what the shift is, a rising of energy that will elliminate the existence and presence of low vibratory beings, along with their low vibratory forms of technology. A low vibratory being is one by the way, who is NOT of love. So I invite you to awaken, activate and enlighten yourselves of the great vastness of potential that is inherent within you and your universe. You are way more powerful than you can imagine, but heed my words. If you use cosmic energy in a dark way, out of anger, or spite, or hate, you will find yourself participating in a cosmic war of great magnitudes. BE WITH LOVE, it is the ONLY solution, and the only true form of protection.

By the way, that is just one experience out of MANY that have shown me this truth, it has been tested and prooven to me over and over again. Sp connect with your spirit, and pray to your angels, they can assist you in ways you are yet to imagine.
peace out!

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Enlightenment Intensive Easter Weekend 4/6-8

2007-03-14T16:36:46Z

An Enlightenment Intensive will be happening in San Anselmo, CA on Easter weekend. It will be led by my good friend Pitaka Tathagata. The Intensive will begin Thursday evening, April 5th, and end the evening of Easter Sunday, April 8th. Experience your own rebirth during this symbolic weekend.

An Enlightenment Intensive is a three-day contemplative retreat, where the main activity consists of dyads, a form of partnered contemplation that supports each partner in having the deepest direct experience of Truth. It is a simple and effective technique which has brought many people to the experience of Enlightenment since 1986.

The environment is set up to completely support the participants' contemplation. Vegetarian meals and snacks will be served each day, and there will be time for walking contemplation and exercise, as well as individual needs and attention.

For more info, contact me thru Tribe or Pitaka @ (415)328-7823/www.pitaka.com

Personal note: I had my first moment of Awakening at an EI in '97, and I've been staffing on them ever since. It's such a gift for me to witness people realize their true nature, and to deepen my own ever-evolving experience of it in my life. I'll share my own stories later.

Feel free to ask me about my experience, and contact Pitaka to register and get details.

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Gay Spirit Visions

2007-03-11T13:15:50Z

May I suggest a web site for a group I've been involved with for about 12-13 years? We have conferences and retreats where gay men can safely share their spiritual paths. Gay Spirit Visions' web site:
http://www.gayspiritvisions.org/

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Spiritual Partnering

2007-03-09T18:53:51Z

Last night I was slightly shunned for being "too spiritual". Granted, that's a rediculous statement, but it brought up for me again the question of how important is it that my partner be spiritual or how spiritual do they need to be. Does anyone have any personal experiences of being in relationship to someone who wasn't very spiritual?

I once dated someone who didn't believe in my spiritual practices at all and that was obviously a bad match. Being that it's kinda difficult to find fellow single gay spiritual men, I find myself considering possible relationships with people who don't consider themselves to be really spiritual. Am I settling for less or am I opening myself to more people?

Tell me your experiences.

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A section from my Intend Book...

2007-03-08T18:45:51Z

Everything in our modern world is designed to entice us as individuals, as egos in motion, into believing that we too can achieve the life lived as a king or queen. All of the luxuries are available if we too just sell out our world along with ourselves and comply with these demands. I believe most of us humans do not even recognize what it is we are craving for or selling off. Our ancient past has created a turmoil of the soul and this turmoil has lead us into a place where each of us seeks to dominate and rule everything around us. Awareness is the first step in a direction away from this way of being and reacting.

Recognizing these blocks within us as well as remembering our true history within is the way back to the love that we have lost. What has happened here on Earth is a teaching of great value for one knows not unity if one knows not separation. This goes for love as well. Family is community, it is the oneness that we all share, nothing more or less. As sinister as these alien beings can seem, could it not be that perhaps they are here to teach us to love unconditionally? Perhaps little family units are our own way as human beings of beginning this process for they teach us to love each other, which even in such a small frame can still be quite trying for some to achieve. To remain idle and unwilling to change our perception of family and individuals is to finalize this ancient plan of these alien beings. Family is what fuels everything, the economy, education, politics, the arts and patriotic identity. Family is all of these things and it is relative to how we distribute our love, focus and attention in this world. When we perceive ourselves to be as one big happy human family, we are strong and spiritually powerful, we are in tune with our divine cosmic rights, our cosmic unconditional love. The choice is ours as humans and as individuals and we alone are responsible for the choices that we make. As humans, it is also our duty to ourselves and to each other to realise that when we are separate we are vulnerable, out of tune with each other and most of all we are lacking in love. True power is found in unconditional love. Unconditional love is the energy that creates true family - be aware of this. Love creates unity when it is unconditional; this kind of love creates and makes room for true freedom, harmony and peace.

A distorted sense of family makes room for a distorted sense of responsibility. We draw lines as individuals, as humans that separate ourselves from each other and from our world and our existence; this shifts the focus of responsibility from the eye of love to the eye of the ego. In our modern world, we have quite a few people claiming to be responsible citizens, yet what is it that they do that makes them so responsible and do they understand in what ways they are responsible? When you walk from your bed to your table, to your car from your house, to your job at your desk, and back home again... What exactly are you being responsible for? Do you know what actions you attach yourself to when you function in this way? When you walk down the street and pass by a broken soul and look the other way with no remorse or empathy do you know what you are creating, what you are responsible for? When you judge your own family and treat it with no love, do you know what you are responsible for? When money decides your decisions for you, do you know what you are responsible for? I am not judging in anyway what any of us humans have chosen to do. I am merely creating a focus that perhaps may allow humanity to observe something that perhaps remains a little void in the human consciousness today, frequencies that we operate within as individuals and as humans. One must be responsible for one’s actions in this universe of free will for this is the main foundation of a true and just life and existence.

True justice is that of an enlightened soul, it is the power of the warrior and guardian within baring service to unconditional love and life itself. In our human world the term justice is twisted with the power of human authority, we allow our own human ego to shape it’s meaning and this creates a path of true negativity to unfold within ourselves as individuals and in our outer existence as well. We have huge armies out to kill anything that we do not agree with and we have police on the streets armed and ready to assault anyone who steps out of line with our imposed human authority and way of being, an authority and way of being that sees no value in anything other than it’s own agenda. This is why nuclear bombs exist, this is why the Earth is suffering, this is why we have slavery and major pollution problems, this is why our food and water chains are becoming more and more toxic, this is why the politicians serve the corporate agenda and this is why so many of us are jailed un-necessarily. It seems we humans have chosen to live in a false light and in an unjust way.

The human form of justice must be changed, our form of accepted justice serves no one accept the ultra-elite of this world. For example we have homeless people everywhere dieing on the streets with no where to call home, then along comes the wealthy elite who have more money to burn than there is time in the day and guess what they do? They buy and own two, three, four maybe five houses, not just one. It would be fine if these houses were being used all the time but most of them lay dormant and unused and what does this create? It takes all kinds of energy from the Earth to make these things that no one uses. As a person who has done carpentry, I can tell you that it saddens me to walk into a lumber yard and see rare wood from all around the world selling at high prices only the rich can afford. The elite of our human world take and use things out of a desire to be current and in fashion with the times, filling their unused homes with lavish and expensive materials while leaving nature and the Earth in the gutter with the rest of us, only to change and renovate with each new passing fad that these fashions bring. This is pure greed and quite unconscious behaviour that lacks in a true and honest unconditional love for all of life.

Those who can afford - the elite, the powerful, the wealthy, these elitists take out of an emptiness that somehow exists inside of themselves, leaving devastation in the name of social prominence and wealth. This is not just, in fact, it is an abomination to cosmic law and divine unconditional love. We also jail each other for theft yet our whole social structure is based on theft. Stolen land from ancient tribes, stolen wealth from ancient cultures, stolen lives from ancient mothers and fathers, destroyed and stolen homes from nature’s own, stolen essential elements from the Kingdom of Earth, this is what formed and is still forming our current world, our current societies. Where is true justice in this picture, where is our responsibility? With behaviour like this, where do we fit in as humans, as individuals?

The energy of true justice expands beyond our own realms as humans, true justice serves all of life and this means all of the kingdoms. For example, why is it a just act to hunt six percent of the grizzly bear populations per year for pure fun and sport and hang their heads and furs on walls? Meanwhile, if the grizzly bears hunted six percent of our population per year, it would be a monstrosity that our society would not accept. This is just one example of a twisted form of justice that we humans have created for ourselves to justify our own selfish needs and ways. How many other species do we hunt just for the fun of it and at what percentage per year of these species do we justify taking from existence to satisfy our own selfish desires? Do we even care? Karma is real and this body of life that we are at one with is quite large and quite capable of turning the karmic tables upon us. There are other beings who would love to use us humans in a similar way, for sport, to hunt and kill for the fun of it. Some of these beings are quite powerful beyond our own means as humans. These beings depend on our own actions of karmic invitation and resolve to enter into our universe and do so. When we act with an imbalance of justice, we open these doors to these types of possibilities.

Life is a dance and it is a karmic invitation to direct experience, every action that we produce as individuals is in fact a karmic invitation to this dance. One can resist the truth but one cannot avoid a karmic invitation for it is the one who creates it and brings it into being. Our human consciousness must come to terms with this truth and we must come to create positive karmic invites if we are to continue existing in this form, in this place and with this love. We can often be fooled by our own sentiments towards ourselves, our own cultures, our own religions and our own political views as individuals. As humans we are quite capable of putting ourselves and our own personal beliefs in a flattering light, we create elaborate costumes along with elaborate roles, all to signify our own connections to a great power, divinity and acceptance. If we do not stop and take a good close look at our own ways of being we shall find ourselves separated from our soul and each other in ways that are not desirable to any soul of any individual seeking true unity, unconditional love, harmony, peace and freedom.

It is time to change before we fall prey to our own game as individuals, as humans and as the soul of unconditional love incarnate. This is the only way to a true united kingdom of unconditional love and oneness, the true essence of the Kingdom of the Individual itself. True justice, responsibility and family serves all of the kingdoms, our laws must change and harmonize themselves with this truth as must our ways. Even if a traditional law or way of being is ancient, if it serves the ego instead of unconditional love let it go, for the harm these laws and ways of being create is not worth the time it takes to set these laws and ways of being in stone, nor is it worth the energy we spend doing so.

To check out more of this free info go to www.souls4totalfreedom.org, open the Intend page and click on "The Kingdom of the Individual". Its 100% free to download. :)

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SF Faerie Full Moon Chanting on You Tube:

2007-02-09T23:02:54Z

SF Faerie Full Moon Chanting on You Tube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ey3xeCjHgKo

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Selfless Service

2007-02-08T09:32:04Z

What the world needs are servants, not leaders. Everyone's wish is to become a leader. We have enough leaders who are not real leaders. Let us become a real servant instead. That is the only way to become a real leader.

Empty words do nothing to improve the situation. Actions speak louder. The beauty and charm of selfless love and service should not die away from the face of this earth. The world should know that a life of dedication is possible, that a life inspired by love and service to humanity is possible.

If a spiritual aspirant does not work, they are cheating the world and cheating God in the name of spirituality. Look at the all the darkness in the world. How can anyone sit idle in such a place and call themselves spiritual. This must truly be a time of great action for all who have lit the lamp of faith and love within our hearts.

Getting out into the world and doing service is very much a part of spiritual practice. If we want to eliminate the enemies that lurk in the innermost depths of the heart, we have to serve the world. Only then will we be able to tell how effective our meditation has been. Only when someone gets angry with us, will we know whether we still have anger in us.

If it is someones karma to suffer, consider it our karma to help him.

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sedona retreat comin to my place oceanside in santamonica

2007-01-11T05:36:08Z

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Gay Hindus

2006-10-05T13:41:02Z

Namaste,

I just stumbled upon this tribe doing a search for Gay Hindus. This isnt quite it, but its very close. I live in an urban ashram in Atlanta. Out of the 10 residents, 7 of us a queer. We are all on a guru path, and our guru and teacher are huge proponnents of gay rights and AIDS activists. Infact, this particular lineage of yoga is one of the few that have openly gay and lesbian swamis and acharya sanyas.

I am looking to network with other gay and lesbian hindus, especially one's on a guru path. If you are, hit me up.

Have a great day and Namaste.

Dharmanatha Jaya

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Well, at least gay...

2006-08-16T19:26:58Z

I wouldn't profess myself to be enlightened. That is for others to declare.

I have been doing TM since 1973. Thursday, 7/21/05 is our special day (50th anniversary of the TM movement.)

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Gay buddhists

2006-07-12T22:37:19Z

Like others, I stumbled upon this tribe while searching for brothers following my particular spiritual path. I'm a practicing Zen Buddhist. I haven't taken precepts, but I can see myself doing that somewhere down the line ...

I'm also concerned about meeting guys that are relationship material and how spirituality or the lack thereof may play into that. Just wondering out loud how to meet guys with similar values or who are at least open to one's spiritual path and not threatened by it.

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