Saturday, January 21
Techniques of self-induced Awakenings
I have been meditating for a long time and while all practices give greater peace of mind the most ecstatic results that have consistently been repeatable for me have come from the practice of Kundalini Yoga. This is the “left path" Tantric method of awakening consciousness through a psychic and spiritual journey upwards through the spine to a massive awakening in the head (as in Alex Grey's paintings of a thousand points of light - a total DMT explosion of your own doing.)
The electrical storms, sound sensations and visions that result from this practice are sweeter, more sustained and completely repeatable with practice - than any other trip including psilocybin, lsd, mescalin, zen, raja yoga, dmt etc.
And it really is a journey.
For the best guides to practicing these techniques of awakening it is worth taking some early initiations from a teacher of a Bhija Mantra (or sound machine) that when repeated over and over again results in the initial trance states.
As you progress you will learn sounds, postures, hand gestures, concentration methods and other tools for awakening the 7 levels of Kundalini's journey.
All teachers of Yoga teach some form of Kundalini Yoga or left path Tantra including Patanjali, Yogananda, Aurobindo, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Rajneesh, Gayatri Devi, Gangaji and even the Tibetan Buddhists.
Where to start - in the next post I show you a small technique that might get you started.
Sunday, October 9
India struggles to protect Yoga heritage
It was only a matter of time before Yoga became an international trade issue with patent and copyright battles and legal struggles to own posture and disciplines. With over 20 million practitioners in the US alone, all eyes are on Yoga with billions of dollars at stake. Patanjali would be certainly be amused.
MUMBAI, INDIA, October 6, 2005: Yoga has to remain an Indian discipline. It's in this spirit New Delhi's health minister has approved a project of almost US$3.6 million to protect on the international level the patent on the postures involved in this ancient discipline that is an expression of Indian culture and religion, which the West has been trying to get a hold of after it gained worldwide popularity. A team of experts will produce a digital document on the 1,500 asana or yoga postures, to be translated in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese, and distributed in 11 countries. Under the supervision of V. K. Gupta - a health ministry expert - the team, which can count on the collaboration of more than 100 members and 15 Indian religious schools, examined 16 Vedic texts (Hindu sacred texts) to illustrate yoga's historical origins and evolution, said patent lawyer K.M. Gopakumar. In the West, yoga generates huge revenues in the range of billions of dollars. Many improvised gurus, of Indian origin, start up their own yoga business. The Indian health ministry has recorded more than a thousand yoga-related websites run by these "gurus" who publicise yoga postures and practices claiming that they are their original creation and therefore protected with an international patent and covered by copyrights. Once the Indian government's document is issued, ''the so-called life-style gurus cannot claim copyright and allege infringement by others," said Gopakumar. In the United States, in Europe and Japan at least 150 yoga postures are covered by patents, says the health ministry. In the US alone 2,300 yoga schools and yoga practices have copyrights. Yoga is also connected to health, as underlined by the Indian health ministry's project, which aims to protect this wide religious, scientific and cultural heritage, which includes 75,000 formulas of ayurvedic medicine and 50,000 formulas of unani herbal remedies. - read more... www.adnki.com.
Tuesday, October 4
Supernova blast 41,000 years ago led to extinction of mammoths
This theory, if proven correct, would explain the discovery of frozen mammoths in Alaska following a sudden change in climate that must have occurred very quickly – fascinating...
A supernova blast 41,000 years ago started a deadly chain of events that led to the extinction of mammoths and other animals in North America, according to two scientists.
If their supernova theory gains acceptance, it could explain why dozens of species on the continent became extinct 13,000 years ago.
Mammoths and mastodons, both relatives of today's elephants, mysteriously died out then, as did giant ground sloths, a large-horned bison, a huge species of armadillo, saber-toothed cats, and many other animals and plants.
Read the full article...<http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050926/mammoth.html>
Wednesday, September 28
New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory
When scientists announced last month they had determined the exact order of all 3 billion bits of genetic code that go into making a chimpanzee, it was no surprise that the sequence was more than 96 percent identical to the human genome. Charles Darwin had deduced more than a century ago that chimps were among humans' closest cousins.
But decoding chimpanzees' DNA allowed scientists to do more than just refine their estimates of how similar humans and chimps are. It let them put the very theory of evolution to some tough new tests.
If Darwin was right, for example, then scientists should be able to perform a neat trick. Using a mathematical formula that emerges from evolutionary theory, they should be able to predict the number of harmful mutations in chimpanzee DNA by knowing the number of mutations in a different species' DNA and the two animals' population sizes.
Read the full article.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092501177.html
Arctic ice 'disappearing quickly'
The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk for a fourth consecutive year, according to new data released by US scientists. They say that this month sees the lowest extent of ice cover for more than a century. The Arctic climate varies naturally, but the researchers conclude that human-induced global warming is at least partially responsible. They warn the shrinkage could lead to even faster melting in coming years. "September 2005 will set a new record minimum in the amount of Arctic sea ice cover," said Mark Serreze, of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Boulder, Colorado.
Read full article.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4290340.stm
Thursday, September 22
Free Talk on Meditation in New York City
M Speaks on Meditation
Come and meet M, a Yoga and Meditation master from India. He will be in New York City on Saturday 1st October 2005 at 6.30 pm at the Community Church of New York at 40 E 35 Street (between Park and Madison Avenues) in the Assembly Hall.
To find out more visit: http://www.universalquest.com/m.html
Friday, July 29
Planet X? - Distant object found orbiting Sun
Astronomers have found a large object in the Solar System's outer reaches. It is being hailed as "a great discovery".
Details of the object are still sketchy. It never comes closer to the Sun than Neptune and spends most of its time much further out than Pluto. It is one of the largest objects ever found in the outer Solar System and is almost certainly made of ice and rock. It is at least 1,500km (930 miles) across and may be larger than Pluto, which is 2,274km (1,400 miles) across. The uncertainty in estimates of its size is due to errors in its reflectivity. It might be a large, dim object, or a smaller, brighter object. Whatever it is, astronomers consider it a major discovery. In 2004 scientists discovered Sedna, a remote world that is 1,700 km across.
Read the article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4726733.stm
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