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20 eBooks (PDF) on Loving Kindness and Insight Meditation
http://www.buddhanet.net/xmedfile.htm
NDE-A nexus of useful sources
http://www.near-death.com/
Nirvikalpa Samadhi
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/nirvikalpa.html
Meditation-Stages of Mindfulness and Absorption
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/anna_jones1/aushadhi.html#N4
The Jhanas in Theravedan Buddhism (Meditation steps)
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/janas.html
Blazing Splendour-Memoirs of a Rinpoche/Tibetan Glossary
http://www.rangjung.com/blazingsplendor/blazing-glossary.htm
Ecstasy(Transcendent, Escendent), Enstasy, Astasy
http://www.vwsp.eu/ecstasy/ecstasy.htm
The Study and Practice of Yoga an Exposition of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Krishnananda
http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/patanjali/raja_01.html
Buddhist Bible (Dwight Goddard)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/bb/index.htm
Essential Advice for Solitary Meditation Practice
http://freddieyam.com/p/essential_advice_dudjom.html
The Book of Kells imagery(Illuminated Christian art)
http://www.snake.net/people/paul/kells/image/kell1bmp
http://www.snake.net/people/paul/kells/image/kells1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kelljohn.jpg
http://www.snake.net/people/paul/kells/image/kells2
Hridaya-The Cosmic Heart
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/anna_jones1/hridaya.html
Autobiography of a Yogi - by Swami Paramahamsa Yogananda
http://www.ananda.org/autobiography/#chap35
The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching Method and Practice
http://books.google.ca/books?id=qO6pwU_cQrMC&dq=laya+yoga+goswami&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=pxusSpjLOY3-NZLy8PIN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Cleansing of the Chakras. Opening of the Spiritual Heart. Mantras
http://ecopsychology.swami-center.org/page_64.shtml
The Crest Jewel of Discrimination-Viveka Chudamini
(How to tell if someone is enlightened by Shankaracharya)
http://www.swamij.com/shankara-crest-jewel.htm
Symbolic Patch
http://sq-wellness.com/premaagni.php
http://www.virtuescience.com/enneagram.html
Freddie Yam: The Day my Kundalini Woke up
http://freddieyam.com/p/kundalini.html
http://freddieyam.com/p/books.html
Koans(100)- The Blue Cliff Record
http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/eric.boix/Koan/Hekiganroku/index.html
Mumonkan (Zen Koan Compilation)
http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/eric.boix/Koan/Mumonkan/
Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2592712/Lamrim-Yeshe-Nyingpo
The Vedanta Sutras (Brahma Sutras)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe48/index.htm
The Diamond Sutra
http://www.diamond-sutra.com/diamond_sutra_translation.html
The Lotus Sutra
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/contents.htm
The Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra (Hui-Neng- Sixth Patriarch of Zen)
http://www.purifymind.com/DharmaPlatformSutra.htm
19 Exceptional Web Resources for Spiritually Minded People
http://blog.atmajyoti.org/2008/02/19-exceptional-web-resources-for-spiritually-minded-people/
The Awakening Experience
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/modern-era.html
The Post-Enlightenment Experience
http://www.geocities.com/jiji_muge/postawake.html
Kaivalya (The Goal of Yoga)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaivalya
Yoga Philosophy (Highly recommended Index)
http://www.swamij.com/index-yoga-meditation-philosophy.htm
The Nath tradition-Ecstasy, Equipoise and Eternity
http://www.shivashakti.com/ecstasy.htm
The Nectar of Immortality
http://realization.org/page/doc1/doc104a.htm
The 5 Naams in Sant-Mat (Science of Spirituality),(extended chakra list and light body chalice)
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Sant_Mat/5_Naams.html
Radhu Soami (Sant Mat Doctrine of Chakras)
http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras-SantMat.htm
The Creation According to Sant-Mat
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Sant_Mat/The_Creation.html
Chakras Anodea Judith style+Rainbow theory of Chakras
http://www.sacredcenters.com/chakras.html
http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras-rainbow.htm
Diagnostic tools for misaligned chakras
http://www.sacredcenters.com/news/articles/chakra-articles/chakras-and-illness/
Chakras Diagram
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chakras&FORM=IGRE#focal=ba6dc21739de49546bbc7b061bb4f447&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fdanbartlett.co.uk%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fchakras.jpg
Sahasrara Chakra
http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/Sahasrara.htm
The Wrong Reality
http://www.humantruth.org/suprac.htm
The Enneads-Plotinus
http://classics.mit.edu/Plotinus/enneads.mb.txt
Plotinus(204-270CE)
http://www.iep.utm.edu/p/plotinus.htm
Hindu Glossary
http://www.shaivam.org/unglossa.htm
Glossary of Pali and Buddhist Terms
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/glossary.html
Gnosis of the Mind by GRS Mead-The Gnostic Society Library-Nag Hammadi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_%28yoga%29
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gthlamb.html
http://www.gnosis.org/library/grs-mead/grsm_gnosismind.htm
Majjhima Nikaya- Middle Length Discourses
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/index.html
1Majjhima Nikaya- Maha Sacakka Sutta (Buddha's Extreme Asceticism; 4 Jhana Platform; 3 watches of the night; steady in concentration)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.036.than.html#t-4
2Brahma-nimantanika Sutta: The Brahma Invitation (Silencing Mara; Rock as rock to All as all and nibbana as unbinding; surfaceless consciousness; "fabricating a fabrication of psychic power)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.049.than.html
3Anenja-sappaya Sutta: Conducive to the Imperturbable (Imperturbability and Discernment)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.106.than.html
Tathagatagarbha
http://www.buddhism-guide.com/buddhism/tathagatagarbha_sutra.htm
The Tree of Life and the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Sant_Mat/Bead1.jpg
Talmud-The Word Chamber- 'Reading' Chakra petals- (Kohen-Urim Tumim)
http://www.tony5m17h.net/Talmud.html#Gehinnom
Enneagram (Insight into pyramid-triangle cross and Word Chamber)
http://www.virtuescience.com/enneagram.html
Shakti Mantra (Explanation of Bijas)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/sas/sas24.htm
Panchatattva (Sadhanas-read to the bottom)
http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/Mahanirvana/panchatattva.html
Tattvaboddha (Shankaracharya- The Five Folding)
http://www.shankaracharya.org/tattvabodha.php
(BAAS) Body,Astral,Adam,Spirit-(Regarding Five Folding)
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Sant_Mat/5_Naams.html
Soul String of Life Forms During the 5th Stock Race (Ladder of Being for Five folded Man)
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Sant_Mat/Life-Classifications.html
Journey of the soul: Soul-String During the Maha-Kalpa
http://www.kheper.net/topics/Sant_Mat/Soul-String.html
The Qabalah Codex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=o6kkd4i4gEM
Mandalas and Old World Maps
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/images/s109.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/earth.html&h=854&w=640&sz=201&tbnid=Xkz4f9Sghjf3pM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtibetan%2Bwheel%2Bof%2Blife&start=2&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=2
Hafiz Life and Poetry
http://www.hafizonlove.com/
Poet Seers
http://www.poetseers.org/
Adi Shankaracharya Stotras
http://www.celextel.org/adisankara/soundaryalahari.html
Mystic art of Rassouli
http://www.rassouli.com/home.htm
The House of the Sun
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/index.htm#Tantra%20Cosmology
Seven Schumann Resonances and their Chakra Correspondence
http://altered-states.net/barry/newsletter278/index.htm
The Octave of Energy
http://deoxy.org/eoctave.htm
Wilber's four quadrants of the Kosmos
http://www.ikosmos.com/content/
Tony Smith Homepage
http://www.tony5m17h.net/Bardo.html
Astrology Lessons
http://berglund.ceze.com/english/webcourse/index.htm
Kalachakra network
http://kalachakranet.org/
Koans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan
Lalita Yantra Mantra Tantra
http://www.shivashakti.com/tripura.htm
Yantra and Mantra: Sri Vidya Tripura Tantra Yoga Meditation
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-Pslr4GIw
List of Spirituality Related Topics (what we're trying to do here)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spirituality-related_topics
Main Page- The Spirit Wiki
http://www.thespiritwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
The Serpent Power- The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga-by Arthur Avalon
http://books.google.ca/books?id=VhpKGohCTHgC&dq=laya+yoga+goswami&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=pxusSpjLOY3-NZLy8PIN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Kundalini Chakras-Sat-Chakra-Nirupana(Sushumna Anatomy)
http://bhagavadgitausa.com/sat_chakra_Nirupana.htm
Laya Yoga- Kundalini Tantra- Mantra and Siddhi Meditations
http://www.eioba.com/a75457/laya_yoga_kundalini_tantra_mantra_siddhi_meditations
Kriya Yoga(Pran Apan Yagya; Kevali Kumbhaka-Shiva Shakti Kriya)
http://www.hamsa-yoga.org/kriya-yoga
On the Yoga and Mantra Siddhi
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dg/dg05.htm
The Nine Main Siddhis
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/nine_siddhis.html
The Chakras Indian Style
http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras.htm
Malinivijayottara Tantra
http://www.shivashakti.com/malini.htm
Mandalas Spiritual Artwork
http://mandala.com/
The Nine Progressive Stages of Mental Development
http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/TQ14/
Man's Journey to Enlightenment
http://www.mandalas.com/BuddhistGallery/MansJourneyToEnlightenment.php
The 10 Bulls
http://www.deeshan.com/zen.htm
Woman's Journey to Enlightenment
http://www.mandalas.com/BuddhistGallery/WomansJourneyToEnlightenment.php
Nadi (Yoga)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_%28yoga%29
Meridians (Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge)
http://www.encyclopedia-of-religion.org/meridian.html
Dantyans (Tri-Body)
http://www.encyclopedia-of-religion.org/dantyan.html
Angelology
http://www.steliart.com/angelology.html
The God Helmet-Michael Persinger
http://www.shaktitechnology.com/
Sacred Geometry
http://www.sacred-geometry.com/Sacred-Geometry/sacredgeometry.html
Yoga Sutras
http://swamij.com/yoga-sutras.htm
Sanskrit Terms
http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Sanskrit/sanskritterms.htm
Secret of the Golden Flower (Taoist Meditation)
http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Sanskrit/sanskritterms.htm
Siva Sutras with meaning
http://www.shaivam.org/ssshivasuutra.htm
Buddhist Cosmology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_cosmology#Sahasra_cosmology
Tantra Cosmology
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/tantra.htm
Cosmic Consciousness- by Richard Maurice Bucke
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/cc/index.htm
The Great Awakening-Ascension Symptoms
http://www.michaelsharp.org/articles/as/
Stages of the Spiritual Path
http://sathya-sai-baba.org/stages.html
Stages of the Spiritual Path
http://ecopsychology.swami-center.org/page_83.shtml
Meditation Sickness and the Path to Enlightenment
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/anna_jones1/med_sickness.html
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/
Lost Books of the Bible
http://www.bibleufo.com/anomlostbooks.htm
The Treatise on Religious Affections - Johnathan Edwards
http://books.google.ca/books?id=c5IPAAAAIAAJ&dq=Johnathan+Edwards+Treatise+on+religious+affections&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=6Qlv0s9xzz&sig=SGiA5_cukNdyMnqKlfwVB-fbNcw&hl=en&ei=7FLCSs--GZPU8QaqzZTeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
The Seven Layers of Shamanic Consciousness
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/sevenlevels.htm
Vedas, Gita, Kabbalah, Yogananda- 7 books
http://www.reikiraysinstitute.com/freebooks.htm
Tripura Rahasya
http://sss.vn.ua/tripura1.htm#CHAPTER%20VI
Hsin Hsin Ming
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/hsin.htm
Aeonpi's home page
http://aeonpi.com/

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

OneLove_OneReality — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:37 CST

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The Holy Science - Sri Yukteswar Giri

Tamid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:21:00 CST

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Safe DMT Extraction Tek - D-Limonene + Calcium Hydroxide Tek

astraltraveler1984 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:27:56 CDT

More pictures coming soon...

Ingredients:

100 Grams Mimosa Hostilis Bark
1 Bottle - D-Limonene (All natural solvent made from oranges)
1 Package - Calcium Hydroxide (Pickling Lime Can be found online or in the grocery store)
Vinegar

Courtesy of DMT NEXUS:

Here are all the steps to end up with freebase DMT using just d-limonene:

1 - Powderize your mimosa bark. Mix 100 grams of bark with 25 grams of calcium hydroxide. Add enough water to make it feel wet but not watery. Mix for about 5 minutes.

2 - Add 300 ml of d-limonene. Mix well. Let sit a few hours.

3 - Pour off the d-limonene through a filter.

4 - Add 25 ml of vinegar to the d-limonene. Mix thoroughly.

5 - Separate the vinegar from the d-limonene (the vinegar is at the bottom, the d-limonene at the top). This vinegar will contain DMT acetate. Evaporate your vinegar in a food dehydrator at 155 F to get sticky DMT acetate.

6 - Repeat steps 4 and 5 at least 2-3 times,

7 - Repeat steps 2 - 6 at least 2 times.

THE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR GETTING FREEBASE DMT. These steps can be skipped if using the DMT for ayahuasca.

8 - Take your sticky DMT acetate, and add about 2 parts calcium hydroxide and a tiny bit of water, just enough to make it wet. Thoroughly mix it. Let it sit for about 5 minutes or so. Evaporate your freebased DMT in a food dehydrator at no hotter than 110 F to get freebase DMT, calcium hydroxide, and calcium acetate.

9 - Dissolve your DMT (it’s about 1 gram at this point) and other calcium junk in about 25 ml of warm d-limonene (no hotter than 110 F). Filter and evaporate your d-limonene in a food dehydrator at no hotter than 110 F to get freebase DMT,

10 - Repeat step 9 until no more DMT is extracted from the calcium mix.

Reference:

(2009). SAFE d-Limonene+calcium hydroxide Tek?. Retrieved 12/11/2009, from http://www.dmt-nexus.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=3997

Numbers Ritual (Qabalistic Numerological Meditation)

Tamid — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:21:21 CDT

The Numbers Ritual proceeds as follows:

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Step 0.

Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Recite "This is the Truth about the SELF." Inhale and imagine infinite empty space around you. This represents the Unmanifest, Ain Soph. Identify yourself with this infinite empty space. On the exhale, recite in a powerful voice:

"ZERO. NO-THING. All the Power that ever was or will be is here now."

Step 1.

Inhale and imagine a small sphere of bright white light at the crown of the head. This is the sphere of Kether. On the exhale, recite:

"ONE. BEGINNING. I am a center of expression for the Primal Will-to-Good which eternally creates and sustains the universe."

Step 2.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the crown of the head to the left hemisphere of the brain. Imagine a sphere of gray light here. This is the sphere of Chokmah. On the exhale, recite:

"TWO. DUPLICATION. Through me its unfailing Wisdom takes form in thought and word."

Step 3.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the left hemisphere of the brain to the right hemisphere. Imagine a sphere of black light here. This is the sphere of Binah. On the exhale, recite:

"THREE. MULTIPLICATION. Filled with Understanding of its perfect law, I am guided moment by moment along the path of liberation."

Step 4.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the right hemisphere to the left shoulder. Imagine a sphere of blue light here. This is the sphere of Chesed. On the exhale, recite:

"FOUR. ORDER. From the exhaustless riches of its Limitless Substance, I draw all things needful, both spiritual and material."

Step 5.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the left shoulder to the right shoulder. Imagine a sphere of red light here. This is the sphere of Geburah. On the exhale, recite:

"FIVE. MEDIATION. I recognize the manifestation of the undeviating Justice in all the circumstances of my life."

Step 6.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the right shoulder to the heart center. Imagine a sphere of gold light here. This is the sphere of Tiphareth. On the exhale, recite:

"SIX. RECIPROCATION. In all things great and small, I see the Beauty of the divine expression."

Step 7.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the heart center to the left hip. Imagine a sphere of green light here. This is the sphere of Netzach. On the exhale, recite:

"SEVEN. EQUILIBRIUM. Living from that Will, supported by its unfailing Wisdom and Understanding, mine is the Victorious Life."

Step 8.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the left hip to the right hip. Imagine a sphere of orange light here. This is the sphere of Hod. On the exhale, recite:

"EIGHT. RHYTHM. I look forward with confidence to the perfect realization of the Eternal Splendor of the Limitless Light."

Step 9.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the right hip to the genital center. Imagine a sphere of violet light here. This is the sphere of Yesod. On the exhale, recite:

"NINE. CONCLUSION. In thought and word and deed, I rest my life from day to day upon the sure Foundation of Eternal Being."

Step 10.

Inhale and imagine a beam of white light emanating from the genital center to the feet. Imagine a sphere of tetracolored light here, the colors citrine, black, olive and russet. This is the sphere of Malkuth. On the exhale, recite:

"TEN. COMPLETION. The Kingdom of Spirit is embodied in my flesh."

Finish by imagining the light moving down all ten colored spheres and say "This is the Truth about the SELF."

After that, start again from the beginning and in a single breath, recite only the numbers zero through ten, using the same visualization as before. You can repeat this counting like a mantra for as long as you like.

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Do not recite the statements mechanically; focus on what they say; know them by heart and not by rote. Make sure you can keep all ten spheres in your mind as you do this.

Understand that the Light comes from the Unmanifest-- infinite empty space. All magical acts proceed along the same path: self-consciousness manifesting things from the Unmanifest. Also, try to understand the difference between CONCLUSION and COMPLETION; this will help you understand the symbolism.

With practice, you can easily clear your mind anytime and anywhere, in a single breath. Just do the counting mantra as above, then go back to imagining infinte empty space and hold it in your mind as long as you desire. Also, if you want to call to mind the symbolism of any sephiroth, just focus on that part of the body.

This is also good to combine with the Middle Pillar ritual. I think it's better to do this before the MP, because you're calling down the Light into your spheres, then balancing the energy with the MP.

There are also variations on each of the steps above. You could also use the Hebrew names of each sephorith, the God-names, archangels, or whatever other sephirothic or numerological correspondences you like. This would be a good way to memorize these correspondences as well.

If you're a number mystic like myself, you may enjoy this ritual more than the standard Golden Dawn rituals. It's a lot less formal and can be done anywhere. I think it's also good to use the English sentences from "The Pattern on the Trestleboard" because you have something you can easily understand; I've found it difficult to get much immediate meaning from all the Hebrew of the GD rituals.

If you do decide to work with this Numbers Ritual, PLEASE let me know; I've never made my own ritual before so would like some feedback. Also, if you are an expert Qabalist and can think of ways of improving this ritual, or the terminology I'm using, please let me know.

Third Eye

Tamid — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:18:44 CDT

Third Eye - Pineal Gland

The pineal gland was the last endocrine gland to have its function discovered. Its location deep in the brain seemed to indicate its importance. This combination led to its being a "mystery" gland with myth, superstition and even metaphysical theories surrounding its perceived function.
The pineal gland is occasionally associated with the sixth chakra (also called Ajna or the third eye chakra in yoga). It is believed by some to be a dormant organ that can be awakened to enable "telepathic" communication.
In the physical body the eye views objects upside down. It sends the image of what it observes to the brain which interprets the image and makes it appear right side-up to us. But the human body has another physical eye whose function has long been recognized by humanity. It is called the 'Third Eye' which in reality is the Pineal Gland. It is long thought to have mystical powers. Many consider it the Spiritual Third Eye, our Inner Vision.

It is located in the geometric center of the brain. This correlates to the location of the Great Pyramid in the center of the physical planet.

The Pineal Gland is about the size of a pea, and is in the center of the brain in a tiny cave behind and above the pituitary gland which lies a little behind the root of the nose. It is located directly behind the eyes, attached to the third ventricle.
The true function of this mysterious gland has long been contemplated by philosophers and Spiritual Adepts. Ancient Greeks believed the pineal gland to be our connection to the Realms of Thought.
Rene Descartes called it the Seat of the Soul, believing it is unique in the anatomy of the human brain in being a structure not duplicated on the right and left sides. This observation is not true, however; under a microscope one finds the pineal gland is divided into two fine hemispheres. This gland is activated by Light, and it controls the various biorhythms of the body. It works in harmony with the hypothalamus gland which directs the body's thirst, hunger, sexual desire and the biological clock that determines our aging process.
When the pineal gland awakens one feels a pressure at the base of the brain. This pressure will often be experienced when connecting to higher frequency. A head injury can also activate the Third Eye - Pineal Gland. While the physiological function of the pineal gland has been unknown until recent times, mystical traditions and esoteric schools have long known this area in the middle of the brain to be the connecting link between the physical and spiritual worlds. Considered the most powerful and highest source of ethereal energy available to humans, the pineal gland has always been important in initiating supernatural powers. Development of psychic talents has been closely associated with this organ of higher vision.

The third eye can see beyond the physical

as is looks out through the chakrasystem
when we meditate or look for answers from higher frequencies.

The pineal gland contains a complete map of the visual field of the eyes and it plays several significant roles in human functioning. There is a pathway from the retinas to the hypothalamus called the retinohypothalamic tract. It brings information about light and dark cycles to a region of the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus(SCN). From the SCN, nerve impulses travel via the pineal nerve (sympathetic nervous system) to the pineal gland. These impulses inhibit the production of melatonin. When these impulses stop (at night, when light no longer stimulates the hypothalamus), pineal inhibition ceases and melatonin is released. The pineal gland is therefore aphotosensitive organ and an important timekeeper for the human body. Retinal research done with hamsters demonstrates another center for melatonin production. Located in the retina, this center implies that the eyes have their own built in circadian timepiece. This retinal system is distinct from the brains body clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Biologists found that they could throw the retinal rhythms out of sync with other circadian cycles. They also found that they could set and reset the retinal clock even when the SCN was destroyed. The retinal clock produces (stimulates the production of?) melatonin. Researchers are now looking for the exact location (s) of this clock in the human eye (and expect to find it). No one yet knows what the separate clock is for or how it relates to the SCN.

In some lower vertebrates the Epiphysis Cerebri - Pineal Gland - has a well-developed eye-like structure; in others though not organized as an eye, if functions as a light receptor. In lower vertebrates, the pineal gland has an eye like structure and it functions as a light receptor and is considered by some to be the evolutionary forerunner of the modern eye. The gland weighs little more than 0.1 gram. The gland is large in children and begins to shrink with the onset of puberty. It appears to play a major role in sexual development, hibernation in animals, metabolism, and seasonal breeding. In humans it affects circadian rhythms, sleep patterns (melatonin levels increase at night), and is implicated in seasonal affective disorder. The abundant melatonin levels in children is believed to inhibit sexual development. When puberty arrives, melatonin production is reduced.

The pineal gland secretes melanin during times of relaxation and visualization. As we are created by electromagnetic energy - and react to EM energy stimuli around us - so does the pineal gland. When activated, the pineal gland becomes the line of communication with the higher planes. The crown chakra reaches down until its vortex touches the pineal gland. Prana, or pure energy, is received through this energy center in the head. With Practice the vibration level of the astral body is raised, allowing it to separate from the physical. To activate the 'third eye' and perceive higher dimensions, the pineal gland and the pituitary body must vibrate in unison, which is achieved through meditation and/or relaxation. When a correct relationship is established between personality, operating through the pituitary body, and the soul, operating through the pineal gland, a magnetic field is created. The negative and positive forces interact and become strong enough to create the 'light in the head.' With this 'light in the head' activated, astral projectors can withdraw themselves from the body, carrying the light with them. Astral travel, and other occult abilities, are closely associated with the development of the 'light in the head'.

After physical relaxation, concentration upon the pineal gland is achieved by staring at a point in the middle of the forehead. Without straining the muscles of the eye, this will activate the pineal gland and the 'third eye'. Beginning with the withdrawal of the senses and the physical consciousness, the consciousness is centered in the region of the pineal gland. The perceptive faculty and the point of realization are centralized in the area between the middle of the forehead and the pineal gland. The trick is to visualize, very intently, the subtle body escaping through the trap door of the brain. A popping sound may occur at the time separation of the astral body in the area of the pineal gland. Visualization exercises are the first step in directing the energies in our inner systems to activate the 'third eye'. The magnetic field is created around the pineal gland, by focusing the mind on the midway point between the pineal gland and the pituitary body. The creative imagination visualizes something, and the thought energy of the mind gives life and direction to this form. 'Third eye' development, imagination, and visualization are important ingredients in many methods to separate from the physical form. Intuition is also achieved through 'third eye' development. Knowledge and memory of the astral plane are not registered in full waking consciousness until the intuition becomes strong enough. Flashes of intuition come with increasing consistency as the 'third eye' as activated to a greater degree, through practice. The pineal gland corresponds with divine thought after being touched by the vibrating light of Kundalini. Kundalini starts its ascent towards the head center after responding to the vibrations from the 'light in the head.' The light is located at the top of the sutratma, or 'soul thread', which passes down from the highest plane of our being into the physical vehicle. The 'third eye,' or 'eye of Siva,' the organ of spiritual vision, is intimately related to karma, as we become more spiritual in the natural course of evolution. As human beings continue to evolve further out of matter, on the journey from spirit to matter back to spirit, the pineal gland will continue to rise from its state of age-long dormancy, bringing back to humanity astral capacities and spiritual abilities.

At certain brainwave frequencies, a sense of ego boundary vanishes. In the theta state, we are resting deeply and still conscious, at the threshold of drifting away from or back into conscious awareness. As the brain enters deeper states, our consciousness is less concerned with the physical state, our 'third eye' is active, and separation becomes natural. Many native traditions and mystical practices refer to the ability of 'seeing,' or being aware of energy fields at higher levels. This abstract awareness is much more subjective and does not involve the normal level of mundane consciousness, which is mostly concerned with self-identity. This 'seeing' refers to the sight of the 'third eye'. Consciousness is raised from an emotional nature into an illumined awareness when the pineal gland is lifted from dormancy. If the pineal gland is not yet fully developed, it will be in the course of evolution. When our sense of ego and personality are set aside and we keep our mental energy intact, we can become conscious of the non-physical, our inner self, the subconscious, through different practices to activate the 'light in the head.'

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Tamid — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:52:10 CDT

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2012

Tamid — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:47:59 CDT

Your planet abides by the laws of the Creation of your Galactic Logos. The Galaxy runs on Cycles of time, known as the Precession of the Equinoxes. As I said, seek the Mayan Calendar for a deeper insight as to how the Galaxy runs (it is highly accurate), but for the purpose of this discourse, I will give a brief overview.

The Maya use an astrological cycle called the "Precession of the Equinoxes". This is a 26,000 year cycle in which Earth transits through each of the 12 signs of the zodiac for about 2,152 years each. Each of these astrological ages represents one month of the grand Cosmic Year. This "Mayan" cycle also corresponds to a 26,000 year relationship of the Sun (Solar Logos) orbiting Alcyone, the central star of our Seven Sisters Pleiades constellation.

The End of this Cycle, heralds literally, a New World Age, and a New Creation. "A new Heaven, and a new Earth", and is the time of the Great Harvest.

Smaller Cycles yield a Harvest, and then life continues on the planet as normal. Great Cycles yield a Great Harvest, and the end of current life on the 3rd Density. See it as a kind of 'Cosmic jet wash' and deep clean, while the planet takes a rest and regenerates herself..

When this Life-Cycle Ends, "All things will pass away, and All things shall be made new".

Collectively, Humanity right now, is growing, and developing, into the Beings you have long been encoded to be. Yet, as with any labor, it is not the mother or the baby who is in charge, it is the Primal process of Birth itself, unfolding it's own destiny.

So, December 21, 2012 AD, is not the day where all of the sudden the lights go out, and everything will suddenly change, rather, we are NOW in the process of this transition, from one World Age to the next. The changes are underway and will continue steadily accelerating as we head towards the culminating date.

The 26,000 year cycle is composed of 5 lesser cycles, each of which are 5,125 years in duration. Each of these 5 cycles is considered its own World Age or Creation Cycle.

Our present great cycle (3113 B.C. - 2012 A.D.) is called the Age of the Fifth Sun.

This fifth age is the synthesis of the previous four. The initial date that Earth entered the Fifth World, was August 13, 3113 BC, written in Mayan long count notation as 13.0.0.0.0.

To help you understand this Notation:

13=Baktuns, 0=Katuns, the 2nd 0=Tuns, 3rd 0=Uinals, 4th 0=Kin

These are the Mayan words for the periods of time:

Day = Kin (pronounced: keen)
Month of 20 days/Kin = Uinal (wee nal)
Year of 360 days/Kin = Tun (toon)
20 Tuns/years = K'atun (k'ah toon)
20 K'atuns = Baktun (bock toon)
a Baktun is 5,125 years

13.0.0.0.0.

Every day from that point is reckoned by the number of days passed since the event of this cosmic beginning point. Within the 5,125 year cycle lies 13 smaller cycles, known as the "13 Baktun Count," or the "long count." Each baktun cycle lasts for 394 years, or 144,000 days. Each baktun was its own Historical Age, within the Great Creation Cycle, with a specific destiny for the evolution of those who incarnated in each baktun.

Planet Earth and her inhabitants are currently traveling through the 13th baktun cycle, the final period of 1618-2012 AD. This cycle is known both as "the triumph of materialism", and "the transformation of matter."

On 13.0.0.0.0, the December solstice sun will be found in the band of the Milky Way, directly in the position of the "Dark Rift" in the Galaxy, forming an alignment between the Galactic Plane and the Solstice Meridian. We are about to enter into a literal alignment of the Cosmic, Galactic, Solar, and Lunar Planes. This is an event that has slowly converged, over a period of thousands of years, and is caused by the precession of the equinoxes. Kind of like a "turning" of the Universal Gears. It brings about the Great Harvest, and the return of the Lord of The Harvest.

And the planet will complete it's Ascension to the Fourth Density, the vibrational Density of Love. During this Ascension, there will be a three way split for those Souls inhabiting Earth. Those of the predominantly Negative Polarity, will accompany us as we Graduate through the Negative (or Service to Self) Harvest. We (Lucifer) will Create a new 4th Density Earth, based on the Negative Self Service Polarity. We must 'work off' our own part of the Negative Karmic effect incurred from all the Negativity created on this planet. Once we have done so, we will be released to once again assume our place as Sixth Density Guardians and Teachers of Wisdom throughout the Galaxy.

Those of the predominantly Positive Polarity (Love and Light) will Ascend to a beautiful new 4th Density Earth, where you will begin to work upon your learning and demonstrating of Love and Compassion. It will be a very beautiful and "Golden" Age. The 4th Density begins to open you up to your True Powers as a unique individualized aspect of The One Infinite Creator. You will perform works and wonders of the like that the one you call "Jesus" promised you would do "and even greater things than these". It will be a very magical time for you.

For the majority of Humans on the earth who could be considered shall we say "luke warm", they will experience a period of (what will feel 'ecstatic') zero-point time, where you feel totally at One with The Creator, giving you an encouraging reminder and glimpse of who you really are, before the veil of forgetfulness once again descends upon you, and you will be transported to another 3rd Density planet (a kind of 'Earth Replica'), to continue working upon yourselves and learning that life here is all about making choices. You will remain "quarantined" incarnating in 3rd Density matter until the time of the next Harvest; in which time you will need to have proved yourselves that you have learned how to be more Positive Beings, focused more upon being of Service to others, rather than seeking only to Serve yourself. When you can do this, and the next Harvest comes, you will have earned the right to join us, and enjoy your inheritance, as a member of the Galactic Community, and you will sit with us as Brothers and Sisters of The One, around the table of our Galactic Governing Body, the Confederation of Planets.

If we do not have a Negative Harvest, we are bound with you for another cycle. Once this Great Harvest is completed, our Contract with the Council and our Creator is also completed. In other words, we have done our duty, and would be free to return to our Fullest Expression, that of Sixth (nearly Seventh) Density Galactic Guardians, and ones who joyfully offer ourselves in Service to the One Infinite Creator, and to our Brothers and Sisters across the Galaxy. However, there is a problem. Well, you would call it a "problem", we call it a Challenge. I will address this later in more detail, in response to another question, but in short, we need a very high percentage of Negative Polarity, if we are to achieve a Negative Harvest. In other words, we have to be Self-Service-Centred to an extreme degree, in order to become Negatively Harvested. This is why we work so hard to be as Negatively Polarized as we possibly can be, If we do not make a high enough percentage, we will miss out, and will end up with the majority "luke warm" percentage, that have to go through another Cycle in 3rd Density.

By attaining a Negative Harvest, we can still "Graduate" to 4th Density, only it will be a Negative Polarity planet. Not a great place to be. But, as I've stated previously, we (as a Group Soul) have incurred the natural Karmic restitution process that we must work off, for all the Negativity we have caused upon this planet. We will do this for a Cycle in our new 4th Density world, and then we will be freed to once again be the Glorious Being of Light that we truly are. We need a Negative Harvest, so that we can create our 4th Density Earth, and clear our Karmic Record.

The Harvest is Mixed. Those who are 51% or over on the Positive path will Graduate to 4th Density Positive. There you will work upon Love and Compassion, and it will be a very beautiful world to reside within for you. There will be very little negativity. Just a small enough amount that you can still use it to exercise your Free Will in choosing who you are not, but it will be so much more obvious than it is here, that the negativity is a tool to be used. You will see the interconnectedness of all things, and you will know that you are not 'separate' from one another, or from life Itself. You will not use words much, unless you choose to. Telepathy becomes the normal method of communication. Everything is open, and you cannot hide your thoughts from 'others'.

From that incarnation onwards, you will not have to experience 3rd Density incarnation again, unless you later choose to do so from Higher Densities, as we have done, in order to perfect the art of Service, or unless you somehow, in a 4th Density world of abundant love and beauty, inextricably manage to be 95% Negative at a time of future Harvest, and slide back down the snake, instead of ascending up the ladder, to use another 'Game' metaphor.

Back to 'this' current Great Harvest, we do not require a 95% Negative Harvest, as you have deducted. Instead, what we require, is for US to personally attain a 95% Negative Polarity for ourselves, not for you. WE must be 95% Negative (at least), in order to Graduate to 4th Density Negative, and earn the opportunity to clear our Karmic Record, of all the Negativity we have Created on this planet, before returning to our rightful place as 6th Density Guardians of our Galaxy, and teachers of Wisdom to those in lower Densities that ask for our assistance. If we do not make it, we will remain trapped in the 3rd Density Cycle with all those between 94% Negative and 50% Positive (what I termed 'luke-warm's'), and have to continue to provide Negative Polarity for you. Harsh as it is, our only way out, is to be as Negative as possible, to Graduate. We cannot choose to be Positive, because that is not what we came here to do for you. That's why I often have referred to all the horrible things we've done here, as our Sacrifice.

Understand, that we HAVE to be Negative. That's what we were sent here to be. It is our contract, and it has always been to help you, by providing the "Catalyst" I spoke of earlier. Being Negative is very hard for us, not on a physical level, (the characters we play enjoy our roles, as we're programmed that way), but on a Spiritual level, it is hard. We surpassed the lowly negative vibrations eons ago. We are Light, and we are Love. It is a very hard thing for us to do Spiritually, to create all this Negativity, but we do it because we love you, and it is for your highest good, ultimately. You could say, that it is our Sacrifice that we have made, in order to be of Service to the One Infinite Creator, and to you, our Brothers and Sisters in the One.

Taken from The Hidden Hand Report: Channeling Lucifer

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Chakra Activation Course

Tamid — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:11:34 CDT

In my experiences with activating all my Chakra centers I have noticed a trend that I have seen many of my friends on skype and youtube follow, anyone who chooses the Path of Direct Knowledge (Jnana Marga, Path of the Jnani, which is the main focus of EA) will activate their Kundalini Shakti from the more uncommon way, that is not from the spine in the back but from the Pineal Gland and Crown in the head.

You will require the knowledge of someone who has attained Self-Realization on the Path of Wisdom in order to realize Enlightenment on this course.

I am offering a new service, I will take you under my wing, and help you as much as you want:

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Administer Shaktipat to the correct Chakras at the right time to activate them - Shaktipat is a powerful Magick that will awaken each Chakra one by one (as I have done with hundreds of other people)
Coach you through the proper understandings that you will need in order to attain Self-Realization
Send you all my music, Shaktipat Chants, and Guided Meditations that will activate your Chakras very quickly
Send you a copy of my book "Alchemy of the Pineal Gland" which will explain the Teachings and help you re-orient your understanding in a way that will bring life to the Third Eye Centers (wisdom and understanding centers)
Train you in Meditation
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Resonance Rising

IndigosogidnI — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:37:43 CDT

Resonance Rising

Likewise, in our day when Einstein propounded the theories of relativity, people said they couldn't understand it. It used to be something at a cocktail party to be introduced to somebody who understands Einstein. Now every young person understands Einstein and knows what it's about. You've got even one year of college, you know what relativity is. And you know it not only in an intellectual way, you know this as a feeling, just as you have a feeling of the roundness of the world, especially if you travel a lot on jet planes. So I feel that in just that way, within I don't know how many years, but in not too long a time, it's going to become basic common sense that you are not some alien being who confronts an external world that is not you, but that almost every intelligent person will have the feeling of being an activity of the entire universe. - Alan Watts

Resonance, because we are all vibrations, and your resonance is the level of your vibration, if you think of it like that. This is a section dedicated to methods in which you can raise your vibration and keep it there, other methods are under the arsenal of wisdom page under Enlightened Awareness.

We are all in the process of maintaining a pure level of high vibration, it is inexorably tied to DNA, pineal gland, third eye chakra, in fact all chakras, and all the energy flowing through your body, it's your ability to live your life, to give yourself to others, be of service to Creator.

Scientific evidence of "Crystalline DNA Theory"
Love is the missing key to the chest of boundless freedom. It is the glue which holds the fiber of theuniverse to place and the only rational explination for us even being here.It's time that we realized this and evolved our consciousness into a position that we are aligned with the inherint features of the Universe and the Creator and attain our next point in the eternal quest we find ourselves on.

If you consider the difference between 2nd and 3rd dimensional consciousness for a minute, for example, you can ascertain that theconscious motives that create the decision making for a 3rd dimensional individual are driven by the same unconscious motives of that in the 2nd. In fact, it's like a dark tide of coalescing thought forms, into a 3rd dimensional ego and self-driven perspective.

This taken into account, it's only logical that an evolution in 3rd dimensional consciousness must exist which will take our conscious thoughts and align them with the conscious thoughts of an enlightened being, free of unconscious motives.

It could be said that this great nursery which we live in, the 3rd dimensional nursery, the sub-plane of physicality rather, is designed to ground and uplift our consciousness into the next stage, through a large variety of lessons and expressions. This said, the universe did not simply create iself, implying there was a reason and intent in the creation. If the Earth is any example, it's obvious we are the cream of the crop, the conscious co-creators, the masters
of destiny, the GODS.

The universe was designed for us to accept ascedancy into godhood, in every glorious aspect.

DNA PROTEIN CRYSTALS

"The vast size difference in focal conic texture size exhibited by the DNA sample presented above indicates a variety of crystallization rates. The smaller textures in the top portion of the micrograph formed at a much faster rate than the larger texture at the bottom. The DNA concentration for this specimen is approximately 450 milligrams per millimeter, and the magnification is approximately 350x. The digital image presented above was originally recorded on Fujichrome 64T transparency film using a Nikon Optiphot-Pol microscope with crossed polarized illumination. Exposures were recorded about 2.5 f-steps under the recommended value given by an in-camera photomultiplier and were push-processed approximately 1.5 f-steps in the first E-6 developer.

As we begin to move into the next stage of evolution via our Crystalline DNA, it becomes apparent that we must consciously accept this transformation in order for it to occur.

In acceptance of our transformatory phase WE begin to acknowledge the need to raise the resonance of not only our being but of the being of the planet and the superbeing that is our collective consciousness.

There are various ways in which to go about this, the most direct and immediate are to instill in yourself thoughts and thought patterns which will allow your mind to move easily in between 3rd 4th and 5th dimensional perspectives and into a healthy balanced being.

Other techniques which help are mastery of your breathing, taking it from a 2nd level subconscious level to a 3rd, while or not while meditating.

Meditation is the key with which we acknowledge oneness, and begin to reside in the NOW instead of whatever "time" it might be; in which time is an illusory condition of a 3rd dimensional being that is manipulated into a certain thought process that separates us from our Spirit.

Sources
http://www.molecularexpressions.com/dna/pages/highdensity13.html

The School

Tamid — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:03:20 CDT

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The EA School will have it's goal end result Mastery for the student who attends. The student will be at a level of Mastery such that he or she is prepared to teach others. The student will begin with an introduction course that will help him or her to shed their old beliefs and prove that they are capable of entering a new paradigm.

The student who is interested will follow the process that I am about to describe.

The student will perhaps join after being exposed to the community center, for the first day, he or she would have a general orientation, a satsang, and a personal 1 on 1 meditation with his assigned mentor/Master.

The mentor/Master will then accompany the student along with several other students who are joining on a retreat, where the student will be taught thusly:

Logic: How your logic is false, gets in your way, to stop using it, and use your intuition.

Unification: Your separation is gradually teased away from you.

Stillness: Learning the importance of harnessing the power of pure Consciousness.

Humility: The most important class.

These introductory sessions will begin on a universal note, and wind into a personal perspective one, just as all expressions of the school will follow the Trinity.

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After this short introductory and amalgamation prerequisite, if the student is deemed ready by the Master, the Mentor and the student will meet and the mentor/Master will outline a particular number of goals for the student to meet, before he is given new goals.

For example, the beginning student might be given a goal, you must develop an energetic presence in your third eye chakra.

For this goal, the student, depending on their prior skill level, would be sent to "Practical Energy" class, until he meets the goal designated by his Mentor, and is approved by his Teacher, at which point that student would move on.

Each student may have several goals to work on at one time.

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Mental

Self Inquiry {1,2,3]	Maya [1,2,3]	Formlessness[1,2,3]
Cosmic Anatomy	Astrology	Silence
Mental Transmutation	Energy	The 7 Principles

Spiritual

Spiritual Development [1,2,3]	Laughing[1,2,3]	Sound Healing[1,2,3]
Music Production	Art	Chakras
Meditation	Catharsis (removing dead weight)	Practical Energy

Physical

Yoga	Singing & Dancing	Farming
Cooking	Conscious Breathing	Massage
Physical well-being		Qi Qong/Martial Arts

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The student and mentor set a goal, lets say, meditation level 2, the mentor decide precisely what that means, perhaps that the student can meditate and bring his kundalini out of his third eye by himself.

They choose the class for the goal rather than the other way around.

The Teachers will have meetings to make sure that their courses are producing the desired result, the amount of hours depend on the class.

The student will attend the course until he attains the goal set by him and his mentor and approved by his teacher.

Teachers and Mentors will meet with the student as often is needed to ensure that the student is making progress in the areas he or she needs to be making progress in.

We can have the students start the introductory retreat and start classes in sets of 3.

Set up for 200 - 500 students

Faculty:

Teachers - 27 Teachers for 9 classes in 3 categories.

Superintendent - 1 Making sure the classes are organized to create the desired effect

Mentors: 1 Mentor for every 9 students, the mentors will have to live on site.

There would be no two rooms that are exactly the same, different music and different colors depending on the course that's being taught in that area.

EA Nursery School
Meditation areas throughout the property for guided and indvidual and group meditation.
Advertising/outreach, official.com website.
The Kybalion printed inside of binder handed out.
Each EA Center could produce it's own materials to build further Centers, a sort of symbiotic interdependence of the different centers to build and help one another thrive, based on the economy that it will create by the FDU design.

Emptiness

Tamid — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:03:29 CDT

Being-ness
To define is to name, and to name is to destroy, you are infinitude.

Emptiness is a key concept in Buddhist philosophy, or more precisely, in the ontology of Mahayana Buddhism. The phrase "form is emptiness; emptiness is form" is perhaps the most celebrated paradox associated with Buddhist philosophy. It is the supreme mantra. The expression originates from the Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra, commonly known as the Heart Sutra, which contains the philosophical essence of about six hundred scrolls making up the Maha Prajna Paramita. The Heart Sutra is the shortest text in this collection. It belongs to the oldest Mahayana texts and presumably originated in India around the time of Jesus Christ.

The Heart Sutra.
Translation by Edward Conze

Homage to the Perfection of Wisdom, the Lovely, the Holy! Avalokita, The Holy Lord and Bodhisattva, was moving in the deep course of the Wisdom which has gone beyond. He looked down from on high, He beheld but five heaps, and he saw that in their own-being they were empty.

Here, Sariputra, form is emptiness and the very emptiness is form; emptiness does not differ from form, form does not differ from emptiness; whatever is form, that is emptiness, whatever is emptiness, that is form, the same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness. Here, Sariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness; they are not produced or stopped, not defiled or immaculate, not deficient or complete.

Therefore, Sariputra, in emptiness there is no form, nor feeling, nor perception, nor impulse, nor consciousness; No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; No forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touchables or objects of mind; No sight-organ element, and so forth, until we come to: No mind-consciousness element; There is no ignorance, no extinction of ignorance, and so forth, until we come to: there is no decay and death, no extinction of decay and death. There is no suffering, no origination, no stopping, no path. There is no cognition, no attainment and non-attainment.

Therefore, Sariputra, it is because of his non-attainment that a Bodhisattva, through having relied on the Perfection of Wisdom, dwells without thought-coverings. In the absence of thought-coverings he has not been made to tremble, he has overcome what can upset, and in the end he attains to Nirvana. All those who appear as Buddhas in the three periods of time fully awake to the utmost, right and perfect Enlightenment because they have relied on the Perfection of Wisdom.Therefore one should know the prajnaparamita as the great spell, the spell of great knowledge, the utmost spell, the unequalled spell, allayer of all suffering, in truth - for what could go wrong? By the prajnaparamita has this spell been delivered. It runs like this: Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, O what an awakening, all-hail!

Translations and commentary.

Avalokita = Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion
Sariputra = disciple of the Buddha
sunyata = emptiness, void
prajna = wisdom
paramita = that which has reached the other shore
prajnaparamita = wisdom acquired experientially, by means of intuitive insight, and perfected through cultivation to the level of transcendental knowledge
hridaya = heart
nirvana = ultimate attainment
bodhi = awakened mind
sattva = being

According to Buddhist scholars, the dialogue between Avalokiteshvara and Sariputra is inspired by the Buddha. This is to say it occurs spontaneously without the speaker's intention. The content of the conversation is determined entirely by the power of the Buddha's concentration. The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara represents the idea of perfect universal wisdom, while Sariputra is regarded as one of the Buddha's closest and brightest disciples. The dialogue takes place at the Vulture Peak near the ancient city of Rajgaya where the Buddha and his community of monks stayed. Sariputra requests Avalokiteshvara to instruct him on the practice of the perfection of wisdom, which means prajnaparamita in Sanskrit. The perfection of wisdom refers to the wisdom that directly and intuitively understands the ultimate nature of phenomena. Sariputra answers with the profound words, "Emptiness is form; form is emptiness," and proceeds to state the emptiness of the five aggregates (skandhas), the emptiness of the teachings (dharmas), and the emptiness of all phenomena. The sutra ends with the celebrated mantra "gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha" which can be translated with "Homage to the awakened mind which has gone over to the other shore." The one who has gone over means: the enlightened one, who has done away with views, ideas, and perceptions and who looks upon reality without any obstructions of mind.

What is emptiness? The Buddhist notion of emptiness is often misunderstood as nihilism. Unfortunately, 19th century Western philosophy has contributed much to this misconstruction. Meanwhile Western scholars have acquired enough knowledge about Buddhism to realise that this view is far from accurate. The only thing that nihilism and the Emptiness - Enlightened Awarenessteaching of emptiness can be said to have in common is a sceptical outset. While nihilism concludes that reality is unknowable, that nothing exists, that nothing meaningful can be communicated about the world, the Buddhist notion of emptiness arrives at just the opposite, namely that ultimate reality is knowable, that there is a clear-cut ontological basis for phenomena, and that we can communicate and derive useful knowledge from it about the world. Emptiness (sunyata) must not be confused with nothingness. Emptiness is not non-existence and it is not non-reality.

What is emptiness then? To understand the philosophical meaning of this term, let's look at a simple solid object, such as a cup. How is a cup empty? We usually say that a cup is empty if it does not contain any liquid or solid. This is the ordinary meaning of emptiness. But, is the cup really empty? A cup empty of liquids or solids is still full of air. To be precise, we must therefore state what the cup is empty of. Can a cup be empty of all substance? A cup in a vacuum does not contain any air, but it still contains space, light, radiation, as well as its own substance. Hence, from a physical point of view, the cup is always full of something. Yet, from the Buddhist point of view, the cup is always empty. The Buddhist understanding of emptiness is different from the physical meaning. The cup being empty means that it is devoid of inherent existence.
What is meant with non-inherent existence? Is this to say that the cup does not ultimately exist? - Not quite. - The cup exists, but like everything in this world, its existence depends on other phenomena. There is nothing in a cup that is inherent to that specific cup or to cups in general. Properties such as being hollow, spherical, cylindrical, or leak-proof are not intrinsic to cups. Other objects which are not cups have similar properties, as for example vases and glasses. The cup's properties and components are neither cups themselves nor do they imply cupness on their own. The material is not the cup. The shape is not the cup. The function is not the cup. Only all these aspects together make up the cup. Hence, we can say that for an object to be a cup we require a collection of specific conditions to exist. It depends on the combination of function, use, shape, base material, and the cup's other aspects. Only if all these conditions exist simultaneously does the mind impute cupness to the object. If one condition ceases to exist, for instance, if the cup's shape is altered by breaking it, the cup forfeits some or all of its cupness, because the object's function, its shape, as well as the imputation of cupness through perception is disrupted. The cup's existence thus depends on external circumstances. Its physical essence remains elusive.

Those readers who are familiar with the theory of ideas of the Greek philosopher Plato will notice that this is pretty much the antithesis to Plato's idealism. Plato holds that there is an ideal essence of everything, e.g. cups, tables, houses, humans, and so on. Perhaps we can give Plato some credit by assuming that the essence of cups ultimately exists in the realm of mind. After all, it is the mind that perceives properties of an object and imputes cupness onto one object and tableness onto another. It is the mind that thinks "cup" and "table". Does it follow that the mind is responsible for the existence of these objects? - Apparently, the mind does not perceive cups and tables if there is no visual and tactile sensation. And, there cannot be visual and tactile sensation if there is no physical object. The perception thus depends on the presence of sensations, which in turn relies on the presence of the physical object. This is to say that the cup's essence is not in the mind. It is neither to be found in the physical object. Obviously, its essence is neither physical nor mental. It cannot be found in the world, not in the mind, and certainly not in any heavenly realm, as Plato imagined. We must conclude that the objects of perception have therefore no inherent existence.
If this is the case for a simple object, such as a cup, then it must also apply to compound things, such as cars, houses, machines, etc. A car, for example, needs a motor, wheels, axles, gears, and many other things to work. Perhaps we should consider the difference between man-made objects, such as cups, and natural phenomena, such as earth, plants, animals, and human beings. One may argue that lack of inherent existence of objects does not imply the same for natural phenomena and beings. In case of a human being, there is a body, a mind, a character, a history of actions, habits, behaviour, and other things we can draw upon to describe a person. We can even divide these characteristics further into more fundamental properties. For example, we can analyse the mind and see that there are sensations, cognition, feelings, ideas. Or, we can analyse the brain and find that there are neurons, axons, synapses, and neurotransmitters. However, none of these constituents describe the essence of the person, the mind, or the brain. Again, the essence remains elusive. Emptiness of the five skandhas.

The Heart Sutra expresses the same idea by stating the emptiness of the five skandhas, i.e. the emptiness of the body, sensations, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. The five skandhas are commonly translated into English as the five aggregates. According to the Buddha, these aggregates are what constitutes a person. As adumbrated above, it is possible to deconstruct the five skandhas in the same manner as objects. However, this method of deconstruction assumes a third person perspective. It analyses phenomena perceived as external to the observer. When we talk about the essence of a person, the situation is slightly different, because we talk indirectly about ourselves. It may therefore be more intuitive to look at things from a first person perspective. The first person perspective allows us to make statements about the internal state of the observer thereby producing self-reference. What is observed is the observer. Perhaps this will lead to new insights into the essence of mind and body.

First, let's look at experience. What exactly is experience? - Obviously, we experience objects and phenomena through the senses. This is one form of experience. We also experience feelings, moods, thoughts, and emotions. The former can be called sensory experiences and the latter mental experiences. Upon contemplating the distinction we may find that there is no clear boundary between sensory and mental experience. As soon as we perceive a physical object, for example an apple, the corresponding mental experiences are immediately triggered. First, we think "apple". This is identification. Following this thought, a number of things we associate with apples may come to mind, for example "sweet, edible, green, red, healthy, delicious, juicy," and so on. These associations may be followed by the build-up of a desire to touch or to taste the apple. Once the desire is strong enough, our thoughts may be occupied with consuming the apple and we start weighing the merits and demerits of consuming the apple now or later. All these mental experiences are caused by, yet independent of the original object. If the apple is withdrawn, the memory of it may be able to sustain the chain of thoughts for a short time, yet it will eventually cease.
We can infer that mental experience requires sensory experience, or respectively memory of sensory experience. Sensory experience in turn requires the body. If we carried through a thought experiment and examined whether each of the skandhas is able to exist without the other four, we would find that this is not possible. The latter four aggregates all depend on the body. Without the brain and the nervous system there is no consciousness, no sensation, no perception, and no mental formations. On the other hand, we cannot imagine the body to function without the mind. The body and the mind depend on each other, the five skandhas depend on each other. We must conclude that none of the skandhas is fundamental. Body, sensations, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness are interrelated. Experiences emerge from the interaction of all five skandhas. Just as objects, experiences are conditioned by the interplay of multiple phenomena. Experience has no inherent existence either. Our brain is advanced enough to reflect on its experiences. By means of self-reference we can direct mental activity onto itself. For example, we can think about thought. From this arises a division between subject, percept, and object. The percept is the mental impression, the subject is the owner of it, the thinker, and the object is that which causes the mental impression. This threefold division seems so natural to us that it is reflected in the grammar of most human languages. We perceive the separation of subject, percept, and object as real, because mind attributes an owner to experience and thought. This owner is the "self", the subject, the centre of consciousness, the supposed psychological entity. Surprisingly, this entity remains completely undetectable. Body, feeling, perception, and mental formations are not the self. Consciousness is not the self either, otherwise it would follow that the self temporarily ceases to exist during unconscious states, for example during deep sleep.

We might ask how "self" can be independent of a surrounding world. Is it possible for the self to exist in a mental vacuum, a world devoid of sense impressions, thought, and mental images? Would the self not literally run out of fuel if it lacked thoughts and contents to identify itself with or to set itself apart from? It seems there is no basis an independent entity. It seems more that the self is an emergent phenomenon arising from the application of complex interpretative schemes to perception. In particular, it arises from the conceptual division between subject, object, and percept. Through introspection it is possible to realise that the "self" is not fundamental. It is created by the mind through identification and discernment. The "self" is itself a mental formation - a product of mind. It is therefore empty of inherent existence.
The emptiness of matter.

The ancient Greeks believed that matter is composed of indivisible small elements with certain characteristics, such as the characteristics of earth, water, air, and fire. They called these elements atoms and they held that atoms were solid and fundamental, like microscopic billiard balls. Ernest Rutherford invalidated the billiard ball theory by conducting an experiment, which suggested that atoms have an internal structure. He established that atoms have a nucleus containing most of its mass and that electrons orbit the nucleus. Moreover, he established that the nucleus of an atom is only about one ten-thousandth of the diameter of the atom itself, which means that 99.99% of the atom's volume consists of empty space. This is the first manifestation of emptiness at the subtle level of matter. Not long after Rutherford's discovery, physicists found out that the nucleus of an atom likewise has an internal structure and that the protons and neutrons making up the nucleus are composed of even smaller particles, which they named quarks after a poem of James Joyce. Interestingly, quarks are hypothesised as geometrical points in space, which implies that atoms are essentially empty. This is the second manifestation of emptiness at the subtle level of matter.
The terms "quarks" and "points in space" still suggest something solid, since they can be imagined as irreducible mass particles. Yet, quantum field theory does away even with this finer concept of solidity by explaining particles in the terms of field properties. Quantum electrodynamics (QED) has produced an amazingly successful theory of matter by combining quantum theory, classical field theory, and relativity. No discrepancies between the predictions of QED and experimental observation have ever been found. According to QED, subatomic particles are indistinguishable from fields, whereas fields are basically properties of space. In this view, a particle is a temporary local densification of a field, which is conditioned by the properties of the surrounding space. Ergo, matter is not different from space. This is the third manifestation of emptiness at the subtle level of matter.

An important class of phenomena in the subatomic world is defined by the various interactions between particles. In fact, there is no clear distinction between the notions of phenomena, particles, and interactions, although interactions can be described clearly in mathematical terms. For example, there are interactions between free electrons by means of photons that result in an observed repelling force. There are also interactions between the quarks of a nucleon by means of mesons, interactions between the neighbouring neutrons or protons, interactions between nucleus and electrons, and interactions between the atoms of molecules. The phenomena themselves -the nucleon, the nucleus, the atom, the molecule- are sufficiently described by these interactions, meaning by the respective equations, which implies that interactions and phenomena are interchangeable terms. Interestingly, the interrelations of quantum physics do not describe actual existence. Instead they predict the potential for existence. A manifest particle, such as an electron, cannot be described in terms of classical mechanics. It exists as a multitude of superposed "scenarios", of which one or another manifests only when it is observed, i.e. upon measurement. Therefore, matter does not inherently exist. It exists only as interrelations of "empty" phenomena whose properties are determined by observation. This is the fourth manifestation of emptiness at the subtle level of matter. Emptiness in mathematics.

In mathematics the notion of emptiness finds expression in the number zero, as well as in contemporary set theory. The concept of zero was discovered in India prior to the sixth century A.D. The "Arabic" number system we use today is neither Arabic nor Greek in origin. In fact, the digits 0123456789 go back to India where they were first created. The ancient Indian number system distinguished itself from other positional systems by virtue of allowing the use of zero as a legitimate number. Interestingly, the number zero did not exist in Greek mathematics, because the Greeks were essentially geometricians and had no use for the mathematical concept of a non-entity, neither did it exist in Egyptian mathematics. The Arabs, who encountered the Indian number system during their early conquests in India, found it superior to their own traditional system which used letters, and thus adapted it to develop Islamic mathematics. The Arabic word for zero is "sifr", meaning "empty." In the 12th century, the Italian mathematician Leonardo Pisano Fibocci studied Arabian algebra and introduced the Hindu-Arabic numerals to Europe. The word "sifr" thus became "zephirum" in Latin and "zero" in English. In the ancient Indian context, the number zero did not originally refer to nothingness or nullity. The Sanskrit word for zero is shunya, which means "puffed up, hollow, empty." The zero stands for emptiness suggestive of potentiality. The discovery of the mathematical zero concurred with the emptiness of prajna-intuition in India around 200 BC. Both signify polar opposition between being and nonbeing. Zero is that which contains all possible polarised pairs such as (+1, -1), (+2, -2), etc. It is the collection of all mutually cancelling pairs of forward and backward movements. Put it another way, zero is fundamental to all existence. Because of it, everything is possible. Zero is the additive identity, the focal point of all numbers; without it, numbers cannot be created. India alone, among the great civilisations of antiquity, was able to fathom the depth of emptiness and willing to accept its consequences in mathematics.

Following the introduction of the Hindu-Arabic numerals into Western culture, zero became a number that was used in calculations like any other number. Consequently, it lost some part of its original meaning, namely the part that suggests potentiality. Today, most mathematicians do not associate the notion of emptiness with zero, but with the empty set, which is a construct of set theory. A set is a collection of objects or numbers. For example, the set { 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 } is a set of numbers containing five elements; it is therefore said to have the "cardinality" of 5. The empty set { } is a collection that contains nothing and has the cardinality 0.

The mathematician John von Neumann (1923) invented a method, known as von Neumann hierarchy, which can be employed to generate the natural numbers from the empty set as follows:

Step 0:	{ }	(empty set)
Step 1:	{ { } }	(set containing the empty set)
Step 2:	{ { }, { { } } }	(set containing previous two sets)
Step 3:	{ { }, { { } } , { { }, { { } } } }	(set containing previous three sets)
Step 4:	{ { }, { { } } , { { }, { { } } }, { { }, { { } } , { { }, { { } } } } }	(etc.)

This sequence is obtained by iterating a functor that creates a new set from the union of the preceding two sets, thus generating sets with the cardinalities 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ad infinitum. In less mathematical terms, the principle can be described as follows: Beginning with emptiness (step 0), we observe emptiness. Through the act of observing we create an entity containing emptiness (step 1). Now we perceive emptiness, as well as an entity. From the combination of the former two we create another entity by observation, which is different from the first entity (step 2). This process is repeated again and again. Interestingly, if we define suitable operations on the obtained sets based on union and intersection, the cardinalities of the resulting sets behave just like natural numbers being added and subtracted. The sequence is therefore isomorphic to the natural numbers - a stunningly beautiful example of something from nothing. Emptiness of emptiness.

In The Art of Living (2001) the 14th Dalai Lama says, "As your insight into the ultimate nature of reality is deepened and enhanced, you will develop a perception of reality from which you will perceive phenomena and events as sort of illusory, illusion-like, and this mode of perceiving reality will permeate all your interactions with reality. [...] Even emptiness itself, which is seen as the ultimate nature of reality, is not absolute, nor does it exist independently. We cannot conceive of emptiness as independent of a basis of phenomena, because when we examine the nature of reality, we find that it is empty of inherent existence. Then if we are to take that emptiness itself is an object and look for its essence, again we will find that it is empty of inherent existence. Therefore the Buddha taught the emptiness of emptiness."

Sources
http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/emptiness.html

James (Tamid) - Enlightened Awareness

Tamid — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:19:47 CDT

Satsang playlist
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Documentaries:

The Emerald Tablets of Thoth

Archives of interviews with Enlightened Teachers

Datura / Brugmansia

astraltraveler1984 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:55:38 CDT

WARNING:
WHILE THESE ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN HALLUCINOGENS AND HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED IN MANY CULTURES THROUGHOUT THE AGES FOR A VARIETY OF USES, THE EFFECTS ARE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
AND UNPREDICTABLE!
EVER YEAR PEOPLE DIE FROM INGESTING THESE PLANTS!
THE EFFECTS ARE ALMOST UNIVERSALLY CONSIDERED TO BE EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT. TRUST ME YOU ARE NOT MISSING ANYTHING.
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

A Note from Astraltraveler1984:

Since I had my first introduction to these plants, I have become weirdly fascinated with them and have been collecting and cultivating different varieties of them ever since. I find that just being around them is a magical experience by itself. These plants have a very powerful presence, every night when they bloom its like an event at my garden. A cloud of bees descends over the blooms. The bees impatiently hover over the flowers at dusk waiting for them to open. The intoxicating aroma slowly begins to bleed out of the trumpets as they open and permeate the warm summer air. Its truly a breathtaking experience.

These plants are very special to me... I find it puzzling sometimes why I feel such a strong connection with them. I think that I might have been a Peruvian shaman in a previous life. These plants are to be respected. Spend 5 minutes scanning through the Datura Experience Vaults on Erowid.org and you will see the disturbingly large number of train wrecks reported from the misuse of these plants. I posted this page as a tribute to these teacher plants to share some of the vast amounts of interesting information about their long history of use.

Please heed my warning, and do not ingest these plants.

Namaste,

- Matt

Datura Time Line
(From the Datura Vault on www.erowid.org):

c. 5th Century BCE		Legend has it that when the Buddha preaches, dew or raindrops fall from the heaven onto Datura plants. 1
c. 301 BCE		Theophrastus, a student of Aristotle, writes about the hallucinogenic effects of Datura stramonium. The text contains one of the earliest references to the concept of tolerance to a drug. 2
c. 4th-6th Century CE		The Kamasutra of Vātsyāyana includes at least two references to datura. One reference instructs a man to annoint his penis with honey infused with datura before sexual intercourse, to make his partner "subject to his will". 3
c. 8th Century		The Buddhist scripture Guhyasamāja Tantra instructs in the ritual use of datura. 4 [Details]
c. 10th Century		The Buddhist scripture Vajramahabhairava Tantra refers to Datura metel several times. 5
11th - 12th Century		Datura is associated with the worship of Shiva, the Indian god associated with the creative and destructive aspects of the universe. 1
11th Century		Arabian doctor Avicenna reported on Datura metel under then name 'Jouzmathal ('metel nut'). This report was later repeated in Dioscorides's writings. 1
1543		Leonard Fuchs includes a drawing of Datura stramonium in his herbal. 1
1578		Datura is used as an aphrodisiac in the East Indies. 1
1676		A group of soldiers in Jamestown, Virginia ingest boiled datura and become delirious for days. 6 [Details]
1968		Datura over-the-counter remedies for asthma are banned after people begin using them recreationally
1968		Carlos Castaneda gives a fictionalized account of the use of datura in his best-selling book The Teachings of Don Juan. 7
Oct 24, 1968		In response to reports of the recreational use of medications containing Datura stramonium, the FDA adopted a policy that preparations of D. stramonium that are labelled with directions for use in self-medication will be considered "misbranded", a federal crime. 8 [Details]

References

Schultes RE, Hofmann A. Plants of the Gods. Inner Traditions, 1992.

Theophrastus. Historia Plantarum. c. 201 BCE.

Vātsyāyana. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. trans. Richard Burton. Modern Library. 2002. p 181.

Fremantle F. A Critical Study of the Guhyasamāja. Doctoral Dissertation, University of London. 1971. p 103.

Sikl�s B. "Datura Rituals in the Vajramahabhairava-tantra". Curare. 1993;16(2):71-76.

Beverly R. The History and Present State of Virginia, In Four Parts. 1705. Part II, pg. 24.

Castaneda C. The Teachings of Don Juan. Univ. of California Press, Simon & Schuster. 1968.

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Microgram. Jun 1969;2(2):55.

EXCERPT FROM PSYCHEDELIC SHAMANISM - JIM DEKORNE

THE BELLADONNA ALKALOIDS

Going into other worlds is fascinating, but the worlds datura takes
people to can be frightening, populated by monsters and devils and
filled with violent, frenzied energy.1

The "Belladonna alkaloids"
are powerful hallucinogens found in many members of the
Solanaceae, a large and immensely useful botanical famiily which
includes the various potato, tomato, pepper, eggplant and tobacco
species. Each of the psychoactive alkaloids — atropine, scopolamine and
hyoscyamine — is present in the Old World Bella Madonna or Deadly
Nightshade plant, hence their earliest classification under that species'
name. More accurately called "Solanaceous drugs," or "Tropane
alkaloids," these chemicals are also found in a wide variety of
belladonna's Old and New World cousins, many with names that conjure
up images of witchcraft and black magic: Mandrake, Henbane,
Datura...

The solanaceous plants with the longest history of shamanic
usage in the New World are the daturas. Datura inoxia (formerly Datura
meteloides) is a native of the American Southwest. Carlos Castaneda
has don Juan call it "the Devil's Weed," but it is less pejoratively known
among the Zuni, Navajo and other tribes as "Sacred Datura." This is a
large bushy species with fetid-smelling foliage — indeed, one of its
common names is "stinkweed." The dankly malodorous leaves stand in
sharp contrast to this plant's Lily-sized, night-blooming white flowers,
which exude a heady and distinctly erotic perfume.

Datura inoxia is a plant with a definite presence. It would be unusual
for anyone seeing it for the first time to pass it by, though one might be
hard put to explain exactly what about it feels so strangely compelling.
Yet compelling it is — every year small but significant numbers of
people (usually teenagers) are admitted to hospital emergency rooms
and drug-abuse clinics for treatment of acute datura poisoning. Much
of the contemporary interest in these plants is doubtless traceable to
the writings of Carlos Castaneda, who popularized both datura and
shamanism with his ostensibly factual book, The Teachings of Don
Juan. In this and subsequent volumes, datura is glamorized as a kind of
astral projection catalyst and don Juan is presented as an archetypal
shaman who teaches his apprentices the secrets of navigating the
imaginal realm. Unfortunately, there is considerable evidence to
suggest that Castaneda's books are no more than very convincing novels
and that anyone using them as authentic shamanic manuals is well
advised to exercise extreme caution; datura can and often does kill
those who use it improperly.

Inoxia's cousin, Datura stramonium, also known as Thornapple and
Jimson weed, is a mostly Eastern species probably introduced from the
West Indies. The Indians used to refer to it as the white man's plant
because of its proclivity for growing in garbage dumps. Like its Western
cousin, D. stramonium is large and bushy, but with smaller,
magenta-tinted white flowers. There are also tropic varieties, such as
the Brunfelsia and Brugmansia, two genera of so-called "tree daturas"
widely used South American shamanism. These are often included as
admixture ingredients in both the aya-huasca and San Pedro brews to be
discussed later.

Although the solanaceous drugs have a long and colorful history of use
in both Old World witchcraft and New World shamanism, there is an
over-whelming consensus of opinion that they are dangerous and
unpredictable for any but a Master shaman to ingest. Even don Juan
admits: "To tame the devil's weed into an ally is one of the most
diffi-cult tasks I know."2

There is no doubt that the datura are powerful plants. Just growing
one is a bewitching experience; a palpable aura of temptation and
forbidden knowledge seems to emanate from her.
leaves and flowers as you watch her steadily expand from a tiny
seedling into a large bush. (I the feminine pronoun because there is an
almost universal attribution of female energy to this genus.) In fact,
general associations with the dark side of the feminine are common to
all of the belladonna alkaloid plants. For example, consider the Latin
designation for the Deadly Nightshade, Altropa belladonna, from which
this entire class of compounds takes its name. This is a combination of
Altropos, one of the three fates of Greek mythology, 2nd belladonna,
an Italian word meaning "beautiful lady."
Atropos (which translates as "inevitable," "Unalterable" or
"inflexible") is the goddess who cuts the thread of life at the moment of
death. She is usually portrayed holding a pair of shears, and is a rurally
regarded as the most fearsome of the fates because she is the one
whose sole purpose is to kill you. The name belladonna, "beautiful
lady," refers an era when Italian women used to drop night-shade
tinctures into their eyes to dilate the pupils and make them look sexy.
(The pupil-dilating properties of atropine are still utilized by modern
opthamologists when doing eye examinations today.)

When you combine the ideas of death, fate and a beautiful woman,
you get the concept of the femme fatale — a sexy temptress who
destroys men through their own weakness for her charms. Indeed, don
Juan describes the datura "ally" as a female who "Distorts men. She
gives them a taste of power too soon without fortifying their hearts and
makes them domineering and unpredictable. She makes them weak in
the middle of their great power."3 It is highly significant that these
plants are almost invariably associated with some form of sexual
witchcraft:

The hallucinations are frequently dominated by the erotic moment....
In those days, in order to experience these sensations, young and old
women would rub their bodies with the "witches- salve," of which the
active ingredient was belladonna or an extract of some other
solanaceae.4

The salve referred to was the ubiquitous "flying ointment" of European
witchcraft, used by witches to "fly" to the Sabbat (presumably a
location in the imaginal realm) where they engaged in wild sexual orgies
with the devil and his minions. This of course is reminiscent of the
earlier Greek rites of Dionysus, from which medieval witchcraft almost
certainly evolved:

His worshippers sought to become possessed by or assimilated to him
by wild dancing.... His followers included spirits of fertility such as the
satyrs, and in his ritual the phallus was prominent.5

It is a well-known speculation that the popular image of the witch
with her broomstick harks back to a time when these women supposedly
applied hallucinogenic ointments to their genitals with its handle, in
effect, masturbating with it. Whether or not real witches actually used
such an awkward artificial phallus, the fact remains that the salve or
ointment made from the alkaloidal extractions of solanaceous plants is
universally associated with aggressive female sexuality, a mystique
which, in common with the femme fatale and witch archetypes in
general, is almost the defining characteristic of the ancient goddess
religions.

The consistency of these themes suggests that the entities associated
with the belladonna alkaloids are primordial earth-forces (always
symbolically female) which have been brutally and systematically
repressed in human consciousness for literally thousands of years. A
goddess repressed is a woman scorned, and her archetype appears in the
collective psyche as a dangerous and destructive entity out to revenge
herself on the patriarchy that usurped her power.

For example (to show how these themes are so tightly interwoven),
our word datura is derived from the Sanskrit dhattura. As dhatturea
("datura poisoner") the term was used to describe members of the
fearsome and fanatical Thug sect. These worshippers of the Hindu goddess
Kali employed Datura metel (a species native to India) to drug their
sacrificial victims. Kali, the dark and destructive aspect of the Hindu
mother goddess, demanded nothing less than human sacrifices from her
worshippers, and it is said that the Thugs (from which our epithet for
a brutal criminal is derived) offered up hundreds of thousands of victims
to their goddess before the practice was finally stopped by the British
overlords during the last century.

Assassination for gain was with them a religious duty, and was
considered a holy and honorable profession. They had, in fact, no idea of
doing wrong, and their moral feelings did not come into play. The will
of the goddess by whose command and in whose honor they followed
their calling was revealed to them through a very complicated system of
omens. In obedience to these they often traveled hundreds of miles in
company with or in the wake of, their intended victims before a safe
opportunity presented itself for executing their design; and when the
deed was done, rites were performed in honor of that tutelary deity,
and a goodly portion of the spoil was set apart for her.6
Does this strange and fanatical belief system sound like a familiar
strategy of the entities from the imaginal realm? Are we dealing here
with a frustrated female force from mind-space seeking revenge for her
repression deep within the collective psyche of humankind? If the
belladonna alkaloids are specific catalysts for evoking primordial
feminine energy, which typically manifests within consciousness as a
femme fatale archetype, it suggests that we are confronting an archaic
force of nature as it existed before the invention of agriculture and the
patriarchal religions — the wild and untamed female before she became
a male chattel domesticated to hearth and home.
When you consider that Western male descriptions of datura trips are
almost universally negative, yet that both female witches and New
World shamans maintain a respectful affinity for the plant, it relates to
something we already know, that the male-female polarity within the
Western psyche, particularly among men, is seriously out of

balance. If the quality of one's consciousness determines the quality
of one's experience of the imaginal realm, it follows that any
unintegrated personality arrogantly penetrating into the jurisdiction of
the Goddess is courting grave misfortune. The name "devil's weed" is
another clue to understanding these interconnections, since the devil
has always been associated with witchcraft, an activity mostly
practiced by free-living women. Its rites included having sexual
intercourse with the "horned god," an activity obviously only safely
possible within the realms of hyperspace once the free sexuality of the
goddess religions had been stamped out by patriarchal monotheism.
Such defiant freedom was an intolerable challenge to the authority of
the Inquisition and to any males out to make possessions of "their"
females. When Castaneda has don Juan say, "To tame the devil's weed
into an ally is one of the most difficult tasks I know..." he is
understating the case considerably! We are dealing here with one of the
most primitive of all archetypes, and it is folly to imagine that such a
force could ever be "tamed." Utilized carefully and wisely, perhaps, but
never tamed, since this archetype is by definition untamable, though
the possibility of eventual integration is an intriguing hypothesis. At any
rate, don Juan's warning must be taken seriously by any would-be
explorer of the imaginal realm; seeking datura for an ally should be attempted
only by established Masters of hyperspace - think of it as
post-graduate work.

Unlike classical shamans, the sorcerer in Europe had his trance
encounters with the spirit world on occasions distinguished from his
manipulation of that supernatural world. I believe the reason for this
major distinguishing feature of European witchcraft lies in the nature of
the drugs they were using. Specifically, the solanaceous hallucinogens
are so powerful that it is essentially impossible for the user to control
his mind and body sufficiently to perform ritual activity at the same
time. In addition, the state of extended sleep following the period of
initial excitation, sleep which can extend for three or four days,
together with the typical amnesia, made this hardly a convenient
method for daily practice of witchcraft.
Furthermore, there is some ethnographic evidence that too
frequent use of the solanaceous drugs can permanently derange
the mind.7
None of this is to say that one should not cultivate these magical
plants and get to know them as physical entities. Castaneda himself
claims that this was a part of his initiation, and fictional or not, it is
worthwhile advice for anyone interested in growing hallucinogenic
plants. I raise several specimens each of both Datura inoxia and
stramonium every summer. Since they are considered weeds by the
uninitiated, it is not surprising that these botanicals are very easv to
grow, requiring little or no care past the seedling stage. I have seen
them thriving in the poorest of desert soils, so with even minimal care
and watering they usually attain a large size.

Cultivation: Needs warmth for germination, sow seeds 1/4" deep
in full sun. Pretty much any soil mix works, these germinate easily
within a week or two. Keep moist. Transplant young and keep up with
pot sizes as roots crowd, or plant out Best growth is with ample root
space and fertile mix. D. stramonium is an annual and will set seed,
then die.... Likes sun and heat.8

Although stramonium is described as an annual plant, a Datura inoxia
specimen in my patio sprouted from its roots the second year — this in
New Mexico with its bitterly freezing winters. Greenhouse plants,
potted and kept from freezing, have consistently behaved as perennials,
and when I dug up an inoxia early this spring to make room for another
plant, the root was obviously still viable. Of the two species, I favor the
inoxia over the stramonium, mostly because I love its sultry white
flowers and their erotic perfume.

Dr. Karl Kiesewetter, a well-known historian and one of the first to
experiment with flying ointments in modern times, in fact died of
poisoning after one of his experiments. The plants he used in his fatal
ointment included monkshood. Of all the herbs used in flying ointments,
it is one of the deadliest.11

The following experience was with a shamanically-mixed brew made
from a South American species of tree datura:

I first felt a tingling sensation in my lips, followed soon by the same
sensation in my fingertips. This felt exactly like the feeling experienced
when your leg "falls asleep," when the blood rushes back. Along with the
tingling, I felt a pronounced vibrating in the affected parts.... From the
beginning I felt a strong urge to expectorate periodically and later
realized that I was actually frothing at the mouth... I became very dizzy
with vertigo, which intensified precipitously. Everything started spinning
to the right yet never seemed to move.

My mind kept adjusting to the spin to set me right again. There was a
complete loss of muscular coordination at this point, and I could no
longer walk or even stand up... The next day, I felt extremely weak and
nearly unable to move without great discomfort... My companion later
noted the following effects which he experienced with the drug:
"swollen lips and heavy tongue, crazy in the head, cold sweat, stomach
ache, nausea and weak vomiting, urtication, inability to walk or move,
and vertigo." He also felt "the world was spinning around me like a great
blue wheel. I felt that I was going to die."13

A final, less arduous and more poetic, description is provided by a
woman, a shaman's apprentice who found the experience useful and
instructive. "Huantuj" is the Ecuadorian term for a decoction made from
the Brugmansia genus of tree daturas:

The shaman Celso Fiallo in Quito, Ecuador called me "pollita," "my
little moth" because he believed that on the day I came to stay, his
datura plants blossomed. He was referring to the datura-pollinating
hummingbird moths recognized by the human skulls traced on the back
of their tiny heads. From this omen I believed that the datura might be
an important teacher for me.

Celso was ecstatic (as was his nature) that I would have the
opportunity to meet Taita Carlos Tanguila of Archidona. Sporting an
elegant shirt with pearl buttons and a hipster's grey dinner jacket, Taita
Carlos looked like a Chinese beatnik strung out on opium. He and his
entire family are very shy — they all giggle like children, but his ability
as ayahuascero and administrator of Brugmansia [tree datura] is highly
respected throughout the area. The shaman invited Celso and me to stay
with him. There in the rainforest we would drink huantuj and
ayahuasca, and bathe in a river filled with animal and human
head-shaped stones.

It took two hours of hiking up and down muddy hills with supplies on
our backs to reach Taita Carlos' plantation. Celso walked smack into
barbed-wire and asked me to suck the bloody toxins from his forehead.
We finally arrived at the impressive, stilt-propped structures of Taita
Carlos. Like the home of a great beatnik, there were modernist
ayahuasca drawings on the exterior walls of his huts, and large tree
parts and bones hanging from the walls as sculpture.
After eating a lunch of white rice, broth, and yellow chica that comes
from the palms, we retire to the teenagers' room to await the huantuj.
Carlos and his boys ascend the stairs with this decoction made from two
handfuls of datura leaves. Taita Carlos sings to the potion and blows
tobacco on it. Then Celso does his tune and we drink. We smoke
cigarettes with the boy apprentices and wait. Taita Carlos tells us many
things: that a dose a little larger than average could kill us; that some
trips last up to twelve days: the body left behind while the spirit
helicopters out over the rainforest. It is typical to go to lands not
accessible in the body. Celso reminds us that this is the drink of the
witches' conventions, their bodies and broomsticks left in a heap on the
floor.

The first trip evokes an incapacitation of movement and extreme
spatial dislocation. I can squat directly over the chamber pot to pee,
which I must do very often, but I can't seem to target the bowl. A chair
that seems to be directly behind me is actually several yards away and I
fall to the floor. I close my eyes and open them to find the family
watching me. I close them again and open to find they've disappeared,
then reappeared, then disappeared once more. I try to talk with them
but have no idea of what I am saying or trying to say, only the feeling of
a strong intent to speak about something important. They listen very
politely and smile at me. That night, the first semblance of imagery:
exquisite, otherworldly objects of my mind's eye that feel very much my
own (different than tryptamine visions which do not feel like one's own).
The next day we try again. Taita Carlos wants me to drink Brugmansia
to open my eyes for the ayahuasca — my pupils will remain dilated for
three days. This time we sit in the cooking hut with the wife and
children. She is weaving a net bag and cooking soup. The kids are
watching us and playing idly on the floor. Celso leaves the hut to loudly
retch outside. This makes Taita Carlos nervous. He lifts the glasses of
huantuj to examine the quantity and then cautiously pours a bit from
each glass back into the cooking pot. We drink again and then retire to
the boys' bedroom in the other hut to lie down. Now there are visions.
Moving outside to pee is almost impossible, but necessary. As I enter the
path to the forest I hear giggling behind me and turn to see the entire
family peeking out at me from the cooking hut. They are laughing at the
way I walk. Other creatures on the path are also laughing — these are
elongated, suspended entities, mostly bilateral though not entirely
symmetrical, and they are gesturing at me while scratching at
themselves, yawning, speaking words, enunciating non-words from their
lips. It takes about five minutes to recognize these creatures as trees.
They turn back into trees, then creatures, then trees.
Mounting the stairs to the room takes about an hour's time. I see a
red-haired drug addict, a woman, hanging languidly from the window of
our hut. She must be another patient of Taita Carlos, though we haven't
been introduced. Then I realize it is not a human being at all but a large
sculptural branch that hangs on the exterior wall. I call for Celso to
come and see her, but he has somehow disappeared and is not where I
left him. The jackets hanging on the wall pegs are infested with spirit
faces.

Back in the bed I find myself suddenly accompanied by a noseless,
earless old woman. I am catching on now, and am not frightened but
feel deeply bemused. I turn my head slightly — she is still with me in
bed, but no longer a noseless and earless old woman, now merely a
bunched array of pillows. (Actually, there were no pillows.) There was
no elementary school wall clock either, nor night-lit travel alarm clock
next to the bed, but when I wanted to know the time of night, these
appeared to tell me so. The family kept appearing and disappearing
also.

The strangest illusion happened a little after midnight. Celso and I
were sleeping, sharing a bed with our clothes on, as was our habit while
traveling. Taita Carlos appeared in the doorway to summon me to an
initiation with ayalwasca. His command, his summons, was fierce and
impatient. I became frantic and angry because I had no sense of distance
and couldn't find the bedside table with matches and candle. I began
ordering Celso with bravado to get up and help me — Taita Carlos is
calling! Months later, I learned that this is a classic hallucination with
huantuj: the initiate is incapacitated, lying on the ground, when the
shaman or plant teacher suddenly arrives. The neophyte, unable to get
up, is left lying helpless with a growing feeling of panic at not being
able to obey the guru's call.

Later, there were sporadic visions of extraordinary objects and events:
my sister appeared to whisper a prediction into my ear. It is said by the
forest people that a drink of huantuj will show you the future —
however frightening, however good. The shamans also believe that the
datura decoction is a panacea, a viral preventive that can cure cancer,
AIDS and the entire gamut of viruses for at least a year after ingestion.
The next morning Celso and I discovered that the black scars of bug
bites that had been lodged in my skin for three months had virtually
disappeared, leaving my skin soft and smooth.

Days later, exiting the forest by the same hilly path, I kept sliding and
falling on my backside into the mud. Celso preceded me, seeing nothing
of it, and Taita Carlos followed. Each time I fell, Carlos and I would
giggle hysterically, but by the time Celso turned around to see what was
so funny I was back on my feet as if nothing had happened. Celso
bumped smack into the same barbed wire on the way out as he had
done on the way in.14

In my opinion, there are so many less demanding psychoactive plants
around, that the solana-ceous species are most usefully cultivated for
their aesthetic and historical interest only. Significantly perhaps (some
food for thought here), these botanicals are not illegal to grow or
ingest, which suggests that the authorities (remember that "archon" is
Greek for "ruler") are more threatened by people altering their
awareness than by committing suicide. In any event, unless one has been
initiated by a bonafide shaman who truly understands how to use these
plants, they are best studied and admired in space-mind rather than
mind-space.

NOTES
1. Weil, A. & Rosen, W. (1983). Chocolate to Morphine: Understanding
Mind-active Drugs, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, p. 132.
2. Castaneda, C. (1968). The Teachings of Don Juan, Ballantine, NY, p. 49.
3. Ibid., p. 48.
4. Hesse, E. (1946). Narcotics and Drug Addiction, New York, Philosophical
Library, p. 103.
5. Encyclopedia Britannica (1968), Vol. 7: p. 466.
6. Encyclopedia Britannica (1911), Vol. 26: p. 896.
7. Harner, M. "The role of hallucinogenic plants in European witchcraft," in
Hallucinogens and Shamanism, p. 146.
3. Anonymous (circa 1992). Cultivation Details for Exotic Plants of the Jungle,
P.O. Box 1801, Sebas-topol, CA 95473.
9. Miller, R.A. (circa 1973) The Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs, O.A.K.,
1421"N: 34th, Seattle, WA 98103, p. 124, passim.
10. Grieve, M. (1971). A Modern Herbal (Vol. II), Dover, NY, p. 806.
11. Wittmann, C. (1991). "Magical Flying Ointments," The Herb Quarterly, Fall, p.
18.
12. Lyttle, T. (1983). "A close encounter with Belladonna, black sheep of the
psychedelic world," The Psychozoic Press, #6, Winter, pp. 38-42.
13. Plowman, T. (1977). "Brunfelsia in Ethnomedi-cine," Botanical Museum
Leaflets, Harvard University, Vol. 25, No. 10, December, p. 306, passim.
14. Anonymous (1993). Personal communication.