LOG 1.12: DMT, The Discovery of Dro"gen Hasen Weg and the Super Extreme Moon
18th March, 2011
Hello everyone,
I watched this video recently.
http://www.esoterictube.com/dmt-the-spirit-molecule.htmlIt corresponds with what Joseph Campbell says about the spiritual world (as represented by myths and anecdotes from those who meditate, and shamans), drugs and psychological diseases like schizophrenia.
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A Brave New World of Equilibrium
The battle between emotion and control is an old one. It is fought by each of us in our lives as well as philosophers at a more conceptual level.
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LOG 1.10: The first signs
28th February, 2011
Hello,
It is now possible to see the first signs of Spring. The trees are bearing buds that will leaf and flower forth.
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Reflections on God 4: Hindu Mythology and Philosophy
This is part of God Flux but split into smaller sections for an easier read.
Ka, Doniger, Joseph Campbell
Before entering the waters of atheism again, let me mention the other influences I had during and a little after my undergraduate years.
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"And who, in God's name, is He?" A Book Review on 'Ka'
_By _****N.S.Jagannathan
Ka: Roberto Calasso. Translated from original Italian by Tim Parks. Vintage Paperback 1999 Pages 448. Price $ 3.
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Amidst the deafening din of post-Colonial chatter on the dark designs of Orientalists “colonising the source texts”, of the colonised, I am all the time nagged by a niggling doubt: how literate are these critics in Sanskrit and other native Indian languages?
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Dreaming Through ´Ka´
The author seems to be trying to achieve the effect of time all being one moment. The effect of this hits the reader in full force in the end when it goes back to Garuda, who was last mentioned in the first chapter reading the Rg Veda, waking up from a light doze on the word ‘Ka’.
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The First and Last Freedom (TFALF) 3: Thoughts during "Individual and Society"
Is the individual an instrument of society or does the society exist for the individual?
In the first paragraph K creates this black and white sense of options.
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The First and Last Freedom 2: Thoughts during 'What are we seeking?'
What do we want in life? Many people would say ‘to be happy’. K asks whether we know the difference between happiness and gratification.
He says:
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The First and Last Freedom: Thoughts during Chapter 1
Different approaches are necessary for different types of books; Novels and most popular science books are meant to be read cover to cover. Dictionaries, encyclopedias and other factual texts are meant to be looked up for specific information.
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