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  1. Shuddhasattva

    [LHP] Eastern LHP view and method of the ego

    Continuation of debate in the 'Symbol of Darkness' thread, regarding how the Eastern LHP traditions view and work with the ego.
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    Elder Gods

    There are references to gods before the devas of the vedas. Would anyone care to shed light on this?
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    Reclaiming Hiphop

    Unfortunately hiphop was hijacked by record labels in its nascent stage, becoming a weapon of mental colonization to the community that gave it birth, and disgracing the genre in the eyes of others. Now people on both sides of the hiphop fence are rarely exposed to the 'true' hiphop. So what...
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    job opening for position of... muse

    Yes. I need (want?) a muse, as the ol' blank page has been working me over lately. I'm looking for someone to help draw out the story, to read my (bad) writing and coax more (worse?) writing out of me where and when the agony of the empty pen is less... interactive. This requires the ability...
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    Nowhere Else

    Never late lame poetry hour Falling rocks drumming canyon Supreme vow revealing all facets As perfect rainbow body vaseborn retainers of the essential beinghood Flash of light, empty sky full of clouds like banners Void praises resounding all keys avowed Diamond, adamantine riding void winds...
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    Dec 21

    Today is Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere. This day the sun is lowest in the horizon throughout the day and sets earliest. How did our vedic and agamic forebears mark such days?
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    Shiva bhajan

    wMPj1rnsYy8 Jai Jai Shiva Shambho - Album: World Hindu Chants - YouTube had to share this... so beautiful. Ordinarily I am not so fond of bhajans rendered in a more Western style, but this one is (to me) exquisite in both its melodies and vocative feeling.
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    Out for a bit

    Hello and goodbye So I've decided that with my recent workload, the smartest thing I can do is either: 1. Severely restrict my time on RF (and other timewasting pursuits) 2. Cut out such pursuits entirely until the workload has lessened I'll be doing one of the two, and in either case, my...
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    Now and Then

    So, circa 2,000 BC, it's socially acceptable to, while wandering vast empty tracts, hallucinate the presence of a supreme being who wants you to slice off your foreskin - and that of your male slaves and camels and whatnot, and attempt to sacrifice your offspring to him. Or was it? Of course...
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    Tantra: Sexual Ethics & Aesthetics

    So, I've been planning a series of articles on tantra and the role that desire (raga) and intercourse (maithuna), real or virtualized, play in tantra - something that has been much misunderstood in the West and maligned in the East. I'm curious to know what is the opinion of the dharma DIR...
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    Islam on Ice

    It occurred to me that prayer in Islam would be disrupted by an arctic climate. As I understand that, the Muslim five-fold daily prayer is based on the position of the sun. This is not determinable in polar night or the midnight sun period in the arctic circle. Say, for sake of example, that a...
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    Working with prejudices

    So I've noticed recently that when I meet Jews, I feel cold towards them. I attribute this to my dislike of Jewish religion, culture and Zionism. There's no active dislike just ... emotional apathy. I generally feel no desire to associate with them or engage more than is necessary. In theory...
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    Which classifications are important?

    I'm trying to figure out a better way to classify various traditions than based on the geographical area they emerged from or settled in. What are important classifications in a religion/tradition? Examples: Animistic Polytheistic Panentheistic Monotheistic Granted, that many of these can...
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    Epic/WTF Dream

    So I had a dream this morning that left me absolutely stunned upon waking. Usually dreams for me have little sense of continuity or realism - there being little ‘constant’ either in environment or my memories/sense of continuity within the dream, but this one was downright epic. The...
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    Shuddha's Lame Music thread

    For lames, by a lame. Please enjoy my eclectic blend of fail. Also lose. iWgFQk-9Ljw Bloodsport Sneaker Pimps - YouTube FV4D_q9QiuQ Nick Drake Things Behind the Sun - YouTube RInPHt2gP58 Fates Warning Part A Pleasant Shade of Gray XII - YouTube
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    What's in a name? Rites of passage

    Didn't know where to put this, so here it is. I was reflecting on something today, and had what I felt to be an insight which I am now sharing with you. Since I began to talk - around age 2 to 8 - I called my mother "mommy" or "mama". This word refers to her as the primary object, the chief...
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    Who Shall Pass?

    Distress gnaws away At the root of self awareness Like a worm enwombed by moisture Born of an impossible process Which never happened And so our self-guardian applies the balm That soothes all inimical structures Destructing them into the raw material Of liberation By that which we fall, we...
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    The Bodhisattva

    The bodhisattva is the essential nature-being of Gratitude. As such, the Bodhisattva is perpetually engaged in unending service, performing the terrible austerity of being willfully born, by means of mahavrata, self-shackled to the wheels of letters encircling the spokes of prana. What wonder...
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    Beautiful mantra

    Ukr6ohaShM0 White Tara Mantra (108 Repetitions) - YouTube Felt moved to share this - makes me cry to listen to this sometimes. The opening 45~ seconds are the cheesiest synth you've ever heard - resist the urge to turn it off, or skip ahead - it'll be worth it.
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    Documenting the Supernatural

    Say you had the opportunity to interview magical practitioners with alleged ability to control the objective reality. How would you document it?
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