lost it
episode of "sunset" by howiemac
on 08 Aug 10 at 10:09
Well.... with the honourable exception of Al, who sent me a private message requesting that the site be kept alive, and who has been the only regular poster on this site apart from myself, I have received no response to my sunset post. Accordingly I have closed down the registration facility and disabled all members from making new posts. This is to free me from the admin of this site, so I can focus my energies elsewhere. I may or may not make the occasional post here myself, but until further notice this site is effectively closed. I will keep the site content live for the time being, so that anyone who wishes to read or copy content from the site may do so. The site may be taken down completely at an unspecified future date, but not before the end of this month (August 2010).
Anyone who wishes to contact me regarding this site may do so by posting a comment on my blog at http://yondbe.com
Anyone who wishes to contact me regarding this site may do so by posting a comment on my blog at http://yondbe.com
beyond entheogens
reply by howiemac to "entheogens"
on 08 Aug 10 at 09:36
Entheogens have a role as "gateways of perception". They show us what is beyond "normal" consciousness. When taken in a suitable setting, with an appropriate attitude (that of spiritual seeker), they can kick start us on our spiritual journeys. However, in due course we realise that lasting enlightenment cannot be reached through simply taking any form of medicine. Drugs distort our experience, and damage our psychic auras.
The basis for lasting enlightenment is purity, not medicine. We get there through intense meditation, not through intense medicine. This requires a lot of time and effort. There is no quick fix.
The basis for lasting enlightenment is purity, not medicine. We get there through intense meditation, not through intense medicine. This requires a lot of time and effort. There is no quick fix.
entheogens
An entheogen is a psychoactive substance used in a religious, shamanic or spiritual context, whether or not in a formal religious or traditional structure.
This terminology is often chosen to contrast with recreational use of the same substances.
The term "entheogen" was coined as a replacement for the terms "hallucinogen" (associated with delirium and insanity) and "psychedelic" (associated with psychosis, and '60s drug culture).
An entheogen "creates the divine within," en εν- "in, within," theo θεος- "god, divine," -gen γενος "creates, generates". In practice, the process is more an invocation of the divine - an absorption or collection from without - rather than an evocation, or creation originating within the person. So, an entheogen is something that fills someone with divinity. ....(more)
This terminology is often chosen to contrast with recreational use of the same substances.
The term "entheogen" was coined as a replacement for the terms "hallucinogen" (associated with delirium and insanity) and "psychedelic" (associated with psychosis, and '60s drug culture).
An entheogen "creates the divine within," en εν- "in, within," theo θεος- "god, divine," -gen γενος "creates, generates". In practice, the process is more an invocation of the divine - an absorption or collection from without - rather than an evocation, or creation originating within the person. So, an entheogen is something that fills someone with divinity. ....(more)
grand cross alignment meditation thoughts/images
Army of angels circling planet. Earth=5. Given 5 wishes. 1 remove junk food makers 2 Positive use of technology, no (brainwashing, mind conrolling, war) 3 stop the use of money as control mechanism 4 empower the oldest souls who have the potential to reach high states of consciousness 5 transform the ego of all from negative to positive self respect. Lol.ie
The Worms Crawl in and the Worms Crawl Out.
RSS item from "The Buddhist Blog"
on 24 Jul 10 at 16:06
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:17:00
When I was a young boy I spent some years in the Boy Scouts, which is a survivalist organization that trains young men on how to live in the wilderness. As well as teach them other life skills. When the leaders weren't around we kids would sing songs that, naturally, were deemed by our elders as, "gross." You know how kids are. The one that comes to mind today is something called, "The Hearse Song" which is about death and
....(more)
When I was a young boy I spent some years in the Boy Scouts, which is a survivalist organization that trains young men on how to live in the wilderness. As well as teach them other life skills. When the leaders weren't around we kids would sing songs that, naturally, were deemed by our elders as, "gross." You know how kids are. The one that comes to mind today is something called, "The Hearse Song" which is about death and
....(more)
The Moon and the Idiot.
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on 24 Jul 10 at 16:06
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:00:00
When the genius points at the moon, the idiot looks at the finger.
My Angel's Love
Awakening: Protection And Reassurance
The Matrix... What Is True Reality?
sunset
Do you like this site? Do you find it helpful? Do you want it to continue?
My original vision for this site was to provide a discussion place for a community of spiritually minded souls, but communities happen and cannot be created, and this one has not (yet) happened. Instead, almost all of the original content on this site is my own writings, which could just as well (and much more simply) be published in a blog.
I put a lot of effort into maintaining the system behind this site, and, looking at the web statistics for it, which indicate very low usage of the site, and considering the lack of feedback or input from others, I am questioning whether to continue with this work.
If you want the site to continue in its existing form, then please post a reply to this message. Otherwise I will close the community facilities down at the end of this month, and possibly the whole site, in order to focus my energy on other projects. Meanwhile I have temporarily suspended automatic updates to ....(more)
two thieves
wise
change
devolution
forget the self
saying no
no
When Meditating, Let Go of Expectations.
Vanishing Dragonfly
How Do I Find My Spirituality?
When the genius points at the moon, the idiot looks at the finger. -Old Chinese proverb.
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My Angel's Love
RSS item from "Spiritual Experiences"
on 24 Jul 10 at 16:06
My husband and two children recently left our current home to live in California to pursue a career that has been pointed for us. I need to stay back here until I can get licensed to practice my job out in California. Father's day 2010 they left, my husband got his freedom so to speak. I am alone in...
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=690
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=690
Awakening: Protection And Reassurance
RSS item from "Spiritual Experiences"
on 24 Jul 10 at 16:06
I've had a hard life. Everything seemed to go wrong for me once I had entered middle school. Had an accident that disfigured my front teeth, was the victim of constant bullying, the doctor who was supposed to fix my teeth took our insurance money and ran with it--so I never got the surgery for a fak...
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=689
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=689
The Matrix... What Is True Reality?
RSS item from "Spiritual Experiences"
on 24 Jul 10 at 16:06
I was hoping for some input since my mind has been extremely confused since the last experience I had. Its like everything I know has been shaken. Its a bit of a long story but I will try to keep it brief. Over the past 5 years of my life I have been learning to answer the call of a prophet on my li...
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=693
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=693
sunset
article by howiemac
on 16 Jul 10 at 09:58
Do you like this site? Do you find it helpful? Do you want it to continue?My original vision for this site was to provide a discussion place for a community of spiritually minded souls, but communities happen and cannot be created, and this one has not (yet) happened. Instead, almost all of the original content on this site is my own writings, which could just as well (and much more simply) be published in a blog.
I put a lot of effort into maintaining the system behind this site, and, looking at the web statistics for it, which indicate very low usage of the site, and considering the lack of feedback or input from others, I am questioning whether to continue with this work.
If you want the site to continue in its existing form, then please post a reply to this message. Otherwise I will close the community facilities down at the end of this month, and possibly the whole site, in order to focus my energy on other projects. Meanwhile I have temporarily suspended automatic updates to ....(more)
two thieves
reply by alladin to "thought for the day"
on 16 Jul 10 at 09:58
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.
Fulton Oursler
Fulton Oursler
wise
reply by howiemac to "thought for the day"
on 16 Jul 10 at 07:36
Yesterday I was clever,
So I wanted to change the whole world.
Today I am wise,
So I am changing myself.
Sanjiwan Kumar - thank you Spiritual bliss for supplying this
So I wanted to change the whole world.
Today I am wise,
So I am changing myself.
Sanjiwan Kumar - thank you Spiritual bliss for supplying this
change
reply by howiemac to "thought for the day"
on 16 Jul 10 at 07:35
You must be the change you hope to see in the world.
Gandhi
Gandhi
devolution
reply by howiemac to "thought for the day"
on 16 Jul 10 at 07:31
Mankind has not evolved, but "devolved", from "giants who once walked the earth, to a near animal state... vowed to cataclysmic annihilation, while an evolving elite gathers all of human experience for a resurrection in spirituality.
Schwaller - quoted by Colin Wilson in "From Atlantis to the Sphynx"
Schwaller - quoted by Colin Wilson in "From Atlantis to the Sphynx"
forget the self
reply by howiemac to "thought for the day"
on 16 Jul 10 at 07:27
"To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things" said Dogen. Only then can the listener and the see-er experience communion with the world, a contact that is of the nature of a sacrament.
from "Timeless Simplicity" by John Lane
from "Timeless Simplicity" by John Lane
saying no
reply by alladin to "thought for the day"
on 15 Jul 10 at 05:29
When you say “no” to a person or a situation let it come not from reaction but from insight, from a clear realisation of what is right or not right for you at that moment. Let it be a nonreactive “no,” a high-quality “no,” a “no” that is free from negativity and so creates no further suffering.
Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle
no
reply by alladin to "thought for the day"
on 15 Jul 10 at 05:27
A “NO” uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a “YES” merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
When Meditating, Let Go of Expectations.
RSS item from "The Buddhist Blog"
on 14 Jul 10 at 04:12
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:11:00
It is important to sit with the clear intention to be present. At the same time, we need to let go of expectations. In a very real sense, what happens when we sit is none of our business.
The practice is to accept whatever arise ....(more)
It is important to sit with the clear intention to be present. At the same time, we need to let go of expectations. In a very real sense, what happens when we sit is none of our business.The practice is to accept whatever arise ....(more)
Vanishing Dragonfly
RSS item from "Spiritual Experiences"
on 14 Jul 10 at 04:12
My ex girlfriend and I were traveling around Europe last summer. At the end of our trip we were in Spain staying at my friend Alex's olive farm. We'd been sleeping in their Mongolian yurt surrounded by the olive trees, as you can imagine it was a really beautiful spot.
One morning we woke up and...
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=685
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=685
How Do I Find My Spirituality?
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on 14 Jul 10 at 04:12
Growing up, I have experienced many things: seeing shadows, hearing breathing, sensing certain people/animals and things are going to show up and then they do, finding crosses, sensing smells, feeling coldness and fingers on my back, using writing as communication with a spirit (take over my hand/ve...
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=686
see: http://www.spiritual-experiences.com/real-spiritual-story.php?story=686