mystic bourgeoisie: new religious movements
The problem with all religions is that they are often mixed up with culture, morality and spirituality, and it therefore becomes difficult to know the worth of that particular religion. But the moment you separate the scripture of any particular religion from morality and culture, you'll find hardly any mouse under the mountain of theological dogma being advocated by that religion.
I-key
http://tmtworldwide.blogspot.com
Monday, December 05, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
The Truth About Jehovah And The Madness Of Organized Religions
This article is about the evils of organized religions and how they have kept billions of human beings spiritually ignorant and why this is responsible for all the evils in the world.
SCOGOSTOLOGY, SGSG 10,000 yr old Secret; God, Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Ancient astronauts, Egypt, Babylon, India, Israel, Buddhism, priests, politicians
There are many secrets that have been hidden from the masses by the powers that be, the elite, the priests and politicians.
By hiding the truth, they keep the majority of human beings ignorant and so it is easy for them to deceive, manipulate and control them.
That is why and how priests and politicians are able to control, dominate and use the people.
They make them to keep working hard and paying taxes, which they squander and embezzle.
If you refuse to pay tax, they arrest you and put you in prison.
If people are to be given the truth, they will wake up and it will be very difficult for priests and politicians to deceive, manipulate and to abuse them economically and spiritually.
If Christians were to learn the truth that the Jehovah (aka Nanna, Poseidon, and Rudra) that they worship was an ancient astronaut who visited earth 500,000 yrs ago, and that he is not God, what do you think will happen to the church? It will collapse.
Priests, Bishops and the Pope will be out of business.
If Christians were to learn that there was no Jesus Christ, that it was a fictional character created by the bishops who founded Christianity and who conspired with Emperor Constantine to make Christianity a state religion, what do you think will happen?
They will feel outraged enough to mob all the priests and cut off their heads.
It must be heart-rending to get up one day and realize that you've wasted all your life praying and worshipping a fictional man, Jesus Christ who never existed (who was a fiction)!
It must be horrifying to realize that all these years, the church have made you donate your hard earned money every Sunday to them because of a fictional character! (You?ve been swindled and conned, my friend?)
How do you feel now? (Hope this will not cause you to have a heart attack!)
On one hand, Christianity has done some good for humanity because it helped to spread English language, English culture, science and technology around the world.
But on the other hand, Christianity is also the greatest betrayal and the highest crime against humanity because it is murderous and has made billions of human beings spiritually blind and ignorant and to depend on and to be praying to an ancient astronaut, Jehovah and his representatives, the priests, bishops and rabbis.
Jesus Christ is a fictional character modeled and created from two ancient astronaut characters: Krishna and Osiris.
About 1700 yrs ago, a Roman Emperor named Constantine wanted a lot of political power in order to expand his empire and have complete control, so he supported those fraudulent bishops (the early homosexual Christian church fathers) in creating Christianity.
Making Christianity a state religion was a very important decision for him to make so as to unite his subjects and have complete power over them.
He called a meeting of all the bishops, at the council of Nicea, where the bible was created from pre-existing ancient books and writings.
It was this that helped Christianity to spread and anyone who refused to believe the lies or try to protest was called a witch, a heretic and murdered.
This was how Christianity spread for 2000 yrs and become very powerful.
It is sad that most Christians don't know the origins of their religion and more than 100,000,000 people it murdered during the past 2000 yrs so as to cover up its lies and deceptions.
Today all across America, hundreds of thousands of people have been filing lawsuits against their priests who sexually molested them when they were young boys. (Their churches and dioceses covered all these sexual crimes up)
Most Christians don?t know that the early Christian fathers who created Christianity from Egyptian mystery religion were hardened homosexuals, sexual perverts and psychos.
(Go to your nearest library and do a little research and verify this truth yourself)
That is one reason why Christianity has been against women and have excluded them from becoming priests, bishops and popes and from officiating in the church.
That is why Christianity debases women, considers sex a sin and is also against abortion.
By being against abortion, they indirectly promote the bastardization of the society, poverty, crimes and numerous social problems.
But before you think I am picking on Christianity, let me tell you also that Judaism is also fake. There was no Abraham, no Jacob, and no King Solomon.
And the Jews were not enslaved in Egypt. There was no Moses, who led them out of Egypt into Palestine to take over Palestinian land.
In Israel, they probably have graves where they tell you that Moses, King Solomon, King David, Jesus were buried. (They may even have their bones, as hard proof!)
But the truth is that, these characters were not historical, and most Jewish rabbis know the truth, even though they will not publicly admit it because the people will murder them, if they know the truth.
And the "God" they say they worship, Jehovah or Yahweh (aka Nanna, Poseidon, Rudra) was an ancient astronaut, who visited earth 500,000 ago, and genetically created "modern man" out of native humans. I will let you guess who is "modern man", who was created genetically in the image of Jehovah.
The old testament Bible is therefore the work of fiction and all the characters in there are fictional, not historical.
The old testament was compiled by a Jew named Ezra from older books that they obtained from Egypt, Babylon and India.
The name "Abraham" is a Hindu name of God "Brahma" but spelled backwards.
The original Jews were just a tribe that migrated out of India into Palestine in ancient times.
The people who today claim to be Jews from different countries in the world (some of who have relocated to Israel) are not the original Jews.
They are recent converts.
There are still many original Jews in India today and most of them are the richest people in India.
Most of the records about ancient world have been destroyed by Christians and Arabs, especially records that existed in South America and Egypt.
What were left were records from Egypt, India and ancient Babylon. (modern Iraq)
So, if you go into these Egyptian, Indian and Sumerian records, you'll find details about these ancient astronauts and their activities on earth and how they created modern man, as slaves to serve them.
Most scholars have made mistakes in interpreting these accounts about ancient astronauts as mythologies.
The slavery of human beings originated from these ancient astronauts.
Modern man was created by an ancient astronaut scientist named Enki (aka E.A.) as slaves to serve these ancient astronauts.
(http://www.scogostology.org )
Traces of this fact can still be found in Islam which teaches that man is a slave to Allah.
The problem is that Indians, Moslems, Jews and Christians don't know the real truth: that the entity they have been hypnotized to worship as God, that is Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah (aka Nanna, Poseidon or Rudra) was an ancient astronaut and has been dead long time ago.
If you get into these Egyptian, Babylonian and Indian records, you'll discover where Ezra, the writer of old testament Bible copied it from.
He merely summarized these ancient records in his writings.
But by doing so, he destroyed the meaning of the records and created a lot of confusion, which you will find in the beliefs of Judaism, Christianity and Islam today.
That is why Jews, Moslems and Christians don't know that they are worshipping ancient astronauts who were here 500,000 yrs ago and have since died.
That is why they pray to their God, but there is no answer, because the person they are praying to have died long time ago.
And even if he is still alive, he still can't answer because his planet (called heaven, Marduk, the 12th planet, Vulcan) is about 9 light years away from us. (see our website at: http://www.scogostology.org )
How about Islam?
It is sad how billions of educated and rational human beings have been hypnotized by the teachings of a psychotic illiterate man who heard voices who lived about 1500 yrs ago.
They have been hypnotized to believe that praying 5 times daily, facing Mecca is the secret of knowing God and that will be what will take them to heaven.
If this mad man is alive today, he would have been arrested and permanently placed in an insane asylum.
When most people who belong to organized religions hear bad things said about their religions, they take it personal and get mad.
So, It is understandable if any Moslem is mad to hear this. Truth is not always sweet.
On one hand extremist fundamental Moslems preach that their religion is a religion of peace.
But on the other hand, these extremist fundamentalist Moslems hate and condemn Americans and kill innocent people all over the world in the name of their God.
If they have any problems with the evil policies and actions of any government, they should be attacking those who made those policies and not innocent citizens.
They hate America and Europe and yet they depend on them for everything (food, medicines, shelter, clothes, modern technology and amenities) they need in life. This is idiocy and madness.
How about Buddhism?
Nobody knows if the founder Buddha was a historical person.
But the Buddhist teaching of shunyata (nothingness) and that life is misery has helped to impoverish billions of human beings.
Hinduism has enslaved hundreds of millions of native Indians (who are the original owners of India) as shudras (the untouchables).
Hindus also murdered millions of Buddhists, destroyed their temples and wiped them out of India.
Religion is dangerous and evil. It is a unique form of madness.
It has made human beings to remain infantile, retarded, mystical, magic-minded and prevented their rapid progress for 2000 yrs.
It is infantile and foolish for people to be going to church, mosque, synagogue or temple to pray, sing, dance perform stupid rituals in the worship of Jehovah, Allah, Krishna or Rama (ancient astronauts) or Jesus Christ (a fictional, non-existent entity) asking them to give them money, power, love, long life and destroy their enemies!
If Jehovah is God, and all powerful and all knowing as most human beings believe, he will know all the needs of human beings and provide them.
You'll NOT need to pray and beg him daily or perform sacrifices or bribe him for any reason.
Look at the sun, which is a one of the real "gods" of human beings.
He shines all the time to sustain life on earth.
Do you have to pray and beg him daily or perform sacrifices or bribe him to shine?
The anwser is no!
In Hindu holy books, the Vedas, you'll find detailed history of these ancient astronauts such as Krishna, Rama, Rudra, Garuda, and many others.
You'll find detailed accounts about their lives, wars, spacecrafts etc.
To know more about who are the real Gods, (scientific Gods) unknown to most human beings and to find out how you can wake up from this ignorance of your true self and begin to succeed and be happy in life, go to our website and download SCOGOSTOLOGY, SGSG book-1 for free. (http://www.scogostology.org)
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
Basic Relaxation Techniques Create Better Health
Basic Relaxation Technique
When you first try this exercise, you may want to begin by lying on the floor or on your bed. However, if you are tired, you may find that you cannot stay awake and you won't be able to develop the skill of conscious relaxation.
This is a great exercise to help you sleep better at night, but for purposes of developing an awakened sense of relaxation, consider whether lying down works for you or not. If you too easily drift off to sleep, begin by sitting in a chair where you are comfortable and your back is straight and your feet touch the floor.
Loosen any tight clothing, such as your shoes, collar, or belt. Whether you begin by lying on the floor or not, you will eventually graduate to sitting either in a chair or on the floor.
The purpose of this technique is to be able to mentally call relaxation to your body anytime, anywhere regardless of where you are or what physical position you find yourself.
You are going to scan your entire body, locating tension pockets and relax each area, one area at a time, releasing tension completely.
Here's how:
Focus your attention on your breath until your breathing begins to slow and deepen. Keep your mind focused on your breath. You might also conjure some peaceful image as you do this exercise. As you do so, you have already begun to relax.
You attention will first focus on your feet, beginning at the toes. Starting with the toes, wiggle your toes, squeezing and flexing, and then relax and release any tension. Next, rotate the ankles, followed by flexing and pointing the feet.
Then relax and release. Move up to the calves and the long muscles of the thighs with your attention, tensing and relaxing until you can let the tension go; your feet will fall outward comfortably.
Next, move your attention to your abdomen, midriff and lower back. This is another part of your body that can easily carry excess tension. Tighten your abdominals; hold the tension for a count of five, and then release.
Do this two more times, releasing tension each time you relax. You may find yourself adjusting the angle of your lower back as you encounter and release tension.
Shoulders and arms are next. Shrug your shoulders, tense and release your arms, clench and release your hands. Do this three times and finally, release all tension and let your arms and shoulders relax.
Even as you are relaxing and feeling your tension drain away, remember to continue focusing on your breath. Between each area of focus, draw your attention back to the breath and let all tension leave your body with the out-breath and draw in a sense of relaxation with the in-breath.
Are there any other tense muscles in your head or face or neck? Probably, since this is a major focal point for tension.
Focus directly on your facial muscles, opening the mouth and eyes wide three times and then consciously release tension and let your face relax. If you feel tension in your neck, turn your head slowly to the right and then the left a few times and finally, settle the neck to relax.
Finally, shift your attention to the very top of your head. Consciously tighten the scalp by lifting your eyebrows and then scrunching them. Do this a few times and when you release and relax the tension, your scalp will relax.
At first you may have to retrace these steps until all regions of your body are relaxed at the same time. Keep at it until you are able to relax completely. By focusing attention and deliberate movement on various areas of the body, you are able to let those muscles to relax.
When you have mastered this method of relaxation, you will have gained control of the tension you are prone to carrying in your body and you will be able to relax at will for the rest of your life.
Focusing on your breath, you can maintain this sense of control by simple association. As a result, you can relax even if you are in a room full of people. This is also a great beginning point to begin your meditation.
In time, being able to relax will not take you 15 to 20 minutes, but rather moments. By simply scanning the body with the mind, and focusing on the breath, you will be able to achieve quickly any level of relaxation you desire.
by Chesa Keane
(c)2005 TAO Consultant, Inc. All rights reserved.Website: www.taototem.com
Chesa Keane has taught meditation and self-help for more than 30 years. To receive your free starter Basic Meditation and Basic Relaxation Techniques and an introduction to a unique meditation tool, the TAO Totem, visit: http://www.taototem.com
When you first try this exercise, you may want to begin by lying on the floor or on your bed. However, if you are tired, you may find that you cannot stay awake and you won't be able to develop the skill of conscious relaxation.
This is a great exercise to help you sleep better at night, but for purposes of developing an awakened sense of relaxation, consider whether lying down works for you or not. If you too easily drift off to sleep, begin by sitting in a chair where you are comfortable and your back is straight and your feet touch the floor.
Loosen any tight clothing, such as your shoes, collar, or belt. Whether you begin by lying on the floor or not, you will eventually graduate to sitting either in a chair or on the floor.
The purpose of this technique is to be able to mentally call relaxation to your body anytime, anywhere regardless of where you are or what physical position you find yourself.
You are going to scan your entire body, locating tension pockets and relax each area, one area at a time, releasing tension completely.
Here's how:
Focus your attention on your breath until your breathing begins to slow and deepen. Keep your mind focused on your breath. You might also conjure some peaceful image as you do this exercise. As you do so, you have already begun to relax.
You attention will first focus on your feet, beginning at the toes. Starting with the toes, wiggle your toes, squeezing and flexing, and then relax and release any tension. Next, rotate the ankles, followed by flexing and pointing the feet.
Then relax and release. Move up to the calves and the long muscles of the thighs with your attention, tensing and relaxing until you can let the tension go; your feet will fall outward comfortably.
Next, move your attention to your abdomen, midriff and lower back. This is another part of your body that can easily carry excess tension. Tighten your abdominals; hold the tension for a count of five, and then release.
Do this two more times, releasing tension each time you relax. You may find yourself adjusting the angle of your lower back as you encounter and release tension.
Shoulders and arms are next. Shrug your shoulders, tense and release your arms, clench and release your hands. Do this three times and finally, release all tension and let your arms and shoulders relax.
Even as you are relaxing and feeling your tension drain away, remember to continue focusing on your breath. Between each area of focus, draw your attention back to the breath and let all tension leave your body with the out-breath and draw in a sense of relaxation with the in-breath.
Are there any other tense muscles in your head or face or neck? Probably, since this is a major focal point for tension.
Focus directly on your facial muscles, opening the mouth and eyes wide three times and then consciously release tension and let your face relax. If you feel tension in your neck, turn your head slowly to the right and then the left a few times and finally, settle the neck to relax.
Finally, shift your attention to the very top of your head. Consciously tighten the scalp by lifting your eyebrows and then scrunching them. Do this a few times and when you release and relax the tension, your scalp will relax.
At first you may have to retrace these steps until all regions of your body are relaxed at the same time. Keep at it until you are able to relax completely. By focusing attention and deliberate movement on various areas of the body, you are able to let those muscles to relax.
When you have mastered this method of relaxation, you will have gained control of the tension you are prone to carrying in your body and you will be able to relax at will for the rest of your life.
Focusing on your breath, you can maintain this sense of control by simple association. As a result, you can relax even if you are in a room full of people. This is also a great beginning point to begin your meditation.
In time, being able to relax will not take you 15 to 20 minutes, but rather moments. By simply scanning the body with the mind, and focusing on the breath, you will be able to achieve quickly any level of relaxation you desire.
by Chesa Keane
(c)2005 TAO Consultant, Inc. All rights reserved.Website: www.taototem.com
Chesa Keane has taught meditation and self-help for more than 30 years. To receive your free starter Basic Meditation and Basic Relaxation Techniques and an introduction to a unique meditation tool, the TAO Totem, visit: http://www.taototem.com
Complete Guide to Meditation - With Meanings Explained
Let us set about understanding ?pranayama? and meditation after we drew down our expectations from them. Some people expect the impossible from these.
The uninformed anticipations like diabetes cure or ?kevela kumbhaka?* (do not worry what it is, at this stage) helping to defy death, bring disrespect to this simple, pristine health practice. It is not a path to salvation or god.
1. Pranayama and meditation help in bettering your breathing, hypertension and respiration ailments.
2. Pranayama invigorates internal organs to function as they are designed to. Example: lungs and heart.
3. Pranayama along with meditation helps gain control over mind and thus able to concentrate more.
4. Important of all, it calms down arousing thoughts and frustrations.
The tendency to call pranayama a technique should be refrained at. The word technique dilutes the practice to something, like a ready made formula that when applied, results in a quick fix solution.
Yet it is known to have resulted in helping patients suffering ailments like asthma and palpitations. But it is not an out of the box, all-in-one remedy.
What is Pranayama?
It is a conjoin of two words prana and ayama. Prana stands for breath and ayama for dimension. This is not the same dimension as in measurement. So, pranayama is a conscious and definite way of breathing for expected results.
The breathing cycle in pranayama can be divided into three steps.
1. Puraka
2. Kumbhaka
a. Antar-kumbhaka
b. Bahya-kumbhaka
3. Rechaka
Inhalation or puraka of breath is slow enough to feel the air filling your lungs and alveoli to their entirety. In the normal course we do not feel this as our breaths are shallow.
Here in practicing pranayama, we make an attempt to fill in completely & deeply and see lungs expand to maximum.
We watch the inhalation to be peaceful from beginning till we are full.
Exhalation or rechaka is again equally slow as the inhalation is and we should watch that it is complete. With this we feel the empty lungs contracting to minimum.
Retention or kumbhaka has two varieties such as internal retention or the ?antar-kumbhaka? and the external retention or ?bahya-kumbhaka?.
The former is important as it gives our alveoli time sufficient enough to exchange the oxygen the puraka has brought in and the excretes like carbon dioxide and moisture back to breath.
Notice, without the breath being retained at least for a while inside our lungs, we will not be making justice to our own selves.
The normal volume of air handled per cycle of breathing is measured and is around 200 ? 300 ml. But with the watchful and conscious pranayama, it is found to increase upto 500 ml in healthy adults.
Method of pranayama practice
The excerpts of methodology explained in good books and perfected over the centuries by proponents are here for you. Here is a tip to you before you are begun with the practice. Pranayama is something to start with a firm faith in it. Do not take it just for the heck of a dekko (trial). Here we go!
Practice to chant ?OM?. The sound of OM can be divided tripartite.
1. ?ä? (should sound like the first syllable in the word audit)
2. ?oo? (this is the sound as in the word shoot)
3. ?m? (the simple, mouth closed sound)
When and how long one should chant this? The chant OM may last for 10 to 12 seconds depending on time you take to inhale or exhale fully.
You can prolong this further, looking at your comfort level. Mind you, do not unnecessarily stretch time till you suffocated. Comfort level is important here. You are not doing hatha yoga with this.
Divide the stretch of time equally amongst the three components of OM.
Get the feel by placing your palm on your diaphragm when you start chanting ä and move up to mid chest during oo, finally touch the top of your lung when chanting m.
Repeat the same thing, but in reverse order when exhaling (rechaka).
You can hold your breath approximately for the same duration as the inhalation and exhalation (i.e; incase of antar-kumbhaka). This is the most important time physiologically as well as mentally. This is when the actual exchange of the oxygen and waste gases occurs. Observe this meticulously in a silent environment.
You can practice this in sets of twelve and increasing the number of sets to comfortably more than three, with increase in experience. If you are doing more than one set, I would suggest you to use your nostrils alternately for inhalation and exhalation. Further for increasing concentration, you can try closing your eyes during the course of pranayama.
In the silence of your surrounding, under guided breathing you realize your heart beat has eased up even from the normal rate, giving it the much desired rest. The heart pumps blood slowly but rich with oxygen. This is studied to be beneficial even psychosomatically. The relaxation of the muscles leads to lesser energy consumption calming the brain.
Now, what do you make of meditation? I tend more to think it is just the other face of the same coin as pranayama is, wherein you guide your mind and breathing and control certain metabolic activities. If there is any difference, then it can be just in what you chant. Thank you.
* kevala kumbhaka ? only kumbhaka. There is no puraka or rechaka.
Katha Upanishad (I. iii. 3 to 6)
The soul is like a traveler who has set on a journey of life in the chariot of the body, driven by the intellect (buddhi) with the mind for the reins and the sense organs being the horses. The objects of experience form the way to be traversed.
The soul, senses, and mind together form the enjoyments of pleasure and pain, i.e., the individual. If the mind is not properly controlled, then the senses go out of hand like untrained horses.
But if the mind is properly controlled then the senses obey the orders of the master, i.e., the individual, like well trained horses. Indeed, such an individual reaches the highest goal of life.
By Rajgopal
The author Rajgopal had been writing on technical matters and in this avtar he gave up tags that confine to particular genre of writing.
Rajgopal is a mechanical engineer and served the pharmaceutical industry. Oflate he has been putting his efforts in to creative art and healthcare writing. Here he looks up at options available to put life back on track. He can be contacted at http://bangalore.sancharnet.in/rjgopal1
The uninformed anticipations like diabetes cure or ?kevela kumbhaka?* (do not worry what it is, at this stage) helping to defy death, bring disrespect to this simple, pristine health practice. It is not a path to salvation or god.
1. Pranayama and meditation help in bettering your breathing, hypertension and respiration ailments.
2. Pranayama invigorates internal organs to function as they are designed to. Example: lungs and heart.
3. Pranayama along with meditation helps gain control over mind and thus able to concentrate more.
4. Important of all, it calms down arousing thoughts and frustrations.
The tendency to call pranayama a technique should be refrained at. The word technique dilutes the practice to something, like a ready made formula that when applied, results in a quick fix solution.
Yet it is known to have resulted in helping patients suffering ailments like asthma and palpitations. But it is not an out of the box, all-in-one remedy.
What is Pranayama?
It is a conjoin of two words prana and ayama. Prana stands for breath and ayama for dimension. This is not the same dimension as in measurement. So, pranayama is a conscious and definite way of breathing for expected results.
The breathing cycle in pranayama can be divided into three steps.
1. Puraka
2. Kumbhaka
a. Antar-kumbhaka
b. Bahya-kumbhaka
3. Rechaka
Inhalation or puraka of breath is slow enough to feel the air filling your lungs and alveoli to their entirety. In the normal course we do not feel this as our breaths are shallow.
Here in practicing pranayama, we make an attempt to fill in completely & deeply and see lungs expand to maximum.
We watch the inhalation to be peaceful from beginning till we are full.
Exhalation or rechaka is again equally slow as the inhalation is and we should watch that it is complete. With this we feel the empty lungs contracting to minimum.
Retention or kumbhaka has two varieties such as internal retention or the ?antar-kumbhaka? and the external retention or ?bahya-kumbhaka?.
The former is important as it gives our alveoli time sufficient enough to exchange the oxygen the puraka has brought in and the excretes like carbon dioxide and moisture back to breath.
Notice, without the breath being retained at least for a while inside our lungs, we will not be making justice to our own selves.
The normal volume of air handled per cycle of breathing is measured and is around 200 ? 300 ml. But with the watchful and conscious pranayama, it is found to increase upto 500 ml in healthy adults.
Method of pranayama practice
The excerpts of methodology explained in good books and perfected over the centuries by proponents are here for you. Here is a tip to you before you are begun with the practice. Pranayama is something to start with a firm faith in it. Do not take it just for the heck of a dekko (trial). Here we go!
Practice to chant ?OM?. The sound of OM can be divided tripartite.
1. ?ä? (should sound like the first syllable in the word audit)
2. ?oo? (this is the sound as in the word shoot)
3. ?m? (the simple, mouth closed sound)
When and how long one should chant this? The chant OM may last for 10 to 12 seconds depending on time you take to inhale or exhale fully.
You can prolong this further, looking at your comfort level. Mind you, do not unnecessarily stretch time till you suffocated. Comfort level is important here. You are not doing hatha yoga with this.
Divide the stretch of time equally amongst the three components of OM.
Get the feel by placing your palm on your diaphragm when you start chanting ä and move up to mid chest during oo, finally touch the top of your lung when chanting m.
Repeat the same thing, but in reverse order when exhaling (rechaka).
You can hold your breath approximately for the same duration as the inhalation and exhalation (i.e; incase of antar-kumbhaka). This is the most important time physiologically as well as mentally. This is when the actual exchange of the oxygen and waste gases occurs. Observe this meticulously in a silent environment.
You can practice this in sets of twelve and increasing the number of sets to comfortably more than three, with increase in experience. If you are doing more than one set, I would suggest you to use your nostrils alternately for inhalation and exhalation. Further for increasing concentration, you can try closing your eyes during the course of pranayama.
In the silence of your surrounding, under guided breathing you realize your heart beat has eased up even from the normal rate, giving it the much desired rest. The heart pumps blood slowly but rich with oxygen. This is studied to be beneficial even psychosomatically. The relaxation of the muscles leads to lesser energy consumption calming the brain.
Now, what do you make of meditation? I tend more to think it is just the other face of the same coin as pranayama is, wherein you guide your mind and breathing and control certain metabolic activities. If there is any difference, then it can be just in what you chant. Thank you.
* kevala kumbhaka ? only kumbhaka. There is no puraka or rechaka.
Katha Upanishad (I. iii. 3 to 6)
The soul is like a traveler who has set on a journey of life in the chariot of the body, driven by the intellect (buddhi) with the mind for the reins and the sense organs being the horses. The objects of experience form the way to be traversed.
The soul, senses, and mind together form the enjoyments of pleasure and pain, i.e., the individual. If the mind is not properly controlled, then the senses go out of hand like untrained horses.
But if the mind is properly controlled then the senses obey the orders of the master, i.e., the individual, like well trained horses. Indeed, such an individual reaches the highest goal of life.
By Rajgopal
The author Rajgopal had been writing on technical matters and in this avtar he gave up tags that confine to particular genre of writing.
Rajgopal is a mechanical engineer and served the pharmaceutical industry. Oflate he has been putting his efforts in to creative art and healthcare writing. Here he looks up at options available to put life back on track. He can be contacted at http://bangalore.sancharnet.in/rjgopal1
Meditation - Transcend Your Limitations
Many believe that the mind is divided into three parts: the conscious, the sub-conscious, and the super conscious. Our conscious mind is usually cluttered with distractions and noise, our sub-conscious holds suppressed past experiences, fears, and (imagined) limitations, but the super conscious is where our perfection and mastery reside.
Think back to a time in your life where everything ?clicked?, and you could do no wrong. It may have been for only a few minutes, but for that brief time you were invincible. Maybe you were shooting hoops, and you just couldn?t miss.
You felt so ?on?, you knew that every shot would be a ?swish?? and it was. Possibly you were playing tennis, and you felt as though you could return every shot? and you did. Perhaps you were painting, and you felt like no stroke from your brush could be wrong? and the canvas turned out to be beautiful.
Whether you were dancing, playing a musical instrument, programming a computer, or public speaking, I imagine that at some time in your life, you have experienced such a transcendence of your regular limitations. This state is known as ?superconsciousness?.
If you have been to this space before, you would do anything to get there again. Unfortunately, therein lays the problem. When we try to analyze and pressure ourselves to reclaim ?superconsciousness?, we almost certainly fail.
One way of attaining super consciousness is through meditation. Meditation is the path to true self-awareness. Through meditation we can escape from the limitations that our conscious and sub-conscious mind subject us to.
Come back to the SoundSleeping discussion page in the next few days when I will describe how you can use meditation to rise above your limitations.
In the meantime, consider the following advice: ?Do not fear mistakes, there are none? ? Miles Davis.
by
Mark Altman
Mark Altman is the webmaster of http://www.soundsleeping.com, a website containing free relaxing music, sleep-aids, stress reducing tools, relaxation advice, and an active discussion.
Think back to a time in your life where everything ?clicked?, and you could do no wrong. It may have been for only a few minutes, but for that brief time you were invincible. Maybe you were shooting hoops, and you just couldn?t miss.
You felt so ?on?, you knew that every shot would be a ?swish?? and it was. Possibly you were playing tennis, and you felt as though you could return every shot? and you did. Perhaps you were painting, and you felt like no stroke from your brush could be wrong? and the canvas turned out to be beautiful.
Whether you were dancing, playing a musical instrument, programming a computer, or public speaking, I imagine that at some time in your life, you have experienced such a transcendence of your regular limitations. This state is known as ?superconsciousness?.
If you have been to this space before, you would do anything to get there again. Unfortunately, therein lays the problem. When we try to analyze and pressure ourselves to reclaim ?superconsciousness?, we almost certainly fail.
One way of attaining super consciousness is through meditation. Meditation is the path to true self-awareness. Through meditation we can escape from the limitations that our conscious and sub-conscious mind subject us to.
Come back to the SoundSleeping discussion page in the next few days when I will describe how you can use meditation to rise above your limitations.
In the meantime, consider the following advice: ?Do not fear mistakes, there are none? ? Miles Davis.
by
Mark Altman
Mark Altman is the webmaster of http://www.soundsleeping.com, a website containing free relaxing music, sleep-aids, stress reducing tools, relaxation advice, and an active discussion.
Developing Your Psychic Abilities
Developing Psychic Abilities
We all have psychic abilities. Some of us may have more natural abilities than others, the same way that some of us seem inclined towards music or mathematics. But just like any other skill, psychic abilities can be trained and enhanced. The following excercise can help to increase your natural psychic skills.
Meditation:
Meditation strengthens the ties to the spiritual self and enhances the mind, body, spirit connection. There is no greater tool available for increasing psychic abilities than meditation. Through meditation it is possible to achieve a state of intense awareness of subtle energies.
There are many sources of information regarding meditation available if the practice is new to you. There are many meditation techniques for you to choose from and I suggest experimenting with various techniques until you find one that feels right for you.
Remember, there is no right way or wrong way to perform meditation. It is only important that you are able to relax and focus your mind. If you continue the practice of meditation for any length of time, you will begin to notice the existence of your own spiritual energy.
It is the connection to your spiritual self which provides intuitive information. Strengthening the connection to your spiritual self will result in an increase in of psychic abilities.
Awareness:
Try to be more aware of your surroundings. Upon waking in the morning, make an effort to lie still for a few minutes without opening your eyes. Try to notice as many sounds, textures and smells as possible before you decide to open your eyes.
This exercise if carried out for several weeks can greatly help to increase your levels of awareness and intuition.
The act of listening is important in increasing psychic awareness, after continuing this exercise for some time you will begin to notice an increase in your overall awareness which affects your level of intuition.
Focusing:
Often intuitive information is communicated to us in bits and pieces. Pay attention to random thoughts and feelings. Keep a journal handy at all times and try to write down those thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere. You may notice after awhile that patterns tend to emerge.
Thoughts that previously seemed completely random and unconnected begin to form themes or recognizable ideas.
Try to record your dreams in your journal. If you have been following the awareness exercise outlined above you will have noticed that your dreams are much easier to recall. Allowing yourself a few minutes to be still upon waking makes it much easier to remember dreams and with more detail, than if you rush out of bed in the morning and hurry to start the day.
Try setting your alarm clock to wake you up ten or fifteen minutes before your normal waking time. Give yourself some time to remember your dreams and make a few quick notes in your journal.
These simple exercises can have dramatic results if practiced regularly. These steps are just a few of the many techniques available for increasing your psychic ability. There are many other methods to choose from.
In your search for information regarding psychic development, it is important to be wary of any methods which declare that psychic abilities are the result of external forces, or any teachings which insist that psychic powers are anything other than a natural human ability.
By Jeffry R. Palmer Ph.D
Jeffry R. Palmer Ph.D. - Author, Thought Energy Consultant and Syndicated Columnist, Is the author of "Judo for the Soul - The Art of Psychic Self Defense", as well as numerous articles and papers relating to metaphysics and the study of paranormal phenomena. Further information about Mr. Palmer, his books and articles can be found at http://the-psychic-detective.com
We all have psychic abilities. Some of us may have more natural abilities than others, the same way that some of us seem inclined towards music or mathematics. But just like any other skill, psychic abilities can be trained and enhanced. The following excercise can help to increase your natural psychic skills.
Meditation:
Meditation strengthens the ties to the spiritual self and enhances the mind, body, spirit connection. There is no greater tool available for increasing psychic abilities than meditation. Through meditation it is possible to achieve a state of intense awareness of subtle energies.
There are many sources of information regarding meditation available if the practice is new to you. There are many meditation techniques for you to choose from and I suggest experimenting with various techniques until you find one that feels right for you.
Remember, there is no right way or wrong way to perform meditation. It is only important that you are able to relax and focus your mind. If you continue the practice of meditation for any length of time, you will begin to notice the existence of your own spiritual energy.
It is the connection to your spiritual self which provides intuitive information. Strengthening the connection to your spiritual self will result in an increase in of psychic abilities.
Awareness:
Try to be more aware of your surroundings. Upon waking in the morning, make an effort to lie still for a few minutes without opening your eyes. Try to notice as many sounds, textures and smells as possible before you decide to open your eyes.
This exercise if carried out for several weeks can greatly help to increase your levels of awareness and intuition.
The act of listening is important in increasing psychic awareness, after continuing this exercise for some time you will begin to notice an increase in your overall awareness which affects your level of intuition.
Focusing:
Often intuitive information is communicated to us in bits and pieces. Pay attention to random thoughts and feelings. Keep a journal handy at all times and try to write down those thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere. You may notice after awhile that patterns tend to emerge.
Thoughts that previously seemed completely random and unconnected begin to form themes or recognizable ideas.
Try to record your dreams in your journal. If you have been following the awareness exercise outlined above you will have noticed that your dreams are much easier to recall. Allowing yourself a few minutes to be still upon waking makes it much easier to remember dreams and with more detail, than if you rush out of bed in the morning and hurry to start the day.
Try setting your alarm clock to wake you up ten or fifteen minutes before your normal waking time. Give yourself some time to remember your dreams and make a few quick notes in your journal.
These simple exercises can have dramatic results if practiced regularly. These steps are just a few of the many techniques available for increasing your psychic ability. There are many other methods to choose from.
In your search for information regarding psychic development, it is important to be wary of any methods which declare that psychic abilities are the result of external forces, or any teachings which insist that psychic powers are anything other than a natural human ability.
By Jeffry R. Palmer Ph.D
Jeffry R. Palmer Ph.D. - Author, Thought Energy Consultant and Syndicated Columnist, Is the author of "Judo for the Soul - The Art of Psychic Self Defense", as well as numerous articles and papers relating to metaphysics and the study of paranormal phenomena. Further information about Mr. Palmer, his books and articles can be found at http://the-psychic-detective.com
Mindfulness Meditation - A Cure for Anxiety?
For those people who are really dedicated to getting over their anxiety, meditation can be the key.
The are literally thousands of types of meditation, and many books, CDs and Videos out there which will tell you how to meditate. I?m going to ask you to forget nearly all of those. All meditation will relax you, but that in itself is not a solution to anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias.
Most meditations seem to take you away from the present moment and take your concentration away from your body. Such escapism may bring temporary relief from anxiety but will not free you from it, and meditating through anxious moments is hard. Enter Mindfulness meditation.
So, why is Mindfulness Meditation so good for getting over anxiety? There are a few reasons: firstly, through practicingg mindfulness meditation you learn to be in the present moment. That might sound odd, after all we are all in the present moment all the time ? how else could it be?
In fact, anxiety, panic, and phobias do not really happen in the present moment. Think about it a second. They happen when you concentrate on bad memories from the past and catastrophic predictions about the future. Mindfulness meditation recognises this and allows you to stay in the present, where everything is just as it should be.
Secondly, with mindfulness meditation you stay in your body and become aware of your body. You become aware of all the tension and stress you are holding in the moment throughout your body. This allows your mind to accept, and not misinterpret tension as a signal to start panicking or feeling anxious.
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly of all, mindfulness meditation teaches you to be aware of your thoughts as passing entities which are present in a given moment and then fade as all thoughts do.
When you learn to see anxious and catastrophic thoughts in this light you are much better placed to chose how to react to them, or indeed whether to react to them at all. After diligent practice, the mindfulness meditator can decide to let his/her catastrophic thoughts be, to not react to tension, and to focus on what is happening in the moment.
The completely different outlook on life which the meditator nurtures revolves around acceptance and understanding, not reaction and fear. In terms of anxiety and panic, the results can be spectacular.
By Thomas Chant
I am an ex-anxiety sufferer campaigning against expensive gimmicks targeted at vulnerable anxiety sufferers by cynical businessmen. Anxiety 2 Calm
The are literally thousands of types of meditation, and many books, CDs and Videos out there which will tell you how to meditate. I?m going to ask you to forget nearly all of those. All meditation will relax you, but that in itself is not a solution to anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias.
Most meditations seem to take you away from the present moment and take your concentration away from your body. Such escapism may bring temporary relief from anxiety but will not free you from it, and meditating through anxious moments is hard. Enter Mindfulness meditation.
So, why is Mindfulness Meditation so good for getting over anxiety? There are a few reasons: firstly, through practicingg mindfulness meditation you learn to be in the present moment. That might sound odd, after all we are all in the present moment all the time ? how else could it be?
In fact, anxiety, panic, and phobias do not really happen in the present moment. Think about it a second. They happen when you concentrate on bad memories from the past and catastrophic predictions about the future. Mindfulness meditation recognises this and allows you to stay in the present, where everything is just as it should be.
Secondly, with mindfulness meditation you stay in your body and become aware of your body. You become aware of all the tension and stress you are holding in the moment throughout your body. This allows your mind to accept, and not misinterpret tension as a signal to start panicking or feeling anxious.
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly of all, mindfulness meditation teaches you to be aware of your thoughts as passing entities which are present in a given moment and then fade as all thoughts do.
When you learn to see anxious and catastrophic thoughts in this light you are much better placed to chose how to react to them, or indeed whether to react to them at all. After diligent practice, the mindfulness meditator can decide to let his/her catastrophic thoughts be, to not react to tension, and to focus on what is happening in the moment.
The completely different outlook on life which the meditator nurtures revolves around acceptance and understanding, not reaction and fear. In terms of anxiety and panic, the results can be spectacular.
By Thomas Chant
I am an ex-anxiety sufferer campaigning against expensive gimmicks targeted at vulnerable anxiety sufferers by cynical businessmen. Anxiety 2 Calm
The Secret Identity Of "Jehovah" Exposed, Finally...
You may now have this 10,000 year Old "SECRET" that had been kept away from the general public by the "Power Elite" until now?
Know the truth and set yourself free forever. Suffer no more. Rise and shine. It is your birthright?
You may be worshipping the wrong "God" without knowing it because you were born into a family who belonged to a certain religion, and naturally, you now belong to the same religion and have never questioned their scriptural teachings.
You never questioned their teachings because you've been programmed to believe that to do so would be to go against "God" (a supernatural being that supposedly created the universe!) and wrong, a sin for which you would be punished. It is fear that has stopped you from doing so.
So, you have swallowed all their teachings on face value, even though, under normal circumstances, you would not do so.
To show any intelligence by questioning or arguing against their beliefs could lead to being condemned, alienated and ostracized by your family, friends, and community. We understand. You?re not to be blamed.
There are many organized religions today in the world; the largest being Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, paganism and animism. Billions of humans belong to and profess faith to them.
Almost all these religions teach belief in a supernatural being, called "God" and have scriptures, articles of faith, and rituals that its members must practice.
Most also have a central location (for example church, temple, mosque, synagogue) where its members assemble to worship their "God" and engage in rituals.
A person who believes in a God is considered religious.
A person who denies the existence of a God is an atheist.
A person who believes God is unknowable is an agnostic.
It may be true that most human beings are living in modern times of high technology, computers, the internet, cell phones, TV and space travel, but their minds are still primitive and undeveloped.
They have no skill in critical analysis and concrete rationality because organized religions have programmed them to always "believe in things" and never to "think or question or analyze things", and to attribute all that happen in their daily lives to the designs of a God (if it is good) or a devil (if it is bad).
Their mentality and rationality have not matured. Their bodies are present here in the 21st century, but their minds are still stuck 100,000 years in the past. (Thanks to sleek mental programming by organized religions.)
All the worlds' organized religions have certain things in common:
In order to convert a lot of people, and also to dominate their congregations, they have wittingly and unwittingly employed a formidable strategy.
They have developed their scriptures by combining spirituality with moral systems, rituals, hypnotism, human psychology, psychism, astrology, theology, pre-history, fear, paranoia and fatalism.
That is why they have so much power and influence over billions of people.
One religion in particular, Christianity, was able to spread like wild fire because wherever they went in the undeveloped world, they bribed the people by building roads, schools and hospital for them.
By so doing, it was easy for them to disarm their rationality and convert them.
As for Islam (the so called religion of "peace"), instead of bribing its converts with modern amenities, it used murder.
They spread because, if you refused to believe in their teaching, they would cut off your head! And their converts were smart. They converted to save their heads!
Spirituality: This is the science of being aware that leads to the realization of your inner, unseen, nature and your relationship to nature on the outside. This is not the same as religion, even though most people mistake the two as the same.
Moral system: This is a social teaching that establishes what is right or wrong in a given society, for the benefit of the inhabitants, in order to maintain law and order and the survival of the society. It has nothing to do with spirituality.
So, one may not be moral, and yet he/she can become spiritual because spirituality transcends morality (right and wrong).
Actually, the ultimate meaning of a true spiritual being is one who has gone beyond right and wrong (morality), body and mind, and the world (materiality). It is the "Beyond".
This is the reason why human beings have consistently misunderstood spirituality and the spiritual teachings of enlightened beings, and have always abused spiritual teachings.
Hypnotism: This is the art of using repetition to program somebody?s mind to displace his/her rationality and compel him/her to do things against his/her wishes. This is what organized religions do.
They make you go to the church, mosque, temple and synagogue where they preach to you and repeat their sermons endlessly. By so doing, they hypnotize you and make you unable to use your rational mind.
Actually, their hypnotism is also direct, because they tell you directly that you must believe their scripture (have faith) and you can?t doubt it because it is the "word" of their "God".
So, their hypnotism and mental programming are both direct (must have faith, no questioning or thinking) and indirect (rituals, preaching and worshiping).
We?re behaving in a mad way. The world is mad. Most Christian nations of the world in Europe, America and Russia have atomic and nuclear bombs that they target at one another.
Any day, a mistake can cause them to be set off and the world will be engulfed in a nuclear conflagration. Such mistakes, of a near nuclear attack based on a false alarm, have actually happened a few times before.
If a future nuclear war is not set off due to human error or a computer glitch, then it will be set off by all the mad and evil people running around in the world.
With the world wallowing and over flowing with so many weapons, wars, quarrels among nations, racism, ethnicism, hate, evil, scams, crimes, moral depravity, prostitution, drug abuse, domestic problems, economic woes and poverty, where in the world is organized religions working and producing good citizens?
Islam says that it is a "religion of peace" and yet Islamic fundamentalists roam the world throwing bombs and murdering innocent citizens that have not caused them any trouble.
In the Middle East, Palestinians are sending their 14 year olds as suicide bombers to murder Jews. This is a despicable atrocity.
Using 14 year old innocent children as suicide bombers should be considered a crime against humanity. What has UN done about this? Why is there no international condemnation and outrage against this atrocity?
Israel claims that Palestinian lands belong to them because their "God", Jehovah, gave it to their patriarch, "Abraham", thousands of years ago.
But "Abraham" is not a historical personality. Does anyone have any verifiable proof that Abraham was a historical figure?
And their "God", also known as "El" (from where the name "Isra-EL" is derived) or "Jehovah", was an ancient astronaut from out of space whose race colonized earth about 500,000 years ago. He was also known by other names: "Nanna" or "Poseidon".
"El" was also known as "Enlil" and he was the father of Jehovah, who was also known as "Nanna" or Poisedon.
They are not "Gods" the creators of the universe. They were ancient astronauts!
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And where is Jehovah anyway? Why is he so silent for decades while his children murder each other for the sake of a piece of empty desert land?
If he gave Palestinian lands to the Jews, why doesn?t he come down from wherever he lives and proclaim that to us today? Is he not omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent anymore?
And if his children have been worshipping him for thousands of years and his representatives (the rabbis, scribes, priests, bishops and pope who claim to know him and have direct access to him) have been calling on him, why is he so silent then? Is he deaf?
Iran and North Korea continue with efforts to develop nuclear warheads.
Some of them have bought nuclear weapons from Pakistan and Russia.
Nobody knows if North Korea is bluffing or not, but they have been making threats to America.
India and Pakistan have nuclear warheads aimed at each other, waiting for any provocation to push the button.
Also, India and Pakistan used to be one country, and is the cradle of the greatest civilizations and religions in the world: Hinduism and Buddhism.
Instead of spending money to develop India and Pakistan, their governments squander it by stockpiling nuclear weapons that can decimate their countries, while hundreds of millions of their people have no modern amenities, jobs, electricity, running water, good roads, clothes, education or food.
Can you see the madness of some politicians?
The world is fast rushing towards a nuclear annihilation. It may be triggered by error or conscious action of evil people.
Perhaps unless it happens, we humans will not wake up and our madness will not stop.
One day, will Americans wake up in the morning only to have nuclear weapons raining down on them? By then it is too late?.
So, where is the religious teaching and how is it working anywhere with so many disputes, quarrels and wars: Arabs vs. Jews; Chinese vs. Japanese; China vs. Taiwan; Blacks vs. Whites; Communism vs. Democracy; Christianity vs. Islam and Judaism vs. Christianity.
The world is mad. We need to clean it up and start all over. If we don?t, we?ll all end up in a nuclear war that will wipe out billions of people and make our planet uninhabitable for thousands of years.
It has happened before and it may happen again. Unless we all wake up and come back to our senses.
During the next 10 yrs, there may be a lot of natural disasters hitting our planet and millions of people may perish. Many major economies may collapse. Diseases will be widespread.
It may have already begun, with the tsunami that just hit Southeast Asia recently, which have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Warmly,
Ikey Benney
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