Excerpt from "Song of Myself"

I know I have the best of time and space - and that I was never measured and never will be measured.

I tramp a perpetual journey,
My signs are a rain-proof coat and good shoes and a staff cut from the woods;
No friend of mine takes his ease in my chair,
I have no chair, nor church nor philosophy;
I lead no man to a dinner-table or library or exchange,
But each man and each woman of you I lead upon a knoll,
My left hand hooks you round the waist,
My right hand points to landscapes of continents, and a plain public road.

Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you,
You must travel it for yourself.

It is not far....it is within reach,
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know,
Perhaps it is every where on water and on land.

Shoulder your duds, and I will mine, and let us hasten forth;
Wonderful cities and free nations we shall fetch as we go.

If you tire, give me both burdens, and rest the chuff of your hand on my hip,
And in due time you shall repay the same service to me;
For after we start we never lie by again.

This day before dawn I ascended a hill and looked at the crowded heaven,
And I said to my spirit, When we become the enfolders of those orbs and the pleasure and knowledge of every thing in them, shall we be filled and satisfied then?
And my spirit said No, we level that lift to pass and continue beyond.

You are also asking me questions, and I hear you;
I answer that I cannot answer....you must find out for yourself.

Sit awhile wayfarer,
Here are biscuits to eat and here is milk to drink,
But as soon as you sleep and renew yourself in sweet clothes I will certainly kiss you with my goodbye kiss and open the gate for your egress hence.

Long enough have you dreamed contemptible dreams,
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life.

Long have you timidly waded, holding a plank by the shore,
Now I will you to be a bold swimmer,
To jump off in the midst of the sea, and rise again and nod to me and shout, and laughingly dash with your hair.

I am the teacher of athletes,
He that by me spreads a wider breast than my own proves the width of my own,
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

The boy I love, the same becomes a man not through derived power but in his own right,
Wicked, rather than virtuous out of conformity or fear,
Fond of his sweetheart, relishing well his steak,
Unrequited love or a slight cutting him worse than a wound cuts,
First rate to ride, to fight, to hit the bull's eye, to sail a skiff, to sing a song or play on the banjo,
Preferring scars and faces pitted with smallpox over all latherers and those that keep out of the sun.

I teach straying from me, yet who can stray from me?
I follow you whoever you are from the present hour;
My words itch at your ears till you understand them.

I do not say these things for a dollar, or to fill up the time while I wait for a boat;
It is you talking just as much as myself....I act as the tongue of you,
It was tied in your mouth....in mine it begins to be loosened.

~~Walt Whitman, excerpted from SONG OF MYSELF, 1855 A.C.E.

thanks to birdSong at tribespeople.net for the inspiration

An abundance of instruction on the Medicine Buddha and the practice of his mantra

Click here for more information on the Medicine Buddha in Wikipedia.

This is the short version of the Medicine Buddha Mantra, which is known as the Medicine Budddha Heart Mantra:

(Tadyathā) Om Bhaishajye Bhaishajye Mahābhaishajye Bhaishajye Bhaishajye Rāja Samudgate Svāhā

When pronounced by Tibetan buddhists, it sounds like:

(Tah-yah-tah) OM, beck-and-zay beck-and-zay, mah-hah beck-and-zay beck-and-zay, rod-zah sah-moo-gah-tay, so-hah!


Here's Lama Zopa on the recitation of the Medicine Buddha mantra:

"The Medicine Buddha mantra is recited for success. Since we have many problems and want to succeed we need to recite the Medicine Buddha mantra every day. It can help us eliminate the problems, unhappiness and suffering we don’t want and gain the success, happiness, inner growth and realizations of the path that we do.

"Lord Buddha told his attendant Ananda that even animals who hear the Medicine Buddha mantra will never be reborn in the lower realms. The highly attained Kyabje Chöden Rinpoche, who has completed the entire path to enlightenment, said recently that if you recite the Medicine Buddha mantra at the time of death you will be reborn in the pure land. Therefore, it is to be recited not only for healing but also to benefit people and animals all the time, whether they’re living or dying.

"If you recite the Medicine Buddha mantra every day you will purify your negative karma and this will help you never to be reborn in the lower realms. If you don’t purify your negative karma, then when you die you will be reborn in the lower realms as a hell being, hungry ghost or animal and will have to suffer again and again without end. Therefore you need to purify your negative karma right now. If you cannot bear even the present suffering of the human realm—which is blissful joy compared to that of the lower realms—how will you be able to bear the intense suffering of the lower realms, which is unimaginably unbearable, lasts for an incredible length of time and a billion times worse than all the human sufferings put together.

"Since reciting the Medicine Buddha mantra saves you from all these sufferings it is much more precious than skies of gold, diamonds, wish-fulfilling jewels and zillions and zillions of dollars. Material wealth counts for nothing because it can’t purify negative karma. Even if you possessed that much wealth, simply reciting or even hearing the Medicine Buddha mantra just once would be far more precious because it would leave an imprint of the entire path to enlightenment on your mind, help you gain realizations of the path, eradicate all your gross and subtle defilements and cause you to achieve enlightenment.

"The Medicine Buddha mantra can help you liberate numberless sentient beings from the vast oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment, so you should recite it with absolute trust in the Medicine Buddha, knowing that he will completely take care of your life and heal you in every way and that he is always with you—in your heart, on your crown and right there in front of you. There is not one second that the Medicine Buddha does not see or have compassion for you.

Click here for more information on Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.

Click here to download a teaching on the Medicine Buddha.

The Nechung Kuten, Venerable Thupten Ngodup (Medium of the State Oracle of Tibet)

The Venerable Thupten Ngodup was in Los Angeles this weekend. I was present at two of the events. One involved a cross-discussion with a Messenger of the Mayan Nation. The other was a Long Life White Tara initiation and empowerment.

This easily is and will remain one of my most significant life experiences! Thanks, Nechung Kuten!



The Medium of the Oracle of Tibet is in the United States RIGHT NOW!

The Diamond Sutra (Recited)

Just to play and listen to the audio of the Diamond Sutra (i.e., teaching) is to accumulate inconceivable, immeasurable merit for the pacification of one's karma and one's enlightenment. As well, to play and listen to the audio of the Diamond Sutra is to accumulate inconceivable, immeasurable merit for the pacification of the karma of all sentient beings and their enlightenment. This audio makes for an excellent meditation. It is 38 minutes long.

This sutra has a distinct Zen flavor and is a favorite sutra among Zen Buddhists.

"The Diamond Sutra" in Wikipedia

The Revolution Is Being Televised (Here)

Power back to Americans!

"If you want to be free, be free; if you want to be you, be you"

The trailer from "Harold and Maude"


I copied these videos from "C'est Moi"

The Song of the Bodhisattva Ratnapani

Ratnapani, the Bodhisattva and Spiritual
Emanation of the Buddha Ratnasambhava

The musicality of being is the harmonious wind of a warm evening
It is the jewel of contentment, the shining light of happiness.
Like children playing on a seashore, in the fresh summer air,
So do I shine with the joy of sharing, and the wealth of peace

One may strive forever, never satisfied or happy
Struggling, toiling, never at rest
Or he may realize that all which he may possibly want
Awaits him within, and all around him
His vision is swelled, for it is all beautiful
And his heart is radiant

I am the way station of fertile land in the desert
The golden treasure that bids man to stay,
The sunlight which drives away storms
I hold the promise of a warm dinner or a lazy afternoon
A long embrace beneath lilacs
A cat dozing underneath the porch
A long stretch upon awakening

There is no need for violence and vicious refusal
Nor of endless waste and suffering
Call upon me, and I give you the gift
Of peace and satisfaction, and clear smiles
Do not slash yourselves with razors, that only what you like this week may remain
Nor freeze and burn, kill others or yourself
Why take a thousand miserable ways to Emptiness
When my way is full and pleasant, without strife?

Rest and relax, give and receive
Share and be renewed, while the problems of old
Drop as dry leaves in the spring.

"Pentagon Tries to Make a 'Gay Bomb'" (Video)

I wish we lived in an alternative universe and that this was just a bad (albeit incredulously offensive) joke. I keep thinking this video is a spoof, that it must be. What incredibly stupid, homophobic and sad military leadership!

I keep praying that the reasons NOT to be ashamed of being an American will cease! This country is fucked if John Edwards isn't the next President of the United States! Fuck Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. They'll come up with a bomb to kill the American left!

Qigong master projecting his chi energy

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Film: Velvet Goldmine

IMDb:Velvet Goldmine

Wikepedia:Velvet Goldmine

Understanding Vibratory Fields

Welcome to The World of Kundalini Yoga






Understanding Vibratory Fields

SAT NAM
I have dealt recently with several clients who have had the similar problem of being caught in a negative vibratory field after contact with a person or place. This is becoming a more common occurrence and we need to know how to avoid this situation.

We are in a time of great planetary change and these changes are playing out on many levels. A high stakes inter-dimensional battle for survival is being waged by the Dark Energies who have held sway over this planet in the dark age of the Kali Yug. We are inundated with artificially induced bio-electric conditions of depression and dread that are amplified by the media through a series of contrived ominous events designed to keep us in increasing states of fear and worry. This proliferating negativity is intensified by the anxiety that comes from the disorientation caused by the “thinning of the veils” between the various levels of reality. Many of us are experiencing increased psychic abilities as a result of these higher frequency energies, and this is making us more aware of and sensitive to the negative forces.

Everything on the planet has a magnetic frequency. Visualize this as pools of energy, some positive and uplifting, others negative and destructive. As we move through this vast magnetic field we inevitably encounter the lower negative destructive energies. The art of living is to be able to process these energies so the negative forces do not begin to “spin” us and cause our personal realm to move in a destructive painful pattern.

Let us examine the situation where you think you are being drawn into a negative whirlpool of energy when dealing with another person. Yogi Bhajan’s teaching on this is: Remember the central idea of the person you are in contact with. The individual has three basic needs, 1.) To promote selfish interests, 2.) To advance control, 3.) Redress grievances. The person will be angry, rash, or diplomatic. These are the negatives. The only way out is to understand what track the person is on.

Listen patiently. Observe, assess the situation. But distance yourself. The person is living their life, expressing their own energy. Allow them to do so. Be aware of what track they are on. They want to angle this track into us, and we need to know how to change the angle. Remember, we learn the science of angles from Kundalini yoga. The way we get sucked in, entangled, lose our balance, and open ourselves to the negativity, is we get involved with it. Instead of respecting the other person as a human being, as a fellow being having an experience, we relate to what our Connection is with this person: this is where the mistake is made. When we try to connect, we are trying to have our way. We are trying to have OUR relationship with the energy: This is “my way.” My connection with this energy. I can connect with this person because of an aspect of their personality or situation that is similar to my own. Or, I can “heal” them—have them express their energy the way I want them to, the way I would. When we connect in these ways, we do it because we don’t feel whole, complete within ourselves. We have not opened ourselves to the infinite expression of our own energy; so we seek what we feel we lack in the outer world. We become needy. We don’t accept the other person; we want something from them. We want to change them. We don’t open a healing space and allow healing to occur—we want to heal, we want to do something. This neediness creates an imbalance, and this imbalance exposes us to forces, fellow travelers from the dark side, who dilute our light and create pain in our lives.

When we enter into these spaces, and we all do, the mantra that removes the negativity from us and the environments is "Chatr Chatr Vartee."

Play it, especially at night when sleeping, when we are more vulnerable to the dark forces. Drink more water to balance the emotional body. Walk barefoot on the earth to release negative energy, and re-balance and rejuvenate.

The meditation that Yogi Bhajan gave to remove negative vibrations picked up from others and to withdraw physical energy from a situation is:

Sit in easy pose. Presume you are involved with an unhappy problem (anything that has bothered you, even for months). Keep your spine erect. Close your eyes. Now,

Think about how miserable it is making you in relation to your personal existence.
Think about how miserable it is making you in relation to your worldly existence.
Think about how miserable it is making you in relation to your spiritual existence.

If your spiritual existence ceases, your entire life force becomes weak and dim.

Start reversing.

Think that you are an image of the Supreme Consciousness
(God—Divine—Creative Force).

Think that you have universality in relation to this world as your right, and that you are positively protected by this force. (The sign of this force and its existence in you is that you are breathing.) Therefore, there is no way for you to be trapped in negative, unhappy thoughts.

Close your right nostril with your right thumb.
Inhale as deeply as possible through your left nostril.
Exhale as deeply as possible through your left nostril.
Repeat exactly 25 times.

Can you ever now feel the same?

There is a simple logic to the profound wisdom we need to navigate the many challenges in our lives. Amidst the multi-dimensional planetary transformation, the only real protection is to be operating from our own highest frequency, to dwell in an aura of light and love, and to use the tools of Kundalini yoga to move gracefully through the shifting times.

Sat Nam,
Harijiwan

Understanding Vibratory Fields

The Brothers Crazy-mazov

William Butler Yeats I
and Yeats II


⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Ezra Pound I
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and Pound II









"In 1913, Yeats met the young American poet Ezra Pound. Pound had traveled to London at least partly to meet the older man, whom he considered "the only poet worthy of serious study". From that year until 1916, the two men wintered in the Stone Cottage at Ashdown Forest, with Pound nominally acting as Yeats' secretary. The relationship got off to a rocky start when Pound arranged for the publication in the magazine Poetry of some of Yeats' verse with Pound's own unauthorised alterations. These changes reflected Pound's distaste for Victorian prosody. In particular, the scholarship on Japanese Noh plays that Pound had obtained from Ernest Fenollosa's widow provided Yeats with a model for the aristocratic drama he intended to write. The first of his plays modeled on Noh was At the Hawk's Well, the first draft of which he dictated to Pound in January 1916."

-- from Wikipedia


I can't imagine two crazy-er people than W.B. Yeats and Ezra Pound. Imagine them working together for several years! I have to find out more about this (i.e., reading books instead of the internet). So much for meticulous research.


Pound (second from left) and Yeats (third from left).

"the 'certain' Lama"

Khandro Déchen and Ngak'chang Rinpoche
Monterey, California, 1994

"the 'certain' Lama", a transcript of teachings on the five certainties, apprentice retreat – the 19th of March, 1993
by Ngak’chang Rinpoche



The Aro gTér Lineage
The Aro gTér is a stream of Vajrayana Buddhism in which ordination is congruous with romance, marriage, and family life. It focuses on the teaching and practice of the Inner Tantras from the point of view of Dzogchen, an essential non-dual teaching.

Platonic solid fractals and their complements

From the faces of its bounded three-dimensions, this fractal reduces itself infinitely towards an infinite number of empty "centers" contained within this finite three-dimensional space.From the "center" of the boundaries of this finite three-dimensional cube, this fractal expands itself infinitely towards the cube's faces without ever fully reaching them.


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Here is a paradox. Mathematically speaking, these two infinite fractals can reside in each other, occupying the same three-dimensional space, without any space remaining between them, without any overlap or intersection between them, and without any modification to their shapes.

The yellow fractal reduces infinitely. The blue fractal expands infinitely. Yet the sum of these two infinite fractals is a completely solid, finitely bounded cube!

Finity and infinity are one, residing perfectly in each other.

Fractals

Go here to learn about fractals.


By the expression of a simple mathematical formula, a two-dimensional "fractal" is created. This fractal infinitely and indefinitely contracts and expands in an exactly repetitive manner to approximately "reach" an infinite and indefinite number of "emptinesses." The only differences in this fractal are in it sizes of scale, which expand and reduce without end.

Hyperbolic Orthogonal Dodecahedral Honeycomb

Bincuntracated Cubic Tiling

Fourth-Dimensional Hypercube

This is what a fourth-dimensional hypercube looks like as visualized from a three-dimensional perspective.

Hypercubes in other dimensions

The Platonic Solids

The Platonic Solids

Tetrahedron


The exact projection of a Tetrahedron onto a sphere




Hexadron (Cube)


The exact projection of a Hexahedron (Cube) onto a sphere



Octahedron


The exact projection of a Octahedron onto a sphere




Icosahedron


The exact projection of a Icosahedron onto a sphere




Dodecahedredon


The exact projection of a Dodecahedron onto a sphere


Higher Dimensions of the Platonic Solids
In the mid-19th century the Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli discovered the four-dimensional analogues of the Platonic solids, called convex regular 4-polytopes. There are exactly six of these figures; five are analogous to the Platonic solids, while the sixth one, the 24-cell, has no lower-dimensional analogue.

In dimensions higher than four, there are only three convex regular polytopes: the simplex, the hypercube, and the cross-polytope. In three dimensions, these coincide with the tetrahedron, the cube, and the octahedron.

It's not about others

It is not the shortcomings of others, nor what others have done or not done that one should think about, but what one has done or not done oneself.
The Dhammapada, Verse 50