I am of the opinion that mantras must be “acquired”. My favorite form is to acquire it from someone who has already mastered the mantra. When that is not available, the second favorite, is to acquire it from someone who acquired it from someone who mastered the mantra. And if that is not available either,…

Despising Human Nature I find the new age community philosophically repulsive. This is because, through that community, mysticism has become mainstream. And in becoming mainstream, it got diluted. In fact, it even lost one of it’s core principles… You see… The mystic urge, from the mystery schools of the ancient middle east to the yogis…

Klesha of Karmic Konditioning Would karma exist if we were not taught it? The notion of karma has a social function, which makes it a suspicious concept to being with. After all, religions and belief systems across the world clutter our awareness with all sorts of garbage to control our behavior. So, why should karma…

Misconceptions of The Mind I believe that we must approach “magickal” or “divine” subjects with a bag of salt. Or, more accurately, we should approach them with the understanding that we are trying to extract gems from misunderstood, misconceived and misconstrued collections of knowledge. Perhaps some of this knowledge that reaches us, had a completely…

Three Types of Magick I find it highly amusing, and equally frustrating to listen to lectures about the three types of magick. Sitting on their armchairs, various mystics and guru figures blab on about magick in different colors. They go on and on about how white magick is pure and self-less, grey magick is some…

Sacrificing Conscience It’s all fair game… In Yoga, we have the disciplines of Yama and Niyama. Yama gives us restrictions. Niyama gives us observances. And in the mainstream approach towards Yoga, we are encouraged docile virtues like non-violence as restrictions, while being told to pursue contentment as an observance. Perhaps these things will help people…

The Toxicity of Karma When you observe the horrible events people are experiencing, and the atrocities inflicted upon individuals through various criminal, oppressive and tyrannical forces, it is possible to have a specific thought: “They had it coming.” After all, the law of karma is deep. Souls that mindlessly follow their instincts that nature created…

Deal With The Devil Double bind is an interesting term to learn about. It means: “a situation in which a person is confronted with two irreconcilable demands or a choice between two undesirable courses of action.” For instance, if I have you over as a guest and ask you “beer” or “wine”, I’m putting you…

Spiritual Conceit To imagine that everything is OK… To make-believe as if it was all fine… To believe that everything will be OK… To fall into the lie that there is a “divine plan”… …These are all pathological! Thinking these thoughts is like a heroin addict claiming to be happy because they feel good when…

Without Sri Lakshmi’s Blessing We live in a very interesting world… Many things are possible. But none become possible without Sri Lakshmi’s Blessing. Here’s an example of what happens when She withdraws… Think about this: almost overnight Venezuela turned into a land of horror, yet, nothing changed of the labor force. People are still physically…