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Jan 30, 2012, 3:20 pm
A friend of mine recently shared the following video of A. H. Almaas (founder of the Ridhwan School/the Diamond Heart approach) discussing the question of 'What is Time' which was shown at the 'Science and Non-Duality Conference' in October of 2011 in San Rafael, California. The conference was subti... Comment - Like
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Jan 21, 2012, 12:18 pm
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet (Thea) discusses the Mayan calendar, evolutionary cycles, the significance of 2012 in terms of evolution of consciousness, Carlos Casteneda, and the new world: Comment - Like
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Jan 1, 2012, 4:21 pm
Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven (The Empyrean);
from Gustave Doré's illustrations to the Divine Comedy, Paradiso Canto 31[I wrote this article for Parabola magazine back in July. They were inviting submissions on the subject 'One Truth, Many Paths'. It didn't get published and I... Comment - Like
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Nov 26, 2011, 2:07 pm
'It is true that the soul can ascend into worlds of a greater consciousness beyond the earth, but it is also true that the power of these worlds, the power of a greater consciousness has to develop itself here; the embodiment of the soul is the means for that embodiment. All the higher powers of... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2011, 10:34 pm
from The Mother's Agenda
June 1958
PDF available
One thing seems clear: humanity has reached such a generalized state of tension – tension in effort, tension in action, tension even in daily life – with such an excessive hyperactivity, such an overall restlessness, that the species as a whole s... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2011, 2:20 pm
The following excerpts are from p. 3 of The Gnostic Circle (the 1st page of the text):‘… it is our intention to give as clear a picture as possible of the true purpose of astrology, and in which way it can be an asset in the development of the spirit.’‘Cosmic harmonies give us the understa... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2011, 4:20 pm
by Rose Marion Williams October 2010 Orlando Fla.
Aphorism #71'A thought is like an arrow shot at the truth;
it can hit a point, but not cover the whole target.
But the archer is too well satisfied with his success
to ask anything farther.'
Sri Aurobindo wrote this aphorism in the early 1900s.
T... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2011, 11:34 pm
Robert Wilkinson and I are hosting a Gnostic Circle study group on Google Groups focusing on Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's book 'The Gnostic Circle - a synthesis in the harmonies of the cosmos' (1975). This book discusses the supramental order and sacred geometry of Time and Space, inviting readers ... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2011, 4:15 pm
[The following excerpt, from Sri Aurobindo's Thoughts and Glimpses, is a good reminder for those who are ready for a new Revolution]
Occupy Oakland, 26 October 2011, Jim Wilson/The New York Times 'Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme fig... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2011, 8:13 pm
I am wanting to elaborate more on the quote in my last post, from Kamakhya Tantra:
"It is certainly well known that Kamakhya is truly none other than that mother goddess Kali, who is in all things the form of wisdom."
Before October 6th, I had never heard of Kamakhya as a name of Kali, and I had... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2011, 8:00 pm
An Open Letter to Robert McDermott, Part III
Robert McDermott is president emeritus of CIIS, author of The Essential Aurobindo (1973), & program chair of CIIS's 'Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness' department.
[Link to Part I or Part II]
30 August 2011
Dear Robert, Thanks for taking the time... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2011, 7:30 pm
Robert McDermott is president emeritus of CIIS, author of The Essential Aurobindo (1973), & program chair of CIIS's 'Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness' department.
[Here are the links to my first two letters to Dr. McDermott:
Letter #1 , Letter #2. A 3rd response will follow]
Dear Lori, I ... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2011, 12:00 pm
An Open Letter to Robert McDermott, Part II
Robert McDermott is president emeritus of CIIS, author of The Essential Aurobindo (1973), & program chair of CIIS's 'Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness' department.
[Link to Part I]
22 August 2011
Dear Robert,
I will of course honor your request n... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2011, 3:12 pm
[Robert McDermott is president emeritus of CIIS, author of The Essential Aurobindo, & program chair of CIIS's 'Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness' department.]
Hi again Robert, It was I who sent you several books of Patrizia's way back when. I believe my contact information came with them. I n... Comment - Like
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Jul 30, 2011, 11:53 pm
Copernicus's picture of our solar system, 1530 CE.A friend of mine recently passed along a fascinating article called, 'The Day the Earth Stood Still: Galileo and the secrets of Hermeticism' by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, authors of The Forbidden Universe - The Occult Origins of Science and the ... Comment - Like
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Jul 21, 2011, 9:19 pm
An Analysis of Critical Present Events
in the Light of Gnosis
by Robert E. Wilkinson
Introduction:
‘The times are truly potent with an energy never before felt. Truly, the time has come for really enormously significant changes… The Earth stands on the brink. The nuclear play-out is upon us. Her... Comment - Like
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Jul 12, 2011, 5:08 pm
Recently a woman from Auroville made an inquiry to me about Vedic Mathematics (among other things). She wrote:
'I have done a Vedic math work shop recently and wondering you or may be Thea Has any knowledge about this subject and whether it was really used during vedic period. If so how?'
I will... Comment - Like
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Jul 3, 2011, 12:00 am
by Robert E Wilkinson
2 July 2011
Debate and discussion of spiritual and esoteric philosophy is a time honored and established tradition in India and throughout the world. Its goal is to question, dispute, and continually challenge established dogma in order to arrive at a greater, more current, and... Comment - Like
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Jul 1, 2011, 12:00 am
FROM AEON CENTRE OF COSMOLOGY
Tamil Nadu, South India
28 June 2011
At the beginning of June, IndiaCause and other blog sites, published Robert E. Wilkinson’s (RW) article Sathya Sai Baba – the Counterfeit Avatar. There was an enthusiastic response on all fronts – Sameer Thakkar’s article,... Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2011, 12:12 pm
by Robert E. Wilkinson
With the recent death of India’s most controversial ‘godman’, Sathya Sai Baba, it was not at all surprising to see Tina Sadhwani’s articles on the Chakra News (http://www.chakranews.com), eulogizing her guru in the most superlative tones. The passing of someone t... Comment - Like
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Jun 5, 2011, 7:41 pm
2011 Indian anti-corruption movement,
see Wikipedia article
'Baba Ramdev’s Bhrashtachar Mitao Satyagraha
brutally crushed by the government'
Bharat Swabhiman Andolan, 5 June 2011
'Government puts a black stain on the democracy of our nation. 5th June will be remembered as a black day when the... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2011, 9:19 pm
[The 'preamble' of The New Way - a study in the rise and establishment of a gnostic society, Volumes 1 & 2, Æon Books (1981). Picture added.]
I pray for a new way to come about, a way that will cause the barriers
between nations and between individuals to fall away, —t... Comment - Like
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May 22, 2011, 7:41 pm
Link to Photo SourceA few months ago I saw a billboard announcing 21 May 2011 as Judgment Day. My immediate thought was that perhaps 22 May 2011 should be celebrated as Better Judgment Day. Not MORE judgment ... but simply better judgment, better discrimination, better vision, etc. By better, I supp... Comment - Like
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May 17, 2011, 9:21 pm
'Our greater self of knowledge waits for us ...Our larger being sits behind cryptic walls:
There are greatnesses hidden in our unseen parts
That wait their hour to step into life's front ...'
- Savitri, Book VII, The Book of Yoga,
Canto II: The Parable of the Search for the Soul
I have found the fo... Comment - Like
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May 6, 2011, 2:48 pm
The following excerpt from Sri Aurobindo's The Life Divine is continuation of my May 1, 2 & 3 posts: 'On Matter and Evolutionary Transformation', 'More on Matter and Evolutionary Transformation' and 'Evolution Is a Process of Transmutation and Re-allocation of Energies'. These posts concern the Su... Comment - Like
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May 3, 2011, 12:09 pm
'Everything has one and the same constituent element, you see;
and everything lies IN the interrelations.
Well, it's exactly the same for the transformation. …'
– The Mother, 9 June 1962
The following excerpts are continuation of my May 1 & 2 posts: 'On Matter and Evolutionary Transformati... Comment - Like
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May 2, 2011, 9:45 pm
A 'Gnostic Circle'/Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet/Sri Aurobindo inspired image
representing the evolutionary cycle. LT 2003My friend who invited inquiry on the Mother's 9 June 1962 comments on matter and evolutionary transformation, found similarities between the Mother's view and Patrizia Norelli-Bachel... Comment - Like
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May 1, 2011, 3:12 pm
A friend recently passed on and invited inquiry on the following comments made by the Mother on matter and transformation, elaborating on the 6 June 1962 statement she made to Satprem, ‘If matter where changeable, it would have changed LONG ago.’ It reminds me of the gap between what our minds t... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2011, 8:15 pm
Image from http://space.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/348956/
An excerpt from Nassim Haramein's 2004 article
'What is the Origin of Spin?':
'... without spin/rotation none of reality can come to exist. All things spin! Even things that appear not to! You may say, "a tree doesn't spin," but in fact ev... Comment - Like
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