Lori Tompkins

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The Error of Excluding Time from True Nature & Paths of Self-Realization

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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The Maya 2012 - Is it Relevant?

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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:
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Evolving Towards a Consciousness of Unity - Sri Aurobindo's Teachings & Lineage

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Spirit's Progressive Self-Expression in Life - from Sri Aurobindo's 'The Life Divine'

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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World Tension & a New Principle of Force, Consciousness & Power

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Essential Purpose of the Study of Cosmic Harmonies

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Reflections on Sri Aurobindo's Aphorism 71 & the Gnostic Circle

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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The Gnostic Circle Study Group

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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 ...
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Sri Aurobindo on Evolution and Spiritual Revolution

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Exploring the Etymology of Kali, Kamakhya and Makar

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Revisiting the Measure of the Yugas

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 24, 2011, 1:28 pm

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CIIS, Sri Aurobindo & the Practical Transformation of Human Consciousness

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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A Response from Robert McDermott RE: CIIS, Sri Aurobindo & the Supramental Descent

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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 ...
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CIIS, Sri Aurobindo & the Ongoing Evolution of the Integral Yoga

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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An Open Letter to Robert McDermott Regarding the Supramental & Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo, the Mother & Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Have Auroville's Failures made it a Danger to India and the World?

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 10, 2011, 2:11 pm
An article by Robert E. Wilkinson © 2011 ‘Thousands of years ago we were already being promised the advent of a new consciousness, a new world, something divine that would manifest on Earth, but all that was really said was, “it will be, it will be.”… the Miracle has happened... A new world...
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Heliocentricity and a Return to Ancient Truths

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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 ...
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INDIA and the New Cosmology

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Thea, Vedic Mathematics & the Geometry of Time

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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A Response to Sameer Thakkar's 'Max-Muller Syndrome: Distorting Hinduism'

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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An Interview with Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet regarding accusations that she is 'Distorting Hinduism'

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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,...
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Sathya Sai Baba: the Counterfeit Avatar

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Indians Protest Against Government Corruption

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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A prayer for a New Way

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Better Judgment Day

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Links to Online PDF's of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's works

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Evolutionary Transformation via 'enlarging self-knowledge'

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Evolution Is a Process of Transmutation and Re-allocation of Energies

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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More On Matter and Evolutionary Transformation

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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On Matter and Evolutionary Transformation

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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What is the Origin of Spin?

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - 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...
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Sri Aurobindo on Astrology - 1910

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Feb 25, 2011, 12:42 pm

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Capricorn (Makar) & the Manifest Divine

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Feb 10, 2011, 5:10 pm

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