Lori Tompkins

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For Want of a Common Soul & a Supramental Knowledge

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 2:34 pm
In 2008 the biography, 'The Lives of Sri Aurobindo' by Peter Heehs was published by Columbia Press and proceeded to create great controversy in the Integral Yoga community. I wrote an article ...
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Why Is a Port in Central America on an Ancient Indian Map?

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 6:15 pm
"The Hindus of antiquity had an ancient astro-geographical map with four lotus petals pointing in the cardinal directions, called Mt. Meru (the world mountain). The point of the left petal fell on a s...
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Vishnu, Sri Aurobindo & the Force of a Secret Unity

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Oct 24, 2009, 2:36 pm
Star Trails over Nambia Several articles in this blog have discussed the idea that when looking at events and circumstances as being related within the 360 degree cyclical structure of Tme and Space,...
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Why Is Sanskrit Found in the Tribal Names & Languages of North & South American 'Indians'?

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 7:36 pm
The video below (in 5 parts) is Grahm Hancocks's documentary 'Hindu India - The Birth of Civilization: Dwarka 10,000 Year Old Metropolis is Found'. Lately I've been wondering what kind...
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Sri Aurobindo - the Lotus and the Avatar

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 11:12 am
On 27 June 2008 Barindrinath Chaki wrote an article titled ‘Sri Aurobindo and Avatar-hood’. It was republished on Savitri Era Open Forum by Tusar N. Mohapatra with the title ‘Sri Aurobindo need ...
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Succulents

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 11:00 am
Succulents from the beautiful garden of Doug and Terry Woodard.
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Earth's Axial Tilt & the Four Cardinal Points of the Year

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 2:07 pm
The following Youtube video demonstrates how the Earth's axial tilt of approximately 23.5 degrees and its 360 degree orbit around the Sun create four equinoctial and solsticial points and four sea...
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Sri Aurobindo and the Lotus

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 1:11 pm
"The literal meaning of ‘aravindh’ ( the root word for Aurobindo ) is divine fragrance. Another meaning is the flower, the divine lotus." Sri Aurobindo's Symbol: A Lotus on 7 waves within asc...
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Time as a Power (Not an Enemy) of the Self

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 3:13 pm
After writing ‘The Geometry and Superstructure of Time’ I was asked, ‘Can you give some insight on how time would be experienced on spiritual level in comparison with the linear time experienced...
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Spiral Dynamics: the Conch & the Earth's Rotation

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 11:14 pm
After writing the three previous post about spiral dynamics and rotational movement, I became curious about how the Vedic civilization conceptualized 'clockwise' and 'counterclockwise'...
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Clockwise & Counterclockwise Sundial Shadows: Part II

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 10:29 pm
Below are a few more videos that portray the clockwise and counterclockwise dynamics of the Earth and of the sundial's shadow. The first shows the Earth rotating and orbiting counterclockwise (loo...
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Clockwise & Counterclockwise Sundial Shadows

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 10:12 am
After writing 'Spiral Dynamics: The Swirl of the 9 and 6', I wondered ... "If the rotation of the Earth on its axis is counterclockwise, then why do the hands of a clock move in the opposite ...
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Spiral Dynamics: The Swirl of the 9 and 6

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 4:00 pm
The 9 and the 6 of our number system are not often recognized or understood as symbols of dynamic movement. Yet when we look at the swirling patterns of matter and energy, or certain life forms that g...
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The Vedic Circle of 9 and 0

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 11:30 pm
‘The whole is brought with lightening speed towards the consciousness that will be this Consciousness of the point and the whole at the same time …. ... The figure 9 has something to do with all ...
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The Geometry and Superstructure of Time

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 4:52 pm
‘Thou shall know me in the rolling of the spheres And cross me in the atoms of the whirl. The wheeling forces of my universe Shall cry to thee the summons of my name.’ – Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, ...
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A Heavenly Gaze

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 12:24 am
Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven Gustave Dore's Illustration to Dante's The Divine Comedy, Paradiso Canto 31
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Coordination

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 29, 2009, 12:47 pm
... new coordinated world arise out of the present chaos.'– The Mother, The Mother’s Agenda, 3 July 1957 In early August I sat down at my desk with the goal of figuring out the ne...
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The Zodiacal Basis of Religion and Myth

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 23, 2009, 1:00 pm
The following YouTube clip is from the documentary Zeitgiest. Despite the ominous music this is an informative snipet in terms of understanding how the zodiac has influenced religion and myth through ...
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Considering the Dynamism of the Mother's Symbol

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 20, 2009, 4:50 pm
On 12 August 2009 a crop circle was discovered at Wayland Smithy, Oxfordshire which by date and by structure emphasize the 12 division of the circle. This crop circle is a variation of the Mother'...
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Lori Deplored ... Hypocrisy Adored in Matters of the Mother's Symbol

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 17, 2009, 11:18 pm
On 15 August 2009 Tusar N. Mohapatra of Savitri Era Open Forum wrote a dramatic 14-word response titled 'Lori Deplored' to the ‘Addendum’ of my lengthy and detailed article 'Waving the...
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Waving the Flag of Cosmic Ignorance in the Face of Sri Aurobindo and the Vedic Tradition of Avatars

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 15, 2009, 2:02 am
Tusar N. Mohapatra, founder and editor of Savitri Era Open Forum (a forum ‘of those who adore Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’) recently wrote a short article for his blog which began: ‘The divine ...
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Addendum: Vishnu in the Mother's Symbol and in Sri Aurobindo's 'The Secret of the Veda'

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 15, 2009, 2:01 am
Vishnu in the Mother’s Symbol and in Sri Aurobindo’s The Secret of the Veda 1. Of Vishnu now I declare the mighty works, who has measured out the earthly worlds and that higher seat of our self-a...
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Riva's Flowers

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 12, 2009, 12:59 pm
A friend just send me a 'circusolatious' link to the photography of Riva Berkovitz. Eventually I will get around to posting some of my own flower photos ... but for now ... Riva's Flowers ...
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Sri Aurobindo's 'Kin' Asked to Leave India

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Aug 7, 2009, 3:28 pm
In my last post, 'The Soul: Triply Seeded' I quoted the three mahayogis/authors who are truly my Tribe: Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet. On the 18th of July I found out...
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The Soul: Triply Seeded

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Jul 22, 2009, 2:24 pm
After writing a few posts on the 'Soul', it seems a logical next step to quote the Triad (Tribe) of yogis who to me represent the soul or triple seed of the Aquarian Age. Their conception, exp...
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The Soul and the Sunflower

Lori Tompkins posted an article on - Jul 20, 2009, 6:14 pm
In editing ‘Is the Soul Fudge? Is the Cosmos Dumb?’ I chopped out a whole section on sunflowers as a nice metaphor of individual seeds/souls sharing a common blueprint and a common goal within sha...
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