sanskrit - Spiritual Blogs - Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community2024-03-29T09:22:38Zhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/sanskritPUSH-BUTTON BLISS - Glimpse At The Writing Of An Advanced Guided Meditationhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/push-button-bliss-glimpse-at-the-writing-of-an-advanced-guided2012-06-21T05:00:00.000Z2012-06-21T05:00:00.000ZGiovanihttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/Giovani<div><p>Hi-i!</p><p>This piece exists as an mp3 file, which I occasionally share with those truly interested. But it's not for sale. Perhaps, if I find a truly curious distributor....</p><p>Let's get right into it!</p><p> </p><p>You know, when you're listening to a disembodied voice like now, you're in the middle of something bizarre - not big time bizarre, of course. Still, it is curious.</p><p>And, if you want to know the truth, right now, as you listen and breathe and consider what you've just heard, you're in an even curiouser situation than if you were listening to some other kind of disembodied voice like a voice on the telephone, say, or a voice on the radio, or - come to think of it - it's about as odd as a voice you might mentally be listening to if it's somebody who has helped you feel at ease in the past, if it's relaxing, that is.</p><p>If you're here, listening to this and you are feeling at ease, interesting situation as this is, then the truth is it's your breath that you should thank. That's because, you know, breathing is a magical thing.</p><p>From a certain point of view, what's happening is that your breathing has made a sort of a trip to a grand and magical gate. And that gate received a certain secret tickle the breezes like to tickle the gate with on those languid sunny summer days.</p><p>And the gate, therefore, let you in. And, here you are, you see? Okay, let's breathe. It's good to take in a relatively deep breath, every now and then. And you know what helps? A good thought. Let's take in a good thought and a few good relatively deep breaths.</p><p>In fact, rest assured, if you consider how healing a cleansing breath can really be, you have a good idea what everything you're hearing really means.</p><p>So delicate a<br /> breeze that, turning back to walk,<br />one might outpace it.</p><p>You may notice feelings moving around inside you that are, in some ways, surprising . So, let's look at all this just a little more closely.</p><p>So delicate a<br /> breeze that, turning back to walk,<br />one might outpace it.</p><p>You get the idea. So, getting back to where we left-off: And, of course, the gate says welcome. She says, welcome to the garden of my heart. And, the breeze says welcome in the massaging language of the breeze, also known - did you know this - as the language of refreshment....</p><p> </p><p>There's much more to the PUSH-BUTTON BLISS experience than the script, a chunk of which is quoted, above. It starts, for example, with the orchestrated sound of bamboo wind chimes. Also, the rhythm of my voice is timed to generate greater production of Theta brainwaves (a trick I learned while studying sutras in ancient Sanskrit. (I'm not a big student of the language, but did sit in on a few sessions at two Siddha Yoga ashrams. It's amazing how much one can learn in such situations. As a result of this study and contemplating the rhythmic "hypnosis" via which the so-called Indian rope trick is performed, the relationship between the rhythm in which the sutras were read and Theta rhythms became very clear.)</p><p>But it makes sense to consider the script, too. There's a lot going on there.<br /> <br /><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8108797098,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8108797098,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="500" class="align-full" alt="8108797098?profile=original" /></a><br />What made me want to write this was my annoyance at the boring way hypnosis recordings and guided meditation recordings (same difference, really) "induce a trance." Usually, it's by counting backwards from 100 to one or describing you going down flights of stairs or having you tense and relax small muscle groups. BOOOOORING! :P</p><p>Why bother?</p><p>After studying about Theta brainwaves, I realized that generating more of these is associated with paranormal activity like telepathy. As I thought more about this, I realized there are many situations where this happens almost instantly. It was easier for me to see this, because I'd had a very intense (though short) career as a street magician and had noticed strange things I couldn't explain but could make happen.</p><p>How? Pretty much the way a storyteller does. I noticed the same things as a poet. I also noticed these things happening in situations such as the telling of ghost stories. And, as I thought of these things with the writing of PUSH-BUTTON BLISS in mind, I remembered the opening of the Twilight Zone series.</p><p>These went something like: You are entering another dimension. A dimension of time. A dimension of space. A dimension of mind. You turn the corner. There's a signpost up ahead. Your next stop? The Twilight Zone.</p><p>In thirty seconds, Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, was able to put a huge portion of the United States into a trance in which anything seemed possible. My instincts told me immediately that this was Theta. And, if you watch the opening sequences, there are direct reference to hypnosis: a spinning spiral disc, a pendulum (on a clock).</p><p>I realized that, by directing attention to the uncanny, one could instantly induce a trance.</p><p>Serling did it by creating a sense of spookiness, but I felt this had a negative edge to it. Surely, that was just extra baggage, easily left behind.</p><p>Another thing that didn't sit well with me in existing recordings was how they would make presumptions that did not match my situation - an instant buzz-kill. For example, one might say, "Imagine you're on a wonderful vacation. Go ahead and lounge. Hear the sounds of the surf coming in and out." WHOA! You said vacation - what if I presumed I was hiking? There's no surf where I am. Lounging doesn't sound like the right word for resting in the woods, either.</p><p>That's how I stumbled upon an interesting thing that every listener of hypnotic recordings has in common: they're all experiencing of a very odd - an actually uncanny - phenomenon: a disembodied voice!</p><p>Just by pointing this out, I could induce a trance. Later, I would see something very similar in INCEPTION - the Mr Charlie tactic, in which the Leonardo DiCaprio character points strange dream elements out to his subject, partly to help his subject go more deeply into the dream state (and earn his subject's trust).</p><p>If you're familiar with Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) or poetic enchantment (to get a little more folksy), you'll notice a lot of interesting tactics in the quoted text, above.</p><p>If you create guided meditations, etc, see if any of these ideas can help improve your creations.</p><p>With growing sophistication in these forms, they could someday rival movies, theme parks, and psychedelic substances. :O)</p><p>Sunshine & Blessings,<br /> Giovani</p></div>Vedic insight into the Starseed condition!https://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/vedic-insight-into-the2010-03-29T12:00:00.000Z2010-03-29T12:00:00.000ZAcyutanandahttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/Acyutananda<div><p style="text-align:left;"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8108646854,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="" width="360" height="360" /></p>The following I share with you from Richard Thompson's book '<b>Alien Identities</b>' <i>(available in the <a href="http://childrenofthestars.ning.com/group/starseedbooknetwork" target="_blank">Starseed Book Network</a>)</i>.<br /><br /><b><u>C</u></b>uriously enough, this very idea comes up in one of the channeled UFO communications--whatever their real source may be. Here is a quotation from a communicator names Hatonn, who said that he represents the "Confederation of Planets in Service of the Infinite Creator:"<br /><br /><i>Many of us who are now circling your planet would desire to have the opportunity that you have, the opportunity to be within the illusion and then, through the generation of understanding, use the potentials of the illusion. This is a way of gaining progress spiritually and has been sought out by many of our brothers.</i><br /><br />Here is a quotation from the <i>Bhaagavata Puraana</i> that makes a very similar point:<br /><br /><i>Since the human form of life is the sublime position for spiritual realisation, all the demigods in heaven speak in this way: How wonderful it is for these human beings to have been born in the land of Bhaarata-varsa.... We demigods can only aspire to achieve human births in Bhaarata-varsa to execute devotional service, but these human beings are already engaged there.</i><br /><br />Bhaarata-varsa is the domain of the short-lived human form of life, and thus it refers to this earth planet. Since the human race is important from a spiritual point of view, it tends to be protected by higher authorities within the universe, and this is one reason why it is not easily taken over by more powerful beings. This idea also comes up in another form in the following description of the Gentry, or fairy folk, recorded in Ireland by the ethnologist Evans-Wentz:<br /><br /><i>The folk are the grandest I have ever seen. They are far superior to us, and that is why they are called the</i> gentry<i>. They are not a working class, but a military-aristocratic class, tall and noble-appearing. They are a disctinct race between our own and that of spirits, as they have told me. Their qualifications are tremendous. "We could cut off half the human race, but would not," they said, "for we are expecting salvation."</i><br /><br />In summary, the Vedic literature, many UFO communications, and Celtic folklore all suggest that the human society may sometimes be affected by the activities of more powerful beings who are primarily concerned with their own affairs. While pursuing their own agendas, these beings may occasionally intervene in human society in ways that seem mysterious from a limited human perspective, but makes sense within their own complex framework of activity. These interventions may be harmful or beneficial, depending on the underlying motives of the beings involved. They fall short of displaying the full powers of these beings for a variety of reasons, ranging from spiritually-based laws of noninterference to contempt for the weakness of insignificant humans.<br /><br /><u><b>The Plot of the Mahaabhaarata</b></u><br />Thus far, I have discussed two Vedic examples of alien invasions of the earth. In each case, most human beings experienced these invasions in the form of sporadic nocturnal attacks by terrifying beings who seemed to come out of nowhere. The attacks were highly disturbing to people who heard about them and devastating to those who experienced them, but they didn't have much effect on human society as a whole. There is one example, however, of an attempt by Daityas and Daanavas to take over and rule human society, and this forms the main plot of the Mahaabhaarata.<br />The story begins at a long time ago, when human society was prospering. People were dedicated to principles of virtue, and they did not decline into decadence as they began to experience material success. However, this auspicious situation did not last. Just as in the story of the Kaaleya Daanavas, human society began to be affected by events occurring in the celestial planetary systems. Here is what happened, as narrated to King Janamejaya by the sage Vaishampaayana:<br /><br /><i>But then, O best of monarchs, just as humankind was flourishing, powerful and demonic creatures began to take birth from the wives of earthly kings.<br />Once the godly Aadityas, who administer the universe, fought their wicked cousins the Daityas, and vanquished them. Bereft of their power and positions, the Daityas began to take birth on this planet, having carefully calculated that they could easily become the gods of the earth, bringing it under their demonic rule. And thus it happened, O mighty one, that the Asuras began to appear among different creatures and communities.</i><br /><br />As in the case of the Kaaleya Daanavas, this attempt involved covert activities rather than out-and-out invasion of the earth by alien armies. The technique adopted by the invading forces was to enter in their subtle bodies into the wombs of the wives of kings and thereby take birth in royal families. In this way they seized control of earthly goverments and were able to exploit the earth as they liked.<br /><br /><i>As these demonic creatures continued to take birth on the earth, the earth herself could not bear the weight of their presence. Having fallen from their positions in the higher planets, the sons of Diti and Danu thus appeared in this world as monarchs, endowed with great strength, and in many other forms. They were bold and haughty, and they virtually surrounded the water-bounded earth, ready to crush those who would oppose them.<br />They harrassed the teachers, rulers, merchants, and workers of the earth, and all other creatures. Moving about by the hundreds and thousands, they began to slay the earth's creatures, and they brought terror to the world. Unconcerned with the godly culture of the</i> brahmanas<i>, they threatened the sages who sat peacefully in their</i> aashramas<i>, for the so-called kings were maddened by the strength of their bodies.</i><br /><br />In response to this invasion, Bhumi, the earth-goddess, approached Lord Brahma and asked him to save the earth. Brahma responded by ordering the Devas to incarnate on earth just as the Asuras had done: "In order to remove the burden of the earth, each of you is to take birth on the earth through your empowered expansions to stop the spread of the demonic forces." Brahma also requested Lord Vishnu to appear on the earth as an <i>avataara</i> to oppose the demonic forces, and He agreed to do so.<br />In due course of time, various Devas appeared on the earth, either by entering personally into the wombs of earthly mothers or by impregnating earthly women and producing offpsring that partook of their own nature. Then Lord Vishnu appeared as Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki.<br />With the aid of the incarnate Devas, Krishna gradually annihilated the forces of the Daanavas. This involved many complex developments, and one of them, the fratricidal struggle between the Paandavas and the sons of Dhrtaraastra, is the main subject of the <i>Mahaabhaarata</i>. In this struggle, the celestial war between the Devas and Asuras was reenacted on earth, and Krishna's arrangement the forces of the Asuras were eventually defeated.<br />Several points can be made about this complex story. The first point is that at the present time much has been written about beings from other planets who reincarnate in human bodies as "Wanderers" with the aim of carrying out some higher purpose. There is also talk of "Walk-ins," or souls that take over existing bodies and displace their original souls. These concepts are similar to the idea presented in the <i>Mahaabhaarata</i> that the Devas and Asuras could take birth on earth with specific missions to perform.<br />To understand this idea, it is necessary to have a preliminary understanding of the soul, the subtle body, and the process of reincarnation. Curiously enough, these topics come up repeatedly in UFO close-encounter cases, and I will discuss them in the next chapter.<br />Another point is that invasions of the earth by inimical forces often provide an occasion for the introduction of profound ethical and spiritual teachings into human society. Thus Raavana's invasion resulted in the descent of Lord Raamachandra, who taught the life of an ideal king. Likewise, the <i>Mahaabhaarata</i> invasion culminated in the speaking of the <i>Bhagavad-gita</i> by Krishna. An interesting question is: Will something similar happen as a result of today's situation?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/-bL01v4ff_k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-bL01v4ff_k&hl=en&fs=1&" ></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-bL01v4ff_k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="425" height="344" allownetworking="internal"></embed></object> <br /><b>'om namo bhagavate vasudevaya'</b></div>