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Could you elaborate on your experience, and kriya yoga, please?

certainly not haha

Greetings goodfolk, I’ve been listening to this Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath fellow recently, and I do like him quite a lot. I’ll post an intervju of him below. Samadhi and Kriya yoga are things he brings up quite frequently, but not in depth. I wonder if you people here knows about it, how to practice it etc etc. take care!

So, my friends, a monk at the Krishna temple I attend mentioned that Buddhists believe in reincarnation, but not the soul. I got quiet, trying to figure out how that works. If there is not an individual soul that is unique to me and survives death, how can one be reincarnated? Further more, what are your takes on the soul: do we have an individual one that transcends death, or is it more like a drop of water that gets reabsorbed into the one ocean of conciousness or whatever it is?

Do you believe this is the case? Could you either elaborate or perhaps link some articles? : )

I might be mistaken, but I think I recall you mentioning that Jewish monotheism is actually a very recent phenomenon? By recent I mean way later than one would think. Is that so?

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@Lairg so if not the Jews didn’t write it, who did? And who are the children of man and the children of god?

https://facebook.com/groups/999877448800068/ ^hilarious group in case some would like to brighten up their feed.

The term, it seems to me, seems to suggest both the existence of other gods than the only monotheistic god that their mainstream theology argue for, and why does it belong to Abraham more than Xi Jing, William and brother Innocent?

@AudiTistic welcome to you, absolutely fascinating intro and conversation. May I ask if there has been significant changes in terms of feelings, what sort of state you are in?

Intro Here I will attempt to write on the value of following a method in spiritual tradition, how it strengthen the family unit and how a strong family is the basis of a strong society. There are loads of aspects to consider, and I havent worked this all trough myself (which is part of the reason I am writing this), so it will be a little messy from time to time. However, the dots are starting to connect, I feel, so leggo. So, my experience is that there are loads of lost youths out there. I certainly was one. I could, and maybe should, look up stats, but I wont right now. I think the fact that I know several Norwegian teenagers who have taken suicide or are addicted to heroin, is (annecdotaly) proof enough. There are loads of factors to blame, I think: the school system, the poisonous food, various demoniac forces pushing their agendas, "new atheism" etc. etc... but instead of spending to much time on that, I want to look at the ROOT of all the rootlessness. So the question becomes, how has these more or less toxic ideas taken over and caused so much confusion? I belive that the sickness as well as the sympton is a weaking of family values and godlessness. Disclaimer I would like to say that this is not a political post, but considering its nature, it is hard to deny that it is. I want to make it clear that I belive that the solution, however, is spirituality and dharma. And for the sake of God, I have no issue what so ever with gay people, people who want to be single, who follow or dont follow a certain faith or whatever. I am speaking in generalities, and everyone should ofc. be respected. Also, I am borderline scizophrenic and, thankfully, not all knowing Counterarguments, reflections and feedback is not only accepted, but wanted. King Purjani goes to the forrest to go hunting (https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/26/) Yesterday morning and today we went trough SB 4.26.16-17 respectivley. Before we take a look at the purport of the two, ill qoute a few of the previous verses: Verse 16: Verse 17 Reflections Alright, so Purajana goes to the forrest out of selfish desire, but ends up feeling unsatisfied. So he longs after his wife, who uplifts and supports him. The wife is nowhere to be found tho, due to having been broken by the lack of a man who takes responsibility. All though men and women, and every living entity, are equal in value, we have different roles. It is my belief that a culture that blurres the gender roles to much, makes men and women and children confused. The man should lead, women should support, and marriage and a spiritual upbrining is immensly important for the welfare of children and society. The latter day saints So, ive been having quite a few convos with these wonderfull people. The maturity, wisdom and empathy these young individuals have at such a young age, is mindboggling. In addition to this, their strong family values are something I find truly admirable. Bless their hearts. We do share a lot of values and philosophy, I feel, allthough I am no expert in Vedic litterature and certainly not the mormon tradition. This evening Me and the temple president went to check out this plot of land that we are planning to start grow vegetables at. Coincidentially, or maybe not, it is only a stone throw away from the local mormon church. I asked if the temple president would come along visiting them afterwards, but he did not have the time. Before leaving, he told me that I could mention that the Krishna temple was filled with rainbowcolored flowers or something. I mentioned it to the saints. They said they would take it up with whoever they take such stuff up with. I tried to google, and there seems to be no ISKCON temple at salt lake, buuuuut... I think there is some symbolism taking place hear. We shall see. So, when I met them at the search we had a chat about family values, following the proccess etc, and I enquired why in their opinion they had managed to hold on to their strong family values when so much of society could not. They showed me the following docu: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world?lang=eng Leaders dharma (all glories to Amogha-Drkk) Leaders Dharma - Amogha-drkk Alright, so main take aways: 1. Leaders lead, by definition, by... leading the way (in a saintly manner). 2. This uplifts society 3. This might not be written explicity, but it is not wrong, I think: dharma is whatever upholds life. Here I also want to throw in BG 3.22-23 (https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/22/): So in conclusion... Perhaps it is time to drop the amphetamines, follow the process, awaken snow-white and perhaps father some saintly Krishnas.