I must say I do feel you are a threat !!!
I can't tell you how you tempt me to put on a kilt, talk with a funny accent and become real cheap. You Scotsmen are the real barbarian at the gate.
I have no worries about Sharia law being forced on people in America. I have meet some Muslims who pray 5 times a day and follow there faith. Even in America.
I was the youngest Baptist Minister in the USA. I lost my faith and became an existential Agnostic. I was working on the worst ward in the state of California mental hospital system (this was more then a few years ago) My idea was I could be and believe anything that I wanted, as long as I was...
I think even the NRA card carrying (also gun totin) right wing folks must find this just plain nuts.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has two passions: preserving the second amendment, and protecting Americans from Islamic law. He's now managed to bring his two enthusiasms together by asserting that...
Great Choice !!!! Arthur Avalon was a respected Tantric Practitioner. The Intro to this book is a great intro to Tantra. It can be hard to read because it was written around 100 years ago.
Not all Tantric's worship the Goddess and not all who worship the Devi follow Tantra. In fact the...
Good point !!! It is important for me to remember that all the discipline we engage in are just that... a discipline a type method or practice to bring us closer to our true Self.
All the Devi's are one in the same, the Ishta you choose to worship is the Highest, what ever Image you like best.
The Adya Stotram talks about how all the Devi's are different forms of Kali.
In the 1000 names of Lalita one of Her names is Kamesvari (the Supreme Goddess of desires) That...
For nondual Shakta scriptures you should read this.
TRIPURA RAHASYA. Chapters I - XV of XXII
Tripura Rahasya was considered by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi as one of the greatest works that expounded advaita philosophy. The Philosophy of the Tripura Rahasya is Shakta in nature.
The Devi Gita is from the Devi Bhagavatam. Which is a very important scripture in Shaktism. I read this Gita every few months. It is nondual. The Devi at one point says. "I am Indivisible (Infinite); all is Me. Wisdom is not the Dharma of the Soul,it is the intrinsic nature of the Soul." -Devi...
The whole poison gas issue with Iraq was hypocritical. Saddam Hussein was our man. America had no problem with him gassing his own people. In fact the Reagan administration tried to cover it up. At first they blamed Iran for the crime.
May be this will help. Just as electricity gives off light differently depending on the type of light bulb it travels though. So consciousness looks different depending on the central nervous system processed it is through.
Also a follower of Advaita Vedanta would say that is ignorance that...