InnerMysteries

FROM THE TIME I WAS VERY YOUNG I HAVE HAD WHAT I WOULD CALL, AWAKENING EXPERIENCES ~LIKE MANY OF YOU~ AND DURING MY LATER TEEN YEARS, PSYCHEDELICS ~MAINLY LSD~ LED TO HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, ASSEMBLIES OF
GOD (bad), TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION (good) ... ANANDA MARGA, KUNDALINI YOGA, LEARNING OF ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY,ETC.

I EVENTUALLY MET RAM DASS -
PYCHEDELIC EXPLORER, FORMER HARVARD PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR OF "BE HERE NOW"

WHEN I HAD FIRST READ BE HERE NOW IN '71, I BECAME AWARE THAT THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAN I HAD REALIZED WHO CAME AWAY FROM PSYCHEDELICS WITH THE SAME SORT OF MYSTICAL AWARENESS THAT I HAD FOUND MYSELF ~OUTSIDE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS~ I HAD NO "BAD TRIPS" AND FOUND THERE WERE MANY OTHERS WHO DIDN'T....

I ALSO REALIZED I WASN'T ALONE IN MY THINKING ABOUT WHAT I HAD SEEN, SENSED & LEARNED FROM EXPERIMENTING WITH PSYCHEDELICS.
TODAY, MORE PROFOUNDLY THAN EVER, I'M AWARE THAT I LEARNED VERY LITTLE FROM TEACHERS --- I WAS ACTUALLY HURT MORE THAN HELPED... THAT AS HARD AS I ATTEMPTED TO LISTEN TO OTHERS, IT WAS MY OWN INNER SPIRIT THAT HAD THE MOST TO TEACH ME, FROM DIRECT EXPERIENCE; MANY TEACHERS HAD THEIR OWN AGENDAS, EVEN IF THEIR PURE INTENTION WAS TO SET YOU FREE... BUT THAT'S 'RELIGIOUS' ISSUES. THE TRUE TEACHERS ARE THE MYSTICS/SHAMANS AND THEY ARE THERE TO HELP WHEN WE'RE READY.
I AM GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO WALKED THE PATH AHEAD OF US AND ATTEMPTED TO RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES, REACHING FAR BACK INTO THE ANCIENTS. I BELIEVE TODAY, MORE ANSWERS LIE IN OUR ANCESTRAL PAST THAN WE REALIZE. BUT SINCE ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCES ARE BASED ON OUR INDIVIDUAL MINDSETS, OR KARMA, I CANNOT GIVE CREDIT FOR MY PERSONAL GROWTH, OR LACK OF GROWTH, TO ANYONE EXCEPT MYSELF, GUIDED BY INNER SELF, WHICH IS WHERE A GOOD TEACHER LEADS YOU... SO IN THAT RESPECT, I DEEPLY HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE PREPARED ME...
I WAS THE WEBMASTER OF RAM DASS'S WEBSITE FOR A WHILE AND THAT WAS A COOL ONLINE EXPERIENCE FOR THE MOST PART WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH SOME VERY KIND, LOVING PEOPLE.

I GET FRUSTRATED AT TIMES WITH KARMA YOGA AS A TRUE PATH; IT IS A DIFFICULT ONE. MANY PEOPLE END UP GETTING USED... A LOT, IF THEY LET IT HAPPEN -- AND HINDUISM ALSO HAS THAT MECHANISM BUILT INTO ITS OUTER LIFE, AS -KARMA YOGA- COMES WITH ITS CONTROL FREAKS AND GUILT TRIPPERS. HAPPY TO THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE YOU ARE FREE FROM THAT NOW ALSO.
THOUGH TO BE CLEAR, DEEP HINDU PHILOSOPY IS FANTASTICALLY EVOLVED -ON THE MARK- CREATIVE THOUGHT AND ESOTERIC UNDERSTANDING

I FEEL TODAY, THAT IF WE GIVE FROM OUR HEARTS, WE FIND OUR TEACHERS THERE - IN OUR HEARTS, RATHER THAN ON A "PATH" (..THIS IS A MYSTICAL.. JOURNEY), AND MANY 'SPIRITUAL TEACHERS' WOULD ROB YOU BLIND IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING. ANYONE SEE THE BENNY HINN EXPOSE' ?

SO THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BOLDLY CHALLENGED MATERIALIST SOCIETIES TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE. IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRETENSE AND HAVE NOT DELUDED THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN THINKING THAT THEY ARE MORE ADVANCED THAN ANY OF US OR HAVE TURNED THE USE OF PSYCHEDELICS INTO AN ONLINE EGO CIRCUS WITH THE ADVENT OF THE INTERNET - TO THE GOOD, HUMBLE AND HONEST, I HAVE ETERNAL RESPECT!

IN PARTICULAR I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FIRST ANANDA MARGA MEDITATION TEACHER, RAVINDRA DUTTA (NOW W/O BODY) WHO WAS AN AMAZINGLY GREAT FRIEND AS WELL !
~~~NAMASCAR RAVINDRA~~~

IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I DISCOVERED MANY ENLIGHTENING BOOKS AND FOLLOWED UP ON SEEKING OUT FURTHER INFORMATION FOUND IN THESE BOOKS.....
THE MOST FREE-ING AND ENLIGHTENING DISCOVERY WAS FINDING PROOF OF THE NON--HISTORICAL EXISTENCE OF NOT ONLY JESUS BUT OF ALL THE ARCHETYPES THAT WE HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CONNECTION TO GOD.
THIS DOES NOT MINIMIZE THE MYSTICISM OR SPIRITUALITY BEHIND THE MYTHS AND IN FACT, MANY TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL PRACTICES DO LEAD TO AN INNER JOURNEY - AS THE LATE, GREAT MYTHOLOGIST, JOSEPH CAMPBELL POINTED OUT - WHEN CATHOLICS TAKE COMMUNION OR HINDUS TAKE 'PRASAD'... AS IT ENTERS THEIR MOUTHS AND THEN DOWN THEIR THROATS, THEY ARE 'TURNING THEIR ATTENTION INWARDS', SEEING IN THEIR MINDS THE BODY OF CHRIST (CONSCIOUSNESS) GOING DOWN THEIR THROAT LEADING THEM TO THAT PLACE INSIDE - OF THE "CHRIST WITHN" -- THAT'S ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF WHAT I HAD SEEN AS THE ESOTERIC SIDE OF CHRISTIANITY.

A PARADIGM SHIFT HAS OCCURED WITHIN ME NOW THAT I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT JESUS IS A MYTH BASED ON ANCIENT PAGAN MYSTERY RELIGIONS - WHOSE CENTRAL FIGURE WAS THE 'DYING AND RESURRECTING GODMAN'

THESE 'MYSTERY RELIGIONS' ABOUNDED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AT THE TIME JESUS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ALIVE - -- SEE THE BOOK BELOW/ CLICK ON LINK AND WATCH VIDEO CLIPS OF FINDINGS BY ONE OF THE AUTHORS, TIMOTHY FREKE - ..CLICK ON BOOK BELOW..,

UPDATE: OCTOBER 2nd, 2007
IF YOU COME TO MY SITE AND DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT IN HISTORY THERE NEVER EVER WAS A 'JESUS' AND ARE SO WRAPPED UP IN YOUR BELIEFS THAT IT PREVENTS YOU FROM SEEKING OUT THE TRUTH OF HISTORY, THEN PLEASE DON'T FRIEND REQUEST OR CONTACT ME. I HAVE NO TIME FOR IT.
RELIGIONS ARE PRISONS FOR YOUR MINDS... RELIGIONS ARE MAINLY HOW THIS WORLD IS 'CONTROLLED'.

...IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY UNDERSTANDING PLEASE DO THE RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN -- DON'T JUST COME BY... REALLY... CLICK ON THE LINKS ON THIS SITE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE - FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A LINK TO "EGODEATH DOT COM", AN EXCELLENT SITE FOR INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE MYTHIC CHRIST AND PSYCHEDELICS ---- CHECK OUT THE BOOKS I LIST - THEY ARE ALL EXCELLENT AND WATCH OUT FOR MY BULLETINS AS THEY WILL BE INFORMATIVE AS WELL !

HERE'S ANOTHER WEBSITE EXAMPLE:
( CLICK ON IT - A NEW BROWSER WINDOW WILL OPEN ON ALL LINKS ) :
JESUSNEVEREXISTED DOT COM

UPON THAT DISCOVERY I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING OUT AT THE WORLD WITH NEW EYES AND WONDERING HOW FAR THE POSSIBILITIES CAN TAKE A HUMAN MIND. SO THIS IS ABOUT A ..SEARCH.. FOR MORE TRUTH - NOT ABOUT BELIEVING I KNOW THE TRUTH.... THAT'S ABOUT... EGO .......THAT SENSE OF WHO YOU BELIEVE YOURSELF TO BE, ETC. I AM MORE INTERESTED IN HEARING THE EXPERIENCES FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO A NON-RELIGIOUS AYAHUASCA CEREMONY.

IN MY DISCOVERIES I CAME ACROSS THE BOOK ON WHICH THE CURRENT THEME (COSMIC SERPENT) HERE IS BASED...

'THE COSMIC SERPENT'....

... A BOOK ABOUT THE AYAHAUSCA VINE USED MAINLY BY AMAZONIAN SHAMANS. IN ANCIENT TIMES DIFFERENT PLANTS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO IN SACRED TEXTS. E.G., SOMA FROM THE RIG VEDA (VEDAS FROM ANCIENT INDIA). THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS INCLUDING ONE CALLED 'HAOMA' AND IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE INNER MYSTERY CEREMONIES PERFORMED BY THE PRIESTS OF THE ANCIENT MYSTERY RELIGIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN INCLUDED SOME TYPE OF PSYCHEDELIC/HALLUCINARI EXPERIENCE (HALLUCINARI _LATIN_ROOT= 'ALUCINARE - MEANING -> 'TO WANDER IN ONE'S MIND') INVOLVING ONE OF MANY TYPES OF PYSCHOTROPIC PLANTS AND/OR MUSHROOMS.

THE THESIS OF 'THE COSMIC SERPENT' ASSERTS THAT SHAMANS HAVE FOUND A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AYAHUASCA VINE AND COMMINICATION WITH NATURE THRU INGESTING AYAHUASCA. THE FINDINGS ARE REMARKABLE AND SUGGEST THAT ALL LIFE HAS 'MIND' OR CONSCIOUSNESS AND THAT OUR DNA IS THE LINK OF COMMUNICATION. THIS MAY SOUND FAR FETCHED BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE SERIOUS SEEKERS, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT WE CAN, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PARTICULAR PLANT DERIVITIVES, EXPERIENCE DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DNA OF OTHER MATTER AND THAT MATTER THAT EXISTS WITHIN US. THE ANCIENTS LEFT US WITH REFERENCES TO THIS POSSIBILITY -- PRIMARILY THE COMMONLY TWISTED SNAKES... [CLICK ON IMAGE]