"CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ACORN MEDIA" "HELLO." "I'M SUSAN SARANDON." "IN THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM OF "MYTHOS,"" "JOE CAMPBELL INTRODUCED US TO YOGA," "A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AIMED AT ACHIEVING" "EVER-HIGHER LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS BY MEDITATION." "IN FACT, IN ALL THESE PROGRAMS ON HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM," "JOE HAS EMPHASIZED CONSCIOUSNESS." "WHY?" "THE WORD KUNDALINI IS FROM THE WORD "KUNDA,"" "THAT MEANS COILED UP, SOMETHING COILED UP," "AND WHAT THE REFERENCE IS TO IS THE SPIRITUAL ENERGY" "THAT IS COILED UP, AS IT WERE," "AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE, THE BASE OF THE BODY." "AND WHEN IT'S IN THAT CONDITION, COILED UP DOWN THERE," "THERE'S NOT MUCH SPIRITUAL LIFE." "THE SPIRITUALLY ENERGIZED ORGANS" "ARE SIMPLY IN THE LOWER PELVIC AREA." "THE GOAL OF THE YOGA IS TO WAKE THAT COILED-UP ENERGY" "AND BRING IT UP THE SPINE, AND IT'S PICTURED" "AS A SERPENT, A LITTLE FEMALE SERPENT," "BECAUSE AGAIN THE ENERGY IS FEMALE." "THE ACTION THING IS FEMALE--SHAKTI." "AND IT'S A LITTLE FEMALE SERPENT CALLED THE KUNDALINI," "THE COILED-UP FEMALE SERPENT," "PICTURED AS ABOUT AS THICK AS THE HAIR OF A BOAR," "WHITE, AND COILED 3 1/2 TIMES AROUND A SYMBOLIC LINGAM," "A SYMBOLIC MALE ORGAN, WHICH IS THERE" "AT THE BASE OF THE BODY ALSO." "THIS IS ALL, YOU KNOW, SUBTLE SUBSTANCE." "YOU WON'T FIND IT ON THE OPERATING TABLE." "THE..." "THE...3 1/2 TIMES WITH THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT" "OVER THE..." "WHAT'S CALLED THE BRAHMA DOOR OF THE LINGAM" "SO THAT THE ENERGIES DO NOT COME UP." "THE GOAL OF THE YOGA IS TO WAKE THAT SERPENT" "AND BRING HER UP THE SPINE, AND ON THE WAY UP," "SHE PASSES CERTAIN CENTERS." "THERE'S THE CENTER AT THE BASE, WHICH IS CALLED MULADHARA," "THE ROOT BASE." "THERE'S THE CENTER AT THE CROWN OF THE HEAD," "WHICH IS CALLED SAHASRARA, THE THOUSAND-PETALED LOTUS." "AND ON THE WAY UP, THERE ARE 5 MORE CENTERS." "AND AS THAT SERPENT POWER ENTERS THE FIELD OF THOSE..." "SEQUENTIAL CENTERS, THE WHOLE PSYCHOLOGY" "OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS TRANSFORMED." "SO I'M GOING TO USE THIS AS A MEANS TO LINK INTO" "OUR WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES AND SEE WHERE EACH OF THEM STANDS" "IN RELATION TO THIS VERY, VERY RECONDITE AND LONG" "SEASONED PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT." "AS JUNG SAYS WHEN HE DISCUSSES THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD," "THESE PEOPLE ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF US" "THAT WE'VE GOT ONLY UP TO THE THIRD CAKRA." "HE HIMSELF, I WOULD SAY, HAD GOT TO THE FOURTH, JUNG." "BUT HE SAYS, "WE'VE GOT TO MOVE INTO THIS SLOWLY" ""AND DON'T HAVE THE NOTION THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL THESE THINGS," ""BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD THE EXPERIENCE SYSTEM YET" "THAT INTERPRETS THEM."" "SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO START UP THE LINE HERE." "THESE CENTERS ARE CALLED PADMA, P-A-D-M-A," "WHICH MEANS LOTUS." "THEY'RE ALSO CALLED CAKRA, C-A-K-R-A." "THE "C," AS IT'S TRANSLITERATED FROM SANSKRIT," "ALWAYS IS PRONOUNCED AS THOUGH IT WERE "CH."" "CAKRA, WHICH MEANS WHEEL." "THE FIRST CENTER IS AT THE BASE OF THE BODY" "BETWEEN THE RECTUM AND THE SEX ORGANS," "AT THE VERY ROOT OF THE BODY." "IT'S CALLED MULADHARA," "ROOT BASE." "I CALLED THAT YOGA POSTURE THAT WE SAW MULA BANDHASANA," "THE BINDING POSTURE, BINDING THE MULA." "AT THIS LEVEL, THE PSYCHE IS PRACTICALLY INERT." "IT IS JUST HANGING ON TO LIFE." "AND MY IMAGE IN MY MIND FOR THIS" "IS DRAGONS, WHICH AS WE KNOW FROM BIOLOGY," "GUARD THINGS IN CAVES." "THE CUSTOMS OF THE DRAGON" "HAVE BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY MILLENNIUMS." "THEY GUARD THINGS IN CAVES, AND WHAT THEY GUARD IN CAVES" "ARE BEAUTIFUL VIRGINS, SYMBOLS OF THE SECOND CAKRA," "CAKRA OF SEXUALITY, AND HEAPS OF GOLD," "THE THIRD CAKRA, POSSESSION AND WINNING." "THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH EITHER," "BUT THEY SIMPLY GUARD." "NOW, THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE WHOLE PSYCHE" "WHEN THE ENERGY IS BOUND UP IN THE MULADHARA." "NO ZEAL FOR LIFE, NO POSITIVE ACTION, ONLY REACTION." "SO THE PSYCHOLOGY APPROPRIATE TO THIS DULL CONDITION" "IS THAT OF BEHAVIORISM," "WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE PSYCHE" "BUT ONLY A REACTIVE ONE." "NIETZSCHE CALLS THIS POSITION" "THAT OF GROVELING BEFORE SHEER FACT." "ACTUALLY, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SHEER FACT." "IT'S THIS OBJECT FOR A SUBJECT." "AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE MIND BEHOLDING THE OBJECT" "IS WHAT CHANGES THE CHARACTER AND MEANING OF THE FACT." "PEOPLE THAT HANG ON LIKE THIS WE CALL CREEPS," "AND THEY ARE EXACTLY THE, YOU MIGHT SAY, INCARNATION" "OF THE CHARACTER OF CAKRA ONE." "ART ON THIS LEVEL IS SIMPLY SENTIMENTAL NATURALISM." "IT HAS NO BREAKTHROUGH TO THE RADIANCE." "HERE IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE CAKRA," "AND WE SEE IN THESE SYMBOLIC FORMS WHAT WE'VE GOT." "THIS RECTANGLE IS OF THE ELEMENT EARTH," "THE GROSSEST OF THE ELEMENTS." "IN THE CENTER IS A RED TRIANGLE." "THAT IS WHAT IS CALLED THE YONI." "THIS IS THE WOMB OR THE SEX ORGAN OF MOTHER COSMOS." "WE ARE WITHIN HER WOMB." "SHE IS TIME, SPACE," "THE INCLUDING APRIARY FORMS OF SENSIBILITY" "AND OF THE CATEGORIES OF KNOWLEDGE." "IT'S WITHIN THAT WOMB THAT WE ARE." "THE LINGAM HERE, THE MALE ORGAN," "REPRESENTS THE ENERGY THAT BREAKS INTO THAT WOMB." "NOW, OF COURSE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT" "AND INTERESTING THING HERE." "WE SAY THAT THE LINGAM REPRESENTS THE ENERGY" "COMING FROM THE TRANSCENDENCE COMING INTO THE WOMB." "BUT THE LINGAM IS NOT ANTECEDENT TO THE WOMB," "BECAUSE THERE ARE NO THINGS, THERE ARE NO PAIRS OF OPPOSITES" "UNTIL YOU GET WITHIN THE WOMB." "SO THIS IS A MANNER OF SYMBOLIZATION" "THAT'S PROPER TO ALREADY BEING IN TIME AND SPACE." "THERE IS NO PAIR OF OPPOSITES IN THE TRANSCENDENCE." "IT NEITHER IS MALE, NOR IS IT FEMALE." "AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRAHMAN BEING THIS STILL ENERGY" "AND MAYA THE ACTIVE ENERGY," "WE'RE TALKING IN DUALISTIC TERMS AGAIN." "THE TRANSCENDED IS TRANSCENDED." "IT TRANSCENDS ALL THINKING, AND SO WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT IT." "AND MY FRIEND HEINRICH SIMM USED TO SAY," ""THE BEST THINGS CAN'T BE SAID." THIS IS WHY." "THE SECOND-BEST ARE MISUNDERSTOOD." "THAT'S BECAUSE THE SECOND-BEST ARE USING THE OBJECTS" "OF TIME AND SPACE TO REFER TO TRANSCENDENCE," "AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS MISUNDERSTOOD" "BY BEING INTERPRETED IN TERMS OF TIME AND SPACE." "THE THIRD-BEST, THAT'S CONVERSATION." "BUT THE FIRST- AND SECOND-BEST" "WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE SECOND-BEST NOW" "TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST." "SO THIS IS THE SYMBOL" "OF THE GENERATING MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE." "THE FORM HERE, THAT'S THE SANSKRIT LETTER LANG." "THIS IS THE SOUND WHICH, WHEN THE YOGI PRONOUNCES IT" "LANG, LANG, LANG" "HE'S ACTIVATING THE ENERGY OF THIS CENTER." "NOW, HERE'S AN ELEPHANT BOUND TO THE EARTH" "SUPPORTING THE WHOLE KUNDALINI." "THIS ELEPHANT HAS 7 TRUNKS," "AND HIS NAME IS AIRAVATA." "THIS IS THE CLOUD ON WHICH THE GOD INDRA RIDES." "HE IS THE VEDIC COUNTERPART OF THE CLASSICAL ZEUS," "KING OF THE GODS." "NOW, WHEN BRAHMA THE CREATOR OPENED THE WORLD EGG" "OUT OF WHICH THE WHOLE UNIVERSE CAME" "WE'RE TALKING MYTHOLOGICALLY, MY FRIENDS." "THE HINDUS DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN EGG" "THAT THE GOD OPENED." "WHEN HE OPENED THE WORLD EGG," "OUT CAME 9 ELEPHANTS," "AND ONE WAS THIS ONE, AIRAVATA." "THE OTHER 8 WERE 4 PAIRS," "AND THE 8 WENT OFF TO THE 4 DIRECTIONS" "AND SUPPORTED THE UPPER SHELL" "SO THAT THE ELEPHANTS ARE THE CARYATIDS OF THE UNIVERSE," "AS WE SEE THEM HERE, SUPPORTING THIS." "NOW, ISN'T IT NICE TO GO TO A TEMPLE" "AND KNOW THIS THING ABOUT ELEPHANTS" "AND SEE THE ELEPHANTS HOLDING UP THE UNIVERSE" "AND TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE CLOUDS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED" "TO THIS JOB OF HOLDING UP THE UNIVERSE?" "AND SOMEDAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE" "AND WE WILL A LITTLE LATER THIS MORNING" "AN ELEPHANT UP THERE IN THE ETHER, WHERE HE BELONGS." "THEN WHEN YOU SEE ELEPHANTS WALKING ALONG THE STREET" "OR CLOTHED IN, YOU KNOW, CAPARISONS," "WITH HOWDAHS ON TOP AND SO FORTH," "IT'S THE ELEPHANT." "OH." "SYMBOLIC, IT REFERS YOU IN YOUR MIND," "YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MEDITATION." "THERE'S A NICE STORY ABOUT ELEPHANTS." "A STUDENT HAD JUST LEARNED FROM HIS GURU" "THAT HE WAS DIVINE, HE WAS WHAT GOD IS." ""I AM GOD." "SHIVA HUNG." "I AM SHIVA."" "AND DEEPLY MEDITATING ON THIS," "WONDERFULLY IMPRESSED BY HIMSELF AS GOD NOW," "HE GOES OUT FOR A STROLL DOWN THE STREET." "AND AS HE'S WALKING, HERE COMES AN ELEPHANT HIS WAY" "WITH THE HOWDAH ON TOP AND PEOPLE UP THERE," "AND THE MAHOUT, THE ELEPHANT DRIVER," "SEATED ON THE ELEPHANT'S HEAD." "AND HE THINKS..." "HE SEES THIS ELEPHANT COMING," "AND THE DRIVER SAYS, "GET OUT OF THE WAY, YOU FOOL."" "AND HE THINKS, "I AM GOD." "THE ELEPHANT IS GOD." "SHOULD GOD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF GOD?"" "SO THAT'S THE SITUATION" "WHEN THE ELEPHANT COMES UPON HIM" "AND SIMPLY WRAPS HIS TRUNK AROUND HIM" "AND TOSSES HIM OFF TO THE SIDE." "AND HE'S COMPLETELY DISHEVELED" "BUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY GREATLY SHOCKED." "AND HE GOES BACK TO HIS GURU IN THIS TERRIBLE SHAPE," "AND THE GURU SEES HIM COMING, AND HE SAYS," ""WELL, SO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?"" ""WELL," HE SAID, "AN ELEPHANT THREW ME OFF THE ROAD."" "HE SAID, "THEY WERE SHOUTING AT ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY," ""BUT IN YOUR MEDITATION, WHAT YOU TOLD ME," ""AND I THOUGHT I'M GOD AND THE ELEPHANT'S GOD." "SHOULD GOD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF GOD?"" ""WELL," SAID THE GURU, "WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN" ""TO THE VOICE OF GOD SHOUTING AT YOU" "TO GET OUT OF THE WAY?"" "THIS IS THE 2 CAKRAS, THE 2 NERVES, YOU SEE." "THAT'S THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE GROSS BODY WITH THE SUBTLE." "NOW, THIS IS KNOWN AS SRI YANTRA," "AND YOU'VE SEEN IT, I'M SURE, FREQUENTLY." "A YANTRA IS A MACHINE" "IT'S FROM THE VERBAL ROOT "YAM"" "TO HELP US DO SOMETHING." "A YANTRA IS A MACHINE TO HELP US MEDITATE." "THIS IS A SUPPORT FOR MEDITATION." "WHAT YOU SEE IN THE VERY CENTER" "IS THE TRIANGLE THAT WE'VE JUST SEEN." "AND THEN INSTEAD OF HAVING THE LINGAM REPRESENTED HERE," "WE'RE SEEING IT FROM ABOVE AS IT WERE." "THIS IS CALLED THE BINDU, THE DROP," "THE IMPACT OF THE ETERNAL ENERGY ON THE FIELD OF TIME." "AND WHEN THE FIELD OF TIME IS STRUCK," "IT BREAKS INTO PAIRS OF OPPOSITES." "SO WE ALWAYS HAVE PAIRS OF OPPOSITES." "NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I FOUND WHEN I WAS IN JAPAN" "AND WAS TAKEN TO NAGASAKI," "WHERE THE SECOND ATOM BOMB DROPPED." "AND I WAS WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE." "AND I MUST SAY, I FELT MORTIFIED," "BEING AN AMERICAN RESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, REMOTELY" "FOR THIS HORRIFIC ACT." "I MEAN, A SECOND ATOM BOMB." "WHAT AN OUTRAGE." "AND THE EXTENT OF DEVASTATION WAS EVIDENT." "AND THEY HAVE AN ENORMOUS IMAGE JUST POINTING UP LIKE THAT" "EXACTLY TO THE PLACE FROM WHICH THE BOMB CAME." "MY JAPANESE FRIENDS-- THERE WAS NO MALICE," "NO SENSE OF ME TO BLAME." "ENEMIES, PAIRS OF OPPOSITES, 2 ASPECTS OF THE SAME THING." "BEAUTIFUL." "AND TO BEGIN TO THINK OF THINGS THAT WAY" "IS THE PROCESS OF BRAHMAN." "I THINK I MENTIONED A LITTLE MEDITATION" "FOR MEALS OF THE CHRISTIAN MONKS" "IS RIGHT OUT OF THE "BHAGAVAD GITA."" "BRAHMAN IS THE SACRIFICE, IS WHAT IS BEING KILLED." "BRAHMAN IS THE LADLE OF THE SACRIFICE," "THE INSTRUMENT THROUGH WHICH THE SACRIFICE TAKES PLACE." "BRAHMAN IS THE FIRE OF THE SACRIFICE," "THAT FIRE WHICH THEN CONSUMES THE SACRIFICE." "HE WHO SEES THE OPERATION OF BRAHMAN IN ALL THINGS" "IS ON THE WAY TO REALIZING HIMSELF AS OF BRAHMAN." "AND SO THE MOST HORRIBLE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU" "OR TO YOUR FRIENDS..." "IT IS OF BRAHMAN." "AND TO SEE IT THEN IN THE WAY OF THE SACRIFICE" "AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PROCESS" "DISENGAGES YOU FROM THE FIX TO THE VALUES OF TIME AND SPACE" "AND LINKS YOU TO THIS OTHER THING AND YOURSELF" "AS SIMPLY A BUBBLE, A WAVE IN THE RIPPLING SURFACE." "SO PAIRS OF OPPOSITES." "THIS RED SERIES OF PETALS REPRESENTS THE SUBTLE BODY." "THE BLUE, THE GROWTH." "AND IN MEDIEVAL SYMBOLOGY, WE HAVE THE SAME COLORS." "MARY, WHO REPRESENTS THE EARTHLY MOTHER," "IS ALWAYS BLUE," "AND CHRIST, IN HER WOMB OR BORN, IS RED." "THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE SAVIOR," "THE SUBTLE MYSTERY." "AND THIS THE CARRIER OF IT ALL." "NOW, IN YOUR MEDITATION, YOU MAY THINK OF THESE TRIANGLES" "AS PROCEEDING FROM THE CENTER." "THAT'S MEDITATING ON CREATION." "YOU CAN SEE THEM AS GOING BACK TO THE CENTER." "THAT'S MEDITATION ON PALEA, OR DISILLUSION." "THE UNIVERSE COMES AND GOES." "BRAHMA OPENS HIS EYES AND CLOSES HIS EYES," "OPENS HIS EYES AND CLOSES HIS EYES." "AND SO ALL THE ANXIETY ABOUT THE ATOM BOMB, HUH?" "MEDITATE ON DISILLUSION." "THAT'S ALL." "THE WHOLE WORLD, NOT YOU ALONE," "THE WHOLE WORLD COMES AND GOES" "AND COMES AND GOES." "IT'S IN THE PROCESS." "THIS DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU MUSTN'T GO TO WORK" "TO STOP ATOM BOMBS." "THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP" "TO THE WHOLE MYSTERY IN TERMS OF ITS METAPHYSICS" "AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE MYSTERY OF BEING." "SO WE CAN MEDITATE NOW ON DISILLUSION." "CHRISTIANITY WAS BORN OUT OF A MEDITATION ON DISILLUSION." "IN THOSE FIRST CENTURIES B.C. AND A.D.," "THE WHOLE JEWISH RACE WAS EXCITED" "ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD." "THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS." "IT WAS GOING TO COME." "CHRISTIANITY IS BORN OUT OF THIS." "AND THEN EVERY THOUSAND YEARS, THE CHRISTIANS THINK" "THE WORLD IS GOING TO END AGAIN." "I'M TOLD, THE YEAR 1000, THERE WERE PEOPLE IN FRANCE" "WHO GAVE THEIR PROPERTY TO THE CHURCH" "TO GAIN MERIT JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD." "AND SOME OF THOSE ARE STILL IN COURTS," "I UNDERSTAND, TRYING TO GET THE LAND BACK." "BUT NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE COMING TO THE YEAR 2000," "SO IT'S TIME TO GIVE IT BACK AGAIN." "AND PEOPLE ARE MEDITATING ON THE ATOM BOMB AND SO FORTH." "SO THIS IS A REGULAR CYCLE IN OUR CULTURE," "OF 1,000 YEARS OF DISILLUSION MEDITATION." "AND SO WE'D COME BACK TO OUR CAKRA ONE." "IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER" "IS THE HINDU GOD OF CREATION, BRAHMA," "WHO, AS I SHOWED, SITS ON THE LOTUS" "THAT GROWS FROM VISHNA'S NAVEL," "AND HERE IS HIS CONSORT, SARASWATI." "HERE'S A BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATION FROM AIHOLE" "FROM ABOUT THE FIFTH CENTURY OF BRAHMA THE CREATOR." "HE'S NOT REALLY THE CREATOR," "BECAUSE HE'S SITTING ON A LOTUS." "THAT'S TO SAY, THE WORLD HAS ALREADY COME INTO BEING." "BUT WHAT HE REPRESENTS, HIS 4 FACES," "IS THE THROWING OF THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS" "OUT OVER THE FIELD OF BEING, WHICH THE LOTUS REPRESENTS." "NOW, THE LOTUS IS FEMALE." "THIS IS THE GODDESS HERSELF." "NOW, WITH RESPECT TO WORSHIP," "HERE IS THE LADLE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, SACRIFICE." "HERE IS THE ROSARY OF PRIVATE MEDITATION." "THOSE ARE THE 2 WAYS OF APPROACHING THE GOD." "AND THEN WHAT YOU GET FROM THE GOD," "YOU GET THE KNOWLEDGE OF IMMORTALITY." "THAT'S THE ELIXIR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF IMMORTALITY" "IN THIS JAR, THE AMRITA JAR." "AND YOU RECEIVE BOONS FROM THE GOD" "OF HARMONIOUS LIFE." "AT HIS RIGHT KNEE IS A GANDER." "THE GANDER, THE WILD GOOSE," "IS AT HOME ON THE LAND, IN THE WATER, AND IN THE HIGH AIR." "CONSEQUENTLY, IT'S SYMBOLIC OF THE LORD OF THE 3 WORLDS." "CONSEQUENTLY, IT'S SYMBOLIC OF THE SPIRIT" "WHICH IS THE LORD OF THE 3 WORLDS" "AND INFORMS ALL OF THE WORLDS." "THE WORD FOR GANDER IN SANSKRIT IS HANSA." "AND WHEN YOU BREATHE, YOU CAN HEAR "HANSA."" "WHEN YOU BREATHE IN, YOU HEAR THE "HAN."" "WHEN YOU BREATHE OUT, YOU HEAR "SA."" "SO THAT YOUR VERY BREATH IS TELLING YOU ALL THE TIME" "YOU ARE THAT HANSA." "WHEN YOU HEAR IT NOT AS HANSA, BUT AS SAHAN," "SAHAN MEANS "I AM THAT."" "THAT'S KNOWN AS MEDITATION ON THE BREATH." "EVERY BREATH IS TELLING YOU THAT WHAT YOU REALLY ARE" "IS THIS SPIRIT THAT INFORMS THE UNIVERSE." "ROUNDABOUT ARE THE RISHIS, THE SAINTS, IN RAPTURE" "AT THE VERY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BEING OF BRAHMA." "HERE NOW--THIS IS A FAVORITE OF MINE" "IS THE BIRD OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BREATH" "HOLDING THE 9 ELEPHANTS." "THOSE ARE THE 9 ELEPHANTS THAT SUPPORT THE WORLD." "THEY REPRESENT THE GROSS POWER." "AND HERE IS THE SUBTLE POWER THAT SUPPORTS THEM." "SO WE'VE DEALT WITH MULADHARA." "WE MOVE UP NOW TO SVADHISTHANA." "THAT'S A WORD THAT MEANS" ""HER FAVORITE RESORT," "HER FAVORITE STANDING PLACE,"" "AND THIS IS THE SEX ORGANS." "AT THIS MOMENT, THE PSYCHOLOGY IS TRANSFORMED." "NO LONGER BEHAVIORISM, BUT DR. FREUD." "AND EVERYTHING NOW IS EXCITING." "IT'S SEX IS THE AIM OF LIFE." "EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES." "THE BIRDS ARE SINGING." "THE BELLS ARE RINGING FOR ME AND MY GAL." "AND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF SEX ARE ALSO TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE." "AND IF THE FRUSTRATIONS ARE CONTINUOUS," "THEN ONE TURNS ONE'S MIND TO SOMETHING ELSE," "AND CIVILIZATION COMES INTO BEING." "THIS IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS SUBLIMATION." "SO HERE'S DR. FREUD." "THAT PSYCHOLOGY IS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CAKRA 2." "HERE IS THE CAKRA," "AND NOW WE GET THE SYMBOLOGY OF THE WORLD" "ASSOCIATED WITH THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CAKRA 2." "HERE IS THE MOON." "THE MOON IS THE GOVERNOR OF THE TIDES OF LIFE." "AND THE WHOLE SEX THING IS THE TIDE OF LIFE," "AND HOW WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, PEOPLE ARE "LUNA-TICS" FOR SEX." "THE DOGS ARE BARKING AND THE COYOTES AND ALL OF THAT." "AND I'M TOLD THAT THE CRABS COME OUT AND DANCE ON THE BEACH." "AND HERE IS THAT MAKARA" "AS THE SYMBOLIC ANIMAL OF THE GANGES AND THE GODDESS GANGA." "SO THE POURING OF THE WATERS OF THE GANGES" "THAT'S ALL OF THIS ENERGY." "THIS IS THE EROTIC SOURCE OF LIFE AND OF EXCITEMENT" "AND OF BEING IN THE WORLD." "NOT ONLY GANGA, BUT IN THE VEDIC PANTHEON," "THE GOD VARUNA, WHO REPRESENTS" "THE RHYTHM OF THE ROLLING HEAVENS." "AT NIGHT, THE NIGHT SKY, YOU CAN SEE IT MOVING," "AND THAT RHYTHM IS THE RHYTHM OF THE UNIVERSE" "AND IS OF VARUNA." "HERE IS VARUNA." "THE HINDU DEITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CAKRA IS VISHNU." "VISHNU ASSOCIATED WITH THE EROTIC." "AND HERE, WEARING THE YELLOW GARMENT," "HE IS ESSENTIALLY AN EROTIC BOON." "AND THE INCARNATION OF VISHNU IN THIS ASPECT" "THAT IS THE FAVORITE IN INDIA IS KRISHNA." "AND THIS WHOLE ROMANCE OF KRISHNA AND RADHA" "RADHA IS A LITTLE MARRIED WOMAN." "WE'RE BREAKING PAST ETHICS HERE." "THE GOD--THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD FOR THE WORLD." "ETERNITY IS IN LOVE WITH THE FORMS OF TIME." "GOD FALLS UTTERLY IN LOVE WITH RADHA." "AND THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL, VERY VOLUPTUOUS STRONG POEM" "WRITTEN OF THIS CALLED THE "GITA GOVINDA,"" ""THE SONG OF THE COWHERD,"" "COMPOSED BY A YOUNG BRAHMAN WHO WAS IN LOVE" "WITH THE DAUGHTER OF HIS GURU" "AND SAW HIMSELF AS KRISHNA AND HER AS RADHA" "AND WRITES OF HIS LOVE AS KRISHNA INFORMING HIM," "KRISHNA'S LOVE ANIMATING HIS OWN LOVE AND SO FORTH." "IT'S A LONG, RICH, BEAUTIFUL, VERY HUMAN AND YET DIVINE POEM." "NOW, THE DATE FOR THIS POEM IS THE 12th CENTURY," "ABOUT 1180..." "OR '70." "'72, I THINK IT IS." "THOSE ARE THE DATES FOR THE TRISTAN ROMANCE IN EUROPE," "AND THE WHOLE THEME OF THIS RULE-BREAKING EROTICS" "WHICH UNDERLINES THE COURTLY LOVE TRADITION" "BELONGS TO EXACTLY THE SAME CENTURY AS THIS IN INDIA." "THEN WHEN YOU GO TO JAPAN," "YOU HAVE LADY MURASAKI'S "GENJI,"" "WHICH IS ABOUT A CENTURY EARLIER," "AND AGAIN THE EROTIC MOOD." "IT IS THROUGH SHEER SECOND CAKRA EXPERIENCE" "THAT ONE CAN COME TO DIVINE REALIZATION." "AND IN THE VAISHNAVA TRADITION," "THE TRADITION ASSOCIATED WITH VISHNU," "WHICH IS OF THIS EROTIC MODE, THE WAY OF LOVE." "CHRIST ALSO LOVED." "HIS LOVE BRINGS HIM TO DEATH ON THE CROSS." "CHRIST IS A KIND OF VAISHNAVA INCARNATION," "AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY PARALLELS," "AS ONE STUDIES CHRISTIANITY IN RELATION TO THESE RELIGIONS," "BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND VAISHNAVISM." "THERE ARE 5 ORDERS OF LOVE," "AND THE EARLIEST AND LOWEST AND SIMPLEST FOR PEOPLE" "WHO ARE PRINCIPALLY INTERESTED IN SOMETHING ELSE" "IS THAT OF MASTER AND SERVANT, SERVANT FOR THE MASTER." ""O LORD, YOU ARE THE MASTER, I THE SERVANT." ""GIVE ME RULES TO LIVE BY, AND I WILL LIVE BY THEM." "I WILL DO YOUR WILL."" "PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF LIFE" "WITHOUT MUCH TIME FOR RELIGIOUS THOUGHT," "THAT'S ABOUT THE LEVEL ON WHICH THEY WORK." "THIS RULE-GIVING PRINCIPLE" "YOU GET A HEAVY DOSE OF IT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT" "WITH THE BOOK OF LAWS AND SO FORTH," "RULES, RULES, RULES BY WHICH GOD SUBJUGATES YOU." "THE SECOND ORDER OF LOVE IS THAT OF FRIEND FOR FRIEND." "WITH THE FRIEND, YOU'RE THINKING OF HIM MORE." "THIS IS THE ORDER IN INDIA OF THE PANDELAS," "THE BOYS OF THE MAHA MARITA AND KRISHNA." "IT IS THE ORDER IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION" "OF THE APOSTLES FOR CHRIST." "THEY'RE CLOSE IN, THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS," "THEY'RE THINKING OF HIM MORE," "AND THEY COME TO REALIZATIONS." "THE THIRD ORDER OF LOVE IS THAT OF PARENT FOR CHILD," "WHERE THE DEITY IS THE CHILD." "THIS IS THE ORDER OF THE CHRISTMAS CRIB." "IT'S THE ORDER OF THE LOVE IN THE HINDU TRADITION" "FOR THE LITTLE NAUGHTY BOY KRISHNA THE BUTTER THIEF" "AND SO FORTH." "WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS THE BIRTH" "OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IN YOUR HEART." "IT IS JUST BORN." "IT'S A TENDER CHILD." "IT MUST BE FOSTERED." "NOW, WHERE DO YOU FIND IT?" "A WOMAN CAME TO RAMAKRISHNA AND SAID," ""I FIND I DO NOT LOVE GOD." "THE CONCEPT DOES NOT MOVE ME."" "AND RAMAKRISHNA ASKED HER," ""IS THERE NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT YOU LOVE?"" "AND SHE SAID, "YES." "I LOVE MY LITTLE NEPHEW."" "HE SAID, "THERE HE IS."" "NOW, THIS RECOGNITION OF THE DIVINE" "IN THE ACTIVITIES OF LIFE, THIS IS GOOD HINDUISM," "IT'S GOOD TANTRA, IT'S GOOD BUDDHISM." "GOING TO TEMPLE IS QUITE SECONDARY." "OUR RELIGIOUS LIFE IS HERE AND NOW." "AND THIS IS THE IDEA THAT ELIOT WAS TRYING" "TO INCORPORATE IN "THE COCKTAIL PARTY."" "THAT IS THE RITUAL RELATIONSHIP," "AND IT'S THROUGH RELATIONSHIP" "THIS IS THE CONFUCIAN IDEA, TOO, OF RELATIONSHIP," "PERSON TO PERSON, AS THE WAY THE DAO IS REALIZED." "THEN WE COME TO THE FOURTH ORDER OF LOVE," "AND THIS IS OF MARRIAGE, SPOUSE FOR SPOUSE." "THE HINDUS MAKE MUCH MORE" "OF THE WOMAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE HUSBAND" "THAN OF HIS RELATIONSHIP TO HER." "BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS, IN THE LIFE OF MARRIAGE," "IN THE LIFE TOGETHER OF 2 PEOPLE," "THIS IS THE RITUAL FEEL." ""I DO NOT LOVE GOD." "BUT, NO, THERE SHE IS."" "YOUR WIFE." "THE HIGHEST ORDER OF LOVE, WHERE NOTHING BUT LOVE, IS THIS," "MAD, ENGAGED, ILLICIT LOVE," "CARELESS OF THE RULES OF THE WORLD," "A BREAK PAST INTO THE TRANSCENDENT." "THIS IS THE COMPARABLE EXPERIENCE" "TO THAT OF SAVING SOMEBODY AT THE RISK OF YOUR OWN LIFE." "PASSION, IMPULSE HAS TAKEN OVER TO SUCH EXTENT" "THAT THE WORLD HAS DROPPED OFF." "THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE COURTLY LOVE." "AND BELIEVE ME, THAT WAS A RISK IN THOSE DAYS," "BECAUSE THE PUNISHMENT FOR ADULTERY WAS DEATH." "NOW, THESE WE'VE SEEN, THESE APSARASES," "THE HEAVENLY DANCERS RIDING ON THE THIGH AND LEGS" "OF THE HEAVENLY MUSICIAN, SOARING IN RAPTUROUS LOVE." "WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF THIS ON OUR ROADS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY," "THE MOTORCYCLE COUPLES CRUISING ALONG." "THEY ARE INCARNATIONS OF THESE APSARASES." "PERFECT." "AND SO THEN WE COME TO CAKRA 3" "AT THE LEVEL OF THE NAVAL." "MANIPURA MEANS THE CITY, "PURA," OF THE SHINING JEWEL." "AND HERE THE ENERGY IS AGGRESSIVE," "TO CONQUER, TO CONSUME, TO TURN EVERYTHING INTO ONESELF." "WE HAVE AN ADLERIAN PSYCHOLOGY AT THIS POINT," "A TOTAL TRANSFORMATION." "NOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FROM THE EARLY FREUD CAMP" "WAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED HERE." "FREUD GIVING SEX AS THE PRIME ENERGY," "AND ADLER GIVING THE WILL TO POWER" "AS THE PRIME ENERGY, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS ONE," "FOR SOME OF THE OTHER." "JUNG COMES IN THEN, JUST WHEN THESE TWO" "ARE FIGHTING THIS THING OUT, AND IN HIS VIEW," "YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE RUNNING THIS WAY," "THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WAY." "ALL OF US HAVE BOTH." "AND ONE IS RECESSIVE AND THE OTHER DOMINANT" "IN ANY GIVEN CASE." "AND SO HE'S HAD THIS PSYCHOLOGY" "OF THE DUALITY AND WHAT HE CALLED AN ANTIDROMIA," "WHERE YOU TIP OVER AND YOUR SEX DRIVE" "SUDDENLY GIVES WAY TO A VIOLENCE DRIVE," "OR YOUR WINNING DRIVE SUDDENLY GIVES WAY TO SEX." "THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION TO EACH OTHER IN OUR LIVES." "AND SO HERE WE HAVE" "OUR PRIMARILY POWER-DOMINATED CAKRA." "NOW, THIS IN THE SANSKRIT IS VERY IMPORTANT." "THIS IS THE ONE FROM WHICH MOST OF THE ENERGIES" "HAVE TO BE GENERATED." "LOOK AT THAT." "IT'S AN OMINOUS LOTUS." "THE PETALS ARE DESCRIBED AS HAVING THE COLOR" "OF LIGHTNING-LADEN THUNDERCLOUDS." "IN THE CENTER IS THE WOMB," "YONI, FIRE, ENERGY." "THIS SWASTIKA MOTIF HERE MEANS MOVEMENT, ENERGY, VIOLENCE." "THE SYLLABLE IS "RAM," AND THE ANIMAL IS RAM," "WHO REPRESENTS THE VEHICLE OF THE GOD OF FIRE, AGNI." "THE FIRE OF THE WOMB, THE FIRE OF THE SUN," "THE FIRE OF THE SACRIFICIAL ALTAR" "THESE ARE THE SAME FIRE." "THEY'RE THE TRANSFORMING FIRES." "WOMB IS THE TRANSFORMING MEDIUM," "TRANSFORMING PAST INTO FUTURE." "THE GODS HERE IS SHIVA AND HIS CONSORT," "SHIVA IN HIS VIOLENT ASPECT." "HIS CONSORT, RAKTANI, HER JAWS AND BREASTS" "SMEARED WITH THE BLOOD AND FAT OF SACRIFICES." "HERE IS THIS GORGEOUS THING-- SHIVA TRIPURANTAKA," "SHIVA THE ANNIHILATOR OF THE 3 WORLDS OF THE DEMONS," "THE OBSTRUCTERS, WIPING THEM OUT," "GOING CRASH, RIGHT THROUGH THIS WALL," "PASSING AS THOUGH THEY WEREN'T THERE" "ALL THE OBSTRUCTIONS." "AND NOW, NOW WE GET TO THE DEEP STUFF." "HERE SHE IS IN HER DURGA ASPECT," "RIDING THE LION." "HERE SHE IS AS BLACK TIME, KALI." "KALI MEANS BLACK, KALI MEANS TIME." "THAT'S HER NAME." "BLACK TIME, OUT OF WHICH ALL THINGS" "COME BACK INTO WHICH THEY GO." "THE VOID, THE TRANSCENDENT," "THE MOTHER AND TOMB OF ALL THINGS." "DON'T BE AFRAID." "NOTHING'S HAPPENING." "JUST A RIPPLE ON THE SURFACE." "AND HERE IS HER PRIME ALTAR, THE BATTLEFIELD." "SACRIFICE." "AND THIS IS THE YOGA OF WAR." "THE INDIVIDUAL GIVES HIMSELF UP TO THE LORD DEATH" "AND IS NOT IN PROTECTION OF HIMSELF," "BUT IS MOVED BY THE TIDES OF HISTORY." "NOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON THESE LEVELS," "THEY'RE LIVING ON ANIMAL LEVELS." "ANIMALS, TOO, CLING TO LIFE." "ANIMALS, TOO, BEGET THEIR FUTURE." "ANIMALS, TOO, ARE FIGHTING TO WIN." "AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON THOSE LEVELS," "THEY HAVE TO BE CONTROLLED BY SOCIAL LAW, DHARMA." "JUST THINK OF OUR POPULAR RELIGIONS," "WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH." "PRAYERS FOR HEALTH, WEALTH, PROGENY, VICTORY." "THAT IS ASKING THE GODS TO SERVE YOUR ANIMAL NATURE." "THIS IS POPULAR RELIGION." "AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE GOD'S NAME." "I'LL NEVER FORGET BEING IN MEXICO CITY" "AT THE BASILICA OR WHATEVER YOU'D CALL IT" "OF THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE," "AND THE PEOPLE THERE, THE WOMEN, ON THEIR KNEES," "COMING FOR BLOCKS WITH THEIR LITTLE BABY" "THAT THE VIRGIN HAS GIVEN THEM IN HEALTH TO THANK." "SWARMS OF PEOPLE." "THE LAST TIME I HAD SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THAT" "WAS AT PURI, THE TEMPLE OF THE JAGANNATH IN PURI," "THEIR SAME KIND OF..." "[EXHALES]" "POPULAR RELIGIOSITY." "AND I THOUGHT, WHAT IS IT THE POPULAR WORLD WANTS?" "HEALTH, WEALTH, PROGENY." "AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE GOD'S NAME IS." "SO THAT'S THE ONE RELIGION, THE ONE POPULAR RELIGION" "ALL OVER THE WORLD, NO MATTER WHAT THE NAME OF THE GOD IS." "THE JOB OF THE PRIESTS," "THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE HISTORICAL TEMPLE," "IS TO GET THE NAME OF THEIR GOD LINKED UP WITH THIS THING," "AND THE MONEY POURS IN LIKE CRAZY." "NOW, THINK OF THE FIRST TEMPTATIONS OF THE BUDDHA." "THE FIRST WAS THE TEMPTATION OF LUST, CAKRA 2." "THE SECOND IS THE TEMPTATION OF FEAR, CAKRA 3." "THE THIRD WAS THE TEMPTATION OF DUTY, DHARMA." "HE HAD GONE PAST THIS, AND WE'RE NOT IN THE FIELD" "OF PROPERLY RELIGIOUS LIFE," "IN THE FIELD OF THE SPIRITUAL BIRTH" "UNTIL WE HAVE COME UP TO CAKRA 4." "WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT JOE CALLS POPULAR RELIGION" "AND RELIGION WHICH SPIRITUALLY ENGAGES US?" "FOR JOE, THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION" "IS NOT TO BE FOUND IN THE RELIGION ITSELF," "BUT IN US AND HOW WE EXPERIENCE RELIGION." "HE EXPLAINS IT THIS WAY" "THE DIVINE MYSTERY IS SYMBOLIZED" "IN THE IMAGE AND IN THE NAME OF GOD." "CHILDREN AND PEOPLE JUST ENTERING INTO THE MYSTERY" "MUST LEARN TO RELATE TO THESE SYMBOLS," "GO TO CHURCH, PARTICIPATE IN THE RITUALS," "MAKE PILGRIMAGES, DO ALL THESE THINGS" "SO THEY BECOME PART OF YOUR LIFE." "THEN, ACCORDING TO JOE, COMES THE NEXT STEP" "RECOGNIZING THESE SYMBOLS FOR WHAT THEY ARE," "A REFERENCE TO THE MYSTERY WITHIN US." "RELIGION THEN BECOMES THE VEHICLE" "BY WHICH WE EXPERIENCE THIS MYSTERY." "RELIGION STAYS THE SAME." "WE CHANGE." "SO FAR, IN OUR TRIP UP THE CAKRA SYSTEM," "WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE REALM OF POPULAR RELIGION" "THE FIRST 3 CAKRAS." "TO ENTER WHAT JOE CALLS" "THE FIELD OF PROPERLY RELIGIOUS LIFE," "WE MUST MOVE UP TO LEVEL 4," "THE LEVEL OF TRANSFORMATION." "Campbell:" "THIS IS CAKRA 4," "AND THIS IS AT THE LEVEL OF THE HEART." "THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS." "JESUS, AS LEOPOLD BLOOM SAYS IN "ULYSSES,"" "WITH HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE." "ANAHATA--THAT MEANS "NOT HIT."" ""ANA" IS "NOT." "HATA" IS "HIT."" "WHAT THIS REFERS TO IS THE SOUND THAT IS NOT MADE" "BY ANY 2 THINGS STRIKING TOGETHER." "[KNOCKING]" "THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, ANY SOUND YOU HEAR" "IS MADE BY 2 THINGS STRIKING TOGETHER." "THE VOICE, THE AIR ON THE LARYNX CORDS." "WHAT IS THE SOUND THAT IS NOT MADE" "BY ANY 2 THINGS STRIKING TOGETHER?" "IT IS "OM."" "IT IS THE SOUND OF THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE" "OF WHICH ALL THINGS ARE MANIFESTATIONS." "THE ENERGY IS WHAT UNDERLIES ALL THE FORMS." ""e" EQUALS mc-SQUARED." "AND THE SOUND OF THAT ENERGY IS SAID TO BE "OM."" "NOW, "OM" CAN BE WRITTEN IN ROMAN LETTERS EITHER AS O-M" "OR AS A-U-M." ""O" IN SANSKRIT IS ANALYZED INTO "A" AND "U."" "A-U-M, THE 4-ELEMENT SYLLABLE." "THE 4 ELEMENTS ARE "AAH," "OOH," "MMM,"" "AND THE SILENCE OUT OF WHICH "OM" COMES" "AND BACK INTO WHICH IT GOES." "INDIANS WILL ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THAT GROUND IN SILENCE," "IN INFINITE, IN TRANSCENDENT, IN THE VOID..." "KALI." "[CLEARS THROAT]" ""OM" PRONOUNCED STARTS IN THE BACK OF THE MOUTH" "THEN FILLS THE MOUTH CAVITY, "OOH,"" "THEN CLOSES AT THE LIPS, "MMM."" "WHEN PROPERLY PRONOUNCED," "YOU HAVE MADE ALL THE NOISES." "AND SO ALL WORDS ARE SIMPLY FRAGMENTS OF "OM."" "JUST AS ALL THE IMAGES OF THE BROKEN FORMS OF THE WORLD" "ARE FRAGMENTS OF THEIR FORMER FORMS," "SO ALL WORDS ARE FRAGMENTS OF "OM."" ""OM" IS THE SOUND OF THE RADIANCE OF GOD." ""OM" IS DISCUSSED IN THE MANDUKYA UPANISHAD." "THERE'S A VERY INTERESTING 2-PAGE UPANISHAD" "M-A-N-D-U-K-Y-A." "MANDUKYA" "IN TERMS OF THE 4 STEPS, THE 4 STAGES." ""AAH" IS ASSOCIATED WITH WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS," "THE GROSS BODIES OF THE FORMS IN WHICH WE DWELL" "AND OF WHICH WE ARE ONE." "HERE, I AM NOT YOU, YOU ARE NOT I," "AND A DUALITY PREVAILS, AN ARISTOTELIAN LOGIC." ""A" IS NOT NOT "A."" "ARISTOTLE'S LOGIC IS THE LOGIC OF WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS" "CARRIED RIGHT THROUGH IT." "HE'S NOT LETTING ANYTHING ELSE BREAK IN THERE." "GROSS BODIES." "THEY ARE NOT SELF-LUMINOUS." "THEY HAVE TO BE ILLUMINATED FROM WITHOUT." ""OOH" IS OF DREAM." "WHEN YOU DREAM, YOU ARE SURPRISED BY YOUR DREAM," "AND YET THE DREAM IS YOU." "YOU AS SUBJECT ARE SURPRISED BY YOURSELF AS OBJECT." "YOU SEEM TO BE TWO, YOU AND YOUR DREAM," "BUT YOU ARE ONE." "SO SUBJECT AND OBJECT, THOUGH THEY SEEM TO BE TWO," "ARE THE SAME." "I AND YOU ARE THE SAME." "THIS THE BREAKTHROUGH OF THE METAPHYSICAL REALIZATION" "THAT THE TWO THAT SEEM TO BE SEPARATE ARE REALLY ONE." "AND THIS IS THE MIDWAY POINT TO TRANSCENDENCE," "TO REALIZING RELATIONSHIP AS IDENTITY." "UH..."MMM."" "ALSO, THE OBJECTS OF DREAM ARE SUBTLE OBJECTS," "SELF-RADIANT, CHANGING FORM RAPIDLY." "DREAM, VISION, GOD." "THE GODS AND HEAVENS AND HELLS" "ARE WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED THE COSMIC ASPECT OF DREAM." "AND THE DREAM IS THE PERSONAL ASPECT OF MYTH." "DREAM AND MYTH ARE OF THE SAME ORDER." "THEY'RE OF THE ORDER OF "OOH," DREAM CONSCIOUSNESS." "AND YOU AND YOUR GOD ARE ONE," "JUST AS YOU AND YOUR DREAM ARE." "AND YOUR GOD ISN'T MY GOD." "SO DON'T TRY TO PUSH IT ON ME." "EVERYONE HAS HIS OWN BEING AND CONSCIOUSNESS." "THE THIRD ORDER THEN IS OF "MMM,"" "WHICH IS DEEP, DREAMLESS SLEEP." "CONSCIOUSNESS IS THERE." "THE HEART IS TICKING." "THE BODY WILL RESPOND TO HEAT AND COLD" "AND SO FORTH AND SO ON." "BUT WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS, THE AHAM CONSCIOUSNESS," "THE EGO CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT IN TOUCH WITH CONSCIOUSNESS." "IT IS WIPED OUT BY DARKNESS." "THE GOAL OF YOGA IS TO BRING YOUR WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS" "INTO THAT FIELD OF "MMM" AWAKE," "AND THEN WHAT IT WILL EXPERIENCE" "IS UNDIFFERENTIATED CONSCIOUSNESS," "NOT THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF ANY THING," "BUT THAT PRIMARY CONSCIOUSNESS TO WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO YOGA," "TO LINK OUR WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS." "THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT." "NOW, THE DEITY IN THE SANSKRIT SYSTEM" "REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS IS SHIVA AS THE DANCER." "LOOK AT THE SHAPE HERE AND THE HEAD," "AND THEN LOOK AT "OM."" "IN OTHER WORDS, WHILE LOOKING AT THE IMAGE OF SHIVA," "YOU ARE HEARING THE SYLLABLE "OM,"" "THE SOUND OF THE RADIANCE." "NOW, IN LECTURING TO METHODISTS," "I TELL THEM ABOUT GRAVEN IMAGES." "THIS IS A PERMANENT MEDITATION." "IT'S NOT IDOLATRY." "YOU'RE NOT IDOLIZING THIS IMAGE." "IT'S THE RADIANCE." "IT'S THE OPENING OF IT." "SHIVA HELPS YOU GO THROUGH SHIVA." "YOU DON'T STOP LOOKING." "AND THIS IS THE LITTLE DWARF, FORGETFULNESS," "ON WHOM HE IS DANCING," "FASCINATED BY THE SERPENT OF THE WORLD," "IGNORANT OF THE FACT OF THIS WEIGHT ON HIS BACK," "JUST AS WE ALL ARE." "SHIVA'S RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR US TO RECOGNIZE HIM." "THIS IS THE HEART CAKRA." "THIS IS THE CAKRA OF THIS TRANSFORMATION." "THIS LITTLE FOYER HERE" "IS THE FOYER OF THE WISH-FULFILLING TREE." "AS THE ENERGIES AND AS THE ILLUMINATION" "BEGINS TO APPROACH THIS BREAKTHROUGH," "ONE HAS THE FEELING," ""ALL OF MY WISHES ARE ABOUT TO BE REALIZED,"" "AND THEN THEY ARE INDEED." "NOW, THE CRUCIAL THING HERE IS THE CENTER." "THERE AGAIN WE HAVE THE YONI." "THE LAST TIME WE SAW IT WITH THE LINGAM WITHIN IT" "WAS ON CAKRA ONE." "THIS IS THE YONI OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH." "THIS IS THE YONI OF THE BIRTH OF THE SPIRITUAL" "AS OPPOSED TO THE MERELY PHYSICAL LIFE," "A NEW TRAJECTORY OF IDEAS THAT NO ANIMAL CAN HAVE," "A NOTION OF A SPIRITUAL LIFE," "AND THE FIRST 3 CAKRAS FALL INTO A SECONDARY POSITION." "PEOPLE CAN GO SO FAR," "AS I SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING UP THAT BINGALAH LINE," "AS TO REJECT THE BODY ALTOGETHER." "IT HAS FALLEN INTO A SECONDARY PLACE." "THE PROBLEM IS THROUGH THE BODY" "TO COME TO THIS REALIZATION SO THAT IT'S IN THE BODY" "THAT THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS REALIZED." "THE ANIMAL HERE IS A GAZELLE," "WHICH IS THE VEHICLE OF PRANA," "THE LORD OF THE WIND, THE BREATH." "THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE BREATH TAKES OVER AND IS IN CHARGE." "NOW, THERE ARE 2 TRIANGLES WHICH FORM THE 6-POINTED STAR." "THE FIRST REPRESENTS ASPIRATION." "YOU HAVE HEARD THE SYLLABLE "OM"" "RESOUNDING THROUGH ALL THINGS." "YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE." "IT'S HERE." "IT'S HERE." ""OM." THAT'S THE SENSE OF INWARD-TURNED MEDITATION." ""I'VE GOT IT WITHIN ME." "THE FIRE IS HERE." ""IT'S THERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO GO THERE TO CAPTURE IT." "I AM THERE IN THIS." AND SO FORTH AND SO ON." "THE UBIQUITY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SOUND OF "OM."" "AND NOW YOU WANT TO HEAR THE SOUND DIRECT," "NOT SIMPLY THROUGH THINGS, BUT DIRECTLY." "AND THAT IS THE ASPIRATION THEN OF SPIRITUAL STRIVING." "AND THE LOWER TRIANGLE POINTING DOWN IS INERTIA," "THE PHYSICAL INERTIA." "AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SYSTEM OF SYMBOLS," "OF TRYING TO PUT DOWN THE INERTIA SYSTEM," "THE CRAVINGS OF THE MERE PHYSICAL BODY" "SO THAT A SPIRITUAL REALIZATION AND AMPLIFICATION" "CAN BE REALIZED AND THE ENERGY CARRIED ON UP." "THAT'S THE CENTER OF TRANSFORMATION." "NOW NEXT, VISUDDHA-- THE WORD MEANS PURGATION" "IS THAT OF PURGING OUT" "THE MERELY ANIMAL PHYSICAL SYSTEM AND" "OR RATHER NOT PURGING IT OUT SO MUCH AS SUBLIMATING IT," "MAKING IT OPEN UP SO THAT THROUGH ITS EXPERIENCES," "THE TRANSCENDENT CAN BE EXPERIENCED." "THE CAKRA IS AT THE THROAT, CALLED VISUDDHA," "AND NOTICE THE PETALS ARE THE SAME DARK, THREATENING COLOR" "AS THOSE OF CAKRA 3." "IN OTHER WORDS-- AND HERE'S THE WHOLE SECRET" "THE ENERGY WHICH FORMERLY WAS PROJECTED OUT" "TO CONQUERING OTHERS IS NOW TURNED BACK AGAINST YOURSELF," "AND THIS IS CALLED THE TURNING ABOUT OF THE SHAKTI." "THE SHAKTI, OR ENERGY, IS NOT GOING TO BE TURNED OUTWARD," "NOT FACING OUTWARD ANYMORE, BUT FACING INWARD." "AND THESE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE YAB-YUM," "THE MALE DEITY IN EMBRACE WITH THE FEMALE," "THAT'S THE TURNING ABOUT OF THE SHAKTI." "IT'S ALL RIGHT IN HERE." "THEY SAY THAT GOD CREATED THE WORLD" "IN ORDER TO ENJOY HIMSELF," "AND THE WORLD MUST TURN TOWARD HIM." "AND THERE WE ARE." "AND HERE WE HAVE NOW" "WE HAD THE RED FIERY YONI IN CAKRA 3." "HERE IT IS OF ETHER." "AND OUR ELEPHANT HAS COME ON UP." "THE SYLLABLE IS HAM." "WE HAVE COME TO CAKRA 4." "WE'VE TAKEN THE ENERGY OF CAKRA 3," "WE'VE PULLED IT UP TO CAKRA 5, AGAINST OURSELVES." "AND NOW WE CAN GO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE FORMS." "WE HAVE THE DEITY PUTTING DOWN THE PHYSICAL MAN." "THAT'S THE SENSE OF THESE THINGS" "THAT YOU'LL SEE IN TIBET AND CHINA AND JAPAN" "OR WHEREVER WE HAVE MAHAYANA." "A NECKLACE OF SEVERED HEADS." "WE'RE CUTTING OFF THE BODY ACCENT." "WEAPONS AND THE FLOWER OF THE NEW LIFE" "THAT COMES FROM HAVING KILLED THE OLD." "HERE SHE IS." "THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FIGURE" "KALI DANCING AT THE BURNING GROUND," "THE BURNING GROUND WHERE CORPSES ARE BURNED." "HERE IS VISHNU, GOD OF LOVE, STANDING IN SHOCK." "VULTURES, JACKALS, BONES." "AND SHE IS DANCING ON THE BODY OF HER OWN GOD," "HER OWN LORD." "OUR HIGHEST GOD IS OUR HIGHEST OBSTRUCTION." "HE REPRESENTS THE CONSUMMATION" "OF THE HIGHEST THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS YOU CAN HAVE." "GO PAST THAT." "MEISTER ECKHART SAYS THE ULTIMATE LEAVE-TAKING" "IS THE LEAVING OF GOD." "THAT IS TO SAY, THE FOLK GOD, FOR GOD," "THAT IS TO SAY, THE ELEMENTARY IDEA." "BREAK THROUGH." "VERY DIFFICULT." "IN HER HAND IS THE HEAD OF BRAHMA." "THAT'S THE CREATOR, THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD." "WE'RE GOING PAST THAT AND ALL ITS VALUES." "THERE SHE IS WITH THE 9 ELEPHANTS" "ON A SHASHLIK." "THIS IS THE SERPENT ON WHICH VISHNU SLEEPS" "AND DREAMS THE DREAM OF THE UNIVERSE." "THIS IS THE TORTOISE THAT SUPPORTS" "THE MOUNTAIN OF THE UNIVERSE." "IMPALED HUMAN BEINGS ON HER TUSKS." "AND THE HAND SAYING, DO NOT BE AFRAID." "AND HER WE ADDRESS AS OUR DEAR MOTHER." "AND SO IT IS." "THE GOD IS REPRESENTED HERE WITH 5 HEADS," "SHIVA WITH 5 HEADS," "THE 5 SENSES BROUGHT TO A POINT." "HIS GODDESS LIKEWISE." "AND SO, THROUGH OUR EFFORT," "WE HAVE COME TO THE VISION OF GOD," "AND THIS IS AT THIS CAKRA HERE, AJNA," "WHICH MEANS AUTHORITY OR POWER." "THE SOUL BEHOLDS ITS OBJECT." "AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED?" "COME HERE." "2-PETALED LOTUS." "THE SOUL AND ITS GOD JIVA, ISHVARA." "THE GODDESS IS THE DOMINANT FIGURE HERE." "MAYA, WITH 6 HEADS." "THE SIXTH HEAD IS MIND." "AND IN HER HANDS ARE THE TICK OF TIME," "DO NOT BE AFRAID, MEDITATION, THE SCRIPTURES," "BOON BESTOWING, AND THE SEVERED HEAD" "OF THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD," "ON THE LOTUS OF HER OWN LOVE." "THE ENERGY OF CAKRA 3 WAS BROUGHT TO 5." "THROUGH ITS EXERCISE HERE, WE'VE BROKEN THROUGH," "AND THE ENERGY OF LOVE OF CAKRA 2 IS NOW EXPERIENCED" "IN ITS SUBLIME FORM OF LOVE FOR GOD." "WHEN DANTE BEHELD BEATRICE," "IT WAS IN THE WAY NOT OF CAKRA 2, BUT OF CAKRA 6." "HE SAW HER NOT AS AN OBJECT OF LUST." "BUT AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S GRACE" "AND LOVE FOR THE WORLD." "AND THROUGH CONTEMPLATING HER IN THAT WAY," "HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE THRONE OF FINAL REALIZATION." "SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE" "TAKING PLACE HERE." "THIS IS THE HIGH REPRESENTATION" "IN ELEPHANTA OF SHIVA AS THE BINDU," "AS THE DROP STRIKING THE FIELD OF TIME," "BREAKING INTO THE PAIRS OF OPPOSITES" "CAKRA 3, AGGRESSION, CAKRA 2, EROTICS;" "MALE, FEMALE" "PAIRS OF OPPOSITES IN ALL THE ASPECTS." "THESE ARE THE TRIANGLES BREAKING FROM THE CENTER." "AND NOW COMES THE FINAL THING" "THE SOUL BEHOLDS GOD." "BUT THE AIM OF THE MYSTIC IS TO BE ONE WITH ITS BELOVED." ""I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE."" "I WAS CHALLENGED YESTERDAY AS TO WHETHER IN THE GOSPELS," "THERE IS SUCH A TEXT." "I LOOKED IT UP." "JOHN 10:30-- "I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE."" "UM..." "THIS REALIZATION." "WELL..." "HILAJ, THE GREAT SUFI MYSTIC," "DESCRIBES THE SITUATION THIS WAY" "WELL, I'LL BEGIN WITH RAMAKRISHNA, WHO SAYS," "WHEN YOU BEHOLD GOD, YOU ARE NOT GOD." "THERE IS A PANE OF GLASS BETWEEN." "THE SOUL BEHOLDS ITS OBJECT, BUT THE GOAL IS TO BE ONE WITH GOD." "HOW CAN WE BREAK THROUGH?" "HOW CAN WE REMOVE THAT BARRIER?" "AND THEN, BANG, SOUL AND GOD-- BEYOND PAIRS OF OPPOSITES." "HILAJ SAYS THE SITUATION IS LIKE THAT OF A MOTH" "SEEING AT NIGHT A LANTERN," "AND IT WANTS TO GET TO THE FLAME," "BUT THE GLASS KEEPS IT OUT." "AND IT BATTERS ITSELF ALL NIGHT LONG" "AND THEN GOES TO ITS FRIENDS IN THE MORNING AND TELLS THEM" "WHAT A WONDERFUL THING IT HAS JUST SEEN," "AND THEY SAY, "YOU DON'T LOOK THE BETTER FOR IT."" "AND THIS IS THE CONDITION OF THE YOGI, THE ASCETIC," "KNOCKING HIMSELF TO PIECES TO GET THROUGH." "THEN HE GOES BACK THE NEXT NIGHT," "AND BY LUCK OR DEVICE DOES BREAK THROUGH" "AND FOR AN INSTANT HAS ACHIEVED ITS GOAL." "IT IS THE FLAME." "AND THAT INSTANT IS AN ETERNAL INSTANT" "BEYOND TIME AND SPACE, AND THAT IS THE GOAL HERE." "SO WE REMOVE THE BARRIER," "AND, BANG, SAHASRARA-- THE SERPENT BECOMES ONE" "WITH THE LOTUS AT THE CROWN OF THE HEAD," "THE THOUSAND-PETALED LOTUS." ""SAHASRARA" MEANS THOUSAND-PETALED." "HERE IT IS, BUT IN THE CENTER, ALL WE SEE ARE 2 FOOTPRINTS." "THESE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS OF VISHNU" "THAT ARE TO BE WORSHIPPED." "WHY DO WE HAVE FOOTPRINTS HERE?" "WE THOUGHT WE HAD BROKEN THROUGH." "WELL, WE'RE STILL TALKING." "THAT'S WHY." "THE SYMBOLS." "AND THE WORDS CAN ACT AS BARRIERS." "WE CAN GET STUCK WITH THE FOOTPRINTS," "OR WE CAN PASS THROUGH." "AND THERE'S A TEXT THAT APPEARS" "BOTH IN LAO TZE'S WORK AND IN THE UPANISHADS," "IN THE DAO DE JING," "AND IN, I THINK, THE KENA UPANISHAD." "THAT THOSE WHO KNOW DO NOT SPEAK," "AND THOSE WHO SPEAK DO NOT KNOW." "THAT'S A HARD WORD FOR ONE GIVING A LECTURE." "BUT THAT'S A WARNING HERE" "THAT WE'VE GOT TO GO PAST THE FOOTPRINTS." "CAKRAS 4, 5, 6, AND 7" "NINTH-CENTURY STONE CROSS IN NORTHERN IRELAND." "14th CENTURY B.C. IN EGYPT, 1, 2, 3." "THOSE WHO HAVE NOT GOT ABOVE 3 ARE STILL ANIMALS." "AND SO AT THE WEIGHING OF THE HEART" "AGAINST THE FEATHER," "IF THE HEART IS NOT LIGHTER THAN THE FEATHER" "OR AS LIGHT AS THE FEATHER, WHICH REPRESENTS SPIRIT," "ANGELS, ALL THAT FLOATING UP THERE." "IT IS GOING TO MEAN THAT THE BODY AND SOUL" "ARE TO BE CONSUMED BY THIS MONSTER." "HIS NOSE IS RIGHT THERE BETWEEN CAKRAS 3 AND 4." "HOWEVER, IF THE SPIRITUAL AS ONE," "THEN IT IS TAUGHT THROUGH THE COUNTERPART OF HERMES," "HERE REPRESENTED AS THE BABOON" "THAT GREETS THE MORNING SUN WITH HOWLING," "AND HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE OTHER CAKRAS-- 4, 5, 6, 7." "1400 B.C." "AND SO NOW WE COME TO THE FINAL PROBLEM" "WHAT IS THIS THING HERE BETWEEN CAKRA 6 AND CAKRA 7?" "AT 6, PAIRS OF OPPOSITES." "FROM BRAHMA DOWN TO THE BLADE OF GRASS," "ALL IS PAIRED OPPOSITES." "ABOVE THAT, NEITHER YOU NOR GOD." "THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED MAYA." "MAYA IS, AS IT WERE, THE WOMB." "AND IT'S FROM A ROOT "MA," THAT MEANS TO MEASURE FORTH." "SO SHE IS THE ONE THAT CREATES ALL PAIRS OF OPPOSITES," "CREATES BOTH THE LINGAM AND THE YONI." "BEYOND THAT, THERE IS NOTHING BUT TIME." "AND SO, HERE'S THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AS THE GODDESS." "WE ARE HERE." "THE HELL IS DOWN THERE." "THE HEAVEN'S UP HERE." "HOW DO YOU GO TO HELL?" "BY MAKING YOUR EGO SYSTEM HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER" "AND BEING STUCK WITH IT." "HELL IS THE PLACE FOR PEOPLE STUCK WITH THEMSELVES," "STUCK ON THEMSELVES." "AND HOW DO YOU GET TO HEAVEN?" "OPEN, OPEN, OPEN UNTIL FINALLY ALL THE STRENGTH IS PERSONAL." "THERE'S THE GODDESS ABOVE THE 4 GODS" "INDRA, BRAHMA, VISHNU, SHIVA..." "MAYA, DEVI, SHAKTI." "HERE SHE IS." "HERE IS THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN 2 ASPECTS," "ONE ADDRESSED TO THE WORLD-- LINGAM/YONI" "THE OTHER TURNED AWAY-- THE MONK WHO IS DEAD." "THIS FIGURE FACING HER IS CALLED SHIVA." "SEE THE REBORN MOON?" "THE ONE TURNED AWAY IS CALLED SHAVA." ""SHAVA" MEANS CORPSE." "SHIVA IS THE GOD, CREATING THE WORLD." "THE CORPSES IN INDIA, WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE BURNED," "ARE CLOTHED IN A YELLOW GARMENT." "MONKS WEAR THE YELLOW GARMENT," "MEANING "I AM A CORPSE." "I HAVE CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD." "THAT'S THE WORD "SHAVA," CORPSE." "THIS IS THE WORD "SHIVA."" "THEN WE COME TO SHIVA AND HIS SHAKTI," "AND THERE'S THE "E."" "THAT'S THE GANGES REPRESENTED AS A SEMINAL EJACULATION." "SHIVA AND HIS GODDESS." "SHIVA'S ANIMAL, THE BULL." "THERE SHE IS, THE HEAD OF THE CREATOR." "TRIUMPH OVER THE 2 ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS." "AND THIS IS THE PRIME ONE." "SHE CUTS OFF HER OWN HEAD TO RELEASE YOU FROM HER BONDAGE." "THIS IS THE MEDUSA TOUCH." "MEDUSA IS RELATED TO THIS GODDESS." "AND SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE 7." "1, 2, 3, 4... 5, 6, 7." "NOW, IF WE STAY UP THERE, THE BODY DROPS OFF," "AND WE ARE RELEASED FROM LIFE." "THE IDEAL, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW" "OF SOMEONE INTERESTED IN LIFE," "IS TO COME BACK TO THE HEART, WHERE THE TWO ARE TOGETHER," "CAKRA 4, AND THERE WE REALIZE THE ENERGY OF 3" "HAS FUNCTIONED AT 5," "THE ENERGY OF 2 AT 6," "THE ENERGY OF 1 AT 7." "INERTIA." "THUS WE KNOW HOW TO TRANSLATE" "OUR EARTHLY EXPERIENCE INTO A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE." "3--WHAT WE'RE OUT TO CONQUER IS OURSELVES" "AND OUR ATTACHMENT AND GO TO THE WAR, YOU MIGHT SAY." "AND 2, THROUGH OUR HUMAN LOVE," "WE ARE TO EXPERIENCE THE RADIANCE OF ETERNITY." "HERE IS A BUDDHA FUNCTIONING FROM THE HEART CENTER," "THE ENERGY RIGHT FROM THE HEART CENTER." "HERE IS THE BUDDHA SAYING NO TO THE TEMPTER." "THIS IS THE EARTH-TOUCHING POSTURE," "BUT ONCE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT IS TO BE EXPERIENCED," "WATCH THAT HAND." "IT TURNS AROUND, BESTOWING BOONS." "AND SO HERE IS A JAPANESE REPRESENTATION" "OF THE BUDDHA RETURNING TO BESTOW BOONS," "RETURNING FROM HIS AUSTERITIES TO TEACH." "AND HERE WE HAVE THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE HIMSELF" "BOWING TO AND EMBRACING HIMSELF AS UNIVERSE, THE GODDESS." "AND SO THAT'S THE LESSON OF THE KUNDALINI." "THE GOAL THEN OF KUNDALINI YOGA" "IS, IN CAMPBELL'S WORDS," ""TO TRANSLATE OUR EARTHLY EXPERIENCE" ""INTO A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE, TO EXPERIENCE THE RADIANCE OF GOD" "IN ALL THE FORMS OF THE WORLD."" "JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN JOE USES THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD" "TO SHOW HOW THE RADIANCE OF GOD" "CAN BE EXPERIENCED EVEN IN DEATH." "CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ACORN MEDIA"