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- The Three Gunas, the Operation of Prakriti in the External Nature, and the Exercise of Will - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe actions that take place in the external world are controlled by the action of the three Gunas, or qualities, of Nature. This includes not only the physical nature, but also the vital nature and the mental nature. There is what we may call a ‘machinery’ of Nature that drives the creation ...
Views: 207 - The Resolution of the Opposition of Free Will and Determinism - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs long as we remain rooted in the external surface consciousness and ego-personality, we are firmly bound by the determinism of Nature. Nature, whether on the physical, vital or mental level, operates under its own ‘laws’ of action. The more dense the expression of consciousness is, the more ...
Views: 217 - The Limitations in the Concept of Free Will - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe believe we have free will. We are confronted with choices and make a decision and carry it out and believe that this decision was made freely by the individual we identify as ourself. At the same time, we can recognise the step-wise development which is called ’cause and effect’, or the law ...
Views: 242 - Understanding the External Medium of Communication and the Inner Force Within the Communication - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are hidden forces, vibrational patterns that move between people that remain unseen, but have their effect, similar to the way that we do not observe electricity, but we do observe its effects. These vibrational patterns operate without any overt, external medium, simply through ...
Views: 184 - The Subtle Vital Interchange and Vampirism - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen Bram Stoker wrote his classic ‘horror’ tale, Dracula, he popularized and sensationalized an actual phenomenon of vital interchange that operates mostly unnoticed and not as sensationally as his tale implies. To put it in simple terms, ‘vampirism’ is the ability of someone to utilise the ...
Views: 215 - Contacting QuickBooks desktop support by phone 1(814 273 2000) - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2024 from John SteinbeckContacting QuickBooks support by phone 1(814 273 2000) involves several steps, aimed at ensuring that you receive timely and efficient assistance for your specific issue. QuickBooks, being a comprehensive accounting software developed by Intuit, offers various products and services catering to ...
Views: 131 - The Seeker and the Influence of Vital Forces in Social Interchange - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2024 from santosh krinskyIt is common for spiritual aspirants to be advised to isolate themselves or at least limit their contact with others in a social setting, with the ostensible reason to aid the seeker in focusing on the spiritual effort and avoid distraction and the possibility of being diverted or diluted in the ...
Views: 205 - Understanding and Dealing with the Subtle Vital Interchange in Human Relationships - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe undergo changes of mood, feelings, responses and do not generally try to understand how these changes come about, their source, and impact upon our own state of being. In some cases, we actually associate ’cause and effect’ with an interaction with another individual, such as when we exclaim ...
Views: 239 - Challenges of a Transitional Phase for Transformation of Earthly Life - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we reflect on the difficulties involved with both the transformation of the individual to a spiritual, gnostic consciousness and the need for this individual change to proliferate and transform society, it becomes necessary to focus on what the transitional phase or steps might be and how ...
Views: 227 - Developing Gnostic Living Amidst a World of Opposition - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyAnother, and serious, issue that arises is the relationship of the gnostic individuals and community to that wider world of humanity and life in general which remains based in the physical, vital and mental principles and thus, continues to operate on the basis of division, fragmentation and the ...
Views: 202 - Subtle Energetic Interchange, Sexual Relations and the Inner Consciousness - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyHuman interactions, human relationships have both a surface meaning and a subtle hidden energetic action. One of the most powerful vital energies in human life is sexual relations. By examining how this force operates, both overtly and on the occult levels, we can quickly see the mechanism that ...
Views: 230 - The Subtle Energetic Interchange That Takes Place at a Subliminal Level - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe tend to pay attention to the various forms of external communication that take place between people. Written, verbal, and visual non-verbal cues through body language or expression, are all considered to be the major means of creating a relation between individuals. What we do not always ...
Views: 246 - Vedic Astrology, Karma and the Power to Change the Predicted Destiny - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe question arises as to what exactly the science of jyotish, Indian astrology, is able to calculate and incorporate. Looking at the line of karma, the antecedents, direction and trajectory of energy in a particular stream, it can help to determine the life-path and major challenges facing an ...
Views: 305 - Do the Stars Control Our Destiny? - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2024 from santosh krinskySomeone has their astrological chart done, and by that they are able to determine the location of the various planets and the sun and moon and the constellations in relation to their birth. They will learn about the hardships they will face, the major life events they can expect, and the ...
Views: 201 - Astrology: Destiny, Possibility, or Irrelevancy? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are those who treat astrology as a science, those who believe that our fate is determined by the “stars” and also those who believe that astrology is a pseudo-science with no real basis in anything that can meaningfully either control our destiny or even signify events in our lives. How ...
Views: 205 - The Collective Soul of Human Groupings and the Expression of Collective Karma - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe individual is not an island unto himself; he is part of a series of larger groupings, such as family, clubs, teams, tribes, school classes, corporate entities, community, states and nations, religion, etc. The collective energetic expression of each of these groupings develops a way of life ...
Views: 221 - The Lines of Karma Vary According to the Type of Energy Involved - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe have a physical being, we have a vital energy including nervous energy, moral force and emotional energy, and we have a mental nature which includes thought, reasoning powers, and formulation of thought into word or deed. The vital force acts on its own plane as well as utilizes the physical ...
Views: 208 - Gnostic Consciousness Resolves the Contradictions of Mental Consciousness - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe face, in every sphere of human endeavor, a conflict of competing ideas or directions. If we look closely we can see an element of truth in each side, but can also recognise that as long as we are bound by the mind’s limitations and its desire to reduce everything to “either-or”, we cannot ...
Views: 213 - The End of War and the Transformation of All Fields of Life - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyUnder the influence of the gnostic consciousness, the entire framework of the mental organisation of life, which we accept as assumed and given, would necessarily be modified. The very basis of viewing and understanding things would have to shift from one of division and separation to one of ...
Views: 245 - Gnostic Consciousness Transcends Rigid Mental Rules for Living - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs long as we remain fixed in the mental framework, we tend to create judgments and rules for everything we do that are founded on the limited and fragmented understanding that the mental power possesses. The advent of a new wider, more expansive, more unifying and comprehensive consciousness ...
Views: 250 - The Richness of the Evolution in the Knowledge - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyMost of us are wedded to the sense that enjoyment of life and richness of experience are inseparably linked to the play of the dualities. We believe and find our satisfaction in the mixture of darkness and light, joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, and the challenges attendant on meeting and ...
Views: 225 - Reviewing the Operation of the Law of Karma - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhether one calls it the ‘law of Karma”, ‘dependent origination, or ’cause and effect’, the operation of karma essentially states that each action will create an effect which thereby creates a line of development that impacts the individuals who participate in the situation as it develops. While ...
Views: 214 - The Creation of Karma — the Interaction of Forces and Consequences - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2024 from santosh krinskyMany people consider the concept of ‘karma’ to be some form of moral retributive factor that brings back to an individual the ‘fruits’ of his actions. Thus, they believe, if a man does something considered wrong, dishonest, underhanded, the universal law of karma will eventually right the score. ...
Views: 226 - True Freedom and Free Will Resides in the Divine, Not in the Individual Ego-Personality - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe individual drops of water that make up the ocean do not determine the movement or action of the ocean. They are carried along and partake of the larger forces that act upon and through the ocean. The are a small pinpoint ‘nexus’ of the ocean action but not the motive or driving ...
Views: 217 - Free Will, Determinism and Random Chance as Factors in Life Outcomes - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere is a third factor that intervenes in the debate about free will and determinism and that is ‘random chance’. In that concept, there is basically no plan, no framework and no way to manage or control events, which thus can occur through random occurrences with no predetermined end. Both the ...
Views: 258 - Recognising and Addressing the Law of Dualities and Action-Reaction in the Physical, Vital and Mental Levels of Our Existence - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn the material world, the laws of physics state that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. Is it possible to extend the working of the law of the physical world into the vital, or even the mental, realm? We recognise the dualities, both on the physical level and in our ...
Views: 261 - Forces at Work In Human Affairs Behind the External Causes - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe study of human history is one of externalities generally. We memorize dates of important events and try to lay the responsibility for certain subsequent actions at the door of those events. To hear historians tell it, the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand was the trigger that set off ...
Views: 275 - Wise words from Baron de Montesquieu - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2024 from Scott & Stephen PetulloBaron de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 – February 10 1755), was a French historian, judge, and political philosopher. He originated the theory of separation of powers, fought against despotism, and greatly influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was the most ...
Views: 291 - Receptivity and Awareness of Occult Powers and Forces Does Not Come Through the Mental Faculty of the Intellect - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2024 from santosh krinskyit can be especially difficult for those who are highly educated in the field of Western science, medicine, or other studies that focus on the logical intellect of the mind, to actually appreciate and be receptive to the play of forces that occurs outside the normal perceptive range of the ...
Views: 237 - Perceiving the Universal Forces at Work Through Attenuation of the Hold of the Ego-Centric Viewpoint - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2024 from santosh krinskyWith our normal human viewpoint based in the standpoint of the ego we react as if the entire world revolves around us. This ego-centric, anthropocentric viewpoint creates its own formidable limitations in terms of recognising, perceiving, knowing and addressing the larger forces at work. If we ...
Views: 190 - The Difference Between Intuition and Intellect - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe mind gathers details from the senses, attempts to classify them according to past experience, and then tries to both judge the meaning of the situation and extrapolate how future steps will occur. This process relies on known powers of the mind, powers of analysis, powers of what is known as ...
Views: 244 - Observing and Applying the Hidden Forces of Life - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs an individual begins to work with various forces or powers in the world, he gains an insight and understanding of them, and gains the benefit of making use of those powers or forces in various aspects of his life. For example, someone can learn about the anatomy and physiology of the human ...
Views: 214 - Reconciling Fate and Free Will - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe treat free will and determinism as opposite and irreconcilable concepts, and there are adherents ready to argue one position or the other and provide irrefutable proofs of their position. It is clear from the strength of each position that there is a truth that underpins each of these ...
Views: 211 - The Universal Tendency Moves Toward the Expression of Free Will - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe can identify the direction of the evolutionary development of the universe towards the expression of free will, despite the fact that at our current state we can recognise that there is apparently very little free will operative in our actions. In the physical world, Matter operates under ...
Views: 228 - Do We Really Exercise Free Will in Our Lives? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2024 from santosh krinskySubjectively we tend to believe that we make our own decisions and that we are exercising ‘free will’. What we do not generally do is recognise that there is an entire preceding set of ’causes’ which lead us to the present moment and the very type of choices we make. We may be extremely ...
Views: 230 - The Need to Develop New Powers of Knowing - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyTo explore the hidden forces, both in our own lives, and in the larger framework of the universal manifestation and the evolution of consciousness over time, a new way of ‘knowing’ needs to be developed, one that can experience and interact with these hidden forces on a more direct and aware ...
Views: 226 - Experiencing the Higher and Subtler Levels of Consciousness - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we are rooted in the body consciousness, we experience intensely the reactions of the physical body to circumstances and events. We may experience a feeling of pleasure, or pain, and as the intensity of that experience captures our focus, we are generally unable to pay attention to vital ...
Views: 210 - The Limitations of the Mind and the Senses in Knowing the Hidden Forces of Life - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyOne of the greatest difficulties we face in trying to understand the operation of hidden or occult forces in life is the limitations on our ability to perceive and to know what is actually taking place. Each aspect of our being has its own way of “knowing”. For our lives in the external world we ...
Views: 213 - The Hidden Forces of Life — Introduction - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyIsaac Newton identified various forces that operate in the physical external world around us. His work was followed up by numerous others and codified into laws of physical substance. The force of gravity is one such force that impacts the movement and attraction of physical objects. Other ...
Views: 208 - How We Reflect on the Forces That Impact the Direction and Development of Our Lives - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyChance, coincidence, free will, astrological influences, fate, destiny, karma, chain of causality, predestination, determinism, correlation, causality, foreknowledge, past life influences, fortune telling, divination, omens, predestination, oracles, Divine Plan — these terms all come up when we ...
Views: 229 - Useful Tips For the Seeker on the Path to Realization - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyMany people believe that realisation comes from reading specific texts, or practicing specific techniques of posture, breathing, prayer, mantra etc. The Mother provides a counterpoint to this belief by showing how the practice should take up all the actions and movements of life and transform ...
Views: 199 - The Initial Psychic Realisation Helps You Go Beyond the Barriers of Your Egoism - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen the astronauts left the planet and were able to look back at Earth from outside, it radically changed their viewpoint. It represented a visceral shock that forced them to see things in an entirely new way from a new perspective. Analogously, when the shift of standpoint occurs for the ...
Views: 254 - The Need and Significance of Psychic Education - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyOur educational systems focus on training of the body, the life-force and the mind, essentially fixating the individual on the life in the external world and his role in that world. He is trained on social expectations and customs, and the use of the tools of mind, life and body in the pursuit ...
Views: 220 - The Spiritual Experience, Not the Mental Idea, Is the Focus of the Spiritual Practitioner - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe have the tendency to get caught up in trying to capture a line of thought or to verbalize a perception or idea. When we have an experience of the spiritual realms, the first thing we want to do is to create a thought-form to explain it, to organise it, and to be able to describe it. The very ...
Views: 209 - The Position and Role of the Soul in Human Life - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs long as we recognise the body-life-mind complex and identify with it through the development of and focus on a specific ego-standpoint, we are able to function in the world, and carry out the basics of existence. Yet, as we easily can appreciate, we do not know the meaning or purpose of our ...
Views: 207 - What Is Immortality? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2024 from santosh krinskyA common conception about immortality is that this personality, this individuality that we identify with, will somehow survive intact, maintain its existence and continuity of existence and thus, have a continuous line of memory stretching endlessly into the future. This is not, however, a ...
Views: 231 - Memory of Past Life Experiences - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyFor most people, the trauma associated with the death of the body and the corresponding dissolution of the vital and mental being that formed within the life of that individual, means that there is no realistic way for any memory of past lives to remain intact and carry forward. The psychic ...
Views: 245 - The Soul’s Progress Relies on an Earthly Incarnation - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2024 from santosh krinskySpiritual traditions around the world agree that it is on earth, in the physical body, that progress takes place. They treat the soul’s time in the body as the time for growth, for development, for maturation. When the soul leaves the body at the time of death, it goes through a transition that ...
Views: 238 - Conscious Development of the Psychic Being and its Instruments from Life to Life - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyFor most individuals, the process of birth, death and rebirth is essentially automatic and out of their conscious control. With the death of the body, the vital being and then the mental being eventually lose their integrity and dissolve as well. The psychic being, with its increasing store of ...
Views: 208 - How Does Experience in One Lifetime Become Useful in Future Lifetimes? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe grow and develop our physical body and its capabilities. We may undertake various training regimens and refine the body’s ability to perceive, and to respond. Yet the body dies and that training is left behind with the dissolution of the body. We can see an effect within the larger framework ...
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