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OMG, I think I am having a flashback L. As a fledgling born again christian back in the stone ages I actually used to hang out with sufi friend who was constantly trying to get me to go to his local mosque ... and when I was a punk back in the 80's I used to go to concerts and try to turn...

Hey E. It is true that many people overlook the VERY important aspect of karma yoga in favor of all the hatha and kriya that is presented to them; and I do try and be mindful of the fact that yoga is not just a form of exercise, but a way of life that includes (among other things) selfless...

I agree with just about everything you said there, A. Meditation (and in fact, yoga with its focus on anapana during the hatha or kriya movements is very much a moving meditation) is sort of a bio feedback or entrainment exercise. I question your insistance that it "should not go beyond 10...

Hmmm... I'm not sure what aspect of Kudalini yoga you find objectionable, A. There are certainly a lot of spurious claims about kudalini awakenings and other psycophysical phenomena that almost never actually happen during the practice of yoga. Or perhaps you have simply had a bad experience...

I totally agree with you L, and, in my own defense, I'm not just a heady scholar with desires to convert people to my way of thinking, I actually spent 2 years in a Greek Orthodox monastary, and I came very close to taking robes as a Theravadan Buddhist monk after living at Wat Abayagiri for...

Hey guys, thanks for your responses. Having spent a good portion of my life as a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, I am no stranger to Henotheistic beliefs, and even though, strictly speaking I am more of a Pantheist, I must say Henotheism is certainly another way to afirm diversity...

I am new to this forum and I would very much like some feedback about an issue that I am currently struggling with. I have spent the past 25 years extensively studying comparative religion, sacred texts, religious history, mythology and ontology; and I have spent a good deal of my life...