Going outside is overrated. Well, not exactly. Going outside can be very fulfilling – unless something bad happens. These disasters of varying magnitude are usually
Category: Institute of Inner Scienes
Exploring the paranormal and so-called psychic phenomena! Is it real? Let’s find out!
The Orgasmic ‘Bliss’ of Monastic Practice
The ‘bliss’ associated with higher levels of contemplation and meditation, is, in my experience, a body-wide muscular contraction that continuously ripples up and down. This
Plato: The Origns of Western Mysticism (Phraedo)
Plato seems to be the origin of Western mysticism (Phraedo) and (through his lineage disciple Aristotle who taught Alexander the Great) also the Western scientific
Middle Ages: Gnosticism and Homosexuality
Researcher’s Note: The Roman Catholic Church – once it became the State religion of Rome – attacked and destroyed all the other (competing) Christian Sects
A Three-Dimensional Mind
What follows describes a ‘moment’ of the mind and its awareness. This ‘moment’ is timeless and could be hinted at by ‘silence’, or one, two
A Few Words on Loving Kindness…
Whilst visiting the Ganga Ramaya Temple in Beruwela, Sri Lanka in 1996, I saw Theravada Buddhist monks continuously exercising ‘metta’ (loving kindness) and ‘karuna’ (compassion). The surface and
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 