Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00083)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@y...> 
wrote:


> Those who recognize it and feel that this is the supreme moment of 
their salvation will be uplifted by it and carried beyond the 
illusions of the great astral serpent. The joy they will experience 
will be so poignant and intense, that if they were not mentally 
isolated from their bodies of flesh, the beatitude would pierce them 
like sharp steel. It is not pleasure that they will experience, but 
a bliss which is a foretaste of the knowledge of the gods, the 
knowledge of good and evil, and of the fruits of the tree of life. 
> 
> What is your interpretation of this paragraph


Dear Cass:

Very tentatively: the beginning of a new cycle brings with it 
opportunities for (or access to) a spiritual awakening, perhaps 
because in it there is more fresh energy, newness, inspiration, as 
it is (hopefully) a movement of renewal.

But if our physical, emotional and intellectual constitutions are 
not, shall we say, ready for it, then it can be a roller coaster 
ride. I think the Grofs explored this aspect in their 
book "Spiritual Emergency". 

I have a friend in Brazil who almost died after practising some 
meditation exercises (kundalini-oriented) taught to him by members 
of a pseudo-gnostic sect founded by a guy in Mexico who claimed he 
was the Avatar for the Aquarian age. As a result of his practice, my 
friend started suffering from hyperthermia and at critical moments 
had to be thrown under the shower, clothes and all, to find 
temporary relief.

But I have digressed.


Pedro