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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2023, 09:26:55 PM »
There’s so much hidden in the world. And no one’s discovered any of it
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2023, 09:36:26 PM »
Hm you would need 5 arahants to actively begin converting the human population

Pondering the logistics of it

Hm so we could have

Jhanananda, Alexander, Alexandra (?), Lesley, Sydney, and Tad

That would bring us to 6 in an ideal situation
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2023, 09:49:00 PM »
Siddhartha 500 BC
Christ 0 AD
St. Denis 300 AD
Mohammed 600 AD
Teresa of Avila 1500 AD
John of the Cross 1500 AD
Ramana Maharshi 1900 AD
Jhanananda 2000 AD

Hm it’s not a great record. Should be more people
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2023, 10:07:56 PM »
“Birthdays” of the avatars
Vishnu 1500 BC
Shiva 1000 BC
Christ 0 AD
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2023, 10:11:59 PM »
It appears Vishnu and Shiva were nonreturners (deities birthed in the Pure Abodes) who achieved self-realization
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2023, 10:13:46 PM »
Ok so the world is not as old as I feared based on this

Actually it looks quite optimistic

We’ve hit a little ditch right now spiritually but overall humanity is evolving
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2023, 10:21:37 PM »
Hm so this will be the first articulation of the Natural Religion

Everyone’s just been working with fragments of it for centuries
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2023, 10:23:40 PM »
I wonder if there’s anything I’m missing

I’ll keep inquiring
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2023, 09:27:26 AM »
“Birthdays” of the avatars
Vishnu 1500 BC
Shiva 1000 BC
Christ 0 AD

How does the “age” of the Deities relate to our human understanding of time and the age of the universe? I’ll ponder it
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2023, 01:05:25 PM »
*Added Bob Monroe
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2023, 01:13:00 PM »
You may be limited to only one spiritual gift

So it might be a choice between the Form of wisdom or OOBE facility

I'll continue to contemplate it
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2023, 07:58:48 PM »
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How does the “age” of the Deities relate to our human understanding of time and the age of the universe? I’ll ponder it
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    I used to think the big deities like Vishnu, Shiva, Kali, etc might be Human Yogis also but Baglamukhi Kali was very assertive about telling me that she was an extraterrestrial.   She eventually appeared in my worship room physically about a year and a half ago, like the apparitions of the Virgin Mary you can see online, for about a week, in her alien saurian form and allowed me to photograph her then left.  I realize now that I probably cannot understand who these big deities are.

   -David

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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2023, 06:49:05 AM »
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How does the “age” of the Deities relate to our human understanding of time and the age of the universe? I’ll ponder it
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    I used to think the big deities like Vishnu, Shiva, Kali, etc might be Human Yogis also but Baglamukhi Kali was very assertive about telling me that she was an extraterrestrial.   She eventually appeared in my worship room physically about a year and a half ago, like the apparitions of the Virgin Mary you can see online, for about a week, in her alien saurian form and allowed me to photograph her then left.  I realize now that I probably cannot understand who these big deities are.

   -David

You must continue to cultivate the power of discernment, Dave
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #28 on: June 08, 2023, 08:21:07 AM »
Thank you Alex, if you want more details on my experiences with the 8th Kali let me know :-)
-David
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Re: Discernment of teachers
« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2023, 11:05:26 AM »
Hello Alexander,

You have some unique insights. I think there are probably a bunch of other arahants and pacceka buddhas that we just never heard. For well known contemporary figures, I would add Ajahn Maha Bua to the list. His teachings about the eternal mind is proof in my opinion.

BTW, thanks for adding Tad to the list of anticipated arahants. Still a very long road ahead...  :)