Thank you 🙏. It’s all very cogent and internally consistent.
To unpack a couple confused points:
1 Do you know anything more about the historical “Shiva”? “Kali”? It being Gilgamesh would be a little far for accounts of him to reach India, no?
When I examine the iconography of Shiva verses Gilgamesh I see remarkable similarities, most notably a muscular man wearing a tiger's skin and carrying a pitchfork is just too similar. Secondly the art forms related to these two mythical men arise on either side of the Himalyan mountains, and while the distances seem difficult to justify; nonetheless, when we consider that the term 'Aryan' appears in the literature of both Mesopotamia and Hinduism, then I have sufficient compelling evidence to link the two together. We should also consider that these two figures are the earliest mythical figures in both cultures.
2 Any news learned about the “lost female prophet” who was of the same caliber as Christ?
I'm not sure whom you refer to.
3 Would it be appropriate to speculate Christ may have been more of a contemplative than exists in the tradition — and our understanding of him was distorted by later writers and interpreters (for example, Constantine)?
What western Christianity has been propagating regarding Jesus is mostly myth, and comes after the first Naicein counsel where trinitarianism was rejected. It is my hypothesis if Jesus existed at all, and I find there is sufficient compelling evidence that he did, then he was most probably a contemplative who had found the fruit of the contemplative life.
4 To help inspire those who want to emulate you, can you describe your default state? Would you say you hear the inner sound (tinnitus) very loudly, constantly? Are you saturated with bliss and vibrations even when not meditating? And — these nimitta are a product of a daily intense practice, say 5 hours of meditation a day?
1) Yes, I hear the charismatic sound 24-7, which is not tinnitus, because tinnitus is due to neurological damage, not the practice of meditation. And, the evidence of this in part is the sound gets louder when I meditate, which is part of my default state.
2) my default state also includes keeping my mind in the present moment, which does require a daily meditation practice, and well as vigilance. It is not that I never think of the past or future, but I know when I do it invariably results in depression, anxiety, and other unwholesome thoughts, so when I notice it, then I return my awareness to the present moment. Doing so I keeps my mind upon pleasant thoughts.
3) To define further I define 'bliss' as a feeling of love, and yes I experience this most of the time as long as I keep my mind in the present moment. And, the vibrations are also ever present.
4) My daily meditation practice is less formal since my COPD diagnosis, in which I am most of the time on a respirator and often bedridden, but when I am, then most of the time I endeavor to keep my mind still and in the present moment, which by definition is not just formal meditation practice, but in one of the 4 jhanas. Otherwise prior to my chronic illness, and throughout most of the 50 years of my contemplative life I began and ended everyday with a formal meditation session which was typically an hour long, and tended to result in one of the 4 jhanas. I also tended to practice for about an hour in the middle of the day for about an hour if I could fit it in.
