Fruit of the Contemplative Life

Fruit of the contemplative life: => Insight => : Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:18:24 PM

: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:18:24 PM
Christ

Enlightenment, lion, Form of wisdom

Siddhartha

Enlightenment, elephant, OOBE facility

Mohammed

Enlightenment, osprey, Form of wisdom

Jhanananda

Enlightenment, elephant, OOBE facility

Teresa of Avila

Enlightenment, owl

John of the Cross

Enlightenment, swan

St. Denis

Enlightenment, elephant

Ramana Maharshi

Enlightenment, elephant

John the beloved apostle

Enlightenment, eagle

Socrates

Crow, Form of wisdom

Bob Monroe

Mountain lion, OOBE facility

Yogananda

Mountain lion, OOBE facility

Notes
*Yogananda and Bob Monroe did not achieve immortality
*Everyone who reached enlightenment realized their individual self was identical to the universal Self
*Christ achieved Deification (enlightenment + lion)

Website link https://alexanderlorincz.com/index.php/articles/discernment-of-teachers
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:19:46 PM
Notes
*Hm I have to ponder Teresa of Avila actually. Did she have OOBE facility? The problem is if she did I think she hid it. She didn’t want to be accused of heresy. I’ll investigate

In her writings, Teresa of Avila does not explicitly mention experiences of being transported to other planes of reality beyond her encounters with God and divine visions. Her focus was primarily on her spiritual journey, union with God, and the transformation of her soul.

Teresa of Avila's descriptions of her mystical experiences often involve a sense of being transported outside of herself and experiencing profound spiritual states. She wrote about experiencing raptures, ecstasies, and visions, which she understood as moments of deep union with the divine. These experiences were intense and transformative, but she mainly described them in the context of her relationship with God rather than as journeys to other realms or planes of reality. (ChatGPT)

Hm I want to say she did not have out of body experiences

*Everyone on this table except Bob Monroe is immortal

Everyone who reached enlightenment realized their individual self was identical to the universal Self

Christ achieved Deification (enlightenment + lion)
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:31:02 PM
Hm the avatars of Shiva and Kali would be

Shiva
Enlightenment, lion, Form of wisdom

Kali
Enlightenment, tiger, Form of beauty
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:33:34 PM
Hm if you have to choose it’s better to go for the Form of wisdom over the out of body experience

It’s less fun but with the Form you have all the knowledge of the experience without having gone through any of it
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:44:14 PM
Some anticipated arahants

Lesley
Enlightenment, elephant, Form of wisdom

Sydney
Enlightenment, elephant

Tad
Enlightenment, elephant, Form of wisdom
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:51:36 PM
“Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, O Arjuna, then I manifest Myself on earth." (Vishnu, Bhagavad Gita 4.7)

Accurate
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:53:00 PM
I will see if I can discern Vishnu’s attainment. It may be closed to me
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 07:59:40 PM
So you can see we only have eight arahants in 2500 years of history

It’s not a great record

Hopefully it’s only uphill from here
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 08:14:30 PM
Hm so Jeff was the most spiritually advanced person on the planet until February

So there are only two* arahants on earth right now. This is sad

*possibly three if Alexandra is playing a game with me🤔in that case three, which isn’t too bad actually
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 08:25:16 PM
Hm this is the first time everything’s been explained. Everyone’s been going blind for 2000 years
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 08:33:45 PM
Hm all the arahants were either white or Indian
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 08:34:51 PM
Hm I’m surprised there is no Hindu arahant. Outside of Ramana Maharshi
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 09:11:04 PM
Hm you would need 5 arahants to actively begin converting the human population

Pondering the logistics of it
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 09:23:38 PM
Vishnu must have been
Enlightenment, lion, Form of wisdom

That appears to be the archetype of the avatar
Though I’ll abstain from adding him to the list because it’s not in the historical record
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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 09:25:48 PM
Hm if Alexandra is Kali it would be the first incident of the Form of beauty in history
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: Alexander 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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: Alexander 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
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander 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
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 10:07:56 PM
“Birthdays” of the avatars
Vishnu 1500 BC
Shiva 1000 BC
Christ 0 AD
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: Alexander 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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: Alexander 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
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander 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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: Alexander June 01, 2023, 10:23:40 PM
I wonder if there’s anything I’m missing

I’ll keep inquiring
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: Alexander 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
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 02, 2023, 01:05:25 PM
*Added Bob Monroe
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: Alexander 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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: KriyaYogi June 02, 2023, 07:58:48 PM
>>>
How does the “age” of the Deities relate to our human understanding of time and the age of the universe? I’ll ponder it
>>>
    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
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 03, 2023, 06:49:05 AM
>>>
How does the “age” of the Deities relate to our human understanding of time and the age of the universe? I’ll ponder it
>>>
    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
: Re: Discernment of teachers
: KriyaYogi 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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: Tad 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...  :)

: Re: Discernment of teachers
: Alexander June 13, 2023, 01:55:42 PM
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...  :)

The past weeks I've been possessed by the insights which have spilled out of me. What is comprehensible I have tried to formulate into lists and tables

I'll continue to work and process everything

Yes as I wrote it appears you are fated for arahantship. Keep doing whatever you are doing ;D

Currently I am investigating the kundalini phenomenon, which is something I've neglected up till now

*Edit: This is my current draft on that as of now:
The coiled serpent

Gopi Krishna - 1 experience
Robert Bruce - 1
Jhanananda - ?
Sivananda - 1
Rougeleader - ?
Yogananda - 1

*Number of experiences stated unless unknown due to poor documentation

*Gopi Krishna: experienced it spontaneously while meditating and imagining a glowing lotus radiating out of the crown of his head
*Robert Bruce: experienced it spontaneously during a meditation session in the late 1970s
*Yogananda: experienced it spontaneously while meditating in a cemetery
*Shiva Samhita: recommends concentrating on the root chakra at the base of the spine; recommends maintaining a calm and focused mind

*It appears to awaken only once and to be a spontaneous phenomenon
*While transformative, it does not appear to grant de facto nonreturning
*It appears to have little impact on fame or celebrity as opposed to the other spiritual gifts (ie contemplation)