In addition to that, Shambhala has a beautiful little temple in my neck of the woods in the quaint hilltown of Shelburne Falls Mass on the Mohawk Trail. There is a private 1-2 person retreat apartment with itâs own small sanctuary available for ~ $60 per night. I have been blessed with multiple 4-6 day solo retreats off the grid there. If interested I can put you in touch with the good folks who oversee access. For more information see https://shelburnefalls.shambhala.org/
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Looks like a really beautiful location. Dont think I will be out in your neck of the woods anytime soon, but if that changes will definitely hit you up! Appreciate the connection, its totally my type of âhotelâ
âShambhala Vision is rooted in the principle that every human being has a fundamental nature of basic goodness. This nature can be developed in daily life so that it radiates out to family, friends, community and societyâ
Looks like Godâs Country
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when I come for a visit, I would LOVE to do this for one dayâŠ
also LOVED this wonderful karma formation you shared yesterday:
How Buddha Solved Life - his Greatest Teaching
I am a big fan of the middle way and this video has magic.
@NightHawk999 I think you will enjoy it also.
I watched it in a warm place, totally relaxed and allowing this consciousness to touch my consciousness. precious moment.
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âClama ad me et exaudiam te et adnuntiabo tibi grandia et firma quae nescisâ
âCall to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.â
Jeremiah 33: 3
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@_Barry re: the Dalai Lamaâs answer, that he will reincarnate as long as their are people suffering - an answer of a true Boddhisattva!
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" Shakti (Devanagari: à€¶à€à„à€€à€ż, IAST: Ćakti; lit. âenergy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capabilityâ)[1] in Hinduism, is the âUniversal Powerâ that underlies and sustains all existence. Conceived as feminine in essence, Shakti refers to the personified energy or power of a male deity and often personified as the female consort of the Hindu god.[2][3][4]
In Tantric Shaktism, Shakti is the foremost deity, akin to Brahman.[5][5] In Puranic Hinduism, Shiva and Shakti are the masculine and feminine principles that are complementary to each other. The male deity is purusha, pure consciousness, which creates the universe through the female creative energy of Shakti, which is prakriti, ânatureâ.[6][7]
The term Shakta is used for the description of people associated with Shakti worship. The Shakta pithas are shrines, which are believed to be the sacred seats of Shakti.
Etymology and overview
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According to the Monier-Williams dictionary, the term Shakti (Ćakti) is the sanskrit feminine word-meaning âenergy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capabilityââthereby implying âcapacity forâ doing something, or âpower overâ anything.[1][8] Shakti is also considered feminine noun of linguistic term Sanskrit.[9] Though the term Shakti has broad implications, it mostly denotes âpower or energyâ.[8]
Much has been written in an effort to describe, define and delineate the principle of Shakti, which is held as the âmost complexâ goddess related theological concept.[9] Shakti is primarily identified with the feminine, and with the numerous Hindu goddesses, who are seen as âtangibleâ expressions-visible personifications of the intangible Shakti, such an ideation for Shakti took place over many centuries.[8]
Metaphysically, Shakti refers to âenergetic principleâ of the ultimate reality, which is ideated as âprimordial powerâ.[8] Shakti is believed to constitute such important factors as: âcit (consciousness, intelligence), ananda (joy, bliss), iccha (will), jnana (knowledge), and kriya (action)â.[9] In the study of Indian religions and their associated philosophies, one finds terms that combine Shakti with other concepts, giving rise to various expressions, such as; âadya Shakti (primal energy, primordial force), cit Shakti or vacya Shakti (the energy of consciousness), vacaka Shakti (manifested consciousness), and para Shakti (supreme energy, cause of all)ââall of which, by their connection with Shakti, indicate that the respective concept is essentially feminine.[9]
Relatedly, the term Shakta (Sanskrit: à€¶à€à„à€€, Ćakta) is used for people and customs associated with Shakti worship.[10] The term Shakta became popular from the ninth-century onwards, before that the term Kula or Kaula, which referred to clans of female ancestry, besides to the menstrual and sexual fluids of females, was used to describe Shakti followers.[10]
Origins and development
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Pre-Vedic Goddess-worship
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The origins of Shakti concept are prevedic.[11] Sites related to worship of Mother goddess or Shakti were found in Paleolithic context at the Son River valley, where a triangular stone known as the Baghor stone, estimated to have been created around 9,000â8,000 BCE was found.[12] The excavation team, which included Kenoyer, considered it is highly probable that the stone was associated with Shakti or the female principle.[13] The representation of Shakti in a stone is considered an early example of yantra.[14]
Scholars assume goddess worship was prevalent in the Indus Valley Civilisation (3300â1300 BCE) as many terracotta female figurines with smoke-blacked headgears, suggesting their use in rituals, had been found in almost all the houses of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa.[15] Numerous artefacts that appear to portray female deities were also found.[16] This development however is not assumed to be the earliest precursor of goddess worship in India; it has evolved for over a long period of time before.[16]
In the Vedic era
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The Veda Samhitas are the oldest scriptures that specified the Hindu goddesses. The Rigveda and the Atharvaveda are the main sources of knowledge about various goddesses from the Vedic period.[16] Ushas, the goddess of dawn was the most praised. Though male deities such as Indra and Agni have been more popular in the Vedic era, female deities were represented as personifications of important aspects like Earth (Prithvi), Mother of Gods (Aditi), Night (Ratri), and Speech (VÄc/VÄk).[16]
The DevÄ«sĆ«kta in the Rigveda, addressed to the goddess VÄc, became the progenitor of goddess theology that evolved later.[16] Here (10.125.6), VÄc states: âI bend the bow for Rudra that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion. I rouse and order battle for the people, and I have penetrated Earth and Heavenâ.[16] This hymn presented the goddess as an all powerful pervasive being, who is both âimmanent and transcendentâ, and is bestower of power to both gods and humans.[16] The prominent characteristics of VÄc were later incorporated into the identity of Saraswati, who was a minor river goddess in the Vedas, but later became the goddess of knowledge and the âMother of the Vedasâ.[16]
Most of the goddesses in the Vedic era were presented as wives of the gods.[16] They had no special powers nor an individual name either, rather they took their respective husbandâs name with feminine suffixes, as with Indrani, the wife of Indra.[16] Though the goddesses had no power, one Rigvedic hymn (10.159) addressed Indrani as ĆacÄ« PoulomÄ« and presented her as the âdeificationâ of Indraâs power. The term ĆacÄ« meant âthe rendering of powerful or mighty help, assistance, aid, especially of the âdeeds of Indraâ.â[16] This use of the term ĆacÄ« is seen as a major step in the later conception of Ćakti as the divine power that is separate from a deity and something which is not inherently present within it.[16]
In later Hindu texts, the idea of Shakti as divine feminine energy became more pronounced as wives of the gods began to personify the powers of their husbands.[16] Despite arriving at this stage, it was only later, after a lot of philosophical speculation and understanding the connecting factor underlying the universe that the idea of Shakti as being the feminine unity pervading all existence was developed.[17]
Late Vedic-Upanishad era"
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Having seen this film over a dozen times, I still forgot how good and how Sacred this ending was!
Thank you Beloved Brother
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watched this video yesterday:
The 13 Crystal Skulls Of The Apocalypse | Myth Hunters on Odyssey
Was contemplating on weather to share it here or not, but with this Indiana Jones perfume + the title of the video, felt to do so.
@NightHawk999 I think you will enjoy it.
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You must be Psychic my Heart
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Happy MahaShivaratri!
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@NightHawk999 My interpretation of your dream:
Memento Mori! Remember your death!
(Itâs also a reminder and sacred teaching for me and for all of us!)
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Amen Brother, I think you are spot on with this interpretation.
I also took it as a bit of a spiritual evolution, in the past I avoided thinking about death like the plague. Over the past 5 years I have doubled down on spiritual studies, including death, and different faiths. I think this dream may alos be a sign of progress, and confronting my Shadow and prejudices I had about death.
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None of us can avoid death forever. Itâs coming for all of us!
âThe secret of life is to die before you die.â
-Eckhart Tolle
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So I had a dream this morning where I was in a retraunt, and talking about this beautiful quote:
âShall I come to you, a boundless drop to a boundless ocean.â
â Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
An old black lady over heard it, and deeply appreciating it, walked up to me and asked to give me a hug. I gladly accepted, and in the embrace was fill with Christ Love )unconditional love) while I closed my eyes and everything went black.
I know it wasnât sleep yoga, but I think the black out was getting pretty close to it. After a few moments I woke up, but was surprised I could close my eyes in the dream and stay dreaming for a few seconds.
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