the_path_that_defines_the_way Dafremen "In the quest for truth and meaning in life, there is a Path that defines the Way. None may be led down that road to understanding, still we need not follow its winding curves alone. For as to each falls the task of choosing his footsteps, so also may we choose to mark the trail where we stumble. Look carefully for the signs left to you, my brothers. They are everywhere, left eons ago by those who, having made the journey, couldn't bear to leave you behind. Hear too the cries of one who has seen the way, and longs for what he had before straying from the Path. Take these offerings of love and find in them the way to your birthright, to your happiness." see also: the_path 030831 ... daf It occurred to me as I was trying to get back to sleep and thinking about the rise of energy through the body from the pelvic region to the crown of the head, that the expressions of devotion which the major religions have in common each correspond to one of the seven chakras. They seem to have a very logical progression from calming the most base animal urges, to calming the habits and fears of the ego-mind itself. What I saw was this: Fasting - Root Chakra - mastery over the survival urge Abstinence - Sacral Chakra - mastery over the sexual urge Poverty - Solar Plexus Chakra - mastery over the desire for control Compassion/Charity - Heart Chakra - mastery over the selfish ego Silence/Meditation - Throat Chakra - mastery of the conscious mind Humility - Third Eye Chakra - mastery of the subconscious mind Worship/Reverence - Crown Chakra - reunion That's all. I'm going back to sleep now. 170107 ... rock Big_Dick 170109 what's it to you? who go blather from