... because we’ve been brought up to believe that there are two sides to ourselves. One, the animal side, and the other, the human and civilized side. And these are expressed in what Freud calls the 'Pleasure Principle', which he classifies with the animal side - with the Id - and the other the 'Reality Principle', which he puts on ...

Truth is a pathless land, and you can not approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, can not be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you ...

You feel alone because you are alone in your head and in your heart. Your heart is the seat of your emotional being. The place from which not only blood flows but also all your feelings of Love, compassion, tenderness, joy, sorrow, happiness, and pain. See if you can feel it, right now. Take a moment to drop down ...

To explain Human culture, anthropologists have paid a great deal of attention to recent hunter-gatherer, or forager, societies. Reason for this focus has been the widely belief that knowledge of hunter-gatherer societies could open a window into understanding Human cultures. For the vast stretch of Human history, people lived by foraging for wild plants and animals. Not until ...

Allama Prabhu married a dancer named Kamalathe, but she died prematurely. The grief-stricken Allama wandered aimlessly, arriving at a cave temple, where he met the saint Animisayya (the open eyed one). The saint gave him a linga icon, blessed him with knowledge on god, and, Allama was enlightened and transformed into a seeker of spirituality. Allama Prabhu's poetic ...

You feel like a ghost. You have nothing to show for it. Your 20's and 30's have been a twisting crisscross of moving places, a couple of brief trips abroad, jobs in a mediocre role. You were the poster child for serial one night stands. Your most hopeful and longest lasting relationship was three and a ...

So therefore, if you understand perfectly clear, that you can’t do anything to find that very important thing - god, enlightenment, nirvana, whatever - then what? Well, I find you know, it’s so stupid because even if I tell myself well there’s nothing I can do about it; why did I say that? You see, ...

The Divine Self is always trying to reach you, to send you the power, Love, illumination, and wisdom to draw higher forms, thoughts, feelings, and situations into your life. The Divine Self is wise; it knows all and is always showing you an easier, better, more joyful way to live. You can open to the gifts that ...

To understand the depth of religion, one needs firsthand experience. It can be done with meditation. It can be done with sensory deprivation. It can be done a number of ways. But I think the psychedelic path is sometimes the easiest way, and it does not require the long time that other approaches usually require. Psychedelic research ...