new.morning wrote:
> This seems to be a quite powerful and apt analogy to spiritual
> traditions and their "one punch knockouts" of ignorance and bondage. A
> UFC of masters of pure traditions would be interesting. More to the
> point would be having them come up against cross-training masters.
>
> I liked the story Jerry used to tell of sadhus on the banks of the
> Ganges, jumping in with their dohti or robes, and then sitting on the
> banks, in contests with each other, to see who could dry their clothes
> fastest from internal heat from their bodies.
>
> Perhaps way too crude and earthy a demonstration for pure
> consciousness junkies. But on a day that Sankara uses a brilliantly
> discusses the dynamics of duality within unity based on an analogy of
> a wet dream, a little earthiness in spiritual matters seems fitting.
>
> Hook up 10 Yogic Shaman Tantric Masters to real time brain imaging
> machines, results displayed on huge high definition wall panels in the
> collosium, and then, in peace and brotherly love, have at it. Who can
> create "cosmic" brain images fastest. Create the most stable. Create
> them in others via transmission.
>
> I can't wait to see those trash talking cross-training
> yogi/tantric/god-men swagger into the stadium and strut their stuff.
>
> "Hey Mr South indian yogi man, I will eat your blissful samadhi for
> lunch! And show you the all powerful punch of Shatki Love before your
> most blessed head hits the mat. i have the power of 10 indras to hold
> absolute and relative together in Brahman and i will crush your
> massive ignorance with it. Namaste. "
>
> "No you most venerable, yet deluded one. I will dance like shiva on
> your chest as you lay prone why all the devas chant in sorrow yet joy
> for your most blessed mahsamadi as I liberate you from your still
> quite existant and reeking bondage. Namaste"
Hilarious but no real tantric would participate, just fakes. Real
tantrics don't show off their powers.
