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# Re: Instant Zen School

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- Subject: Re: Instant Zen School
- From: "dvrok" <dvrok@...>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:48:48 -0000
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    Hi Tim,

    It's interesting that you raise this topic, because I've had
    similiar questions myself. Some in the "Zen School" say that the
    conscious gradual rise through the planes is a waste of effort,
    because ultimately the astral and mental realms are just as
    illusionary as our everyday physical reality. The ultimate goal,
    they say, should be unity with divinity.

    Are you at all familiar with Mouni Sadhu's works?
    (i.e. "Concentration, "Meditation," "Samadhi," etc..) Sadhu was a
    disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi, a sage of India during the early
    1900s. I've noticed quite a few similarities in the exercises of
    IIH and Sadhu's "Concentration" and "Meditation," mainly being,
    after quieting the mind, intense mental visualizations, which have
    nothing to do with "magic" imagery. In fact, Sadhu's commentary
    throughout his books is full of warnings about becoming enamored
    with the "occult," with advice on keeping the course, mainly by
    ignoring all astral/mental thought disturbances, focusing instead on
    the goal of Samadhi.

    There are quite a few parallels in the entire course of
    Sadhu's "Concentration" and the mental exercises of Bardon's ten
    steps in IIH. Bardon's exercises, of course, are more "magical,"
    and he offers a lot more advice on how to live the life of an
    initiate, with the soul and physical exercises to be completed along
    with the mental ones.

    I suppose that there are unique paths for different people, and
    ultimately one has to find their own path. I'd be interested in
    hearing what others have to say on this. Is it almost "dangerous"
    to follow a strictly mental "Zen" path, as our Eastern friends have
    done for years, due to the risk of imbalance? Or does imbalance
    even come into play when one's ascent is more Zen-based instead of
    Hermetically-based?

    In a more abstract sense, do we incarnate to "Western" and "Eastern"
    circumstances based on the nature of our past inner work?

    Thanks
    Devin

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