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Is there a difference between spirit and soul?

Posted on Dec 21st, 2009 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

I guess we gotta define the terms in this question first in order to avoid that goulash-of-a-blog thang that results of the dreaded Terminology Meltdown..... I understand Soul to refer to that subtlest encapsulation of... More »

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What helps you connect to your spiritual nature?

Posted on Dec 10th, 2009 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

Three shots of vodka usually does it.

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What does enlightenment mean to you?

Posted on Jul 12th, 2009 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

Enlightenment is self-realisation and I think there are two dimensions regarding what it is to realise the Self. Firstly, there is the aspect of transcending the small self/other distinction in which the empty centre of... More »

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If you had to pick another religion to practice, what would it be

Posted on Jan 12th, 2009 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

I would practise one I built myself...think I'll call it Psychoastralism.....you can join up for twenty bucks and i will show you, amongst other things... the twelve keys to successful bullshitting the fourteen tenets of... More »

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What is prayer?

Posted on Dec 15th, 2008 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

What isn't prayer when one lives from ones centre? And when one does not, one garners the perspective of deciding there's a Big Person with whom one needs to establish rapport with...and until that Big... More »

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How did you start on your spiritual path?

Posted on Oct 15th, 2008 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

Click here for the story of my wake-up call. Prior to this I got into Lobsang Rampa at 12...remember him?....our Lobsang claimed to be a Tibetan monk who wrote over a dozen books on What... More »

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What were you taught about religion?

Posted on Feb 4th, 2008 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

What I was taught and what I learned were two very different things. ..essentially I was taught theology...what I learnt was that the folk who taught me theology either walked their talk and taught well... More »

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What do you think about more than anything else?

Posted on Dec 31st, 2007 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

Rumpy-pumpy. It's all down to sex and chocolate in my books. Women are from Mars bars, men are from Penus.

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How do spiritual and environmental awareness relate?

Posted on Nov 6th, 2007 by Shameslaya : Tantrika Kosmocentria Shameslaya

Nature arises in me ... I am not part of nature....and I am no Self-harmer...and there is no spiritual essence, as such, in the countryside...it is all so immanent   that I cannot help but... More »

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