Kashmir Shaivism and Tantra: The Hidden Geography of Consciousness — George Barselaar Ep#13

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1. Love this video Kenan! And so glad I found your channel

2. 17:00. Resonance.
   Non dependence encouraged
   31:40 ! Prakash Shiva Vimarsha Shakti
   33:00. Creation
   36:00
   37:00. Chaitanya Atma
   39:30 !
   44:00
   51:00. If you are everywhere, how do I realize You?
   52:00. Intoxication
   56:00. Turning points in breath 21,600 opportunities daily to connect with the Divine! CRUX Enter The Zone
   1:05:00. Gap behind waking dream deep sleep states. Turiya the background/screen
   1:07:00 Inner Light
   1:08:30. Spanda/ vibrations in CS/ Awareness
   1:11:00. Bringing background to foreground
   1:15:30. 4 ways/ levels .Different inner experience
   1:26:00 Neo-Advaita paradox
   1:31:15. Intellectual vs experiential knowledge
   1:32:48 Svatantraya shakti
   1:35:00. 80 miles bubble radius!
   1:36:05 practice in action RXXXXX
   1:38:00. Grace levels 9×3
   1:45:45. Devotion 1:46:30 RXXXXX
   2:03:05. ParamShiva RXXXXX
   2:05:45. The Present RXXXXX
   2:10:00. Breath RXXXXX
   2:14:00 Speech RXXXXX
   2:28:00 Holographic universe RXXXXX
   2:35:30 12 Kali Goddesses in own being; Tehy invoke us and not us invoking them!!!!! Kundalini ascent RXXXXX
   2:41:10 Meditation in action RXXXXX

3. Thank you both for sharing your time and knowledge.

4. The captions are referring to "Chapter: Means to Realization." What text is this from? I specifically would like to read about how a yogi determines where he/she falls within these 36/25 levels. Approx 22:00:00 mark

5. One of the best interview ever. Thank you!

6. Which book of Shri Abhinavaguta gurudev is George referring to – chapter 6 ??

7. In Hinduism, Purusha and Prakriti are the two fundamental concepts that represent the male and female principles of creation, respectively. Similarly, Shiva and Shakti are two deities that represent the cosmic principles of masculine and feminine energy. Here are some similarities between these concepts:

   Complementary forces: Purusha and Prakriti, as well as Shiva and Shakti, are complementary forces that work together to create and sustain the universe. Purusha represents the unchanging, pure consciousness, while Prakriti represents the creative energy that gives form to the universe. Similarly, Shiva represents the transcendent, unchanging aspect of reality, while Shakti represents the immanent, dynamic aspect.

   Interdependence: Purusha cannot create without Prakriti, and vice versa. Similarly, Shiva cannot create without Shakti, and vice versa. The two principles are interdependent and work in tandem to create the universe.

   Unity: Although Purusha and Prakriti, as well as Shiva and Shakti, are two distinct principles, they are ultimately unified. Purusha and Prakriti are seen as two aspects of the same reality, while Shiva and Shakti are seen as two aspects of the same deity.

   Transformation: Both sets of principles are involved in the process of transformation. Prakriti transforms the unmanifest into the manifest world, while Shakti transforms potential energy into kinetic energy. Similarly, Purusha transforms the individual consciousness into the universal consciousness, while Shiva transforms the individual soul into the cosmic soul.

   Symbolism: Both sets of principles are represented by symbolic imagery. Purusha is often depicted as a male figure with no attributes, while Prakriti is depicted as a female figure with various attributes. Similarly, Shiva is often depicted as a masculine figure with a third eye and a trident, while Shakti is depicted as a feminine figure with multiple arms and a variety of weapons and tools.

   Overall, the similarities between Purusha and Prakriti and Shiva and Shakti suggest a deep connection between the masculine and feminine principles of creation in Hinduism.

8. Actually the Mandukya Upanishad mentions Turiya—but not as a state. The Rishi calls it rather “the Fourth”. A subtle distinction. The Fourth is the underlying, ever shining one Reality—Pure Consciousness. Consciousness is singular. It doesn’t fluctuate or modify like the mind. It is more precise to say that there are three mental states—of waking, dreaming, and sleeping. But not of Awareness—Consciousness. The Fourth is one underlying, non changing Reality.

   It was Mahesh Yogi who came up with a model he described as 7 States of Consciousness. No doubt he had his reasons. But there’s very little support for this model in the classical system of Vedanta. Consciousness is One. All there is is Consciousness. The idea of higher states of consciousness appeals to the Western ego that thinks in terms of personal achievement. Knowledge erases the person entirely from the equation.

9. Love this channel and only just found it.

   What you refer to as "Kashmir Shaivism" and "Tantra" is definitely of interest to those of us interested in "Hermeticism".

10. Wonderful conversation with beautiful souls. Shivoham 💙

11. great

12. Thank you for this interview. Very informative and inspiring.

13. I am feeling deeply enchanted with the sea of knowledge of George as always but believe me today this conversation has was a some deep down in my heart that I couldn't think anything except to understand each and all words of George. I think it was a mesmerizing experience I was surly in trance like in meditation you call it. Jai Guru Dev.

14. It is available to everyone. Everything comes with practice. The path is 99% practice and 1% theory. It is cosmic knowledge the real Guru is "God" 🙏🏾🧘🏾‍♀️🕊

15. Where can I read more about these topics and how can I plunge into these practices?

16. I had been asked many times about experiences, so I decided to copy an explanation I wrote elsewhere, so I will paste it here, it may be of help to someone

    I will start with, my family had no religious affiliations, no concepts of meditation, nothing at all. I had a glimpse when I was 11, this lasted about 10 minutes. When I was a kid I used to do things like stare at a wall and notice the weird thing that happens, this I now know is a Zen meditation practice, so perhaps in my previous life I was Zen buddhist, who knows. Another thing I used to do was repeating a word, any word, I actually remember one time I repeated the word 'cupboard', and weird thing happened, I think this is what I was doing to cause the oneness when I was 11. This again is just what many meditators do, they recite a mantra, the word used is of no consequence, although for some people a word they have strong feeling of devotion toward would help them simply because devotion helps focus. The glimpse when I was 11, was a shift in perception that I was everything, I still remember the exact idea that came to me in that state, "I am all there is". This was not while being seated and closed eyes as people tend to think is required, I was walking about the house, looking around being totally astonished. This influenced the rest of my life, not by way of remembering the experience caused me to be mindful of situations, it actually changes how you think. I could never compete with anybody after that, I could never aim for promotion, I couldn't do anything that was egocentric, I would never get angry with anybody, cars cutting me off in traffic would mean to me that that person has some stress and so they are in a hurry, or thoughts to that effect, resulting in compassion for that driver or whoever and whatever the situation.
    
    Then life happens, and at the age of 49 I am walking to my office from the train station. As I am walking I have an urge to create a feeling of unconditional love, I am maintaining this feeling, I am aware that effort is required because I almost stopped it, but I stayed with it, I then create a feeling of expanding beyond the body, then boom, I am not the body, I am all there is, including the space. As the body is walking I observed the arms swinging, they appear to be like any other inanimate object you may observe, like branches on a tree. I noticed that as the body was walking, I remained motionless, this is obvious because if you are everything including the space then where can you move from and to, so I suppose this is termed as omnipresent. Another observation was that seeing was happening from a higher position than the eyes of the body, and it was different from seeing through the eyes, the vibrance. This experience remained for about 3 hours. I was working at a charity as a software engineer, and I was designing a solution that the business needed urgently and I was the only one who could do it. I had a meeting to prepare for, and I observed that my mind had literally stopped, I just couldn't think in the way I was used to. You see, the thinking we tend to do is about control, and control is egocentric, and when you are in the state of Oneness, then who are you going to be egocentric with, so that part of the mind stops, and you just know. But this just knowing didn't cut it for me, my ego came back, I remember very clearly, trying to get my mind moving again, and it literally felt like a big heavy wheel and I was trying to push it, and then once it started it picked up momentum, and then over the next 12 months the ego that I didn't have much of from 11 to 49 came and hit me big time, I was competing with everybody I came into contact with, I was pushing senior managers challenging them, I mean directors and chiefs. I went right over the cliff. This then culminated in severe frequent panic attack, constant anxiety and incredible tension, even electric shocks and brain zaps.
    
    Everything I have gone through, was necessary for me, everything anybody goes through is necessary for them, even though we don't understand it until we have had the breakthrough. After the breakthrough understanding comes, although you may say, if understanding comes after the breakthrough then why did mine go crazy after, well it is just different for everybody, the understanding did come to me immediately after, and more flowed over time, but my ego still had energy and that energy needs to be neutralized, so how do you put out a very big hot fire, let if burn itself out is usually the safest method. So when I started to observe the mind and worked on understanding at the ego level I am calming now, still not great but because I understand what is happening I am fine with it, and just let it burn.

    I went on a 9 day goenka retreat in early 2018, the second and third day I experienced extreme terror, the teachers asked me to go and see them, I didn't tell them about the stuff I told you, but they were digging for information, because they sensed something I suppose, I was having lots of tingling all over, and the feeling of insects crawling over my face, the two teachers looked at each other agreed with each other looked back at me and one said words to the effect of, "awakening" . You see, every time during this retreat from the second day that I closed my eyes, the terror type experience would start again, so the teacher told me not to meditate as they have taught, but to slow down the effect, I should perhaps meditate on more gross sensations like rub my hands together etc. I suppose my mind was just blazing because of the event that kicked off the major change in 2014. I learnt something very important on the retreat, and that was that as our mind slows, the rubbish comes to the surface, and with my experience of my mind stopping and the feeling of it being like a big heavy wheel, this all came to me to see that the mind is like a vortex, or a whirlpool and as rubbish is collected in a fast moving whirlpool, as the whirlpool slows it releases stuff too, and eventually when the whirlpool stops completely then everything is gone.

    So my advice, is be aware of yourself, and do not attempt to be in control of anything, control is ego and the more we try to 'do' the stronger the ego. I should add when I say "don't be in control of anything" it's really about expectations, so if you are at work and are responsible for a $10M project, you will likely attach to 'I am important', 'I am responsible for $10M', 'Everyone should listen to me', instead of all of this, know that everything is predetermined, remember my body was walking all by itself, I wasn't there, the body got to work and was working until the ego stepped in. So know that everything is predetermined, your body does stuff and your ego claims ownership, so simply drop any claims to ownership. Do not attach in anyway to results, reward etc.

    I am happy to answer any question

17. A wonderful session. Thanks

18. as a mathematician, i would have to say Geography is not the word here. Even something like Geometry is a little off… best to say Topology- "the study of properties and spatial relations unaffected by the continuous change of shape or size of figure"

19. This is beautiful🩷🙏🏼 Aum Namah Shivaya, Jai ShivaShakti🙏🏼⚘️🔱🌹🪔🐍🌺🩷🌈💐🌸

20. Legendary. Please have more Gurus from KS like Mark Dyczkowski, Bettina Sharda Baumer, Paul Ortega-Muller, Igor Kufayev, Sthaneshwar Timalsina, Christopher Wallis, Christopher Tompkins, Swami Shankarananda, Gabriel Pradiipaka, Boris Marjanovic…

    Eternal thanks to Swami Sarvapriyananda ji from Vedanta Society NY through whose meditation I was introduced to KS.

    Namaste, peace and blessings!

    Beautiful new channel, wish you all the success.

21. hey good shit kenan ; keep up the good work amigo

22. Facinating stuff. I read a couple of Daniel Odier books many years ago.

23. Amazing!!! Great work ❤

24. Wow… 🤗

25. 'Even if it went underground for 500 years the lineage of masters was not disconnected' I'm afraid this is just a fairytale … anyway good luck with these beliefs

26. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

27. 🕉️

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