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Puja: A most critical term. It means devotion in Sanskrit.
But it has multiple meanings. It is a prayer session. A transformation
ritual. Chant and visualization are summoned in order to purify
a spot or battle demons. The help of higher forces is invoked.
Bardo: Tibetan for Gap or transition between various states
of mind and time intervals. Death is a critical bardo, but
there are bardos inside bardos: seconds, minutes, hours, days,
months, years, decades, centuries, and millenium.
Tulku: A reincarnation of an advanced being. From saint to
sorcerers of all classes.
Medicine
Buddah: A practise for healing mind and body. A healing puja
used by Tibetan Lamas.
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Yuppies: Young Urban professionals in America since 1980's
to now. Black and White hats: people inclined towards black
and white stress.
Karma: Accumulation of mind activity across many lives. It
determines the circumstances of each rebirth. Masters can
harness this process and plan their next lifetime each and
everytime.
Mahakala: A wrathful male version of Kali. An important diety
for the Tibetan Kagyupa sect.
Golem: A mythological monster from Jewish magical mythology.
Consort: The female half of a spiritual or magical pair.
Tantra: Indian mind science at its highest. All shamanic schools
are a form of Tantra. Tantra means " continuity "
in Sanskrit. Continuity of mind activity on all levels at
all times.
Commies: American slang for Communists.
Auric egg: The energy field of a person. Intensified by two
people coming together.
Protectors: " Guardian Angels " from all kinds of
areas and mind levels. Everyone has these even if they are
not aware of this.
Mandala: A concept aswell as a symbol. It can be used as a
magical circle for visualization in the mind to access outer
to deeper levels of " reality. " Auschwitz: Zaddik:
A Jewish saint. Zaddik is used by the author in a generic
sense aswell. Like Tulku.
Goys: None-Jews. Gentiles. Nakpa: A sorcerer lama. Expert
demon fighters who train in cemeteries for their tasks. Klezmer
music: Jewish folk music from Eastern Europe.
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Chakras: Critical energy centers in the subtle body of each
human. Their management and development determine one's psychic
aswell as spiritual health.
Cats: American slang for people. These cats are cool. These
cats are hot...
Third Wave: Alvin Toffler's categories for civlizational development.
First wave as agricultural. Second as industrial. Third as
digital. Each wave being faster than the last.
Saraswati: Hindu goddess of the Arts.
Tibetan Heavy: American slang for Tibetan master. A term from
California slang: Calglish. Actually Buddhist Calglish.
Lotus position: A meditation posture. The crossing of the
knees.
Dharma talk: Talking about any spiritual tradition or practise.
usually Buddhist.
Sofia
Puja texts: Prayer books. Magic books for energy transformation.
Moonies: A notorious South Korean cult popular in the East
and West.
Zen: Mahayana Buddhism. The second school of Buddhism.Found
in China, Korea, and Japan. Theravada: The first school of
Buddhism. Found in Southeast Asia. Considered like classical
music. Zen is like jazz. Tibetan Buddhism or Vajrayana is
more like Rock an'Roll.
Oz-like: Fantastic. Like the Wizard of Oz.
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Bonpos: The original magician priets of Tibet. Very controversial
in their relationship to the Buddhists. Heavy Black magic.
Rumored to have worked with the Nazis. Bonpos are used by
author in a generic sense often.
Nagas: Water spirits.
Ayurveda: Indian holistic medicine. Deals with body, mind,
and spirit aswell as enviornment.
Weirdo: American slang for strange person.
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Dur: Tibetan fire ceremony to clear demons and psychological
obstacles.
Yaweh: Hebrew for God. A very male term.
Watergate: A scandal that toppled President Nixon in 1974.
Jaws: A famous shark horror film that made Steven Spielberg
famous.
Generation-X: The generation of Americans born in the 70's.
The computer game generation. Boomers: The generation of Americans
born in the 40's. The Hippie generation.
Black Solution: Black Stress triumphant.
Stress Flip: Oscillation between Black and White Stress.
Hassids: Orthadox Jews who once practised mysticism. Not too
much now.
Kabbalah: Jewish mind science. Mysticism....
Bodhisattvah: Buddhist Mahayana term for saints who stay behind
to help all beings. Very noble.
Meggid: The holy presence.
Mikvah: Jewish bath for purification. Extremely cold sometimes.
Essenes: Strict and secret Jewish sect that was destroyed
in Roman times.
Yopi: Author's invention of himself: Yogi and Yuppie.
Jerks: American slang for stupid person.
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Groupie: Crazy and indiscriminate follower of a teacher or
religious school.
Guru: Sanskrit for teacher.
Kali: The great female goddess of creation and destruction.
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Delhi
Sisyphian: Greek for mythological being who had a task that
was endless.
Chai: Indian sweetmilk tea. Very popular with California yuppies
today.
Bodgaya
Bumi: vision level of a practioner.
Shampas: a sub-sect of the Tibetan Kagyupa sect.
Stupa: A tower that commerates a Buddhist miracle or event.
Highly symbolic.
Ngondro: Preliminary purification prectices for Tibetan Kaguypa
and Nyingmapa sects.
No Stress: Enlightenment.
Low Stress: Close to enlightenment.
Gross stuff: relating to the physical body.
Swing Zone: The range of mind between Black and White Stress.
The misery zone.
Arahats: Saints who fade-away and do not stay to help others.
A one life mercy mission.
Apocalypse Now: The Francis Coppola movie that mythologized
Vietnam war.
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Subtle body: The invisible body around us that carries our
karmic memory and our chakras. It is the part of us that is
connected to subtler realms. It is developed for both magic
and spiritual release.
Mahasiddahs: Big Indian saints who practised magic.
Sufis: Muslims belonging to a secret mystical sect.
Ramakrishna: The biggest saint of the last 100 years. Equivalent
to Buddah or Christ.
Khajuraho: Ancient Indian ruins that showcase erotic tantric
art. A must see for all Indian tourists.
Kali Yuga: The fourth phase of the Indian creation cycle.
The most debased. We're in it now. Not unlike the Greek idea
of ages based on Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Iron.
ESP: Extra-sensory perception. Psychic intuition.
Veranasi: Gaijin: Japanese term for foreigner.
Space-out: Losing one's identity or concentration.
Vertical flux: Toffler's waves crashing all at once. A Third
World dilemma.
Horizontal flux: Toffler's waves developing one at a time.
A First World luxury.
Ego-tripping: American slang for the ego controlling a spiritual
practise.
Captain Kirk: The captain of the USS Enterprise from the TV
show Star Trek. America's sci-fi tour de force. But with too
much emphasis on Material technology.
Mo: A Tibetan divination practise using rosary beads.
Raga: Indian music.
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MTV: Music Television. The scourge of cabal TV.
Kuntozhangpo/Kuntozhagmo: The classic Tibetan consort pair.
A strong shamanic symbol of female/male psychic union.
Peyote: North American Indian drug for ritual ceremonies.
Cool: American slang for really neat. Hot is more powerful
than cool. " Man that's so cool! But this is more than
cool. It's hot! "
This term has nothing to do with temperature.
Kathmandu
Hinbu: Author's term for Hindu and Buddhist fusion. Bujews
and Hinjews are American jews who practise Hinduism or Buddhism.
Shiva: The Hindu male God.
Shakyamuni: The Buddah's original name.
Vajrayogini: A Nepali version of Kali. Worshipped by Tibetans
and Hindus.
Swayambu
Apple maze: Apple corporation headquarters in Silicon Valley.
California.
Manjushri: The god of wisdom. Founder of Kathmandu in myth.
Worshipped by Tibetans and Neapalis.
Purelands: Buddhist heavens found inside subtle realms.
Dakinis: Tibetan guardian angels.
Padmasambhava: The Indian master who brought Buddhism or Vajrayana
to Tibet and Bhutan.
New Age: The pursuit of holistic and spiritual practices in
modern America.
Spirit-fic: Spiritual fiction. A new genre invented by the
author.
Mahamudra/Dzogchen: Advanced Tibetan practises. Beyond magic.