My Philosophical Antipode, Brian Hines

May 17, 2014
If you find yourself at odds with my spiritual and political perspectives, you may want to check out Brian Hines’ two blogsites: Hinessight (http://hinessight.blogs.com/) and Church of the Churchless (http://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/).

Whereas I am a Siva-Shakti worshipper, Brian is an atheist; and whereas I am a right-wing Libertarian, Brian is a left-wing liberal. Having exchanged e-mails with Brian in the past, I find him to be a fine fellow, and I have nothing negative to say about him personally. I simply have little regard for his spiritual and political perspectives.

Brian was deeply into mysticism and meditation for decades, but was never baptized, or initiated by the Spirit, so he became a disbeliever in Divine Revelation. Politically speaking, he must have a screw loose, because no truly logical, rational-thinking individual could be a left-wing liberal. Anyone who can think clearly and deeply will recognize left-wing liberalism for what it is—smiley-faced, mob-rule fascism.

Brian wrote a good book on Plotinus—Return to the One—before he gave up on spiritual mysticism.… Read the full article

Update and Announcement

May 13, 2014
I haven’t posted an article here for a few months, but starting with this one, I will generally, but not always, be posting one each week.

In addition to resuscitating electricalspirituality.com, I have also just started a meditation blog—integralspiritualmeditation.com. Check it out and begin participating to help your spiritual practice.
I have recently, finally, finished my novel—Kill Jesus—and it will be self-published no later than this fall. I was planning on writing Electrical Buddhism as my next book, but I’ve changed my mind and my next book will be on meditation. It will be an unprecedented work, comparing and contrasting the foremost meditation methods, including Tibetan Dzogchen/Mahamudra, the mystical Eucharist, Kashmir Shaivism’s Divine Means, Ramana Maharshi’s Self-enquiry, Krishnamurti’s choiceless awareness, Advaita Vedanta’s neti-neti, and Zen’s Shikantaza. And it will demystify Self-awakening, explaining the interplay of Consciousness and Energy in the En-light-enment process.

As a public service and to promote my books and teaching, I regularly review books at Amazon.com.… Read the full article

Dzogchen for Smarties

January 27, 2014
Tibetan Dzogchen, over the past twenty-five years or so, has become a popular spiritual practice for Western Buddhists. Numerous Tibetan gurus who teach it have migrated to the West, and numerous translations/commentaries of canonical Dzogchen texts have been published. I have participated in a number of Dzogchen groups and have read at least a couple dozen Dzogchen texts. Although I really like a few of these Dzogchen texts –particularly ones by Longchen Rabjam (1308-1364) and Namkhai Norbu (currently teaching)--I do not believe any of them manages to fully elaborate Dzogchen, the Great Perfection. Consequently, just as I have upgraded Christian mysticism with my text Electrical Christianity, I likewise believe I can upgrade Dzogchen.

As Tibetan Dzogchen teachers themselves make clear, Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is primordial; hence it existed prior to Buddhism (and Bon), which means that Tibetan Buddhism (and Bon) do not have exclusive claim to its Dharma. Nonetheless, as far I know, no one other than me has attempted to elaborate Dzogchen in a context beyond Buddhism (or Bon).… Read the full article

University Professors, A Sorry Lot

October 1, 2013
After I wrote my recent book Electrical Christianity, published in July, 2013, I figured I could market it most effectively by letting Christian professors sample it. I figured that emailing a sample PDF (5 of the book’s 15 chapters) to a couple thousand Doctors of Divinity at top universities and professors of electrical engineering at Christian universities would jump-start heavy interest in my book and its intriguing core thesis: the correlation between an electrical circuit (Ohm’s Law) and the true Eucharist (the practice of Holy Communion). I figured wrong.

I received next to nil interest from the professors. Not a single one of the couple thousand I sent my PDF to responded with a positive comment or critique. And only one responded with a negative one. In other words, the Christian academics did not want to even contemplate the revolutionary spiritual arguments I present in my book. The professors revealed themselves as compartmentalized thinkers, as spiritual parochialists not open to even considering a ground-breaking new Christian paradigm.

I probably shouldn’t be surprised by the reaction of the Christians professors, because university professors, in general, are a sorry lot.… Read the full article

Veganism and the “Body Electric”

August 11, 2013
Because I’m a spiritual teacher, I often get asked questions about diet relative spiritual life—and the question I’m most often asked is: “Do you recommend a vegetarian diet?” And my answer is: “No.”

I don’t recommend a vegetarian diet (meaning one devoid of flesh foods and eggs) for one reason: it is too alkaline. The vegan nutritional texts rave about the need to stay alkaline; and they typically recommend maintaining a 4/1 or 2/1 alkaline/acid ratio, which is fine. But unbeknownst to them, the diets they recommend far exceed these ratios. All fruits (including citrus and cranberries) and vegetables are alkaline in ash--and because most legumes (including soy beans) are also alkaline, most dairy neutral, and most nuts and grains only marginally acidic—a diet devoid of flesh foods (meat, fish, poultry) and eggs can easily result in a 40/1 or higher alkaline/acid ratio. (Acid/alkaline food charts from the Mayo Clinic and other sources will verify this.)

Although some people do fine on a vegan or a lacto-vegetarian diet, many don’t. Sooner or later, many vegetarians lose the ability to maintain homeostasis, and they suffer the effects of hyper-alkalinity (or alkalosis): a run-down physical battery, loss of life-energy.… Read the full article

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