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

From Electrical Christianity to Electrical Buddhism

July 25, 2013
Finally, Electrical Christianity has hit the marketplace, and I am excited to see how it does. Frankly, I’m very optimistic about its long-term sales performance. I’ve read, or at least perused, almost all major works on Christian mysticism, and in my unvarnished opinion, it’s the best practical, non-academic book ever written on the subject. Thanks to my expertise in all the major schools mysticism and ability to correlate mystical, or Divine (or Holy) Communion, with Ohm’s Law and an electrical circuit, I believe this book will revolutionize not only Christianity, but mysticism in general.

Because I seek to emulate Goethe’s Universal Man, I have no intention of limiting my Electrical Spiritual Paradigm to Christianity. I plan on next applying it to Buddhism. It will be fun, and not hard, for me to integrate it with the Pali, Madhyamika, Yogacara, Zen, and Tibetan traditions. I can hardly wait to see and confront see all the negative reactions from the Buddhist community to my “Fifth Turning” of the Wheel of Dharma. I love Dharma battles, and I’m sure I’ll have them to my heart’s content after this revolutionary text hits the marketplace.… Read the full article

Become a Human Divining Rod

July 13, 2013
Dowsing for Holy Water

At any time, a yogi can focus his attention on the abstract whole, the totality of existence outside himself. This is particularly useful in everyday life. And to help you connect to and commune with the abstract whole, to life in general, you can freely use the same “key technical aspects” that you do when you use the void as a doorway to the Other Side, the Dimension of Spirit.

A cool way to “frame” the Plugged-in Presence (or Divine Communion) practice is to turn your bodymind into a divining rod—but instead of “dowsing” for physical water, your aim is to “locate” Holy Water, the living Spirit ceaselessly springing from the underlying Divine Source.

Here is the basic practice (which you can freely experiment with and modify). First, effect what I call the “divining rod mudra,” or “hands/forehead focus.”… Read the full article

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