I know the title sounds new agey and off the wall but only because it is. I intend to discuss cremation ground sadhana a little and present three or four reasons for it, focusing on the concept of “spirit traffic”. This is a bit of a pre-Hallowe’en Hallowe’en talk I suppose!

Today will be the last talk of our “summer semester” before we shift gears for the fall!

You’ll recall the project this summer was to cover some foundational concepts in Sadhana and we started with [ Ссылка ] exploring some basics and then we discussed “right motive” in spiritual life and suggested an attitudinal shift that can make for a long term and sustainable sadhana to prevent burnout in [ Ссылка ]

In [ Ссылка ] we looked at the underlying reality behind every mantra and deity-form to make the argument for one-ness and to show a way to work with many different mantras and murtis without losing a sense of that one-ness!

Then of course we had to take up the question of the all-too-necessary living spiritual guide in [ Ссылка ]

In [ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ] we thoroughly analyzed Tantrik subtle anatomy to explain the dynamics of sadhana, spiritual practice.

We explored some basic puja techniques in [ Ссылка ] [ Ссылка ] and then we took all of those foundational ideas into the signature lecture of the summer [ Ссылка ] which we gave on Kali Jayanti and which presents a rather complete Sadhana for Mā Kālī which we expounded upon in [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ] and which we practiced in this guided meditation “ [ Ссылка ]

So now that you have everything you need to begin an intense and productive and complete Sadhana, there’s only one question left to ask: “how do I stay grounded and not go insane?”Sadly “spinning out into madness” is something that happens far too often to sincere spiritual aspirants who go about things in the wrong way. So today, we’ll cover that as a nice closing sentiment for summer semester!

00:00:00 Opening Invocations (Tantrāloka Verses 2 & 3)
00:01:23 Three Stories To Explain How Spiritual Life Works
00:15:30 The Dangers of Spiritual Life and
00:16:30 The "Magical" world of Tantra and How To Contact It
00:22:19 My experience doing puja in a haunted house
00:25:12 Full Moon, Equinox, Durga Puja, Kali Puja: what's upcoming!
00:26:38 It Doesn't Matter Whether God Exists Or Not...
00:31:30 The Story of the Muslim Fakir and "God's Answer" To Him
00:36:30 The Most Important Advice On How To Not Go Insane: Consistency and Moderation!
00:46:29 No should enforce an imposed system of ethics on anyone else! Para tantra vs svatantra
00:49:00 Fallen Gurus and Spiritual Teachers Abusing Their Authority/ The Importance of Ethics
01:01:54 The Natural Eccentricity of Spiritual Life and How To Stay Grounded Despite That
01:04:36 an aside on the Danger of Isolation, Importance of Sangha and How To Protect Yourself
01:17:30 God Alone is the Guru! No Human can be a Guru
01:20:30 Why You Should Learn From Many Different Sources
01:25:00 The Danger of Secrets
01:26:13 The Most Eccentric Aspect of Kālī Sādhanā: Cremation Ground Sādhanā!

Enjoy!

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