To: K-list
Recieved: 2002/08/21 08:33
Subject: [K-list] The Cave
From: mundaneyogi
On 2002/08/21 08:33, mundaneyogi posted thus to the K-list:
In Plato's "The Republic" there is an allegorical story called "The
Cave". In the story a group of prisoners have their legs and necks
chained, such that all they can do is sit and look at a wall.
Behind them is a raised walkway, then a large fire. All the
prisoners can see are shadows on the wall of things passing along
the walkway. That is all they know of reality.
At one point, one of the prisoners manages to escape and make his
way to the outside world. In the world he is amazed to see things
like trees, mountains, and the sun. So, he returns to the cave to
tell the prisoners about the wonders of the real world. Of course
they think he's crazy and don't believe him.
I used to play a game called Everquest (EQ). It's a massively-
multiplayer dungeons and dragons-like game, that takes place in an
on-line fantasy realm. The basic object of the game is to kill
monsters and do quests so you can acquire loot and experience.
Certain monsters are known as "rare spawns", that is, they don't
appear very often. There are also "rare drops", loot that monsters
only drop one in 50 or one in 100 times when they're killed.
Now, the interesting thing is, on the EQ spoiler boards, where
people post messages about the game to help others, there's always
some guy who submits a post about a rare drop saying that it doesn't
exist. Of course he gets flamed by people who have actually
acquired the object, but it's amazing how convinced these fellows
can be that, just because they have had bad luck in trying to get
the rare drop, the object isn't real.
Ok, so this is my point; since I started posting on the Kundalini
board, I've received a few e-mails from people trying to convince me
(either directly or indirectly) that charkas are imaginary,
Kundalini isn't real, etc. When Kundalini becomes strongly aroused
within me, I know it's not only real, but that it is the "fountain
of living water", the Divine in man, one's true nature, and that I
have a consciousness that transcends the body. I can also feel the
chakras directly.
So please, if you are enamored with some belief system that doesn't
allow the existence of Kundalini, don't try to inflict it on me; I'm
not going to be persuaded. Just because you haven't experienced it,
doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Peace and Love,
Ken
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
http://www.domin8rex.com/serpent/spirit/kindex.htm
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