Sonrise

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, I So-And-So, I have realized what it is you wish us to understand: vedanta and, therefore, the parameters of acceptable discussion are the details of your marketing plan for your line of products. Vedic/Pythagorean scholars and theraputes do not accept much less…

Why Arjuna?

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Krishna preached to all creation through Arjuna.  He did not preach to Arjuna alone.  To think that He did is a misunderstanding derived from an insufficiency of insight.  The Avathar comes for all, always, and preaches to all, always.  Macro and Micro…

Trimurthi / Trinity

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Swami mentioned years ago that the Sai Avathars are all Siva: Shirdi as Siva alone, Sathya as Siva-Shakthi and Prema as Shakthi alone. He also mentioned that the Sai (Siva) Avathars are here…

Number

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, The naming of the thing is illusory, not the thing itself. It is the nature of God to the world. The chief Pythagorean Dictum is: All is Number. The significance of this statement, the sense of its wording, is not so obvious…

Spiritual And Physical

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Ethiopia as very important to the mix of matters under discussion, yes, very strongly. Ethiopian Royal House calls itself Lion of Judah. Direct trace to David and Solomon and before. Ethiopia…

Realism, Budget, Staffing And The Truth About Apostolic Succession

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, A Planting Apostolic Succession is not a palpation.  It is a way of living.  St.  Jerome said, “A vestment does not make a bishop.” A laying on of hands does not make an ordination. Recently, our parish church witnessed this truth in…

Swami Stories

In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT My western boots in the sea of sandals at Whitefield, Bangalore, India were a delightful sight. I was the only one who didn’t have trouble locating their footgear. When Swami finished speaking with me,…

OPORD From The North Pole

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Subject: GEN K. CLAUSE, Fort North Pole Date: 1349 hours Monday, 21 Dec 97 1. An official visit by General Santa (NMI) Claus is expected at this headquarters 25 Dec 97.…

Neti

Neti is misunderstood. It is not Not this. It is Not only this, but also …. In other words, not a negative but the Law of Expansion. (Expansion is My Life.) Instead of saying something does not exist, we say that whatever we are talking about includes more than we realize at this point in…

Moksha And Liberation

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Moksha and Samadhi are words for different experiences.  Some claim more for some experiences they have had — expecially one they calls Samadhi but others as well — than those experiences…

Sadhana

Back around ’69 I developed from Bateson and Wiener and myself a three stage leading to fourth stage stageless stochastic structure of mental/emotional activity. I did not know it but it was the trimurthi leading to experience of statelessness in not crude language. The articulation was systems theory of the time, which was very capable…

Rakshasas

Most human embodiments in this Kali Yuga are in fact rakshasas of Treta Yuga: human embodiments but demonics hearts. Quite apart from Swami’s witness to the fact, which should be sufficient, the evidence in behavior throughout the world is overwhelming. It is a transnational phenomenon. The Church bears witness to this phenomenon through the Doctrine…

Ramayana

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Vashista, who one could consider a “great/greatest/realized yogi”, served as the Court Preceptor (Court Priest) for the Solar Dynasty his entire life, preforming all of the day-to-day duties of worship. He…

On The Justification Of War

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT In Honor of Our Fallen Army Special Operations Soldiers and Navy SEALs The notion of a just war is discussed throughout Christian theological history and most theologians assert that there is…

Tickles

1. If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 2. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 3. Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it. 4. For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. 5. He who hesitates is probably…

Army

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT On the question of progress/promotion in an Army career, this is my answer: 1- You do not have to think about this because The Almighty is taking care of you and…