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...to the US starting with Vivikananda in the latter half of the 1800s. There was hysteria that swarthy swamis were deluding rich women into leaving them fortunes -- several did. It took the Beatles going to India to finally put yoga in the mainstream in the mid 60s. Now, yoga is done mainly for it's health benefits but almost as much to sustain practitioner's spiritual health.

Or am I the only one. =) If you're going to Furthur Fest it would be great to connect there. My wife and I will be attending with our 5 year old daughter and 2 year old son. Rock on in Him. Dave

very interesting article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8467755.stm

My nephew recently emailed me an adaptation of the forward to a book called "Birth of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties", by Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner with Gary Bravo, from Synergetic Press. I really enjoyed reading and it sounds similar to the book you posted. These are both high (no pun intended ; - ) on my "To Read" list.

lookit my head swell up..........God Bless all who enter here, and i'm saying a prayer for your son's friends.....may God watch over them....

Don't know of anyone who's opinion I respect more.

your son sounds like a fine human being. our children, i have been told, are a reflection of ourselves. apparently you have a right to be proud. gonzo....maybe i will learn to do that someday. your post above gives me hope that maybe someday i can....

Love: The wish for others to be happyCompassion: The wish for others to be free from suffering Taking actions to make others happy Taking actions to make others free from suffering Extraordinarily: Using the most skillful methods to bring the most extensive benefit to as many as possible. If this is not at the core I don't want to be a part of it. Coming from the heart but carried out by the mind's command.

Haven't posted here for a while but I've been reading others posts on a regular basis. One thing of which I am certainly guilty is over intellectualizing spirituality and religion. In practice the real thing is much more from the heart than from the mind. I had an illustration of this today from my 31 year old son who I raised in church and at Grateful Dead shows. He has become both a fine Christian and an exemplary Deadhead. The child of his wife's best friend was rushed to the hospital for surgery for a brain tumor. He went to the hospital primarily to be with the child's older sister whom he felt might feel neglected and scared with all the goings on. He took her out to eat and generally entertained her through her sister's surgery. I am so proud that he has such a high degree of empathy and willingness to care for others. Regardless of your belief system this seems to me to be the epitome of what spirituality/religion should be all about. He and I are planning to see Furthur together at Hampton Coliseum, where we so GD shows together, on 2/12. I will be so proud to attend with this wonderful human being who I am proud to call my son. The young lady with the tumor is named Monica, any prayers/positive thoughts would be appreciated for her. The tumor is not malignant but there are still possible serious complications, so keep her in your hearts.

I never knew Huston Smith, who unlike the others was a Perfectly Respectable Scholar (hell, he wrote the text of my comparative religions class in college) was mixed up in that crowd. Learn something new every day!