The Art of Creation

There is nothing new in the notion I AM, from the Upanishads to later day Guru’s such as Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj, to western advocates such as Adyashanti and Rupert Spira. But for us men-who-love-men it is heartening to read related texts written by one of our brothers.

Jung and Kundalini Yoga

Carl Gustav Jung in his lectures on The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga, back in 1932, stated that Yoga is an ancient spiritual discipline “a practical means of attaining salvation, oneness and the liberation of purusha”, that is, a systematised ascetic technique; a method of meditation.

Scottish Dualism

Huge MacDiarmid, possibly the greatest Scottish poet of the 20th century, made a great point when he noted the ‘Caledonian antisyzygy’. By this he meant the Scottish taste for dualism, opposites and extremes in dispute. His famous words “I'll ha'e nae hauf-way hoose, but aye be whaur extremes meet” from his poem A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle, seems to sum this up.

The Journey of Self-Discovery

Everyone, it seems, is maddened by sexual desire, especially it appears, at least to my reading, those who wish to suppress it. Yet, as Swami Prabhupada says, to turn our material happiness into spiritual bliss we do not need to negate our material happiness, we simply change our material nature into a devotional one. This is how we reach the state of sac-cid-ananda, eternal-fully cognisant-joyful.

Pratyahara - withdrawal of the senses

The practice of Pratyahara prepares us for the ultimate steps on the yogic path. It helps us to learn to control our unruly senses that are all over the place, responding to all the suggestions the outside world is continuously giving us. It is the turning point for those truly on the spiritual path.

Tantra and the union of consciousness and energy

Tantra challenges a number of western beliefs. The scientific notion that consciousness is a product of matter. The gendered belief that the masculine is active and the feminine passive. And the dualist belief that we are separate from the divine.