HERE I AM COMPARING BUDDHIST'S DOCTRINE OF THE SUFFERING OF ALL LIFE TO THE GNOSTIC "DUALISTIC" CREATION THEORY. THEIR THEORY SAYS ALL LIFE WAS CREATED BY THE LESSER GOD, ABRAXAS, WHO WAS IMPERFECT. THIS IS WHY ALL CREATURES SUFFER.

GNOSTICS BELIEVE IN DUALITY [TWO GODS]. THIS IS THE SYMBOLIC DEPICTION OF THE RASCAL LESSER GOD ABRAXAS. THE OTHER DEVINE GOD [GOD, SPIRIT, UNIVERSAL INTELLIGENCE, ETC.] ENCOMPASSES BOTH AND GOES BEYOND THIS DUALITY. ABRAXAS, THINKING HE WAS THE ONLY GOD, CREATED AN IMPERFECT COSMOS. HE BEING EGOTISTICAL AND IMPERFECT MADE EVERYTHING ALSO FLAWED. ANIMALS EAT OTHER ANIMALS TO SURVIVE THEREFORE WE HAVE AN INHEIRENT SYSTEM THAT INFLECTS SUFFERING ON OTHERS. EVEN HERBIVORS EAT LIVING PLANTS. THIS IS THE SAME CONCEPT THE BUDDHISTS HAVE OF THEIR REALITY. THIER SEARCH TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE IS TO ASSCEND TO THE OTHER GOD, THE ABSOLUTE. THESE THOUGHTS HAVE, FOR ME ALSO, BROUGHT A FEELINGS OF CONTENTMENT INSOMUCH AS I, BEING A PERSON OF CONSCIENCE, DO NOT FEEL AS IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO SAVE THE WORLD. I SEE THERE IS LITTLE COMPASSION [LOVE] FOR PEOPLE OR CREATURES. I DO NOT FEEL GUILTY ANYMORE THAT IT IS OUR FAULT. I HAVE NO MORE ANXIETY BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY OF THE WORLD. IF BY SOME CHANCE THE SPIRITUAL RENISANNCE IMPROVED THE AMOUNT OF COMPASSION PEOPLE FELT TOWARDS HUMANS AND CREATURES I WOULD BE CONTENT. HOWEVER IF THIS NEVER HAPPENED I ALSO WOULD FEEL CONTENT IN THE FACT THAT I HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE CREATURES BORN TO SURVIVE AND PROCREATE. ALAN

BUDDHIST BELEIVE IN KARMA. HERE ARE A FEW RULES TO FOLLOW TO CREATE A BETTER FEELING EVERYDAY FOR YOURSELF.
Karma refers to prior and present action determining future circumstances or opportunities.
Notwithstanding Karma, the Atma or Soul is essentially free by virtue of freedom of choice.
A person is not only affected by his/her own karma, but by that of others, the community, society, planet, etc.
We must take responsibility in what we kill and try to minimize it.
We must accept that we kill as it is unavoidable to a certain degree if we are to live.
Committing suicide is considered a form of killing.
It is our purpose in life to enlighten ourselvse and through our own enlightment, to enlighten others by serving as examples or role modles, and never through forcing others.
We must think deeply s to the ways and means any food has come to us. We must think about what we have done or killed to oget the food and accept this along with teh responsibility for our actions. We must consider our worthiness to consume this food. Whqat have we done today that makes us fit to kill, even if it is a cabbage.
We must understand that we only eat so that we do not become lean and die. We accept food so that we may become enlightened and englighten other beings.
The Tibetan Book of Dead provides instructions to the dead psyche or soul to guide it through te 49 days of the Bardo realm until the next incarnation or liberation.

Namaste. Jai Bagwan. Victory to your Soul. In Love and Light, Atma Jyoti.

The main stages of spiritual developement in Buddhism is briefly described as follows: To understand the basics of Tibetan Buddhism is to know the vast tradition comprised of the experience and scholarship of literally thousands of years, containing teachings from the entirety of Buddhisms 2500-year history. Tibetan Buddhism has preserved the teachings of all three of the major divisions, called vehicles or yanas, that emerged consecutively in the historical development of Buddhism: the Hinayana (or Theravada), the Mahayana and the Vajrayana. A serious practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism is gradually taught the philosophy and practice of all of them, the understanding of the earlier teachings being seen as the necessary foundation for the understanding of the later.
In biology it is said that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny." This esoteric sounding scientific phrase means, simply put, that the development of the individual resembles the evolution of the species. Thus, a human embryo starts out as a single-celled being, and seems to "evolve" in the womb through phases of being fishlike, amphibious, reptilian, birdlike and finally human. In a parallel way, according to Tibetan belief, an individuals spiritual evolution resembles the historical development of the Buddhist teachings. It begins with the desire to transcend personal suffering, as emphasized in the "Lesser Vehicle," the Hinayana. Having gained some perspective on ones own mind and emotions, concern for the welfare of humanity arises, as emphasized in the "Greater Vehicle," the Mahayana. Finally, one gains perspective on external beings and phenomena as well as on oneself, and knows their emptiness. As a result, in the Vajrayana, or "Diamond-like Vehicle," one has the confidence to respond directly, spontaneously and appropriately to whatever arises, either inner or outer, positive or negative.
At the pinnacle of the Vajrayana is the teaching of Dzogchen, also known as Ati or Mahasandhi. Dzogchen is said to be the most direct and simple way to liberation, but is not considered suitable for everyone. It begins where other paths leave off, with the experience of liberation and the ultimate nature of reality transmitted by the students teacher. Its practice consists of stabilizing the realization that has been glimpsed, cutting away all obstacles and deepening ones vision and ability to respond to everything that arises in a spontaneous and natural way that manifests wisdom, power and compassion. Dzogchen is marked by a kind of ordinariness and simplicity, so ordinary that one whose understanding is not subtle enough will miss it or distort it. But for those few who are pure enough to grasp it, it promises freedom beyond the bounds of samsara or nirvana, beyond any limitations of abiding in either the relative or the absolute.
The very minimum that this explanation should help you to see is that Buddhism is a thought form that precieves all living creatures as suffering and born into a World as such. This is why I recomend the essays that explain this thought form in plain, easy to understand English which I have posted on previous pages. These essays are the recently discovered, about 55 years ago, writings which the early Gnostics hide. These manuscripts explain in detail the World as being a place of suffering and have a unique "Dualistic" approach to Creation that claims one can uplift oneself by "Gnosis" to relieve oneself of this inherent condition of suffering.
I personaly like the idea that through Gnosis, which translates to mean knowledge, that I can overcome the anxiety of everday strife by understanding their creation myth and realizing that the sorry state of affairs in all the world is that way because it is meant to be, as it always has been. Alan

CHAKRAS:
The Chakras which are innumerable energy centers or vortexes within the subtle body. However, there are seven principle chakras which correspond to nerve complexes running along the spine. These primary Chakras are presented below. (SAMADHI = PURE CONSCIOUSNES)

by CHAKRA, CORRESPONDING NERVE COMPLEX, COLOR, SENSE, DISEASE AREA, FACULTY or EMOTION, ELEMENT
Sahasrara; Crown of Head; Violet, ---; Spine, Cerebral Cortex; Understanding; Thought
Ajna; Third Eye (Pineal Gland); Clear; Indigo; Mind ; Eyes, Nose; Intuition, Light, Discrimination; Light
Visuddha; Throat; Blue; Hearing; Thyroid, Mouth, Throat; Surrender, Creativity, Receptivity; Ether, Air
Anahata; Heart; Gray, Pink, Green; Touch; Circulatory; Love, Nurturance; Air
Manipura; Solar Plexus; Yellow, Red; Sight; Digestive; Competition, Aggression, Ego Survival, Control; Fire
Swadhisthana; Intestinal; Orange, White; Taste Urinary, Reproductive; Sexuality, Pleasure, Specy Survival; Water
Muladhara; Root; Red, Yellow; Smell; Colon, Bowel; Insecurity, Fear, Individual Survival; Earth