pohaikawahine
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there is a thread on "alchemy - the lost science" under the area of paganism .... some very interesting views on this process .... whether it is the transformation of the mind or consciousness, transformation of metal to gold, or transformation of sexual energy .... (I probably didn't word all of this exactly .... but that's it in a nut shell) .... I just posted this piece and was wondering if anyone out there would say that Kadaitswami was an "alchemist" .... it is said that he turned iron to gold ..... personally i believe that the concept of 'alchemy' is related to the transformation of conscousness, and Kadaitswami would certainly be a candidate .... but did he actually turn iron to gold, or is this a metaphor in one of his stories .....
here is my posting to the 'alchemy - the lost science' thread:
here is my posting to the 'alchemy - the lost science' thread:
poh said:here is something that i just received this morning from "the master course of himalayan academy by satguru sivaya subramuniyaswami" ....
"who was kadaitswami? kadaitswami was a dynamic satguru who revived saivism in catholic-dominated jaffna, sri lanka, in the 1800's. he was a powerful siddha, standing two meters tall, whose fiery marketplace talks converted thousands back to saivism. it is said he was a high court judge who refused to confer the death penalty and renounced his career at middle age to become a sannyasin. directed by his satguru to be a worker of miracles, he performed siddhis that are talked about to this day -- turning iron to gold, drinking molten wax, disappearing and appearing elsewhere."
so it would certainly appear that kadaitswami was an alchemist .... some of our threads are certainly applicable to cross-religious discussions and this is a comparative religious site .... yet we tend to isolate ourselves even in many of the threads .... with a few cross-overs, primarily to point out differences .... hmmmmmmm .... how can we transform some of the threads to open them up to more dialogue about what we all have in common .... just some thought to toss in .... he hawai'i au, poh