All the talk of sufism and love of god gets a bit tiresome. Mr. Gold with his henchmen who founded the mag The Sanfrancisco Ball seems to have financed his sufidom with the profits of pornography. What is it/was it with this creepy 'sufi' routine. And we have barely mentioned the fascist streak here...

An Introduction to Sufism with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee What is Sufism? 10 + Incredible Facts About SUFISM - YouTube

Source: sufism - YouTube I have often been critical of Sufism stretching back to the old Darwiniana and the Gurdjieff Con in its earlier net presence. and way before that. That was fairly low key but suddenly in the context of current culture and an expanded audience blanket denunciations are no longer appropriate. It might … Continue reading sufism – YouTube: retracting…and reaffirming a critique

An important exchange with AC: deciphering Indian spiritual history, the Sufi soul question: sufism's big secret Original Questions: From: A. C. To: Nemonemini Sent: Thu, Sep 10, 2020 8:30 am Subject: Sv: Sv: Advaita..goofy question of the week: If pace Advaiata the universe is conscious, should it have to mediate to raise its consciousness? (semantic … Continue reading Reprint, exchange with AC: Deciphering Indian spiritual history, religion, evolution, soul, and the sufis soul secret tradition

This is a lot of useful info here, but a bit chaotic Email exchange: Vedic, sanskrit, dravidian, OIT and AIT, homo sapiens and soul, Egyptian and soul tradition? sufi baraka and thieves of baraka Re: Sv: Sv: Advaita..goofy question of the week: If pace Advaiata the universe is conscious, should it have to mediate to … Continue reading Email exchanges with AC

Source: Ambedkar and the "Bhagwat Gita" on JSTOR

I was astonished to find I had reviewed this book in 2002 https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RMFH36FE9TI5Y/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0812690257 John C. Landon 5.0 out of 5 stars A distorted history Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2002 This invaluable study of the history of the text of the Gita is unfortunately out of print, but a must read for … Continue reading The Gita As It Was: Rediscovering the Original Bhagavadgita: Sinha, Phulgenda: 9780812690255: Amazon.com: Books

he Bhagavad Gita is about dharma. It speaks not only of universal moral duties like justice and sacrifice, but also swadharma, often understood as an individual’s caste duties. The caste references in the Gita, pointed out amongst others by B. R. Ambedkar, made modern Indian nationalists rather uneasy. Source: Bhagavad Gita wasn’t always India’s defining … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita wasn’t always India’s defining book. Another text was far more popular globally

An excerpt from Hegel's India: A Reinterpretation, about Hegel's little known writings on the Bhagvad Gita. Source: Hegel's Gita – A Philosopher Haunted by Indian Spirit