Posts by hollowtrucker

Dragan said:That's an interesting take.

The whole thread is pretty fascinating, honestly.

God, the Holy Spirit, and the Soul—these are three distinct manifestations within the spiritual realm.

If you're coming at this from a strictly materialistic standpoint, you probably shouldn't bother reading any further.

Depending on how you look at things—and different teachers or schools will offer their own specific definitions and categorizations—it all really comes down to the student's capacity to grasp these concepts.

Based on how deep someone's studies go, it’s actually quite common for these three terms to get mixed up—you know, when someone mistakenly equates God with the soul or the spirit.

From a spiritual perspective, while these three phenomena are essentially one, there are definitely distinctions to be made.

Anyway, I'll do my best to break it down:

The Soul is what animates a living being.

The Spirit animates the entire universe.

And all of this is made possible by God.

God is the master of both soul and spirit.

So, now we've established that breath equals spirit.

In other words, whoever consecrates their breath finds themselves enjoying the Holy Spirit.

As for Tyler Scott3:

Any breath—any inhale or exhale—that isn't used to remember or recite the holy name of God Allah HU, is simply wasted breath.

Dragan said:It somehow seems logical to me that the soul, and maybe even what we call the spirit, are still material (= prakriti), no matter how subtle that matter (or rather, vibration) might be. Only the unmanifested could truly be considered non-material.

I have to disagree—that doesn't quite track for me. Both the soul and the spirit have their material counterparts.
An analogy for the spirit could be the wind; whereas the material mirrors of the soul would be things like intelligence and the mind, for instance.
Without overthinking it too much,
the soul and the spirit are two lower—but nonetheless non-material—attributes of the eternal God.

Kyle Campbell5 said:Every single day, I feel this sense of bliss growing deeper within me.

Honestly, that’s really the only metric I use to gauge my own progress—or anyone else's, for that matter. It's all about that internal state.
Thanks, Kyle Campbell5.

I think you all have a point there.

mistyfox812 casualtiger2 said:When we talk about the soul, we’re usually referring to that deeply personal, individual essence—the core of who you are. But when the conversation shifts toward the Spirit, things take on a much broader, more universal quality—something that transcends the individual entirely.

David Miller15 said:I’m kind of on the same page here—I tend to view the spirit as this much broader, more expansive concept that encompasses both the soul and matter (and honestly, maybe even physical form itself). To me, the spirit feels like this overarching, universal principle, whereas the soul is that specific, non-material essence. 😁

Alexander Hall said:I’ve been thinking about this lately—the idea that the soul might actually be the life fluid of the body, acting as that vital bridge between our spiritual impulses (the spirit) and our physical form.

nimblesurfer4 said:I’ve always felt that the spirit is simply who we are in our daily existence—our persona, really—whereas the soul is the true essence of a person.

The soul is paramatman, while the spirit is parabrahman.
The soul is essentially a localized expression of God, tucked right into the heart of every living being—but then you have the spirit, which is that more formless aspect of God that acts as the connective tissue, binding all those infinite souls together across the entire universe.
Without the spirit, the soul would be left blind—completely severed from the universe itself.
Without souls—life would just be empty, wouldn't it? People and all other living creatures would be nothing more than animated puppets moving through the motions.

taka The Understanding of The East and The knowledge of The West - and then seek.
G.I. Gurdjieff

Western and Eastern spiritual techniques:

There is no West without the East, just as there can be no East without the West.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply mistaken.
What came before—was it tomorrow or was it twilight?

Every Westerner worth their salt has traveled to the East to find what they need; meanwhile, any Easterner worth anything has already made their way to the West, in one form or another.
So, where does that leave us now?

The issue is never actually the technique itself—that’s nonsense. A technique is just a tool; if it works for one person, it works for anyone.

The real struggle lies in how those techniques are passed down—in the way they are explained and applied.
Why is all the classic martial arts and spiritual literature published in China only in Chinese?
It isn't because the government mandates it; it’s because the people in China themselves often don't know how to translate such profound concepts into another language.
A single term might carry five or six different spiritual meanings, or a single phenomenon could be described by ten different names—each one perfectly suited to a specific situation or circumstance.
It takes an immense, truly massive amount of grace for someone from the East to come and teach the West.
And likewise, it takes an enormous amount of grace for someone from the West to head out to the East to learn.
Just keep that in mind.
We should be grateful for every little shred of knowledge we encounter.
Don't know what pranayama is? Then study it and practice until you've mastered it!
Don't know what the Lesser Banishing pentagram ritual is? Get to work and practice it!
Unsure about the difference between morphological fields and crop circles? Dig in and find out!
Who was John Dee versus who was Sun Lu-Tang? Do your research, look it up!
What is the connection between the pyramids in Egypt and those in China?

In the union of East and West, we find the marriage of the holy spirit.

Shifting Proportions During Meditation
is essentially the bedrock of magic.

If you’re performing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and you aren't feeling that sense of infinite extension—that feeling that you're stretching out forever—then something isn't clicking.
It’s actually enough of a distinction to show the gap between simple meditation and true magic.
For actual magical work, you need a meditative foundation first—a steady base where we can then take that magical trance and push it even further through ritual.

Lately, I've realized that my own workings only really hit the mark if I can use that magical momentum to shift my sense of proportion beyond all known cosmos and voids.

Hitler definitely paved the way for television; the CIA eventually decided it was the ultimate tool for mass manipulation. Honestly, calling Hitler's regime "totalitarianism" isn't even quite right—it’s more like pure monism.
One car, one nation, one people, one leader, one book.
There's this semi-quote from Crowley—who, by the way, thought his Book of Law should have replaced the Quran, the Bible, and basically all mystical texts—regarding Mein Kampf:
If only that book had been a bit more mystical instead of being so damn boring and stupid.

The Matrix is actually technologically feasible today. We could theoretically stimulate the brain directly via electrical impulses to trigger any emotion, insight, pleasure, or pain we want.
All they really need now are some programmers, artists, and writers to build out enough immersive content to keep the sleepers occupied.

So, how would this actually play out?

Think about it—massive corporations are already buying up sovereign debt from governments.
By doing that, they basically own the citizens. And since every single person owes something to the state, they can be immediately leveraged to settle those debts. In this scenario, you could even see newborn brains being repurposed as literal batteries for a smartphone, for instance.
All they’d have to do is pass laws banning people from drinking water from natural springs or breathing pure, unfiltered air without a permit.
And just like that, we're there.
No revolution, no uprising, no way out.
We've all become hostages to our own missile defense systems.
Wake up!!! It's too fucking late!!!