The Amazon Religion.

Mahayogi, once met an indigenous shaman, a monk or druid on the banks of the Mississipi.
The conversation grew, to why the Mississipi is not sacred? The Shaman, said from the first nation, even the rivers of commerce are sacred too? Why is there a dichotomy?
Amazon is sacred to the indigenous people, the rain forests, the river, while it is commerce, especially e-commerce to the world.
Mahayogi thought the amazonian electric eel, could be the sacred figure, would Amazon, with it's Prime Vans and Amazon Dogs, be the medium? And trans-humanism and A.I the religion? Maybe the Amazon Spheres were the sacred space? A conservatory and work environment with thousands of cloud plants, depicting the race and the religion in huge live walls, while Amazonians and their pets worked hard, doing all the heavy lifting, for a better computer-human interface? Like the Alexa?
Maybe the need of the day is more Amazon Sphere like spaces and more drop-shipped e-commerce?

The Dark Forest Theory

Mahayogi was in the midst of a discussion with a pastor, who was delusional with his faith,
I agree we have just gambled and are nothing more than alcoholics, cried the pastor, there must be a way out.
Mahayogi disagreed, he said that there is a biodiversity of spiritualities, much like that of creation, but were you all traced to Adam and Eve, or did the population come out of the blue?
Pastor disagreed, we do not even have the signs of intelligence the rest of humanity and the animal kingdom possess, all we have achieved in our belief in Jesus Christ, is the destruction of the rest of humanity, the animal kingdom, all to create an Armageddon Day and a dog eat dog world. There is no magic here, just illusionism, and the illusionism of fish and bread for the masses, is the sole cause of misery, it was an act of theft and the Lord was punished for the flatlandedness, the anthropomorphism and the traumatology of such theft. That was his crime that led to his Crucifixion.

Mahayogi agreed, one had the choice in the ontological ground, the orbits of life, and one did not have to subscribe to this theology at all, it was mostly irrelevant, irrelevant in post-industrialized society, maybe the Universe is really simulated, agreed the two.

“ Satyam .. Shivam .. Sundaram ”

“ Satyam .. Shivam .. Sundaram ”

Living in the Himalayan caves was very pleasant, and when I was there I was in the habit of roaming through the mountains during the day .. taking notes in a haphazard manner .. and returning to my cave before darkness would fall. My diary is filled with descriptions of my experiences with the SAGES, yogis, and other spiritual leaders of the Himalayas.

When one sits in the mornings and evenings on the tops of the mountains, one can see beauty all around. If he is a spiritual man, he can understand how this beauty is an inseparable aspect of the Lord, whose attributes are Satyam, Shivam, and Sundaram .. truth, eternity, and beauty. This is the land of devas.

In the Himalayas, dawn ( usha ) and twilight ( sandhya .. when the day weds the night ) are not mere moments created by the rotation of the Earth, but have a deep symbolic meaning. Morning, afternoon, evening, and night each have their own beauty which no language can ever describe.

I used to roam in the mountains with my pet bear, who was very loyal to me. He was fond of me and became very possessive. He wouldn’t hurt anyone, but would knock down anyone who came near me. I called him ‘ Bhola ’ and he was my finest company during those days ! For eleven years he lived near my cave and would always wait for me to come out.

My MASTER did not approve of my growing attachment to this pet and used to tease me, calling me a “ bear charmer ”. In the morning, carrying a long staff to help me in climbing, I would go to the mountain-tops which were four to six miles from my cave. I had my diary, a few pencils and the bear ‘ Bhola ’ with me.

Many varieties of flowers are found in abundance in these mountains.

Among all the flowers grown in the Himalayan valleys, the most beautiful are the lilies and the orchids. Hundreds of varieties of lilies bloom after winter is over and sometimes even before snowfall.

many world realities

MahaYogi met Professor Gucchi at a conference on world religions, Gucchi was a leading advocate of many world interpretation of quantum gravity and was a leading E8 theorist. E8 was a leading theory of fiber-based unification theory. He believed in an MWI viewpoint, a viewpoint was so hard-lined that he believed in the universal policing, a concept where a matrix-like augmentation of the universe exists where at every branch of space-time where a law is broken a Guardian stands guard, waiting to prevent crime.
MahaYogi disagreed, he believed in a filter theory of the simulated universe with the dharma principle, this dharmic universe has only the righteous space-time, the world of all possibilities, simultaneously in existence, only if they are dharmic, a spiritual technology of the Buddha, upheld by the masses and the believers, giving special meaning to spirituality.
Dr. Gucchi found this deeply meaningful, the concept of spiritual technology itself was meaningful to him. He inquired if one could create such technology for oneself? If meditation was practical.
Yes, replied MahaYogi, it is a practical science and restoring dharma in your life is the sole need for spirituality these days, people will then be ethical, will stop stealing from you and will repay your kindness and good deeds.

Dignity of Labor

Maha Yogi once met an obese young boy who could not stand the thought of any menial task, even if it was house-keeping. This boy had been lazy all his life and could not even touch his toes with his fingers. He could not physically bend.
He was depressed and morose, and seek Yogi's counsel, I am always unhappy he complained, the world is always bothering me, he complained.
Maha Yogi asked him to segregate the waste bin in his home into trash recyclables and organic waste and dispose of them accordingly, he instructed him on how to compost the organic waste for use in the garden and requested him to flush the toilet with a self-cleaning additive.

The young boy, just could not stand the thought of housekeeping and forced his mother to do the tasks for him, a week later he returned to Yogi, complaining that he was still morose and unhappy, then Yogi asked him if he had completed the house-keeping chores? He replied it was too menial for him!
Yogi then explained the need for the dignity of labor and how simple chores with cleanliness was also a way to God-realization. Yogi and the boy actually worked on a garden plot and planned and planted trees, it was a new world to the boy, and his life changed forever with the green touch. Something magical dawned, and his life changed, there were happiness and good karma.
The next time you expect a miracle in life, just hug a spiritual tree, and in your breath will merge magic, the magic of intelligence, ennui, and morosity will vanish, and a higher happiness index will emerge. Maybe electricity and A.I are part of a trees life too!

MahaYogi meets the free critic.

MahaYogi was well aware of the adage, of a critic, the lowest job, a person who tells you when you are wrong, all without a pay or remuneration.

MahaYogi met one such person, she was called the Free Critic, she was a born critic, and excelled at it, often pointing mistakes in people all day, without an end.
Sometimes it was character assassination and sometime plain denial of a persons accomplishments.
MahaYogi had the misfortune of crossing paths with her!

For months he had to tolerate volley after volley of a tirade in words, accusations of lies, sexual innuendos and of contributions to dogma, all accused of a free thinker.
Most of it was borne in silent ignorance of the vociferous woman. The mud sling did never stick, but reflecting on it he realized the entire futility of the human existence.

People like the free critic were an illustration of the complete lack of meaning and semantics in evolution and life. If survival of the fittest and theories of Darwinism were to be believed then, flora and fauna, given their incomprehension of the human condition would be the natural selection and so would automaton, incapable of understanding fear, suffering or the human condition.

All saints are impervious to the human condition and seek to transcend the senses, the root cause of the condition. This immersion is the cause of suffering as revealed by Siddhartha, and all saint including MahaYogi believed this.

Feed for Alexa Skill

MahaYogi, is a story sequence by Mutter Gottlich to illustrate like the parables, stories of spirituality,
packaged in a sugar pill for mass consumption.
In this era of consumerism and entertainment, spirituality has to be adopted towards technology,
work theology and the faster pace of life. MahaYogi was created as the medium, a mascot for
Mutter Gottlich and these stories describe dialogues between science and religion and timeless
spirituality tailored to post modernism.

MahaYogi was in the garden of the Governor of California, at that time, the state was facing
increased pressure on their sustainability measures and were fighting a legal war with the
federal government, the governor was concerned with the growing suffering induced by genetic
modification, pesticides and pollutants on nature , he felt guilty for the suffering in flora and fauna
induced by human development.

MahaYogi was the audience to this, and on the subject of suffering he described this story:

"Young Siddhartha was in the garden, with plants, he was forbidden from playing with,
His father wanted to keep him away from the suffering and torment prevalent in nature, but as with all little children, he rebelled, and curiosity got the better of him.

He watched the pitcher plants, as fly after fly landed in it, suffering in agony, struggling to leave the pitcher, being slowly digested by acidic enzymes, decaying with the pitcher into a rotten mass, while a new pitcher grew, repeating the cycle, nourishing the plant.

This was life, the decayed pitcher had dead flies, cockroaches and mosquitoes, all corpses, decayed, partially digested, nourishing the  plant.

Siddhartha had never seen so much suffering, and wondered why there was torment and
suffering.

He decided to leave home to meditate and find the answer.

After years in meditation under a Bodhi tree, Siddhartha, finally understood the reason for
all this suffering, the insects were undergoing. He believed that the insects were totally immersed in this world, and were holding on to life, to the Maya, they were tempted by the sweet nectar of the pitcher plant and were led into a labyrinth of suffering and torment as they clung to life. The blinding maze of light vanished for the bees, and they realized that the pitcher was always open for them to leave. They were lighter and free of bondage, freed from suffering and torment as they flew to freedom, busy as they were, foraging

for true nectar from wildflowers, to feed their young.

I propose to make a plant installation with a pitcher plant , to describe this metaphor and story of Siddhartha at some place and time."

MahaYogi, described the Sarracenia as the 'Maya' of this world of development, on humans,
flora and fauna, the reason for 'dukka' or suffering in a natural world free of hunger,
thirst and cold, suffering and pain. Thus the human condition is something unlike nature,
maladopted and synthetic, not fully formed and transient. The suffering of humans and wildlife
alike caused by this maladoption is the need for sustainability and the restoration of the balance,
the balance the Governor was striving for.