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2000: Kundalini – the untold tales.

Looking back, I think some my collected tales were exaggerated or even lies – they were the tails!

(updated: 23 December 2022)

A week ago a new series started called “The K Files – Kundalini Secrets Revealed” and this reminded me of the late 90s when I became highly interested in the topics of eastern religion, metaphysics, mysticism, New Age, health and Ascension.

What really interested me back then were tales of true Kundalini awakenings whereby:

In personal accounts of the rising of kundalini, there is an endless array of emotions, strange thoughts, and visions, but descriptions of physical signs and symptoms or actual sensations are rare.

source: Sanella M.D. (1976) Kundalini – Psychosis or Transcendence? [page 7]

Back then I was under the impression that:

When allowed to progress to completion, the Kundalini process culminates in deep psychological balance, strength, and maturity.

source: Hansen (1995) Schizophrenia or Spiritual Crisis? On “Raising the Kundalini” and Its Diagnostic Classification

So in early 2000 I setup a website and published actual accounts of awakenings collected from forums and over email. I also had a links directory and wrote essays, with one being Evolution Revolution.

[ pic 3 – links at March 2005 | pic 4 – links at June 2006 with added Jewish section ]

I received lots of solid feedback from the guest book including:

Andy: Very informative page! Good to share these experiences without risking being treated as psychotic. I believe that mainly the subconscious is doing this... (May, 2004)

Christine: I deeply appreciate this site.. I can find no other like it... (November, 2002)

Mike: Thanks for the kind words and interest in my experience. It means a lot to be acknowledged like that. (June, 2002)

The work I was doing back then was a major reason for me to travel to Israel… to get more of a Jewish perspective on the metaphysical.

In other words, I went from reading What is Enlightenment? in Byron Bay regarding ‘Differentiation with Integration‘:

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whilst also listening to Bashar in Melbourne:

Bashar :: Dare to Dream - Highlights

to hearing Rabbi Geller at Aish Hatorah in Jerusalem alongside Jacob Winkler who had also ventured to Israel in a similar vein:

Rabbi Avi Geller - Are Men and Women Equal?

I even told Rabbi Geller about Bashar.

I met a number of Jewish students in Israel, mostly from the USA and mainly guys. At one point in 2006, I must have had around 40 phone numbers in my phone. That was just prior to Facebook becoming popular.

The chap below was from England, I don’t remember his name but “Snowgums” was the ski lodge I stayed at growing up (see his jacket brand), and drove to in a Jaguar with my grandfather.

The fellow at left below, I don’t remember his name but came on Birthright Israel. A lot of Birthrighters are Jews and have little conscious Torah understanding and maybe have few or no Jewish friends and really seek meaningful connections more than anything else. Some aren’t even strictly Jewish. Below right is Harav Nota Schiller of Ohr Somayach with Larry Flisser. With Rav Schiller, I made a point that some of the most important people in the Jewish world are not the best teachers and brightest minds, but the facilitators and administrators behind the scenes that get no glory. He appreciated that, and after I met Larry, for a moment he paused and then said I blessed him and we were instant best friends… at least for that moment.

 

And the real crux of the matter is that there is a vast chasm between “good” Kundalini awakenings and “bad” ones. So for those that go about trying to awaken the Kundalini, one has to wonder why on Earth would you want to do that? I mean, do you feel lucky punk?

Dirty Harry 1971 - Do You Feel Lucky Punk?

But now in 2022, I recently heard about a healer who is having trouble stimulating Kundalini in her sick patients and is also scaling back her practice. So maybe it’s not about luck anymore, it’s about need and survival. Also, with pandemic and mass death at the forefront of people’s minds, perhaps it’s time to take Ormus King more seriously which sees both of these themes throughout, including death as a fuel for longevity and ecstasy in OK4.


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Fast and loose race at a slow and steady pace!

The story of Bopgig is a long one –  and not without hiccups. 

(updated: 2 May 2022)

(note: additional information about BopGig in Israel Tech Scene 2006-2011 and GrooveGuide)

2000: The name comes to mind.

GrooveTip in its inception was about tipping artists in the same way people tip street buskers. FairTunes.com (2000) worked on that concept, which had a WinAmp plugin. I took an interest in media metadata at the time as that should’ve contained the information for any funds to travel back to content creators.

I had thought… “once people have downloaded songs from Napster… then what?” … ideally, a voluntary tip by the listener/viewer to the creator!

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2001: Final-year undergrad student enters MBA competition.

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2003: Multiple PHP apps cobbled together. Later GrooveGuide (more info here) is added – a free street-press magazine. 500 copies were printed and distributed around Melbourne. Problem: lack of app integration and hence automated signups.

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2009: Rethinking the business model and user experience. BopGig or GigPop?

2010: A working prototype launches. A Y-Combinator application occurs.

Overworked and under-utilized. Music + Entertainment industry. (Jerusalem, 20 Oct '10)

John on the left, Sup on the right.

Bopgig from Adrian on Vimeo.

2011: Development moves from USA to Israel.

Bopgig pitch (Jan, 2011)

 

2012: Public launch and then a pivot into indefinite hibernation!

 

2020: Hibernation continues!

2022: Thinking about it again!

source

Gigwell Productivity Suite for Booking Agents & Artists

note: With GrooveTip 2000 in mind, I would instead look at making it easier for listeners to give rather than own. Maybe both.
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Pyramid Power

I came up with Ormus King 9 (then 6) while camping at the Goldsborough Valley campground in September 2019. I never planned on it happening.

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This area was (and still is) an ancient aboriginal tribal meeting point. I’m not surprised.

I would wake up with very powerful visions for the story when the night before I had no idea what to imagine or write — too much information to process.

I doubt I could have come up with this story – which sees the rebuilding of the Third Temple in Jerusalem anywhere else – even in Jerusalem itself. I lived in Jerusalem from 2010 – 2018 and came up with Ormus King 3 + 4 in 2017 in this apartment.

The power and significance of this place owes to its closeness to Walsh’s Pyramid, the world’s highest natural freestanding pyramid and also Bellenden Ker and Bartle Frere – Queensland’s highest mountains. It also sits next to the Mulgrave River. But who knows, maybe those things came after its significance was determined somehow.

Another way to look at the area is as a natural anti-depressant.

Have you ever popped champagne on a plane? (Kanye West, Good Life)

The area is not remote however. In Far North Queensland, mountains and national parks are intertwined into the city areas.

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As I headed into October, the March flies arrived and were simply unbearable – much worse than mosquitoes because of their painful bite and they attack a moving target.

The devil lurks

During the writing of this story, I encountered (and reported) a shoplifter at Jay Car in Cairns, a 45 min drive away – and that made me think – perhaps my story was (and still is) being used (ie stolen) somehow? Time will tell.

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September 12 Update:

Ormus King 9 was precipitated by thinking about bible stories whilst on the road in Queensland and then applying them to modern-day environments starting on 26 July, 2019:

and then completing the main story on 29 October, 2019:

Interestingly, Pharrell Williams (with Deadmau5) has his own musical take on the creation myth and the Tree of Knowledge as mentioned in this  interview (9 June, 2020) resulting in the song Pomegranate:

deadmau5 & The Neptunes - Pomegranate (Official Music Video)

Also:

Jewish tradition teaches that the pomegranate is a symbol of righteousness because it is said to have 613 seeds, which corresponds with the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, of the Torah. ~ source

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