What's Your Own Cocktail?

[Pierre]

Let's face it, nowadays most of us make our own spiritual cocktails. Some deplore it, and stick to only wine, or only beer, or only whiskey. Well, maybe it's healthier, but I'll never know!!!

Anyway, here is my own little recipe. I call it "Mystic Slasher".

In a shaker:

- A generous dose of Alan Watts (careful, the degree of alcohol is quite high!)

- 25 ml of Advaïta Vedanta in its modern, balanced form (avoid the traditional, which is a bit sour, and the Neo, which is far too sweet)

- Headless Way (amount to preference)

- 2 teaspoons of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality, for a nice, rich conceptual taste

- 2-3 dashes of painful love stories to sharpen up the whole

Shake well for about 20 years. Pour into a solid, if somewhat irregular, glass made of Mindfulness, Meditation, Yoga and Martial Arts. Finally, add some fresh-squeezed Adyashanti to give it a strong coherence and a beautiful shiny color. Enjoy. And go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.

So, what's your recipe?

 

[Shin]

I smell turds.

[Prabhaker]

10 minutes ago, Pierre said:

So, what's your recipe?

Man, I am drunk! I was drunk with Osho. Now , I grow my own marijuana within me. That creates my wobbly walking.

[Loreena]

A 100 ml of pure and extra virgin Leo Gura syrup

2 ml of  Tolle

 1 ml of  Mooji

[Ramu]

A little Leo

A bit of Mooji

A TON of headless way

A bit of Shiva and Lord Ganesha

 

[zazed]

I'm not exactly sticking to the format i realize 
Mine would be  getting drunk on various cocktails all evening, forgetting the exact flavors the next morning as i wake up, still a bit drunk.

 

I've long considered myself a buddhist for my beginning years, read many many books on the free http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks.htm and many books i bought and have long forgotten about.  I was mainly a zen buddhist, but i read about all schools.

I've dabbed in the occult and called my self a Wiccan, praying to the earth-mother and the moon.

Later I read about the occult kabbalah and did complex magical rituals, invoking eh-he-yeh, and calling god my abba. 

Then for years i thought i was a Taoist, reading everything on it here on the public domain : http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/index.htm, and buying books on amazon. added: read all the wei wu wei books multiple times.

Then i was a student of "the real world" and thought there was nothing at all, but always kept a Buddha statue around tho. Focused entirely on my relationship and my job. This was also my darkest time.

Now i suppose i'm into more essential concepts, devoid of "the bullshit", what Leo was saying resonated with me. It is essentially explaining many concepts of Taoism in a western context and to a lesser extent zen.  As with Paul, he is amazing. I'm also reading the Power of now.

I've noted down some names in this thread, which i'll look up:
Alan wats, headles way, Mooji, Osho and especially turds.

Edited April 7, 2017 by zazed

[Shin]

The best teacher I know

 

 

Edited April 8, 2017 by Shin

[Truth]

Just a shot of intuitive soulful optimism with a garnish of alluring yet disengaged observation. 

[Barna]

Why don't I see any Matt Kahn here? Do you know anybody else who tastes like him? 

(This last sentence sounds surprisingly gay :))