The Psychology of Conformity

Seems to me the matter of conformity vs. nonconformity (cultural vs. personal heroism) hasn’t been as energized as it’s been in recent months since the 1960s. How often have I self-censored in 2020  to avoid conflict, or retain a friendship, or preserve a semi-cohesive sense of community?

What follows – an 11-minute video and the transcript of same – is offered to serve a collective contemplation on what it is we’re all immersed in at this time. Offered, as always, with love and hope for expanding awareness and healing. Whitehawk

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“For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure”. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

This remark by Ralph Waldo Emerson makes it clear that the forces of conformity were quite strong when he lived nearly 200 years ago. However, he would likely be surprised at the extent to which the whipping of nonconformists has now been made possible with the emergence of social media and other mass communication technologies.

Kundalini Conversations

As you are aware if you’ve spent any time here at the Whitehawk blog, Kundalini has been a prevailing theme in my life, beginning with a minor K awakening in the late 80s/early 90s, and a far more extreme activation about a decade later that flowed on dramatically (life alteringly!) for about seven years.

During this second round, a threshold seemed to be transcended upon meeting someone with whom I experienced a particular, profound resonance – unlike anything I had known prior – which set me off on a seriously wild & intoxicating ride. Kundalini changes virtually everything in/about one’s human experience.

A Hindu term, darshan, addresses this spontaneous ignition of Kundalini via transmission through contact with another person, or sometimes even through adoring a statue of a deity that’s been worshiped for so long that it, too, can actually emanate enough energy to transmit darshan to believers.

I’ve noticed a renewed wave of interest in Kundalini, and also in Penny Kelly, whose first book (of the many she’s written), Evolving Human, was big for me on the subject. (I had first encountered the term Kundalini in The Stormy Search for the Self, by Christina Grof, during my first dance with K.)

One thing I appreciate about Penny is her languaging. She writes well and describes her experiences in “plain English” as opposed to others (i.e. the “grandfather of Kundalini for the modern age,” Gopi Krishna) whose concepts can be harder to follow due to the Indian cultural & spiritual orientation.

Penny just posted this YouTube – apparently the first of a series – on Kundalini:

Buddhist Monks’ Superpowers

Buddhist monks’ masterful management of form using universal principles has long held the world at large in awe. I can’t imagine anyone not being amazed (and better yet –  inspired) by these monks who work with principles of reality that remain a mystery to the masses.

I’m posting the video here (which links to youtube), whereas below the video I’m providing the beginning of the highly engaging article in which this video was embedded. If you like what you see here, please click through the link provided at the end of this post to read the impressive and informative piece at Universe Inside You.

By the way, I’m particularly fascinated by the monk who passed on while meditating in lotus posture … wearing a mask over his nose and mouth! (Pictured in the video frame.) No escaping ’em!

Love – and esoteric rainbows – to you,

Whitehawk

Clearings & Culminations

Hello! So very much going on behind the scenes that the mainstream media keeps from us. I’m feeling encouraged by this one from Brad Johnson’s Adronis; maybe you will be also.

May freedom reign! Love & blessings to you. Whitehawk