THELEMA RULES!

For me, I am a Thelemite still, who has just adopted this "religion" of Krishna consciousness because I have come to believe that there is a such thing as a Supreme Personality of Godhead, and I think this is the most advanced yoga system to get to the Supreme goal, and of the goal of being a real Goswami who writes about the newer and newer Pastimes of Krishna. Only thing, I believe in the Bill of Rights as given in Liber OZ, and that to smoke or not is strictly a matter for the individual to decide, like whether or not to have sex, or what to eat. Generally, man has the right to alter his own consciousness with whatever drugs he wants to. And no ecclesiastic body, College of Cardinals, GBC, Council of Mullahs, can order him differently.

Thelema means Will--Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. This does NOT mean do whateverthe hell you want! Thou means the Supersoul, or Higher Self--one fellow was very obdurate in insisting that it doesnt mean that, and that he had "read Crowley"--didnt read the commentary on the Book of the Law, though. That Book is a very peculiar scripture--some say it is a collection of black magick spells, but I assert that it is a scripture, and therefore entitled to as much respect as the Bible or the Qu'ran.

One time I had been living in the Krishna Temple for about two weeks--and I found that the diet was not meeting my nutritional needs--most of these guys cook for taste, not nutrition. I had become listless and indolent, and my energy was gone. I identified the culprit as lack of choline. Choline is found best in eggs--there is a vegetarian source too, but I didnt know what it was. So I went down the street and had a nice cheese omlette--and I was right! It immediately restored my energy. Then came the fun! I happened to mention to the treasurer what I had for lunch, and he immediately snitched on me to the Temple President. The Temple President knew about me, so he paid it no mind. But this snitch started broadcasting my omelette to the community in general; "He couldnt control his senses' was his conclusion. Actually, what I did was exactly to control my senses and restore them. If he knew what I am eating these days to maintain myself for chanting and serving, he would shit his pants--Thelema is very practical.

"The Revolution is like a train--some people get on--and some people get off--but the train keeps moving along"---Leon Trotsky

It is a fact that Prabhupada was a revolutionist--he once said, "If they knew what I was up to, they would kill me." Prabhupada was flying under the radar--nobody had the intelligence to understand the Hare Krishna movement, and it is still flying under the radar, which is a good tning because very few of today's devotees could tangle with someone like William F. Buckley Jr. one on one.

The only really substantial difference I have with Srila Prabhupada is that he says, "six hours of sleep is enough for anyone". This idea made the monks sleep-deprived, and therefore irrritable, slow minded, and less able. For me, I need at least 8 hours of sleep, and maybe a little more, not to feel wired up.

I am an independent Hare Krsna--I do not depend on the Temple for my spiritual life like many do. I am not even a member of ISKCON or any other group. The likeliest one would be the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math founded by B.R.Sridhar Swami--but although I love their founder, they do not like me--I committed some offense years ago and they have very long memories. They are still mad at me, it wasnt that big of an offense, and they can go fuck themselves.
I just keep company with Srila Sridhar and Prabhupada, and that is enough devotional association for me.

Next post I will talk about how you can be all these different things like a Thelemite and a Hare Krishna at the same time.