Friends and fans of Buddhistdoor Global share their questions, doubts, fears and joy with explorer and film director Laurence Brahm. Laurence draws upon a quarter of a century of expeditions searching for Shambhala and following the footsteps of Padmasambhava to unlock the quantum codes to our multiverse. Questions are welcome from all readers of BDG.
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Bodhi Heeren: Personally, just as I find it difficult to believe someone can walk on water. I find it equally hard to believe that someone can turn fire into water. This might be beautiful stories with a symbolic meaning, but trying to explain them with references to quantum physics seems a rather hazardous task. Did Buddha actually endorse Siddhi powers?
Laurence Brahm (LB): Think for a moment. Mathematical formulas in physics are just a language, nothing more. Legends are language too. They help us question our assumptions. And I think Buddha questioned all assumptions. So, in some ways that’s what we’re doing at Shambhala Studios, questioning assumptions.”
Supriya Babaji: The name of my bungalow is “Shambhala.” Over the years I have collected many things related to Padmasambhava. Are these mere coincidences or something more?
LB: In Buddhism there is no such thing as a coincidence. There are only Karmic connections.
Caroll Gagnebet: I watched your 2003 film “Conversations with Sacred Mountains.” Is the concept of Shangri-la facing a cultural crisis? How can we cope with traditional cultural diversity against the onslaught of global materialism?
Laurence Brahm: I want to thank you for watching “Conversations with Sacred Mountains.” Even though this was one of my earliest productions, it represented a moment of personal awakening for me. It was that expedition that we took in 2003 following the Tea Caravan Trail to the sacred mountain of Kawagabo. According to legend the mountain was once a demon that the Lotus-Born Master transformed into a protector.
Right after that journey, I began my own practice and an ever-deepening process of entering into the amazing world of Vajrayana Buddhism. So, thank you Caroll for reminding me of my own journey and may we all be on this journey together.
Vijaya Geetha Pathangay: As a researcher of clinical health psychology I’m looking into the various aspects of the teachings that can be used to transform sickness.
LB: Meditation practice can help cure so many things within. Many sicknesses arise from the mind gone astray. People become locked on negative ideas of duality. They then begin to foster all kinds of anger and frustrations. Compounded, these become blockages in our system preventing the flow of breath, blood and electro-magnetic energy, prana and qi. When the prana and qi can’t flow due to blockages, then all kinds of sicknesses arise.
So, meditation is a really important part of self-cure or preventive medicine. It can actually stop a lot of diseases from arising. When they do arise, meditation and yogic practices can actually dispel and cure them. I hope you can bring more meditation and yogic methods into your own clinical practice. In turn, you will become an example for others. I really think meditation, yoga and Qigong should be brought to clinical practices across the world regardless of religion, faith, nationality or government.
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