Spirituality: World Religions , Cults and the Subculture..
True Faith vs Relative counter faiths. I am a Christian now who accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior in 1973. I attend a non denominational Bible centered church which has been a great influence in my life See the Bible verse Ephesians chapter 3 verse 20. and Ephesians 2: 8-10. In my past I was involved in the psychic field and Hinduism. I was initiated into Hinduism( Yoga) by Swami Bua who was in charge of the Yoga health department for India when I was in Switzerland at the First International Conference on Yoga and Esoteric Science. I got my mantra (kamaloka) at that time. I was a Founding member of the Wisconsin Society for Psychical Research and a graduate of Silva Mind Control.For some years. I was a firm believer in Reincarnation after I met Swami Rama in Milwaukee. One day I came to realize that reincarnation was a vehicle of gullibility and that Hinduism could not give me true eternal life and that is when I accepted Christ.After my true encounter with Christ, I worked as a expose' cults and subculture researcher for many years doing some under cover work.. Attached are some of my images I took over a 15 year period. See http://www.linkedin.com. This professional site gives my background in this field of research. See The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects and World Religions ( Harper/Zondervan publishers 2006 ) by George Mather. A variety of my photography is in this large hard-bound book. For an extensive insights into the various group of images, please see the previously mentioned Dictionary/Encyclopedia for historical data. Also you can Google the specific group name, then add a forward slash and type in "expose". Here is a Google example: Hare Krishna / expose. Tibetan Buddhism has a supernatural and esoteric element of Magick in this form Eastern Mysticism (see the book Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel). Various photos will be shown in my travels exploring and doing expose photography for this section of my website. In my experiences in Eastern Mysticism, I have either heard or read that such leaders as the Karmapa, or the founder of the Krishna movement or the Dali Lama, they are addressed as "His Holiness". No man on earth is truly "holy", only the true God of heaven. The previous mentioned figures all have a sin nature ! Reincarnation isn't going to get you to heaven. The last thanatology image is an original image where static electricity touched the film somehow. This image was taken in 1975. Each person that lives one day shall die-that is the last thing we do in life.. I recommend the book ONE MINUTE AFTER WE DIE by Erwin Lutzer. It is an eye opener..I can be contacted at jackroperphotographer@gmail.com
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