From what I understand, most mantras require empowerment by the gurus. But, where did the original gurus get the mantras from? Who empowered them? Do deities give them to you after intense periods of meditation, or is there some other method to recieving one?
So, I tried doing a meditation practice randomly once. Dunno why or where I got it from, just wanted to do some meditation, I guess. It was about concentrating on the entire body while in a Samadhi position, one part at a time, and trying to observe it from a third person view, such that you enter a state of non-thought while doing it, all the while distancing yourself from your physical self. Anyways, so here's my experience: I meditated like this for three to four days, and I started to feel that blissful feeling of floating in a void, free from everything. Then, one day, I saw a pinprick of light, which expanded rapidly around me. I felt as if it were blinding me, and as if it was going to consume me. I felt my sense of sense dissolving. The fear was.....intense, to say the least. It was terror beyond anything I had ever felt in my life. I wasnt able to walk in a straight line after opening my eyes. It felt like I was meditating for a long time, but only a half an hour had passed in real time. What was this light!?
So, I am a Goswami. More specifically, my father is from Madhukalya (Mudgala) Gotra and my mother from Kashyap Gotra. I've seen many posts here about how Goswamis aren't Brahmins, but many also say they are. Am I a Brahmin or not?
So, I've been trying to write a fantasy series based on Ancient Indian culture, using only the Rgvedic gods as basis for the world. I need an overview of the ancient wars that have occured in our subcontinent before the arrival of Christianity and Islam. Think from the Dasarajanya to the Maurya and Gupta ages. Are there good books for these topics?
So far, I've completed Cyfrin's Smart Conract Developer Path, upto the Advanced Foundry Course. But now that I look, everywhere Web3 is being touted as a weird experiment at best, and an absolute scam at worst. I've some previous experience with C and network programming (No C++ though), so I was thinking if I should pivot to Rust from a career perspective. I am in dire need of employment rn, so...I don't know, guys. Help this poor fellow out.