I recently took out a 3 month subscription to Gaia.com mainly because someone I know recommended it. However, I've still to make up my mind about it and, at the moment, I can't see myself extending the 3 month trial period. So I thought I'd ask if anyone here subscribes and, if so, what do you think?
FWIW my impression is that it has the advantage of collecting a lot of material (mostly video) in one place which can be browsed and categorised. It also has some productions, such as The Path trilogy which would be quite expensive to purchase by other means.
However, I also get the impression that the motivation behind the site is more commercial than spiritual. I think that many of the videos could be found for free on YouTube with a little effort. Then there is the problem of sorting the wheat from the chaff and there does seem to be a lot of chaff.
Finally, they seem to have claimed as their own (or manufactured) a controversial archaeological "discovery" at Nazca involving mummified alien-looking bodies. I find it difficult not to be cynical about the hype they have created around that story which, as you might expect, has been dismissed as a hoax by the mainstream.
FWIW my impression is that it has the advantage of collecting a lot of material (mostly video) in one place which can be browsed and categorised. It also has some productions, such as The Path trilogy which would be quite expensive to purchase by other means.
However, I also get the impression that the motivation behind the site is more commercial than spiritual. I think that many of the videos could be found for free on YouTube with a little effort. Then there is the problem of sorting the wheat from the chaff and there does seem to be a lot of chaff.
Finally, they seem to have claimed as their own (or manufactured) a controversial archaeological "discovery" at Nazca involving mummified alien-looking bodies. I find it difficult not to be cynical about the hype they have created around that story which, as you might expect, has been dismissed as a hoax by the mainstream.
I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson