Alan Watts (alanwatts.org) explains the world as it seems from the subjective experience of "self," which is ultimately unreal. This is all an illusion, and it is as if a dream is transpiring, and all are asleep. But what can that mean if everything is impersonal? Caught in the illusion, there is no making sense of it until the mind is purified and sees things just as they are. Then there is an awakening, a bodhi, or enlightenment to the way things really are. This is the purpose of Buddhism, which may be translated as "Awakenism."
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism (video)
Khan Academy (khanacademy.org); Amber Larson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
World History with Khan Academy (3/16/17). This is an introduction to the major schools of Buddhist thought, ancient orthodox Theravada ("Teaching of the Elder Enlightened Monastics") Buddhism and reformed Mahayana ("Great Vehicle") Buddhism.
- Missed a previous lesson? Watch here: khanacademy.org
World History on Khan Academy: From the earliest civilizations to the modern world, geography, religion, trade, and politics have bound peoples and nations together — and torn them apart. Take a journey through time and space and discover the fascinating history behind the complex world we inhabit today.
System: It's time to "Kill Rock 'n Roll" (video)
System of a Down, "Kill R'nR"; MTV News/Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly
Friday, December 25, 2020
Subverting Christmas with Nazis (cartoon)
"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
(SuperMegaChristmas, 45th anniversary full film, 12/22/16) Fun Fact: Did you know that the song "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" became the biggest hit of Xmas 1934? Radio audiences went wild for the song, and requests for the sheet music went off the charts. What followed from Cantor’s radio show would eventually make a millionaire of Haven Gillespie. How to make this originally Pagan holy day (Saturnalia) converted into a boisterous Christian feast much more Jewish with evil Nazis? Introduce a Mother Goddess named Mrs. Claus? Mock the living heck out of its pseudo-Christian themes?
Xmas Meditation: Recollection of Peace (video)
Ven. Suddhaso (Buddhist Insights); Amber Larson, CC Liu, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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What is the "recollection of the peace of nirvana"?
Ven. Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Dictionary, edited by Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly
The Buddha answered that this recollection is the ultimate of the ten recollections or anussati: "O meditators, whatever there are of things, the highest of them is considered detachment (virāga), which is to say, the crushing of conceit,
the stilling of thirst,
the uprooting of clinging,
the breaking free from the interminable Round of Rebirths, the cessation of craving, letting go, extinguishing, nirvana" (A.IV.34).
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| Nirvana is the highest peace and greatest bliss. |
Santa Claus: The Mushroom Shaman (video)
(Chris Rice, 11/1/18) From the upcoming film "Sacred Mushroom: A Lost History," this clip explores the increasingly widespread understanding that the Santa Claus myth has its origins in Scandinavian/Siberian shamanism and rituals involving a magic mushroom called Amanita muscaria.
The Psychedelic History of Christmas (doc)
Narration by Everyoneandnoone (aka Matthew Thomas).
Song: "Joy to the World" performed by Michel Rondeau, composed by Lowell Mason. License: Song permitted for commercial use under public domain, non-copyrighted.
- Support via paypal.me/everyoneandnoone
- Matthew Thomas' book: Tao Te Ching: Accompanied by Original Suminagashi Prints (Kindle ed.) by Lao Tzu and...
A very mushroom Christmas (audio)
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| Psilocybin "magic mushrooms" growing in a lab |
Ethnomycology is the study of the historical uses and sociological impact of mushrooms (the fruiting bodies of fungi), a subfield of ethnobotany and ethnobiology.
Xmas is all about the lore and sociology of entheogenic mushroom use by Scandinavian shamans who were the medicine men and women of the Sami (the Laplanders or Native Scandinavians) and other Nordic peoples who gave us most of our Christmas legends and traditions.
Although in theory the term includes fungi used for such purposes as medicine (medicinal mushrooms), food (including yeast), and tinder, it is often used in the context of the study of psychoactive mushrooms such as psilocybin mushrooms, the Amanita muscaria or entheogenic fly agaric mushroom, and the ergot fungus. More
AOC, Bernie, US economy in the can (comedy)
Jimmy Dore (jimmydorecomedy.com, Xmas '20); Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly
Lecture on Happiness by English monk (video)
Ajahn Jayasaro via Keith, Ellie Askew, Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
(Georgetown University Qatar, 4/10/13) Ajahn Jayasaro, who was born in England, studied under Ajahn Chah in Thailand. He became a novice Theravada Buddhist monk in 1979 and a fully ordained monastic in 1980. He served for five years as abbot of Wat Pa Nanachat, Ajahn Chah's International Forest Monastery in Northeast Thailand that provides traditional Thai forest tradition training in English to people from around the world. He has lived in a hermitage at the foot of the Kow Yai mountain range for the past decade. He is the author of many books on Buddhist theory and practice, a meditation teacher to lay Buddhists, and advisor to a growing movement to integrate Buddhism more effectively into the Thai education system. He gave this lecture at Georgetown University in Qatar on the topic of happiness.
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Was Santa Claus a Shaman? (video)
Who or what is the real reason for the season? It is not the god or savior of the Christians, after all, but a shaman clad in red and white. He lives in the axis mundi next to the magic world of elves and oddities visible still to those who consume Amanita muscaria the fly agaric entheogenic mushroom of Scandinavia and Siberia.
Evil Xmas: Krampus kicks yer @$$ (video)
Krampus: Exploring the Legend of the Christmas Demon
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| St. Nick with Krampus |
- DISCLAIMER: This video contains information that children may find interesting but features a discussion that is in no way intended for children. So, kids, go away! Get out of here! You want Krampus to get your sorry butts in trouble? Get lost!
Monsters: Cryptids of North America (video)
Mythical Creatures of North America (documentary)
(Fire of Learning, 9/25/20) This video discusses tales behind many of the most famous cryptids of North America considering how many of them are real.
- Patreon: Patreon.com/Fireoflearning
- Lucinox – Fire of Learning's Science Channel
- Instagram: @Fire_of_Learning
- Twitter: @Fire_Learning
Music performed by Kevin Macleod available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com.
Pagans: A History of Christmas (video)
- Support at patreon.com/LindsayHoliday
Wait, that's not quite what most of us were taught! The history of the midwinter holiday now called "Christ mass" is much longer and spookier than most of us would ever think.
- Sources: Lindsay Holiday, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Mundika the Wandering Ascetic (sutra)
Dhr. Seven and Amber Larson (eds.), the Samana-Mundika Sutra (MN 78) based on Ven. Thanissaro (Mr. Geoffrey DeGraff) Access to Insight translation, Wisdom Quarterly
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| The Buddha teaching in stone |
Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One [the Buddha] was staying near Savatthi at Jeta's Grove in Anathapindika's monastery.
On that occasion Uggahamana, a follower of Mundika the wandering ascetic [1] together with a large following of wanderers, had taken up residence in the debating hall near the tinduka tree in the pavilion park donated by Queen Mallika.
Then Pañcakanga the carpenter left Savatthi in the middle of the day to see the Blessed One. But the thought occurred to him, "Now is the wrong time to see the Blessed One, for he is in [meditative] seclusion. Nor is it the right time to see the mind-developing monastics [who are followers of the Buddha], for they too are in seclusion.
"Why don't I go to the debating hall near the tinduka tree in the pavilion park donated by Queen Mallika to see Uggahamana, a follower of Mundika the wandering ascetic?" So he headed there.
Uggahamana was sitting with his large following of wanderers, all making a great noise and racket, discussing many lowly topics of useless conversation about:
- kings
- robbers
- ministers of state
- armies
- alarms
- battles
- food and drink
- clothing
- furnishings
- garlands and scents
- relatives
- vehicles
- villages
- towns
- cities
- the countryside
- women and heroes
- the gossip of the street and well
- tales of the dead
- tales of diversity
- the creation of the world and the sea
- talk of whether things exist or not.
Then Uggahamana saw Pañcakanga the carpenter coming from afar, and seeing him hushed everyone: "Be quiet, good sirs! Make no noise. Here comes Pañcakanga the carpenter, a disciple of Gautama the wandering ascetic [the Buddha]. He is a disciple of his, clad in white [as a mark of his dedication to the Buddha's Dharma and Discipline], who lives in Savatthi. These people are fond of silence, trained in quiet, who speak in praise of quiet. Maybe, if he perceives our group as quiet, he will consider it worth his while to come our way." His followers fell silent.
Then Pañcakanga went to Uggahamana and greeted him courteously. After an exchange of friendly greetings and courtesies, he sat respectfully to one side. Sitting there, Uggahamana said to him, "I describe an individual endowed with four qualities as being consummate in what is skillful, foremost in what is skillful, an invincible wandering ascetic attained to the highest attainments. What four qualities?
- "In one case, one does no harmful action [bad karma] with body,
- speaks no harmful speech,
- resolves on no harmful resolve, and
- maintains oneself with no harmful means of livelihood.
Pañcakanga neither delighted in Uggahamana's words nor did he scorn them. Expressing neither delight nor scorn, he got up from his seat and left, thinking, "I will learn the meaning of this statement in the presence of the Blessed One."
He went to the Blessed One, bowed, and sat respectfully to one side. Sitting there, he recounted the entire conversation he had had with Uggahamana.
The Blessed One then said to Pañcakanga: "In this case, carpenter, then according to Uggahamana's words a foolish baby, lying on its back, is consummate in what is skillful, foremost in what is skillful, an invincible wandering ascetic attained to the highest attainments.
"For even the thought 'body' does not occur to a foolish baby lying on its back, so from where would it do any [intentionally] harmful action with its body, aside from a little kicking?
"Even the thought 'speech' does not occur to it, so from where would it speak any [intentionally] harmful speech, aside from a little crying?
"Even the thought 'resolve' does not occur to it, so from where would it resolve on any [intentionally] harmful volition, aside from a little bad temper?
"Even the thought 'livelihood' does not occur to it, so from where would it maintain itself with any [intentionally] harmful means of livelihood, aside from its mother's milk? So according to Uggahamana's words, a foolish baby lying on its back is consummate in what is skillful, foremost in what is skillful, an invincible ascetic attained to the highest attainments.
"If an individual is endowed with these four qualities, I do not describe such a person as consummate in what is skillful, foremost in what is skillful, an invincible ascetic attained to the highest attainments.
"Rather, such a person stands on the same level as a foolish baby lying on its back. What four [qualities do distinguish one as foremost in skillfulness]?
"In the case of one who does no harmful action with body, speaks no harmful speech, resolves on no harmful resolve, and maintains oneself with no harmful means of livelihood, such an individual endowed with these four qualities I do not describe as consummate in what is skillful, foremost in what is skillful, an invincible ascetic attained to the highest attainments. Rather, that person stands on the same level as a foolish baby lying on its back.
Ten qualities
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| The consummate Buddha |
"With regard to that point, one should know, 'These are unskillful habits,' I say. With regard to that point, one should know, 'That is the cause of unskillful habits...' 'Here unskillful habits cease without a trace...' 'This sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of unskillful habits,' I say.
"With regard to that point, one should know, 'These are skillful habits...' 'This is the cause of skillful habits...' 'Here skillful habits cease without a trace...' 'This sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of skillful habits,' I say.
"With regard to that point, one should know, 'These are unskillful resolves [resolutions, intentions, motivations, volitions]...' 'That is the cause of unskillful resolves...' 'Here unskillful resolves cease without a trace...' 'This sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of unskillful resolves,' I say.
"With regard to that point, one should know, 'These are skillful resolves...' 'That is the cause of skillful resolves...' 'Here skillful resolves cease without a trace...' 'This sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of skillful resolves,' I say.
"Now what are unskillful habits?
- Unskillful bodily actions,
- unskillful verbal actions,
- harmful means of livelihood.
"Now where do unskillful habits cease without a trace? Their cessation has been stated: There is the case where a meditator abandons wrong [harmful] bodily conduct and develops right bodily conduct, abandons wrong verbal conduct and develops right verbal conduct, abandons wrong livelihood and maintains life with right livelihood. This is where unskillful habits cease without a trace.
"And what sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of unskillful habits? There is the case where a meditator generates zeal, endeavors, arouses persistence, upholds and exerts intent:
- for the sake of the non-arising of harmful, unskillful qualities that have not yet arisen...
- for the sake of the abandoning of harmful, unskillful qualities that have arisen...
- for the sake of the arising of skillful qualities that have not yet arisen... [and]
- for the maintenance, non-dilution, increase, surplus, development, and culmination of skillful qualities that have [already] arisen.
"And what are skillful habits? They are skillful bodily actions, skillful verbal actions, and purity of livelihood. These are called skillful habits.
"What is the cause of skillful habits? Their cause, too, has been stated, and they are said to be mind-caused. What mind? For mind has many modes and permutations. Any mind free of passion, free of aversion, free of delusion, this is the cause of skillful habits.
"Now where do skillful habits cease without a trace? Their cessation, too, has been stated: There is the case where a meditator is virtuous but not fashioned of virtue [2]. One discerns, as it actually is, the release [freeing] of mind by awareness and discernment where skillful habits cease without a trace.
"And what sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of skillful habits? There is the case where a meditator generates zeal...
- for the sake of the non-arising of harmful, unskillful qualities that have not yet arisen...
- for the sake of the abandoning of harmful, unskillful qualities that have already arisen...
- for the sake of the arising of skillful qualities that have not yet arisen... [and]
- for the... development and culmination of skillful qualities that have already arisen.
"And what are unskillful resolves? Resolving on sensuality, on ill will, on harmfulness, these are called unskillful resolves.
"What is the cause of unskillful resolves? Their cause, too, has been stated, and they are said to be perception-caused. What perception? For perception has many modes and permutations. Any sensual-perception, ill will-perception, or harmful-perception is the cause of unskillful resolves.
The meditative absorptions
"And what sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of unskillful resolves? There is the case where a meditator generates zeal...
- for the sake of the non-arising of harmful, unskillful qualities that have not yet arisen...
- for the sake of the abandoning of harmful, unskillful qualities that have already arisen...
- for the sake of the arising of skillful qualities that have not yet arisen... [and]
- for the... development and culmination of skillful qualities that have already arisen.
"And what are skillful resolves? Being resolved on renunciation [letting go internally, freedom from sensuality], on non-ill will, on harmlessness, these are called skillful resolves.
"What is the cause of skillful resolves? Their cause, too, has been stated, and they are said to be perception-caused. What perception? For perception has many modes and permutations. Any renunciation-perception, non-ill will-perception, or harmlessness-perception is the cause of skillful resolves.
"Now where do skillful resolves cease without a trace? Their cessation, too, has been stated: There is the case where a meditator, with the stilling of applied and sustained attention, enters and abides in the second absorption with rapture and bliss born of mental composure, unification of mind free from applied and sustained attention with internal assurance. This is where skillful resolves cease without a trace.
"And what sort of practice is the practice that leads to the cessation of skillful resolves? There is the case where a meditator generates zeal...
- for the sake of the non-arising of harmful, unskillful qualities that have not yet arisen...
- for the sake of the abandoning of harmful, unskillful qualities that have already arisen...
- for the sake of the arising of skillful qualities that have not yet arisen... [and]
- for the... development and culmination of skillful qualities that have already arisen.
"Now, an individual endowed with which ten qualities do I describe as being consummate in what is skillful, foremost in what is skillful, an invincible ascetic attained to the highest attainments?
"I say it is one endowed with:
- the right view of one [gone] beyond training,
- the right resolve of one beyond training,
- the right speech...
- the right action...
- the right livelihood...
- the right effort...
- the right mindfulness...
- the right concentration...
- the right knowledge...
- the right liberation (release, freedom) of one [gone] beyond training
That is what the Blessed One said. Gratified, Pañcakanga the carpenter delighted in the Blessed One's words.
NOTES
- This can also mean "the shaven-headed ascetic," in which case Uggahamana might have belonged to one of the Jain sects.
- The Pali here is no ca sila-mayo. According to the Commentary, this means that one does not regard virtue (sila) as the consummation of the path. It may also mean that one does not define oneself by one's virtue. This term is apparently related to the state called atammayata, or "non-fashioning." On this topic see my book The Wings to Awakening, particularly the introduction to section II/B and passage §179.
Zen: Peaceful Miracle Music to Balance Mind
Peaceful Miracle Music to Balance the Mind
(Spirit Tribe Awakening) Dear Precious 💙, “Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart. Here is a healing frequency with instrumental Zen to love self. May this “peace” of music manifest miracles and beauty in listeners' lives today. Infinite love (metta) to all!
It uses the 432Hz healing frequency, which is peaceful, empowering, and soothing by nature to nurture mind (consciousness), body (matter), and soul (spirit/breath). It supports and empowers all on life's journey. ❖ MP3 download: spirittribeawakening.com. The music, tuned to 432Hz, also contains the 528Hz Solfeggio frequency. These frequencies have a specific healing effect on the subconscious mind.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Griffith Park Observatory: Conjunction (12/22)
Watch the Great Conjunction
This close approach of the two planets is called a "great conjunction" and occurs when the independent movements of Jupiter and Saturn make them appear close together in the sky. This happens once every 20 years, but they have not been seen this close together since 1226 A.D. More
Monday, December 21, 2020
Astrology: The Great Conjunction (video)
The Great Conjunction is a rare and special astrological event that happens every 20 years or so. It involves the meeting of Jupiter and Saturn at the same degree of the zodiac.For the last 200 years, the Great Conjunction has occurred almost always in earth signs, but now, on December 21st, 2020, both Jupiter and Saturn will align in the air sign of Aquarius.
As Jupiter and Saturn align in Aquarius, it is going to kickstart a new era. It is also going to usher us deeper into the Age of Aquarius.
Hippies from the musical "Hair," which inspired the "40 Year Old Virgin"
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| I'm not arguing. I'm an intuitive, and I am right. |
Regardless of when the Age of Aquarius officially begins, it seems that this Great Conjunction falling in Aquarius is a sign that we are about to see many Age of Aquarius themes unfold.
It is believed that the Jupiter-Saturn alignment will color and shape the decades to come.
For the last 200 years, as Jupiter and Saturn have been coming together in earth signs, they have shaped and defined the world we currently live in.
Earth energy is very tangible. It is all about building things, creating foundations, using the resources of the Earth, and focusing on material possessions.
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| Author: Tanazz Chubb |
*A "great conjunction" is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, when the two planets appear closest together in the sky. Great conjunctions, named "great" for being the rarest and one of the brightest and closest on average of the conjunctions between "naked eye" planets (not counting the rarer conjunctions involving the ice giants that were too dim to be discovered until after the invention of the telescope), occur approximately every 20 years when Jupiter "overtakes" Saturn in its orbit.
Don't be square, grow some Hair! - Tanaaz Chubb is the creator of ForeverConscious.com. She is an intuitive astrologer who aims to use her writing to heal and inspire. She is the author of several books including The Power of Positive Energy, Messages for the Soul, and My Pocket Mantras. She also runs online courses and in-person retreats.
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| Tanazz wants you to be forever conscious |
"Great" Conjunction? So what? Who cares?
AB; Family Guy; Tubes; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, CC Liu (ed.), OPINION, Wisdom Quarterly
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| Know what grinds my gears? Space stuff! |
Comedian Arj Barker, creator of the "Sickest Buddhist" video, on God
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| The Old World ruined the New World. |
Mexico (Mesoamerica) has given us many great civilizations (not to be confused with the colonial mess left behind by invading Europeans from Spain and Portugal 500 years ago).
This will happen again in another 20 years, so big deal! Rube and Co. will drive to Joshua Tree to see the space spectacle after the sun sets (5:30 pm) by a fire. They'll chill and set up telescopes and be back in L.A. before midnight. How woo-woo can you get?
So what? Who cares? Only the strong survive
What is the "Great Conjunction"? (video)
NASA ("Never A Straight Answer") Science Live gets excited about nada.
How to be a good human
Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.) based on Ven. Nyanatiloka (Anton Gueth), Wisdom Quarterly
What does it mean to be "good" on the human plane or manussya loka?
What led to my rebirth here? It is only possible to be reborn on this plane by virtue of having accrued good karma in the form of maintaining one or more of the Five Precepts, which means abstaining from:
Right speech, right action, and right livelihood are together called "genuine or natural morality" (pakati-sīla), as distinguished from the external rules taken on by monastics, lay meditators, and ordinary people wishing to improve themselves, or so-called "prescribed morality" (paññatti-sīla), which, as such, is karmically neutral.
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| Ma, why does everyone hate you? - Jealousy. |
What led to my rebirth here? It is only possible to be reborn on this plane by virtue of having accrued good karma in the form of maintaining one or more of the Five Precepts, which means abstaining from:
- taking the lives of living beings
- taking what is not given
- taking sexual liberties (with ten types)
- taking liberties with the truth
- taking intoxicants that occasion heedlessness.
- preserving the lives of living beings
- letting go instead of greedily clinging
- respecting others' relationships
- being truthful (kind honesty)
- being sober (to preserve these five).
Virtue is a mode of mind (heart), particularly that of volition, underlying motivation, or intention (cetana) manifested in thought, speech, and bodily action. (See karma).
Virtue is the whole foundation of Buddhist practice. It is the first of the Three Kinds of Training (sikkhā) that form the threefold division of the ennobling Eightfold Path, namely morality, concentration (coherence of mind), and wisdom.
Buddhist morality is not negative, as it may appear from the negative formulations in the sutras. It is quite positive. For it does not consist of merely refraining from committing harmful actions. Rather, in each instance, it is the clearly conscious and intentional restraint from doing harm (bad karma).
Whatever the action in question, restraint corresponds to a simultaneously arising volition (mind moment or citta).
The ennobling virtue of the Path or magga is eightfold.
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| The karma of animals leads to rebirth as one. |
The Buddha asked, "What now is karmically wholesome morality (kusala-sīla)?"
He answered, "It is wholesome bodily action (kāya-karma), wholesome verbal action (vacī-karma), and purity with regard to livelihood I call 'morality'" (MN 78). Compare at magga, 3-5. More
World Meditation: Solstice Great Conjunction
[Gaia Meditation, LIVE Dec. 21, 2020] 🙏🌍 This is a worldwide meditation. Lightworkers from all around the world are welcome to join this mass meditation. It is guided by 🗣️ Stéphane Clément.
Jupiter and Saturn will align so closely in the night sky, which is very rare, that they'll create a radiant point of light some are calling the "Solstice Star," the fabled "Star of Bethlehem," or the "Christmas Star." The event is officially referred to as "The Great Conjunction," marking our entrance into the Age of Aquarius. It's a specious claim to some and to others and obvious event that has been happening for a while now. Look around. This is what transition looks like. The cosmic conjunction occurs roughly every 20 years. But this is the closest these planets will line up in our night sky since the Middle Ages.
🕒 Monday, December 21st, 2020 at 7:00 pm UTC+1 (Paris time). The live guided meditation starts in Los Angeles at 10:00 am, New York at 1:00 pm, London at 6:00 pm, Paris at 7:00 pm, Tel Aviv 8:00 pm, New Delhi at 11:30 pm, and at Tokyo 3:00 am
- Join the Gaia Meditation Community (Facebook): bit.ly/GaiaMeditationCommunity
- 🌍 Let's embrace energies of the New Earth in our hearts and manifest a new paradigm together.
For as Gandhi said, [Let's] "be the change [we] wish to see in the world." This means that if we change our own vibration, we’re going to change our perception of reality and therefore we’re going to see it manifest in the physical world.
Today we’re observing that out of the "chaos" something orderly is emerging, a new vibration, a new energy. People are being forced to look inside instead of outside. LOVE is overtaking fear. The new paradigm emerging is being referred to as the "New Earth," like Eckhart Tolle was hinting at. The intentions for this guided meditation are to:
- Embrace the energies of the New Earth in our hearts.
- Be love and peace in our hearts so that they’ll manifest in the reality we experience.
- Connect to everybody with the same intention, whether they engage in this meditation live or later or take up another meditation style, and so.
- Connect to people with the same intention to raise the collective frequency of the planet.
- The intention of thousands and millions of people is to connect together to amplify individual intention and speed up the collective shift into the new paradigm.
Remember, our spirit (breath, prana, chi, spiritus, lifeforce energy) exists beyond space and time. At a quantum level, there’s only this eternal present moment. Past, present, and future co-exist simultaneously. So if we make our intention to connect with people with the same intention, the same vibration as ours, we’ll instantaneously be connected, whether we do this meditation live or later.
One Planet (Earth), One Race (Human), One Love (Metta)
Winter arrives today: Happy Solstice 2020!
Winter Solstice 2020 Guided Meditation
(Narayanjot Records: Meditation, Relaxing, Sleeping Music) December 21st marks a new beginning with the conjunction of our space neighbors Jupiter and Saturn. Enjoy this winter solstice meditation. Welcome to Age of Aquarius with a guided meditation to enlighten and revive the inner fire and to transform negative energy into positive. Let's let go of old burdens and habits and prepare ourselves for a spiritual rebirth. The background music is composed in the planet tone frequencies for Jupiter and Saturn. These planets have a conjunction on 12/21/20.
Walking in space with NASA? (live video)
NASA (allegedly live from space); Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, CC Liu (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
NASA's fake (CGI) space program from the perspective of 4,000 miles above earth while actually just 20 or 50 miles up, barely in "space" as vaguely defined, with no way to see this kind of curvature of the planet purported to be the size we are told earth is by NASA. But no one questions it, and we believe whatever we see as if Hollywood propaganda did more to sell us our worldview than sanitized textbooks in school.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Scientific American: Can Buddhism save us?
John Horgan (Scientific American, 8/24/17); Pat Macpherson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment, which hit the bestseller lists, is Wright’s most ambitious book.
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A cool book argues that meditation can benefit us individually and globally.
I’m a friend and fan of mega-pundit Robert Wright. We’re obsessed with the same ridiculously big questions:
- What is the meaning of life?
- Does God exist?
- What is human nature?
- How constrained are we by our biology?
- What hope is there for us?
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| Why Buddhism is True |
Guided by evolutionary psychology (his intellectual lodestar) and Buddhism, he diagnoses humanity’s ills and prescribes a treatment:
We are prone to excessive emotions, like desire, fear, and anger -- and to self-deception, which were instilled in us by natural selection.
But we can overcome these harmful tendencies through meditation, which helps us gain insight into and control over ourselves.
As Wright says in a Wall Street Journal essay, “The Meditation Cure,” meditation “turns out to be one of the best ways to deal with the anxieties and appetites bequeathed to us by our evolutionary history.” More
Kalel: How Buddhism changed my life (video)
How Buddhism changed my life
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(Nika Run) I'm a Buddhist, and I'm SO glad a big YouTuber like you can spread the Buddhist message like this. I definitely think Buddhism is underrated in this country (USA), and I definitely think that this country will have fewer depressed people if they at least adopt some Buddhist ideas. I've benefited SO much from Buddhism, and I'm grateful EVERYDAY thinking about how much I've changed ever since I became a Buddhist. I really hope more and more people become happier and healthier through any spiritual Way they are interested in. More
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