I'm ready for yoga! I did the most important thing. I bought this outfit that really shows my...
(Miska Käppi) I studied yoga for 20 years, and 99% was fake
OK, they say never drink before yoga class, but I think a little booze is not bad. Oops!!!
Bhoja is not bogus; it is "something done for enjoyment," according to B.K.S. Iyengar, says Miska Käppi, as many bhojis calling themselves "yogis" practice nowadays.
Yoga is not a lot of twisting, breathing, or jumping around in a modern studio; it is to "unite," to bring about "union" of the self (atman, "soul") with Brahman (the Ultimate) and/or breath (prana, "holy spirit"), the conventional divine (Brahma, the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver) usually nowadays in the form of Shiva, the Destroyer
What looks like a repeating gif is actually a remarkable stunt
Yoga postures for balance, strength, and flexibility
Messianic Bikram Choudhury as persecuted Christ figure
What is "the real thing"? One answer is The Eightfold Path: Ashtanga (Integral Yoga sometime Raja/Royal Yoga), a system of achieving "union" with the divine by the practice of eight limbs of the path: Yamas (external disciplines), Niyamas (internal disciplines), Asanas (physical postures), Pranayama (breath control), Pratyahara (sense withdrawal), Dharama (concentration), Dhyana (meditative absorptions, jhanas), and Samadhi (union, integration, coherence). The whole purpose of Yoga -- at least in ancient times between gurus and chelas (teachers and disciples) -- is MEDITATION. Asanas (lit. "seats") allow one to sit longer, more comfortably, and with stability. That is to say, practicing for the meditative absorptions is to reach of Samadhi. Who can say otherwise?
(Baba Ram Dass) June 8, 2026: Ram Dass' full lecture interview from "The Congress of Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1983.
Who is "God," Ram Dass? The Monad (Gnosticism), Brahman (Vedas), Maha Brahma (Buddhism), Brahma (Hinduism)? We need to make a distinction between the lesser personality many call "God" (the Demiurge or "Fabricator") and that all-encompassing reality behind the illusion (Brahman), which in the West may be called the Monad (One).
Remember: Be Here Now (Ram Dass)
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WARNING: "A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: There shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain" - the Great Alexander Pope (reddit)
O, those Greeks of Macedonia were something
This is in reference to the spring in the Pierian Mountains in Macedonia, sacred to the Muses. The first line of this couplet is often misquoted as "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing."
In Greek mythology, the "Pierian Spring" of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia was sacred to the mythological Pierides and the Muses. As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Pope's 1711 poem An Essay on Criticism:
WQ says no such thing. What we say is that, in an ultimate sense, "self" (soul, ego, atman, atta, spirit) is impersonal.
So there IS a "self"?
In a conventional sense, of course there is! How else would we live in a squiggly universe without a sense of our boundaries demarcating where we end and others start?
Oh, so I don't have to give everything away, join a commune, and do whatevers my Guru tells me to?
Ugh, no, you do not. Be yourself. Think. Practice. Buddhism only makes sense for those who practice the Dhamma, not the debaters or scholars of it.
Wait, then, so I'm as "real" as this chair? - Yes.
EGO DEATH is a "complete loss of subjective self-identity" [1]. The term is used in various contexts, with related meanings.
The 19th-century psychologist and philosopher William James uses the synonymous term "self-surrender." Jungian psychology uses the synonymous term "psychic death," referring to a fundamental transformation of the psyche (soul) [2].
So I can be responsible with a career? - Yes.
In death and rebirth explanations, ego death is a phase of self-surrender and transition [3, 4, 5, 6] as described by mythologist Joseph Campbell in his research on the "Hero's Journey" [3].
It is a recurrent theme in world mythology and is also used as a metaphor in some strands of contemporary Western thinking [6].
In descriptions of drugs, the term is used synonymously with "ego loss" [7, 8, 1, 9] to refer to temporary loss of one's sense of having a self due to the use or abuse of drugs [10, 11, 1], be they negative (deluded) hallucinogens or positive (pro-realization) entheogens.
The term was used as such by Harvard Dr. Timothy Leary and others [1] to describe the death of the ego [12] in the first phase of an LSD trip, in which a "complete transcendence" of the self [Note 1] occurs.
Did the Grateful Dead know about this?
The concept is also used in contemporary New Age spirituality and in the modern understanding of ancient Eastern religions (such as Nondualism/Advaita/Oneness) to describe a permanent loss of "attachment to a separate sense of self" [Web 1] and self-centeredness [13] (egoism, egotism, selfishness, conceit).
This kind of conception is a part of Eckhart Tolle's Buddhist-like teachings, where Ego is presented as an accumulation of thoughts and emotions, continuously identified with [and clung to], which creates the idea and feeling of being a separate entity from one's self, and only by disidentifying one's consciousness from it can one truly be free from suffering [14]. More
Life: break us to wake us? DRUNK
(T&H Inspiration & Motivation) I was disgusted, busted, and not to be trusted. I was a drunkard, an alcoholic. I wasted 33 years of my life in my head before Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins explained this
Why light speed is the LIMIT? What Feynman uncovered will COLLAPSE your mind
(Imagine the Physics) Jan. 8, 2026: Ever wonder why nothing can break what Eistein called the "cosmic speed limit"? 🚀
Most people think it's just "Einstein's rule" — but the real answer is WAY weirder.
The speed of light isn't some arbitrary speed limit slapped onto the universe. It's literally built into the structure of space and time itself.
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This journey starts with Newton staring at our Moon and realizing something wild: It's FALLING (sideways making an ellipsis) right now. It is constantly falling toward Earth (but missing because it's moving sideways). That single insight kicked off a 400-year avalanche of discoveries about how the universe really works.
⚡ Then came a total accident: Astronomers noticed Jupiter's moons were running 8 minutes late sometimes. Instead of blaming their math, one guy (Rømer) had a crazy idea: What if light takes TIME to travel? Boom! "Speed of light" discovered by accident, while studying gravity.
🧠 Fast forward to Einstein, who breaks everyone's brain by proving that the faster we move, the slower TIME flows for us. Not as a feeling — it does so literally. Our clock ticks more slowly. Distances shrink. The universe reshapes itself around us to keep light moving at exactly the same speed no matter what.
This has been TESTED.
✅ Particle accelerators prove it. GPS satellites depend on it. (They'd fail without Einstein's corrections). Cosmic rays streaming through our atmosphere show it. The universe doesn't care about our common sense; it plays by different rules.
💡 Feynman's genius was showing how these discoveries connect, how confidence in one law helps us discover the next. How asking the question, "Why are Jupiter's moons wrong?" led to finding light speed, how each breakthrough creates an avalanche of new ones.
Ready for a brain rewiring? Let's go. ⚡
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What breaks the brain more, that Jupiter's moons revealed light speed or that time literally slows down when we move? Ever thought about why GPS actually works? Let us know what hit differently!
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📖 "Six Not-So-Easy Pieces" by Feynman — the relativity chapters are 🔥
📖 "The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1" — Chapters 7-9 (gravity), 15-17 (relativity)
📖 "The Character of Physical Law" — Chapter 4 is a masterpiece
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What is a "kissup"? It is one who kisses @$$, that is, kisses up to power to get something. Will this "fine woman," as Trump now calls Nobel Peace Laureate María Corina Machado, be elevated to ruler of her country, Venezuela, by its current president (according to Wikipedia), Don Juan Trump? Kowtow, fawn, and brown nose all the way to the bottom -- that's the way to American Dictator Trump's affection. How happy Nobel Peace Laureate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh (nominated by MLK Jr.), and other Nobel laureates be to hear it? Former Warlord B.S. Obama must be nonplussed. If Trump were awarded by the Nobel committee, that might show everyone how corrupt the process has become, so corrupted that even he (Obi) got one before ever doing anything to merit it then went on a rampage of abuse of his Pentagon powers: bombing, killing, invading, expelling, all under the veneer of an esteemed and beloved peacemaker who, being Black, couldn't possibly be as bad as the maniacs (Bush and Cheney) he was installed to replace (along with war-loving Biden).
(The Daily Show) FIFA giving Trump a gold pacifier during his looming War on Venezuela for the CIA's drug sales and American industry's oil gives Jon Stewart Iraq deja vu.
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) Kennedy Center Honors (KCH) presenter DJ Trump, attacks "horrible" Jimmy Kimmel [who's never hosted the KCH], gets embarrassing fake award. Kimmel announces one-year show renewal
(SNL) Trump "wins" newly invented "FIFA Peace Prize for supporting wars, dictators, and extrajudicial murders of suspected fishermen by labeling them drug-runners; Democrats release Epstein Island photos
Top 10 times South Park DESTROYED someone's fragile ego
(WatchMojo.com) Premiered Sept. 27, 2025: When celebrities get the South Park treatment, some can't handle the heat! Join Mojo as it counts down its picks for the most devastating celebrity parodies that had their targets fuming.
From Hollywood actors to political figures, these famous folks got roasted by Trey Parker and Matt Stone's animated satire and didn't take it too well. This countdown includes:
Tom Cruise refusing to come out of the closet,
Kanye West not getting the fishstick joke,
Donald Trump's microscopic [penis] problems,
Barbra Streisand as a giant mecha monster, and
the royal couple's "Worldwide Privacy Tour."
Which celebrity takedown did viewers think was most brutal? Let Mojo know in the comments. #KanyeWest #Trump #HarryandMegan #JenniferLopez #SouthPark
This is what proves Trump’s dementia: Psychologist | The Daily Beast Podcast
(The Daily Beast) Sept. 20, 2025: The Daily Beast Podcast. Dr. John Gartner, former Johns Hopkins professor and co-host of the podcast Shrinking Trump, joins the Daily Beast’s Joanna Coles to deliver a chilling diagnosis: Pres. Donald Trump is showing signs of dementia layered on top of malignant narcissism.
Drawing on decades of clinical expertise, Dr. Gartner explains how Trump’s
declining language,
erratic gait, and
disturbing anecdotes
Trump was too busy that day being forgetful
point to brain deterioration that makes him not just unpredictable but uniquely dangerous in office.
Coles presses the doctor on how Trump’s narcissism compares to King Charles’ public persona, whether his cabinet and family are retreating from his volatility, and what it means when a leader with nuclear codes also displays symptoms of mini-strokes and confabulation.
From Hitler’s psychology to Bill Clinton’s benign narcissism, this episode explores how power amplifies paranoia, cruelty, and decay—and asks the starkest question of all:
As Trump weakens physically and mentally while tightening his grip on authority, how far can Trumpism go before it breaks America?
00:00 - Introduction
01:46 - Trump's symptoms of dementia
05:38 - Trump's breakdown in all mental functions
06:20 - Trump's malignant narcissism
09:02 - How Trump's narcissism compares to King Charles
13:30 - Trump's frontotemporal dementia symptoms
17:20 - People around Trump managing his ill behavior
36:45 - Elon Musk exhibits bipolar and psychopath traits
38:20 - Trump meets strict criteria for psychopathy
40:35 - Click "join" link and become an official member of YouTube community
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👂 Podcast: The Daily Beast Podcast
📺 Episode: 589
🎧 Format: Full Podcast
📅 Date: September 19, 2025
👨💼 Guest: Dr. John Gartner
🎙️ Host: Joanna Coles
If identification with ego, soul, and self are based on ignorance (avijja, not knowing, not understanding, not penetrating that, ultimately speaking, there is no self wrapped up in these forms or these feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness or outside of these), then losing that seems to the logical mind as "death."
It may be ego death. But death is always wrapped up with rebirth. When there is no further rebirth to endure, no more samsara, that is not death. That is liberation (vimutti, moksha, freedom, emancipation). All phenomena is characterized by Three Marks of Existence.
While the words of Alan Watts are very beautiful and his understanding (intellectual grasp of Eastern philosophy) very tidy, it is wrong. It is incomplete.
Alan Watts is not enlightened, nor to our knowledge did he ever claim to be. He is reciting a definition of "enlightenment" or "awakening" that is quite valid in Hinduism and therefore in Mahayana Buddhism. This is the whole idea that life is Brahman (GOD) at play (lila) in a great drama pretending to be that Atman (individual soul or self). Life is but a dream.
It is a dream but not in this way. We do not awaken -- in the sense that the Buddha or Awakened One meant -- to ourselves as GOD looking for another good time by dipping into Maya (Illusion) again in endless cycles of time (samsara).
This is not what the historical Buddha (Siddhartha "Shakyamuni" Gautama) taught at all. In fact, he went to great pains pointing out the faults in the Vedas (the ancient "Knowledge Books" of the Brahmin priestly caste).
Former CIA agent on perception vs. perspective
The Brahmins chewed up Buddhism, regurgitated it, and incorporated what they liked, dismissing the rest, ignoring or purposely avoiding the Buddha's criticism of their schemata and depiction of reality. What the Buddha taught, ultimately, was that ALL phenomena, all things, are beset by three characteristics. And Brahmanism (or the Old Vedic Religion that Hinduism points to as its roots) cannot accept any of these three, except by ignoring or changing their meaning. These the Buddha called the "Three Universal Characteristics of all Existence."
Three Marks of Existence
1. All things are impermanent -- not only the phenomena we see and regard as material, physical, and tangible but more importantly all that we regard as immaterial, personal, and effable, namely, the Five Aggregates clung to as self. (See the Heart Sutra, which countless sing without ever making the effort to comprehend).
2. All things are disappointing -- that is, they are incapable of ever fulfilling us, satisfying us, satiating our craving once and for all. They are unsatisfactory, painful, suffering.
3. All things are impersonal -- that is to say, there (ultimately speaking) is no soul, no self, no atman. What we find and cling to as this "self," this "soul," this "ego" or "personality" or "essence, our True Self," is in fact the Five Aggregates clung to as self (our bodies, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness).
Theravada Buddhism -- in distinction to Mahayana, Hinduism, Brahmanism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Zen, and Vajrayana -- is a movement principally interested in what the historical Buddha actually taught. This is found in the Pali canon in the lingua franca the Buddha spoke in ancient Magadha.
(SouthScope) South Park's shocking new episode just destroyed multi-billionaire and corporate egomaniac Jeff Bezos, Mr. Amazon, whose beautiful marriage to L.A. Latina Lauren Sanchez shocked the world and upset the economy of Florence, Italy.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (né Jorgensen, born Jan. 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon.com, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
According to Forbes, as of May 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth exceeded $220 billion, making him the third richest person in the world [3]. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index [4][5]. More
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