Showing posts with label free love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free love. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

World's largest child sex ring exposed 🕉️


I'm Peter Spiegel, and we don't molest kids

Sexual allegations against Hindu Swami Kripalu Maharaj
Temple no longer molesting since last conviction?
In the 1990s, Kripalu Maharaj* was arrested for allegedly raping two young girls. In the end, the prosecution was dismissed due to insufficient evidence [29].

In 2010, Kripalu Maharaj was arrested again in Trinidad and Tobago after a 22-year-old Guyanese woman alleged that he raped her after going to seek spiritual assistance from Kripalu in one of his religious centers. The case was ultimately dropped due to insufficient evidence [30].

Convicted child rapist Guru Swami Saraswati
One of Kripalu's disciples, Guru Prakashanand Saraswati, was convicted of groping two young girls in his ashram in Hays County, Texas.

A 12-person jury declared Saraswati guilty of 20 counts of child molestation, after 50 minutes deliberation, on Friday March 4th, 2011 [31].

I'm a Jewish Hindu. How could I molest kids?
Although convicted, child molester Saraswati was released after CEO Peter Spiegel (TV infomercial entrepreneur, Barsana Dham officer, and founder of the California consumer tech company Ideal Living (ideal Living.com) "put up a $1 million cash bond."

Devotee Peter Spiegel had previously "signed a $10 million indemnity agreement in October 2008."

According to the Austin American-Statesman, Peter Spiegel's attorney Barry Hitchings said that he would contest the agreement.

Peter Spiegel said that he was one of about 40 Hindu followers present for a Sunday dinner at Marsha Kent's home with sex Guru Saraswati the evening before the guru escaped the USA and went on the lam.

Peter Spiegel said, "It never entered my mind that he wouldn't come" to his own trial on multiple child molestation charges [32, 33].

As part of the bond condition, Guru Saraswati was barred from entering the Barsana Dham temple. After Guru Saraswati fled the country, Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Marcum alleged that members of JKP aided Guru Saraswati in his escape and relocation to India.

Deputy Marcum said, "It is the most sophisticated scheme I've seen as far as fugitive investigations go. They were very smart about what they did "[34, 35]. More


Trial, conviction, and disappearance
  • In 2007, three former residents of Barsana Dham (aka Radha Madhav Dham), aged between 27 and 30 years old [33], told Hays County, Texas police that they had been sexually abused at the ashram when they were as young as 12 by Guru Saraswati, who was then arrested on April 25, 2008. A 12-person jury convicted Guru Saraswati guilty of 20 counts of child molestation, after just a short deliberation, on Friday March 4th, 2011 [34]. During the trial, Guru Saraswati had been free on a $10 million bond provided by Peter Spiegel [1, 8]. As part of the bond condition, Guru Saraswati was barred from entering the Barsana Dham temple. In April, following the disappearance of its founder, the temple/ashram changed its name [35].
  • Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, also known as Swami-ji, (born January 15, 1929) disappeared March 7, 2011) is a convicted child molester, Hindu monk, guru, swami, and internationally wanted fugitive from Ayodhya, India [1, 2]. Previously, he founded the Hindu religious organization the International Society of Divine Love [3] and Barsana Dham (the Radha Madhav Dham) temple in the United States [4, 5, 6, 7]. In 2011, a jury found Swami Saraswati guilty on 20 counts of indecency with a child [8]. He remains a fugitive and appeared on the Fox TV show America's Most Wanted [9]. HISTORY: Swami Prakashanand Saraswati was born in a Brahmin caste family in 1929 [10] in Ayodhya [11, 10]. More
We love all God's kids, really love'em
*Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj [4], born Ram Kripalu Tripathi (October 5, 1922–November 15, 2013) [5, 6] was an Indian spiritual guru [7] who founded Prem Mandir, a major pilgrimage and tourist destination in Vrindavan, India [8, 9] and Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP).

JKP is a Hindu non-profit organization with five main ashrams [10], four in India and one in the USA [11, 12].

On Makar Sankranti, January 14, 1957, he received the title of Jagadguru ("world teacher") from the Kashi Vidvat Parishad [7, 13, 14]. More

Company: Ideal Living
Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), previously known as Sadhna Bhawan Trust, is a religious organization in India [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].

It was established in 1970 by Kripalu Maharaj [7, 8] and is currently administered by three presidents appointed by him [1, 9,10, 11]. The organization oversees three major temples: Bhakti Mandir in Mangarh, Prem Mandir in Vrindavan, and Kirti Mandir in Barsana [2]. More

How could honest and moral Pres. Trump allow these things to go on in the USA?

Monday, June 29, 2026

What's wrong with Alan Watts?

(T&H - Inspiration & Motivation) Who are you? - Alan Watts on the illusion of thoughts
(Frank Philosophy) The problem with Alan Watts
This yin yang is Taoist, useful in Zen ideas
Q: Wisdom Quarterly, what religion was Alan Watts?

A: While he speaks like a Hindu professing Advaita Vedanta at every turn, and often explains Zen and Mahayana concepts quite nicely, with a grasp of Theravada, by his own admission he seemed to love Taoism best of all, although born Christian and ordained as an Episcopalian priest rather than a Buddhist monk as was his early ambition in the Buddhist Society of London with Christmas Humphreys and other prominent Western Buddhists. He was an early voice in the West for explaining and interpreting Eastern philosophy for Western ears, particularly those of Beats and Hippies, remarkably ahead of his time, openminded, and quite a New Ager. We love him because he has been with us all of our adult lives through Berkeley's KPFA FM, KQED (TV), and he continues to inspire through KPFK FM in Los Angeles (Sunday mornings at 8:00 am and Thursdays at midnight) and the invaluable preservation work of Roy of Hollywood Tuckman.

Monday, June 1, 2026

Ram Dass: How to keep Heart open in Hell

 
Remember: Be Here Now (Ram Dass)
(After Skool) It's all perfect by Ram Dass (formerly Prof. Richard Alpert, Ph.D., Harvard University)

RAM DASS ("God's Servant or Slave") was born Richard Alpert on April 6, 1931 and lived until December 22, 2019) [1]. He became a hippie and is also known as Baba ["Father"] Ram Dass. He was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga [2], academic psychologist, and writer of Be Here Now, his best-selling [3] 1971 book, which has been described by as "seminal" [4, 5, 6].


Ram Dass (Dr. Richard Alpert)
With the help of his scandalous but loving sex guru Neem Karoli Baba, he helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West [7]. He authored or co-authored a dozen more books on spirituality over the next four decades, including Grist for the Mill (1977), How Can I Help? (1985), and Polishing the Mirror (2013).
Aren't you supposed to be a Jew?
Once when he was teaching with his long hair, beard, and linen garments, someone in the crowd asked him why he dressed like a guru from India when he was really a Jew from the U.S. Without missing a beat, his retort was, "I'm only Jewish on my parents' side." Ha ha ha, exactly!

We are born into a faith, and it's usually rammed down our throats before we have a chance to do anything but swallow. And most of us won't question it. But some of us vomit it up, leave or examine, sometimes even come back to it later.

Harvard professors Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Richard Alpert (cool squares rounding out)
 
However, it seems the job and duty of any human to question it, test it, attempt to validate it, argue against it, learn from it, grow from it, reject it all together, or make peace with it. There's a world of spirituality out there to explore. We usually need a floor, a ground, by which to test things. And almost all major religions have a mystic component or sect. That's a place to start.

Parents, what am I to do but follow my heart?
But question we must, and explore we will, and find? That remains to be seen. We are on a spiritual quest. And maybe the whole rest of the world can't be. But if Americans can't, what the F are you calling yourself an "American" for? Life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness is all you were promised -- and you're not even going to pursue it? Truth means nothing? Just taking sides? Just being controlled by your government, schools, and parents, the "powers that be"? Pathetic. Human up, and get searching.

Hell: all the people Ram Dass hated

Ram Dass' brothers and sisters with Baba
Ram Dass was personally and professionally associated with hippie Dr. Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s. Then known as Richard Alpert, he conducted research with Leary on the therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs.

In addition, Alpert assisted Harvard Divinity School graduate student Walter Pahnke in his 1962 "Good Friday Experiment" with theology students, the first controlled, double-blind study of drugs and the mystical experience [8, 9].


While legal at the time (and not yet criminalized), their research was controversial and led to Dr. Leary's and Dr. Alpert's firing from Harvard in 1963.

In 1967, Alpert traveled to India and became "Ram Dass," a disciple of Hindu Guru Neem Karoli Baba, who gave him the name Ram Dass, meaning "Servant of Ram," but usually rendered simply as "Servant of God" for Western audiences.

Hi, I'm Neem Karoli Baba (Sculpture in Ram Dass Library) sculpted to look like sweet Budai
 
In the following years, he co-founded the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. From the 1970s to the 1990s, he traveled extensively, giving talks and retreats and holding fundraisers for charitable causes.

Remember: Be Here Now (Ram Dass)
In 1997, he had a stroke, which left him with paralysis and expressive aphasia which would be better characterized as "fluent, anomic-like with hesitations and word finding difficulties at the conversational level with grossly intact auditory comprehension for high level, low-context information" [10, 11].

He eventually grew to interpret this event as an act of grace, learning to speak again and continuing to teach and write books. After becoming seriously ill during a trip to India in 2004, he gave up traveling and moved to Maui, Hawaii, where he hosted annual retreats with other spiritual teachers until his death in 2019. More

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Peace Walk ends: Buddhist monks reach DC

Aloka: So we turn around and start to walk back now? There are so many people I want to see.
TODAY'S LIVESTREAM





Venerable Buddhist monks touch hearts during Walk for Peace in Virginia en route to DC
(ABC 7 News - WJLA) Feb. 6, 2026: “If you’re not at peace, where are we?" said Caroline County resident Sue Iszczenko while she and her daughter Kayla waited for the venerable Buddhist monks to walk past them on their route from Texas to Washington, D.C., promoting inner and world peace.


Hi, I'm Aloka the Peace Dog
In a time defined by [Trump] turmoil, with a nation fractured, hundreds came from far and wide, gathering roadside in rural Caroline County to witness 20 Buddhist monks [and a dog named Aloka] journey a portion of 2,300 arduous miles – from Texas to D.C. – advocating for harmony in a world gone haywire. More: wjla.com/news/local/venerable...


So sweet — when Buddhist monks walking for peace make everyone smile
(AmeriScope) Feb. 5, 2026: Some moments don’t need to be explained. We see them — and we smile spontaneously. This video captures one of those moments. It is so sweet in its simplicity that Americans naturally slow down and feel lighter, even if for just a moment.

 
Nothing here is planned. Nothing is performed. The sweetness comes from small, human interactions — the kind that happen when kind people are present and open. A smile appears unexpectedly. Gestures are genuine. Someone pauses, not because they have to but because they want to.

These moments change the world little by little because inner peace expresses as world peace. They change the moment. As part of the Walk for Peace, scenes like this appear along the road — not loud or dramatic, just quietly heartwarming. People notice without trying. They react without thinking. And suddenly, the space is warmer.


Aloka the Peace Dog is the big star walking
This movement isn’t about distance, destination, or purpose. It’s about feeling. It’s about how sweetness shows up when no one is trying to impress or persuade.
  • What is the way to such "sweetness"? The Buddha taught four sublime meditations called the Four Supreme Abidings:
  1. loving-kindness (metta)
  2. compassion (compassion)
  3. joy in the joy of others (mudita)
  4. unbiased looking on (upekkha)
It happens when people are simply themselves. In a world that often feels rushed and heavy, moments like this land differently. They do not demand attention. They invite a smile. Sometimes that’s enough. This is a reminder that kindness doesn’t always look serious. Sometimes, it just looks sweet.

What was the last small moment that made you smile without expecting it? #PeaceWalk #AlokaDog #Texas #WashingtonDC #SweetMoments #EverydayJoy #LittleThingsMatter #FeelGoodVideo #WarmMoments #LifeAsItIs
  • Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Sayalay Aloka (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Day 3: Burning Man's 'O*gy Dome' down


The Orgy Dome is down?
Nobody goes to the desert to get all voyeuristic, except these people in a long line to get in.
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What kind of world do we want?
First of all, what is an "Orgy Dome"? That's kind of hard to explain. It's sort of like this dome, a tent, with an orgy inside, and by orgy we mean a consensual communal experience with probably more sand and grit than anyone would ideally want to be present at a time like this. Bring wipes. Maybe Diddly brand coconut oil, too. No, no, no oil, but water-based lube. And be very MINDFUL. There are Ten Principles to follow in general and special safe practices, consenting obligations, and lots of checking in to make sure everyone is all right and enjoying it.
The Orgy Dome is down for 2025 due to winds.
What happed to the Orgy Dome? The wind at the beginning blew it over, scattered, and destroyed it. The site has an Instagram. Orgy Dome 🌈💜✨ (@orgydome) • Instagram. But Billboard's Instagram states: Burning Man’s infamous Orgy Dome won’t be opening this year [2025] after hurricane-force winds tore the structure apart over the opening weekend. 🌪️ Organizers say they’re safe but unable to repair the dome in time, though they still plan to host smaller workshops on the playa. The storm also destroyed major installations like Ukraine’s 50-foot Black Cloud, marking yet another year of extreme weather challenges at the Nevada summer desert festival.⁠ ⁠ More details on the Dome and other installations that were damaged by heavy winds are at the link in bio. More TMZ confirms it.

Day 3: Trapped in the mud at Burning Man 2025 – Daily Vlog

(Escaping Normal Life) Aug. 27, 2025: Day 3 at Burning Man 2025 turned into pure muddy survival. A massive rainstorm hit the playa, flooding everything and turning Black Rock City into deep, sticky clay mud. I was trapped inside my tent for hours, unable to move my bike or even walk through the sludge.

In this daily vlog, I share what it was really like being stuck in the rain and mud, how I managed to stay (somewhat) dry, and the chaos happening all around camp.

This is what Burning Man 2025 looks like when the weather shuts everything down. If you’re preparing for Burning Man or curious about the real, unfiltered experience of surviving the playa during a storm, this vlog shows the raw reality of what happens when the desert turns to mud.

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What is "gifting" (dana)? It is one of the Ten Principles of Burning Man's ethos for better world

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Making love at Kalash Fertility Festival



(Phils Guide to the World!) May 15, 2025: The Chilam Joshi Kalash Festival 2025 was held in Rumbur Valley and Bumburet Valley and Berir Valley, just outside of Chitral in Northwest Pakistan.

Kalash Girls, Tahsin Shah 04 - Kalash people
The festival celebrates the coming of spring and the fertility of the land. The Kalash people and the Kalash tribe are surprisingly progressive, and marital practices allow women to pursue love without social stigma. It's during the spring festival when many Kalash women set their sights on potential mates.

In stark contrast to patriarchal norms found in much of South Asia, the Kalash community promotes gender equality through practices like open relationships and marriage by elopement.
Kalashi: The beautiful Kalash people
Bumberet Valley, surrounded by the Hindu Kush Range, which is part of the parent Himalayan Range, is the largest and most popular valley, attracting the most tourists, especially for the Spring Kalash Festival in 2025.

During Chilam Joshi I enjoyed Kalash dancing, singing, music, traditions, and fashion, with new tribal outfits being made each year for the celebration.

In the mornings, my Kalash Valley of Chitral travel vlog goes inside Rumbur Village and Bamboret Valley to see the DAILY LIFE of the Kalash before the festival.

Kilashi girl, Chitral, like an Afghan (Kalash)
I also visit a baby ceremony, an ancient Kalash Valley graveyard/cemetery, Kalash temple, and several Kalash houses along the way.

Join me to experience the special Kalash culture at the Chilam Joshi Spring Festival 2025. What do you think about these people? Please comment below and share with friends before their culture dies off.

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چلم جوشی کالاش فیسٹیول 2025 شمال مغربی پاکستان میں چترال سے بالکل باہر وادی رومبر اور بمبورٹ ویلی اور وادی بیریر میں منعقد ہوا۔ یہ موسم بہار کی آمد اور زمین کی زرخیزی کا جشن مناتا ہے۔ کالاش لوگ اور کالاش قبیلہ حیرت انگیز طور پر ترقی پسند ہیں اور ازدواجی رسومات خواتین کو سماجی بدنامی کے بغیر محبت کو آگے بڑھانے کی اجازت دیتے ہیں۔ اور یہ موسم بہار کے تہوار کے دوران ہوتا ہے جب بہت سی کالاش خواتین اپنی نظریں ممکنہ ساتھیوں پر مرکوز کرتی ہیں! جنوبی ایشیا کے زیادہ تر حصے میں پائے جانے والے پدرانہ اصولوں کے بالکل برعکس، کالاش برادری کھلے تعلقات اور بھاگ کر شادی جیسے طریقوں کے ذریعے صنفی مساوات کو فروغ دیتی ہے۔ ہندوکش پہاڑوں سے گھری ہوئی بمبریٹ وادی کالاش کی سب سے بڑی اور مقبول وادی ہے، جو سب سے زیادہ سیاحوں کو اپنی طرف متوجہ کرتی ہے، خاص طور پر بہار کالاش فیسٹیول (2025) کے لیے۔ چلم جوشی کے دوران میں نے کالاش رقص، کالاش گانے، کالاش موسیقی، کالاش روایات، اور کالاش فیشن کا لطف اٹھایا، ہر سال جشن کے لیے نئے قبائلی لباس بنائے جاتے تھے۔ صبح کے وقت، میرا کالاش ٹریول بلاگ آپ کو میلے سے پہلے کالاش کے لوگوں کی روزمرہ کی زندگی کو دیکھنے کے لیے رمبور گاؤں اور بمبورٹ گاؤں کے اندر لے جاتا ہے۔ میں راستے میں ایک بچے کی تقریب، ایک قدیم کالاش قبرستان/قبرستان، کالاش مندر اور کئی کالاش گھروں کا دورہ بھی کرتا ہوں۔ چلم جوشی اسپرنگ فیسٹیول 2025 میں خصوصی کالاش ثقافت کا تجربہ کرنے کے لیے میرے ساتھ شامل ہوں! کالاش لوگوں کے بارے میں آپ کا کیا خیال ہے؟ براہ کرم ذیل میں تبصرہ کریں اور اپنے دوستوں کے ساتھ اشتراک کریں اس سے پہلے کہ ان کی ثقافت مر جائے! اگر آپ اس ویڈیو سے لطف اندوز ہوتے ہیں، تو براہ کرم ✅ سبسکرائب کریں (https://bit.ly/3BqGnIz) جب میں پاکستان میں اور دنیا کے ہر ملک میں چھ ہفتوں کا سفر کرتا ہوں! ❤️ میرا مقصد دنیا کو میڈیا کی آنکھوں سے نہیں بلکہ اپنی آنکھوں سے دیکھنا ہے۔ لہذا، میں آپ کو وہ ممالک دکھاتا ہوں جہاں میڈیا بری روشنی میں چمکتا ہے۔ ان ممالک میں مجھے سب سے زیادہ دوستانہ اور مہمان نواز لوگ ملے ہیں! براہ کرم میری پوری سیریز پر ایک نظر ڈالیں: 🇵🇰 پاکستان: https://bit.ly/3BqGnIz 🇩🇿 الجزائر: https://bit.ly/4hUJYTV 🇮🇷 ایران: https://shorturl.at/mndto 😊 شام: https://bit.ly/4gyRfb6 🇦🇫 افغانستان: https://shorturl.at/eTsIr 🇱🇾 لیبیا: https://bit.ly/3QZEDzn 🇮🇶 عراق: https://bit.ly/3KhayYa 🇸🇦 سعودی عرب: https://shorturl.at/OL0AW 😍 آپ کے تعاون اور سبسکرپشن کا بہت شکریہ