If Black don't crack and Asian don't raisin, could THC in cannabis be part of the reason?
Smoke THC, who TCH? (Thom in 2004)
Thom Hartmann or TCH (Thomas Carl Hartmann, born May 7, 1951) is now pro-THC? The American is a progressive radio personality, author, businessman, and nominal liberal [pro-Bernie, pro-Hillary, pro-Democrat] political commentator [1, 2]. Hartmann has been hosting a nationally syndicated radio show, "The Thom Hartmann Program," since 2003 and between 2010 and 2017 hosted a nightly television show, The Big Picture. More
AUDIO: Brain boost from THC in weed? When you think of cannabis, improving brain health might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, you’ve probably heard the old trope that cannabis fries your memory... (The Mercury News)
The Lancet, one of the world's more respected peer-reviewed medical science journals is censored, with popular article pulled from a rigorous study and review of many other cases. They show that 74 per cent of sudden deaths can be attributed to the Covid-19 vaccine, a killer experiment foisted on all of us, rushed by an "emergency authorization act" that means no one is allowed to sue the Big Pharma corporations who made, sold, and profited from these pharmacological (pharmakos = allopathic sorcery) poisons. We were lied to by Dr. Anthony Fauci and many others in the pharmaceutical industry and in government, NPR and other boosters and promoters supporting government lies and propaganda.
Dr. Waldinger, Big Think, March 15, 2024; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Happiness Poison — and the Antidote | Dr. Robert Waldinger
(Big Think) Harvard University has conducted an 85-year-long study on what makes humans happy.
Zen, is it Zen? It's Zen Buddhism, isn't it? - No.
[Was it money, tripping on acid, alcohol, fighting, heroin addiction, lots of sex, smoking weed, drinking lots of water, money, oh I bet it's money, shiploads of money, a job that pays a lot, cars, houses, oh I bet it's lots of real estate, tenants that pay a lot, political office, hot yoga, cold plunges, talk therapy, it's not talk therapy is it, ayahuasca retreats, getting into the Olympics, Math Olympics, winning chess tournaments, achievements of all kinds, overcoming adversity, martial arts, is it breathing, just being alive, having a disease then not having it, eating vegan, watching videos on YouTube, no TikTok, being addicted to a cellphone, meditating alone in a jungle under a fruit tree until the dawn of wisdom?]
Harvard professor's six-step guide to Zen
Psychiatrist [Zen Master Roshi] Robert Waldinger, MD, explains what Harvard found by asking, ► What is the one thing that, according to science, will make our lives richer and vastly more fulfilling? [Meditation, is it meditation?]
This 85-year continuing longitudinal study from Harvard says the answer is relationships.
Dr. Waldinger is the current director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running research on adult life.
Tracking over 2,000 lives since 1938, Waldinger and his team have dissected the fabric of well-being, finding that wealth and achievements fall short compared to the power of our connections with other people.
Over the eight decades since the study began, scientists have determined that loneliness and isolation can have negative effects on our mental, emotional, and even physical well-being.
Key findings of this study suggest that nurturing relationships may serve as our best source of fulfillment, emphasizing the need for "social fitness" alongside mental and physical health.
According to Doc Waldinger, it’s time to invest in the bonds that matter which, ultimately, is an investment in ourselves.
ABOUT: Dr. Robert Waldinger, MD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a practicing psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and a Zen Buddhist teacher and practitioner. For the last two decades, Waldinger has been the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. This study, conducted over more than 85 years, has analyzed the entire lives of 724 families to determine the activities, behaviors, and dynamics that enhance a person’s life-long well-being. Dr. Waldinger has dedicated his career to examining these elements and discovering what brings true fulfillment to human existence.
He is the author of several books, including his most recent, The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
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RJ Garcia, AntsCanada, Jan. 14, 2024; Gary Larson, The Far Side (comics); Family Guy video still; Pfc. Sandoval, Dhr. Seven, and Kelly Ani (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
The apocalypse came and went for a new beginning.
When creating a new ecosystem, add all of the elements or step out of the way and let Nature do it because, when upset, things can go very bad, but Mother Nature knows how to get back to yin-yang homeostasis (Gary Larson/The Far Side).
An Ant War broke out after introducing water beasts into giant rainforest vivarium
One ant's hell is another's heaven.
(AntsCanada) In a giant cloud rainforest vivarium, called "Pantdora," an unexpected revival of an ant war broke out.
The trouble came after adding a team of aquatic creatures to the pond, which upset the current ecosystem.
To fix one problem, another was unexpectedly created.
What were the "sky gods" thinking?
The Creator [the god of this world, Lord RJ Garcia] was shocked to discover the truth about relations between three existing ant colonies within the vivarium; he watched an intense showdown of ants take place.
It opened his eyes to the chilling realities of invasive vs. native animal wars that occur in all ecosystems as organism compete for limited albeit recyclable resources and space.
I don't know. Gas entered the environment then blew up.
For God so loved the world that He gassed it.
Enjoy Part 8 of this Ecosystem Vivarium Series [with added color, commentary, and cartoons from Gary Larson and Wisdom Quarterly]. RJ: "Ant love forever!"
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What do American Christians believe about their own religion?
St. Francis of Assisi cross (Robert Alexander)
When referring to American Christians, politicians and the mainstream media are often focusing on one group — politicized evangelicals.
But, in truth, they are a tiny slice of the broad spectrum of American Christianity.
A survey finds that American Christians’ beliefs are as diverse as the country they live in. From the traditional sacred nonsense “Jesus Christ, we believe is God incarnate who came, died a death on a cross, and then rose again on the third day,” like listener Peter Green says, to the surprising number of regular churchgoers who believe Jesus was a great teacher but not divine.
“Whether or not in fact he is divine, and the son of God, is actually, well, it’s a little irrelevant to me personally,” says listener Jennifer Hudson. Today, On Point: The voices we don’t often hear in American Christianity.
Guests
Jonathan Tran, associate professor of philosophical theology and George W. Baines Chair of Religion at Baylor University
Jua Robinson, co-founder and executive director of Boston Collaborative, an organization that connects workplace Christians to each other and the Boston community. Chaplain of the New England Patriots.
Also Featured
Scott McConnell, executive director at LifeWay Research.
Kelli Masters, director of children’s ministry at Wayne Presbyterian Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Part I
HOST MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: For decades, when covering the views of American Christians, the media, including this show, have often focused on right wing Christianity, largely because of its significant political influence. Think of groups such as the Christian Coalition, the Moral Majority, Focus on the Family, just to name a small few.
And more recently, the rise of Christian nationalist extremism cannot be denied, especially after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
SCOTT McCONNELL: A growing movement led by right wing politicians is increasingly challenging a centuries old value of America’s political system, the separation of church and state.
During the January 6th attack on the Capitol, there were Trump banners and confederate flags, the Gadsden flags. There’s also Christian imagery. The wooden cross, people in prayer, the “Jesus saves” slogan.
CHAKRABARTI: And while these groups dominate media coverage of Christianity, and for good reason, they also represent only a fraction of the more than 60% of Americans who identify themselves as followers of the Christian faith.
And American Christians overall have a spectrum of belief as broad and diverse. As the country they live.
In fact, many American Christians profess beliefs that their more conservative fellow churchgoers find outright heretical. We have a biblically heretical statement that says the Bible, like all sacred writings, contains helpful accounts of ancient myths, but it is not literally true. AUDIO: wbur.org/onpoint
PHOTO: The sun rises behind a stone cross the historic Cathedral Basilica of St. Frances of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico (Robert Alexander/Getty Images).
(Ancestralbrew) This video unravels the DNA (genetic) history of the Palestinian people. They are the indigenous people of "Israel," which the British colonial rulers were happy to call Palestine before Ashkenazi (Germanic) "Jews" decided it was their (holy) land and they were coming back to take it by genocide or a settler colonial (setting up a colony then settling it themselves) project, the way other Western peoples like Americans in the USA had stolen land for themselves from 100,000,000 indigenous people living here when Europeans arrived to exploit the land and lay claim to worlds unknown. It's usual to say, "We were here first" and thereby claim a land, as if it is just being restored to its original owners. But this is about "might makes right," the American motto and excuses (like "manifest destiny") dreamed up to cloak crimes against humanity as following a higher justice, God's justice, biblical justice, scientific racism's justice, anyone's justice because, in matters like these, any excuse will do. It can be corrected, reframed, restated, and reinvented later.
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Archaeological finds that turned history upside down
(BRIGHT SIDE) Nov. 13, 2023: Scientists have long believed that the Native American Taíno people were the first inhabitants of the Greater Antilles, but it turns out there were archaic people living here long before, and they were really advanced. Sometimes archaeologists manage to discover whole cities. This is exactly what Eleni Korka, an archaeologist from Greece did. The Rosetta Stone, a linguistic game-changer, unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs and opened up a treasure trove of knowledge. In Egypt, the discovery of the Valley of the Kings transformed our perception of ancient burial practices. These finds are like history's plot twists, keeping archaeologists and history buffs on the edge of their seats! 🏛️🔍📜 #brightside
[Thou shalt obey the Gatekeepers nor dare question us] The dangers of pseudo-archaeology
(History with Kayleigh) Premiered Nov. 19, 2023: RICHAT STRUCTURE. Kayleigh explains the difference between [mainstream consensus] archaeology and pseudo-archaeology and what the dangers of pseudo-archaeology are to our history.
Pseudo-archaeology is known by other names as well, such as alternative archaeology, fake archaeology, fringe archaeology, cult archaeology, fantastic archaeology, and even spooky archaeology.
Thanks to Professor John Hoopes, Associate Professor Bill Farley, archaeologist Jens Notroff, historian David Miano, and Stefan Milo for their contributions to this video. She is grateful to all for letting the public know personal opinions on pseudo-archaeology and how it affects [real, authentic, obedient] work. [Please let me in the club; I won't rock the boat.]
One of two mummified bodies (X-rayed to prove they are biological non-humans) on display at 1st congressional hearing in Mexico on subject of UFOs/UAPs (Smithsonian Magazine).
'Alien corpses' displayed during Mexico's first Congressional hearing on UFOs | NewsNation
(NewsNation) Sept. 13, 2023: A UFO journalist and researcher [Mexico's Walter Cronkite Jaime Maussan] displayed two bodies he claims are alien corpses during [the first] hearing [on the topic] in Mexico's Congress. The hearing comes after the U.S. held its own hearings on UFOs and ahead of a NASA report on the phenomena [that comes out tomorrow]. #UFO #alien #NASA
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UFO proof? “Non-human” space alien corpses retrieved from Peru displayed at Mexico Congress
(CRUX) Sept. 13, 2023: The mummified remains of alleged "non-human" beings were presented on Sept. 12 at Mexico’s first public congressional hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), better known as UFOs. The two stuffed bodies recovered in 2017 in Peru were 700 and 1,800 years old [one with eggs inside of it, illustrating how not human these humanoids are], with only three fingers on each hand, and elongated heads. Mexican journalist and researcher on the topic Jaime Maussan [who has lived and done his research in the USA for many years] said it was a clear demonstration that the presented bodies were non-human specimens. Researchers could prove that the DNA of the two mummies did not belong to human beings [though there was 30% overlap in the genomes].
SHILL TO SHILL: ‘Amazing’: ‘Alien corpses’ presented to Mexican Congress
(Sky News Australia) Sept. 13, 2023: Science gatekeeper, apologist, and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the mummified “alien corpses” presented to the Mexican Congress today.
He said there were claims the corpses were [an average of about] 1,000 years old.
“When we went to the Moon, we brought Moon rocks back and NASA allowed scientists of the world to analyze those rocks,” Tyson told Sky News Australia Host Piers Morgan.
“So if those are actual mummified aliens found in Mexico, or wherever they were, I overheard the press conference and they said they Carbon 14 dated it; it has 30 percent overlap DNA with humans.
“If those are aliens that would be amazing, but in science you need verification from independent sources.”
Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Who designed this Las Vegas psychic study? Mad scientist Professor Vladimir D. Gore?!
What should we do NOW? Reinterpret "freedom" as freedom-from-craving/disappointment.
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The Buddha on mind control in meditation
The future isn't what it used to be. (We have the power to change it in the present). There's only now. This future to come will give meaning to the past.
The thing is, How are we to know what to do so the future we get -- given the changeable past -- is what we want it to be?
That's where this being naturally psychic comes into play. There was a scientific study, replicated and confirmed, conducted by a pioneer in a University of Nevada, Las Vegas study using many generations of freshmen.
The Princeton Anomalies Lab may have talked about it in the Quad-S Consciousness Convention in San Francisco many years ago. But it gets talked about elsewhere as a brilliant design that looks at many subjects over many trials rather than looking for one or two very well-developed psychics.
Who designed this psychic study? Prof. Gore?!
DESIGN: Expose subjects (a very large N) to two types of photos randomly selected to occur on the computer screen, one very distressing (e.g., gore), one very uplifting (e.g., an eagle soaring over a lake).
Strap the subjects into a polygraph device to measure vital signs and galvanic skin response. Set up a computer screen to show a photo every ten seconds (randomly occurring between the two kinds, distressing or uplifting), and measure the "response" to it BEFORE it is presented, that is, before the photo appears.
The subject does not know that the body knows.
What has been found is that the subjects' bodies (not their conscious minds) "know" which it will be, from the set of distressing or uplifting photos before any picture randomly appears. How does the body know and know so well that it responds appropriately to that kind of stimuli before which kind of stimuli it will be has even been determined?
This experiment aims to demonstrate that we have innate psychic abilities built into the reality of our human bodies. These are psychic instruments if we can just keep our impure, muddled, dim thinking, emotional baggage, and tendency to project out of the way.
One can only imagine that animals in the wild are even better at this than humans from the city. So if we follow our gut, heart, instinct, intuition, it can lead us quite well.
Karma, Rebirth, and Samsara
We are the architects of our karma and the (responses to all the) results of that karma. Therefore, we are the architects of our future. It's like the Buddha says at the start of the Dhammapada: Mind/heart is the forerunner of all conditions. If we think, speak, or act with an impure mind/heart (motive), we will get a result appropriate to that kind of action/deed/motive. Heads up. Doer, beware. Choose with the future in mind, realizing the importance of intention (cetana) to color the act for our future misery, neutrality, or bliss. When?
The Buddha did make such a do not depict rule, but Afghanistan/Gandhara depicted him.
"I am filled with Christ's love!" - "No, Mom, you and Dad are friggin hypocrites."
New study identifies key difference between religious “nones” and religious “dones”
This is BS. I'm gonna watch the game. - In Hell!
Formerly religious [North American] individuals are more likely to experience a lack of belongingness compared to those who were never religious, and this feeling of not fitting in predicts an increased tendency to conceal their nonreligious identity by keeping it separate from their public persona.
In this house you do as I say God says to do!
That is the key finding from a new study published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, which analyzed data from three culturally distinct countries.
Religion is an important aspect of personal and social identity for many individuals. It has a significant influence on how people think, feel, and interact with others
However, there has been a growing trend of people disassociating themselves from religious traditions. In fact, religiously unaffiliated individuals make up a sizable religious group in North America and most European countries.
“Previous work suggests that nonreligious people who used to be religious (“religious dones”) differ from nonreligious people who have never identified as religious (“religious nones”) on certain psychological characteristics,” explained study author Cameron D. Mackey (@CameronDMackey1), a doctoral (Ph.D.) candidate in social psychology at Ohio University.
Maybe somewhere there's a religious path for me
“For example, currently religious individuals have unsurprisingly positive attitudes toward God. However, religious nones hold significantly more negative attitudes toward God compared to religious dones, whose attitudes fall between those of currently religious and never religious individuals.” More
California Gov. Gavin Newsom: Let me see. What makes you so likeable? Your personality?
What does it take to be likeable and popular? Does science know? (lexica.art)
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It’s not being polite, helpful, or having a good sense of humor. It might be an inconvenient truth, but being likable is something we all (deep down) crave [except for the disagreeable people Prof. Jordan Peterson points out].
Is the secret being mysterious?
That’s because it makes life easier.
If we think that people are born charming, we’re mistaken:
Likability can be learned and honed, just like any other skill.
But what is it that makes a person likable?
According to a new Harvard study, described in an HBR article, the secret to being more likable and improving interpersonal bonding isn’t being polite, helpful, or having a good sense of humor.
It’s asking more questions.
We all want to feel someone is interested in us.
The research examined the role of asking questions in interpersonal relationships.
Harvard colleagues scrutinized thousands of natural conversations among participants who were getting to know each other, either in online chats or on in-person speed dates.
The researchers told some people to ask at least nine questions within 15 minutes and the rest to ask no more than four within 15 minutes.
Am I "hot" or not? What does it take to be liked?
In the online chats, the people who were randomly assigned to ask many questions were better liked by their conversation partners. Among the speed daters, people were more willing to go on a second date with partners who asked more questions.
It makes sense: We all want to feel someone is interested in us.
People tend to talk a lot about themselves, especially when they’re trying to impress someone. But that’s not the best strategy to make a positive impression.
When we show genuine interest in people — by asking them questions regarding their lives, thoughts, and feelings — and shift the focus of the conversation from ourselves onto others, that’s how we win them over.
There is a catch though.
According to the findings of the research, the order of the questions we ask others has a significant effect on how they will respond.
If we want to build up trust, rapport, and intimacy, we should start with relatively shallow and insignificant questions and progress to more private/deep ones. More
In the "Advice to Householders"sutra (Sigalovada Sutta), the Buddha proclaims that there are Four Bases or Foundations of Popularity. Some people are popular, some are not. Why are they? It is because they have built up the habit and practice of these four things:
generosity
sweet speech
helpfulness to others
impartiality to all.
Unfortunately, as important as this sutra would be to the world of non-monastic Buddhists, it is a conglomeration of discourses patched together rather than kept separate. The amalgamation was not done very well as the closing verses refer back to parts that are not in the body.
The summary says one is popular by these four habits, but they are not mentioned in the body. And no one seems to notice or be able to do anything about it to fix it. A scholar might find the original sutra(s) somewhere in some tradition (outside the Pali language of the Theravada school) -- in Chinese, Sanskrit, Prakrit, or Tibetan texts -- but until one does, we only have this reference.
Karma: It's everywhere we're going to be.
Certainly, giving makes us popular with others. The good karma of dana is very meritorious, as we let go and do not cling to what we have but instead share it. Sweet speech is always welcome no matter what we are saying. Being helpful and coming to the aid of others is certainly going to win friends. Being impartial rather than biased and favoring some over others is a little more surprising, but who doesn't like a fair person? Such people are beloved everywhere.
Karma is the cause of our conditions and circumstances (fruit or phala), whether we are being good or bad. And we will meet with the results of our actions, speech, and intentions everywhere we go.
Venerable Ananda (the Buddha's son or cousin, according to different traditions) was very popular, more so than wise Sariputra and Khema. But "luckiest" of all was the Buddhist monk with the best karma Ven. Sivali(Sīvalī Thera).
Ven. Sīvalī was declared by the Buddha as foremost among recipients of gifts (A.i.24). It is said (ThagA.i.138; Ap.ii.495; AA.i.139) that when the Buddha visited Khadiravaniya-Revata, he took Ven. Sīvalī with him because the road was difficult and provisions were scarce.
[This would suggest that Ven. Sivali had better luck than the Buddha himself, having practiced generosity longer or better than the Bodhisatta, or it may mean that Sivali was in the receiving phase of his merit more so than anyone else around.]
Ven. Sīvalī went to the Himalayas with a large number of others to test his good luck. The devas provided them with everything they needed. On Gandhamādana mountain range a deva named Nāgadatta entertained them for seven days on milk rice. Source
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