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What does the Moon matter? O, shining Chandra, glowing Soma, ever changing Luna...
Well, once upon a time in East Hollywood at Dharma Punx on Melrose Avenue, across from Los Angeles City College, I met a beautiful meditator. Let's call her Vanity Lycan. This is her saga, about how she traveled to India and had an experience of enlightenment, sort of.
We became friends, and she so trusted me that she asked me if I wanted to accompany her to India. She was going, among other places, to Dharamshala (the Dalai Lama's abode in the Himalayas).
Heavens yes, I thought as I said, "Hells yeah!" Sadly, this being LA, something came up that could not be put off, and she could not change her round-the-world ticket. So we vowed to stay in touch online so I could guide her from on high. There might be pitfalls along the way for a Western gal on a solo-travel adventure that she didn't think of but that I could solve.
I remember one email then radio silence. It was a about year later as I was sitting at the weekly meditation meeting. When it opened up for shares, someone started to talk and cry. Imagine my astonishment, being hypervigilant and too easily annoyed by anything I notice and ignore while trying to sit still. It was her!
I hadn't noticed. I had forgotten even to wonder what had happened to her since it had been so long. There she was a few feet away on a cushion, crying. No one much listened to what she was trying to say.
But I thought I understood -- a lone girl wandering around at night in a strange country with strangers and men being what they are (though they didn't used to be like that in most of India in the times that I was there, which was a big surprise). She kept telling me that I didn't understand. Something had happened to her on the trip. I really thought that for once I did get. I didn't need it spelled out. I should have been there to prevent it.
What does one who knows say?
I was wrong. It wasn't a case of [S.A.] like 99% of people would have guessed and not been surprised to hear.
She confessed she had become "enlightened." Of course, it's not real Buddhist enlightenment (bodhi, liberating insight, thorough comprehension of the Four Ennobling Truths, touching nirvana, comprehending anicca, dukkha, and anatta by direct experience of the ultimate truth). It was nothing like that at all.
What was her "enlightenment," not having a better word for the spiritual, psychological, entheogenic madness that was now going on? Her chakras had spontaneously opened, and with that come the powers of each chakra. It is not the real thing but that thing that happens to many Western travelers every year.
Was Wicca wise to the ways of the Moon?
Argue until you're blue in the face that she didn't know what she was talking about. But I had seen this before and heard about it from one superwoman who not only experienced it but survived and studied it academically to help others undergoing the premature experience, calming and closing those chakras up again until ready to move kundalini energy up the spine for good rather than all of the out of control pains, visions, and raving madness that could accompany them.
The most amazing thing she talked to me about, holding Western meds forced on her before she was thrown out of India into the arms of her family (who if they had not taken her out she would have been institutionalized, forcibly drugged with Thorazine or similar antipsychotics, warehoused, and forgotten there, she claimed) was how much the opalescentMOON now governed her moods, actions, and future. She had become "unmanageable" by consulate rules, so she had to be neutralized or sent back to the USA.
Triple moon symbol as gold charm
She feared it. She knew it even if she were to never see it again. I asked what she meant. She explained that the Moon has a profound effect on us on this planet, governing things (estrus, the ability to awaken, as with Siddhartha awakening on the evening of the full moon). It is more than Earth's calendar, making the months and seasons, not reflecting golden sunlight as we are told but emanating its own different kind of silvery light. The Zetetic scientists of the past proved this beyond on a doubt with demonstrable, reproducible, experimental published research.
She was not clear if the Moon was only a goddess, a sentient entity with powers, or a hollow world with beings in it directing their surveillance and energies at us from it. But when it waxed and rose, she was altered. She might dance naked like Shiva Nataraj with a message for the world embedded in postures and mudras, possessed as she would become by that spirit of Shiva, which she claimed was a real, literal being (blue extraterrestrial), not simply some historical or mythological figure.
I said to her at some point that "I want this." She said, "No, you don't! It's painful, it's horrible, it's unmanageable." "Yes, well, I'd manage it better with Ashtanga Yoga" (the "Eight Limbs of Union" with the holy spirit, prana, or subtle breath). "You think you would, but you can't. It's not to be managed. You think I want to take pharmaceuticals?" "No." "Well, I would rather take them than undergo what will happen to me without [chemical tranquilization]."
"But this awakening of the serpent Kundalini to rise from the base through the spine, energizing the chakras and gaining the siddhis or magical powers and samadhi, piercing and transcending the moving 'wheels' along the way, it seems to me that that's the whole point of our yogic aspirations." "What the hell are you talking about?" After arguing good/bad back and forth, I finally asked her, "Look, all right, I don't want it. But HOW did you do it? How did you get it to happen?" She shocked me with her answer.
You don't want sudden chakra openings
She looked at me like I was crazy and stress, "I didn't 'do' it. The Mountain did, somehow in connection with the Moon." "The 'Mountain,' what mountain?" "The Himalaya," she said and started crying to remember how she had gotten to Dharamshala and went off to sit under the full moon. And some guy had come along. "Aha! And then he attacked you?!"
"He didn't attack me. We talked, and I left, wanting to be alone. Then it happened. And I was aware of the Moon as it happened, and I knew the Moon was [or the beings in it were] aware of me [like a panopticon]." "And by Himalaya do you mean Mt. Everest or K2 or Kailash or Mt. Meru? Is there a special place for this one might go to?" I asked full of hope.
"No, you don't want this to happen to you." Foolishly, and I knew it was foolish, I kind of still did.
With the trial of Sean Puffy Puff Daddy P Diddy Combs' trial scheduled to begin on May 12, 2025, many rappers, rapists, and celebrities are shaking in their Gucci boots, fearing they will be named and exposed for crimes committed with and around Diddy and his infamous parties. How long before he is "Epsteined" like Virginia Giuffre, convinced to commit self-unaliving for the greater good of the blackmailing industry.
I like the young ones, Jeff. - Me too, Donald.
Is Trump worried as he employed little Virginia Roberts Giuffre through his collective business enterprises? Our Fearless Leader might be implicated in child sex crimes not involving his beloved daughter Ivanka but another blonde in his employment. Of course, he can sign a presidential decree and bury it all, call in a favor to "silence" Diddy and make it all go bye-bye.
(Buddha's Wisdom) March 30, 2025:
🔍 WHAT IF WE FELL INTO OUR PHYSICAL BODIES?
What if we weren't born into a body but fell into one? An ancient Buddhist text called the Aggañña Sutta (DN 27) describes space beings of pure light who once floated about freely through space until they alighted on earth, devolved, and developed something we all struggle with today — sensual craving or desire (tanha). That first craving for sensual pleasure began our descent into increasingly dense physical form, creating humans bound by the very cravings that landed us here and kept us stuck in the quagmire of craving, karma, and karmic results. DISCOVER:
How the Buddha taught that consciousness preceded physical form, not the other way around
The striking parallels between Buddhist cosmology and modern scientific theories
Why a human birth is considered extraordinarily rare as the Buddha taught
The unexpected connection between desire and the densification of our physical bodies
How understanding our origins can transform our approach to spiritual practice today
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Were we once beings of light?
02:06 The Buddhist cosmological view
06:17 Scientific parallels with Buddhist origin stories
08:40 The mental evolution of humanity
12:41 Why human birth is so precious
16:33 The mystery element: Where do we go from here?
The Buddha's Creation Story: Myth as History and Inspiration
(Doug's Dharma) Should ancient stories be looked at as historical myths or as inspirational literature? Let's look at both options through the lens of the Aggañña Sutta, a famous, early Buddhist creation myth. 📙 New book by Dr. Doug Smith, PhD: A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi. 🧡 Find this material useful? Check out Patreon and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes: dougsseculardharma
Thus have I heard. The Exalted One (the Buddha) was once staying near Sāvatthī, in the East Park, inside the mansion of Migāra's Mother. Now at that time Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja were passing their probationary period among the wandering ascetics, wishing to become fully ordained Buddhist monks.
Then in the evening the Exalted One, having arisen from his meditations, came down, and was walking back and forth in the open air, in the shade of the mansion. When Vāseṭṭha saw this, he told Bhāradvāja, adding:
“Let's go, friend Bhāradvāja, let's approach the Exalted One, because we might have the good fortune to hear from the Exalted One a talk on matters of Dhamma (Doctrine)."
“Even so, friend," Bhāradvāja replied. So Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja approached the Exalted One and, having saluted him, they walked behind him as he walked back and forth. Then the Exalted One said:
“Vāseṭṭha, being Brahmin (brahmana) by birth and family lineage, have gone forth from a Brahmin family and home into the left-home life of a wandering ascetic (sramana), do the other Brahmins blame and revile you?
“Venerable sir, yes, indeed, Brahmins do blame and revile us with characteristic abuse, copious, not holding back."
“Vāseṭṭha, with what words do they blame you?
“Venerable sir, Brahmins say: 'The Brahmin caste is the best.... Only Brahmins are genuine children of Brahmā, born of Brahma's mouth, offspring of Brahmā, created by Brahmā, heirs of Brahmā. As for you, you have renounced the best human rank and have gone over to that low class — to shaven recluses, to the vulgar [nouveau-riche] rich, to those of dark skins, to those born of Brahma's feet. In these terms, venerable sir, do Brahmins blame and revile us with characteristic abuse, copious, not holding back....
"Vāseṭṭha, surely those Brahmins have forgotten the past (ancient lore) when they say so? On the contrary, Brahmin females, wives of Brahmins, are known to be fertile, are seen to be pregnant with child, bringing forth and nursing children. Yet, it is these very [human] womb-born Brahmins who say such things… 'Brahmins are genuine children of Brahmā, born from his mouth; his offspring, his creation, and his heirs'! By this they make a travesty of the nature of Brahmā. It is false what they say, and great is the demerit that they thereby earn." More (suttacentral.net)
The vanity of narcissism: Bald Trump wearing wig piece blown off by wind. Oops.
HOT: Trump as a woman, sportier hairdo and sunglasses, a little hair dye but less bronzer.
Old chip off two odd blocks: undoctored photos of Trump's parents's bad skin and wild hair
Pres. B.S. Obama sizes up Pres. Trump, roll call vote gets lit, and more DNC Night 2 highlights
Stephen, I kiss better than Camela, have blacker lips, the best lips, there aren't any better lips.
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I'm an Aryan albino
(The Daily Show) Aug. 21, 2024: The Daily Show is in Chicago for the DNC. Jordan Klepper recaps the second night, from an electric roll call featuring Lil Jon to headliners Barack and Mike Obama delivering soaring rhetoric while also hitting below the belt. Plus, Desi Lydic has notes for the delegation from Illinois, and Ronny Chieng reveals the insults Democrats have coming next for Trump. #DailyShow #DNC #Obama
I'm a gay man, a transsexual, and Mrs. Obama
Michael "Michelle" Obama was born a man, and Joan Rivers got disappeared for saying so out loud even though people in Washington and Hollywood knew it. They were just smart enough not to say so, as this would make Pres. B.S. Obama the first homosexual to hold the office, which it would almost certainly not. But just as France had a prime minister married to a man named Michel, so we in the U.S. had it to.
Bernie: "You're ugly, boo!" - DJ: "Why you! I'm gonna kick your old a...off this stage!"
Thank you, CIA, which makes all things possible. After Mike's amazing oratory at the DNC, the New York Times thought it was a good idea to post an article all about what s/he was wearing, a weird outfit to mask Mike's massive shoulders and height, emphasizing his long wig and big teeth, guiding casual viewers away from the obvious and in-your-face fact that one is looking at a man in a man's body pretending to be demure, diminutive, and even girly. Hormone treatments are amazing on the human body, showing how flexible our phenotypical features can become regardless of our genotype. But why would the NYT be sexist and insensitive with so powerful a person? Why promote gender stereotypes. His/her speech was the amazing thing, now what s/he wore when reading it.
Joan Rivers' most SAVAGE and MESSY reads💀 (Fashion Police)
I'll promise anything to get into the Oval Henhouse, like this clothing. Obey me, Sheep, obey.
(Offensive Tea) Summer 2024: #joanrivers #fashionpolice #stantwitter R.I.P. to this absolute reading LEGEND [who is rumored to be alive and fine after being exiled for spilling the beans on Mike, aka Michelle, Obama who was born a man. Joan and [uber-mannish] Wendy were carrying television in the 2000s. Bring them back. 👑✨ ☆ MERCH: ☆ offensive-teas-store.creator...
Eds., Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY; Jordan Klepper, The Daily Show, 8/21/24; Offensive Tea, July 2024
(Internet Anarchist) Nov. 4, 2023: SSSniperWolf is one of YouTube's most popular and prettiest yet scummiest and most degenerate creators, from stealing content, to stealing her own channel. She has made bad decision after bad decision and it's beyond safe to say her downfall is completely deserved. Because of schadenfreude, it's also satisfying. Others talking about her:
Brad, Lex; Van Halen; Primus; Seth Auberon, Sheldon S., Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
David Lee Roth "Just a Gigolo" REACTION
(Brad & Lex) Aug. 20, 2022. Thanks for checking out this humorous David Lee Roth (the voice of Van Halen) reaction. [By the way, guys, a gigolo is a male prostitute who sells his wares to women, though in the vernacular it means a "playboy" usually hired by high society women the way in Japan men of means employ geisha girls, who are very sophisticated and knowledgeable and therefore great dates far beyond sex.] This song is much different than Van Halen. lol.
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Van Halen: "Hot for Teacher" (official music video)
Van Halen is a band out of our town, Pasadena, that made it all the way to Hollywood, about five miles away. They tore up the Sunset Strip then the world. They are major sellers and, possibly major sellouts (with that whole Sammy Hagar period). March 4th, 2015. Watch the official music video for "Hot for Teacher" by the Van Halen brothers. They were popular because of their singer, but they became legends because of their now dead guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, possibly the GOAT, which is not a reference to Baphomet (the occult and possibly Satanic figure) but the "greatest of all time"). Who knows, though? Maybe Eddie cut a deal with the Christian Devil for stardom and fame on his stringed instrument like that other guy:
Living in a truck camper alone in the woods with wild animals | Van life off-grid camping
(Dr. Hannah Straight, April 2, 2022) I found myself alone in the woods, surrounded by wild animals. Life in a Ford F-250 truck camper [is the shiznit and] can certainly get "interesting." Join me as I see some beautiful waterfalls, ruins, and a luscious green canyon.
Hi, Kelly, McGillis? We're doing a Top Gun sequel, you in? Old Tom needs a love interest.
1960-80s Hollywood actresses and their shocking look in 2021
(Big Star-X, June 9, 2021) Don't turn away. The Buddha was right. The definition of dukkha (disappointment, unsatisfactoriness, woe, ill, or suffering) includes aging, getting ill, and dying. It'll happen to us, too.
These are not the only things encompassed by the term, but they are three none of us are likely to be able to outstrip or escape. They will catch up to us. And if we are not freed of samsara by then, we will rue the day we were born. This is not a problem only once. These three happen endlessly due to rebirth. It is not only in this life that we will lose everything. It is all hurtling toward destruction. The Buddha provided a perfect solution, but ordinary people want only more birth (and therefore by default more death) and rebirth in better places. Virtue (morality) is enough to get that. For higher, more superlative worlds, samadhi (jhana) is needed. To transcend rebirth altogether, wisdom is needed.
Behold, 30 uber-beautiful Hollywood starlets who have changed for the worse. See how they looked then, in the 1960-1980s, and what they look like now, circa 2021.
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NOTE: Nowhere does it claim the first photo is Madonna. Her photo is linked then shown unfilited then then used to illustrate the Mandela Effect, so laugh and relax..
**MADONNA: (Subreddit 64) /StBlaschek Feb 28 '20 edited Feb 28 '20) If it's any help, her Wikipedia page has been heavily edited, so I wouldn't take what it says too seriously.
I checked the edit history, and there are hundreds of edits, and most of them are silly.
If I were you, and since it bothers you and your friend so much, I'd look through the edit history and see if her birth name has been changed.
Edit: I about drowned myself in wiki edits, but I found one from 2014 citing an article that discussed her legally changing her name to "Madonna Louise Ciccone" back in 2012. Why the heck would she legally change her name to "Madonna" if she was born Madonna?
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