Cannabis and Addiction: Dr. Mate (video)

Dr. Gabor Mate at Canlio, 10/20/16; Pat Macpherson, Crystal Q., (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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Dr. Gabor Maté: Cannabis and Addiction

Dr. Gabor Maté speaks at the International Cannabis Business Conference (below) in Vancouver (internationalcbc.com). Dr. Maté is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry, and psychology, as well as the study and treatment of drug addiction. Renowned speaker and author, Dr. Maté -- who starred in the third Zeitgeist movie talking about the link between early childhood traumas and later addiction to substances and behaviors as a coping mechanism for unresolved emotional injuries -- is sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. He is the author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and When the Body Says No. Visit canlio.com.

What's really behind Paris ISIS-attacks? (audio)

Jordan Maxwell, host Richie Allen (Facebook/David Icke, Nov. 2015), Wisdom Quarterly

Researcher Jordan Maxwell explains the Paris Terrorist Attacks. (Paris's original name was Par-ISIS, a fact now obscured, Maxwell explains). That attack inspired by ISIS took place on Friday the 13th. He also delves into the Knights Templar and more!

The Arc de Triomphe and Napoleon
"As early as the 15th century AD, many Parisian historians believed that the city of Paris owed its name to the Egyptian goddess Isis. There are various manuscripts from around 1402 AD at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris which contain drawings of the goddess Isis garbed as a medieval noblewoman seen arriving by boat to Paris and where she is greeted by nobles and clergymen under the caption ‘The very ancient Isis, goddess and queen of the Egyptians.’" More

• There was no "ancient Israel," rabbis agree, says Jordan.
• VIDEO: Jordan Maxwell on dark secrets of ["Abrahamic" monotheistic religions] Christianity, Islam, Judaism
• "Zeitgeist the Movie," 2007 (gives a great intro)
• What's the real origin of Islam? (Moon-O-Theism)
• What's the true origin of Christianity (Christianism) 
• A Christian pastor and a Muslim imam "programmed to hate one another" bridge a religious divide

UNIFORM: Is Obama addressing ISIS' global threat? (PRI's The World, Dec. 10, 2015)

Paris activists come in many shades of green, and of optimism

Germany’s refugee crisis is fueling the far-right Pegida movement

Occupy: Essential Info for #OWS (video)

DavidIcke.com; Wisdom Quarterly

Recorded and filmed by Chris Williamson and Lucius Borich at Keysoundstudios, Sydney.

David Icke (pronounced Ike) imparts essential knowledge for the Wall Street protestor. Without understanding the banking system, what hope is there for changing the powers that be and saving the world? We need to know how not to be scammed by the ones -- the One Percent -- being protested. When demonstrating it must be clear that it is not the people in the banks but the laws on the books of a corrupt system.

If every "bankster" were thrown off the exchange and driven from their corner offices, absolutely nothing would change. But if the system were corrected, they could stay and everything would be different. The banking system is the problem not the banking criminals, money-corrupted politicians, and brutal paramilitary police who protect the system. This European style system is old and took hold in America, which was meant to be different. To finance wars, it became easier to become indebted to the Old World system of instant debt with the printing of money.

The "Federal" Reserve is a private bank, and this is not in dispute. For every dollar printed, more than a dollar is instantly owed. It can never be repaid without going into further debt -- and this is by design. This is the trick. This ensures the enslavement of anyone who participates in the system. Learn more from watching the first Zeitgeist movie on the monetary system, or short videos on how banking and American capitalism work, or the Shock Doctrine to see how our form of capitalism has become disaster capitalism. View the headlines at DavidIcke.com/headlines for more daily news.

HOW TO OCCUPY THE GAP?
Free Forum with Terrence McNally (KPFK.org)
Because our political process and the government it delivers are owned and dominated by the wealthy and the biggest corporations, there is a gap, a disconnect -- of identification, of engagement, of influence, and of trust -- between the people and politics and between the people and government. In this election year, how can the Occupy/99% Movement best occupy that gap? The answer is important for the movement, the electoral process, and ultimately for the world. Source

Zeitgeist III: Moving Forward (film)

(EBSE) In 2011 "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" was released theatrically to sold out crowds in 60 countries, 31 languages, 295 cities, and 341 venues. It is the largest non-profit independent film release in history. It is a non-commercial work by Peter Joseph available online (with no restrictions for nonprofit viewing, uploading, downloading, posting, or linking). Join the movement, which is interested in moving into action.

A free DVD torrent of the full-length (2:42) film in 30 languages is also available through the main website with instructions on how to download and burn the movie to DVD for distribution along with earlier releases in the series.

Why Dr. Mate is Against the "War on Drugs"

Why are children so stressed and pressured today? Why does parenting seem so challenging? What is attachment and what does it have to do with parenting?

Dr. Gabor Mate, M.D. -- the star of the new "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" and author of Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, When the Body Says No, and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (a reference to Buddhist cosmology as understood through the prism of drug addiction) -- shatters the assumptions underlying America’s "war" on drugs. More>>

• Listen through the KFFK.org AUDIO ARCHIVES (2/22/11 1:00 pm Inner Vision show), streaming or downloading free for 90 days following the show.
• Gabor Maté Pacifica radio pledge premiums
• WORKSHOP (Friday, March 4, 8:30-4:00)
  When The Body Says No: Mind/Body Unity and the Stess/Disease Connection. Presented by AAMFT-Santa Barbara and the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, 524 Chapala St. Registration required, includes 6.5 CEUs.

"Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" (trailer)

From the makers of the earth shattering "Zeitgeist the Movie" and "Zeitgeist: Addendum" comes the follow up being premiered worldwide this weekend. Find date and locations. The Los Angeles premier will take place in San Pedro; see KPFK.org for details.

• zeitgeistmovie.com
• meetup.com/ZeitgeistLA

A New Holiday ("Festivus" for the Rest of Us)

"Seinfeld" a new X-mas without the commercial trappings (Chris Cane, cane.com)

• Bodhi Day: the Day of the Buddha's Enlightenment
• Satur[n]day: Pagan worship of aliens claiming to b from Saturn
• Saturn worship in India in own temples (like the Sun, Surya)
• David Icke theorizes Sun[day] worship is Saturn worship

Christian leaders, originally and now (video)

It's controversial for neither Buddhists nor Christians will like it. But the conclusion here is incorrect. Jesus could well be sitting at the right hand of a god (a brahma or even Maha Brahma) as a deva (a devaputra, "son of god"). He was "resurrected," in the sense we all are at death, by rebirth. He was likely reborn in that realm. He may have even "ascended" into that heaven (extraterrestrial world) by means of a craft or through psychic power. There is no reason to disregard Jesus. There is a need, however, to see St. Issa in real historical terms -- not in Church fantasies, fairy tales, and fictions created for a figurehead whose teachings are utterly disregarded while his name is worshipped. I'm a Buddhist, and I don't care if people are Christian. But I do care if they're hypocritical, like Church, Inc.'s "holy father" (and former member of the Hitler Youth) tacitly condoning gay prostitution but hardly condemning gay child molestation by priests. I wonder if priests can use condoms by the logic in the Pope's reasoning.

Pope: condoms can be justified in some cases
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that the use of condoms can be justified in some cases, such as for male prostitutes seeking to prevent the spread of HIV.

The pontiff makes the comments in a book-length interview with a German journalist, "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times." The Vatican newspaper ran excerpts of the book Saturday.

Church teaching has long opposed condoms since they're a form of artificial contraception. The Vatican has been harshly criticized for its position given the AIDS crisis.

Benedict said that for male prostitutes — for whom contraception isn't a central issue — condoms are not a moral solution. But he said they could be justified "in the intention of reducing the risk of infection."

Benedict drew unprecedented criticism from European governments, international organizations and scientists in March 2009 when he told reporters while flying to Africa that condoms would not resolve the AIDS problem there but, on the contrary, increase it. The statement was condemned by France, Germany and the U.N. agency charged with fighting AIDS as irresponsible and dangerous. More>>

Is our Boob-Tube to blame?

(ZeitgeistMovie.com) From the Final Edition of "Zeitgeist," a fictional news announcer from the movie "Network" famously goes over the edge and tells voyeuristic viewers the truth.

• Kill Your Television
  Quotes and articles on televi-sion and its effects on people (turnoffyourtv.com) - We're a Nation of Morons - TV's Hidden Agenda - TV Addiction - TV's Culture - How TV Fuels Class War - Bachelorette - Review - Breasts Bad, Guns Good

Pre-Christian Buddhist Christmas Stories

Editors (WQ) reaction to American Atheist magazine article

As popularized in the very important phenom Zeitgeist, many of the details surrounding Christ are in fact astronomically/astrologically important features found in many popular religions. The reasons for this are explained very well in the original movie (and for some reason, perhaps research trying to verifying them, left out of Zeitgeist: Addendum).



While the facts may be accurate with regard to other pre-Christian faiths, many are certainly not consistent with the life of the Buddha. The Buddha gave rise to Buddhism, which gave rise 200 years later to Mahayana Buddhism, which gave rise to many Christian ideas and ideals. Christ can very easily be interpreted as a bodhisattva (or Maitreya, the messiah Buddha), vowing to save the world. The similarities are too striking and Christ's years in India (Hemis Gompa, Ladakh) too well established to think them coincidences and overlapping religious beliefs.

As to the facts surrounding the details of the Buddha's life, here are the alleged claims followed by corrections:

Buddha (Siddartha Gautama) c. 563 BCE
(American Athiest magazine)

• Born on December 25?

No. Siddhartha, who became the Buddha at age 35, was born on approximately May 15 (technically on the full moon day of the lunar month Vesak).

• Born of the Virgin Maya (“the Queen of Heaven”).

No. His mother was an earthly queen named Maya, who was a pure person but not at all a "virgin" (either in the technical sense of being an "unmarried maiden" or in the popular sense of being sexually inexperienced).

• Announced by a star and attended by wise men presenting costly gifts.

No. There was no particular star to our knowledge and certainly no wise men bearing gifts. He was born in a garden grove named Lumbini somewhere in greater India, known then as Bharat, when India was much larger and encompassed Afghanistan and parts of the Near East. Dubious scholarship posits that Lumbini was in modern southern Nepal near the Indian border, while at least one scholar (RanajitPal.com) places Lumbini much farther west.

• At his birth Brahma angels sang hymns.

Sort of. Devas (not brahmas) rejoiced and are said to have shown signs of their delight knowing that this being reborn on earth was intending to strive for enlightenment and teach. Devas are unseen being -- earthbound fairies as well as celestials, approximating the meaning of "angels."

• Tempted by Mara, the Evil One, while fasting, but overcame the temptation, putting the Evil One to flight.

Yes. The Buddha very famously resisted the pull of habit, the personification of death, Mara. (The Pali word for death is marana). Nirvana is in a sense "deathlessness," removed from and transcending both birth and death. There are unseen beings, literally "killers," who would rather than no being escape Samsara, the cycle of birth and death. One being in particular corresponds very closely in some regards to the Christian devil. He is, however, far from all powerful. He is a mara ("killer") named Namuci ("the Non-liberator"). He takes it upon himself to thwart the good done or attempted by significant persons. He is confounded with Mara devaputra, a kind of celestial "Cupid" character. But for the most part, Buddhist scholars do not think of Mara as a literal personality in any sense other than a figurative or metaphorical one: Therefore, there are Mara's Daughters (Craving, Discontent, and Lust), Mara's hosts, and various failings and defilements (kilesas) regarded as the influence of Mara, and so on. (See The Buddha's Encounters with Mara the Tempter for an excellent overview).

• Taught in temple at age 12 and was able to match the wise religious scholars in their understanding.

No. No such episode is recorded according to our knowledge. Siddhartha grew up as a hedonist, keeping to the three luxurious palaces his father had built for him. He enjoyed a distracted, royal upbringing. And while he was very compassionate and popular, he did not display spiritual inclinations until the age of 29.

• He healed the sick; fed 500 from a small basket of cakes.

Not as such. The only sicknesses he healed were spiritual, emotional, and mental. Three remarkable healing episodes are recorded, wherein the Seven Factors of Enlightenment are brought to mind and recited, which then miraculously cures a painful ailment akin to cholera or dysentery. (See the Maha Kassapa Bojjhanga). He promoted hygeine, and on at least one occasion he rolled up his sleeves and helped clean and comfort a monk suffering from terrible sores (carbuncles or leprosy) imploring the other monks to help one another when sick. There is no feeding of the masses, although such a thing would certainly have been possible. During one period of famine, the monks had to travel a long way to collect alms. One of the Buddha's chief male disciples (Maha Moggallana) offers to use his supernormal powers to provide for them. The Buddha does not agree. And in the long run, the famine passes, and people live within normal natural laws and limitations.

• Walked on water.

No. In fact, quite the opposite happened. It is possible to walk on water. Any yogi adept or successful meditator (taking earth or solidity as the object of absorption) may develop this psychic ability. That is not remarkable. On one occasion, the Buddha and Ananda came to a swollen river. The Buddha asked Ananda to secure a ferry ride across. As the boatman was paddling them across, Ananda was looking around. To his amazement, he saw a yogi walking across on top of the water in a marvelous supernatural display. He exclaimed to the Buddha, "Why did we hire a boat when we could have done that instead?! The Buddha replied by asking, "Ananda, how much did this boat ride cost?" "Two cents," Ananda answered. "Well, there's the value of that then," the Buddha explained. While the Buddha did not display his psychic abilities for show, seeing great danger in doing so, he did on occasion employ them for other reasons. To cross a body of water when necessary, he (and not him alone but other disciples and adepts as well) was able to cross it in the time it would take "a strong man to flex a straigtht arm or straighten a flexed arm."

• Buddha's disciple wanted to hear his lord preach so he started to cross a stream – he doubted and started to sink but he built up his faith and continued to walk across the water.

Not that we know of, but a citation would put this and every other claim here to rest. Certainly such a thing is possible. An adept who wills, for example, water to be earth, that water will become solid for such a person or for whomever that person designates. The exact instructions for how to do this are detailed in the ancient Visuddhi Magga ("Path of Purification" by Ven. Buddhaghosa), a compendious Theravadin meditation manual and scholarly triumph.

• Came to fulfill the law and preached the establishment of a kingdom of righteousness.

Okay. That's a very flowery way of saying that the Buddha "turned the Wheel of the Dharma" (often translated as natural Law) and established it (a path to enlightenment and profitable rebirth destinations. Either India, Jambudvipa (the middle portion of the subcontinent corresponding somewhat to the Ganges), or the Buddhist world as a whole would then be this "kingdom"? That does not follow since righteousness exists where righteousness is practiced, under whatever banner or title in whatever location. A Buddhist area does not suddenly become a better area simply because people take on the name "Buddhist." Even if they do not, but conduct themselves better, any place becomes a better place. This is not limited to the Buddha's Dharma (the social obligations people choose to fulfill as distinct from the karma coming to fruit for them in terms of circumstances).

• He obliged followers to live in poverty and to renounce the world.

Not quite. These are the obligations one takes on as a monastic, and the vast majority of Buddhists are neither monastic nor impoverished. The sutras speak of many millionaires and royals and successful merchants who practice the Dharma. Those wishing to strive for enlightenment most directly do renounce the world or at least their attachment to it. Those who wish to remain attached and unliberated continue to do so. They gain success by giving (dana) -- which reduces their poverty, greed, selfishness, and clinging -- and by practicing virtue (sila) and meditation (bhavana).

• In his final years, Buddha was said to have 'crushed a serpent's head' and to have been transfigured on a mount...'

Some of these claims come to seem quite silly. Given that quotes are employed, it's baffling why citations are not. This "serpent" could be a naga. There is an episode recorded where the Naga Nandopananda is subdued, but not by the Buddha. Maha Moggallana transforms himself into the shape of a bigger naga and squeezes Nandopananda, who is described as assuming the form of a dragon. He is not crushed, just subdued. But "transfigured on a mount"? If transfiguring is utilizing the power of transforming oneself, and doing so on a mount refers to spending a lot of time on the peak of a hill in Ragjir...anything is possible. But the suggestion that these things are analogous to Christian events or myths is silly.

• It was Buddha, not Christ, who first said: 'If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.'

It's possible. For in fact the Buddha went much further in the "Parable of the Saw." This saying certainly accords with Buddhist principles, and Jesus borrowed a great deal from India (where he became an adept yogi), Mahayana Buddhism, and Buddhist lore in general. A citation or the exact quote settle the matter in an instant. "Victory breeds hatred, for the defeated live in pain. Happily live the peaceful, giving up victory and defeat" (Dhammapada 201).

Stocks surge: Money lost?

WQ Economics Bureau

How are we lied to, how are we misled? The popular media makes people regret not being greedy by spotlighting imaginary losses. The gains one would have had, could have had, should have had IF ONLY... It's a canard. The following is another example from the right wing media.

Stock surge burns some
The market's big rally is making many investors who dumped stocks regret their timing. Bought high, sold low

• 11 steps for a stronger portfolio
• Search: Does buy and hold work?

There will be no story when people are non-greedy and stay financially secure as a result. That would not profit the giants who pull the strings. False run-ups on the way down in a collapsing market is a classic way of milking investors, particularly the institutional variety. Easy profits are not the norm for the stock market -- unless one counts isolated blocks of time and 20/20 hindsight. Ask Warren Buffett about his massive losses or Alan Greenspan about his pending ignominy.

There has been a bubble forming in American finance for a long time. It was false inflation based on easy credit, consumerism, and debt. This is the lesson to learn from the current world financial crisis. No lesson learned means no end in sight. The first ZEITGEIST MOVIE explains why. But the "Federal" Reserve, the Treasury, and Wall Street is happy to keep us in the dark, to keep investors afraid, and to be bailed out by any administration in office. America, after all, has the best politicians money lobbyists can buy.

What is Money? Truth will surprise you

An excerpt from "Radical Truth: Knowledge & Revolution," the incredible new four-hour DVD of David Icke's Los Angeles presentation available at sacredmysterieslive.com.

Biggest Stock Market Drop in History

Nagas (Reptilians) vie with Asuras (Titans) for financial dominance (Image: Asian bill)

Stock Market down 777 points

WQ editorial

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It seems foreign leaders were right that Financial Armageddon is upon the U.S. economy. Congress has rejected an across the board bailout, and Wall Street suffered its biggest setback to date. The Mortgage Crisis is touching everyone that to the extreme greed (lobha) of a few and the general greed of the many. President Bush inherited a budget surplus and not only squandered it, using war and civil rights abuses as his banner, he ran up the nation's debt to its highest point ever. Now trillions of dollars in debt (money which needs to be serviced, i.e., interest paid on it to billionaires and foreign nations and transnational banking concerns).

Washington Mutual has gone in the wake of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (preceded by IndyMac) -- for a total of 11 major institutions failing. And today along with the DOW, which lost a record 777 points, Wachovia Bank has also failed. Subprime loan defaults are not at the root of all problems. Greed is. But the entire financial system, and perhaps the corporate capitalist mentality behind it (although it's verbotten to say so), is ultimately at fault.

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The nations of the world look on, seeing their own stock exchanges plunge. And at least one, Iran, has spoken truth to power. Because we as a nation hate Iran (and the Middle East in general), Americans have dismissed the warnings. But the American public is speaking up to representatives NOT to approve any kind of socialist-bailout. If we're capitalists, then the market must save itself through market principles or be allowed to fail.

Meanwhile, the nation remains in the morass of illegal wars (under the Bush Doctrine of preemptive attacks on non-aggressors artfully using revenge for 9/11 and Weapons of Mass Destruction as the pretext). And on the home front, civil rights and personal liberties are flying out of the window in the name of "homeland security."

Whether a new Depression is upon the nation or if "1984" is being ushered in under the guise of financial collapse and endless war, the Zeitgeist is worrisome and in need of a deep explanation. Watch Zeitgeist the Movie (http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/), which explains high finance and religious complicity (including popular Buddhism used by nation states to promote very non-Buddhist ideas) in the impending problem.

Or click: Zeitgeist the Movie: final edit (2008)

• Cheerful daily 20 min. roundup of financial news: Marketplace (American Public Radio)

Zeitgeist: on popular religion

ZEITGEIST: THE MOVIE -- watch the entire film free online: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/