Do gay FRAT crimes lead to Epstein Island?

(Law&Crime Network) Shirtless, blindfolded fraternity brothers exposed in hazing horror | On the Case with Jesse Weber

To get in this all men's club requires acts of the unspeakable: pledge allegiance to power elite

Real reason "TRANS" is exploding (video)

H. Joyce, Triggernometry, 6/16/23; GBN, 5/8/22; CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

(Muse) Is it all thought contagion, social contagion, or have so many young people always dreamed of being gay, gender non-conforming transsexual, crossdressing, transgender individuals with surgery scars to prove it?

The real reason trans is exploding

Trans: Ideology Meets Reality

(Triggernometry) Helen Joyce (thehelenjoyce.com) is the author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality and the director of advocacy for "Sex Matters," a campaign group on a mission to re-establish that sex matters in rules, laws, policies, language, and culture.

This is a clip of Joyce discussing the various pathways to transgenderism (and de-transitioning by people who regret surgery, hormone blockers, mastectomies, and irreversible physical harm by the medical field) for teenage girls, young men, and older men in 2023. 

"Sex is not assigned at birth": Author Helen Joyce speaks about her book Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality (GBNews) Watch on TV: Freeview 236, Sky 515, Virgin 626. #interview #gender #lgbt

Is Tucker a nancy or does he just like makeup?

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Sex and Natural Meditation: Beth Upton (video)

Beth Upton (bethupton.com), Guru Viking (guruviking.com); Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

Natural Meditation: Beth Upton

(Guru Viking, premiered Aug. 5, 2022) In this interview (Episode 161) Guru Viking is once again joined by [awakened] Beth Upton, meditation teacher, former Theravada Buddhist nun, and successful student of renowned Burmese meditation master Pa Auk Sayadaw.

She shares her emphasis on meditation with the natural rhythms of the body and reveals how she deals with students who experience low motivation, psychological challenges, and even psychosis as a result of meditation practice.

Beth Upton also discusses her own relationship difficulties after disrobing as a nun (sayalay), why she embarked on special communication trainings to address them, and explains why erotic feeling diminishes as one becomes more enlightened.

• guruviking.com/podcast/161-natural-meditation-beth-upton-2

Also available on YouTube, iTunes, and Spotify by searching "Guru Viking Podcast."

Topics include

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:43 - Beth Upton’s Sanditthika Meditation Community in Spain
• 04:16 - Different modes of community
• 07:36 - Meditation with one’s natural rhythm
• 10:45 - The structured schedule at Pa Auk monastery
• 12:04 - Resting for the first few days of retreat
• 14:35 - Working with low motivation to practice
• 17:30 - Facing challenging mental and emotional states during retreat
• 19:47 - Psychosis on retreat
• 21:34 - Common teacher mistakes when dealing with emotional states and psychosis
• 23:12 - Fear of litigation and criticism
• 27:14 - Scandal, transparency, and patriarchal models
• 31:57 - Living in harmony with nature
• 33:12 - Relationships after leaving monasticism
• 40:12 - Does enlightenment eliminate erotic function?
• 41:58 - Being in a relationship with an enlightened person
• 43:49 - Tantric and kundalini practices
• 47:05 - The value of relational and communication practices
• 48:14 - Meditation isn’t enough to heal relational patterns
• 52:04 - Upton’s training in relational practices
• 53:20 - Truth in relationship
• 55:32 - Balancing retreat practice and practice in life
• 58:51 - Off-cushion meditation toolkit
• 01:01:09 - Upton’s personal practice rhythm
• 01:03:48 - Sense restrain is a gift to oneself
• 01:06:00 - The consequences of indulgence…

Previous episode with Beth Upton: Episode 138: Trained as a Nun - Beth Upton — Guru Viking
To find out more about Beth Upton, visit: bethupton.com
Intentional Meditation Community in Spain sanditthika.org
For more interviews, videos, and more visit: guruviking.com
Music "Deva Dasi" by Steve James

White NY police kill Black Daniel Prude (video)

Joseph Morris; CTV News, Sept. 3, 2020; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Police finally release footage of Daniel Prude's arrest

We can't breathe, just like George Floyd.

Daniel Prude full video: Black Rochester man tortured and suffocated by New York police, body cam footage reveals

(Joseph Morris, Sept. 3, 2020) For full video see joseph-morris.com/daniel-prude-black-man-suffocated-new-york-police-2020.

All I did was murder a [n-word]! - Ofc. Chauvin

Demonstrations and protests erupt in Upstate New York over video showing Black man Daniel Prude, 41, being suffocated to death before George Floyd was murdered in a similar manner in March.

Why do many citizens say "F the police"?

Killer cops violently strapped on a "spit hood" that agitated Mr. Prude. So they pressed his face down until he stopped breathing, much the same way racist police murdered Floyd. Morris is not allowed to show the full graphic video on YouTube because of "community guidelines," and to avoid making police look bad. But see the whole thing at his blog. Stay up-to-date with stories like these, and be sure to hit the like button and subscribe.

Mr. Daniel Prude was made brain dead during the incident and later died (March 30) in the hospital, never having recovered. He was eventually taken off life support seven days after his police encounter. Mr. Prude's brother phoned for help on March 23 at 3:00 am, after Daniel left his house in Rochester, New York in the snow, wearing nothing but underwear.

National and international demonstrations after Minn. police murder George Floyd (wiki).

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He was behaving erratically, stripping his clothes off as he walked through the streets and -- according to police, who are likely lying to bolster their defense -- smashing windows. Four officers responded. They ordered the mentally deranged Prude to get on the ground, which he did, and they handcuffed him then killed him.

Prude yelled that he had COVID-19, so they put a "spit hood" over his head then laughed while he yelled profanities at them. When he tried to get to his feet, three killers dogpiled on him on the cold and wet pavement.

After three minutes of pinning him down [to ensure he was lifeless?], they noticed bodily fluid flowing out of his mouth. And they also noticed he was unconscious [rather than dead], so they took him to the hospital. But he never woke up and was taken off life support three days later, all of which amounts to HOMICIDE.

Indeed, the medical examiner ruled their actions a homicide, on account of complications caused from asphyxia (suffocation) from police "restraint" (torture), as well as PCP intoxication. The four killers remain on the force, and it's unclear if they are in the field or on cushy desk duty.

Comment on the police killing of Daniel Prude? Sound off in the comments below.

Black man somehow dies at hands of police


(CTV News) GRAPHIC: Peaceful demonstrators are demanding justice in the police killing of Daniel Prude after body cam footage of his arrest is released. #uspoli

Trump has "total" power, says Trump (video)

The Guardian, Daily White House PR Briefing; Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

(Fox 10) T silences a "female reporter" who dares to question his authority.

Will Trump also be getting his own sneaker line?

Hitler (and Balsonaro, Than Shwe, Duterte, etc.) would be proud. Pres. Trump asserts ultimate authority, total power, for he is a monarch with autocratic rule able to boss around the governors of individual states at his will and whim. His defense is "the federal government has the power."' And the president is the leader of the federal government, so he has total power.

Pres. Obama was a nice charismatic trickster.

And "we'll write papers about this so we don't even have to talk about it." Ha ha ha, he does have the power he claims IF no one challenges him about it. He will shut down the country, and He alone will open it when he wants, and nobody else can -- is his point. His power is absolute, like a showrunner/dictator in a reality show.

Valentine's Day: Cupid is the devil Mara (sutra)

John D. Ireland (accesstoinsight.org), Padhana Sutra: "The Great Struggle" (Sn 3.2); PRI; Cozmo El; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Crystal Quintero (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Dharma Meditation Initiative - Pasa Dharma - Punx - Disclosure Project - MARC UCLA

 

Cupid (Kama-deva) is a "devil"

The Buddha remembered: "When, near the Nerañjara river, I exerted myself in meditation for attaining to security from bondage (yogakkhema, a name for nirvana), there came speaking words of compassion Namuci*:

• *"He who does not let go [his hold over beings easily]" is a name for Mara, the Tempter, the Killer, the Evil One, the Dark One.

"'You are emaciated and ill-looking, near to death! A thousand parts of you belong to death, and only a fraction of you is alive. Live, good sir! It is better to live! Living you may perform many meritorious deeds (good karma).

The "real" St. Valentine was no patron of love (The Conversation, Feb. 14, 2018)

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What's better than being bad?

"From practicing celibacy and tending the sacrificial fire much merit is made. But what is obtained from striving [in meditation]? It is difficult to enter the path of exertion, it is difficult to do, difficult to maintain.'"
 
Mara spoke these words while standing in the presence of the Buddha, the "Awakened One." To Mara speaking in this way, the Buddha replied:
 
"You who are a friend of the negligent, O Evil One. For what reason have you come here? Those who still have use for merit [because they are not yet enlightened and liberated], Mara may consider worthwhile addressing.

"I have confidence and energy and wisdom. Being thus bent on striving, why do you ask me to live? This wind will wither the currents of the rivers; why should not my exertion dry up even the blood? When the blood dries up, the bile and phlegm wither.

"Lust" (Raquel Welch) in 1967's Bedazzled

"On the wasting away of the flesh, my mind becomes more and more serene. And my mindfulness, wisdom, and concentration are established more firmly.

"In me, who abides enduring such an extreme experience, the mind does not long for sensual pleasures. Behold the purity of a being!"

Who/what in the hell is Cupid?

Hey, STFU. I'm the Greek god Eros anew

CUPID comes from its verb cupere (Latin "to desire"). Three derived nouns have been passed down into English with minimal modification: Cupiditas meant "yearning" and "desire," which English borrowed as "cupidity," which originally in the 15th century was synonymous with "LUST." (Another meaning of "cupidity," now archaic, is "greed").

Latin cupido started out as a near-synonym of cupiditas, but it came to stand for the specific personification of carnal desire, the counterpart of Greek Eros (the erotic "god"); this is the source of our familiar and rather domesticated (Roman god) Cupid. A strengthened form of cupere (concupiscere, meaning "to desire ardently) yielded the noun concupiscentia in the Late Latin of the Christian church.

I'm not impressed. Get it out of my face!

English concupiscence, which means "sexual desire," comes from this form. Cupidity's origin and etymology is therefore from the Latin cupiditat-, cupiditas — more at covet, which led to Middle English cupidite and Anglo-French cupidité. (Derived from Merriam-Webster.com).

• A Buddhist View of Romantic Love: Nothing Higher to Live For If ROMANTIC LOVE is the highest thing to live for, this is a hopeless universe because...Cupid's arrows not only thrill us but make us bleed. "Man Kills Estranged Lover Then Self"! "Wife Stabs Husband in Domestic Quarrel"! "Love Triangle Leads to Shooting"! -- scream the headlines...
• The Buddha's Encounters with Mara the Tempter In the typical style of this Indian Cupid, the first weapons used are the five flower-arrows. When they fail Måra thinks: “He is not worthy of my flower-shaft, nor my arrow 'gladdener,' nor the sending of my daughter Rati (to tempt him); he deserves alarms, rebukes, and blows from these gathered armies of demons.

Mara's Armies

Lord Shiva Turns Cupid/Kama-Deva to Ashes (Madan Bhasma/metmuseum.org)

1. "Sensual desire is your first army
2. the second is called discontent
3. the third is hunger-and-thirst
4. the fourth craving
5. the fifth sluggishness-and-laziness
6. the sixth fear
7. the seventh indecision
8. and the eighth stubbornness and disparagement of others: gain, fame, honor, unmerited prestige (wrongly acquired), praise of oneself, and despising others.

"These, Namuci, are your armies, the striking forces of the Dark One.*

• Kanha, the "Dark One" (Sanskrit, Krishna), is another name for Mara. He is India's version of Cupid (Kamadeva) and personifies sensual passions. He carries a lute (vina), mentioned at the close, with which he captivates beings by his playing. His other equipment includes a bow, arrows, a noose, and a hook.

"A lazy, cowardly person cannot overcome them. But by conquering them one gains bliss. I wear muñja-grass*!

• *Indian warriors used to wear a tuft of a certain variety of grass called muñja on their head or headgear, to indicate that they were prepared to die in battle and determined not to retreat.

Representations of the Buddha Gautama

"Shame on life here in this world! It is better for me to die in battle than to live defeated.

"Some wandering ascetics and Brahmins are not seen (exerting themselves) here, so immersed are they (in sensual worldliness). They are unaware of the path those of perfect conduct walk.

"Seeing the surrounding army ready and Mara mounted (on his elephant), I am going out to fight so that he may not move me from my position.

Under the Buddha's bodhi tree, India

"This army of yours, which the world together with the devas is unable to subdue, that I will destroy with wisdom, [shatter] like an unbaked clay-bowl with a stone.

"Having mastered the mind and firmly established mindfulness, I shall wander from country to country guiding many disciples.

"And these disciples will be diligent and energetic in practicing this teaching, the teaching of one free of sensual craving. And they will reach where, having reached, one no more grieves."
 

Who's as beautiful as Barbie? Valeri-Devi

Mara responded: "For seven years I followed the Blessed One step by step but did not find an opportunity to defeat that mindful Awakened One.

"A crow flew around a stone the [whitish] color of fat thinking: 'Can we find here something tender? May it be something to eat?'
 
"Not finding anything edible the crow left that place. As with the crow and the stone, we leave Gotama [the Buddha], having approached and become disheartened."

• *Māra Devaputra is the deva of the highest world in the Sensual Sphere (Kama Loka), who considers himself the God of this sphere (which includes the human plane that is in no way limited to earth) tries to prevent the Buddha from finding the escape that is liberation from the otherwise endless cycle of rebirth during his struggle for enlightenment.

• Valentine's Day Quiz (merriam-webster.com)
  
• MARA: A Chamber Opera on Good and Evil
• What is "right effort" (samma padhana or vayamo)?
• Vangisa: A Early Buddhist Poet (John D. Ireland)
  

SUTRA: Mara (Cupid) must be crazy!

John D. Ireland (trans.), "The Great Struggle" (Padhana Sutra) edited by Wisdom Quarterly

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SUTRA: Mara must be crazy

He's very harmful, but Cupid's so cute!

[The Buddha:] "Near the river Nerañjara, when I exerted myself in meditation to attain security from bondage [1: yogakkhema = nirvana], Namuci [2: Mara] came speaking words of compassion:

• [2: Namuci is another name for Mara that means "One who does not let go" (his hold over beings easily).]

"'You are emaciated and ill-looking; you are near death! Whereas a thousand parts of you belong to death, only a fraction of you is alive.

Why should I exert (padhana) myself?

"'Live, venerable sir! It is better to live! Living you may perform many meritorious deeds. From practicing celibacy and tending the [ritual, ceremonial] sacrificial fire, much merit is made.

"'But what is to be obtained by striving? It is difficult to enter the path of exertion [effort, padhana]. It is difficult to do and difficult to maintain.'"

Mara in Ancient Rome is Cupid.

Mara spoke these words while standing in the presence of the Awakened One. To Mara speaking in this way, the Enlightened One replied:

"Friend of the negligent, O Evil One, for what reason have you come here? Those who still have need for merit, Mara may consider it worthwhile addressing them. I have confidence (saddha) and energy (padhana) and wisdom.

"Being thus bent on striving [toward the supreme goal of full enlightenment and complete liberation], why do you ask me to live [on wandering in samsara]?

Five topless women in a tub with Mara at the window behind them (express.co.uk)

 

Mara's seductive daughters try to entice

"This wind [vayo, which makes movement possible] would wither even rivers, so why shouldn't my exertion dry up blood? When the blood dries up, [the humours] bile and phlegm wither.

"On the wasting away of the flesh [the basis of sensuality], the mind becomes more and more serene. And mindfulness, wisdom, and concentration (samadhi) are firmly established. In me, who abides enduring such an extreme experience, the mind does not long for sensual pleasures. See the purification of a living being!

• [Analyzing the body into the Four Elements (dhatus) temporarily frees one from sensual craving for it. There are specific sets of practices on how to practice this analysis set out in The Path of Purification, a famous commentarial work by Buddhaghosa.]

Mara's Armies

The wandering ascetic Siddhartha kept meditating as Mara attacked in waves.

"Sensual Desire is your first army, the second is Discontent, the third Hunger-Thirst, the fourth Craving, the fifth Sluggishness-Laziness, the sixth Fear, the seventh Indecision, and the eighth Disparagement of Others and Stubbornness: gain, fame, honor, prestige wrongly acquired and whoever praises oneself and despises others -- these, Namuci, are your armies, the strike forces of the Dark One [3].

• [3: Kanha, the "Dark One" (Sanskrit Krishna), is another name for Mara. He is Ancient Indian lore's Cupid (Kamadeva) and personifies sensual passions. He carries a lute (vina), mentioned at the close, which he plays to captivate beings. His other equipment includes a bow, arrows, a noose, and a hook.

A lazy and cowardly [unenergetic and fearful] person cannot overcome them, but by conquering them one gains bliss.
 
"I wear muñja-grass! [4] Shame on life here in this world! It is better for me to die in battle than to live defeated. Some recluses and brahmanas are not seen (exerting themselves) here, so immersed are they (in worldliness). They are not aware of that path by which those of perfect conduct walk.

• [4: Indian warriors used to wear a tuft of this grass, called muñja, on their head or headgear to indicate that they were prepared even to die in battle and determined not to retreat whatever might happen.]

Cupid (at left) in Indian lore is Kamadeva.

"Seeing the surrounding army ready and Mara mounted (on a militarized elephant), I am going out to fight so that he may not move me from my position. This army of yours, which the world together with its devas is unable to subdue, that I will conquer with wisdom, like an unfired clay-bowl with a stone.

"Having mastered the mind and firmly established mindfulness (sati), I shall wander from country to country guiding many disciples [to freedom]. And they will be diligent and energetic in practicing this teaching, the teaching of one free of sensual craving, and they will go where, having gone, one no longer grieves."

Mara in Ancient Greece is Eros.

Mara: "For seven years I followed the Venerable One step by step but did not find an opportunity to defeat that mindful Awakened One. A crow flew around a stone having the color of fat: 'Can we find even here something tender? May it be something to eat?'

"Not finding anything edible the crow left that place. As with the crow and the stone, we leave Gotama [Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha], having approached and become disheartened."
 
Overcome by sorrow his lute fell from his arm and thereupon the unhappy spirit disappeared from that place.

• Low sex drive? Mara says eat this fruit to increase libido

Wait, is Mara real?

Interested in my daughters, Sid?

Māra (literally, "the killer") is the Buddhist Tempter-figure. He is often called "Māra the Evil One" (pāpimā māro) or Namuci (lit., "the non-liberator," i.e., the opponent of liberation).

Mara appears in the texts both as a real person (a deity called Mara Devaputra) and as personification of harm and passions, of the totality of worldly existence, and of death.

Later exclusively Buddhist Pāli language literature often speaks of a "Fivefold Māra" (pañca-māra):

1. the deity Mara (devaputta-māra)
2. the defilements as Mara (kilesa-mara)
3. the aggregates as Mara (khandha-mara)
4. the karma-formations as Mara (karma-mara)
5. Māra as death (maccu-mara).

These daughters do not interest me.

As a real person, Mara is regarded as the deity (deva) ruling over the highest heaven of the Sensual Sphere (kāmāvacara), that of the paranimmita vasavatti-devas, the "deities wielding power over the creations of others" (Commentary to MN 1).

According to tradition, when the Bodhisatta (Buddha-to-be) was seated under the bodhi-tree, Māra tried in vain to obstruct his attainment of enlightenment, first by frightening him with demons and so on then with his Three Daughters' allurements.

This episode is called "Māra's War" (māra-yuddha). For seven years Mara followed the Buddha, looking for any weakness in him, that is, six years before the enlightenment and one year after it (Sn. v. 446).

He also tried to induce the Buddha to pass away into final nirvana without teaching the Dharma and also when the time for the Buddha's final nirvana actually came, he urged him on. But the Buddha acted on his own insight in both cases. See DN 16. For (3) Mara as the aggregates, see S. XXIII, 1, 11, 12, 23.

(Strange Things) Anunnaki in Antarctica: realizing alien invasion on Earth

Mindful Sexuality, Erotic Intelligence

Deborah Tull (againstthestream.org); CC Liu, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly

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We often leave our sexuality at the door when we enter a meditation retreat. Likewise we often leave mindfulness out of our sex life, creating an unnecessary division.

This retreat is an invitation to go beyond that duality and participate in a deep and vital exploration of the divide between sex and spirit, in ourselves and in the world-at-large.

This retreat will be held in the context of silence and will include meditation, writing, mindful inquiry, a Dharma talk, and facilitated group-discussion.

A safe space will be held for bringing compassionate awareness to our sex lives and for affirming erotic intelligence.

The retreat is open to people of every gender, sexual orientation, and relationship status.

You, too, can get lucky: play lotto.

COST: Sliding Scale: $35-$75, plus an offering of dana for the teacher. Please pay at the highest level you are able to afford to support Against the Stream programs and pay it forward for those who have less.
 

Scholarships and work-study are available. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

$100+ Monthly Supporters attend at no cost. You, too, can RSVP as a monthly supporter.

• "Mindful Sexuality and Erotic Intelligence"
• A Daylong Retreat with Deborah Eden Tull
• Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
• Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society
• 1001a Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA (parking nearby) More

Who is Deborah Eden Tull?

Deborah Eden Tull

Deborah Eden Tull is founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of our lives. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness (vipassana) teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability consultant. She spent seven years as a Buddhist nun at a silent monastery and teaches "Engaged Dharma" practice nationally. See more at deborahedentull.com.

Ask a Monk: PORN and masturbation? (video)

Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly; Ven. Yuttadhammo; Alltime10s

The porn industry gets our motor revving and our gag reflex going with gruesome tales of "hypno-incest," rampant chlamydia among actors, plastic surgeries gone awry. Alltime10s exposes the shocking truth. Music: "Black n Blue" by Barrie Gledden/Steve Dymond/David Hoyle.

"What about porn and masturbation?"

I'm, uh, I'm just asking for a friend.

"Hello, [Ven.] Yuttadhammo.

"My question is this. Through meditation, could I learn to control my mind in a way that would enable me to destroy an addiction or addictive tendencies? I'm addicted to pornography and masturbation. It's ruining my life; can you help?"