John Wayne’s 350 lb. bodyguard attacked Bruce Lee — then watched him get crushed
(AI Bruce Lee Diaries) Backstage at a Hollywood soundstage in 1972, Bruce Lee arrived for a quiet studio meeting. What he didn’t expect was a challenge from a massive former Marine — the personal bodyguard of John Wayne.
The man believed real combat training made movie martial arts useless. Fifteen minutes later, only a handful of crew members would witness what really happened.
In this true behind-the-scenes story, discover how Bruce Lee — the star audiences knew from The Green Hornet — was openly mocked and tested in front of Wayne himself.
The 350-pound bodyguard thought size, strength, and Western military experience guaranteed him victory. What Bruce did next shocked everyone in the room — including "The [Grand] Duke."
This isn’t just another Bruce Lee legend. It’s the moment when raw Western power collided with a real Eastern understanding of movement, timing, and control — and when one of Hollywood’s toughest men learned that fighting isn’t about who’s bigger, it’s about who understands more.
For decades, this quiet backstage confrontation between Bruce Lee and John Wayne’s bodyguard stayed out of the spotlight. Now, the full story of how a 350-pound former Marine was taken down — twice — can finally be told.
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(Michael Taft Nondual Meditation) June 12, 2020: Jhanas (lit. "meditations") are special states of deep absorption that make a wonderful setup for doing awakening practices.
There is no way to happiness because happiness is the way
In this video, meditation teacher Michael Taft describes what jhanas are and clarifies the basic steps for getting into the first jhana.
Jhanas are meant to be enjoyable, and it's very important not to approach jhana in a mood of grasping, tightness, or struggle. Don't try too hard!
How to
Instead, approach jhana in a mood of pleasure, joy, gratitude, kindness, and openness.
Learning to do jhana is an excellent way to supercharge your vipassana (insight) practice, or to stabilize the mind for nondual (advaita) awareness practices.
00:03 - Introduction
1:24 - The Setup for Jhana (getting focused, and allowing piti to arise)
9:16 - Entering the First Jhana (moving attention to the piti, then resting until unification occurs)
12:39 - Three Things that Can Happen Next (including going into the second jhana)
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A fully evolved script, Rongo Rongo tablets - How old is Easter Island civilization? 3,000 years+
Exploring Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
(Funny Olde World) Premiered Sept. 23, 2024: Hey, Hunters, let's dive into the origin myths of the Moai (those giant head above/bodies below ground stone monoliths on Easter Island and the DNA evidence of cross cultural mixing with Natives from the Americas in the ancient past.
Myth research and references: earthstoriez.com/myths-legend... has an extensive source list at the bottom. Huge shout out to adeptexpeditions.com for running such an awesome tour of the Island. Enjoy! JJ xx. #rapanui #easterisland #ancienthistory
The secret of Tibetan Buddhist monastics' rainbow transformation
(China Insights) Where does a human life ultimately go? [It is like asking where a flame goes when it goes out. Where does it go? The question is nonsensical even though we would like to think it must go somewhere and where that place could be, it does not travel somewhere but just goes out then and there.]
A remarkable answer is given in the unique region of [a giant country called] Tibet [which is a quarter the size of the country that took it over, which was the communist regime] in China.
The rainbow [body] transformation of a Tibetan lama or ani (monk or nun) at the time of passing is a unique phenomenon that attracts people to search for the essence of life.
This Rainbow Transformation refers to the practice of esoteric Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, in which the body of a meditator who has attained nirvanasamadhi can instantly transform into a rainbow of light and disappear [a display of siddhis].
It is a strange and colorful sight. Rather than a legend, it is a miraculous sight that many people have witnessed.
In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party seized power in mainland China. After invading Tibet, as in other parts of China, the Communist Party tried to promote atheism [because "religion is the opium of the masses" and wanted that energy directed to the benefit of the state not individual spirituality or the unseen beings and godlings] among the Tibetan people. But the party was unsuccessful.
The people living in Tibet are almost universally Buddhists, and their strong belief in the Buddha and his teachings [Dharma] comes from the culture and one's enlightenment and witness of miracles in the course of their confidence in the validity of Buddhist teachings.
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China Insights, June 17, 2021; CC Liu, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
(SLICE) TIBET, Himalayas, the Rooftop of the World. The Buddhist nun Ani Rigsang has chosen a nomadic lifestyle in the Land of White Clouds.
Feminine power is divine
On the occasion of International Women's Day, SLICE wanted to portray the quest of a very special and courageous woman, who decided to leave everything behind -- her safe life as a nun in a convent in the city of the capital Lhasa -- to pursue her dream to find a hidden convent on sacred ground [with energy vortices] in Eastern Tibet where they still practice an ancient teaching called the “Yoga of Magic Heat.”
With breathtaking shots, director Hamid Sardar accompanies Ven. Rigsang as she makes her way through Tibet (overtaken by communist China), from snowy mountains to green valleys, from Buddhist monastery to Buddhist monastery.
This is a short extract from the documentary “Tibet, the Path to Wisdom”
directed by Hamid Sardar. Produced by DreamCatcherMotionProductions, les gens bien productions, France Télévisions & Ushuaïa TV.
The nuns of Gebchak Abbey
Rainbow Body in Gebchak Nunnery (Guru Rinpoche Bumo, Jan. 14, 2024) Homage to the accomplished yoginīs of Gebchak Abbey in Eastern Tibet. Nuns give advice on obtaining the rainbow body through the practices of tummö (inner heat generation) and trekchö ("cutting through").
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Ani Rigsang, Hamid Sardar, SLICE, March 8, 2022; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Shakyamuni Buddha? Maitreya Buddha? Padmasambhava Rinpoche? Or Tonpo Shenrab Miwo?
BON or Bön (Tibetan བོན་, Wylie bon, ZYPY Pön, Lhasa dialect [pʰø̃̀]), also known as Yungdrung or "Eternal" Bon (Tibetan གཡུང་དྲུང་བོན་, Wylie gyung drung bon, ZYPY Yungchung Pön), is the indigenousTibetan religion that shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism [1].
It initially developed in the tenth and eleventh centuries [2] but retains elements from earlier pre-Buddhist Tibetan religious traditions [3, 4]. Bon today is a significant minority religion in Tibet, especially in the east, as well as in the surrounding Himalayan regions [1, 4].
The relationship between [shamanic] Bon and Tibetan Buddhism has been a subject of debate. According to the modern scholar Geoffrey Samuel, while Bon is "essentially a variant of Tibetan Buddhism" with many resemblances to Nyingma, it also preserves some genuinely ancient pre-Buddhist elements [1].
David Snellgrove likewise sees Bon as a form of Buddhism, albeit a heterodox kind [5]. Similarly, John Powers writes that "historical evidence indicates that Bön only developed as a self-conscious religious system under the influence of Buddhism" [6].
[Shamanism, like daily practices in the life of many old cultures, would not have been conceived by laypeople as a systematic "religion." That would be a foreign concept. Superstitions, old-time beliefs, as in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, European paganism and Wicca, the ancient Americas, and pre-Buddhist India before Sri Shankara organized the many diverse belief systems practiced into an "-ism" of the Indus River region, Indus-ism, reaching back to the ancient Vedas as the basis of every kind of belief, and what goes by the general name of "shamanism" in most of the world was never thought of a "religious" identity by people believing or engaging with the world until it came up against a missionary, state, or imperial religion and was forced to see itself as such. So what Powers is saying of Bon would go for many if not all indigenous lifestyles and assumptions about life, or what we are now comfortable to refer to as spiritual practices.]
Followers of Bon, known as "Bonpos" (Wylie bon po), believe that the religion originated in a kingdom called Zhangzhung, located around [holy non-mountain] Mount Kailash in the Himalayas [7].
Bonpos hold that Bon was first brought to Zhangzhung then to Tibet [8]. Bonpos identify the Buddha [here using the term "Buddha" in the Hindu and Mahayana sense of bodhisattva or primordial "god," deva, or brahma rather than in the historical or Early Buddhist sense of "supremely awakened teacher," Pali sammasambuddha] Shenrab Miwo (Wylie gshen rab mi bo), who is reputed to have lived 18,000 years ago, as Bon's founder, although no available sources establish this figure's historicity [9]. More
(Asangoham) A story of a Tibetan Buddhist monk (lama) realizing the rainbow body is typical of the phenomenon.
For many, particularly in the Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, the attainment of the rainbow body is real and beyond any doubt.
Many thousands claim to have been firsthand witnesses to the phenomenon.
What exactly is the rainbow body?
Can anyone achieve it?
Simply put, the rainbow body is a mystical transformation wherein the physical body (stula sharira) dissolves into what is known as a light body (the layers subtler than the material, the sukhma sharira).
This represents the pinnacle of [Tibetan Vajrayana] spiritual evolution and is often [mistakenly] equated with enlightenment.
Those who attain the rainbow body are believed to have not only transcended the usual cycle of death and reincarnation (samsara), but to be reborn (which would not happen if they had made an end of samsara) into a higher dimension of existence [in a brahma or deva world].
To many this phenomenon may seem occult, esoteric, obscure, mysterious, or even unheard of; however, it has been recorded in a number of spiritual traditions -- not only in Bon influenced Tibetan Buddhism.
In fact, there are some Christian scholars, such as Father Francis V. Tiso, who argue that Christ’s ascension may have been a case of Jesus attaining the rainbow body.
This video first looks at the phenomenon of the rainbow body as it is understood in Tibetan Buddhism and its first appearance in the religion that predates Tibetan Vajrayana, which is a form of Himalayan shamanism called Bön.
Script: Matt Mackane. Editing: Harsh. Voiceover: Matt Mackane. Music: Original music and Epidemic music.
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The 82-year-old crank, seen here last month, addressed 250 supporters during town hall meeting on Friday afternoon about what he believes to be the biggest problems in America. No one cared.
I'm unburdened by what has been, and you have been, Bernie, you has-been! STFU.
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*Click, POW!* - I'll kill you, you SOB old man!
Bernie Sanders has issued a stark warning to Democratic nominee hopeful Kamala Harris that she needs to battle economic inequality or face losing the election.
The 82-year-old Independent addressed 250 supporters during a town hall meeting on Friday afternoon about what he believes to be the biggest problems in America.
Listen to me, Camel La! I know better!!
After an audience member at the event chimed in that the biggest problem was economic inequality, he spoke at length about its far-reaching implications.
He told the crowd:
"Discrepancies between rich and poor, income and wealth inequality...I happen to tend to agree."
I'm an angry capitalist and rich.
Speaking with The Boston Globe after delivering the remarks, Sanders said: "[Kamala] needs to have an agenda that speaks to the crisis facing working families all over this country."
Sanders said that Harris had to have an agenda that speaks to working families facing economic inequality.
STH up, Bernie. Let the Black girl do her thing.
Sanders added: "I think the Democrats are going to have to be very, very clear as to what ideas they have in the midst of massive income and wealth inequality.
Prof. Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Host Derek Lambert (MythVision), Nov. 29, 2023; Sheldon S., Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
This is the God, the tribal god of the Jews. Worship Him or die by the Judeo-Christian sword.
The REAL God of the Bible | The most accurate Bible documentary you'll ever see
(MythVision Podcast) In this enlightening documentary, we embark on a journey through time to uncover the hidden history of Yahweh (YHWH), the "God of the Bible," as perceived by his ancient worshippers.
This exploration is rooted in the groundbreaking research of Exeter University Prof.Francesca Stavrakopoulou, as presented in her seminal work God: An Anatomy.
Delving deeply into the ancient Near Eastern context, let's reveal a startling reality: Yahweh, once part of a larger divine family, was not always the solitary figure we are told about today.
Explore the fascinating yet lesser-known aspects of Yahweh's identity: his relationship with his father, El, his consort, Asherah, and his position within a broader pantheon of deities.
This documentary challenges conventional modern views, shedding light on the transformation of Yahweh from a member of a divine assembly to the sole "omnipotent deity" of later monotheistic traditions.
Prepare to be astonished as we unravel the intricate tapestry of ancient beliefs, rituals, and theological evolutions.
This is a must-watch for those seeking to understand the Bible and the complex origins and evolution of one of the world's most influential deities, thought by fundamentalist Christians to be the only deity.
Whether a Bible reader, scholar, student of history, or simply curious, this documentary promises to be a revelatory and thought-provoking experience, opening eyes to a dimension of biblical history seldom discussed in mainstream discourse.
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Standing Stones · Jeremy Soule
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Original Game Soundtrack
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Released on: 2013-01-31
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