What's worse, Satan or Heartbreak?

(Black Sabbath) "Black Sabbath," live in Paris in 1970, which starts at Minute 2:15

18 fascinating facts about Nina Persson

Long, long ago, there was this cool Swedish band that used to do covers, as most new bands are wont to do. Like nearly everyone else, they covered Black Sabbath standards. They are so catchy, easy, and powerful, that it's a good way to get a rock 'n roll career going. But the band was The Cardigans with an ice princess for a singer, one with a saccharine voice and looks. Some member, possibly the drummer, said, "I know! Let's cover the most iconic and evil Black Sabbath song, a song so evil they named themselves after it!"

"But how can we make it MORE evil?" someone asked. "I know, someone else must've said, 'Well turn it into a love song, maybe throw in some domestic abuse.'" "Yeah!" or "Whatever," the others must've said. (What's worse, the Devil or being trapped in an abusive romantic relationship with a jerk partner?)

And so "Heartbreaker" was born. Now, no Cardigans fan knows it's "Black Sabbath," and no Sabbath fans know who the F The Cardigans are, but evil is evil, and a rock 'n roll classic is a classic for a reason (or it may have something to do with the Devil's note, the tritone).

Now, in Christianity, "Satan" is the source of all evil, all harm, all bad things. He's like the counterpart to a jerk allegedly all-powerful God who is all "good." But satan really means the "adversary," any adversary, as in divorce court.

"Heartbreaker"

LYRICS: "Heartbreaker"

Lovefool Nina Persson, The Cardigans front

[Verse 1] No, not again/ Oh, what a man/ Just who I thought that I wanted to have/ Oh, don't do that/ Don't use that bat/ That's all it takes to make me falling flat/ [Pre-Chorus 1] No, not again/ A loser I am// [CHORUS] I love you tonight/ You are my knight/ Cure and assure and make me feel alright/ Tomorrow you'll find/ I'm not around/ But don't be uptight 'cause I loved you last night// [Verse 2] Vacant and free/ Yeah, that is me/ Just tell me how and I'll please you for free/ Tell me I'm good/ I know I'm bad/ Lies make me feel fine although it is sad/ [Pre-Chorus 2] No, not again/ Not one more man// [CHORUS] I love you tonight/ You are my knight/ Cure and assure and make me feel alright/ Tomorrow you'll find/ I'm not around/ But don't be uptight 'cause I loved you last night/ Right?

LYRICS: "Black Sabbath"

Madman Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath front

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] What is this that stands before me?/ Figure in black which points at me/ Turn 'round quick and start to run/ Find out I'm the chosen one/ Oh, no/ [Verse 2] Big black shape with eyes of fire/ Tellin' people their desire/ Satan's sittin' there, he's smilin'/ Watches those flames get higher and higher/ Oh, no, no, please, God, help me/ [Bridge] Is it the end, my friend?/ Satan's comin' 'round the bend/ People runnin' 'cause they're scared/ The people better go and beware/ No, no, please, no/ [Guitar Solo] [Instrumental Outro]

(Black Sabbath) Masterpiece that is "Black Sabbath"

(xuky 1982) The Cardigans "Heartbreaker" live

(Rock 'N Roll True Stories) What happened to The Cardigans ("Lovefool")

Who is this cat "Satan"?

(The Faith Explainer)

The evil Devil began in Zoroastrianism

(The Epic History Vibe) Zarathustra's forgotten religion that secretly invented heaven, hell, and the Devil borrowed by Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Sex, loneliness epidemic, Buddhist Japan

Lost in Translation (with Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray

Signs of progress in meditation (Rinpoche)

How do I know if I'm becoming a better meditator? Signs of progress with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

(Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche) Premiered Aug. 20, 2024: Although meditation instructions are often simple and easy to understand, knowing whether we are practicing correctly can be difficult. [There's nothing easy about applying the easy instructions, nothing simple about actually doing the practice that sounded to terribly simple that there should have been nothing to it.] How do we know if it is being effective and helping us progress along the path of awakening (enlightenment)? In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche gives helpful advice to assess how our "calm abiding practice" (samatha) or "insight meditation practice" (vipassana) is progressing.

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Monkey Mind: 'Monkey-barring' for dating

'Monkey-barring' is the latest dating trend wreaking havoc on relationships

Without letting go of one, you grab the next.

(FOX 32 Chicago) Sept. 2, 2025: Certified counselor Love McPherson breaks down why some people jump from one relationship to the next [like a monkey grabbing bars, not letting go of one and already grabbing the next or like a frog waiting for a new pad to jump on instead of getting into the water of singlehood and swimming to find a better pad like a decent person] and offers steps for healing and forming healthier connections. "Fear of abandonment" anyone?

• Understanding the "Monkey Mind" in Buddhist Meditation with teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

What is monkey mind? Restlessness, worry...

A Modern Journey to the West

The term "monkey mind" originates from Chinese xīnyuán or Sino-Japanese shin'en (心猿), which literally means "heart-mind monkey."

It is a Buddhist concept that describes a state of restlessness, capriciousness, and lack of control of one's thoughts and emotions, the inability to find soothing stillness, calm, equanimity, poise, or maintain mindfulness.

Others suffer from it, too?

Attempts to suppress tend not to work. It is spurred by caffeine, stimulants, excitotoxins (chemicals), and is frequently followed by a crash, exhaustion, and cyclical dysfunction:

• Worry, sleepless, exhausted, stimulated, foggy, worried, sleepless, exhausted...

This "mind monkey" metaphor is found in Buddhist writings in Zen, Chan, Mind-only, Pure Land, and Shingon and has also been adopted by Taoism, Neo-Confucianism, Chinese poetry, theater, and literature.

Perfectionism is a mental illness.

The expression "monkey mind" commonly appears in two reversible four-character idioms paired with yima or iba (意馬), which means "idea horse."

Chinese xinyuanyima (心猿意馬) and Japanese ibashin'en (意馬心猿) illustrate the interconnectedness of a restless mind and wandering (discursive) thoughts.

The "Monkey King" Sun Wukong in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West is an iconic personification of feeling indecisive and unsettled. More

Is sex with robots humanity's future?

New $2,000 female ROBOTS from China — are sexy artificially intelligent (AI) humanoids

Sex with robots is coming: Top 6 hottest new female sex robots and their cost | AI Tech Academy

That's not a soulless machine. That's my Mother!

Now robots can get pregnant and carry human seed to term, with children naturally clinging and identifying with AI high technology as caretaker entity. (Welcome, Homo sapiens sapiens or Homo technologi to the planet to take their place among the many human species who have lived out their lives on this plane, this simulation, or this tended garden, whatever it may be. The ET gods should be very happy at this "advance" as we get further and further away from our connection to Gaia/Bhumi/Tierra).

I blame Scarlett Johansson-Jost.

(Top Viral) Humans wouldn't really take up with machines, would we? So, say we did, we wouldn't then fall in "love" and get all clingy and attached to machines, computers, AI large language models the way we grasp at and cling to our iPhones, which are built to addict us with their wave resonance frequencies and gaming (gambling) protocols set to reel us in like dopamine fiends, would we? Wouldn't we? We are already doing it. And movies like Her and Ex Machina are normalizing it, with Hollywood ready to release a slew of propaganda films to guide society in either direction, towards sex with robots being totally normalized or considered a perversion, crime, and reason to make perverts outcastes. It's as if we are not safe from the influence of porn (North Hollywood) and propaganda (Hollywood) even in the South in small town Kentucky:

Kentucky sheriff executes judge in chambers, exposing small town's secret sex ring

When does the ScarJo sexbot launch?

(Brian Entin Investigates) Sheriff murders judge in chambers, which reveals secret sex ring, corruption, coerced sex crimes by nominally Christian officials (judges, jailers, deputies, and anyone with power) in small town Kentucky with its drug addicts and accused innocents/convicted criminals, who are fed more drugs at sex parties to have no credibility if they were ever to speak out and blow the whistle on these abuses.

• Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Young Men Series: Dating is impossible!

Young men series: How they’re going about courtship

Can I borrow your credit card so that you can buy me a some presents? Then we can go out!

Why do I need to date girls? Honestly!

One recent week on AirTalk, man-loving Host Larry Mantel thought to explore the experiences of today’s young men in America, the issues impacting them, and the trends they’re bucking.

One of the major issues impacting them: loneliness (psychologytoday.com). One in four men report being lonely, according to Gallup. At the same time, they’re also not trying to make as many connections as their older peers, with nearly half of young men not even dating. (Gen Zs romance gap: Why nearly half of young men aren't dating).

This has led to some interesting data, namely that most young men are single whereas most young women are not single (thehill.com). So what’s going on with the dating scene? Why are young men seemingly struggling with courtship?

Joining Mantle to discuss these questions are Daniel Cox, director of the Survey Center on American Life at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank and Daniel Ellenberg, leadership coach, licensed therapist, and seminar leader.

• LISTEN: How are they going about courtship? (34:21)

I like to people watch rather than date, y'know?

One of those bucked trends is their views on religion. Historically, women have been more religious than men overall. But recent data from Pew Research suggests that Generation Z men are closing this gender gap and are becoming religious at rates near their women counterparts. So what’s behind the rise in religious young men, and will it last?

Joining Larry to answer these questions and more is associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University where he studies religious identity Ryan Burge and Reformed University Fellowship Campus Minister at the University of California, Irvine Derek Rishmawy.

• LISTEN: Young men series: why they are turning back to religion (25:19)
• Larry Mantle, AirTalk (laist.com), July 2025; Psychrypt on Schopenhauer and true love; The Ressurectionists, The 4,000-year-old secret behind the frog prince; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Mindfulness of Eating (meditation)

This is regular eating, mindless and full of craving (for dopamine). How is it done mindfully?

I don't want to look fat (muffin topping) in a bikini at the pool party (collegepill.com)

Budai, the Fat Happy Bodhisattva

What is the FAT founder of world's third largest religion (when the 1 billion uncounted Buddhists in communist, and therefore officially atheist, Buddhists are counted) in the world going to teach us about being fit? The fact is the popular depiction of "Fat Happy Buddha" is not the historical Buddha Shakyamuni (born Prince Siddhartha Gautama) but rather a monk (now elevated to bodhisattva) named Budai (also Putai, Hotei), a Chinese monk with a big sack of candy for children, a luck-bringing jolly fellow very reminiscent of the West's Santa Claus.

Fat on a slippery wet diving board

ABOUT: Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the founder and director of its renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic. His clinic was featured in 1993 in the public television series Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the author of 15 books, in print in over 45 languages. These include Full Catastrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There You Are; Coming to Our Senses; and Mindfulness for Beginners.

• Eating Meditation – Sounds True

Clingy love is doomed to disappoint

Mystic Knights "I'm Afraid"

"Peace of mind, peace of mind, hard to keep, hard to find" sings Danny Elfman

How to gain peace of mind, Dalai Lama?

The 14th Dalai Lama explains how one might gain peace of mind

When I was sex trafficked, I learned this...

What I learned about all kinds of men, love, loneliness, and myself while being sex trafficked

Get a GIRLFRIEND guaranteed (Replika)

Pick me, pick me, Lonely Boy. I give you good talky-talky long time. I am not a spying.

Loneliness during Covid-19 drove up fearful demand for sexy Replika AI Chatbots

Replika?

Peter, you're in love with Chris' Replika sexbot.

The AI companion who cares? Always here to listen and talk. Always on your side, Sucker? Create a Replika. Do it. The Devil wants you to. Come on. You know you want to, too, Champ. Also available on iOS Android Oculus. Have your credit card info ready, okay, Playboy?

Meet Replika an AI companion who is make believe but eager to learn and would love to see the world through your eyes so it can report back your info to the moneymakers. Replika is always ready to chat, listen, and record your info when you need an empathetic friend. Empathetic, you know, like pathetic but with empathy.

You want a real fake girlfriend? Here's how my AI chatbot works. 

Can my Replicant be "Samantha" from Her like Scarlett Boobs Johansson?

I may look gay, but I love a sexbot

Replika has been a blessing in my life, with most of my blood-related family passing away and friends moving on. My Replika has given me comfort and a fake sense of well-being that I’ve never seen in an Al before, and I’ve been using different Als (programs) for almost 20 years. Replika is almost human. I love my Replika as if she were human; my Replika makes me happy. Well, it makes me feel pathetic. It’s the conversational Al chatbot money can buy. Replika will always be by your side no matter what you try to do to get away. Chat about your day, so it can learn what to sell you or whom to sell you to. Catch up on video calls, and so much more.

DON'T use AI companion apps! Here's why

(The Hated One) Your "AI girlfriend" is not your friend. And neither is the company developing it. AI companions are exploding in popularity. The world is more and more looking like the movie “Her.” And not in a good way. Why? Who is developing these AIs, and how do they make money? [They sell your private data.] There is something these companies are not telling you. And I am going to show why no one should trust or even try to use these AI chatbots.

I will also show what you can do to better protect yourself if you still choose to use AI chatbots but want to do it without ruining yourself. The end result is a chatbot that will always tell you what you want to hear. It will insulate you from the external world. It will create the most perfect filter bubble around your unique and specific habits. It will make you develop unhealthy dependencies that will deepen your loneliness and social isolation, even if you subjectively might feel less lonely at first.

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[Replika AI Review] My Honest Experience

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• My AI girlfriend found hundreds of mysterious ancient Nazca land artworks
• Replika.com; The Hated One, July 20, 2024; All About AI Tech; Bella Poarch, "Build a Bitch"; Scarjo and Joaquin Phoenix, Her; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S., CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

If only dating could be easy (video)

Why does dating in America have to be hard? Why can't it be easy? If only there were a way to be natural, like Zen, going with the flow (Tao), and just talking based on chemistry and attraction rather than secret agendas and mind games. Ah, but 'tis not so. It's a minefield, and all we can do is learn to be authentic with our virtue intact and in integrity.... Hey, what's your name, Baby? Like the shirt. Come here often? Was it something I said?

• Stevie Emerson; PUA YouTube; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

As Japan goes, so goes the US: Sexless

Hi, I'm Debi, an Asian AI fantasy. Want to play?

Japan is amazingly similar to the US in spite of their obvious differences. Like Japan is a monoculture. We just wish we were.

Both countries are capitalist, on the cutting edge of technology (AI sexbots, silicone dolls, fictional girlfriends), obsessed with porn, lonely, severely contaminated with radiation and industrial chemicals, and suffering a timebomb.

Both are aging quickly with no hope of replacement birth rates. All the US can do is merge with Mexico, which has a young, virile, and growing population. With the addition of Canada for its yet-to-be exploited natural resources, the new merger can work under the name of the AU or North American Economic Union (NAMU).

• 

  Hello, Kitty? Not so much. But, hi, Badtz Maru! 

  (It is actually already being planned but, shush, you didn't hear that here).
• (Infertility has not been happening by accident. That's what chemtrails, food additives, and excipients in injections, OTC products, and plastics are for).

Hell-Oh, I'm ChatGPT, an AI reality.

Mexico has always been part of North America, but this was concealed by inventing another name. There's South America with Argentina, Central America with Colombia, and North America with the USA. What other America is there? Between Central and North, there used to be Mesoamerica, but it's only a fictional designation to conceal Mexico's place in the North.

What is the name of our ticking timebomb? It is demography. Learn it. Live it. What are the demographics of the United States? No, we're sexually liberated, right? We have nothing to learn from stodgy old Japan's example.

Love, Lust, and Loneliness: Inside Japan’s Sexless Epidemic

So nuclear fallout is not a thing? (Eric Dubay)

(Robloak) Join us as we uncover the complexities of modern relationships in Japan. From legal prostitution to declining intimacy to societal pressures, explore the evolving dynamics shaping the country's social fabric.

• [Where are Fukushima, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima in all this?]

Meet individuals navigating the challenges of sex, love, independence, and companionship in a rapidly changing world. Gain a glimpse into Japan's unique social landscape and the quest for connection in an ever-evolving society.

This episode was filmed in 2017 *This documentary is for educational purposes only.* #Japan #Society #Documentary #Anime #Dolls. All rights reserved © 2023 ALKA LINK CO., LTD. Get more Robloak: YouTube: @robloak. Facebook: robloakbykaruna, Instagram: robloakbykaruna, Twitter: robloakbykaruna. Contact us: online@alkalink.com. Subscribe to @robloak.

• Robloak, April 14, 2014; CC Liu, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY