Killing on an industrial scale -- it's a horrifying thought. Are humans the only ones who think or know things like that they're going to be killed? No. Some animals can sometimes think just like humans. Strange the way our karma (deeds) have of bringing about karmic results.
Some companion-humans know that pets know. Some mothers know infants understand more than they should. Some people have remembered being reborn as animals and recounted what they thought as they heard humans talk. They could think.
I'm a girl cow, like all cows. Call me Georgette
The heart knows without thought
But how could they understand what was being said? There is an alternative to words in telepathy as well as in the more mundane aha momentknown in German as a Gestalt or suddenly seeing the whole picture.
If humanoids were smiling and looking at us like we were about to become dinner, we would not need to learn their grammar and phonics to smile and get the heck out of there. Creepy vibes could be enough to get the picture.
Who could think killing innocent cows trying to go about their own business could be okay? "They're stupid, they don't know nothing, they don't have feelings," we tell ourselves, and people kill. This is heavy karma rooted in ignorance, greed, and fear/aversion. How much better to understand and not kill?
Why we need to kill all animals: they're too cute
Cow literally dances with joy after being rescued from meat industry
I do not put cows on cattle trains. Now, humans...
(Organically Human, Aug. 11, 2024) Ever wonder what a happy cow looks like? Here's one, human-folk! Check out this cow who is literally getting her dance on after being sprung from the meat industry.
(Did you know ALL cows are female? That's why they have teat milk and calves around them. The males are called "bulls" that are mostly slaughtered or discarded by the flesh industry as useless to their capitalist practices. The author here keeps referring to this cow as "he" when it's a "she" and by grammatical custom in English would be referred to as an "it," presumably because it makes it easier to kill if we are not reminded that it is a fully sentient living being).
I was in a lab, Bich, being experimented on.
Who knew a cow could get down and bust a move? After being tethered to a narrow stable for most of her life, "Bandit" performs its freedom-dance showing his her gratitude to his her rescuers from Gut Aiderbichl Sanctuary (gut-aiderbichl.com) home to 500 rescued cows, bulls, calves, as well as ex-lab chimpanzees.
Measuring emotions in animals is very important because it helps us better understand them, their needs and wants. As Bandit shows, a major need (and want) is to run free, breathe, eat, love, have babies, be with friends, not have its head chopped off, and maybe even dance every now and then.
She was one of millions facing a life sentence on a factory farm – but this video proves that being capable of moo-ves like this, one never becomes accustomed to a lifetime of being corralled, chained, and imprisoned.
So if anyone has ever wondered what happy cow look like (really happy cows), Bandit is your gal. Go, Bandit, go!
(Brian Oblivion) 12/19/11. The interesting bit begins at Minute 38. This BBC 4 documentary examines the question, "Did Jesus die?" It looks at many ideas around this question until Minute 25, when this examination of ideas takes a very logical and grounded turn with surprising conclusions that demonstrate that the Three Wise Men were Tibetan Buddhist monks who sought and found Jesus/Yeshua/Issa (as a tulku) and came back for him about the time of puberty. At that time, they traveled to the Buddhist monastery known as Hemis Gompa in India, traveling with Jewish merchants who regularly crossed between the two regions. After being trained in that Buddhist monastery or lamasery (gompa), Jesus spread the Buddhist philosophy, survived the crucifixion (through bribery and complicity of corrupt Roman guards), and escaped back to Kashmir, Afghanistan, where he died an old man at the age of 80 and was buried at his marked grave. The monastery housed written records of all this, as discovered by Westerner Nicolas Notovitch and made known to a skeptical world. Their presence was verified and corroborated by Swami Abhedananda.
The Sermon on the Mount is very good as a sutra (spiritual discourse, sermon). It may be understood in Buddhist terms. However, the opening sentence (Line 1) defies comprehension. Who are "the poor in spirit," the followers of Christs/Christians? They are "the poor," but they have spirit (spiritus, Holy Ghost, paraclete).
Line 3 seems to be a blessing he is imparting, assuring followers that he will comfort them later (when they inherit the results of their karma (phala and vipaka) for the good deeds done here.
Line 5's "meek" would seem to be the humble, the awakened (who are free of the delusion of ego and are therefore not proud as arrogant and defiant humans tend to be, the kind and compassionate. But as they "inherit the earth," which is to say are reborn on this lowly human plane rather than one of the lowly celestial/space/heavenly worlds (sagga), the meek would seem to be those did not have heart and the courageousness to stand up for what is right.
Line 7 indicates that those who are courageous and stand up for what is right (righteousness) will find their reward or fortunate outcome as a result of this skillful karma (beneficial deed) because they will see fulfillment of it: Skillful karma (merit) will beget welcome results.
Line 10 is even more clear in teaching the Buddha's message of karma, which elsewhere Jesus explains as "You reap what you sow," which is to say we will harvest what we have planted in terms of karmic seeds. Like begets like. Good begets good.
Line 12 is a clear declaration that those who gain purity of heart as a result are reborn in a heavenly place (and in accordance with some Christian schools as in all Buddhist schools, there are many heavens or levels of heaven (sagga), among the 31 Planes of Existence beings find themselves reborn in). There are countless worlds, but they have been classified into 31 major groupings or planes. For example, we are in the human plane. But that does not mean earth. Earth is but one place humans/humanoids exist throughout a world system (cakkavala).
Line 14 is perhaps the most interesting. The karma of being a "peacemaker" will result in a particularly good outcome, rebirth among the devas (shining ones, light beings, angels, deities, godlings). That is called becoming a devaputra, literally a "son of God," but figuratively refers to being "reborn among devas," which includes females in the Sensual Sphere heavens, at least up to Seventh Heaven. Above that, the brahmas (more radiant devas) do not have sexual dimorphism and therefore are neither male nor female).
Line 16 similarly assures followers/practitioners of Christ's doctrine will be pleased for the hardships endured in the name of what is right. Standing up for what is right is not easy, but that kind of karma (action) comes with very pleasant results (fruit and resultants). These are not literally "rewards" meted out by anyone but natural consequences of the Law of Karma, the regularity in the universe to produce results in accordance with types of intentional-actions. The result of following this advice will be rebirth in a heaven for some duration.
NOTE: Consulting a Protestant Christian to explain some words and passages, we were made aware of a book on Vedanta (Hinduism's "Best of the Vedas") that goes line by line, agreeing with Christ: The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta by Swami Prabhavananda.
In Buddhist terms this is relatively good but not worthy of pursuing. It is far better to pursue the end of rebirth and therefore the end of all suffering (nirvana). But most beings are not interested in that. They far prefer exhaustible rewards. Reborn in a heaven, one experiences the pleasant fruits of one's actions. But the unskillful deeds have not been exhausted, excused, expunged, extirpated or anything else. They are still there to be experienced. So one falls from that lofty height onto this or lower planes and experiences much suffering on account of the. The idea that "sin is forgiven" in the sense of eliminated is completely mistaken.
Indeed, a God may look the other way on bad deeds of the past while recognizing and approving of good deeds. But both sets of deeds have not gone away. They cannot be made to go away by magic. Only by awakening/enlightenment do deeds cease to control us for long. While we linger on in this world or another, they certainly will keep affecting us for good and ill, for a pleasant and unpleasant abiding. But be that as it may -- with Christianity being quite like Hinduism in its promise of "eternal" rewards in heaven -- what Jesus has here is an excellent message, not the "liberal talking points" Evangelical Christians are accusing the American Protestant Church of promoting for the sake of a temporal leader named Trump.
Blessings: The Buddha's Sermon on the Mount (Mangala Sutra)
Jesus Christ (Saint Issa) was a Buddhist monk, claims the BBC. He traveled to India
Now when the night was far spent, a certain deity [deva, light being, angel, lit. a "shining one"] whose surpassing splendor illuminated the entire grove, came into the presence of the Buddha.
Drawing near, the deity saluted him and stood respectfully to one side. Standing there, he addressed the Buddha in verse:
"Many deities and humans, yearning after the good, have pondered blessings [4]. Tell me, what are the greatest blessings?"
[The Buddha replied:]
"To not associate with the foolish [5] but to associate with the wise; to honor those worthy of honor — this is the greatest blessing.
"To reside in a suitable location [6], to have done meritorious deeds [skillful karma, profitable actions] in the past and to set oneself on the right course [7] — this is the greatest blessing.
"To have acquired much learning, to be skillful in some craft [8], well-trained in discipline [9], and to be of good speech [10] — this is the greatest blessing.
"To support mother and father, to cherish spouse and children, and to be engaged in a peaceful occupation* — this is the greatest blessing.
*Peaceful occupation: "Right livelihood" (sammÄ-ÄjÄ«va): abstaining from a means of self-support that brings harm to others, such as the weapons trade, dealing in living beings (trafficking, slavery, exploitation), intoxicating drinks, poisons; slaughtering animals, fishing, soldiering, deceit, treachery, soothsaying, trickery, usury, and so on.
"To be generous in giving, to be righteous in conduct [11], to assist one's relatives, and to be blameless in deeds — this is the greatest blessing.
"To loathe the doing of harm and to abstain from it, to refrain from intoxicants [12], and to be steadfast in virtue — this is the greatest blessing.
"To be respectful [13], humble, contented, and grateful; to listen to the Dhamma [Teaching] on suitable occasions [14] — this is the greatest blessing.
"To be patient and trainable, to associate with monastics, and to have spiritual discussions on suitable occasions — this is the greatest blessing.
"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune [16], from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated [17] — this is the greatest blessing.
*Eight vicissitudes of life, otherwise known as the Eight Worldly Winds or Conditions: (1) loss and (2) gain, (3) fame and (4) shame, (5) praise and (6) blame, (7) misery and (8) happiness (the attha loka dhamma that oppose sweet contentment).
"Those who thus abide ever remain invincible, in happiness established. These are the greatest blessings" [18].
NOTES (derived mainly from the ancient Buddhist Commentaries)
On second thought, get a sword.
1.
This sutra appears in the Sutta Nipata (v.258ff) and in the Khuddakapatha. See Maha-mangala Jataka (No. 453). For a detailed explanation, see Life's Highest Blessing by Dr. R. L. Soni, Wheel No. 254/256 (bps.lk).
2.
Anathapindika: an epithet that literally means "One who gives alms to the helpless." His name was Sudatta, a very rich and prominent merchant/banker from Savatthi. After he became a Buddhist and attained the first stage of enlightenment as a layperson, he purchased a grove belonging to Prince Jeta to establish a Buddhist monastery (vihara) on the land, which was subsequently called Jetavana ("Jeta's Grove"). It was in this monastery that the Buddha observed most of his Rains Retreat (Vas) periods (the annual three months' period of not wandering but remaining in one monastery, beginning on the full moon of July). Many are the sutras delivered and many the incidents connected with the Buddha's life at Jeta's Grove. He ministered to a sick monk who was neglected by his companions, advising them: "Whoever, monks, would wait upon me, let him wait upon the sick." It was here that the Buddha poignantly taught that all things are radically impermanent, by asking a grief-stricken young mother named Kisagotami who carried around her dead child, to fetch some mustard seed from a home where no one had ever died.
3.
Identified with modern Sahet-Mahet, near Balrampur.
4.
According to the Commentary, mangala means that which is conducive to happiness and prosperity.
5.
This refers not only to the stupid and uncultured, but also includes the wicked in thought, word, or deed.
6.
Any place where monks, nuns, and lay men and women continually reside, where the pious are bent on the performance of the ten meritorious deeds, and where the Dharma exists as a living practice.
7.
Making the right resolve (intention) for abandoning immorality for virtue, doubt for faith, and selfish self-interest for sharing and generosity.
8.
The harmless crafts or occupations of a householder are those by which no living being is injured and nothing unrighteous done; this includes the crafts of left-home monastics, such as stitching robes, etc.
9.
Vinaya is the Monastic Code of Discipline in thought, word, and deed. The Commentary speaks of two kinds of discipline, that of householders, which is abstaining from the ten unskillful actions (akusala-kammapatha) and that of monastics, which refers to the non-transgression of the offences enumerated in the Patimokkha (the Code of Monastic Rules) or the "fourfold moral purity" (catu-parisuddhi-sila).
10.
Good speech that is opportune, truthful, friendly, profitable, and spoken with thoughts of loving-kindness.
11.
Righteous conduct is the observance of the ten skillful actions (kusala-kammapatha) in thought, word, and deed: freeing the mind of greed (lust), hatred (aversion), and delusion (wrong views); avoiding speech that is untruthful, slanderous, abusive, or frivolous; and abstaining from all acts of killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct (defined as celibacy for monastics and avoiding the ten forbidden partners for laypeople).
12.
Total abstinence from alcohol and intoxicating drugs that occasion heedlessness.
13.
Towards monastics (and also other religieux), teachers, parents, elders, superiors, etc.
14.
For instance, when one is harassed by unskillful/unwholesome thoughts.
15.
Self-restraint (tapo): the suppression of lust and hate by the guarding of the senses; the suppression of laziness by rousing energy.
16. Loka-dhamma, i.e., conditions necessarily connected with the world; there are eight of them: gain and loss, honor and dishonor, praise and blame, pain and joy.
17.
Each of these three expressions refers to the mind of a full enlightened person (arahant): asoka (sorrowless), viraja (stainless), i.e., free of passion (lust), aversion (hatred), and ignorance (delusion), khema (security from the bonds of sense desires or kama, rebirth (bhava), wrong views (ditthi), and ignorance (avijja).
According to Western Buddhist monk Ven. Nyanatiloka, these 37 or 38 mangalÄni ("blessings" or "beneficial things"), include avoiding fools, associating with the wise, honoring those worthy of honor, and so on (Khp.pp.2f). They are actions that lead to welcome results.
The Commentary (KhpA.vii.; SNA.i.300) explains that at the time this discourse was preached, there was a discussion across the whole of this world (Jambudīpa) trying to decide what was and wasn't a mangala.
The devas ("angels") heard this discussion and debated among themselves until the matter spread to the highest brahma world.
Then Sakka, King of the Devas (Buddhism's Archangel Michael figure) suggested that a devaputta ("one reborn among the devas") should visit the Buddha on earth and ask him about the matter.
In the Sutta NipÄta (SN., pp. 46f) this discourse is called MahÄmangala ("Great Blessings"). It is one of the sutras at the preaching of which countless devas were present and countless beings realized the Truth (SNA.i.174; BuA.243; AA.i.57,320).
Thousands rallied in a peaceful demonstration at the U.S. Capitol this week, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel as it bombs the tiny Gaza Strip, in what organizers with IfNotNow (IfNotNowMovement.org) and Jewish Voice for Peace (jvp.org) called the largest-ever protest by Jews in support of Palestine.
"No Genocide in Our Name"!
Hundreds were also arrested for civil dissent during a peaceful sit-in of the Cannon House Office Building. Democracy Now! features addresses by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress (and lackluster member of The Squad) and Jewish author Naomi Klein:
Hamas says it has released two American hostages being held in Gaza
(Channel 4 News) Oct. 20, 2023: Hamas, which the UK has designated as a proscribed terrorist organization, says it has released two American hostages being held in Gaza. Reports in Israeli media say a mother and daughter have been handed over to the Red Cross, we are still waiting for official confirmation and the pair have not yet been identified. Channel 4 is a British public broadcast service (Wikipedia).
What did Hamas demand in exchange? Nothing at all. They could and should have asked for the release of wrongly held Palestinians being tortured by Israel, where 40% of Palestinians are placed at some time or other in their lives just to keep them in check, all part of "mowing the lawn." Hamas should have demanded or asked in exchange that the Israeli Army be forced to stop its war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, collective punishment, killing of journalists (who are clearly labeled "press")...
Moreover, Israeli propagandists, spokespeople, spies, and Mossad agents have lost all credibility, providing FAKE photos of "burned Jewish babies," which were shown to be the products of A.I. and now daring to provide FAKE "evidence" of "two Muslims discussing the bombing of a Gaza hospital by Islamic Jihad." When in our lifetimes has the mainstream media ever refuted Israeli lies in public? (Goodness knows, they might have said things in private to help the IDF and Israeli politicians and officials save face, but outing their lies, propaganda, and fabricated "evidence," trying to cover up their war crimes and crimes against humanity?
LYRICS: "Satan's Fall" (Mercyful Fate with singer King Diamond) "They're walking by the night/ The moon has frozen blue/ Long black coats a shelter from the rain/ Their load must get through/ Now bats are leaving their trees/ They're joining the call/ Seven Satanic Hell preachers/ Heading for the hall/ Bringing the blood of a newborn child/ Got to succeed, if not it's Satan's fall// Home...come home/ Evil messengers with blood stained wings/ Home...come home/ Home...come home/ Is it Satan's fall?/ No...it's Satan's call/ Craniums high on stakes/ It's Satan's epigraph/ Something you can't erase...666/ Craniums high on stakes/ It's Satan's epigraph/ Something you can't erase...666/ They call him the Beast/ Use your demon eyes, uncover the disguise/ Time is out...yeah, I don't need your God/ Oh the law of Satan/ Pray and obey it forever/ Oh the law of Satan// Ohh, ohh Ohh, oh-oh-ohh/ Innocent lovers...it's a lie/ Ohh, ohh, oh-oh-ohh/ Ohh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh/ Ohh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh/ Ohh, ohh/ Iron fists won't do no good against the evil eyes/ Of seven holy Hell preachers, don't you even try/ Now they cross the river Styx and see the castle rise/ (Ohh, ohh) So high."
(WackenTV) When the American band Slipknot (troubled and possibly possessed boys from Iowa) finally played Wacken Open Air, both singer Corey Taylor and the crowd got caught up in the awe and majesty that turned the festival grounds into one huge speed metal mosh pit!
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Is this devil worshiper serious? Interview with singer King Diamond of Mercyful Fate
KING DIAMOND interview about his love of horror | Raw & Uncut
(BANGERTV - All Metal) Patreon: patreon.com/BangerTV.Subscribe. King Diamond is here interviewed by Sam Dunn at his home in Texas in 2010 for the TV series Metal Evolution about his love of horror, the crazy rumors about his life, and his signature falsetto voice. This extended interview excerpt is presented raw and uncut, with new director's commentary.
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Yum, that was good. We're going to live to be 185 by killing and eating the dead? - Ya'think?
The 5 Foods to Never Eat Again After Watching This | Dave Asprey
(Tom Bilyeu) Nov. 1, 2022. On today's episode:
What are we basing our diet choices on? With the abundance of information available, there is no shortage of diet camps to choose from.
So humans have to kill to live?
Whether we have decided on being compassionate vegan or self-deluded carnivores (convincing ourselves that killing animals is the nice and moral thing to do for them, y'know, so they won't suffer so much), vegetarian, raw, or decided to lovingly follow a plant-based diet, maybe a pegan (paleo-vegan), to support being more humane to all animals, how is our decision impacting our health and that of the environment?
Please let me live, Dave.
Dave Asprey, “the father of biohacking” and founder of the Bulletproof Diet and Upgrade Labs, has been digging into the research and data determined to live a normal human life of 185 years. He’s already reversed his biological age by 11 years, and in this episode he’s laying out mind-blowing ways to biohack our way to better health with less time and effort in the gym and why following a plant-based, vegan diet may not be as kind and friendly to the planet as we’re led to believe.
I was born with three hearts to love better.
There are many ways to achieve optimal health, the question is which one is best for us? This episode is about covering our bases and knowing what areas are more meaningful for us to look into and consider. It's controversial, and Dave Asprey is wrong in some key ways, but in other ways he has a point. It just goes to proves, the mind can convince itself of anything once we set our heart on it -- even killing and calling it good.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction to Dave Asprey
0:21 | Should We Eat Plants?
9:37 | Extend Your Lifespan
21:51 | Protect Population Growth
26:40 | Best Diet for Longevity
33:47 | Exercise Less, Get Results
49:25 | Biohack Your Brain
QUOTES:
“When you are depleted of minerals none of the repair systems in the body or the energy systems can work.” [2:57]
“I was a raw vegan. I was a regular vegan. It made me profoundly sick [because I didn't do it right].” [14:50]
“When you choose a vegan diet, you are voting against the presence of any [slaughtered] animals in that agricultural land.” [18:22]
“When you upgrade your biology so it works better, you have a better system for detecting reality around you.” [1:20:58]
“If you ignore the body, you ignore the threat networks in the body and you just work on the mind you’ll never get there.” [1:22:30]
The First Episode: Recovering from Tragedy, Trusting Guides, Atheists in Spirit
(Suzanne Giesemann, Aug. 7, 2022) Should we trust spirit guides? How can we recover from tragedy? Prior life relationships? Is euthanizing (karmically misguided "mercy killing") pets okay? How can we know our life's purpose? A stunning evidential mediumship reading!
0:00 The very first episode of Ask Suzanne & Sanaya
1:50 How can we know our life's purpose?
12:30 Reincarnation ~ Will we meet people from prior lives?
15:00 How would that be decided?
16:30 Why do we so resist sitting in meditation?
18:50 How can I handle physical symptoms when connecting with spirit?
23:10 Dreams versus Dream Visits: How to tell the difference
26:50 How does Suzanne access higher wisdom?
27:22 Mediumship ~ connecting with a child ~ and stunning evidence!
30:10 Sanaya's Messages: How is Suzanne guided to images?
32:38 How can we trust the signs from spirit?
36:04 How can we live in awareness of spirit, while still in human form?
37:14 Should we trust our guides? Or our intuition?
40:08 Do atheists change their minds?
43:30 Why is depression on the rise?
46:25 Is there a higher meaning in tragic death?
47:00 How to find the meaning in tragedy
48:50 Why we may not connect in meditation
50:37 How to clear blockages
These questions and answers are included in this first episode of the very popular series of podcasts, "Ask Suzanne & Sanaya." Though you may not call in, as with the live Q&As, there is much wisdom and comfort here.
This audio episode of Messages of Hope was recorded in 2018. Hope you enjoy this new format.
ABOUT: Suzanne Giesemann is a retired U.S. Navy Commander who now serves humanity as a messenger of hope. She is an author and teacher of The Awakened Way — a mindful approach to living in awareness that we are not only human, but part of one interconnected web of higher consciousness.
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