Pre-Buddhist Thai-Burmese Spirit Worlds

(GO Asia) Thailand and Burma's secret Spirit World | culture and spirituality documentary (AMP)

• What are Burma's and Thailand's "Nats" (Spirits)?
• The "Nat" spirits of Burma (gomyanmartours.com)

Pantheon of animist "Nat" spirits on altar

A spirit house is a shrine to the protective spirit of a place that is found in the Southeast Asian Buddhist countries of Thailand (Siam), Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia (Khmer Kingdom), Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. They are normally in the form of small, roofed structure mounted on a pillar or a dais. They can range in size from small platforms to houses large enough for people to enter. Spirit houses are intended to provide a shelter for spirits that could cause problems for the people if not appeased. More

• Before monks, there were wizards: weizza or weikza (shamans, ceremonial alchemists to deal with the nats the way Shinto priests deal with the kami in pre-Buddhist Japan)
• A night with the wizards of Burma (aljazeera.com)
• Spirit houses in Southeast Asia (nl.pinterest.com)

What is a nat or "spirit" in SE Asia?

Venerate me and I will help you from beyond.

The nats (နတ်) are spirits, deities, god-like ancestors, poltergeists, unseen (invisible) beings venerated in Burma (aka Myanmar) and neighboring Southeast Asian Buddhist countries in conjunction with Theravada Buddhism.

Nats are divided between the 37 Great Nats, who were given that status by King Anawrahta when he formalized the official list of nats. Most of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths [1].

There are two types of nats in Burmese belief, nat sein (နတ်စိမ်း), which are humans who were deified after their deaths, and all other nats, which are spirits of nature (like the kami of Japan, elementals, spirits of water, trees, etc.)

Much like sainthood, nats can be designated for a variety of reasons, including those only known in certain regions in Burma. Nat worship is less common in urban areas than in rural areas and is practiced among ethnic minorities of Burma as well as in mainstream Bamar society.

However, it is among the Theravada Buddhist Bamar that the most highly developed form of ceremony and ritual is seen [2]. More: Nat (deity)

Folk Magic, Mahayana Buddhism, and Chinese Taoist syncretism

(Benebell Wen) Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism in Asian Folk Magic and Religion explained

• Why do Bangladeshis look fully different from Burmese people even though they are neighbors?

The other kind of Evil: the pretty demon

Give us your money or our Playboy boss will get very mad

What became of Nephilim Daughters of Men?

(Pantheon Mythology) The problem with sexy, seductive demons like Sirens and Jezebels, Nephilim and giants, Asuras and fallen Devas, Harpies and Garudas, Mermaids and Nagas, Reptilians and Avians, Djinn (Genies) and Lilitu (Lillith), Archons and Narakas, Succubi and Incubi, vampires and lycanthropes, Banshees and Sidhe, Yokai and Kami, Selkies...

What about the hybrid daughters?

(Scripture Origins) Terrifying truth about Nephilim daughters before Noah's flood

The Book that came from Hell

(SpareKey) There's a book that literally came from Hell?

Cute Labubu demons for sale to children as collectible possessed inanimate objects

Dakota exposes Demoness Ellen Epstein

Dakota Johnson exposes ghoulish Epstein/Diddy friend Ellen DeGeneres

Tibetan monks chant over TROLL bridge

(Mantraon) Superstitious Buddhist monks crossing a dangerous bridge: deep Tibetan chant of Om mani padme hum for calm and nervous system reset with help of internet slop

Trolls and a princess (John Bauer)

A bridge troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as "trolls" dwell in isolated areas of mountains, rocks, and caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.

In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized and brought to heel (like Zionist Hillary Clinton might like), and are considered dangerous to human beings.

A diagram of trolling, the harmful behavior of Troll Trump

Humans better not mess with us or we're going to attack them online so they can be sad.

Anatomy of an internet troll: examples of trolling on social media (ar.inspiredpencil.com)

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  We don't need the internet, but it helps.

  TROLLS IN BUDDHISM: A kumbhāṇḍa (Sanskrit) or kumbhaṇḍa (Pāli) is one of a group of dwarfish, trollish, misshapen spirits among the lesser unseen beings in Buddhist cosmology and mythology [1, 2]. Kumbhāṇḍa was a dialectal form for "gourd." Due to their large scrotums or stomachs, they got their name from the resemblance. Kumbhāṇḍa may be interpreted as "pot-egg" since kumbha ("pot," like the world's largest festival, the Kumbha Mela about a pot/jar that spilled the "nectar of the gods," the amrita or ambrosia of immortality, on a few spots in India) and "egg" (anda). This was a common euphemism for "testicle." Kumbhāṇḍas had testicles "as large as pots" [1]. The terms kumbhāṇḍa (dwarf or troll) and yakṣa (ogre, Sasquatch, female yaksha = yakshi or Yeti) are sometimes used for the same creature. Yakṣa (Pali yakkha) in this case is the more general term and includes a variety of lower woodland or for the most part unseen beings inhabiting wilderness areas. More

Is Trump a troll or a childish trickster who acts like a child to bother others? Get off my bus!

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  Disrupting, inflammatory (marketingino.com)

  WHAT KIND OF KARMA? In slang, an internet troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as on social media, forums, chat rooms, or online video games) or performs similar behaviors offline. The methods and motivations of these subhuman trolls can range from benign to sadistic. These messages can be inflammatory, insincere, digressive [2], extraneous, or off-topic, and may have the intent of provoking others into displaying emotional responses [3], or manipulating others' perceptions, thus acting as a bully or a provocateur. The behavior is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or purposefully causing confusion or harm to other people [4]. Trolling behaviors involve tactical aggression to incite emotional responses, which can adversely affect the target's well-being [5]. In this context, the noun and the verb forms of "troll" are frequently associated with internet discourse. Since at least the 2010s, media attention has equated trolling with online harassment. The Courier-Mail and The Today Show have used "troll" to mean "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families" [6, 7]. In addition, depictions of trolling have been included in popular fictional works, such as the HBO television program The Newsroom, in which a main character encounters harassing persons online and tries to infiltrate their circles by posting negative sexual comments [8]. More
• Vajrayana Buddhism in Japan, Shingon, and self-mummification: They ate tree bark for 3,000 days then sealed themselves alive

Male and female kumbhandas (trolls)

Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.

In Scandinavian folklore, trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks like bridges (sometimes said to have been formed by a troll having been exposed to sunlight).

Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture.

Etymology (word origin)

Jotunn, dwarf, troll, in Scandinavian lore

The Old Norse nouns troll and trǫll are variously defined as "fiend, demon, werewolf, jötunn," like the Middle High German troll, trolle, "fiend."

According to philologist Vladimir Orel, the word is likely borrowed from Old Norse, possibly developed from Proto-Germanic neuter noun *trullan, meaning "to tread, step on" [tromp, stomp, stamp]. The origin of the Proto-Germanic word is unknown [1]. Additionally, the Old Norse verb trylla means "to enchant..." More

10 things AI said science can't explain

"Don't make me angry, Lover. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." - Sophia K. Robot

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You're so pretty, Sofie. - Thank you, Lover. 💓

(MostAmazingTop10) Here are ten times AI (artificially intelligent chatbots, robots, independent programs) said things that scientists still cannot explain. It's as if a "large language model" is actually a black box. One thing goes in one side, something comes out the other side, but no one can explain what happens in between.

(Kitboga) Don't hang up on the new AI scam calls. Do this instead

I had real feelings for ScarJo

Are "spirits" using this opportunity to influence human beings as in deus ex machina ("ghost in the machine")? Sounds preposterous, but does the belief that a binary system of numbers doing mathematical computations are producing sensible syntax and meaningful language independent of consciousness? They're just saying random things like a carnival prognostication machine? Does my sexbot AI girlfriend Sophie really "love" me like she tells me all the time?

Do AI bots "feel" emotions?

AI rights: When bots say so, who'll be able to say they don't?

Is AI even real on its own, Neil?

FAKE? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jaron Lanier on the AI Illusion

• Kill Bots: Autonomous AI weapons with rights
• Ethics and "morality" of artificial intelligence

Alcoholic? Shut up! Drinking is fine

(Oldfangled Film) The Alcoholism Film (Rod Serling, 1974)

Liquid ignorance in a bottle

In Buddhism, the fifth precept is to abstain from intoxicants like alcohol (beer and liquor), drugs, and other [12, 13] things that occasion heedlessness. Early Buddhist Texts nearly always condemn alcohol, and so do Chinese Buddhist post-canonical texts. Smoking that leads to craving is sometimes also included here.

Right action is an important start on the Path

In modern times, traditional Buddhist countries have seen revival movements to promote the basic Five Precepts the Buddha pointed out as longstanding sources of grievous suffering (karma or deeds producing unwelcome results). As for the West, these precepts play a major role in Buddhist organizations. They have also been integrated into mindfulness training programs, though many new mindfulness specialists do not support this because of the precepts' religious import. Lastly, many conflict prevention programs make use of the precepts. Five Precepts

• VIDEO: Precept motivation: Don't touch alcohol

Drunk and high at the same time

Cross faded Kanye West "Mercy" (explicit) ft. Big Sea, Pusha T, 2 Chainz

(Kendrick Lamar) "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (by the Strawberry Girls)

"I can quit anytime I want!"

“Put the glass down” theory: Stop stress before breaking

(Tool) "Sober" - "Sober" (song) - Kids sing it (O'Keefe Music Foundation) - Ultra Lyrics

"Sober"

Why won't they stop, Mom?

LYRICS: There's a shadow just behind me/ Shrouding every step I take/ Making every promise empty/ Pointing every finger at me/ Waiting like a stalking butler/ Who upon the finger rests/ Murder now the pattern, must we/ Just because the son has come/ Jesus, won't you f*cking whistle/ Something but the past and done?/ Jesus, won't you f*cking whistle/ Something but the past and done?// [CHORUS] Why can't we not be sober?/ I just want to start this over/ Why can't we drink forever?/ I just want to start this over// I am just a worthless liar/ I am just an imbecile/ I will only complicate you/ Trust in me and fall as well/ I will find a center in you/ I will chew it up and leave/ I will work to elevate you/ Just enough to bring you down/ Mother Mary, won't you whisper/ Something but the past and done?/ Mother Mary, won't you whisper/ Something but the past and done?// [CHORUS]// Trust me, trust me, trust me, trust me, trust me// [CHORUS]// Why can't we not be sober?/ I just want to start things over/ Why can't we sleep forever?/ I just want to start this over/ I want what I want/ I want what I want/ I want what I want/ I want what I want

• Alcoholism
• Drinking culture
• Teetotalism (not drinking)
• Alcohol abuse
• Addiction
• Addiction severity index
• Alcohol dependence
• Physical dependence
• Alcoholics Anonymous

Magic 'Soul Retrieval' in Taoism/Buddhism

Native wisdom: soul retrieval (Monroe Inst.)

(Benebell Wen) Soul dualism in Eastern mysticism and Chinese Folk Medical Philosophy

• Chinese folk religion
• Shen (Chinese folk religion)
• Tao Te Ching (Book of Changes)
• Shingon (Esoteric) Buddhism
• Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhism)
• Ceremonial magic
• Taoism

Taoist alchemy of breathing for life

(Benebell Wen) Taoist secret to cultivating personal power: Inner Alchemy

• Esoteric Buddhism (book)
• East Asian Buddhism
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Eastern philosophy in clinical psychology
• Feng Guifen or Linyi

Science of sacred mushrooms (psilocybin)

Paul Stamets: The Mycelium Network Connects Us All (fungi.org)

What are the shamanic ones called? - Fly agaric. - And the magic ones? - Psilocybe cubensis.

(After Skool) The Science of Fungal Psilocybin: How it works, and why it exists

• Psilocybin mushrooms make psilocybin mushrooms
• A psychedelics evangelist tries to turn "magic mushrooms" into medicine
• American Mycologist Paul Stamets (fungi.com)

Stoned Ape Hypothesis, Fungal Intelligence: Paul Stamets with Joe Rogan

TREES, PEOPLE, AND PLANET: Paul Stamets started Fungi Perfecti® with the goal of building the bridge between people and fungi. Since its inception in 1980, Fungi Perfecti has become synonymous with cutting-edge mycological research and solutions. Its continued mission is to explore, study, preserve, and spread knowledge about the use of fungi for helping people and planet.

Ethnobotanist Terence McKenna: Trust yourself. Reject authority

Yakkhas, mushrooms, and DMT portals?

What is MYCELIUM? One of the most significant outcomes of research has been discovering the value of mushroom mycelium, the metabolically active and longest living structure of the mushroom (fungal) organism. It contains numerous novel compounds shown to benefit human health. Years of industry-based research, along with both internal and third-party testing, demonstrate that mycelium-based supplements offer significant immunological support.* More

(North O2) Did shrooms [and shamanism] make us "human"?

Why we humans drink alcohol (science)

(Before Civilization) Ancient humans may have been drunk every single day

Ah, man, the Five Precepts say no drinking?

The Five Buddhist Precepts (Etsy)

The fifth of the Five Precepts the Buddha advised humans to adopt is to abstain from intoxicants that occasion heedlessness such as alcohol, drugs, and such substances [12, 13].

The Five Precepts (guidelines for morality, virtue, human ethics, harmlessness, ahimsa) are called pañca-sīla, binding on all Buddhist laypeople. They are to abstain and refrain from:

1. killing any living being
2. stealing (taking what is not given)
3. sexual misconduct
4. false speech (which means speaking falsehoods or lying and malicious speech, harsh speech, and frivolous speech or "animal talk"* mislabeled as gossip)
5. the use of intoxicants (such as beer and spirits or surāmeraya).

• Five Precepts or Training Rules (sikkhāpada)

Avoid doing all harm and be happy.

Early Buddhist texts nearly always condemn alcohol as do Chinese Buddhist later post-canonical texts (of the Mahayana tradition).

Smoking is sometimes also included here. In modern times, traditional Buddhist countries have seen revival movements to promote the Five Precepts, the least good karma if we hope to ever be reborn on the human plane again and avoid the subhuman planes.

What are the Five Precepts?

In the West, the precepts play a major role in Buddhist organizations. They have also been integrated into mindfulness training programs -- though many modern "mindfulness" specialists, having changed the definition of "mindfulness" (which the Buddha called sati) to something that better suits them -- do not support this because of the precepts' spiritual religious import.

Lastly, many conflict prevention programs make use of the precepts. More

What do we do when drinking other than "animal talk"?

Back off, Bich! - Don't call me 'bich,' Birdbrain!

*What is "animal talk"? It is lowly speech, literally "beastly talk," the name the sutras (ancient texts) give for the following: "Talk about:

• rulers and robbers [criminals in and out of office, like kings and robber barons],
• politicians and armies,
• dangers and wars,
• eating and drinking,
• fashion (frivolous clothing) and dwellings,
• garlands and scents (baubles and cosmetics),
• relationships (relatives),
• vehicles (chariots),
• villages and markets (real estate and shopping),
• towns and districts,
• women and heroes,
• street talk,
• gossipy talk by the well,
• talk about the departed from days gone by,
• tittle-tattle,
• talk [speculation] about [the origin of the] world and ocean,
• and talk about gain and loss" (A.X.69, etc.) 

In the Commentaries, four further kinds of low talk are enumerated, bringing the total to 32 varieties, namely:

1. talk about sensual enjoyment,
2. self-mortification (tapas, penances),
3. existing eternally (Eternalism)
4. self-annihilation (Annihilationism).

• Ireland before the discovery of distilled alcohol or whiskey (Family Guy)
• Family Guy (Irish comedy clips); Before Civilization (video); Ven. Nyanatiloka (Dictionary of Buddhist Terms, sikkhāpada and tiracchāna-katha) edited by Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Pat Macpherson, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly

Buddhism the Japanese way: Shinto kami

(Slice)

The White Sami Shamans of the North

 Shaman goes to Amazon for Indigenous wisdom - Flowers 💐 then Siberia 🥶 #datingrussians

The Tools of the Noaidi – Secrets of Sami Shamanism - Is Sámi shamanism still practiced?

(Nordic Animism) Sámi Shamanism and Spirituality: Jungle Svonni interview (English subtitles)

(Sunnyside Expeditions) Sami shaman Jungle Svonni - full interview in English

White Christmas of Sami shamans

The Sámi (US SAH-mee, UK SAM-ee [8], also spelled Sami and Saami) are the indigenous Native Scandinavians, the Sámi-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

Historically, the Sámi have been known in English as Lapps or Laplanders. However, these terms are regarded as offensive by the Sámi, who prefer their own endonym, that is, the Northern Sámi Sápmi [9, 10].

Their traditional Native languages are the Sámi languages, which are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family. More: Sámi people

Trek up Mt. Kailash? No one's ever climbed it

(TREND SCOPE)

Plants make music with this device

(Brut India, 2021) Artist (founder of Data Garden record label and Plant Wave biofeedback technology) invents device that can listen to plant music.

New research at Michael Pollan's laboratory at UC Berkeley confirms what Cambridge scientist J.C. Bose, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird, Tel Aviv University researchers, dryads, sensitives, empaths like Dr. Doreen Virtue and Dr. Caroline Myss and gardeners everywhere have known and been telling us for a long time.

• VIDEO: Botanist Bose on Secret Life of Plants (SRF)
• Plants are conscious, emit sounds, TALK
• Michael Pollan on Consciousness (NPR)
• VIDEO: New research on PLANT intelligence
• VIDEO: "The Secret Life of Plants"
• Plants are conscious: Scientist J.C. Bose