Strangest Hindu temple in the world

Nightmare Before Xmas w/ Danny Elfman

As fans of The Simpsons, the Forbidden Zone, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, experimental new wave and punk, Oingo Boingo, Tim Burton animation, and Danny Elfman, how could we miss "The Nightmare Before Christmas"? It's in town tonight with full orchestra for a good sing-along. This is what it looked like last year: Danny Elfman - Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles - 11-2-2024

Forbidden Zone: Director's Cut (Rated R) Sexy Frenchy falls into an insane underworld ruled by a horny little king and his jealous queen in another dimension. Only Danny Elfman's brother really knows.

It's a world of shapeshifters

Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in concert featuring Danny Elfman singing as Jack, Janelle Monae singing as Sally, Keith David singing as Oogie Boogie, Riki Lindhome singing as Shock, and John Stamos singing as Lock with incredible eye-popping projections that bring Halloween Town to life.

The holiday classic celebrates 10 years since its first show at the iconic venue! Conductor John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, will once again be leading the full orchestra and choir performing the film’s full score as the special guests perform the film's acclaimed songs live, plus an unforgettable virtuosic interlude with violinist Sandy Cameron.

Get to the Bowl early to enjoy the Hollywood Bowl/Halloween Town transformation with special pre-show activities including a costume contest (Tim Burton-inspired costumes are encouraged!), unique photo opportunities, and trick-or-treating stations. Programs, artists, dates, prices, and availability subject to change. Ticket limits may apply. All sales are final. Saturday and Sunday night, Oct. 25th and 26th. hollywoodbowl.com

Vote (JD Vance's road to the White House)

Harris’s star-studded closer, Trump’s handsy (masturbat...) mic moment, and RIP Peanut the Squirrel | The Daily Show

(The Daily Show) Nov 4, 2024: Jordan Klepper recaps the candidates' election closers: Kamala D. Harris's star-studded message of joy and the Don's "oral" presentation with his mic stand. (Where is JD relaxing after hitching his wagon to the T Train?) Timmy VW hot on the high heels of KD. Plus, Michael Kosta explains how Peanut the Squirrel's death could help Trump target niche undecided voters. #JD Vance #JordanKlepper #DailyShow #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump #Election

Happy birthday, white Buddhist guru Tilda Swinton

"Open your eye" - Doctor Strange meets the Ancient One

ET photographed by Dr. Steven Greer (CE 5)

(BestScene) In 2016, Hollywood put out a Cumberbatch vehicle called Doctor Strange. Here is a film clip of the best scene in the whole convoluted story of a how a Marvel character came to be. This is the Marvel Universe, right? "Open your eye is a reference to our third eye located on our forehead between the other two, left and right, the dibba cakkhu or "divine eye," the subtle manifestation of the denser pineal gland, the magical set of rods and cones buried deep in the skull where it never sees ordinary light. But it can perceive something. What is it for? "Who are you in this vast multiverse?"

Do ETs have 3rd eye pineal glands? Alien autopsy

Short Attn Span Theatre: Shaolin Yoga

When humans went extinct; water shortage

Gary Larson explains the world.

Ever learn something that changes the way everything else is thought about? It's a rare experience but a transformative one. The facts in this gallery are designed to see the world in a new way, and it is hoped, there are a few not read before.

(eBaum's World) Who knew that the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza while woolly mammoths were still roaming the Earth? When the Mexicans were building the largest known pyramid, Cholula, the wooly mammoths were also still trucking.

Extinction Protocols (stevequayle.com)

Ancient humans were so much more creative than they are given credit for but seeing as they're just the same as modern ones, that's unsurprising. A group of early humans sailed to Australia on their own, before any civilization had real means of sea travel. [Of course, they did have a means, and 50,000 years ago, aboriginals from Australia and/or New Zealand traveled to what is now the USA.]

Those blokes must have been flat-out like a lizard drinking. It's amazing early humans managed to survive at all. At one point there were only 10,000 of what we would describe as humans (Homo sapiens), and they coexisted and mated with Neanderthals and other early advanced primates.

• What the average person does not realize about this dip in human population -- going as low as 1,000 to 10,000 individuals -- is that in demographic terms, that is extinction. There is no coming back from a crash like that, at least not without help. Here, again, the ones above (akasha devas of Tavamtimsa and the Cathumaharajika Deva Loka, ETs, watchers, Anunnaki/Sumerians, angry Draconians, meddling reptilians, kind Pleiadeans, interested Lyrians, and the remainder of the 58 species that regularly visit the planet).
• There have been many ancient types of humans, and many must have coexisted at one time or another, whether they realized it or not. There were the Hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the Denisovans.

We could have turned out quite differently, and a lot hairier. Check out those facts and plenty of others about our marvelous world in this gallery of little-known things that can change how we see the world. eBaum's World via MSN.com

• 'Once-in-a-lifetime event': Explosion in space to look like new star, NASA says (USA TODAY)
• Daniel Bonfiglio (eBaum's World, Feb. 2024); Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Don't think about SEX (sex on the brain)

Advertisers who absolutely knew what they were doing and did it anyway

(Cheeky Crab) [Oops. Just saying. Mere coincidence. Who knows? Who can say? Prove it. Sometimes things just align without intention.] Welcome back to Cheeky Crab. Enjoyed these observations? Please leave a like and subscribe for more. Thanks. For copyright matters, please contact: namkend@gmail.com

We must have sex on the brain

Binky meditates (Matt Groening/Life in Hell)

It isn't enough that we try to keep a lid on it, control ourselves, exercise restraint, be good, and mind our Ps and Qs, but advertisers and marketing departments have to work against us.

There's such a thing as "subliminal seduction," the use of images too fast to notice consciously that are nevertheless noticed by the subconscious, entering the unconscious mind to bubble up into consciousness without any apparent reason. It's like brainwashing or using stealth suggestion in hypnosis.

The Hacking of the American Mind (Dr. Lustig, MD)

Weak mindfulness will make us conclude that we must be some kind of sick puppies. But it isn't that. They really are doing it, exploiting our natural human curiosity that seeks sensual pleasure (epitomized by sex) here and there, elsewhere and everywhere.

The human plane of existence is within the Sensual Sphere (kama loka). It is hard to rise above. That is to say, it is difficult to not start seeing everything the way Beavis and Butt-Head do. Huh huh huh...

Mara Devaputra (Buddhism's Cupid, Kamadeva, Eros, and Tempter figure) is a tricky spirit out to keep us rapt in this dense sphere of hidden danger. It's like wandering onto a honey trap. Very sticky, hard to extricate ourselves before we realized our predicament.

It does NOT get worse with meditation. It only seems to. This is because it becomes more apparent to us when we sit calmly and pay attention to the movements of mind/heart. We are otherwise usually too distracted and inattentive.

Nu-metal Limp Bizkit did it all for the uncensored "Nookie"

I did it all for the [dopie]!

Dopamine Nation (Dr. Lembke, MD)

Mindfulness employed correctly -- with radical acceptance, unwavering attention, and seeing all things as impersonal -- is excellent medicine. But it is easy to think we're doing it correctly only to be doing harm:

As soon as we resist, drift off, or start taking things personally, we're in for a world of hurt. Going about with mindfulness and clear comprehension (sati-sampajjana) is a better way to be. It tends toward calm and enlightenment so we can begin to see things as they really are, without bias or preconception. But it takes practice, coming back again and again.

Matt Groening went on to create The Simpsons

And who's got time for that? We want to live and enjoy everything all the time on a dopamine binge! Dopamine's a neurotransmitter. But, oh, the hangover, when we come down, we might, just might, seek a way out.

Then it's good to read some Dharma, good to grab Dr. Robert Lustig or Dr. Anna Lembke's book to see that these things really are happening on purpose. Corporations hired psychologists to develop products (iPhones, junk foods, etc.)

It's no accident that there are ringing bells and bright moving colors or that most foods are now spiked with high fructose corn syrup. Chemicals and sugars are added to everything nowadays to make them as addictive as ultra-processed products.

• Revenge of the Pink Panther clip (1978); Cheeky Crab, 2022; Limp Bizkit; REACT; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells, Sayalay A (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY

Black over White: creepy TikToks (video)

What's so scary about TikTok, Kids? Tell DC.

Are guys who make compilation videos dimrods (dimwitted nimrods)?The video clips are astounding. What to make of the commentary? Who found them and put them together? Bryce just sits there barely saying anything, as if he's watching someone else's compiled content. What does LayedBakDFR do but repeat himself? Everything's a surprise. "Hey, let me know in the comments." How this content is conjoined with these commentators is beyond us. Is everyone a part-time hip hop wannabe rap star surfing the internet by day?

The creepiest TikToks on the internet: disturbing discoveries

(BryceIsRite) May 7, 2024: Prepare to be captivated and chilled as we dive into the deepest darkest corners of TikTok. Join us in unraveling the creepiest videos that reveal spinetingling and unsettling discoveries. Get ready for a journey that will leave viewers both intrigued and disturbed.

Come on a journey of a thousand miles in just one step. Behold brilliant Bryce gawk dumbfoundedly at his screen without saying anything video clip after video clip. Understand why his mother wanted him on pharmaceuticals. Appreciate why the principal had to insist he be homeschooled. Gain knowledge of why this is the only job he can do. Send money so he can buy more soda in aluminum cans.

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Need more? Check out my TikTok Playlist, or Videos Homepage for the rest of the episodes. Help me buy a grammar book to learn how make these good. Have a great day, everyone. Peace out, my jiggas! 

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Creepy and scary TikToks that might wake you up and change your reality (reaction, Pt. 12)

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Science: alien-like fossil, trees in space

Illustrative purposes only (J Duquette/stock.adobe.com/Chip Chick)

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Researchers discover fossils of alien-like tree with 6-ft. leaves extremely well-preserved due to earthquake 350 million years ago

Sanfordiacaulis densifolia (Wikipedia)

Below, Buddhism is wild enough to believe that there are trees and flowers that grow on other planets or in other dimensions. Buddhist cosmology speaks of these worlds, these planes of rebirth, as existing above and below the platform of this world, one of countless others within "the human plane." Sometimes those extraterrestrial plants make it to this world where, at least in India, sages recognize that those plants aren't from around here. But first, science has made discovery:

In New Brunswick, Canada, researchers discovered fossils of a prehistoric tree from the Early Carboniferous period. Evidence of the alien-like tree was first unearthed in a quarry in 2017.

Over the years, four more fossils were found. The tree was named Sanfordiacaulis densifolia. One of the specimens was so well-preserved that scientists were able to construct a three-dimensional model of what the tree once looked like.

Sanfordiacaulis densifolia had a long, spindly, narrow trunk and a crown of leaves that may have measured 18 feet in diameter. Its branches likely extended outward to intertwine with nearby trees so it could stay upright.

It grew underneath a bunch of taller trees, so it had to stretch wider to receive sunlight. “When my co-authors and I began to reconstruct the tree based on the specimens collected in Sanford Quarry, the only analog we could think of was an oversized toilet or bottle brush,” Robert Gastaldo, the lead author of the study, said.

• Dr. Seuss trees from "The Lorax" (Thneeds?)
• What were the humans like back then? Forbidden Archeologist Michael Cremo says modern humans are 300 million years old
• 3 reasons you keep waking up in the middle of the night (msn.com)

Why did the Lorax cut down the trees?

The researchers estimate that Sanfordiacaulis densifolia had more than 250 leaves. From the fossilized specimens they analyzed, they found that the leaves reached six feet long, but they most likely grew even longer.

Its appearance resembles a fern or palm tree, although the oldest tree fern fossil is younger, and palm trees wouldn’t show up in the fossil record for another 240 million years. More

• There are other literal trees in space, for example, the massive trees on Mars, according to photographic evidence presented by the Enterprise Mission's Richard C. Hoagland. They are frequently spotted on NASA downloads but blurred out by NASA when discovered by amateurs

Are there extraterrestrial trees and flowers?

Mandarava flower, flame tree, coral tree, Maui

According to Buddhist sources, there are plants on other worlds near Earth (Bhumi). One sutra that makes this clear is an incidental mention of a flower that grows in space. By "space" is meant another world above the platform of the Earth, because Buddhist cosmology describes 31 "planes of existence," with most of those worlds above the human plane in space (akasha deva loka, "celestial worlds of the shining ones"). "The Last Days of the Buddha" sutra (Maha Parinibbana Sutta, DN 16) mentions a special flower that grows in a tangible, physical, sensual heavenly world:

SUTRA: Part 5: At Kusinara

Translated by Sister Vajira and Francis Story (DN 16), edited by Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

It is curious that Siddhartha was born under a sal tree, was enlightened under a pipal fig tree (Ficus religiosa), and purposely came to his final rest between two sal trees. This can hardly be a coincidence because all buddhas, in this world as in other worlds that are part of the human plane, have their own "enlightenment trees."

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1. Then the Buddha said, "Come, Ananda, let us cross to the farther shore of the Hiraññavati and go to the Mallas' Sal Tree Grove, near the town of Kusinara [modern Kushinagar, India, near the border of Nepal]." - "So be it, venerable sir."

2. And the Buddha, together with a large company of wandering ascetics, went to the farther shore of the river Hiraññavati, to the Sal Tree Grove of the Malla people near Kusinara. There he spoke to Ven. Ananda.

3. "Ananda, please prepare for me a couch between the twin sal trees with the head pointing north. I am weary, Ananda, and wish to lie down" [41]. "So be it, venerable sir." And Ananda did as the Blessed One asked. Then the Buddha reclined on his right side, in the lion's pose, resting one foot on the other, and rested mindfully and with clear comprehension.

4. The twin sal trees spontaneously burst into full bloom even out of season. The blossoms rained down on the body of the Buddha, showering him with petals. And celestial mandarava flowers and heavenly sandalwood tree powder from the sky (space, akasha) rained down on the body of the Buddha, showering him. And the sound of heavenly voices and heavenly instruments made music in the air in reverence.

5. The Buddha said, "Ananda, these twin sal trees are in full bloom even though this is not the flowering season. And blossoms down on the body of the Tathagata [the Wayfarer, the Buddha] and drop and scatter and are strewn upon this body in reverence. And celestial coral tree flowers and heavenly sandalwood tree powder from the sky rain down on this body and drop and scatter and are strewn upon it in reverence. And the sound of heavenly voices and heavenly instruments fill the air with music out of reverence for the Tathagata.

6. "But, Ananda, it is not in this way that the Tathagata (the Buddha) is revered, respected, venerated, esteemed, and honored in the highest degree. Rather, Ananda, whatever male of female monastic, whatever layman or laywoman abides by the Dharma (Teaching), lives upright in the Dharma, walks in the way of the Dharma, it is by such a person that the Tathagata is revered, respected, venerated, esteemed, and honored in the highest degree. Therefore, Ananda, train yourselves: 'We shall abide by the Dharma, live upright in the Dharma, walk in the way of the Dharma.'"

The Grief of the Devas (Space Beings)

7. At that time Ven. Upavana was standing in front of the Buddha, fanning him. The Buddha rebuked him, saying: "Move aside, monk, rather than standing in front of me."

8. Ven. Ananda thought: "Ven. Upavana has attended on the Blessed One for a long time, closely associating with him and serving him. Yet now, right at the end, the Blessed One rebukes him. What could be the reason, the cause for the Blessed One to rebuke Ven. Upavana, 'Move aside, monk, rather than standing in front of me.'"

9-10. Ven. Ananda asked, and the Buddha answered, "Throughout this tenfold world-system, Ananda, there are hardly any of the devas (space beings) who have not gathered together to look at the Wayfarer. For a distance of 12 yojanas (approximately 84 miles) around the Sal Tree Grove of the Mallas in the vicinity of Kusinara there is not a spot that could be pricked with the tip of a hair that is not filled with powerful devas.

These devas, Ananda, are complaining: 'From afar have we come to look upon the Wayfarer. For rare in the world is the arising of wayfarers, arhats, fully enlightened ones. And this day, in the last watch of the night, the Wayfarer's final nirvana will come about. But this monk of great power has placed himself right in front of the Blessed One, concealing him, so that now, at the very end, we are prevented from looking upon him.' In this way, Ananda, the devas complain."

11. "Of what kind of devas (space beings), venerable sir, is the Blessed One aware?"

12-13. "There are devas, Ananda, in space and on earth, who are earthly-minded; with disheveled hair and uplifted arms they weep; flinging themselves to the ground, they roll from side to side, lamenting: 'Too soon has the Blessed One come to his final nirvana! Too soon has the Happy One come to his final nirvana! Too soon will the Eye of the World vanish from sight!'

14. "But those devas who are free from passion, mindful and clearly comprehending, reflect in this way: 'Impermanent are all compounded things, so how could this [the Buddha release] be otherwise?'" More

• Emily Chan, Chip Chick via MSN.com, 4/28/24 edited by Pat Macpherson; Maha-Parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha (accesstoinsight.org) by Sister Vajira and Francis Story edited Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Springtime is for love BUT... ('Strangers')

Kenya Grace, 9/1/23; Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

For the love of attention/money, ready for porn?

• Nothing Higher to Live For: Romantic Love
• Women and their money: try.dowjanes.com

Love sucks, right Kenya Grace? "Strangers" (official lyric video)

(Kenya Grace) #KenyaGrace #Strangers LYRICS: It always ends the same/ When it was me and you/ But every time I meet somebody new/ It's like deja vu/ I swear they sound the same/ It's like they know my skin/ Every word they say sounds just like him/ And it goes like this/ We’ll get in your car/ And you’ll lean to kiss me/ We’ll talk for hours/ And lie on the back seat/ Uh huh uh huh 

Who is this young musical entrepreneur?

Then one random night when everything changes/ You won't reply/ And we’ll go back to strangers/ Uh huh uh huh

It’s something that I hate/ How everyone's disposable now/ Every time I date somebody new/ I feel vulnerable/ That it’ll never change/ And it will just stay like this/ Never ending dating breaking up/ And it goes like this/ We’ll get in your car/ And you’ll lean to kiss me/ We’ll talk for hours/ And lie on the back seat/ Uh huh uh huh

Then one random night when everything changes/ You won't reply/ And we’ll go back to strangers/ Uh huh uh huh

Singer Kenya Grace has real talent with modern equipment

It always ends the same/ When it was me and you/ But every time I meet somebody new/ It's like deja vu/ When we spoke for months/ Did you ever mean it? / How can they say that this is love/ When it goes like this?/ We’ll get in ur car/ And you’ll lean to kiss me/ We’ll talk for hours/ And lie on the back seat/ Uh huh uh huh

Then one random night when everything changes/ You won't reply/ And we’ll go back to strangers/ Uh huh uh huh

Listen to "Strangers": majorrecordings.lnk.to/strangers Follow Kenya Grace: kenyagrace / kenyagracebaby / @kenyagracebaby Credits: Director Ben Hanning. Shot by Julius Gutierrez. Color by Julius Gutierrez. Edit by Ben Hanning. Production Company: SPACEHRTS.

50 mysteries yet to be solved (video)

The vanishing of Flight 19: 50 Unsolved Mysteries That Scientist Cannot Explain

(Discoverize) Jan. 16, 2024: Welcome to the Discoverize, which dives into the most exciting and unbelievable things that the world has to offer. From ancient artifacts to mind-blowing scientific theories, there's never a dull moment on this channel. Join to embark on a thrilling journey of discovery and wonder and remove socks or they will be knocked off by the amazing things uncovered. Whether a lifelong learner or just looking for a good time, this channel is sure to entertain and educate. Buckle up and be ready for an unforgettable ride. For copyright matters, please contact: juliabaker0312@gmail.com 

Strange Secret to Success: right thinking?

After Skool, 6/20/23; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Fake Buddha quote? No, an elaborated mistranslation of what the Buddha teaches in the opening lines of the Dhammapada: "Mind is the forerunner of all conditions." Thinking (intention) precedes acting (karma) and colors it, thereby molding the result. Skillful actions will yield fortunate results (vipaka, phala), unskillful actions (akusala karma) will bring woeful results.

The Strange Secret to Success: Earl Nightingale

The Strangest Secret

(After Skool) What is the strangest secret to success? "We become what we think about"?

Earl Nightingale V (March 12, 1921–March 25, 1989) claims "everyone" was in agreement on this point. It's so famous a saying that it has become a fake Buddha quote.

• AUDIO: The Strangest Secret and This I Believe: How to Live the Life You Desire

What did the Buddha actually say? "Things [life circumstances] are preceded by the mind (heart), ruled by the mind, made by the mind. If one speaks or acts [i.e., performs karma] with a corrupted mind then suffering follows — just as the wheel of the ox cart follows the ox that pulls it" (Dhp. 1). "Mind is the forerunner of all conditions; they are preceded by mind, ruled by mind, made by mind. If one speaks or acts with a calm and bright mind then happiness follows just as one's shadow that never departs" (Dhp. 2).

Earl Nightingale at the mic, bloviating.

Nightingale was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, psychology, motivation, and meaningful existence.

He was the voice, during the early 1950s, of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series. He was also a WGN radio program host from 1950 to 1956. He was the author of The Strangest Secret, which economist Terry Savage has termed "one of the great[est] motivational books of all time."

The goal is not to end thinking. Stay calm.

• *"Right thought," one of the factors of Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path (noble = aryan = "ennobling" = enlightening), means thinking thoughts of renunciation (letting go, non-clinging, non-lust rather than the usual sensual craving that overtakes one), thoughts of non-harming (ahimsa) or non-ill-will, thoughts of non-cruelty. "Right thought" is usually defined as right intention or right resolve, referring to the underlying motivation for an action or deed (karma). The resultants to be expected are called the vipaka (karmic resultant) and the phala (karmic fruit).

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