(David Balicki) Lissie meets Kid Cudi in Paris, France (June 27, 2014), as she was in the habit of covering his hit "Pursuit of Happiness." He liked her version and joined her onstage to help her out.
Kid Cudi's version is better even with Drake there to ruin it
Leigh Brasington Deep Dive into Buddhist Meditation | Part 1
(Escaping Samsara, Jan. 29, 2021) Leigh Brasington has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1985. He is the senior American student of the late German Buddhist nun Ven. Ayya Khema.
He began teaching retreats in Europe and North America in 1997 and is the author of the book Right Concentration – A Practical Guide to the Jhanas. This is first part of our in-depth exploration of different aspects of Buddhist teachings that Brasington generously took time and energy for.
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- The falling of the veil, spiritual hedonism, and world trip
- The story of Theravada nun Ayya Khema
- Ways to look at pratītya-samutpāda – "dependent origination" - Five Aggregates (skandhas), Eckhart Tolle and taking a nap
- Emptiness or Śūnyatā, inherent existence and the deathless unconditioned state - our own personal immortality project
- Leigh's process of studying the sutras
- What are jhanas or the stages of indestructible mind
- Morality, concentration, wisdom
- Jhanas as a spectrum of concentration states
- As you go deeper the space of observer gets smaller
- Don’t get fooled by your concepts
- Leigh’s and Nathan’s take on the spiritual world of today
- How Buddhism translates into Western culture - To discover more of Leigh Brasington's teaching and get his book on Jhana visit: leighb.com
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Ajahn Chah: Part 1, Chapter 1, The Middle Way Within
(Gradientsea, 11/16/13) These are recordings of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah of the Thai Forest Tradition that have been translated into English and are published in The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, 2011. These Dhamma talks were read and recorded by Ajahn Amaro during the winter of 2012.
(Bloke Box, June 10, 2022) 💗 The title is self-explanatory. Except, what in the world is a "sigma male"? He's no alpha, just a strong opponent neither easily dismissed nor overcome. Enjoy!
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10 reasons why sigma males IGNORE you (alpha males won't like it!)
If he feels the need, a sigma male won’t hesitate to ghost you or ignore you. People often perceive his indifferent attitude as arrogance -- and sometimes they’re right. But a sigma could be ignoring you for a variety of reasons. It might be nothing personal, so before you jump to conclusions, consider these 10 reasons why sigma males ignore you. A little warning: Alphas don’t want to stay till Number One.
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THIS WAS MY LIFE (LYRICS): It was just another day/ It was just another fight/ It was words strung into sentences/ It was doomed to not be right./ There is something wrong with me/ There is something wrong with you/ There is nothing left of us/ There is one thing I can't do.// Lying on your bed/ Examining my head/ This is the part of me that hates/ Paybacks are a bitch/ I throw the switch/ Somewhere an electric chair awaits.// Hey this was my life/ Hey this was my fate/ This was the wrong thing to do/ This was the wrong one to be doing/ This was the road to destiny/ This was the road to my ruin/ Now there's motives for the suspect/ Now there's nothing left to say/ Now there's method to the madness/ Now there's anxiety to pay.// Lying on your bed/ Examining my head/ This is the part of me that hates/ Paybacks are a bitch/ I throw the switch/ Somewhere an electric chair awaits.// Hey this was my life/ Hey this was my fate/ In our life there's "if"/ In our beliefs there's "lie"/ In our business there's "sin"/ In our bodies there's "die"/ This was my life/ This was my fate/ This was my life/ This was my fate.
Dave Mustaine Reflects on Countdown to Extinction
(Loudwire, July 14, 2022) Megadeth legend Dave Mustaine looks back on his greatest album, Countdown to Extinction, for its 30th anniversary this year.
ASHES IN YOUR MOUTH (LYRICS) People have round shoulders from fairing heavy loads/ And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads/ Sorrow paid for valor is too much to recall/ Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall.// Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords/ Shun words of the Bible, we need implements of war/ Chalk lines and red puddles of those who have been slain/ Destiny, that crooked schemer, says: "The dead shall rise again!"// Where do we go from here?/ And should we really care?/ The end is finally here/ God have mercy!// Now we've rewritten history/ The one thing we've found out/ Sweet taste of vindication/ It turns to ashes in your mouth.// Where do we go from here?/ And should we really care?/ The end is finally here/ God have mercy!// If you're fighting to live/ It's okay to die/ The answer to your question is:/ "Welcome to tomorrow!"/ Where do we go from here?/ God have mercy!// Where do we go from here?/ And should we really care?/ The end is finally here/ God have mercy!// Where do we go from here?/ And should we really care?/ The end is finally here/ God have mercy!/ Mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy
"This is a war of propaganda": John Pilger on Ukraine and Julian Assange | Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo
(South China Morning Post, July 8, 2022) Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker John Pilger has dedicated his life to the pursuit of truth and to shining a light on inconvenient facts that often contradict the mainstream media narrative about wars [particularly imperial US wars]. In this episode of Talking Post, Pilger sits down with SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo to discuss the [US proxy] war in Ukraine, the West versus China, and the plight of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
(TEDx Talks, April 24, 2015) Conceited or annoying, too pretty or too confident? Who knows. But something rubs us the wrong way about Hypnotherapist Danna Pycher. Apparently, we're not the only ones:
NOTE FROM TED: We've flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it appears to fall outside TEDx's curatorial guidelines. There is no conclusive research that supports the claims made about the subconscious mind.
TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines given to TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: storage.ted.com/tedx...
Surviving a car accident was the easy part; coping with the chronic pain would prove more difficult. Danna Pycher shares her story about trauma and the transformative insight she gained that allowed her to harness the healing power of the subconscious mind.
ABOUT: Danna Pycher is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programmer Hypnotherapist specializing in chronic illness and trauma. She is also a motivational speaker and coach. Her first book 3rd Generation and Beyond is beautiful and powerful on life philosophies, according to a third generation Holocaust descendant. "A must read for the young and old who are trying to find an identity or just need a reminder on how to appreciate the little things in life." Pycher enjoyed many years in broadcasting as an on-camera host, reporter, and producer working in the fields of health reporting and corporate productions. Her curiosity about the nature of human beings is what guides her professional pursuits.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx.
528Hz | Big Tibetan Singing Bowl Music for Healing and Meditation
(MeditativeMind.org, 12/31/17) Calming Tibetan singing bowl music based on Solfeggio frequency of 528Hz, which is also known as the love frequency, miracle tone, frequency of transformation. Here are some of the benefits of 528Hz Solfeggio frequency music: ✓ It returns human DNA to its original, perfect state.
✓ It brings transformation and miracles to life.
✓ DNA reparation is followed by its beneficial effects of increased amount of energy.
✓ It also helps in balancing and tuning solar plexus chakra, which helps in more self-confidence and self-esteem. More tracks from big Tibetan singing bowl series
417Hz: youtu.be/YIIZSYWvBbc.
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Some like it dark and bitter, others smooth and sweet, but no matter what the flavor preference on World Chocolate Day, July 7th, be careful when taking a bite. The cacao bean (burnt fruit seed), which is responsible for that unmistakably rich flavor we know and love so well, is native to Mexico as well as South- and Central America. But it has been transplanted into the USA and some European countries to match the high consumer demand for it as a decadent delicacy. Whether it’s used to coat other candies and nuts, melted over fruit, or shaven over a gourmet dessert, chocolate and all the sugar that comes with it is often addictive and bad for health, filled as it is with oxalates. Around 1 billion people around the world eat chocolates every day. Besides its craveable taste, it has tons of health benefits. Although chocolates are recognized as body fattening and artery clogging, amazingly they can also aid weight loss and help maintain weight if consumed moderately as bitter dark chocolate. On Valentine’s week, mimicking the chemicals it does, chocolate is thought of and sold as the food of love.
Ex-CIA agents are censoring all of us on Mark Zuckerberg's Meta or Facebook (but actually he's just the artificial face of a much larger spying operation). Facebook Corporation is full of "spooks" (spies) surveilling users.
The FASTEST Way to End SUFFERING || Motivational Speech
(2/4/22) Sadhguru: Now you have to create a little distance. Once you're above the intellectual process, suffering is finished in your life because all suffering is manufactured there in your logical mind. When you're into your intellect, when you're stuck in your intellect, you're a nonstop suffering human being. Wherever you're put, you have a way of creating some kind of suffering your fears, your anxieties, your tensions, your stress. Just see, people are capable of suffering just about anything.
What is the path to the end of suffering?
The problem is the intellect or being too intellectual. Sadhguru does not provide the solution, but Buddhism does. We must get out of our heads and into our hearts to stop hammering things out by mere reasoning and going straight to the heart of the matter by intuitive insight -- direct seeing of things as they really are. That is what the Noble Eightfold Path is for, to ennoble (enlighten) the mind.
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James Randi, TED Talks, 4/20/10; Pat Macpherson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Homeopathy, quackery, and fraud | rabid skeptic James Randi
(TED) Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a "fatal" dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of beliefs he finds "irrational." He throws out a [phony] challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet). [Takers need not apply because he isn't going to give anything because no proof would ever be good enough because his whole worldview and all the meaning in his life would have to go out the window. But he's a showman as bad as the real and phony people he's criticizing, so a million dollar offer sounds serious and irresistible to people who are not looking for fame trouble.]
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President of the Metis Community Cassidy Caron speaks to the media in St. Peter's Square after their meeting with Pope Francis at The Vatican, 3/28/22. The restitution of Indigenous and colonial-era artifacts is on the pope's agenda (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File).
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Vatican says they're gifts; Indigenous groups want them back
VATICAN CITY, Holy See/Rome — The [imperial] Vatican Museums are home to some of the most magnificent artworks in the world, from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to [stolen] ancient Egyptian antiquities and a pavilion full of papal chariots.
The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum, located near the food court and right before the main exit, houses tens of thousands of artifacts and art made by [conquered] Indigenous peoples from around the world, much of it sent to Rome by Catholic missionaries for a 1925 exhibition in the Vatican gardens.
The Vatican says the feathered headdresses, carved walrus tusks, masks and embroidered animal skins were gifts to Pope Pius XI, who wanted to celebrate the Church’s global reach, its missionaries and the lives of the Indigenous peoples they evangelized. More
(Psych2Go, 11/2/20) Here are 10 Things a Narcissist Would Say from the never ending collection of videos throwing the term around for those hurt by relationships with selfish people. It goes like this; Are you dealing with a narcissist right now? Narcissists are masters of sabotage, deceit, and emotional manipulation. While Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is very rare, a lot more people actually have narcissistic tendencies. That can make them just as dangerous to be around as someone with NPD. This is why so many of us, unfortunately, find ourselves falling for them and letting them into our lives without really knowing just how much trouble we’re getting into. Oftentimes, we don’t realize how horrible they really are until it’s too late.
So P2G has made this video to help learn how to spot a narcissist and save ourselve the emotional trauma.
If this video sounds like someone you know but you're not sure if they are a narcissist, we've got you covered as well: Here's our previous video on the signs someone is a narcissist: youtu.be.com.
Writer: Chloe Avenasa
Script Editor: Isadora Ho
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Narcissist or narcissistic? Evaluation of the latent structure of narcissistic personality disorder. Journal of abnormal psychology, 127(5), 496.
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6 Ways to Break the Trauma Bond After a Toxic Relationship
(Common Ego, July 23, 2020) Trauma bonding describes loyalty to a destructive and/or abusive person. And there are real neurochemical reasons why this happens. But there are also ways to help expedite the breaking of these bonds. In this video, we explore six ways to break the trauma bond.
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Various speakers, Big Think, 2/14/21; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly
7 dimensions of depression, explained: Dr. Daniel Goleman, Johann Hari, Pete Holmes, more
(Big Think) According to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), more than 264 million people suffer from depression. It is the leading cause of disability and, at its worst, can lead to suicide. Unfortunately, depression is often misunderstood or ignored until it is too late.
Psychologist Dr. Daniel Goleman
Researcher Johann Hari
Dr. Julie Holland, MD
Comedian Pete Holmes
Neuroscientist Dr. Emeran Mayer
Psychiatrist Dr. Drew Ramsey, and more
outline several of the social, chemical, and neurological factors that may contribute to the complex disorder and explain why there is not a singular solution or universal "cure" that can alleviate the symptoms.
From gaining insight into how the brain-gut connection [where most neurons reside] works and adopting something closer to the Mediterranean Diet, to seeking help from medical or spiritual practitioners, depression is a personal battle that requires a personalized strategy to keep it at bay, as well as more research and understanding.
JOHANN HARI: When I feel depressed, like loads of people, I say I feel down, right? And as I was learning about the causes of depression and anxiety for my book, "Lost Connections," I started to realize, I don't think that's a metaphor. There is this amazing professor at Stanford called Robert Sapolsky who in his early 20s went to live with a troop baboons in Kenya. And it was his job to figure out when are baboons most stressed out. So his job was to hit them with little tranquilizer darts and then take a blood test and measure something called cortisol, which is a hormone that baboons and us release when we're stressed. And baboons live in this hierarchy, so the females don't interestingly but the men live in a very strict hierarchy. So if there's 30 men, number one knows he's above number two, number two knows he's above number three, number 12 knows he's above number 13. And that really determines a lot. It determines who you get to have sex with, it determines what you get to eat, it determines whether you get to sit in the shade or you're pushed out into the heat. Yeah, it's a really, really significant where you are in the hierarchy.
And what Professor Sapolsky found is baboons are most stressed in two situations. One is when their status is insecure. So if you're the top guy and someone's circling which comes for you, you will be massively stressed. And the other situation is when you feel you're at the bottom of a hierarchy, you've been kind of humiliated. And what Professor Sapolsky found is when you feel you've been pushed to the bottom, what you do is you show something called submission gesture. Baboon will put its body down physically or put its head down, it will put its bottom in the air and it will cover its head. So it clearly seems to be communicating, "Just leave me alone, you've beaten me. Okay, you've beaten me." And what lots of scientists, people like Professor Paul Gilbert in Britain and Professor Kate Pickett and Professor Richard Wilkinson also in Britain have really developed is this idea that actually what human depression is in part, not entirely, but in part, is a form of a submission gesture. It's a way of saying, I can't cope with this anymore, right? Particularly people who feel they've been pushed to the bottom of hierarchies or who feel remember the other stressful situations when you feel your status is insecure it's a way of just going, "Okay, can I retreat?" "I don't want this fight anymore." "You've beaten me." It's a kind of very strong evolutionary impulse where you feel you're under attack to just submit in the hope that the stress and anxiety will then go away. The sources of the stress and anxiety will then go away.
And one thing that is so important, Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson really developed this, is they've shown so as inequality grows, depression and anxiety grow. They've shown, this is very robust effect, right? This helps us to explain it. One in five Americans will take a psychiatric drug, one in four middle-aged women in the United States is taking a chemical antidepressant in any given year. And I began to think, could it really be that just so many people are just mysteriously lacking a specific chemical in their brain? Why does it seem to be rising so much if that's the cause? If you live in Norway, your status is relatively secure, right? No one's that high, no one's that low, movement between where you are is not so extreme. If you live in the United States, especially today which is...
Alan Watts (alanwatts.org); Seth Auberon, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
(The Zen of Alan Watts, June 15, 2021) What are the core teachings of India's Vedic Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism, particularly as it finds expression Japanese Zen blended with Chinese Taoism?
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