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November 29, 2023
ETERNAL NOW
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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master’s degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest but left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Living on the West Coast, Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He also explored human consciousness, in the essay “The New Alchemy” (1958), and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).
AWARENESS
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The Art of Manliness
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You think you’re macho? Think again, wimp!Click…Read…Learn.
November 27, 2023
SARUMAN THE WHITE CEO AND HIGH PRIEST
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If Saruman were living on planet Earth, rather than in an imaginary “Middle Earth” of fantasy, he would be in control of a Private Banking Empire and/or powerful Religious organizations. He is a classic villain of fiction who is modeled on the reality that Evil Men rule Middle Earth, unless opposed and overthrown by the throngs of beings they seek to own and control. Earth is infested we beings who will do anything and everything they can conceive to seize power, control minds and own the possessions of the world. They are the definition of “evil”. The average being is too weak, stupid or cowardly to conceive of or confront evil beings. Saruman, and those of his kind, depend upon this fact and use it to their advantage whenever and wherever possible. They are masters of secrecy and disguise, always posing as the proponents of “family values” and “charity”and “faith” and “honor”, and other rhetoric designed to lure gullible cattle into the slaughterhouse. History repeats itself because human beings have not gained the ability to recognize and destroy evil beings whose only intention is to control them. The organizations of such beings — throughout all of history — are 1) financial 2) religious 3) political, and ofter all three combined.
Saruman the White is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien‘s fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He is leader of the Istari, wizards sent to Middle-earth in human form by the godlike Valar to challenge Sauron, the main antagonist of the novel, but eventually desires Sauron’s power for himself and tries to help the Dark Lord take over Middle-earth. Saruman is one of several characters in the book illustrating the corruption of power; his desire for knowledge and order leads to his fall, and he rejects the chance of redemption when it is offered. The name Saruman means “man of skill”; he serves as an example of technology and modernity being overthrown by forces more in tune with nature. (Wikipedia.org)
Evil is profound immorality, especially when regarded as a supernatural force,for example in religious belief. Evil is usually perceived as the dualistic opposite of good. Definitions of evil vary, as does the analysis of its root motives and causes; however, evil is commonly associated with conscious and deliberate wrongdoing, discrimination designed to harm others, humiliation of people designed to diminish their psychological well-being and dignity, destructiveness, motives of causing pain or suffering for selfish or malicious intentions, and acts of unnecessary or indiscriminate violence. (Wikipedia.org)
November 26, 2023
My Books on KINDLE
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AMOUR
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The loss of the person whom you love and cherish the most in your life is an agony beyond imagining. Yet, to allow them to endure interminable suffering, is the most brutal crue lty, and insantity. If you truly love someone, the only sane and merciful act is to free them from their pain. This pain may be imprisonment within an unwanted relationship, or from a crippled and decaying body.
In Life, and in Death, Freedom is more important than Love.
Amour (pronounced: [a.muʁ]; French for “Love”) is a 2012 French-language drama film. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne suffers a stroke which paralyses her on one side of her body. The film was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards, and was nominated in four other categories: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Emmanuelle Riva), Best Original Screenplay (Michael Haneke) and Best Director (Michael Haneke). At the age of 85, Emmanuelle Riva is the oldest nominee for the Best Actress in a Leading Role. At the 25th European Film Awards, it was nominated in six categories, winning in four, including Best Film and Best Director. At the 47th National Society of Film Critics Awards it won the awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. At the 66th British Academy Film Awards it was nominated in four categories, winning for Best Leading Actress and Best Film Not in the English Language. Emmanuelle Riva became the oldest person to win a BAFTA. At the 38th César Awards it was nominated in ten categories, winning in five, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.
November 24, 2023
DUMB / SMART
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A quote by Douglas Adams from the publication, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time is a posthumous collection of previously published and unpublished material by Douglas Adams. It consists largely of essays about technology and life experiences, but its major selling point is the inclusion of the incomplete novel on which Adams was working at the time of his death, The Salmon of Doubt (from which the collection gets its title, a reference to the Irish myth of the Salmon of Knowledge).
SEARCH ERROR
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REINCARNATION PROOF
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For most people living in the West the idea of reincarnation is virtually forbidden by christian “culture”. Here is a very credible scientific evidence that reincarnation is a reality. Understanding this reality opens the door to understanding ourselves as immortal spiritual beings.
The link below reveals the research of Dr. Ian Stevenson who has devoted the last forty years to the scientific documentation of past life memories of children from all over the world. He has over 3,000 cases in his files. Many people, including skeptics and scholars, agree that these cases offer the best evidence yet for reincarnation.
Dr. Stevenson’s credentials are impeccable. He is a medical doctor and had many scholarly papers to his credit before he began paranormal research. He is the former head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, and now is Director of the Division of Personality Studies at the University of Virginia.
