Nungali

'Scapegoat ' ... he was a Capricorn want he ? Its an old Jewish tradition , so that part might have made him 'traditionally popular' ? scapegoat /skāp′gōt″/ noun One that is made to bear the blame of others. A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness. In the ancient Jewish ritual, a goat on which the chief priest, on the day of atonement, symbolically laid the sins of the people. The goat was then driven into the wilderness. Lev. xvi.

^ ' The One Commandments ' .

I guess it was relevant to the people then ... who may have been 'coming from a very different head space ' . Then there was the organizational take over later that changed it somewhat . 'Politics' can 'help' . But I can see what makes some aspects pop today . A woman I know, who started off not too bad then went through a terrible decline ; did all sorts of shit and got into bad trouble, wrecked her career , got a criminal record, lost friends and created mistrust of herself . Used to be a 'pagan' , very much so . Then after hitting her 'rock bottom' she 'found Jesus ' ... and gave all her troubles and sins to him and he took them on and she is now 'resolved ' .... ' free ' and saved . " Get out of guilt for free ' card .

Look you ! I KNOW what you mean ..... I just ....

Hi and welcome . I have found ( especially the first four stages of ) Exopsychology relevant and more extensive to this idea . Especially The commentaries and extensions of the theories as put forward by Robert Anton Wilson . As well as mapping these stages of development in the individual they correlate them to stages in personal development and stages in social development (over time ) . 'The Fall of Man ' is in an interesting topic . It can be approached from a spiritual perspective all the way through to an historical / anthropological one .

I would add that 'look at the opponent as one looks at a tree ' is something I was taught - and the explanation was as above . This extends to what I call ( in facing multiple opponents / 'being surrounded ' ) - 'spherical awareness ' . Its something that has kept me alive for over 50 years as a motorcycle rider (more later , gotta scoot ... taking two little girls to watch an 'octopus show ' ... speaking of 'multi armed one ' )

Nope . Dont want to

An awful lot ! Why ? I had this converse yesterday . I guess its because for some it feels easier, less threatening, best not to go against the norm .... I mean , everyone else is doing it , it must be for a reason . To do something else requires effort, possibly a threat , a 'rocking of the boat' and subtle types of ostracism ; being primates , and preferring to live in extended family groups , ostracism is a big threat to us .

No !

Here is another example ; in teaching I would : " Push me backwards . " - they cant . " Meet my cut and win " ie Cut with their sword against my sword and push it push it out of the way - they cant . So I take them to the car ; 'Push my car ' - they pause, consider, take a good foot placement , lower their center ( their body generally ) , take a breath in and push with all the parts of their body , not just their hands and arms . It is as if 'instinctively' they know what to do but 'forget' in training . OR ; 'Chop some firewood for me ." "Okay then ' , they take up the ax , place their hands the right distance apart , get a good grip , firmly place their feet , lower their center , take a breath in and ... whop ! .... often with some grunt or vocal noise . Me ; " So, why dont you do that when doing a sword cut ? " relying too much on the weapon alone can be dangerous to the person with the weapon .

Same with sword . I used to teach ; dont swing the sword around chopping up stuff , most of the movement should be where you 'place' your body, how you move , etc . Watch a good classical Jap sword movie (one where the actor is actually trained well in the art ) then watch a bad one (often a western modern version ) where the sword is swung, flung, and 'swished' around ..... just like ... someone has forgotten everything about proper movement due to 'confidence' of having a weapon and relying on that weapon as a thing itself a not as an extension of body technique . The art of sword and indeed one single cut is about using the whole body . Or even ; its about where you 'move your hara' to . There is one very quick defense I demonstrate against a classic defend and counter move , nothing moves; sword, hands, arm , I just step and turn and everything is in the right position at the end of the move . No 'hacking' needed , body position within the fight / melee , minimal movement , taking 'direct action' and right placement . In a way , one needs to read others ki .... their 'intentions' before their physical movement follows , and in a 'melee' against several opponents , that 'psychic force seems like an engulfing octopus , the master swordsman can read the shape of that octopus and move accordingly about and within it . yeah, its just a movie but the actor is an accomplished sword 'stylist' ; 'Sword of Doom' - the ambush against Lord Shimarda ( a master swordsman ) goes wrong . ( I cant post the clip atm )

Indeed , we need to extend the ' intolerant' tag over the whole Abrahamic Tradition . before the 'progression' of Abrahamic religions Zoroastrianism was a major religion , it was egalitarian, progressive and tolerant , especially of others religions, and often supported them and helped them to advance , especially with Judaism .

Well of course someone like Daniel will get triggered by Buddha . I used to when I was a smart young egotistical man that knew everything . Turns out Buddha was right about a lot of stuff though .... surprise surprise , is was ME and not him after all . I even used to think the world was a Garden of Eden ... until I 'climbed the wall' and got out into the 'real world' . But some cant handle that .... they 'take their garden with them' ... but that requires a lot of 'evasive opinion / personal philosophy' to maintain .

But you are not the arbitrator here , are you ? In case YOU didnt notice Daniel you have lost your credibility here a fair while back .

..... ' I'll just leave this here for you and the others to reflect on for the purpose of determing how much credibility to grant to your posts here: '

How incredibly 'politically incorrect ' of you ! Truly shocking ... I thought you where a nice person ? Just as well I have a bad sense of humor . I had to do that once . In an Aboriginal ceremony . They 'paint up ' by dipping a casurina branch ( a pine tree with very fine soft 'needles' ) in watery white clay and lightly lash it up and down your legs, arms and torso , leaving a fine white pattern of horizontal lines . After they did me ; " We cant see 'em, this fellah to white , they dont stand out ." (much laughter ) . Then one bright spark ; " We gotta make him black first . " So they mixed up some charcoal from the fire with some other goop and smeared black all over me and then painted me with the white designs over that . They seemed to have a lot of fun doing that , made a few jokes , so I offered ; ' What's with that ? Whitefellah lie on beach all day trying to go brown , Blackfellah does a ceremony but paints himself white first ? "

I want those .

Now the Hebrew Bible is anti Jewish and Islam is tolerant . Who you working for Daniel ?

And everyone else ( except Daniel )

Hi . Ditto . What 'stream' or type of 'Magic' in the western tradition ?

What about high branches ... beyond any pole extension ? Aussie bush style ; half a stick of 'jelly' with a long fuse , tie it to an arrow and shoot it up into the limb with it . Light fuse and run . - it doesnt make a very clean 'cut' though .

Regarding 'flow' variation ....just make the flow less . if you know how to increase it , you should know how to decrease it . Most certainly regarding the sword . But this is cutting not 'sawing' , although a good cut with , say, a katana , should have three motions going ; from 'swinging the arm ' a chopping type of action : from swinging the arms in an arc making the hands come down the center line , move close to the body and at the end extending out from the body ; a 'slicing motion' ; and from the body / center 'surging' forward ; a 'pushing ' type of motion that assists the other two. This is usually tested by cutting through bundles of reeds or straw with a bamboo core . In some exercises the sword may be held above the head and with in breath 'ki' is drawn in through the sword tip, to the hara and with the cut , ki is extended out through the sword tip . Some say without this, you are not cutting correctly . Its similar for many cutting weapons ..... I dont have any 'sawing 'weapons so I cant really say . Ask Curly regarding your skill ; many people do things in a subtle inefficient way ; a friend burnt his electric sander out by ' vigorously assisting manually ' , as said above ; let the tool do the work . Long smooth cuts with a saw using the whole blade and in a relaxed manner are more efficient than a flurry of short strokes 'hacking' through the wood .

..... and it appears they had to wait on mice celebrating new years eve ; note the mouse has a cocktail in one hand and the 'kebab' party food in the other hand the cat is offering a left over Christmas Goose and in the background a sky rocket is going off Perhaps Apech can tell us more about ' Egyptian Christmas ' ?

He went to Egypt , but things didnt turn out as expected ;

Okay . I am certain to keep this one ; I resolve to not eat squid this year .