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wearing white after May.

I spent like 50 seconds looking at just the first case. That all it took to definitively know there's no conspiracy for the first where the killer knew the family for years. I guess I could look into the others but why waste my time. I understand the desire for conspiracy here, but it doesn't exist. No one needs to assassinate antivacciners, its been debunked already, imo and thankfully for most society. Any violence would be silly and counter counter productive.

I'm not certain, but with Wim Hof, did the tummo practice come first or did he have his almost freakish ability at the beginning? And developed his tummo system so others could get closer to his natural ability?

I didn't mean to aim the Godwin's commment at anyone specifically, just thought Hitler/Nazi references/comparisons were getting hit on more and more as the thread rounded page 12 and headed into 150+ posts.

What..? You?? relationship with God??? what have you done with Karl????

I'm not that interested in God as creator. Nor am I interested in proofs- logical, emotional or biblical Or intellectual. There have been people gone before me, many mystics (and regular folks) who found God. A satori experience, often filtered through cultural and religious filters, but similar phenomena. A deep abiding sense of Oneness, finding and feeling the totality. In my tradition God is an awesome phenomena who's majesty and mystery suffices everything. From the Universe out there to the food we eat. Technically from morning to night, with everything we eat, every bowel movement, from the common to miraculous, Jews say a prayer that's essentially Wow, God. kinda Breath/Spirit of God is here, His mystery fills creation, Wow - bread, fruit, rainbow... Course I'm not that observant. Still I travel the time honored road that through meditation and the deep silence it brings, I'll attain a mystical experience of God. It won't get me anything, no miracles or prizes, maybe not even any huge insight, but as long as I'm alive, it seems a worthy goal.

or maybe there should be a 'Yes Please' option under it too. <or did someone suggest that earlier??>

Maybe we can't choose our thoughts (& emotions), but we can feed them. Keeping them alive way after the events have past, turning them into a needle that we perversely use to prick ourselves with. It keeps us from walking a peaceful path as often as we should; keeps us fighting or frightened when there's no immediate threat. Sometimes the best use for the light of awareness is seeing the needles we've created so we can put them away.

Its old but Anna Wise (book 'The High Performance Mind) did work on EEG's and bravewtf brainwaves of various masters of different traditions. Seeing what came up when they did there various meditations. The best seemed to run several brain wave patterns at once, unlike usual people. You can experience her work in the form of guided meditations she created that open up different brain waves. Here's a link: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/annawise I recommend 1, 2, 4 and 9 to begin with. Here is a page that has links to some of her papers and those following the same line of research. http://www.institutefortheawakenedmind.com/home/research/recent-studies/ >>geez I wrote brave waves instead of brain.. I need my own brainwaves checked. I think China has done the most study. There is literally Chi gung hospitals there. Ya Mu who posts did extensive work in medical such medical chi gung. Meditation has been studied and there's wide spread kudos for it, though much is due to relaxation response, that brings myriad benefits to mind and body. What kind of qigong style phenomena are you looking at? It goes from health benefits to the far end freaky stuff of telekinesis, pyrokinesis etc., for that stuff the proofs are harder to come by.. and much more controversial.

i don't know if you can see god, but sometimes you can hear him, but you have to be real real real quiet. even a whisper of thought is too loud.

Life would be pretty boring if everyone believed the exact same thing. This thread is on an aspect of Christianity, better to leave it alone or see if you can pick up any tidbits of wisdom then try to turn it into a 'I Think Religion is Bogus' thread. Which you can start up elsewhere or add to one of the older ones.

Do you see any parallels between eastern practices and philosophy and the Dine people? Also what important lessons have you learned from them? Are there any shamanic principles or ideas we should bring into our meditative practices?

I think I'll join u. The whole thread Godwins law gone Gangum and i don't do that dance.

I think when you confront a major force. For some there is the path of the hero and for others the heroic thing to do is to survive. Survive despite fear of cowardice, fear of loss, fear of living. Survive for those did sacrifice, survive so there is a legacy and a chance for justice. The only complete loss is when you become what you hate.

When you see hate, confront it, afterwards walk away. Beware entanglement in it. Beware letting it prey on your mind, robbing you of your peace. We can do a little for the world and we should, but don't expect to change it. We can do a whole lot with ourselves; and maybe walking a peaceful path and abiding in calmness, tolerance and kindness is the best we can achieve. <or be a warrior but know; the dominoes you push over will fall in unknown paths> We didn't start the fire, but we can choose not to fuel or fan it. We do much good by simply moving away debris.

I don't know. I'd like to see clear statistics and honest comparisons before deciding whats good and whats bad. I think people tend to confuse socialism with communism, and for good reason, often they're used interchangeably. Frankly I like a wider deeper social net of public protections, but central planning tends to screw things; good intentions causing nasty unintended consequences. Socialism (as seen in Western Europe) has its good points, but without intelligent oversight, allowing the people to vote themselves bread circus and benefits ends up in bankruptcy. Speaking of false alternatives: while I agree with some of Karl's sentiments, bringing up Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea are red herrings because most of the people here are describing European style socialism, not communist dictatorship. I think the U.S can learn some things from Europe, though its tricky to avoid some of the pit falls, they've fallen into. I'm an independent who leans Democratic. I'm happiest with a mixed government and like to see on balance 2 or 3 Democratic leaning elections to each Republican one. But eventual Republican leads are essential cause every system needs an occasional enema and shot of fiscal responsibility. It works best when the conflict between the two result in greater pragmatism versus the mindless automatic opposition we have today.

I have 2 teenage sons, so I definitely see all the superhero movies. We saw Amazing Spiderman 2. Watchable, but not likeable. Plot seemed sluggish, actions scenes used a dark, cutaway style that is hard to follow. Even watching him swing through the air seemed more raggedy. Amazing Spiderman 1, was okay to good, not as good as the first 2 Spiderman'szz. Also saw Godzilla at an Imax 3d. Not a hit with any of us. Modern 3d comes off darkening the whole film and often used gratuitously and they confused loud sounds with drama. Worse Godzilla didn't have a lot of personality. For goodness sake he spend days swimming in the ocean with 2 navy ships seemingly 25 feet away on both sides. What kind of self respecting monster allows himself to be followed that closely for so long? Its like he's a trained seal. Especially since the ships plan to nuke him when he's done swimming across the ocean. The monster villains seemed generic and uninspired. I enjoyed the Snicker candy bar commercials showing Godzilla more then the movie. A movie I wanted to see, but has left the area is Only Lovers Left Alive. A philosophical vampire flick. oh well. Any reviews?

Thank you.

Yo yo yo, a nungali's gonna nun. Lois, what else you got in the Miracle department?

then you'll love Ant-Man, its just like Charlie's World.. only more ants.

Nungali Posted Today, 05:28 PM "Osho ... Michael Jackson ... its a pattern. Seems to come up when 'delay gratification' principle isnt operative. So ... anyone care to join me for cocktails in my back yard giraffe enclosure <checks watch> and there is the gymp parade in 1/2 an hour ... thats oh so amusing chaps! Dont forget the dress code !" sure.. as long as there's cocktails I'll bring my jo and be wearing my best hakama

Don't mind Nungali, all video miracle workers must tolerate such deniers.

Just saw Ant-Man. Pretty good, quite a bit more lighthearted then most of the superhero movies lately, except Guardians of the Galaxy, which had its share of good guys being blown to bits. Though this had a few questionably guys being turned to goo. My son thought it was the best of the Marvel flicks. I give it 4 Ants.

Ookay. as long as it's p u r e.

Turn an economic idea into a near religious entity and you're going to start losing perspective. It becomes an -ism and that leads to fundamentalism, then we got trouble. It becomes all good, and while Capitalism has many strong points, its got faults too and instead of curing them they're brushed under the social rug.