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back to the topic of the thread.... I am very hesitant to voice this but as i am fairly sure of it, and don't care what people who argue for argument's sake have to say about it, i am going to I thought that brahma approached him shortly after his enlightenment and supplicated him to teach his realization to people. I have heard from numerous sources that he felt that his insight was too difficult to convey or accept and was going to keep to himself for the rest of his life. Then he was approached by god who asked him to teach. This isn't silence about god, it is acknowledging the presence and even the authority (or at least the wisdom) of it. can anyone comment (without starting a fight lol)? thanks

lol i said the roots of buddhism not vajrayana. the bon oral tradition according to lopon tenzin namdak lists the previous buddhas of 20 or so world ages gone back.. thats prehistory. Shakyamuni wasn't the originator of buddhism or the first buddha. Thats what im talking about lol

@sinancenser escaping a cycle of suffering and being anti-life don't really fit together. Seems pro-life to liberate oneself. also, the idea is to become what you actually are (and always were) not what you aren't yet. @alwayson Jolan Chang writes that within Tibetan vajrayana, the physical practices of highest yoga tantra, like semen retention, internal orgasm for men, etc, were called "the chinese practices". He was a daoist of course, and everyone seems to like to write about how their tradition is completely awesome, but nonetheless, its possible that vajrayana incorporated elements of daoism and chinese thought. ultimately both daoism and buddhism have roots that are lost in prehistory, so its immaterial to engage in speculation about whether one sprung from the other. Oral tradition traces both to great antiquity.

at our local food co-op and our whole foods market, there is filtered water (reverse osmosis, and in the case of the co-op, ultraviolet filtered on top of that) which is free of pharmaceuticals and all the stuff that the standard community filtration can't filter out. There is also the matter of fluoride and chlorine, which are both, as joeblast pointed out, completely disgusting on several levels. anyway we have three 3-gallon jugs and some 1-gallon jugs and needless to say, don't drink the crap from the tap i'm glad to see you shedding light on pharmaceuticals in the water supply, thanks

Today, one week before the Supreme Court hears arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Save our Seeds (SOS) launched our new report, Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers. The report investigates how the current seed patent regime has led to a radical shift to consolidation and control of global seed supply and how these patents have abetted corporations, such as Monsanto, to sue U.S. farmers for alleged seed patent infringement. Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers also examines broader socio-economic consequences of the present patent system including links to loss of seed innovation, rising seed prices, reduction of independent scientific inquiry, and environmental issues. Among the report’s discoveries are several alarming statistics: As of January 2013, Monsanto, alleging seed patent infringement, had filed 144 lawsuits involving 410 farmers and 56 small farm businesses in at least 27 different states. Today, three corporations control 53 percent of the global commercial seed market Seed consolidation has led to market control resulting in dramatic increases in the price of seeds. From 1995-2011, the average cost to plant one acre of soybeans has risen 325 percent; for cotton prices spiked 516 percent and corn seed prices are up by 259 percent. Additionally, Seed Giants vs. U.S. Farmers reports a precipitous drop in seed diversity that has been cultivated for millennia. As the report notes: 86% of corn, 88% of cotton, and 93% of soybeans farmed in the U.S. are now genetically-engineered (GE) varieties, making the option of farming non-GE crops increasingly difficult. While agrichemical corporations also claim that their patented seeds are leading to environmental improvements, the report notes that upward of 26 percent more chemicals per acre were used on GE crops than on non-GE crops, according to USDA data. At the launch of the report via teleconference today, experts from the Center for Food Safety and Save our Seeds were joined by Mr. Vernon Hugh Bowman, the 75-year-old Indiana soybean farmer who, next week, will come up against Monsanto in the Supreme Court Case. When asked about the numerous comparisons being drawn between his case and the story of David and Goliath, Mr. Bowman responded, “I really don’t consider it as David and Goliath. I don’t think of it in those terms. I think of it in terms of right and wrong.” In December of 2012, the Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of Mr. Bowman, which supports the right of farmers to re-plant saved seed. Arguments in the case are scheduled for February 19th. Download the report here: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seed-Giants_final.pdf

sanzon, didn't mind the subtitles, thanks for sharing rv, youre welcome

just finished dream yoga by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and have had deepening dream experiences based on the practices. They take time to exact their full effect, but lately i have been having more vivid dreams which are easily memorable. Also of note, dreams within dreams which yielded insight into what i was dreaming about, and last nights dream of a weeklong meditation retreat (all 7 days of it). The exercises are very simple and work with the energy of A and thigle and the unconditioned mind, so if you practice with those energies or with guruyoga to Samantabhadra or any dzogchen practice, its just a matter of incorporating your practice into your bedtime routine. just received and now reading: The Cycle of Day and Night, also by Norbu RInpoche

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"they" are the bastards who make mockery of the sanctity of love

yes human rights are inherent, thank you for clarifying. i did not mean to imply that they were a privilege by using the word "deserve".

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i just put on my 2020-goggles and see them that way right now! lol

as time goes on it becomes more and more a non-issue... something ridiculous that our parents and grandparents were neurotically fascinated with. but in many parts of the world (africa) its still an issue with a capital i. i mean you can't be out, you'll get hurt or die. so while i agree with you HNJT from an american perspective, from a global one i think it still merits healthy discussion. @WWROA Homosexuality has been observed in hundreds of species of animals.. last i looked, over 500. We're probably all bisexual on a deep level. Maybe if gay people didn't feel so ostracized by society they wouldn't act out in dangerous ways? who knows.. i know if i had been accepted by my parents and society for who i was as a youth, i wouldn't have done half the stupid and destructive things i've done. But thats basically speculation, take it or leave it. In the end bigotry is bigotry, and segregation is a form of hate and a supremacist play. Gay people deserve rights and respect regardless of the problems inherent in their lifestyle or sexuality. Your litany of complaints has no real point except to reflect on your own character.

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"You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken hallelujah" -original lyrics

i've found that stress and fear manifest as a contracted sphincter for me when i notice a habitual clench it usually means i am concentrated on something of those natures, or that something below the surface is demanding my attention. i wouldnt worry too much about it, just keep relaxing. and i wouldnt feel too weird about talking about that sort of thing, its more normal than you might think. i've certainly read about it before (can't remember where or i would point you in the direction) in studying the microcosmic orbit and how the whole pelvic floor and anal region holds stress. i mean we talk about anal retentive people, its that common. anyway best of luck

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i was amazed when i saw them because i wasn't familiar with the absurdity of the drug advertising of that era and i thought they were worth sharing, if for no other reason, then for the outrageousness of them. they simultaneously make me laugh and create a profound sadness, and i find that interesting in itself. for example the thorazine ad that claims to calm the belligerent senile! or "injectable whole opium - from the juice of the poppy" its just a mindfuck imagining opening a magazine and seeing an advertisement for that! so my intention was just to show you something that might otherwise be missed as it is rarely seen. i suppose my motive was to amuse you, and yes hopefully you found some of those funny, although i hope that you were also touched by the sense of sensationalism exuded by the pharmaceutical industry, and maybe educated too, about drugs, advertising, human nature, etc.

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keep it to yourself your inner accomplishments do not concern me

yet crunchy filling what kind of line is that to start a haiku with

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