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ha! No worries I think grace / poise / elegance takes a certain amount of self awareness, flowing + pride?

DNB could you please elaborate on this?

No I haven't Just listened to one, excellent! Thank you

I first read... glass in a bull store... and I was like hm haha My mind seems to be reading things differently these days...

For those that are interested... I would like to share some real magic with you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiSiRAZRCVA

it is ignorance only from your perspective and experience... I will not call you ignorant for the simple fact that I have not walked your walk... or seen what you have seen etc... Your position is 100% valid based on your experience I give thanks for the blessed life I have been given and the mind that I have been given... What is truly ours anyway? What is yours to have pride etc in? Are you completely self created? What really moves you? Also if you wish to call people a mimic ... you better be 100% certain that what you present is completely original... of which I am doubtful... my perspective / experience has been different to yours... I am not really here to prove you wrong I am here to share my perspective at present and that is all... You mention that contacting such beings etc helps one to discover or work out your shadow side? Whoever said we have a shadow side to begin with? Rather than trying to discover the evil/ shadow (whichever) within us.... which as you mentioned before quite well due their Archetypal nature, any contact with them starts to trigger synchronistic events, that often seem to confirm further or 'reveal' more of your 'suspicions' about what is really going on. ^ where attention goes energy flows? One will begin to create a shadow within oneself? Instead of focusing on our apparent shadow side... or sinful nature? Why not simply focus on Virtue and the Divine with great Will / Intent.... and aspire to become like that? Personally at this time I am not interested in the function or purpose of lower spirits... .... just the development of my own Spirit mostly. Peace

In addition, regarding the Sufi and Christian mystic etc If one has a genuine desire for the Divine / God / Tao a path will open to one regardless of the circumstances I believe... At present I myself am in fact reading Western Mysticism: Augustine, Gregory, and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life Though the practices described are in my view very similar to eastern internal practices / meditation etc Though instead of referring to it as mediation they will call it silent prayer ... and so on and I known the Sufi are also well aware of the Djinn.... though they don't contact them in order to attain to the Divine... Again circles within circles... I in no way hold your local community priest responsible for the works of the Vatican say... As with most Freemasons (my grandfather being one for a time and a good christian man)... ... as you said yourself (referring to Christianity) these faiths don't inspire much in the way of free thinking etc They enslave more than they free... in my view (general masses etc) From whence did this enslavement of the mind begin? ^ from my knowledge at present ... Babylon/ Late Egypt / Middle East - of which its outer form has changed many times... though the core remains the same.

I think insulting me... isn't going to help prove your point. Evidently your practices haven't helped you maintain your cool. Evidently you have read nothing of what I have posted in detail. Just because you ridicule me doesn't make you correct... You have provided absolutely nothing to disprove anything I have presented... What I have presented must be some of the most elaborate, historically accurate and well referenced nonsense I have ever seen haha. What I have presented is just the tip of the iceberg. Afraid of the mystery? Truth is all I seek /// Though one can never be 100% certain about the Unknown... hence it being unknown...so some apprehension is always present. are you afraid? I am simply a counter to your argument... now people have choice. Western thought for the most has resulted in the death of 150 million + odd people in the last 100 years alone... Late Egypt was not Egypt just as late Rome was not Rome. Western thought is not healthy... hence the mass exodus to Eastern thought // lost souls looking for something real/meaningful For all our glory a large portion of the western population is now on anti psychotic drugs... why? The West has a great void within and its sucking the life out of the entire planet. It is a Plague a virus... disharmonious Again I am speaking in a general sense... I do like the thought of the Stoics and Cynics ^ though I wouldn't barrel them in under the category of western thought. You say due their Archetypal nature, any contact with them starts to trigger synchronistic events, that often seem to confirm further or 'reveal' more of your 'suspicions' about what is really going on. Would this also be true of your own perspective?

Mara, Lord of Death Many supernatural creatures populate Buddhist literature, but among these Mara is unique. He is one of the earliest non-human beings to appear in Buddhist scriptures. He is a demon, sometimes called the Lord of Death, who plays a role in many stories of the Buddha and his monks. Mara is best known for his part in the historical Buddha's enlightenment. This story came to be mythologized as a great battle with Mara, whose name means "destruction" and who represents the passions that snare and delude us. The Buddha's Enlightenment There are several versions of this story; some fairly straightforward, some elaborate, some phantasmagorical. Here is a plain version: As the about-to-be Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, sat in meditation, Mara brought his most beautiful daughters to seduce Siddhartha. Siddhartha,however, remained in meditation. Then Mara sent vast armies of monsters to attack him. Yet Siddhartha sat still and untouched. Mara claimed that the seat of enlightenment rightfully belonged to him and not to the mortal Siddhartha. Mara's monstrous soldiers cried out together, "I am his witness!" Mara challenged Siddhartha, who will speak for you? Then Siddhartha reached out his right hand to touch the earth, and the earth itself spoke: "I bear you witness!" Mara disappeared. And as the morning star rose in the sky, Siddhartha Gautama realized enlightenment and became a Buddha. The Origins of Mara Mara may have had more than one precedent in pre-Buddhist mythology. For example, it's possible he was based in part on some now-forgotten character from popular folklore. Zen teacher Lynn Jnana Sipe points out in "Reflections on Mara" that the notion of a mythological being responsible for evil and death is found in Vedic Brahmanic mythological traditions and also in non-Brahamanic traditions, such as that of the Jains. In other words, every religion in India seems to have had a character like Mara in its myths. Mara also appears to have been based on a drought demon of Vedic mythology named Namuci. The Rev. Jnana Sipe writes, "While Namuci initially appears in the Pali Canon as himself, he came to be transformed in early Buddhist texts to be the same as Mara, the god of death. In Buddhist demonology the figure of Namuci, with its associations of death-dealing hostility, as a result of drought, was taken up and used in order to build up the symbol of Mara; this is what the Evil One is like--he is Namuci, threatening the welfare of mankind. Mara threatens not by withholding the seasonal rains but by withholding or obscuring the knowledge of truth." Mara in the Early Texts Ananda W.P. Guruge writes in "The Buddha's Encounters with Mara the Tempter" that trying to put together a coherent narrative of Mara is close to impossible. "In his Dictionary of Paali Proper Names Professor G.P. Malalasekera introduces Maara as 'the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter (the Buddhist counterpart of the Devil or Principle of Destruction).' He continues: 'The legends concerning Maara are, in the books, very involved and defy any attempts at unraveling them.'" Guruge writes that Mara plays several different roles in the early texts, and sometimes seems to be several different characters. Sometimes he is the embodiment of death; sometimes he represents unskillful emotions or conditioned existence or temptation. Sometimes he is the son of a god. Is Mara the Buddhist Satan? Although there are some obvious parallels between Mara and the Devil or Satan of monotheistic religions, there are also many significant differences. Although both characters are associated with evil, it's important to understand that Buddhists understand "evil" differently from how it is understood in most other religions. Please see "Buddhism and Evil" for more explanation. Also, Mara is a relatively minor figure in Buddhist mythology compared to Satan. Satan is the lord of Hell. Mara is the lord only of the sixth heaven of the "desire realm" of the Triloka, which is an allegorical representation of reality adapted from Hinduism. On the other hand, Jnana Sipe writes, "First, what is Mara's domain? Where does he operate? At one point the Buddha indicated that each of the five skandhas, or the five aggregates, as well as the mind, mental states and mental consciousness are all declared to be Mara. Mara symbolizes the entire existence of unenlightened humanity. In other words, Mara's realm is the whole of samsaric existence. Mara saturates every nook and cranny of life. Only in Nirvana is his influence unknown. Second, how does Mara operate? Herein lays the key to Mara's influence over all unenlightened beings. The Pali Canon gives initial answers, not as alternatives, but as varying terms. First, Mara behaves like one of the demons of [then] popular thought. He uses deceptions, disguises, and threats, he possesses people, and he uses all kinds of horrible phenomena to terrify or cause confusion. Mara's most effective weapon is sustaining a climate of fear, whether the fear be of drought or famine or cancer or terrorism. Identifying with a desire or fear tightens the knot that binds one to it, and, thereby, the sway it can have over one." The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell's retelling of the Buddha's enlightenment story is different from any I've heard elsewhere, but I like it anyway. In Campbell's version, Mara appeared as three different characters. The first was Kama, or Lust, and he brought with him his three daughters, named Desire, Fulfillment, and Regret. When Kama and his daughters failed to distract Siddhartha, Kama became Mara, Lord of Death, and he brought an army of demons. And when the army of demons failed to harm Siddhartha (they turned into flowers in his presence) Mara became Dharma, meaning (in Campbell's context) "duty." Young man, Dharma said, the events of the world require your attention. And at this point Siddhartha touched the earth, and the earth said, "This is my beloved son who has, through innumerable lifetimes, so given of himself, there is no body here." An interesting retelling, I think. Who Is Mara to You? As in most Buddhist teachings, the point of Mara is not to "believe in" Mara but to understand what Mara represents in your own practice and experience of life. "Mara's army is just as real to us today as it was to the Buddha," Jnana Sipe said. "Mara stands for those patterns of behavior that long for the security of clinging to something real and permanent rather than facing the question posed by being a transient and contingent creature. 'It makes no difference what you grasp', said Buddha, 'when someone grasps, Mara stands beside him.' The tempestuous longings and fears that assail us, as well as the views and opinions that confine us are sufficient evidence of this. Whether we talk of succumbing to irresistible urges and addictions or being paralyzed by neurotic obsessions, both are psychological ways of articulating our current cohabitation with the devil." Western Magic ^^^^ http://buddhism.abou...sm/a/mara_2.htm

Most of what is deemed western magic... isn't - originating from the middle east / Babylon etc All the religions of Abraham are from the middle east ^ Judaism, Christianity, Islam Which are all basically the same thing. They are not the native religion or practices of the west... which date back 40'000 odd years... though like all native cultures... mostly wiped out /// the native European... nature based system was one of the first indigenous cultures to be destroyed... little remains to be able to reconstruct etc just glimpses Anything with the influence of Abraham I personally would leave... Kabbalah etc Most of what we come across regarding "western" magic has the same source... Actions speak louder than words... look at the endless warfare, genocide etc that these intuitions have aroused? Most of the "Western" ruling elite follow these ideologies The "common" man however practices and sees something very different... they are kept in the dark and told all manner of lies /// The Inner and outer sanctum... circles within circles Somewhat like the Ginger bread house Hansel and Gretal? kind of appealing... until your inside... I would suggest people start completely fresh and develop their own practices... based on feeling/ intuition + continue with meditation/ contemplation / imagination/ reflection / concentration / physical exercise The kingdom of God (TAO) is within.

You are right to feel the unsettling vibes... They don't really understand what they are apart of... 1789 John Robison warned all Masonic leaders in America that the Illuminati had infiltrated into their lodges and on July 19, 1789; David Papen, President of Harvard University, issued the same warning to the graduating-class and lectured them on how the influence of Illuminism was acquitting on American politics and religion, and to top it off; John Quincy Adams, who had organized the New England Masonic Lodges, issued his warnings. He wrote three letters to Colonel William L. Stone, a top Mason, in which he exposed how Jefferson was using Masonic lodges for subversive Illuministic purposes. Those three letters are at this very time in Whittenburg Square Library in Philadelphia. In short; Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party, was a member of the Illuminati which at least partly accounts for the condition of the party at this time and through infiltration of the Republican Party; we have exactly nothing of loyal Americanism today. THE ILLUMINATI AND THE COUNSEL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS "The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more than a cover, it may be a powerful engine in our hands... A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers." (as quoted in John Robinson's "Proofs of a Conspiracy" 1798, re- printed by Western Islands, Boston, 1967, p. 112) http://www.theforbid...entasmasons.htm The Illuminati Exposed Mysterious Beginnings (1) Islamic Parallels "Sufi historian Indries Shah traces the name of the Illuminati back to a verse in the Koran which mentions a shining star..." - Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger See for ancient Egyptian and Judean connections to the "Illuminati". "The term 'Illuminati' was used by one early writer, Menendez Pelayo, as early as 1492 and is attributable to a group known as the 'Alumbrados' of Spain. The Alumbrados were said to receive secret knowledge from an unknown higher source, resulting in superior human intelligence. This group was condemned by an edict of the Grand Inquisition in 1623..." "Some writers claim that a group know as the 'Illuminated Ones' was founded by Joachim of Floris in the eleventh century and taught a primitive, supposedly Christian doctrine of 'poverty and equality'." - William T. Still, New World Order "The sixteenth century saw the rise of a powerful society based upon a secret cult, in the mountains of Afghanistan - the Roshaniya, Illuminated ones." "The earliest figure named in the history of the cult is one Bayezid Ansari, of Afghanistan, whose family claimed descent from the Ansar - the 'Helpers', who assisted Mohammed after his flight from Mecca nearly fourteen hundred years ago. As a reward for this service, he stated, his ancestors had been granted initiation into the mysteries of the Ishmaelite religion: the secret, inner training which dated from Abraham's rebuilding of the Temple at Mecca, the mystical Hiram." Read more: http://meta-religion.com/Secret_societies/Groups/Illuminati/illuminati_exposed.htm#ixzz259ALtRUH

I second this Avoid gluten and dairy ... study the negative effects of both these things. Water fast for a couple of days to speed up the process. Happy breathing to you and friend

haha I was kidding I was in agreement though Climate change caused by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) I am somewhat in disagreement with... = Fertilizers / chems / nuclear waste (fukushima) / oil spills...and other pollutants being poured into our oceans constantly... The climate change CO2 Is a multi billion/ maybe trillion $ global tax fraud on the worlds population... An elaborate scheme... that will not benefit the people in anyway Just more wealth being stolen for the decent hardworking honest man/woman and into the hands of banks/corporations etc

that's just a conspiracy theory ^^ your crazy hahaha

Amazing

Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God: “Crowley was aware of the possibility of opening the spatial gateways and of admitting an extraterrestrial current in the human life-wave... It is an occult tradition — and Lovecraft gave it persistent utterance in his writings — that some transfinite and superhuman power is marshaling its forces with intent to invade and take possession of this planet... This is reminiscent of Charles Fort's dark hints about a secret society on earth already in contact with cosmic beings and, perhaps, preparing the way for their advent. Crowley dispels the aura of evil with which these authors (Lovecraft and Fort) invest the fact; he prefers to interpret it thelemically, not as an attack upon human consciousness from within, to embrace other stars and to absorb their energies into a system that is thereby enriched and rendered truly cosmic by the process...” ILLUMINATI IV follows the occult careers of three American Presidents, and exposes for the first time on film the Black Magic Seances performed by Doctor John Dee for Queen Elizabeth the 1st in the 1500s - These seances summoned demons described in the ancient 'Book of Howling', otherwise known as the 'Goetia' - the demons prescribed a method of controlling the hearts and minds of all peoples on planet Earth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoJMcTAz0g Start video @ 2.56 minutes The reason I never delved fully into western occult magic.... especially the more recent... versions... was because the further I looked into it the more obscene, distorted and corrupt it appeared to be... I think the only western traditions of value/ purity was druidism and other native pagan beliefs such as the Greek and Scandinavian With the rise / influence of Judeo-Christianity and the destruction of the old world.... the western world descended rapidly into the abyss. Nearly every American President has been a Freemason... I'll leave you to decide the significance of that... I would also like to address two most famous western composers/ musicians Beethoven and Mozart... Both of whom were Freemasons for a time... until moving their way up through the ranks and to their horror discovering the true agenda of these secret societies... Both of whom were killed after attempting to alert the public to the wickness manipulating humanity (if people wish I can go into this further) many Freemason are good people... though haven't a clue what they are really apart of... they are apart of the Blue Lodge... the public face / shop front Walk the path of Virtue

I am going to err on the side of caution and say, stay away from Belial.... one google image search and you won't need to ask why. Why not go for Venus or Mercury? I think people are being mislead here....

The conspiracy world doesnt simply revolve around youtube.... youtube is only the beginning... the sound bite. It is US centric due to the US being central to most of the worlds woes.... eg: The "liberation" of the Mid East... democraxy etc // global dictatorship According to a report released yesterday by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the rate of antidepressant use in this country among teens and adults (people ages 12 and older) increased by almost 400% between 1988–1994 and 2005–2008. /// link below - pretty interesting considering the quote posted above.... antidepressants aka "happy pills" ... 1 of many legal mind altering drugs... http://www.health.ha...ns-201110203624

From my perspective Huxley is 100% correct Maybe you havn't seen enough conspiracy theory/reality docs on YouTube hahah Do you believe the banking system as demonstrated here is just a wacky theory? I wish

Nikola Tesla called it Radiant Energy / Cosmic Energy

Fire or water... isn't the issue Awareness is the issue.... "There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution." Aldous Huxley, Tavistock Group, California Medical School, 1961 ^ rather accurate prediction? I know the Earth will be restored... Humanity is what I am concerned about...at multiple levels Apathy is my foe If anything apathy is like water If people had more fire... more courage, greater moral fortitude.... greater awareness.... ^ what dreams

Maybe I am being melodramatic but do you really think the earth can sustain humanity at its current (consumerism / no harmony with nature etc) rate for another 1000 years? can humanity endure another 1000 years of tyranny? does it need to?

Regarding FED RE International banks etc... The Taoist in the past went into the mountains to avoid the corruption of governments etc... I don't think we have that luxury anymore? Is it time to go Tiger Style on corruption?

Why not go straight into TCM? Is there a course close to home? Regarding father... sometimes it is best to walk away.... sometimes its best to stand ones ground. “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ― Bruce Lee How many times does a man have to walk away though before enough is enough? “Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!” ― Bruce Lee “If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” ― Bruce Lee Within reason When people understand you won't be so passive anymore to their aggressive behaviour they generally back down and you are able to live your life in peace again.