Devadatta unveiled

 

This sounds like an insane cope, to be honest. 

Rebirth cases

 

Some miracle stories related to Pure Land Buddhism. Note the claim that somebody who never heard about Amitabha Buddha can be saved *after* he is declared clinically dead, providing his consciousness haven´t yet left the body. The other story is about an old Buddhist nun who may have been a manifestation of Amitabha Buddha himself (sic).  

Not sure what to think of this YouTube channel. Sometimes it sounds relatively sympathetic, sometimes less so. I previously linked to a video in which the content-creator claims that those who deny that Amitabha´s Pure Land is a real place will go to Avici, the lowest pit of Buddhist hell?!

Ahem...where have we heard that one before, I wonder?  

Current mood

 

Midsummer Eve. Surprisingly peaceful. 

Oh no

 

Sources say that Trump will now concentrate his attention on North Korea. Oh no! 

Midsommarafton

 

Om "disclosure" inträffade på midsommarafton...

Friday

 

Here is a Friday goddess again. Somewhat non-traditional...

At home in Makerfield

 

The candidates of the Monster Raving Loony Party...kidding!

Some news from Old Blighty. The results in the Makerfield by-election aren´t in yet, but one poll predicts a victory for Labour candidate Andy Burnham. Nobody can place Makerfield on a map, but if Burnham wins, he will challenge Keir Starmer for the position of Labour leader (and Prime Minister). So in *that* sense, I suppose the by-election is important. 

And then there´s Reform...

The poll I´m referencing strongly suggests that the far right split from Reform, Restore, is acting as a "spoiler", splitting the Reform vote and hence enabling a Labour victory. Yet, Restore activistas see their projected result (between 5% and 7%) as a stunning success?!

LOL. It´s pretty damn obvious how *this* is going to end...

Scarabs and robins

 

Credit: Francis C Franklin

This doesn´t mean anything, but it´s a funny (and somewhat weird) co-incidence. Yesterday, I was strolling in the local parkland-or-very-managed-woodland, reflecting on the Upanishads, Enneads and what have you. At one point, I wondered if there is a compassionate divine savior somewhere in the "pantheist" cosmos. Krishna, perhaps? 

*Immidiately after that* a European robin appeared and started flying/"dancing" around me. Eh? I usually don´t see robins in that part of the park. Or ever, really. When I asked ChatGPT about robins and folklore, it turned out that this particular bird is associated with...Christ?! The robin wanted to ease Christ´s suffering on the cross and therefore removed one of the thorns from the crown of thorns on his head. That is, both the bird and Jesus are "compassionate saviors". This lore seems to be English.

A sign from God that I should convert to Anglicanism? But then it struck me that some Hindus consider both Jesus and Krishna to be avatars of Vishnu. Indeed, the Hare Krishna leader Prabhupada even claimed that Christ and Krishna were the same person?!

Hmmm...

A co-incidence, of course. 

Moderation

 

Last year, I created my own "Tantric" symbol and prominently displayed it here on the blog. As a LARP, obviously. It showed a black swan emerging from a blue lotus, surrounded by a coral snake ready to strike. This snake wasn´t biting its own tail! In the background was a hexagram, which could be interpreted both as a symbol of static order (Saturn) and of dynamic creation (Shiva-Shakti). 

For various reasons, I decided to replace this rather fierce emblem with a more "moderate" one. The venomous snake is gone, as you can see. But...

Just the other day, it struck me that something else is different about the new symbol. I didn´t see it at first, since Copilot Designer made this move all on its own. In the old symbol (intended to be fierce), the swan and the snake were looking to (their) left. In the new one, the swan is looking to (its) right?!

That is: the Left Hand Path vs The Right Hand Path. Fascinating how co-incidences work. 

See also here:

Fear the cygnid

Doreen disclosure

 

I didn´t know that Doreen Virtue is an alien abductee. I´m not joking. She actually says so in this video. Of course, Virtue now believes that the experience was demonic. 

Yes, Doreen Virtue is on the war-path against Steven Spielberg´s "Disclosure Day". She and her friend "Jack" does say some interesting things. For instance, is the deer in the movie really a Wiccan symbol? But overall, it´s all very predictable.

As usual.