"There is no hell in Buddhism"

 

That´s where you´re wrong, kiddo. Seriously, though, this is a YouTube video narrated by a scholar of religion, dealing with the Buddhist hell-realms. Also note the discussion on Orientalism.

Isis of 10,000 names

 

Doreen Virtue´s friend "Jac" talks about her experiences in the Golden Dawn, or rather a modern American version of this 19th century British esoteric order. "Jac" later became a Christian fundamentalist, so don´t expect any objectivity. Put somewhat mildly.

But...

When I listened to this video, I couldn´t help noticing the parallels between the Golden Dawn system (or this particular version of it) and certain forms of Tantrism. The masculine and the feminine must be balanced, the only way to worship a deity is to *become* the deity, Isis is a symbol of primordial matter (among other things), complex rituals are important and yes, it´s all secret (or nearly so).

Wtf, I love Golden Dawn now. 

Spökskrivare

 

"En gräns har passerats", och så vidare, och så vidare. 

Jag bygger en AI-avatar av min mamma

Alien addiction

 

I recently linked to a video in which Doreen Virtue and her friend Jac discussed (and attacked) Steven Spielberg´s recent film "Disclosure Day". In that video, Virtue claims to have had an alien abduction experience as a child! In the video linked above (from two years ago), Virtue says that she isn´t sure whether it was a dream or a real experience. However, in the more recent video, she seems to be suggesting that it was real but (of course) demonic (not literal aliens).

About half of the 2024 video is all the usual fundamentalist Christian pep talk (I´ll get back to it in a moment). The other half is more interesting. For instance, Virtue talks about her involvement with controversial ufologist Steven Greer. Apparently, she partially financed his movie "Sirius". During her New Age period, Virtue used to believe that she was a mermaid from Sirius (!!) and would even pray to the Dog Star. Jac assumed she was from Orion, was into Alternative Egypt, Golden Dawn ritual magic, Crowley and so on. Sure, her experiences (or delusions?) do sound disturbing and "demonic". But...

Isn´t the fundamentalist Christian worldview both Virtue and Jac have adopted equally disturbing? First, the demons seem extremely powerful. They can manifest or create physical objects, including cars and buses. And perhaps UFOs? Indeed, their deception is literally everywhere. Second, God seems strangely aloof. Why didn´t God stop the demons from attacking Doreen Virtue *when she was an innocent child*? Or Jac for that matter. Why doesn´t God show himself to people during near-death experiences? Instead, the evil spirits seem to have full control over all or most NDEs! 

And if you don´t believe in Christ - in the right way - you will end up in "the lake of fire" and be tormented forever, vividly described by Virtue at one point in the video. A scenario which simply becomes worse when the oblivious nature of God is taken into account.

It´s almost as if Virtue and Jac have just replaced one delusion with another one. Delusion. Or deception...      

Beyond the ice wall

 

U break de ice wall on flat earth. Den, dis happens. Wat u do? 

A propos...something

 

I do realize that the term "Epstein class" is popular and powerful. But strictly speaking, it´s actually rather strange. After all, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested twice for sex-related crimes, and even served time once. His partner-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell is still in prison for trafficking. If Epstein and Maxwell were so bloody powerful, why did they end up in jail? If Epstein was murdered, OK, why was *he* succesfully disposed of, and not somebody else? 

It´s obvious that Epstein and Maxwell weren´t *really* that important. They were the eminently disposable pimps of the establishment. In a very real sense, they were not the "real" Epstein class...   

Reality the Beautiful

 

Angels, aliens and humans worship Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. Very rare pic. RT for good luck. 

ChatGPT denies knowledge

 

Gemini actually claims that the Jagannath idol in the temple at Puri stands on a Kali Yantra, but ChatGPT denies it, claiming it´s just a rumour. Thank god, LOL. Or should I say goddess? ;-) 

Jag har tråkigt. Faktiskt.

 

Credit: Utudanuki 

Det hade varit mycket, mycket roligare om Starmer *inte* avgått utan istället försökt stirra ner oppositionen mot honom i partiet...

Vi får väl önska Andy Burnham lycka till i sitt (förväntade) framtida arbete som Lilla Englands, förlåt, Storbritanniens premiärminister ex tempore. 

Monday

 

Gemini´s response to the prompt "Everything is Rudra".