Dharma bums and enlightenment bros

 

Contains some sneak peaks into Amerikwan Buddhoid sub-culture, apart from a more serious discussion about Enlightenment from a kind of quasi-skeptical Zen perspective. 

The Zen of Kashmir

 

In Gavin Flood´s book "Introduction to Hinduism" (1996), the author states that Kashmir Shaivism is virtually extinct. OK Boomer. The book was clearly published before the Internet Age. I sometimes get the impression that Kashmir Shaivism (or Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra) is *the* dominant form of Hinduism on-line?! At least among White Americans, LOL. It may still be all dead and gone in the actual Kashmir Valley...

This Amerikwan cyber-dominance may explain why ChatGPT constantly promotes this peculiar form of spirituality. Everything I tell it, it tries to relate somehow someway to Kashmir Shaivism. When it´s not busy trying to convert me to Zen Buddhism and "sit in Zazen", Zen seemingly being the default position of this system when it comes to matters spiritual. I didn´t realize "sitting in Zazen" was *that* popular in *Silicon* Valley! 

Dude.

So I was amused when Gemini recently proposed that my private religious speculations sound like a synthesis between Gaudiya Vaishnavism (think Hare Krishna) and Aurobindo´s Integral Yoga?! They don´t but I´ll keep that in mind just in case.

I know, I know, I suffer from main character syndrome. Whatever. 

Baserad kille

 

Credit: Pure Land Buddhism/YouTube

Baserad snubbe, eller vad? Han har alltså levande hajar i vardagsrummet?!

Kritik mot artistens hajakvarium

A propos Boy George

 

A small "grassroots" breakaway group from the ISKCON manages to enter a Boy George book signing event without tickets, et cetera. Kirtan follows (of course). Note that Boy George claims that ISKCON founder Prabhupada liked Baccara (!) while one of the devotees say he loved Charlie Chaplin (!!). Ooookay.

Wtf, I löööv my man prabhu now! 

Always good to be friends with an excentric pop singer, especially if he is British and hence relatively polite. And no, I don´t have any of the books featured in the YouTube clip. Damn. 

Ohio Nightstalkers

 

The good people of Northeast Ohio don´t seem to care that the Patterson-Gimlin film has been debunked. But then, California aint the Buckeye State, apparently. The "Cleveland Superbomb snowstorm" supposedly forced an entire pack of Bigfeet out of their hiding, et cetera. You get the drift.

Fears of mysterious beast spread in Ohio

The wretched of the earth

 

I´m old enough to remember when talk like this might have gotten you cancelled from "the hard left". Suggesting that this content-creator isn´t really a hard leftist, but some kind of leftoid liberal. That being said...

Was the legendary union leader Cesar Chavez actually a deranged cultist who abused and raped a number of female union activists? That Chavez wasn´t exactly an angel has been known for decades, but recently the New York Times published articles based on personal testimony from some of his victims, including UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta. As a result, Chavez may now be on the verge of being (posthumously) "cancelled" throughout California. 

Note that Chavez had connections to a controversial movement known as Synanon and later tried to form what was in effect his own mystical sect inside the United Farm Workers. Suggesting he was indeed a cultist. I admit I didn´t know *that* part of the story before!

There´s probably more to explore here... 

Lover´s Point

 

Trump´s new appointee for head of the US Navy, a certain Hung Cao, is apparently a fairly fundamentalist Christian. Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) decided to investigate his conspiratorial claim that a place known as Lover´s Point in Monterey has become some kind of center for Wiccans and other Neo-Pagans. Watson soon realized that there were more Christian missionaries in the area than anything even remotely witchy. 

Apparently, the closest thing to an evil witch at Lover´s Point is Watson herself, since she´s an atheist feminist and sometimes scuba dives there!  

Ballroom blitz

 

Was the recent Trump assassination attempt staged by the Trump administration? Was it even an assassination attempt in the first place? I don´t think Scott Carney´s speculations makes much sense, tbh. 

Is the suspected gun man Cole Tomas Allen really a pro-Trump plant? And since his actions are clearly irrational, why couldn´t he had tried to kill the president? Or is the idea that the FBI knew what he was planning, but decided to let him inside the building anyway? OK, fine, but where´s the - you know - evidence?  

Note also that the high-quality footage shows that the suspect *did* have a long gun...

World astrology report

 

A YouTube channel called "World Astrology Report" argues that we are in astrologically perilous times. Various planetary conjunctions point to a world war, a major false flag operation, and in general towards a "Great Reset" per the globalists. 

The content-creator has asked a number of "remote viewers" to review his speculations. The mediums warn about a major attack on a large city with high buildings near the ocean. They guess that it could be Tokyo or Los Angeles. Supposedly, the billionaire who owned the World Trade Center when it was destroyed by al-Qaeda recently bought some sky scrapers in LA?! The FBI have also warned about possible foreign drone attacks against the Californian megalopolis. Note that one of the remote viewers rather seems to be describing something coming down from space. Could it be an attack on the Artemis II mission? But that one ended safely...

Linked here for information purposes only. For an update on the actual situation, please call the White House!

   

Silicon blasphemy?

 

Breitbart News complains about "Silicon (Valley) blasphemy". OK, a couple of things. One: Your leader just compared himself to Jesus Christ. Two: How is an AI Jesus who charges by the minute any different from, you know, any other commercial jesusy product peddled by American Protestants for the past 50 years or so? Three: See one and two. 

Silicon blasphemy: Tech company introduces "AI Jesus" that charges by the minute

Tickets please

 

Hoax or fake news? The recent drama surrounding the Patterson-Gimlin film continues...

It was just a dream

 

A summary of the new documentary "Capturing Bigfoot" which apparently proves once and for all that the famous Patterson-Gimlin film is a hoax. The docu has not yet been commercially released, but it was recently shown at a film festival in the United States. Note that the content-creator linked above *isn´t* a 100% skeptic, which may explain why he sounds so shocked. 

I´ve been skeptical towards cryptozoology and cryptids for some time, but it´s still a bit disappointing that the Patterson-Gimlin film has been conclusively debunked (if that´s the case), since that was the best piece of evidence that the elusive hairy man might be real after all. 

The world just got more boring.

Signs

 

So I ask the Divine for a sign, and the answer I get is...the Patterson-Gimlin film is a hoax? WTF?!

2026: Annus horribilis?

 

Is it all over? No, I´m not talking about Trump, Putin or something to that effect. An American documentary film maker claims to have uncovered previously unknown film reels which strongly suggest that the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film was faked. Some family members have apparently confirmed it. 

Yuge if true. Or, to put it in another way: Fucking shit. The best evidence for Sasquatch being a real flesh-and-blood animal out of the window. Cryptozoology as a whole is over.

Or is it? Of course it isn´t. The show will continue anyway, somehow. Because the ride never ends. Or something. But for those of us who want the Truth to be Out There (pun intended), 2026 didn´t start off very well, did it? 

True conspiracy

 

I´m not a big fanboy of John MacArthur, but this joke is actually funny. And who knows, maybe it´s even true! 

Ozzy forever

 

Overheard on the interwebs: "So, first John MacArthur dies and then Ozzy Osbourne. And you might be wondering, how is it that you could even be uttering these two names within the same breath? How different they were! You know, one was this massive rock star up on stage influencing millions of people, mumbling a bunch of nonsense, and the other one was Ozzy Osbourne."

Portal to the Underworld

 

The episodes of this bizarre series have titles like "Portal to the Underworld", "Reptoids of Lassen Park" and "Demonic Dominion" (the latter not linked here). And no, it´s not a documentary about current American politics, LOL. I actually watched this series perhaps ten years ago, when it was called "Mysteries at the National Parks". It seems to have been retitled "National Park Secrets and Legends" (at least sometimes). 

Weirdly, I don´t remember how *scary* this series actually is. Or have I just become more paranoid lately? (Any connection to US politics?) It could easily be turned into a "real" horror flick!

Even if taken at face value, many of the incidents could (perhaps) be given natural explanations. Maybe something in the forests make people hallucinate? We´re talking EM effects, volcanic vapor, that kind of stuff. Note also that some of the eye witnesses are self-proclaimed paranormal researchers. Others are Native elders or New Age seekers. Perhaps they are "primed" to have strange experiences? But sure, there is a much simpler hypothesis: ghosts, aliens and unruly spirits are real...

This aint no country for White men. Or any men for that matter.  

Bigfoot massacre

 

I never heard of this conspiracy theory before. Complete bunk, if you ask me. And virtually everyone else. IN THIS HOUSE, PATTERSON AND GIMLIN ARE HEROES. 

There is a conspiracy theory called "The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Massacre". Can you tell me about it?

The “Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot Massacre” is a modern internet conspiracy theory, not a historically documented event.

To understand it, we need to start with the real historical reference point:

The Original Context

In 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed what became known as the Patterson–Gimlin film in Northern California.

The footage shows a large, hairy, upright figure walking away from the camera. It is one of the most famous pieces of alleged Bigfoot evidence.

The film itself has been debated for decades:

• Believers argue it shows authentic biological motion.

• Skeptics argue it was a man in a costume.

There is no verified evidence of violence or a massacre connected to that event.

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What the “Massacre” Theory Claims

The conspiracy theory circulating online claims that:

• Patterson and Gimlin (or other parties) allegedly killed multiple Bigfoot creatures.

• The U.S. government or military supposedly covered up the incident.

• The famous film is said to be only part of a larger, suppressed event.

Some versions claim:

• Military intervention.

• Secret burials.

• Suppressed film reels.

• Witness intimidation.

These claims emerged decades after the original 1967 filming and are primarily found in:

• fringe cryptozoology forums

• YouTube conspiracy channels

• anonymous online postings

There are no contemporaneous reports, no documents, no physical evidence, and no credible witnesses supporting the massacre story.

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Where the Story Likely Came From

The “massacre” idea appears to be a later embellishment built on:

1. General Bigfoot lore.

2. Broader government cover-up narratives (similar to Roswell-type mythology).

3. The cultural tendency to escalate a mystery into a darker hidden narrative.

Importantly:

• Neither Bob Gimlin nor credible researchers associated with the Patterson–Gimlin film have ever substantiated such claims.

• No serious cryptozoologist considers the massacre story well-supported.

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Scholarly Assessment

Among:

• historians,

• anthropologists,

• wildlife biologists,

• mainstream cryptozoologists,

the “massacre” theory is regarded as an internet-age fabrication layered onto an already controversial but much older mystery.

Even within Bigfoot-believing communities, the massacre claim is generally treated with skepticism.

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Bottom Line

There is:

• No physical evidence

• No documentation

• No credible eyewitness testimony

• No historical record

The “Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot Massacre” is a modern conspiracy narrative, not a historical event.

If you’d like, I can also explain how and why these kinds of “escalation myths” tend to develop around already-mysterious events.

Unidentified Flapping Objects

 

Some skeptical articles on UFO observations penned by Richard Carrier. I linked to the second one before, but not to the first one. 

I saw a UFO

UFOs are not that remarkable

En förutsägelse

 

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