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Jim Christensen
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"fearmongering, militant organising and inciting violence."
atmagraha-avidya at work.
"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun".
(Ecclesiastes 1:9)
If you wanna be immune you gotta take the vaccine.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
...What differentiates Buddha and Christ from other heroes is that the treasure they bring back from their quest is their teachings, with the warning "Do not worship me, but practice what I teach.”
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"What would Buddhists say about Campbell?" I guess you would get somewhat different answers from everyone you asked, but I would say, in brief: The stories of both Buddha and Jesus are examples of what Campbell, in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," calls the "monomyth" of the hero's journey...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I went through the transcripts of all 6 episodes of Bill Moyers' interview of Joseph Campbell and find no reference to a "human spaceship".
billmoyers.com/series/josep...
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth | Shows | BillMoyers.com
The groundbreaking 1988 series explored how myths exert a powerful pull on our minds and in our lives. (1988)
billmoyers.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
According to the First Amendment to the Constitution, the USA is not and never shall be a ”Christian Nation." Full stop.
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Buddha-nature - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
... back in the good old days before DRM!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXlf...
Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky (with lyrics) '1953
YouTube video by themisfitoddity
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October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
... #Bach reused the theme for both of these pieces from a transcription that he had done for organ of a #Vivaldi #concerto,...
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youtu.be/w2upDLfG2Os?...
Bach - Concerto in D minor BWV 596 - Van Doeselaar | Netherlands Bach Society
YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society
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October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
...Hey, I've heard this tune before! So I asked Google about it, and it told me...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGT0...
Bach - Cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society
YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society
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October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Interesting that the phrase "gun violence" in itself identifies the root of the problem - the flood of easily accessible guns intersecting with the flood of violent speech, thought, and action.
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Speaking of existential courage:
"He who seeth the abyss but with eagle's eyes,--he who with eagle's talons *graspeth* the abyss: he hath courage."
- Nietzsche, cited by Tillich in "The Courage to Be" (1952)
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"...but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." - Ephesians 6:11-12 (KJV)
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September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"So this is this, and that is that…” T.S. Eliot, “The Ad-Dressing of Cats”
“Trust, but verify” - Ronald Reagan
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Some useful suggestions for ways of coping with the technological manifestations of samsara. But not a way out.
September 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Imagine having an ego so fragile that your mind twists a couple of mechanical failures into a vast conspiracy against you. Then imagine such a one having his finger on the nuclear button. Then wonder how America came to such a state.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLd6...
Imagine A Man
YouTube video by The Who - Topic
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September 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM