Sunday, October 23, 2011

Song A Day #810: Vegan Myths Debunked

Quantum Levitation

Monday, October 17, 2011

King Solomon-Sulayman-Shlomoh-The Great One.


Fruitarianism: Anne Osborne - Living on Fruit





Check out her website here: FruitGod.com

Also read Arnold Ehret's Rational Fasting for more information on Fruitarianism



Mysticism and Money: Jewish couple reveal ancient secrets in Kabbalah and Make Fortune in Los Angeles


Source: LA Times

Philip and Karen Berg, founders of the L.A.-based Kabbalah Centre, set out to make secret Jewish mysticism available to the public. But former followers are now critics, and the IRS is investigating.




Philip Berg’s new wife was young, beautiful and worldly, everything that he, a middle-aged orthodox rabbi, wasn’t. Karen Berg could be pushy too. She brought a television into their home over his objections. She tossed out his traditional black fur hat, and pressured him to teach ancient Jewish mysticism -- known as kabbalah -- to the public.
“Men and women together?” Philip said.
“Yeah, sure, men and women,” she replied.

Philip understood how radical her proposition was. For centuries, elite rabbinical scholars -- all of them men -- had guarded like rare gems the spiritual secrets believed to be encoded in the Torah. Karen was an outsider to this culture. Entrepreneurial and unimpressed by religious authority, she saw no reason why such valuable teachings shouldn’t be offered on the open market.
“Let’s give it to the people,” she insisted.
Philip was torn between tradition and his soul mate. He chose Karen.
That conversation four decades ago, recounted by Karen in videos and in a book she wrote, set the course for their lives. Once so poor that they shopped at thrift stores, slept in cramped rooms above a Queens synagogue and studied scripture on a pingpong table, the Bergs gradually turned their spiritual vision into the Kabbalah Centre, a worldwide organization with headquarters in Los Angeles, branches in dozens of countries and assets estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The center’s teachings about God, happiness and the meaning of life drew a passionate following that included big names in film, fashion and music. Devotees treated the couple as if they were gods. Some considered it an honor to eat Philip’s table scraps. They addressed Karen in the third person and showered the couple with gifts, including couture handbags and spa vacations. The Bergs stayed in luxury hotels, traveled by private jet and took gambling trips to Las Vegas, according to former members of their inner circle.
The Kabbalah Centre prospered, but eventually its success proved divisive, and harmony gave way to public discord. The Bergs’ lifestyle was questioned, their finances scrutinized. Friends became enemies, supporters fell silent. In recent months, IRS agents investigating the center’s finances pored over records and questioned the Bergs’ followers.
Philip had always sensed that Karen’s idea of kabbalah for the people would stir vehement opposition. “We’re probably going to get killed,” he warned her during that conversation 40 years ago. “We’re probably going to get stoned.”
Many celebrities and moguls study Kabbalah and other forms of mysticism, such as Gnosticism, in secret and keep it away from the masses. Here is a video of Madonna Leaving the Kabbalah Center in LA. She frequented the center very often. Notice she has an original child with her, for his energy. And if you go to youtube you can find many more videos of her leaving the Kabbalah Center. Are You Watching Closely? 




Read more here at LA Times

Saturday, October 15, 2011

100-year-old Marathon Runner Breaks Records.

Source: Youtube.com

Kendrick Lamar 'HiiiPOWER' OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

The Occupied Wall Street Journal -- news from the revolution

Source: rt.com



As some mainstream media networks continue bashing the Occupy Wall Street protests, the movement publishes its own newspaper at a secret location. RT takes a sneak peek into what the Journal is all about.
Every revolution has a manifesto. Occupy Wall Street does not – yet. What they do have is the Occupied Wall Street Journal. Attracting readers from all walks of life like bees to honey, the newspaper documents the story of the occupation in the words of those out on the streets calling for change in the US.
“I think it's a very good idea and I think it's a wonderful movement, and I can concur with a lot of their ideas,” said retired teacher Judy Fineman, holding the newspaper.
“It's offered by the people here, so I figure it's probably the best source,” said protester Jessica Morabito.
The paper doesn’t rely on advertising, like most others now in decline. $75,000 in donations were raised in a blink of an eye to start up the project. Context of the revolution, thoughtful articles and practical information on getting involved fill its pages.
“People reading this in subways, in parks, on streets, older people, people who are curious, who heard – there's a lot of noise being heard at Wall Street, what's this all about? You need words that are in print that shock and make the reader think,” said managing editor of The Occupied Wall Street Journal Michael Levitin.
A volunteer group runs the paper at a secret location. Among them, Levitin, a former freelance reporter for Newsweek, the LA Times and the Associated Press.
“It was essential to get something into people's hands that they could pass, share, distribute. It was a tactile visual not embodiment, but representation of what's happening in the square, that isn't being told by the mainstream media,” he said.
The newspaper, as well as the revolution, were inspired by the Arab Spring.
“This is fundamentally an outgrowth of events that happened in North Africa in the Arab-speaking world this year. 2011 has been an incredible year,” said Michael Levitin.
The paper’s publisher, Jed Brandt, echoed this. “If the Mubarak regime can fall, this regime can fall,” said Brandt. He believes The Occupied Wall Street Journal has electrified Americans of all ages and backgrounds.  
“What most Americans believe is not allowed on television. They have the same commentators telling us the same issues over and over, pointing fingers, telling us who to hate and fear. We need to provide something for the people all across the country that encourages them to participate,” said Brandt.
This seems to have worked for Troy Moslemi, who was once homeless. “I am a law partner. Four years ago, I was really collecting pennies for a hamburger at McDonalds and I can't forget that,” he said.  
“I wanted to come down and see what was going on, so I picked up the newspaper, listening, reading, seeing why people are here,” said laid-off bank worker Bryson Lord.
50,000 copies of the first edition were gone within two days. So were the 100,000 copies of the second one.
From tens of thousands of issues to hundreds of thousands – The Occupied Wall Street Journal has plans to go national in the days to come. From an underground broadsheet put together in the big apple, to a source of news to be spread all across the US.

Video: Mass 'Occupy Together' movement rolls across Europe






Wednesday, October 12, 2011

King of Bhutan Marries




The King of Bhutan marries a 'commoner.' The Royal Wedding, as described by an admiring youth, was full of Buddhist traditions and ancient rites. The wedding date, which was scheduled to take place on the 13th, starting at 8:20 a.m. was carefully orchestrated by Bhutanese astrologists. At the wedding Monks chanted, children read poems, and people danced in celebration.

More can be read about the Buddhist, and spiritual wedding here:
AP: King of Bhutan Marries


Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code | Video on TED.com

JayElectronica releases audio track ft Mobb Deep

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Chinese Crackdown on Tibetan Monasteries: Monks Respond With Self-Immolation and Protests


Source: humanrightswatch www.hrw.org, New Oxford American Dictionary



self-immolationnounthe offering of oneself as a sacrifice, esp. by burning; such suicidal action in the name of a cause or strongly held belief.

(New York) – The Chinese government should immediately end excessive restrictions on Kirti monastery in the Aba (“Ngawa” in Tibetan) prefecture of Sichuan province, and lift similarly heavy-handed security measures imposed on other lay communities and monasteries in the region, Human Rights Watch said today. These measures appear to have fueled tensions between Tibetans and Chinese authorities in the region, contributing to desperate acts of protest by individuals, including self-immolations, the latest two on October 7, 2011.
Since the protests of 2008 in the region, the Chinese government has imposed drastic restrictions on Tibetan monasteries in the Aba prefecture of Sichuan province and other parts of the Tibetan plateau. These measures include brutal security raids, arbitrary detentions of monks, increased surveillance within monasteries, and a permanent police presence inside monasteries to monitor religious activities.


“Security measures designed to curtail the right to free expression, association, and religious belief in Tibetan monasteries are not legitimate,” said Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch. “Even worse, those measures are exacerbating the tensions. Instead, the government should address the region’s underlying grievances.”


Human Rights Watch has documented a dramatic increase in security expenditure by the Chinese government in the Aba region since 2002, although there were no reported incidents of significant unrest until 2008. These findings suggest that the increase in government spending on security has contributed to provocative policing techniques such as monastery blockades and the mass detentions of monks that have repeatedly contributed to local discontent and unrest.
The increased security measures appear to have been a major factor in the escalation of tensions that have led to several protests in which monks tried to set themselves on fire to bring attention to the situation in Aba. In the October 7 incident, Choepel and Khaying, two young Tibetans who had been monks at Kirti monastery (“Ge Erde” in Chinese), set fire to themselves.
The monastery has been the site of six self-immolations this year, as well as larger nonviolent protests by monks and lay people, many of whom were subsequently detained. The six victims were:
  • Phuntsok Jarutsang, 20, who set himself on fire on March 16 to commemorate the March 2008 uprisings in the region. Security personnel tried to extinguish the flames but also allegedly beat Phuntsok, who died the next day, leading to protests in the following days and weeks by more than 1,000 lay Tibetans and monks.
  • Lobsang Kalsang, 18. Phuntsok’s younger brother, who set himself aflame on September 26. He was hospitalized, but no information has been made available about his physical well-being or whereabouts.
  • Lobsang Konchok, approximately 18, who also set himself on fire on September 26. No information is available about his condition or whereabouts.
  • Kelsang Wangchuk, 17, a novice monk, who attempted to set himself on fire on October 3 and reportedly suffered limited burns to his legs, and allegedly sustained a serious head injury during detention. Security forces doused the flames.
  • Khaying, 20, also known as Lhunyang, and Choephel, both former Kirti monks, participated in self-immolation protests on October 7, shouting slogans as they set themselves on fire. Khaying was taken to a local hospital, where he died the next day.
  • Choephel, 18, suffered minor injuries after police and others extinguished the flames, Chinese news sources said. But other sources from the region suggested immediately afterward that he was in critical condition. He died on October 11.
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No credible evidence has emerged so far to suggest that the monastery authorities or its other members were involved in the actions of these individual and former monks. Yet the security response to each of these incidents has been to punish Kirti monastery and the local community through collective punishment, police raids, roadblocks, and show of force by the People’s Armed Police (PAP).


In March, following the first immolation incident, armed personnel surrounded the monastery and cut off its access to food and water for several days. New security officials dispatched to the monastery on March 21 imposed a new compulsory “patriotic education” campaign. On April 12, more than 300 monks were taken away from Kirti monastery in ten military trucks and detained in unspecified locations to undergo several weeks of political indoctrination under the guises of “legal education.” The whereabouts of those who did not subsequently return are still unclear, though over 100 are believed to have been ordered to return home and barred from returning to the monastery.


Approximately 2,000 fewer monks are living in the monastery now, compared with the number of residents living there in March. The government maintains stringent controls on the movements of the monks, including the requirement that any monk leaving monastery grounds obtain letters from three separate guarantors. Civilian and military police continue to patrol the area, including a special unit which government authorities say will “strike hard” against “violent terrorist activities.”


In an apparent move to deter other acts of protest by self-immolation, in September, the government sentenced three Kirti monks accused of having aided Phuntsok in setting himself on fire and sheltered him afterward to prison. The heavy sentences – 10, 11, and 13 years – were widely perceived as unjustified. Two weeks later, several other monks from Kirti were sentenced to 2-and-a-half or 3 years of re-education through labor (RTL), also on suspicion of involvement in the March 16 protest by Phuntsok.


Chinese authorities have said that the protests this year threaten stability, and that Phuntsok’s protest in March was a plot to incite unrest and separatist activities. Shi Jun, the Aba Prefecture Party Committee secretary, said that Phuntsok’s immolation was “a premeditated plot” with “an obvious vicious intent and evil motive.” Official news outlets have tried to play down the incidents this fall, claiming that they are being used by the Tibetans’ spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for political gains. None of the official commentary on the immolations has acknowledged the Tibetans’ grievances.


The self-immolations coincide with a significant increase in spending on security in the area, according to government statistics examined by Human Rights Watch. Those show a dramatic increase in public security spending in Tibetan areas of Sichuan province, specifically Aba and Ganzi prefectures, since at least 2002, with a more rapid increase after 2006. In 2007, a new “anti-terrorist” unit was established in Aba to “strike hard” against “violent terrorist activities.” By 2009, per capitaannual spending on public security, which covers the civilian police force, the People’s Armed Police, and costs associated with running the local courts and prisons, in Aba was five times the average spent per person on public security in non-Tibetan prefectures in Sichuan, and over twice the amount spent for security in the provincial capital, Chengdu.


Incidents similar to the ones in Kirti have taken place in at least one other monastery. In August, Nyitso monastery, in Ganzi prefecture (“Garze” in Tibetan), Dawu county (“Tawu” in Tibetan), was reportedly cut off by troops for several days after monks declined to take part in an annual prayer festival. A single monk set himself on fire, reportedly in protest against the blockade of the monastery.


Human Rights Watch urged the Chinese government to release information about the whereabouts and well-being of all the monks forcibly removed from Kirti, to ensure that its maintenance of public security does not encroach on internationally guaranteed rights, and to address Tibetans’ fundamental grievances.
Human Rights Watch also urged all governments concerned with human rights in China to articulate publicly their concerns about the deteriorating environment, and to press the Chinese government to address Tibetans’ rights.


“Recent developments in and around Kirti monastery show the terrible human cost of ongoing repression,” Richardson said. “Cleary the Chinese government can’t spend its way out of this problem – genuine stability is the result of protecting, not denying people their rights.”

Mountain Biker gets taken out by BUCK - CRAZY Footage - Only in Africa

The animals are turning against men. He dogged him!!!

Artwork: Glenn by Jean-Michel Basquiat



Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who began his art career as a graffiti artist and later became a Neo-expressionist. He quickly rose to fame in the late 70s and 1980s. His father was Haitian and his mother Puerto Rican. He passed his form at 27 from a Heroin overdose. 



Steve Jobs' Cause of death revealed

Source: nydailynews




Steve Jobs' death certificate has been made public and shows the tech icon died from respiratory arrest stemming from his long battle with pancreatic cancer.

The family of the Apple co-founder did not specify Jobs' cause of death after he passed away Oct. 5 at the age of 56, simply releasing a statement saying he had "died peacefully today surrounded by his family."

The certificate, released by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department on Monday, listed Jobs' occupation as "entrepreneur" and said he had a "metastatic pancreas nueroendrocrine tumor" for the past five years.

Jobs went public with his cancer in 2004 and resigned as Apple's chief executive in August.

He died at his home in Palo Alto, and no autopsy was performed. A private burial was held Friday.

Tim Cook, Jobs' hand-picked successor, announced in an email that a memorial service to celebrate Jobs' life will be held Oct. 19 at Apple's Cupertino, Calif. campus.



SA-ROC: ETHER WARZ!!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Fundraising for my Navdanya Internship

I am doing a intership/volunteership on Vandana Shiva’s “Navdanya” Sustainable, Organic, Biodiverse Farm. My sole purpose for going to India and the farm is to gain knowledge of the earth and the land in order to later bring it back to the people. I will be doing an interview of Vandana Shiva and recording video documentation in order to share the knowledge/experience gained. We are disconnected from the earth and the food we eat. A reconnection to organic food is a must in order to prevent disease and improve health. I will be posting video and photos here on my blog during the journey. Peace. 




Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Man's Guide To Love



http://www.themansguidetolove.com/


This website has some really great advice on relationships and love. These two videos are an example of the dopeness that is available on the site. They're my favorite so far.


The Man's Guide To Love #244 from themansguidetolove on Vimeo.



The Man's Guide To Love #244B from themansguidetolove on Vimeo.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Frugality

Frugality is the quality of being frugal, sparing, thrifty, prudent or economical in the use of consumable resources such as food, time or money, avoiding waste, lavishness or extravagance. In some contexts it may also be the practice of acquiring goods and services in a restrained manner, and resourcefully using already owned economic goods and services, to achieve a longer term goal.

Common strategies of frugality include the reduction of waste, curbing costly habits, suppressing instant gratification by means of fiscal self-restraint, seeking efficiency, avoiding traps, defying expensive social norms, embracing cost-free options, using barter, and staying well-informed about local circumstances and both market and product/service realities. Frugal living is practiced by those who aim to cut expenses, have more money, and get the most they possibly can from their money.

Frugality, in the context of certain belief systems, is a philosophy in which one does not trust (or is deeply wary of) "expert" knowledge, often from commercial markets or corporate cultures, claiming to know what is in the best economic, material, or spiritual interests of the individual.

Different spiritual communities consider frugality to be a virtue or a spiritual discipline. The Religious Society of Friends and the Puritans are examples of such groups. The basic philosophy behind this is the idea that people ought to save money in order to allocate it to more charitable purposes, such as helping others in need.

There are also environmentalists who consider frugality to be a virtue through which humans can make use of their ancestral skills as hunter-gatherers, carrying little and needing little, and finding meaning in nature instead of man-made conventions or religion. Henry David Thoreau expressed a similar philosophy in Walden, with his zest for self-reliance and minimal possessions while living simply in the woods.

Frugality has been adopted as a strategic imperative for by large enterprises as a means of cost reduction through engenderment of a philosophy of careful spending amongst the workforce. Cost reduction is often perceived negatively, be it within a corporate organisation or in society, so inviting each employee to embrace frugality transfers the burden of cost reduction from management to the employee. In doing so, corporations introduce a moral obligation to cost cutting, proposing the notion that careful management of costs is in the company, shareholder and employee's best interests. If done successfully, there are many benefits, including the efficiencies of scale aspect when summing up individual contributions. The challenge is in its implementation; the key to successful frugality is diligence.

Monday, April 18, 2011

You are the Father.

You are the father of everything. You are the First Man. The Father of Creation and Humanity. You can create anything you perceive or conceive. Never doubt thyself. Your abilities have no limits, save those you perceive.

Peace.


Friday, April 15, 2011

Emerson

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Are We Living?

Or are we just alive?

Live and wake up.Wakeupandlive.


J.Davey_Blu_Def_Sound_Show

The Show was Grand.






Japanese Candii

Time - Pink Floyd

Time never was when man was not.







~Lyrics~

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

James Allen Quote of the Day

"Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought man

ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought
he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master. 
As a being of Power, Intelligence, and Love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation." 

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Quote of the Day

A man only begins to be a man
when he ceases to whine and revile, and
commences to search for the hidden justice
which regulates his life. 
And as he adapts
his mind to that regulating factor, he
ceases to accuse others as the cause of his
condition, and builds himself up in strong
and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against
circumstances, but begins to use them as
aids to his more rapid progress, and as a
means of discovering the hidden power
and possibilities within himself. -James Allen