Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Cuthusiast. Maybe we know the same person. > I had a friend from Poland who left chanting > gradually after she returned from krchen duty. Testimony? Reflections? > Imagine the irony how they sing the praise of > mother earth. There is also duality here. Eg festivals. They are pro-ecolo
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I need to know about the paper bag. Has anyone > witnessed it directly? Me too. > Cuthusiast, are people in Poland also recruited to > slave day and night for wailana. I guess those who > speak english? I don't know what it looks like now. In the first decade of the 21st century, there we
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Anyway, i must say i love polish activists formal sincerity. Not narrative of course. But look on the names. MAYE Association. One MAYA. Two MAYA'S. In polish plural "MAYE". Or this OM Gang & Friends. Or earlier music band "Frozen hearts". Mood of cardiac surgery ...
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So are we to accept that the North Korea SoI > system is what it takes to reform us so that we > are the obedient dogs that Krishna wants us to be? > I guess it is quite a depressing idea. Lol! > I can no longer blindly accept what scriptures > tell me. And blind faith is the only way one can >
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They came, saw, stood up for some devotees and > were banned from coming to our retreats. Sure, they also have recruitment material on forgiveness: "Forgiveness, the path to freedom" When there was a tendency in general, an atmosphere of non-forgiveness. Filing. If someone made a blunder an
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fohr, there are many insightful devotees who are > obviously good people. I come mainly form the > angle of what is the core ideology and what is > it's functional expression and final offering. Do > we have a practical example of that? Here - a self-describing example - through the n
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What kind of > bhakti yoga is this? Workalot of Chantalot already explained it to the dwarf... > Sorry SoI criminals, you cannot stop the Tsunami > that Ranson started. > You close a door, we will open 5000 more gates. > Imagine when one day this hypocrite sits in the > white house. I t
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Hi Fohr. Thanks for posting. Fohr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "If Krishna really loves you, he takes everything > away..." - sure, this is a nice philosophical > consideration. It's not so nice if you are left > with no job in your 30s, no relationship skills, > or a perception that everyone who is *not* a > devo
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And Our Chinese Lady of Hawaii with object of her love and admiration. All glories to 25 kitchen servants... QuoteThe #yoga teachings can be nicely explained by using the example of a car. The car is like your body, the driver of the car is your intelligence, and you (the spirit soul) are the passenger. The passenger has the ability to instruct the intelligence to drive the car where he
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I need to be sure that I am guided by divine > forces and not some trickster spirits that want me > to play vigilante. This is a high rung. Heavenly. A more down-to-earth "guidance" is expecting activists, praetorians, and SoI Sirs to abide by universal moral principles and the law. And bear th
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It must be a safe place for those who have > suffered in the hands of butler. Don't take it that deeply personally. Your trauma is understandable, but it has to be overcome. The experiences described in the forum are hard. Especially Ian Koviak - a child sent to "gurukula" by his own mother i
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cultthusiest and DeWatcher and myself tend to > discuss things in siddhantic depth. They do so > from an attitude favorable to Vaishnavism and > Gaudiya Siddhanta and I reject it all as > cumbersome nonsense. This is our opinions. True, Vaishawism is interesting and worthwhile for me. On the ot
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was told that this is the ONLY path I know. That > would urely make me look even more arrogant. What about Jesus Christ and the 3 sanyasis? General versus new specific rules. After all, the Bible says about Jesus: The Son has the divine power to give life and to judge (John 5:21–26; John 6:40; John 8:16;
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Another example of the precision in applying concepts to Hindu philosophy, following the Gaudiya tradition. "Immerse yourself in the sounds of yoga," is written on the banner. What are "sounds of yoga"? In the Sanskrit dictionary "sound", when combined with other words to form complex concepts, can be checked here: "Show more results".
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is "The air of life raised under the cover of > the skull."? There are accounts of former SIF members - moving in the inner space of the body in a half-dream where awareness is narrowed, but it is not an OBE and it is not a dream. There are such descriptions of former SIF members - and they
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Corby, amongst butler’s followers you can find > absolutely stellar souls. > Extremely humble but not doormats. Chris Butler later communicated in a disciplining mood that bad relationships or interactions were caused by both sides. What can be interpreted here is that an artificially humble attitude may
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > component of such a faith. The idea of base level > pointless humility and ego subjugation is > paramount to such a philosophies success. If a > person sees themselves as an imperfect, low, > unworthy slave, there is nothing to ever complain > about if life kicks you in the ass repeatedly.
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would truly be careful about the black magic > rumor. Other events of a larger caliber were analyzed. And also the suspicious behavior of some SiF leaders. > You know. The usual suspect: Offenses. What is the difference whether someone consciously through practice, or through neglect or failure to f
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Culthusiast what are the suspicious actions, > reported abilities… > Are those just rumors or facts? Read the Forum. There are mentions. Chris Butler was said to have the ability to hypnotize, and people confirmed attempts at hypnotic sessions - during or just after the Haiku Meditation School. A.C. Bhakti
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The supernatural is very common in that group and > eveybody knows about the > “honeymoon phase”. You can clarify a few things here. People were drawn to deeper spirituality. The idea of love for God, transcendence. Limitations of Christian Doctrine, Limited Resource of the Bible. Enthusiasm. This was foll
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Frozen Nick91 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most Vaishnava groups count themselves > under the Dvaita doctrine, since it talks about > Vishnu as the Supreme deity. It was established > approx. 500 years after Advaita (by philosopher > Madhvacharaya) as an anti - advaitic > interpretation of the Vedanta scriptures. This > means the Br
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bhaktivinode also used his connections in politics > and background in education to send some of his > writings to intelligencia and scholars in western > universities. Thank you for a very good post. Regarding the issue of political commitment, it is worth emphasizing that India was under British
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I doubt they are doing black magic woodoo. There were some incidents (supposed results) and some suspicious actions. Reported abilities. > For me next in line is midgett. I think people > will automatically look up to him. Should not stay long... He's not young... Frozen Nick91 Wrote: -
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Sorry, "with his wife, sister of dealer's son-in-law". Conscious loving, conscious selling and conscious maryjane dealing... CL CS CD...CCC. Polish: "cena czyni cuda" - eng. "price makes miracles" C C C x L S D ... Matrix..
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They love the glorification of butler too much. It's not just glory. C. Butler himself pointed at least once the difference between a relationship with a guru and a relationship between a woman discipe and a male guru. It's not an accident. Not one signal.That's it. As I watched the old lectures on
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Other benefits are, for example, what Ian Koviak emphasized - congregational chanting in general. Let's take the Croatian tradition: "Gori duša, gori obrazy Sunce mi od tebe dolazi" Translation: Burning soul, burning cheeks The sun is coming to me from you But also to polish ca be translated "burning soul, burning offences" The topic itself is intere
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With the Sudarshan chakra of his > motorboat propeller, he took care of teaching the > mlecchaas a lesson. Sure. Of course. As one of the water sports injury experts was said to have admitted - this type of wound couldn't have arisen by chance ...
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Truth wins Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why would they hide the disappearance? Are they > afraid people would suddenly stop slaving for > wailana? For various contributing reasons. A) The cult is built on the basis of the cult of personality. If this individual is lost, there is a risk of the sect disintegrating. Unless habits or patterns of ben
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RUN_FOREST_RUN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/north-america/us/2022/01/is-tulsi-gabbard-the-gops-dark-horse Well, it's not surprising, it just folds up a bit. Chris Butler's parents' left-wing views. Perhaps the conflict with the mother is another legend. Affinity with the Left-center Sanders. The
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And let us not forget the Buddha who questioned the infallibility of the Vedas ... Great scenes with Conan Barbarian: Humility and awareness of your own strength "come to me my child", faith "that must be paradise" "to hell with you" prayer beheading:
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