Remind me why the fuk Hawaii is a US state— Iva Quint (@ivezquint) August 18, 2017
I need to live in NY already. Ohio ain't cutting it.. https://t.co/JegceR6D3u— Half Jalapeño (@AswangBrews) August 2, 2017
Bruce Lee Peace Sign! The incredible Shannon Lee & Diana Lee Inosanto Pose Like Fathers Bruce Lee & Dan Inosanto pic.twitter.com/m7DTrhLtk6
— Bruce Lee The Dragon (@bruceleedragon1) December 4, 2015
Rachel Mealey in Tokyo: Japanese people believe dolls have souls and cannot be thrown away with the rubbish.
Remind me why the fuk Hawaii is a US state— Iva Quint (@ivezquint) August 18, 2017
I need to live in NY already. Ohio ain't cutting it.. https://t.co/JegceR6D3u— Half Jalapeño (@AswangBrews) August 2, 2017
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Alicia Jo Rabins: This song is about Noah's wife
MEASURING TAPE (Noah’s wife)Before the rain, before the clouds evenI felt a change, a part of you leavingYou went outside, you didn’t say goodbyeYou didn’t look at me, you just picked up your measuring tapeAnd all I wanted was to understandHow you grew into this other manWho built a giant boat in his backyardAnd two by two, I watched them follow youAnd in the end I followed too, what else could I doThere was no night, there was no dayBut you promised there was color underneath the grayThe scientists took all their measurementsThe preachers said that it was heaven-sentAnd you below deck with your head bentJust like you said, we came to restBut what about the others, the ones who failed the testSo you were right, so we survivedBut when I looked into your eyesI saw the ones we left behindAnd all I wanted was to understandHow you grew into this other manWho built a giant boat in our backyard
Alicia Jo Rabins: This song is about Ruth
SEPARATE HISTORIES (Ruth)Sometimes the road chooses you and not the other way aroundI don't know how but I just knew you would lead me to sacred groundI was living in a place but it was time for me to leaveI'd lost all of my faith but I was ready to believeIn the middle of the night I went and lay down by your feetI knew that if the time was right you would welcome meI crept away before the break of dayBy then I knew that you would come to meAnd all the people in the gate and all the elders they will sayWe are the witnesses today to this covenant you makeGenerations pass generations comeAnd now our separate histories are one
New bill in Kansas would ban welfare users from using the money on fortune tellers. Finally government standing up to big fortune telling!
— Andrew Sleighter (@AndrewSleighter) April 7, 2015
Kansas bans spending welfare on cruise ships, liquor stores, fortune tellers, and swimming pools. Really? Judge much? Read the bible again.
— thisoldgov.com (@thisoldgov) April 5, 2015
Blessed is he that considereth the poor, and then bans them from movie theaters. http://t.co/j3PYqP3wGF
— Antonio M Ginatta (@amginatta) April 7, 2015
Doreen Ellen-Bell Dotan, Tzfat: In the ordinary state of Human consciousness, we experience our thoughts as the ruminations and deliberations of just one personality – ours. We think, we deliberate, we imagine then we come to a decision – our own.
In a higher state of consciousness we become aware that our thoughts are actually one among a myriad host of personalities and consciousnesses - each contributing to the deliberation from their own point of view, from the benefit of their learning and experience. Clearly, in that state of consciousness, we are privy to a LOT more input.
Those who are aware of this state of consciousness are people who have worked very hard on themselves *morally*. They have become purified enough in their intentions for the general Good of Creation to have been invited to sit as one of these deliberators and to be aware of it.
This myriad host of Wise, enlightened consciousnesses are various – each has their own personality, viewpoint and learning – but they are all absolutely and unwaveringly united in their innermost Intention – which is the benefit of All. This is the true meaning of One.
This is what Torah means when God is referred to as the God of Hosts and it is taught that the Elohim are the Judges. It is also the meaning of the teaching that God is One, but not in simple numerical reckoning. God is an absolute Unity of Intention for the absolute Good, but from infinite viewpoints, the wisdom of which is shared in the form of separate personages so that they Joy of Sharing may be experienced and also because Wisdom brings actual living Beings into existence, the highest Order of those living Beings is the Judges (HaElohim).
On the path to experiencing the Deliberations, one may experience changes in the way in which they sense things. They may smell fragrances or taste nectar. These experiences, while pleasant, are just indications that one is nicely on their way, but should not be given much attention to because they are still on the level of the sensual – not pure Moral Consciousness.
Before we are *morally* prepared to sit as One among the Host of Judges, we experience our consciousness as the consciousness of one personality – our own, as I stated above. This is a protective mechanism which both prevents us from doing more than limited damage and also protects us from more conscious input than we can receive so that we are not obliterated by the influx of too much Knowledge (also called “Light”).
There are exceptions to this. There are Souls that are in the hellish state of experiencing the deliberations and "voices" of other personalities "in their heads" (which in Hebrew would also translate to in their joy). Not being on a sufficiently high level to experience the deliberations as the bliss of being privy to infinite Wisdom, they experience the deliberations as *accusations*. The basic difference between Heaven and hell is that in Heaven the deliberations are experienced as a vast Hall of Learning, the issues of which are Worlds. While in hell, they are experienced as a *trial* and hearing their condemnation.
Rather than smelling pleasant fragrances, these people may smell noxious odors and taste noxious things or experience being touched. These are the *Body’s* interpretations of rarefied Wisdom, but on a low and unpleasant level.
The awareness of this happens normally "after one dies". Sometimes it happens when we are still in a Body. Those who reach Heaven while still in a Body are aware of these deliberations of myriad Wise Souls and take comfort and counsel from them. Those who experience this while in their Bodies but are not morally prepared for it, experience themselves as being accused and being harmed and being told to harm themselves in various ways.
While it may be necessary to turn these symptoms off for awhile in order to help the person gain control over themselves, the goal should not be the permanent eradication of the symptoms, but, rather, helping the person understand their experiences *positively*. In order to do this, their level of morality has to be increased. Any increase in consciousness has to be the Gift given to one who has worked on their traits and purified his or her intentions. If not, they are invariably hellish. An increase in consciousness that is not the product of increased Kindness, is a punishment, not a gift.
Any action in the direction of Kindness on the part of a person in a hellish state is very precious in the eyes of God.
I highly recommend the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and his advanced Students to anyone who is not Jewish. He is a true Master of the nature of the Mind and the Body and he will lead people on the path of mastering their Moral Traits, their Emotions, their Consciousness and their Body.
I do not recommend Hindu meditative practices for those not born into that culture. Their emphasis on many gods is not what a person already hallucinating needs.Buddhism is the highest of the non-Jewish paths and the one I would recommend for those who very much want to or need to get their Faculties under control. The Native peoples too have developed Moral-Spiritual paths that integrate one’s Body into Nature in a very positive way. It would be better if each of us could do this in the context of our own culture, but, unfortunately the West has not produced such a culture of Enlightenment and one is advised to turn to other Wisdom cultures for help with Moral-Spiritual-Bodily matters that are causing great distress
יהודה הכהן: The Moshiakh, in my mind at least, is not some Superhero who comes to do things for us. There are no commandments demanded of him that are not demanded from the rest of us. Everything that the prophets teach us that the Moshaikh will do is, in fact, a requirement for every Jew. All the things that he is supposed to accomplish, we’re all supposed to be working towards. Therefore, it’s really a collective effort. We have to look at the Messianic effort as a collective effort and he hu cares the most will, ultimately, rise to the position of leadership and plant the flag.
We’re not supposed to check his I.D. card.
Maimonides basically says Moshiakh is not some Superhero, but rises from the people, who fights the wars to liberate our country, restores justice to our society, ingathers our people back to their homeland, and rebuilds the temple. Therefore, if you see somebody competent realistically capable of accomplishing those goals in our generation ~ really caring and working towards those goals ~ our obligation is to support him. Whatever talents we have been blessed with, our talents should be directed towards achieving those goals that are essentially shared by him.
Tamar Yonah: The sages say: "in every generation, there are potentials that can be Moshiakh." We always have a chance to usher in Moshiakh. We also have to realize that this is not the concept that other religions have that the Messiah is going to be a Perfect Supernatural Being; he doesn’t necessarily even have to be religious. Do you see anybody, Today, that could be a potential?
יהודה הכהן: The concept you’re referring to, Tamar, is the concept of Nefesh K’lali. There’s an idea in the mystical Hebrew literature that the Israeli nation shares one giant soul; that K’lal Yisroyal ~ the collective of Israel ~ is one giant spiritual organism that manifests itself in this world in millions of bodies in space in time called the Jewish people: in fact, we’re all sharing one giant soul. And there’s supposed to be, in every generation, one person who possesses what’s called the Nefesh K’lali: this ‘collective seoul’ which means that that person is the personal embodiment of the entire nation of Israel in one. That’s what Moshe had. That’s what King Dovid had. These giants put themselves and their personal needs aside, for the benefit of teaching what is good to the Hebrew nation and to show his people how to achieve Hebrew kingdom aspirations, who are then each transformed into conduits to transmit knowledge of Hashem to mankind.
Not through speeches at the U.N. Not through articles or op-eds.
Rather, through the life of Israel is mankind brought to the awareness of this infinite whole that we are a part of, so there is this concept of one man in every generation who has this Nefesh K’lali. I can’t at all Begin to guess or suggest who that may be. I’m a Kohain from the tribe of Levi, but I know for sure I’m definitely not the one, but I would definitely like to be on his team. Knowing I’m not the guy does not at all leave me from the responsibility to accomplish that which he is prophecied to accomplish. Therefore, I’d like to be on his team; you should be on his team; we should all try to be on this guy’s team; and not get on his bad side.
We don’t have to know, for sure, who this guy is.
The Rambam is very clear that there’s no obligation to know hu the Moshiakh is. Nevertheless, anybody you see trying to accomplish these goals is someone we should be supporting. If he almost succeeds and is assassinated, then, retroactively, he wasn’t Moshiakh (although he participated in the collective process) and somebody else comes. Once we see somebody succeed in achieving the specific aspirations of Israel, he is Moshiakh. Our job, our function, our purpose in life is to fully participate in the process. Ultimately, somebody will rise to the occasion and lead the Jewish people to victory.
Well, I’m going to get extremely practical. I think that, quite Frankly, the problem is a lot of us are living in different movies. You know, I believe very strongly that a person’s perception of reality very much impacts the way they experience reality. What’s necessary is to understand the movie the other person is living in and try to bridge the gaps between their movie and your movie. I think we need to transcend our earthly perspective on world events into a heavenly one: