Posts by Brokeback Watchtower

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Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

by cofty in

what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

Brokeback Watchtower

I think all governments are dirty in this type of thing. USA bombing other countries(Cambodia, Vietnam, Iraq, and many more. Lets face it governments all have their spies and people who will put a hit on someone in the line of duty to ones' government. The Spy business is full of dirty tricks in every country they have to survive or the other country will beat you to the punch,, because that is the pressure on all governments in the spy business. At the same time appear holier than thou towards the rival government to the world and its citizens. And yes survival of the smartest/fittest is still at play even in the business of governments.

I hope I don't sound callous but it is what it is. This type of thing will happen time to time especially in a double agent revenge is a paramount issue. Or maybe it was all planned to happen this way in advance in retribution to some long standing quarrel with the two countries I don't know. It is very sad that innocent people not associated with this thing are suffering.

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Do You Care If A World Leader Had An Affair Before Taking Office?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i don’t care about it unless someone runs on a record of being a model family man or woman.. does it bother you if a president or princess or top government official “cheats “??

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Brokeback Watchtower

No I don't care. What's that have to do with him running a country? I ask.

I want the best guy for the job and if he had an affair, I don't think it should have any type of negative effect on his carrying out his duties. I'm owning my own shadow here and we all have needs nobody should look down on him for doing something men do perhaps more than you realize.

Governments every one of them have dirty secrets and the world leaders know that. So that's why I laugh at the impeachment of Bill Clinton.

It is only the propagandized citizen think one needs to be this angelic figure to run the government properly, that is not the case it's a product of brain washing indoctrination of the public school system and history as they teach it that think a prez need to that way..

I think a guy could be banging a few guys and gals every week and still do an ok job, take JFK for example I think he was a pretty good president and he did a lot of hanky-panky.

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Myths are they Lies or Metaphors???

by frankiespeakin in

i've been reading about joesph cambell.

every where i research i hear his name as the greatest expert on myths in this 20th century so hear is a partial clip & link about his book "thou art that".

click on link to read more:.

Brokeback Watchtower

Thanks Hang,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_to_Job

Jung considers the Book of Job a landmark development in the "divine drama", for the first time contemplating criticism of God (Gotteskritik). Jung described Answer to Job as "pure poison", referring to the controversial nature of the book (Storr, 1973). He did, however, feel an urge to write the book. The basic thesis of the book is that as well as having a good side, God also has a fourth side - the evil face of God. This view is inevitably controversial, but Jung claimed it is backed up by references to the Hebrew Bible. Jung saw this evil side of God as the missing fourth element of the Trinity, which he believed should be supplanted by a Quaternity. However, he also discusses in the book whether the true missing fourth element is the feminine side of God. Indeed, he saw the dogmatic definition of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary by Pope Pius XII in 1950 as being the most significant religious event since the Reformation. Another theme in the book is the inversion of the myth that God sent his son Christ to die for the sins of humanity. Jung maintains that upon realizing his mistreatment of Job, God sends his son to humankind to be sacrificed in repentance for God's sins. Jung sees this as a sign of God's ongoing psychological development.

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Why I don,t believe in reincarnation.

by jam in

jw
friends

it,s simple, i can not remember crap from my previous life.. the wife told me today if you come back in the next life, please.

take some science classes.. if i could remember a small percentage of my life today, just a little.

bit, man would it make a difference.. in school i would be 100% nerd, geek, book worm.

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/biography-and-daily-life/reincarnation

The Dalai Lamas have functioned as both the political and spiritual leaders of Tibet for 369 years since 1642. I have now voluntarily brought this to an end, proud and satisfied that we can pursue the kind of democratic system of government flourishing elsewhere in the world. In fact, as far back as 1969, I made clear that concerned people should decide whether the Dalai Lama’s reincarnations should continue in the future. However, in the absence of clear guidelines, should the concerned public express a strong wish for the Dalai Lamas to continue, there is an obvious risk of vested political interests misusing the reincarnation system to fulfil their own political agenda. Therefore, while I remain physically and mentally fit, it seems important to me that we draw up clear guidelines to recognise the next Dalai Lama, so that there is no room for doubt or deception. For these guidelines to be fully comprehensible, it is essential to understand the system of Tulku recognition and the basic concepts behind it. Therefore, I shall briefly explain them below.

Past and future lives

In order to accept reincarnation or the reality of Tulkus, we need to accept the existence of past and future lives. Sentient beings come to this present life from their previous lives and take rebirth again after death. This kind of continuous rebirth is accepted by all the ancient Indian spiritual traditions and schools of philosophy, except the Charvakas, who were a materialist movement. Some modern thinkers deny past and future lives on the premise that we cannot see them. Others do not draw such clear cut conclusions on this basis.

Although many religious traditions accept rebirth, they differ in their views of what it is that is reborn, how it is reborn, and how it passes through the transitional period between two lives. Some religious traditions accept the prospect of future life, but reject the idea of past lives.

Generally, Buddhists believe that there is no beginning to birth and that once we achieve liberation from the cycle of existence by overcoming our karma and destructive emotions, we will not be reborn under the sway of these conditions. Therefore, Buddhists believe that there is an end to being reborn as a result of karma and destructive emotions, but most Buddhist philosophical schools do not accept that the mind-stream comes to an end. To reject past and future rebirth would contradict the Buddhist concept of the ground, path and result, which must be explained on the basis of the disciplined or undisciplined mind. If we accept this argument, logically, we would also have to accept that the world and its inhabitants come about without causes and conditions. Therefore, as long as you are a Buddhist, it is necessary to accept past and future rebirth.

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Why I don,t believe in reincarnation.

by jam in

jw
friends

it,s simple, i can not remember crap from my previous life.. the wife told me today if you come back in the next life, please.

take some science classes.. if i could remember a small percentage of my life today, just a little.

bit, man would it make a difference.. in school i would be 100% nerd, geek, book worm.

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOclaqfiVzk

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"Dark Night, Early Dawn" self exploration

by frankiespeakin in

http://www.hofmann.org/reviews/dark%20night.html

foreword by stanislav grof.

by permission of the state university of new york press.

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnoIf2NwaRY

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Myths are they Lies or Metaphors???

by frankiespeakin in

i've been reading about joesph cambell.

every where i research i hear his name as the greatest expert on myths in this 20th century so hear is a partial clip & link about his book "thou art that".

click on link to read more:.

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd6C_JfHUTk

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Myths are they Lies or Metaphors???

by frankiespeakin in

i've been reading about joesph cambell.

every where i research i hear his name as the greatest expert on myths in this 20th century so hear is a partial clip & link about his book "thou art that".

click on link to read more:.

Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCuQ7pmV1xg

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Rudofl Steiner

by Brokeback Watchtower in

rudolf steiner 1861-1925, developed eurythmy a performance art.

he wrote hundreds of books, a brilliant person in many fields from austria(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rudolf_steiner).. steiner advocated a form of ethical individualism, to which he later brought a more explicitly spiritual approach.

he based his epistemology on johann wolfgang goethe's world view, in which "thinking… is no more and no less an organ of perception than the eye or ear.

Brokeback Watchtower

I just find his stuff interesting, I read some of his writing many years ago. I'm interested in his ideas about the preforming arts, And so Eurythmy has my attention at the moment.

http://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/Rudolf_Steiner_and_Eurythmy.php

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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !

by flipper in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.

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Brokeback Watchtower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXTM-t5sCuI