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St Thomas in India!

UK: Gospel of St Thomas – Verse 29! (5.11.2026)

The fragments and versions of this text were written in ancient Greek and Coptic (an Egyptian version of Greek) – and so I have selected a broad translation of verse “29” from what scholarly work is available online. I think the fragments were pieced together to reconstruct a single and complete text. Internal evidence within the text suggests this Gospel dates back to the 1st century CE – but this original (Greek) copy has not yet been found. What is interesting about this verse is that it corrects the “inversion” found within theistic religions.

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USSR: There’s Nothing “Gay” About Soviet Fitness & Leisure – Or Is There? (17.10.2026)

This hypocrisy extends to the post-1991 heterosexual pornographic industry (pornography – as a financial exploitation of men and women – did not exist prior to 1991) – which sees men and women engaging in anal sex. As for Soviet history, photographic evidence abounds – with Slavic men acting stand-offish with other women (even their wives) – but warmly embracing and “kissing” other men (even those they do not know). Biographies and diaries of visitors to the USSR often speak of a sexually open mentally (which allowed for State-sponsored race-mixing – and homosexual liaisons providing it was kept “private” and out of the public domain) – albeit contained within the rhetoric of a moral conservatism. Many commentators point-out that a number of Old Bolsheviks were openly “gay” (there are rumours about Lenin being bisexual) – and this might explain why Lenin did not push for a complete ban on homosexuality.

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Shen Elixir

UK: Enriched “Shen” – Sometimes Termed “Elixir” in Daoist Texts! (8.9.2026)

I did manage to write a biographical article about Zhao Ming Wang and get it published in the West – but I have always been battling the anti-China ideology permeating from the US – even from amongst some ethnic Chinese people living abroad. Then there are the “fake” Daoist lineages in the West that are inherently linked to the capitalist system – where they think their “income” equals “authenticity”. Those “who know” in and around the Chinese community simply laugh at this pseudo-Daoism. It is the same with Chinese martial arts (gongfu) – where affluent (fake) teachers link their income to being a genuine lineage. So be it. I have lived in and around the Chinese community for decades – and such a cultural setting has become my (personal) and academic speciality. Practicing the Dao requires full breathing, loosening the belt, and sitting quietly. This has to done properly and all the lessons need to be learned.

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Tribal Circumcision Costs Lives!

South Africa: Annual [Traditional] Tribal Circumcision Kills 48 Boys! (31.8.2026)

Within Judaism, Males are circumcised by Rabbis just after birth – with the Rabbi often filmed “sucking” the cut penis to stem the flow of blood. Christians reject this (racist) practice – but Islam continues it for boys. Midwives in the UK report FGM as it is illegal and requires specialist medical treatment. The women are granted various types of corrective surgery on the NHS. As for men subjected to genital mutilation – NOTHING happens – as the practice is protected under laws used to prevent anti-Semitism and Islamo-phobia. Even a Rabbi sucking a baby’s circumcised penis is considered “exempt” from sexual abuse laws (videos of this practice can be found on YouTube). In Africa, certain tribes allow their boys to reach 12-years old and then a Medicine Man (Shaman) uses a rusty razor-blade to cut=off the fore-skin. I can find articles for nearly every year going back ten-years that highlight dozens of boys dying from shock, infection, and side-effects of this operation inflicted without pain-killer, cleanliness, or follow-up medical care. When South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup – often young oxen were taken into football stadiums and then kicked and stamped to death by young tribal men. When complaints were made about this barbarous ritual – the South African government retorted with the counter allegation of “racism”. And here we are

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Krishna & mohsha

UK: Emails – Looking for “Inner” Moksha! (22.8.2026)

Younger people today, perhaps due to the instant gratification the internet entails, seem to lack the ability to be diplomatic and to ration perception. This leads to violence and aggression between groups due to differences in perception. The interior differences spill-out into the material world – and violence ensues. The stone passage in the temple prevents any unnecessary lateral movement of the body – but the individual should also limit the inner movement of the mind. Then it does not matter whether the body “moves” through the gap or not. Remember, Western sentiment does not operate in this temple. Even if the body “dies” – a mind free of the cycle of birth, life, and death – is a mind (and spiritual-being) free of all suffering. Losing the body in this context is viewed as a win-win for the liberated individual. A disembodied spiritual being is now free to roam in any dimension (and epoch of time) whilst being no longer limited to this plane of existence. What, then, is the issue? Well, it seems that a trapped-body results in a confused and frightened mind – which fastens the individual ever-tighter to the cycle of birth. life, and death. Once the Indian Fire Brigade extracts the compressed being from the birth-canal – an enhanced suffering unfolds!

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Sheldrake Lecture - 2004

UK: Should Cambridge University Investigate Rupert Sheldrake? (12.8.2026)

The Buddha does not contain ALL knowledge as if it were lying dormant in his mind at any given moment (therefore he is not “omniscient” in this sense) but he does say that an enlightened being can direct the mind in any direction he or she wishes (like a net enveloping and collecting all things) throughout the world, and in so doing bring any part of it into his enlightened conscious awareness.  This lasts for as long as concentration is held in that direction and then fails away – remember that the true nature of the mind is “empty” and spacious – so that all phenomena seems to arise and pass away within it.  In fact the Buddha states a long list of abilities and powers he possesses – including the ability for his mind’s awareness to travel to other worlds.  What happened over-time is that through various commentaries and translations, the fact that the Buddha could move his mind’s awareness in any direction (or none) became conflated with the idea that his mind’s awareness was already in every place and at every time.

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