‘Go forth, O Bhikkhus, on your wanderings, for the good of the Bahujana, for the happiness of the Bahujana, – in compassion for the world
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If Only the Cold War Could Speak
If Only the Cold War Could Speak Capitalism is safe Capitalism is logical. Capitalism undermined… If only the Cold War Could Speak! Socialism is unsafe
Pain and Compassion…
Pain and Compassion A special contraption Demands pain and compassion. Trapped in freedom… Longing to be guided out. Take this, do that Action, re-action. The
The Pseudo-Science of ‘Dr’ Lissa Rankin – Publicity Over Common-Sense!
A peaceful environment creates a calm mind and a relaxed body. The mind can cognise and perceive, and allow the individual to pursue healthy lifestyles, or unhealthy lifestyles, but there is no legitimate scientific evidence that it can change physical chemistry by an ‘act of will’. Malfunctioning Body chemistry is altered by medicine, change of lifestyle habit, or change of environment, and nothing else. People get better because their body chemistry changes, and not because they think ‘nice’ thoughts.
Mind Beyond Matter (PSI)?
I would say that psi should proceed from a strictly material scientific basis, with no psi a priori assumptions sullying the reading (or generating) of results. This means that I do not ‘reject’ in principle the notion of psi, but that I do insist upon a material basis for its study.
Transcendental Illness
However, illness for many (even within privileged societies) is an everyday reality, particularly if there is no cure, or the case that medicines can only ‘control’ the situation for a time. Even in China where Daoism is an ancient medicalised spirituality, people who are ill keep themselves as ‘free’ of angst as possible, and seek to detach a ‘clear’ mind from an ill body as much as possible.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 