The blinding truth exposing fears make people cower...

Read:

• http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/11/wikileaks-and-state-department-correspondence/
• http://cablegate.wikileaks.org

These are few examples that when the blinding truth is out, everyone, who once love the Light now fears it, shuns it and wants to be blinded. Democracy have not improved the life of people but blinded them from the truth, so is socialism. Politics is about swaying your people with false lies in most cases. It is about who's the best at fooling the crowd. Look at Obama's promise for an open administration. When Julian Assange comes around and exposes his country's flaws, he wanted the truth be covered and Assange and his organization to be taken down and out of existance.

It is sad about how when presented with the no bullshit truth, people are so afraid to meet it.

That's why when the Cloth Bag Monk (in Buddhism) who is the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha appears in the Tang dynasty, before he dies, he said "Maitreya, Maitreya, even if you are here, no one recognizes you". Only after his words did people recognize him. People kept wishing Maitreya Buddha to descend and he did but people just didn't recognize him. 

In the same sense, when people are given the outright truth, they can't see it. People need to be given a dish of pain and suffering to learn in many cases. When can they wake from their folly ?

Overwhelming Greed Caused BP Oil Spill

Read:

• http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3250509/bp-ignored-safety-software-advice-to-save-time-oil-spill-investigators-find/ 
• http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/11/23/23greenwire-missing-oil-spill-commission-document-shows-bp-17998.html
• http://www.eenews.net/assets/2010/11/23/document_gw_01.pdf 

Since ancient times, humanity's bottomless greed have caused us so much trouble yet everytime, we turn a blind eye and repeat our mistakes.

Hand gesture for Prayer

Read:

• http://spiritualawakenings.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/mudras-for-prayer/

I was looking through the web randomly and stumbled upon this blog post. Interesting.

Suspicion CONFIRMED

I have a suspicion that my family is bias to my younger brother and I have another evidence of confirmation.

Whenever my bro decides to buy expensive stuff like Chanel, Gucci, Prada... or expensive stuff, whether online or physically shopping, he is left unchallenged... not stopped by my parents.

Now I have a valid request, that is to use my own money to buy a set of dumbbells and my friends have shown me a set of good dumbbells to my opinion and I like it. I have being working out using a set of 3 KG dumbbells and they are too light. I don't get any progress if I keep using it and I need a heavier weight. Getting a set of dumbbells is a more valid request then my bro's expensive and useless shopping and my request is for better health.

Since months ago, I brought up the request to buy the dumbbells, just to tell my parents for courtesy's sake. I could simply just buy a set without telling them. But time and time again, they keep withholding and delaying my request infinitely until as of late, I told them about my intentions to buy a set of dumbbells I thought I like. My parents immediately veto-ed and objected the dumbbells I wanted and they wanted to bring me during this Friday (Deepavali holiday) to go get their "variant". 

What is wrong for me to get what I want ? 

Why must my request be rejected only for them to impose their will on me for the better or the worse ?

Why does my bro get "free reign" while they (my parents) simply control, reject and veto my options which are far more legitimate and useful then whatever my bro gets (all his expensive, luxury goods).

Why is it so UNFAIR ?

Oh, and one thing, my bro joint in the fray and started criticizing my pick and stirred up more topic of debate, en-strangling my parents' view that my pick are not valid, swaying my parents to ensure that my pick would never get through.

Thus from this, it confirms my long standing suspicion that my parents side with my bro.

Debunking Hoaxes and false views

Here, I would put a host of videos on people claiming to do "magick" and debunk them.

1.   Immunity to Fire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKVfrLYw__8

There's a three seconds rule where a burning flame must be focused onto the same spot without moving for 3 seconds. The constant moving of the flame causes it not to be focus.

2.   Immunity against Blades:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mh1az-K_1Y

Scientific research have shown us how amazing, strong and flexible the skin is. Possible angle of blades, pressure placed, how it is cut or moved have to be considered. He should have test to proof the existance of such "magick" by putting out a cucumber or a stick, enchant it and asking a stranger using a natural motion and force to chop down on the cucumber or a stick. If the stick or cucumber or whatever gets chopped, well... good luck then.

3.   Jumping on a bunch of "sharp objects"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEzLSkCDugM

Same theory as walking on a bed of nails isn't it ?

4.   Swallowing nails

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvDtZUTCBo

You may need to see a doctor. Could rip intestinal walls, throat...etc. If you are lucky, the nails are just too small I guess.

5.   Spearing the throat and withstanding a stone block shattering on the back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT5w2u66WCc

Have we not seen enough of these. This is qigong, not "magick".  

To summarize the above, I doubt the founders and ancient great masters have intended the misuse and showcase of such "magick", least, the possibility of deluding and misleading oneself and others ( a heavy sin ). Without careful consideration of the after effects (where people get attracted to these "magick" rather then to the philosophical and practical aspect of the teachings).

In my opinion, these "magick" shows could only serve to delude the senses and is definitely not what the great masters and founders of old may have wanted.