He sort of says the precepts are not like commandments, but ideas that make us realize the true nature of life. That to be alive is
necessarily to participate in killing other life to sustain oneself. Etc. Somewhere he says something like "a vegetarian tiger" which reminds me
of a friend saying, sort of, "our nature is our nature, and we shouldn't try to fight it". Well, I'm a vegetarian (of sorts, it's hard to be a perfect vegan, I cannot)
and I try and choose kindness and fight my impulses to be selfish, vindictive, sadistic, etc. I think what I would say is that as humans, I believe
we can make choices and there are things worth choosing. Such as:
Truth
Honesty
Kindness
Diligence
I was going to say that maybe these things make us human, in the sense that people elevate humans over other animals. But animals choose kindness,
and do their duty caring for their young, and so on. So....who knows?
To study the buddha way is to study the self.
To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.
When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away.
No trace of realization remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly.
All these Dems at Cheney's funeral - 🤮 "It's a big club-and you ain't in it"
"Just days after the 9/11 attacks, Cheney appeared on Meet the Press and said the U.S. would have to work on what he called the dark side.
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will. We’ve got to spend time in the shadows in the intelligence world. A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies, if we’re going to be successful."
"Abu Zubaydah (/ˈɑːbuː zʊˈbeɪdə/ ⓘ AH-boo zuu-BAY-də; Arabic: ابو زبيدة, romanized: Abū Zubāydāh, lit. 'Father of Jewels'; born March 12, 1971, as Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn) is a Palestinian citizen born in Saudi Arabia[3] currently held by the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. He is held under the authority of Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF). "
again: "currently held by the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_ZubaydahNovember 18 ** 2 Some info about "What Is Hip?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garibaldi_(musician)#What_Is_Hip?November 18WhatIsHip.mp4 What is Hip? IYKYK 70's for the win god bless Don Kirshner! you can open the lyrics in a separate window: whatIsHipLyrics.htmlNovember 13 November 12Children of Chernobyl (gift article on the Atlantic)RadioActivity.mp4November 07sudan2025-11-07.html
"It’s hard to overstate the scale of death in Darfur." November 04 RIP Dick Cheney.....cheney.mp4 November 03 ** 3 Lennon cont....LennonCavett.mp4November 03 ** 2https://archive.ph/QeFYz Sorry, NYT-not currently giving you money.
Sudan is suffering horrors. It's hard to even find mention of it. Some say it's as bad as Rwanda was. Why are we putting energy into foolishness like, say, Sora, when people are suffering this way? We're insane.
November 03 Lennon on the insanity of our leaders: lennonInsanity.mp4November 01 ** 2 What I picture in my head when people start talking about the future of agents:November 01 Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!
RadioActivity.mp4
