Nungali

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  1. where is the cat thread?

    Its just under this one .
  2. where is the cat thread?

    here it is
  3. spell

    I think you already did . Well done ! By the way , Look, I know a LOT about 'magic' , I have been studying various traditions of it for over 50 years ! This woman is bull shit , and you are okay .
  4. spell

    " I did not feel torture " Thats how . She is obviously a nut . 'Tantra' ? ... sure baby ! I would say you are being hurt more by watching media advertising .
  5. I want to become powerful

    Here is a great part in the Rite of Mars . We used to perform the 'astrological rites' each year * . I have played various roles in the right , including Mars . Rite of Mars has a lot of 'power dynamics' going on . But it is also about 'head strong youth ' , bold declarations , and the folly of youth with all its distractions . Perhaps our OP could relate to this . It also has a fascination with conquest , domination, sex, etc . Possibly due to Mars' association with Scorpio . It might assist one to see it's placement in the natal chart . One of my favorite parts in the rite is where 'the people' ( the 'audience' ) get 'enlisted' into the army to follow Mars and defeat the ' bad people' and bring peace for evermore ( yeah ... right ! ) , everyone is ready , they have been hyped up with heroic orations and declarations, marching, drumming , etc . SR. SCORPIO : " Let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of Mars." [ they march round five times deosil before MARS in procession headed by SCORPIO, ARIES, CAPRICORNUS.] " Strike, strike the louder chord! Draw, draw the Flaming Sword! Crowned child and conquering Lord! Horus, avenger! " " Brother Aries, let us invoke the Master of the Battle. " BRO. ARIES. Mighty and Terrible One, we beseech thee to lead us the Battle. Here, by thy Symbols, thy Spear, the Sword, and the Drum, we pray thee to strengthen our arms and to defend our hearts. For we are thy chosen warriors, O thou Master of the Battle! " Then , all are waiting for Mars to emerge from his tent in glory and lead them .... ... waiting .... ... waiting ...... Until finally someone opens the curtain to his tent and he is caught with his pants down bonking 'Sister Scorpio' , meanwhile, Vulcan ( the 'enemy') has entered the camp and chaos ensues . Ahhh... the 'folly of red blooded , head strong youth ' .... but in the end , Mars finally gets there and discovers what true 'power' is : Mars ; " This is the day which down the void abysm At the Earth-born's spell yawns for Heaven's despotism, And Conquest is dragged captive through the deep; Love, from its awful throne of patient power In the wise heart, from the last giddy hour Of dead endurance, from the slippery steep, And narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs And folds over the world its healing wings. " Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance– These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length, These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o'er the disentangled doom. To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own sreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory! "
  6. Hey I am Vanessa

    Hi . What type of martial arts ?
  7. I want to become powerful

    Of course, all of that ^ is about being 'powerful' ... for the individual, the group, the clan , the culture . Invaders and suppressors do not want that . Invaders often suppressed local culture and demanded conformity . Thats one of the reasons Cyrus was named 'The Great' ; they had a different policy - that if one allowed and actually helped people retain their culture and religion , they would be happier, productive and less rebellious .
  8. Voidisyinyang

    ..... > " Secure Connection Failed ... The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. "
  9. I want to become powerful

    In that case , by finding and reconnecting the people . re-establishing their cultural traditions and showing that they have worth in today's mainstream culture . Teaching the young the culture and instilling pride in them ( which can also include their system and practices of spirituality / religion, 'life purpose ' - rediscovering purpose for living ) Re introducing initiation systems . Finding ways of integrating into mainstream culture without loosing cultural identity and bringing traditional culture and language forward . And so on. With this group, a big step in recognition and feeling pride and worth in culture was through art . It was suggested they try the international art market. At first they where shy and lacked confidence .... people would be interested in our paintings ... internationally? It worked , some sold for 10s of 1000s of dollars , people went on paid trips from the desert to OS exhibits of their own work . This also enables them to earn their own income doing something they love . Another example is their elders and knowledge be funded by governments to teach 'cultural burning' principles to manage bush fires .
  10. I want to become powerful

    I dont know specifically about the Dutch situation, so cannot elaborate on that . But overall, its the same causes for everyone . There is a variety in intensity and acceleration due to other contributing factors eg . one of these factors is dispossession of 'home land ' coupled with ' their way of life, teachings and 'reality base' are no longer able to keep up and adapt with other changes - like from an intruding force or technology . That is why the devastation of Australian indigenous cultures happened so disastrously and virtually 'overnight' ; the technological gap was mind blowing for them due to their long term isolation - everything for them is connected to meaning through 'country' and birthplace , including specific individual ecological management responsibilities , they got hit hard on all fronts . So there is probably some other factor for the Dutch , in their culture , that was sensitive to these modern changes . If you take away a persons livelihood, land , sense of belonging , show them their belief system is irrelevant or wrong , crowd them together at a number and frequency they have never been used to - remove their reason and purpose for living .... they won't ( be living , for long ) . Some do make it , they become automatons, soulless , or manage to 'adapt' (with aberrations ) ... for a while , but then their societies become riddled with the indicators, including suicides ... seems 'normal ' to some - 'boiling frog ' syndrome . Then society becomes evil ; people start making money on the sufferers from the indicators
  11. I want to become powerful

    Thing is , I know what causes it . So its extra damn frustrating when people will not act to prevent it, through ignorance or evil . From my anthropological studies ; culture in crisis , regardless of where or when - certain stages manifest from trouble to 'self- genocide ' . First indication is the local system of relevant initiation breaks down . That means that people's instruction as to their purpose , place and fulfilment in life is missing . Then community starts breaking down into 'individual ego units' (these eventually break down to individuals themselves - 'battling it out' . Next , the 'teachings' themselves are neglected . The Elders, elderly and children are abused . Sacred sites are vandalised (or the public utilities are , things that all benefit from ) . Substance abuse ( not substance use , but abuse - from that culture's 'norm ' ). Self harm (again from the 'norm' eg, a culture may use scarification for various purposes or self injury in mourning and it is not considered ' self - harm ' ). ' Self mutilations' . Suicide rate climbs . End zone .... eg . one group of Aboriginals , only had a few members left , they began to cut of their ears , noses and eventually genitals , which makes it impossible to 'recover' and 're-breed'. We do know the remedies , eg , this above group was saved , the situation reversed , population went up now they are a proud and growing clan . But 'they' dont seem to think it applies to 'us' (modern 'western' civilisation ) .
  12. If he does .... then we have TWO enlightened people on daobums
  13. I want to become powerful

    There is also the cold water immersion layer thing ; you dive in to warmish water , hit the cold layer underneath and your lungs empty causing you to sink , especially at night in fresh water ( river) and especially if been drinking alcohol , add a few river weeds down there to get tangled in when you panic .... gone in minutes . It happens here , I had to warn the kids about it when I taught year 10 as it is one of causes of teenage deaths ( I did sessions on teenage suicide with them , also bought in a professional councilor for a talk ) " So kids , dont river swim at night , but if you do, dont drink, but if you do , dont dive in- walk in , but if you STILL do , someone else keep a close eye on them .... look after each other guys , too many of you are dying , let's look after each other and break the statistics . "
  14. It seems to be playing out as usual . PS . I do not have anything to do with eastern alchemy . .... except read the arguments here about it with amusement and occasionally fire a salvo into the melee .
  15. I want to become powerful

    " Just the burger and fries , thanks . "
  16. That used to be a 'given' - as well as for a lineage , for an individual ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutelary_deity and also ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yidam ( Note : " ... realization of their own innate enlightened nature ... " .
  17. Indeed ! I felt to respond to this thread with that to show how it is not just martial artists being the bad guys against Neigong teachers . In my case I was first attracted to Martial arts because I am a xenophile and it seemed exotic and interesting . I am not interested in violence and fighting but have fascination in tactics , strategy , movement , psychology , technique . I get enjoyment from a rumble , maybe two or three against me , even with weapons . On this level, I feel a sense of accomplishment , If I can 'take' all their weapons , overpower their 'attacking intentions' and the result is - no one got hurt . I do admit that is a rare impetus for many martial artists though .
  18. How do you stop the leakage?

    Without a 'how' offered ... this is, again , just a 'do it '.
  19. How do you stop the leakage?

    Me : " What idiot left their boat untied and floating down the river like this ! "
  20. How do you stop the leakage?

    You can learn to control what you thought was uncontrollable . We must understand our limits though , dont jump off a cliff and try to control gravity ( with no assistant technology ) . Then again a person's limits may be beyond what they have been led to believe .
  21. How do you stop the leakage?

    So ..... just dont do that stuff . I think our OP seeks some techniques . Like how to deal with ' negative emotions , worries, fears, anger, ' etc . ... not just 'dont do it ' .
  22. How do you stop the leakage?

    The second exercise is to let the mind wander, but within the subject matter, for example , if the object of concentration is a lit candle let the mind think whatever it wants about it , how it is made, what it is made from, what is the process that gives off its light , why does it give off heat , how can these things be used etc. If you go 'off track' eg . The candle does give off enough light to see around the room , but not enough to be able to do anything in the kitchen , like cooking . Maybe I should cook something now, I am pretty hungry , or maybe I should wait until dinner time , or I could go out and get a take-away . Either by will , or discipline keep the focus . By discipline I mean a 'shock' to the system - here there is no Abbot to smack you across the back with a cane , you have to do it yourself . A rubber band worn on the wrist can do it , instead of a mark on paper each time you 'break' concentration . The band can be 'pinged' on the inside of the wrist . Conversely , the mind should be rewarded for doing its job properly ( ie , searching and expanding through the field of acknowledge , seeking pathways and correlations within the field of focus ) . Then there is the next stage which is about 'fields' of knowledge , 'correlations' / 'signatures .... a type of 'cramming' stage . next comes 'filing systems ' for better cross reference and retrieval of information eg 'memory theater ' , 'method of loci' etc . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Camillo https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2016/09/how-oral-cultures-memorise-so-much-information/ https://www.monash.edu/medicine/news/latest/2021-articles/new-study-finds-ancient-australian-aboriginal-memory-tool-superior-to-memory-palace-learning-among-medical-students
  23. How do you stop the leakage?

    I hope I made the distinction clear above ; for the wasted mental energy , the meditations for the wasted physical energy / movement , the martial arts stuff .