Spiritual warfare

[zerostao]

Pawns need to work closely with each other.

 

If it's late in the game and there are 3 isolated pawns against a queen; the queen has no difficulties and easily finishes off the pawns.

 

If the 3 pawns are connected and have worked together deep onto the other side of the board, then, the queen may not be able to stop them.

 

 

 

[Sanity Check]

1 hour ago, zerostao said:

Pawns need to work closely with each other.

 

If it's late in the game and there are 3 isolated pawns against a queen; the queen has no difficulties and easily finishes off the pawns.

 

If the 3 pawns are connected and have worked together deep onto the other side of the board, then, the queen may not be able to stop them.

 

 

 

 

Some parts of the bible say if the end times come.

 

Christians are not to be aggressive and are to engage in holding action only.

 

"Turn the other cheek."

 

People have to care if they're doing anything to further their own self interests.

 

Which is not easy to achieve in an atmosphere of apathy and indifference.

[zerostao]

2 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

 

 

 

Some parts of the bible say if the end times come.

 

Christians are not to be aggressive and are to engage in holding action only.

 

"Turn the other cheek."

 

People have to care if they're doing anything to further their own self interests.

 

Which is not easy to achieve in an atmosphere of apathy and indifference.

 

The meek shall inherit the earth

[Hannes]

10 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

 

 

 

Reminds me of:  https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/10/29/why-we-created-an-ai-code-of-ethics-and-why-you-should-consider-one-for-your-company/

 

"AI code of ethics."

 

Anyways AFAIK man's development goes something like this.

 

At some point our ancestors began cooking meat. This made it easier to digest and extract energy from food. Higher available energy led to increased brain development.

 

Sometime later, our ancestors began consuming fruit containing natural sugars. The high energy density of natural sugars gave us more available energy to fuel development.

 

Sometime later, our ancestors became aware of germs. They took more baths and made a larger effort to keep eating utensils and food items clean. This led to less energy being necessary to fight off germs, illness and disease. This may have freed up more energy to fuel evolution and development.

 

Some say "higher frequencies".

 

Perhaps higher frequencies require more energy to attain.

 

In which case, some things might become obvious.

 

This is a really interesting insight and I feel like I've got somewhat of a vague idea about what the next step might entail.
I've could be wrong but I think some psychic powers like telepathy and things might be the next step in human development.

 

 

4 hours ago, zerostao said:

 

The meek shall inherit the earth

 

The meek is a very poor translation of the original text which reads more something akin to "the strong who yield their power" will inherit the earth. Which basically means the strong who manage to master their inner self and no act impulsively. It is about not being reactive, but rather proactive (seven habits, Stephen Cuvey), or not blindly following "pendulums" (Brian Scott).
Similar to " Blessed is the lion which the man eats, and the lion becomes man" from the gospel of Thomas.

And there are many other paradigms which have their saying about this. The bible's on is very corrupted. But then again, I find the bible to be a sacred book which has been (deliberately?) corrupted for sinister reasons. 

 

 

 

 

[old3bob]

55 minutes ago, Hannes said:

 

"The meek is a very poor translation of the original text which reads more something akin to "the strong who yield their power" will inherit the earth. Which basically means the strong who manage to master their inner self and no act impulsively. It is about not being reactive, but rather proactive (seven habits, Stephen Cuvey), or not blindly following "pendulums" (Brian Scott).
Similar to " Blessed is the lion which the man eats, and the lion becomes man" from the gospel of Thomas.

And there are many other paradigms which have their saying about this. The bible's on is very corrupted. But then again, I find the bible to be a sacred book which has been (deliberately?) corrupted for sinister reasons. "

 

ok, and misinterpreted as you say and or  imply is dangerous (for instance idealistic sheep among wolves)  The golden "Lion of Judah" is definitely not a meek or weak sheep!  

 

Edited Sunday at 06:18 PM by old3bob

[zerostao]

Verse 78

Of the Dao De Jing

Edited Sunday at 06:21 PM by zerostao

[old3bob]

9 minutes ago, zerostao said:

Verse 78

Of the Dao De Jing

 

true because evil can not reach or corrupt it...but when it comes to the ten thousand watch out!

[zerostao]

     

22 minutes ago, old3bob said:

 

true because evil can not reach or corrupt it...but when it comes to the ten thousand watch out!

 

That's why it's good to have friends in High Places.

 

And I'd like to share a small snippet of a story that was passed along to me,,,,

 

There was a guy in a seriously tough place and he called out (prayer) for help.

A couple of weeks went by, his suffering deepened. Then, like a thunderbolt, he was delivered out and to safety.

 

This guy, you'd think, woulda been, praising the being that arrived and turned the tide, but, instead, questioned why he (the guy) had to repeat the prayers so many times, weren't you listening? He asked in  criticizing tone.

 

We heard you the first time. It took us that long to battle through the evil. You know, the evil that thinks might is right 

[zerostao]

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Hannes]

9 hours ago, zerostao said:

     

 

That's why it's good to have friends in High Places.

 

And I'd like to share a small snippet of a story that was passed along to me,,,,

 

There was a guy in a seriously tough place and he called out (prayer) for help.

A couple of weeks went by, his suffering deepened. Then, like a thunderbolt, he was delivered out and to safety.

 

This guy, you'd think, woulda been, praising the being that arrived and turned the tide, but, instead, questioned why he (the guy) had to repeat the prayers so many times, weren't you listening? He asked in  criticizing tone.

 

We heard you the first time. It took us that long to battle through the evil. You know, the evil that thinks might is right 

 

That is a beautiful story which may hold true for my current situation.
 

[zerostao]

7 hours ago, Hannes said:

 

That is a beautiful story which may hold true for my current situation.
 

 

GodSpeed!!

 

edit to add

Spoiler

 

 

Edited Monday at 01:04 PM by zerostao

[zerostao]

 

 

[Sanity Check]

On 10/5/2025 at 7:23 AM, Hannes said:

 

This is a really interesting insight and I feel like I've got somewhat of a vague idea about what the next step might entail.
I've could be wrong but I think some psychic powers like telepathy and things might be the next step in human development.

 

 

 

If the evolution of man follows a path where we increasingly become less like apes and more like God.

 

Then yeah we might expect to develop powers similar to God along the way to compliment our growing science capabilities.

 

There may already be indications of it happening. Although it might take centuries or millennia to fully manifest.

Edited Wednesday at 02:30 AM by Sanity Check

[Lairg]

1 hour ago, Sanity Check said:

If the evolution of man follows a path where we increasingly become less like apes and more like God.

 

Some alien sources say this is the only planet with religion

 

It seems that other humanoids have moved on and already recognize their unity with The Source of All

 

 

[Sanity Check]

9 minutes ago, Lairg said:

 

Some alien sources say this is the only planet with religion

 

It seems that other humanoids have moved on and already recognize their unity with The Source of All

 

 

 

 

Unity with "source of all" is a religion.

 

If that is an accurate observation than every civilized world would acknowledge it.

[Lairg]

25 minutes ago, Sanity Check said:

 

 

Unity with "source of all" is a religion.

 

If that is an accurate observation than every civilized world would acknowledge it.

 

 

Perhaps unfortunately most humans are fixed upon the outer worlds: physical, emotional and mental.

 

Belief in the unity of all can reasonably be designated as religious.

But any humans that directly experience the unity of all, do not operate on belief. 

 

Can there be a religion without belief?

 

 

[Sanity Check]

1 hour ago, Lairg said:

 

 

Perhaps unfortunately most humans are fixed upon the outer worlds: physical, emotional and mental.

 

Belief in the unity of all can reasonably be designated as religious.

But any humans that directly experience the unity of all, do not operate on belief. 

 

Can there be a religion without belief?

 

 

 

 

The way unity is defined here is the same as good and evil defined as different sides of the same coin.

 

Science says a single sperm cell mates with a single egg cell. Eventually resulting in an adult human composed of 40 trillion cells.

 

When I think on this, it sounds like a miracle to me.

 

What could it be compared to? Its like taking 1 dollar bill, mating it with another dollar bill. Then at some point down the line, you end up with 40 trillion dollars.

 

I don't think I'm doing this topic justice. 

 

In some ways our most fundamental beliefs about nature and how the world works might be called a religion. If we think about it, a good percentage of it, sounds crazy.

Edited Wednesday at 05:25 AM by Sanity Check

[Lairg]

13 minutes ago, Sanity Check said:

In some ways our most fundamental beliefs about nature and how the world works might be called a religion

 

Quite so.  The powers that be, do not want to admit that the beliefs they propagate are deeply flawed

 

As a most trivial example, at school I was taught the oil is the remains of dinosaurs.  Now oil tankers are so huge that that explanation is obviously false.  In any case, what happened to all the dinosaur bones?

 

Now the explanation is that oil is the remains of plankton - but what happened to all the minerals in the plankton?    

 

Who cares so long as we can explain away and avoid testing the explanation.  Meanwhile oil producers keep having to reduce output to keep the price up - while emptied oil fields often recharge in a couple of decades..

 

https://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html

 

Actually the origin is not mysterious.  Thomas Gold solved the matter in 1990.  But who cares?  There is money and  political power to be had.

 

Here is his later book. 

 

https://archive.org/details/the-deep-hot-biosphere-thomas-gold

Edited Wednesday at 05:31 AM by Lairg

[Sanity Check]

39 minutes ago, Lairg said:

 

Quite so.  The powers that be, do not want to admit that the beliefs they propagate are deeply flawed

 

As a most trivial example, at school I was taught the oil is the remains of dinosaurs.  Now oil tankers are so huge that that explanation is obviously false.  In any case, what happened to all the dinosaur bones?

 

Now the explanation is that oil is the remains of plankton - but what happened to all the minerals in the plankton?    

 

Who cares so long as we can explain away and avoid testing the explanation.  Meanwhile oil producers keep having to reduce output to keep the price up - while emptied oil fields often recharge in a couple of decades..

 

https://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html

 

Actually the origin is not mysterious.  Thomas Gold solved the matter in 1990.  But who cares?  There is money and  political power to be had.

 

Here is his later book. 

 

https://archive.org/details/the-deep-hot-biosphere-thomas-gold

 

 

I always thought oil was plant matter of some type for xyz random reason.

 

A chemist would be expected to have a better explanation for the origins of oil than I.

 

Dinosaur bones could be high percentage carbon, which might account for the C in hydroCarbon based fossil fuels.

 

Considering there are microbes which are known to devour oil.

 

It is possible in past eras there were microbes which devoured organic feedstocks to produce oil as a byproduct.

 

There were energy start ups like syntroleum that produced fossil fuels by using organic waste products as feedstock.

 

Similar to how biodiesel used to be produced from waste french fry grease collected from mcdonalds.

 

I don't know. Whatever is whatever. Nature is an underrated and freaky thing which sometimes has ways of exceeding its own limitations.

Edited Wednesday at 06:07 AM by Sanity Check

[steve]

Chess warfare! Hikaru tossing Gukesh's king into the audience at a recent match.

Truth is, it's more about entertainment than anything else. 

 

[old3bob]

 

not really, except in an uncommon  moment here or there.

 

[Sanity Check]

13 hours ago, steve said:

Chess warfare! Hikaru tossing Gukesh's king into the audience at a recent match.

Truth is, it's more about entertainment than anything else. 

 

 

 

They should make chess pieces out of crackers wrapped in plastic.

 

At the end of the match, he literally eats his opponents king.

 

Much more impressive.

[Surya]

So I am doing some writing on spiritual warfare. Planning to make it into a book, but for now it is just some drafts and notes.
 

Anyhow, I was thinking about swords. The sword in the stone, Excalibur, seizing the sword, sharpening it, the doubledged nature of it and so on. Anyone got some thoughts for inspiration? (On its symbolism, perhaps that of other weapons as well; Odins spear, thors hammer, Krishna’s four weapons, Jesus coming with his sword etc etc.)

[Lairg]

1 hour ago, Surya said:

The sword in the stone, Excalibur, seizing the sword, sharpening it,

 

That is an energy flow anchored in the stone.

 

There are two types of energy sword:

 

- male sword that is shown (held aloft) and the energy does the work

- female sword that penetrates the heart of the user while it is pushed through the heart of the target.  Only the pure of heart can use such a sword.

 

Surya: you keep a sword in your spine, along with a rod (for use in the left hand) and trident (carrying 3 energies - as used by sea gods)

 

Be careful what you do with them

 

 

I am reminded that I have a physical ritual sword that contains an energy sword.  Sometimes when the numbers in the meditation group were insufficient for the required geometry, I would place the sword as an additional participant.

 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Lairg

[Sanity Check]

5 hours ago, Lairg said:

 

Surya: you keep a sword in your spine, along with a rod (for use in the left hand)

 

 

 

 

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@ 0:27

Edited 12 hours ago by Sanity Check