Dalai Lama: 'Hope for the Best - Prepare for the Worst'

Interview by Matthias von Hein

On the sidelines of his visit to Hamburg, the Dalai Lama talked exclusively to DW about his optimism for Tibet, the situation in Iraq and Syria, and the growing number of Tibetan Buddhists in China.


DW: Your Holiness, China is becoming more powerful, both economically and politically. Beijing is also using its power to increasingly isolate you – the face of the struggle for meaningful Tibetan autonomy. What do you think: If China had been that powerful already in 1989, would you have been awarded the Nobel peace prize?

Dalai Lama: I have completely retired from my political responsibilities since 2011. The nature of your question is rather political. However, since you ask that question: Yes, the People's Republic of China is gaining more strength economically and militarily. But, in the meantime, we can see that a number of Chinese very much support our basic rights because we are not seeking independence.
We decided as early as 1974 that we are not seeking independence. We just try to seek those rights that are mentioned in the constitution. These should be implemented. That's our request. So, therefore, a number of Chinese intellectuals fully support us – including Liu Xiaobo (awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2010 and currently serving an 11 year prison sentence).
During the last four years we noticed about 1000 articles in Chinese, some written by Chinese inside China, some outside, which fully support our 'middle way' approach. They are very critical about their own government's policy. So this is not our criticism. It is criticism within the Chinese community.
On top of that, there is quite a large Buddhist population in China. About three or four years ago, a Chinese university carried out a survey about how many Buddhists there are in mainland China. They came up with a figure of more than 300 million. Many of these Buddhists are educated people. And nowadays more and more Chinese Buddhists really show interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Even a number of Chinese Communist Party members, officials, even high officials are showing interest in Tibetan Buddhism.
Then on the practical level: The Chinese government is very much concerned about the image of China. The military, the economy alone cannot make a constructive contribution to world affairs. The People's Republic of China needs moral authority, more respect, more trust from the outside world. And the Chinese people themselves are very much concerned about the image of China, too. Many Chinese told me, that even though their country has over 1.3 billion inhabitants, it is lacking moral authority or moral power.
But now, President Xi Jinping is seriously tackling corruption. And also recently during his visit in Europe, in Paris, Xi openly stated, that Buddhism has a very important role for Chinese culture. So Buddhists should take more responsibility. For me this is something very unusual: A communist leader publicly praising or making a positive remark about Buddhism. So things are changing.

But, your Holiness, do you see any improvements on the ground in Tibet?

Our struggle is the struggle between the power of the gun and the power of truth. In the short run, the power of the gun is much stronger, very decisive. But in the long run, the power of truth is much stronger. I believe that. Already there are some signs that Chinese leaders or intellectuals now raise questions whether the existing policy is really helpful in the long run to the interest of the People's Republic of China. So things are changing.
But, up to now, my impression is that the Chinese leadership is still thinking that the way to deal with ethnic minorities in Tibet or in Xinjiang is repression and investment. That is their twofold approach.
Investment is good. But at the same time they should be seriously concerned about the environment. The use of force is often counterproductive no matter how sincere the motivation is. Look at the Iraq crisis and President Bush. I know that his motivation was very good: Democracy in Iraq. But the method was wrong. So, unexpected consequences happened. In China there is basically a similar situation.
Talking about Iraq, this brings me to a question that is troubling a lot of people in Germany right now. It is the question of how to deal with the "Islamic State."

You are loved and respected the world over because your approach is dialogue and tolerance. But now in Germany we are debating whether Germany should supply weapons to the Kurds in Northern Iraq to fight the "Islamic State" – which would be a breach with former policies. What do you do if dialogue fails or if the other is not ready for dialogue?

I am student of Buddhist psychology. And I am also a firm believer in the law of causality. There are these unthinkable, sad events: The killings of human beings, mercilessly, including children, women. I believe this is the result of certain causes. The Iraq crisis: If the American policy in order to topple Saddam Hussein had been carried out in a more non-violent way, I think, the situation today would probably be a little better. I believe this unthinkable crisis in the beginning of the 21st century is the result of the mistakes of previous centuries.

So, what would be your advice?

Basically I say: It is much better and safer not to use violence. But now the reality is: So many people are suffering. If the world remains indifferent, that would be also immoral, too. The best thing would be to try to talk. If that fails, according to the reality, according to circumstances…That´s very difficult to judge.
Coming back to Tibet, you sounded very optimistic about the prospects of positive change in Tibet through the Chinese government side. So are you optimistic yourself to be able to visit Tibet, see Lhasa and the Potala?

Watching China for more than 60 years, I describe four eras: the Mao Zedong era, the Deng Xiaoping era, the Jiang Zemin era and the Hu Jintao era. Within these four eras a lot of changes happened. The Mao Zedong era put very much emphasis on ideology. Then the Deng Xiaoping era:
He considered the economy, the living standard to be more important than just the ideology. So he did not hesitate to follow a more market-oriented economy, or even capitalism. Then Jiang Zemin: He discovered that because of the new reality, the Communist Party was no longer a party of working class people. So he created the concept of the "Three Represents." Wealthier people and intellectuals were admitted into the party.

In the Mao Zedong era that would have been unthinkable. Then came the Hu Jintao era. Because of the growing gap between rich and poor he emphasized the promotion of the "Harmonious Society". So, the same party, confronted with a new reality had the ability to take some new initiatives, develop a new thinking.

When Hu Jintao announced the "Harmonious Society," I fully supported that. But ten years passed and I think as far as "harmony" is concerned, things worsened. The goal, the motivation was good. But the method? They used force. The Chinese government's budget for internal security is bigger than the defense budget. I think there are about 200 nations on this planet. But I don't think any nation's budget for internal security is bigger than the defense budget.

But Xi Jinping, his policy, his actions, seem more realistic. As Deng Xiaoping stated: "Seek truth from facts." I think the new leadership follows that advice: seeking truth from facts. The late Hu Yaobang (reform-minded, liberal Communist Party general secretary 1980 – 1987) followed that approach. President Xi Jinping seems to be in favor of that approach.

When Hu Yaobang visited Lhasa in the early 1980's, his public speeches and comments were very realistic. At that time, everybody developed great hope. I still believe, if Hu Yaobang had remained in power for a longer time, the Tibet issue would have already been solved. Xi Jinping seems to follow that same sort of more realistic approach. So there is some hope. In any way: It is better to remain with hope and in the meantime better prepare for the worst.
Thank you very much your Holiness.

The interview was conducted by Matthias von Hein.


original link and photos: http://www.dw.de/dalai-lama-hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst/a-17877704

Go Into the Light...a Falseness Exposed, Part 1

In this three part series we will discuss a common practice in the paranormal community and new age ministry of commanding “lost souls/lingering souls” to “go to the light” to be free.  This is a FALSE belief as well as practice.  This series will discuss and explain to you why.  Recently a conversation with a former paranormal investigator took place during a break from an Exorcism within their personal life (a loved one being taken over by LEGION) resulting from their actions of Ghost Hunting.

I am saying this is bad when you commit this Act of Necromancy (Ghost Hunting) as it is very dangerous to do so.  In my previous writings I have laid out that Ghosts do not exist.  This is all the work of those Fallen Angels and Demonic which are posing as these false once living human individuals.  Nothing to scientifically prove God lays this out – Heaven or Hell.

Regarding this conversation which took place was disturbing to say the least.  This person had firsthand experience with diabolical forces infecting the lives of the family (resulting in an Exorcism).  Thus resulting in a Spiritual battle against several powerful forces lying within a member of the family.

I was alarmed to learn that this person who has a background in ministry had adopted a completely unbiblical demonic deception that you can command these forces to “go to the light”.  This false belief was thought that they would be “redeemed” in the sight of God. During the final stage of Exorcism on a loved family member, the blessing of their house, this person committed an open Act of Necromancy right in front of me during the house blessing.  This resulted in new activity occurring from the words stated and the actions done.  The entire house blessing had to be redone as a result of the actions.

The notion is a profound departure from accepted theological and biblical understanding of the nature of demons and their fall.  If God was truly revealing a new understanding of this “secretive” doctrine, especially from the holy bible, then God would not ask anyone to keep this a secret and would have had his son Jesus Christ tell us to do this during his time.

This would have been spoken by all the prophets of old, even Jesus Christ himself that we are to pray for those “lost and lingering souls in the spirit realm”, who are truly Fallen Angels masquerading as human spirits due to their actions of revolting against God.  To assert that this notion that “lingering souls” (Demons) can be told to “go to the light” is very problematic and a mark upon society that something is deeply wrong.

There can be no valid reason to keep this “false belief” at all.  Commanding those “lost souls/lingering ones” to move on is false.  The demons are pretending to be once living humans and have been cursed by God.  To command these “lost souls/lingering souls” to go into the light to be set free is absurd to say the least.

Unfortunately, this very false doctrine of commanding these “lost souls” onward to the “light” is not restricted to a few individuals. This false practice is perpetrated by psychics, mediums, paranormal investigators, television shows, etc. There are a growing number of alleged ministers accepting this false doctrine that these “lost souls” can be told to go forward.

Thus you are asking Demons to ultimately repent, and thus return back to God to be back in his good “graces” so to speak.  One cannot override God’s plan of cursing the Fallen Angels and Demons, nor alter their final destiny.

One can easily flip through the numerous paranormal team pages on social media websites and see these practices of commanding these “entities” to go “into the light”.   This doctrine is not only false, but very dangerous.  Let me repeat this, VERY dangerous.

So how then is this “false doctrine” so to speak if everyone is doing this?  Well, here is the logical approach to understand this.  People have accepted that God is Love is captured from 1 John 4:8 NIV “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love”.

So many people agree that God loves us all as well as those that have done Evil.  So then the next logical jump that people make is to this scripture 1 John 1:9 (NIV) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”   People have a desire to help those suffering, and while this is good becomes a VERY dangerous game of cat and mouse.  Why?

The Demons (Fallen Angels) now truly understand this person or persons are weak in faith, have very little true bible “theology”.  Thus this means that you are not in “line” with God, thus the Demons have confirmed this about you.  The reason this is dangerous is that the Demons now are exposed to the one who is doing this “work” in the name of God as well as the others around them operating under this falseness.

People who claim they can do this with success will say a logical response of “Well those we helped no longer have any issues because of what we did.”  That may and well be the fact, but here’s the point that many are missing.

The Demons now traded the person you were helping for you!  Don’t worry they will get back to those who were tormented before by them.  Your logic won’t work against the Fallen Angels who have knowledge far beyond ANY human will ever have, nor yet even understand.

Here is why this is a fatal flaw in the logic that these people who claim they can move those “entities” into the light comes to the surface.  Due to the actions of the Fallen Angels in the Garden of Eden, God knew what Adam and Eve had done, as God went looking for Adam.

Because of the incident of “eating the apple” thus God’s words are recorded as follows in Genesis 3:13 (NIV) Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”  14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals!  You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.  15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

In a nut shell this is what this means.  God has cursed the serpent, and ALL of those under the serpent for following the serpent in the revolt against God in the Great War that took place in Heaven.  When the Fallen Angels did what they intended to do against humanity, that is when God’s anger (in a loving manner) came to the surface not only against mankind, but against the demons as well.

We will advance this further in the next part.

God’s Blessings.

By Reverend Bradley Luoma, A.A.E. EXORCIST INSTRUCTOR & SOSM EXORCIST

It's Not Safe To Ever Summon A Demon

Hello everyone! I pray you had a fantastic weekend and everyone you love is healthy. End of Summer sure has come so fast. The holidays are creeping up on us quickly. Blah! I know not everyone loves the Holidays and are feeling the anxiety already of the reminders of being alone. Please reach out and ask Jesus Christ to give you peace and comfort. Volunteer your time to help at soup kitchens or churches helping the hungry and needy. They could really use your help. Don't stay focused on how sad you feel.

Halloween is approaching and I am trying to address topics from your many thought provoking questions emails. Stay out of cemetery's. It's most likely illegal to be there and your just risking attachment. You and everybody with you. I'm told they are used as training grounds. Training for what exactly? Who is anyone to say they know exactly how to keep you safe from any issues that could come up? No one should be charging you money to learn ghost hunting. What qualifications do they have? Any references? What makes me so knowledgable? These are questions you should be asking.

To discuss this "summoning demons" that is so popular now for some reason...Even if you think demons are harmless or don't even believe in them. Are you absolutely sure whatever you're trying to achieve by crossing the great divide that you can absolutely control it if it does? Think about what I'm saying...are you absolutely sure you can without a doubt control the entire situation with whatever the end result may be? This is just careless and downright stupid for anybody to have that kind of ego and believe they have that kind of control. We can't even prove a supernatural… We only have years of speculation and you really think you could effectively control something that you summon from the other side or a very low plain, dark plane of existence? What will you do in a event that it turns on you or you don't do what it wants you to?

A man by the name of Sid Roth has a tv show called It's "It's Supernatural" on the Christian channel and he had a guest named Mel Bond who like me has the gift of the Spirit, discernment. God allowed him to see demons and this dark world in order to help people. I always wondered why God allowed me to be privy to the most dark disturbing things that puts your worst nightmare in the category of mild dreams. Half the time I stay quiet as I witness these vile things. This man Mel Bond has a amazing ministry and books that speak about the gift of the spirits and I suggest this as a great read. I'd look into his research and see for yourself what he has to say about all these harmless movies and activities.

Many call on on these dark forces to wreck havoc in the lives of others for their own evil reasons. Making any kind of a deal with a demon has serious ramifications when it's all said and done. They hate humans. When I say hate I do mean HATE! Why would they want to help us? Think about this? Look at the Slender Man epidemic. More attempted murders have taken place in the name of pleasing the master demon Slender Man. If something doesn't exist, if given enough attention will take on a life of its own. It will be created from all the hysteria. We need Christ more than ever. Cling to the Father and His Holy name and hold on tightly to it. There is just too much obsession on this topic online. It blows my mind how easily people are swayed. Demon summoning can only bring you unwanted trouble.

Whenever there is a holiday the glorifies Christ, Satan hates it. He will do what he can to ruin it and create strife. He mimics all the church does into his own perverted way that's taking place all over the world as we speak. The latest movies I see coming out are about pure evil for entertainment. Just diabolical evil. This does nothing but awaken anything out there and keep it alive. Now they do have real problems on their hands now! Law Of Attraction my friends. Attachments do happen. It's a fight for the soul once these things have taken occupancy. It takes so very much time and attention of Gods people to rid these things.

Satanism is a hard core religion. It's based on the belief that it's ok to be selfish and they practically live by that attitude. They pretty much say the world will be ruled by those who fight to win. Satanism challenges the biblical teaching every which way you can imagine. It manipulates the mind against it. They feel demons are willing to help us when shown respect that they deserve. They hate humans. They detest us but will do whatever possible to gain trust or even give you favor in situations so you continue to trust it and it can take you over.

1 Corinthians tells us to be a part of the body of Christ, whereas, satanism esteems the "self" over others.

A lot of satanists believe that the strong will rule with Satan. Once they have paid their dues, for lack of better words, they often make a pact with satan. Do people even know what that truly means? To literally make a deal with Satan? Some even make a date when they will take their own lives by suicide. They believe that if they submit themselves to satan in death, they will return in another life as a stronger being and rule with him forever. According to recent statistics, fourteen young people a day take their own lives. This is so very sad.

People are really into finding out how to summon the demon Incubus and/or Succubus. These are summoned only for sexual pleasure and companionship.There is actual pornographic anime dedicated to this. It's not hard at all to stumble across it either. I wish I was kidding. It's very popular 3D cartoon as well. This is not safe and you will regret what you open up. Incubus/Succubus given legal ground are very hard to get rid of. We have people attempting Black Magic who are fooled as they believe demons can be controlled and will do their bidding. The fact is these demons ONLY OBEY SATAN. Listen to me please....Do not be fooled. Do not let your curiosity get the better of your judgement. Please understand that once you start opening yourself up to that it becomes very real. I do not waiver outside of the Gospel, it's God's Word. The bible talks about this and is pretty clear. I'm receiving disturbing information and it concerns me. There is no need to summon any dark force I beg of you. You will regret it. They can NOT be safely called upon like you may think they can. You will pay a price, I promise you will. Depression is just the beginning of what you mentally suffer. These movies and books are so much more dangerous than people realize. You are opened to a entirely different world.

Written By Jennifer Lori Auld

The Burden of Proof Lies on Those Affirming the Existence of Ghosts

By Reverend Mark Hunnemann

I bought a book recently entitled, "Critical Thinking" which is a popular text in colleges on logic--how to think carefully and reasonably. At 5 am, while in the gym on the bike, it was a curious coincidence that I opened the book randomly to a discussion re: 'burden of proof' in an argument. What blew me away was the example given...it woke me up!! It was a section entitled "Misplacing the Burden of Proof" Below is a verbatim quote and it mentions ghosts.

Before I proceed, I want to say that 'Critical thinking" has been a love of mine for 40 years, and have done graduate work in logic at UNC-CH. I also started Caldwell Academy in GSO  and designed their logic curriculum...as well as "Greensboro Academys".

Affirmative/negative. Other things being equal, the burden of proof falls automatically on those supporting the affirmative side of an issue rather than on those supporting the negative side. In other words, we generally want to hear reasons why something IS the case before  before  we require reasons why it is NOT the case....This rule applies to existence versus non-existence, too. Most often, the burden of proof  should fall on those who claim something exists rather than on those who claim it doesn't. THERE ARE  PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GHOSTS, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY EVIDENCE THAT THERE ARE GHOSTS. BUT BECAUSE NOBODY HAS SHOWN THAT THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS (when someone claims that we should believe in such-and-such because nobody has proved that it isn't so, we have a subtype of burden of proof known as an APPEAL TO IGNORANCE.) This is a burden-of-proof fallacy because it mistakenly places the requirement of proving their position on those who do do not believe in ghosts. (Critical Thinking. 8th ed. 2007, Moore, Parker..pg 187....emphasis added)

This is NOT a Christian text by any means. However, I almost fell out of my stationary bike when I read this at 5 am! The first time I opened the book, the above is what I had turned to. Logic/critical thinking rules are subordinate to Scripture, but since Jesus is the Logos/Logic, then we must realize that Jesus wove logic into the fabric of reality. Aristotle did not create logic, he simply 'discovered' and categorized what the Logos had intertwined into the warp and woof of reality.

According to secular accepted rules of logic (in line with bible) any claims for existence of ghosts MUST assume burden of proof. That has profound implications for--A calling non-believers in ghosts "fundamentalist"in derogatory way. B more importantly, ANY claims of apparitional humans have burden of proof. There is an arrogance toward the "all paranormal is demonic", but in reality they are bumping against reality and logic.The bible clearly affirms the existence of two types of angels--good and bad. There is an unending enumeration of alleged spirit entities by those not guided by the bible. Now  they must see that logic itself opposes them.

If you believe in ghosts in ANY form (other than biblical examples), the burden of  proof lies squarely upon your shoulders.

In conclusion, if one responds by saying that there is an abundance of evidence for the existence of ghosts via EVP, sightings, etc, then that is another fallacy--circular reasoning. One has to assume the existence of ghosts, to interpret those experiences as being evidence of ghosts. Christians have to bow before the authority of God's Word, which makes clear that Satan is the great deceiver.

Mark Hunnemann is the author of Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes: A Worldview Analysis of Earthbound Spirits. It's also available in eBook format.

Smoking Toking Rick Rowe; Profile of a Stalker.

I never have a problem writing these blogs.  Every week it’s the same thing, someone does something that makes a perfect subject for the blogs.  I always say, my blogs write themselves.  Last night though, took the cake for reporting about some outlandish behaviors of one man, who I can not help but mention.  He makes a completely perfect poster boy for what type of person motivates me into doing what I do out there.  His name… is Rick Rowe.  He adds the prefix “Lord” for Lord Rick Rowe.  Oh, and he means like the Lord, as in God, not just as Lords and Ladies prefix.

Rick is the owner of a Yahoo group called Paranormal Ghost Society that has been around since at least 2006 and I hear even longer by a few years from some.  He has a web site by the same name.  While his name does not reflect it, he’s a Bigfoot hunter and does very little ghost investigating.

Now the first thing people may think is… ok, he’s been around for a while.  They click on the link to his site; it won’t be what people expect.  It’s colorful not appropriately sizing to most screens and its grandiose and out dated style hits you in the face, and it reflects more of self promotion, little representation of any ghost, paranormal, Bigfoot or alien subjects and… it seems to be about POT and lots of it.  It’s like the main reason to have a site.  He is obsessed with marijuana to the degree; it becomes very obvious to anyone seeking him out on Facebook or his website.  His profile pics and photo albums are full of him smoking a pipe and appears his favorite type of pose and believe me, selfies done this way is forte’.

Now, I do not have problems with what people do with their lives, but, he’s trying to represent a team in the paranormal and I know people and how the public sees things from running my shows.  He looks like a pot head with the way he represents himself and not any kind of serious ghost investigator or Bigfoot hunter.  But, ok, I can over look that, like a lot of people might… until… you see what else he has on his site.

 He has a forum that is called Theatrical Clowns.  It goes back to 2007 where he gets upset with people and, writes a forum post on them.  But, it goes further then a post or two… he makes them a forum subject where he can make repeated posts about them and he has many, posting thousands of posts against others, berating them, insulting them, threatening them and just really ripping on them.  On me, he has over 400 posts alone.  Now, from looking at what he says of me, I can ascertain that the other forum posts are likely done in the same manner, which is twisting what people say, purposely misconstruing “evidence” that he has and interpreting it completely wrong, lying, talking to people and screen shotting only a portion that appears to back his own agenda up.  He’s done this to many people who are listed on his forum like some great wall of shame of his.

My offense for this rendering of shame was not seeing his allure and greatness, as well as his grand following and inviting him on my radio show.  The problem is he has so very many pictures of himself toking pot from a pipe as if he’s the poster boy of how to smoke dope, I just could not connect someone like that with what I do and I told him so.  That conversation was the first post on me that was screen shot with his dribble of complaints added.  Now, I admit that at times, people come off rudely to me; I’ll be a bit overly arrogant just to piss them off.  It’s just what I do.  I had no idea how far this guy would take it.  There are many on this clown forum of his besides me and some are well known.

Doing what I do, I get screen shots when something is amiss from friends, colleagues and just concerned citizens out there when they see something amiss, along with those that are as I put it “underground” and close to people that come forward.  On Rick, it’s an ongoing process and has been for years.

Recently, there was a link posted from an Encyclopedia Dramatica, which is a site dedicated to people who upset people online.  It was made in the idea that some people made Wikipedia articles on themselves and you could not edit to put truths in them, such as people being a scammer or stalker or worse.  Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED) is a satire site, which is to say it’s done in a snarky and joking manner and not meant to be serious, but, makes a point about someone that the article is written of.  Most people are insulted when they get written about on there.  The link went to a Lord Rick Rowe article.  He did not like that. He wanted them to erase the article.  He then, decided he would war with the administrators and owners of the site.  So, he made them each subjects.  Mind you, they did not write the article on him.  He posted insulting things about them seeming to reveal criminal histories and even posting where they lived.  Now, while I can not verify whether what he has there is true or not, I know what I have on me isn’t the slightest bit of truth or anything that was posted about my friends.  So I’ll assume it’s completely not true.

Now these posts of Rick’s get posted all over by him and he regurgitates his post from time to time making it sound like something was just said that might be a few years ago that he’s already brought it up previously.  He wrote I went to jail for kidnapping for 10 years.  I find that funny.  I once took a child out of a dangerous situation and the parent called the police on me to which the police had to initially charge me with kidnapping until they could prove the abuse.  This person lost custody of her child because of it and they dropped the charge on me.  You’ll notice the charge was actually “attempted” kidnapping and you won’t find anywhere that I served jail time.  It does not stop Rick from posting a lie and trying to perpetrate it all over.  Like wise saying how I molested children.  When he did this, I did it back to him, thinking he would see how it felt.  NOPE, instead, the guy just posts what I said and keeps it going.  He can’t understand how his actions cause reactions and why people do react the way they do.  I do not think he cares.

He has threatened me and my family by saying he would show up at my door, taunted me last night through email while threatening.  He posted a picture of my home that he had someone take, as well as posting my address, phone number and names of my family members.  He has recently went after friends that are helping me and posted fake criminal charges they were suppose to have as well as threats and their addresses, that include charges that supposedly their children are suppose to have (but don’t).

I could go on and on about what he has out there and what he’s done.  So if you see me letting him know I’m not intimidated and poking fun at him, you understand that I am the voice of many here and against many other’s out there in the paranormal field like him.  I have met my share of odd people out there with these same types of stalker antics.

It’s time for the paranormal field to stand up to these types of people and object to these kinds of behaviors. Together, we can stop them.  Strengthen our voice by reading our blogs, listen to our shows and like or comment on our posts. The bigger our audience, the bigger our voice and influence on these people.  Feel free to write us for either a report against someone or what you think.  We rarely hear the positive side of what we do.

The truth is out there… the War is ON!  It’s time to clean up the field and make it a true community in every sense.

Evan Jensen, Producer of Beyond the Edge of Reality Radio Network

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Dalai Lama on Compassion & Respect in Today’s Society

Prague, Czech Republic, 14 September 2013 - This morning, after three days in Vilnius, Lithuania, His Holiness the Dalai Lama flew to Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. He was received at the Airport by Karel Schwarzenberg, former Foreign Minister in the Czech government and leader of the TOP 09 party, Tomas Hudecek, Mayor of Prague, and Executive Director of the Forum 2000 Foundation, Jakub Klepal. Arriving at his hotel, Tibetans from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria and Czech supporters of Tibet were gathered to welcome him.

After lunch, he greeted a group of physically challenged Czechs who play music together as he was on his way to the Tipsport Arena, venue for his public talk. His first words from the stage, having greeted the audience of more than 6000, were in tribute to his late friend and founder of Forum 2000, President Vaclav Havel.

“He was a humble, genuinely good human being, who put on no airs. From the first he was honest and truthful. I visited him several times after our initial encounter and was one of the last to visit him before he passed away. Because of my friendship for him and others here, I have a special place in my heart for the Czech people. The day after tomorrow, I hope to visit his office to pay my respects although he is no longer physically with us, just as I once visited the home in Patna of Rajendra Prasad, First President of India after he too passed away. As I told Havel’s widow and those who knew and admired him, the best tribute we can pay him is to carry on his activities in his spirit.

“I have come to participate once more in Forum 2000, which was founded by President Havel and led by Oldrich Cerny, who has also sadly passed away since I was last here. I have just met his widow and was impressed by the warm smile rather than grief with which she greeted me.

“I am very happy to be here, to be able to talk to all of you like members of one family and I thank the organizers of this event for making it possible.”

His Holiness began his public talk in his customary way:

“We are all basically the same, mentally, physically and emotionally. We all want a happy life and have a right to achieve it. We have the same emotions, some are destructive, some are positive. I don’t think of myself as anything special; I think of myself as one of you.”

He elaborated that as human beings we are social animals. Like other creatures, ants and bees, for example, our survival depends on the rest of our community. Today’s reality is that the whole world is interdependent. Problems like climate change affect us all, ignoring boundaries. Because of climate change natural disasters are likely to occur, also, natural resources will become scarce and the gap between rich and poor continues to increase. These are challenges we have to face thinking of humanity as one family and working together as one.

“Where humanity used to work together in ancient times we now rely on technological support and material values to the neglect of our human values.” His Holiness said, “I have participated in several conferences about the crisis in human society. At one, in San Francisco, the conclusion was that our difficulties derive from a general lack of human affection. Unfortunately, our education system is materialistically oriented and the influence of religion that used to be a source of moral values has declined. Many of those who continue to follow religion show little real dedication and are inclined to corruption and exploiting others.

“We need to introduce ethics into our education system, not based on faith but on reason. I meet all kinds of people in different parts of the world and it is clear to me that peace of mind is the key to living a happy life. I meet many who are materially successful, while remaining unhappy inside.”

He remarked that women who beautify themselves with cosmetics remind him that while external beauty is one thing, inner beauty is much more important. When a beautiful face wears an angry expression, the beauty is lost. Meanwhile, peace of mind makes for a happy family and a community will be happier if the families within it are peaceful and compassionate.

Occasionally anger may be positive if the motivation is good. Likewise a courageous person needs a strong sense of self; self-confidence is positive. But an over-emphasis on self and selfish concerns doesn’t help, whereas having a compassionate heart is always helpful.

His Holiness suggested that we need a map of our emotions to understand how our emotions work. No one enjoys anger, but everyone appreciates affection. Because warm-heartedness is positive, we need to develop a sense emotional hygiene. The code of ethics that can lead to this needs to be secular ethics. He clarified that when he uses the word ‘secular’ he does so in an Indian context, meaning respect for all religious traditions without bias. The men who contributed to drafting pluralistic India’s secular constitution after Independence - Gandhi, Dr Ambedkar and Dr Rajendra Prasad for example - were all personally religious men. Secular ethics is what is appropriate for our secular education system.

“Many of our problems are our own creation. They derive from our self-centredness. But once we develop a greater concern for the well-being of others, there is no room for bullying, cheating and exploitation. All destructive human action derives from our destructive emotions. These need to be our target. On the other hand, genuine concern for others’ well-being is implicitly an expression of respect for them. If we can reduce our sense of self-centredness, we can reduce our destructive emotions.”

His Holiness reiterated that the essential teaching of all religions is love and once you develop love and affection, you naturally become respectful of others. The key factor is education; education that involves warm-heartedness and takes account of human values.

“If you find any of what I have said interesting,” His Holiness concluded, “please think about it and discuss it with others. Musicians can sing about warm-heartedness. Film-makers, instead of depicting sex and violence, can educate people about the value of simple warm-heartedness and respect for each other. However, if you find what the Dalai Lama says is stale and unrealistic, please, just forget it.”

Among questions from the audience, the first concerned how we know the decisions we take are correct. His Holiness recommended looking at the question not just from one angle, but from many angles. He also said that the mind should be very clear and that unless you take account of reality, your decision will be unrealistic and will fail to bring a result. To another question about fear he replied that there are two kinds of fear: fear with a practical basis like fear of a mad dog and fear that is largely our mental projection.

Someone asked how to put compassion into action. His Holiness said compassion doesn’t just mean sitting still, it means getting up and doing something. Compassion brings energy and enthusiasm to act, but wisdom lends good judgement. Enthusiasm by itself is blind, but wisdom derived from analysing the situation coupled with an unbiased attitude give it direction.

As His Holiness thanked the audience with folded hands for coming to listen to him, they responded with smiling faces and sustained and warm applause. Tomorrow, he will give an explanation of a traditional Tibetan Buddhist text, the “Eight Verses of Training the Mind.”

original photos and link http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/994-compassion--respect-in-todays-society

Act of Smudging - Witchcraft Ritual

So the question that gets asked to the Exorcism Ministry quite frequently is “Is it okay if I were to smudge my house to remove “negative energies?”  During this blog we hope to help you discover the “Biblical Truth” of what the Holy Bible states regarding this pagan ritualistic act practicing witchcraft.

Yes you read that correctly.  Smudging is Witchcraft.  First of all so all of you understand Sage will NOT work to cleanse a Demonic location.  In the previous blogs, we made reference to the fact that it is the Fallen Angels who are posing as the culprits.  In other words as Jesus Christ said recorded in Matthew 7:15 (KJV) “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

So let’s look at this in a different aspect shall we.  Say you are walking home and a group of creepy individuals begin to stalk you, yelling threats and insults at you as they quickly close the distance between yourself and them.  Would you run over to a rock or a mailbox and beg it to protect you from these individuals?

Of course not, that wouldn't make any sense would it.  A mailbox doesn't have ears to hear you asking for help, and a rock doesn't understand language, right?  So why would you use a plant to battle Demonic forces?  This plant does not comprehend you are in trouble and need of protection.  Wouldn't it make sense that if you’re in trouble you would seek the help of someone who is stronger than those who want to harm you?

Who is bigger than the darkness and the bumps in the night?  God is, specifically his one and only son, Jesus Christ who beat death and rose again to eternal life with decisive victory.

Isn't it logical, that if you are having issues with the infestation or heavy oppression in a house you would ask someone who already beat them and is much greater source of protection? The request to a greater and stronger force, such as God (i.e. Jesus Christ) to protect you from an ancient evil rather than a few smoldering leaves?

Now, there are many who burn sage because that's what everybody on the ghost hunting/paranormal shows are doing.  The other aspect is, one of the many dubious "experts" on the paranormal told them to do this and naively they “obeyed” without so much as a second guess to find out if this is correct.

So then what is it you are doing when “smudging?”  You are engaging in Nature Worship – Paganism.  The act of burning this plant with the hopes of “clearing” a place of Demons becomes an act against what the Ministry of Jesus stood for.  Thus, reciting words in addition to this act of burning the plant to create “smoke” becomes an offering of homage which is not from Christ.  This very act of paganism becomes known as Witchcraft.

Requesting a plant to give you or someone else protection from forces of evil is just absurd.  Nature worship is as old as the hills so I won't spend much time explaining it, but for those who don't know what it is Google nature worship.

Basically doing this act boils down to worshiping the creation instead of the creator.  In addition to this just not being an effective way to protect yourself from the Demonic (realize Ghosts don’t exist – Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 & 10), you are adding insult to injury.

By practicing this act of nature worship you are saying to the Demons, "I don't need God."  This is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.  This also makes one open to attack by Evil from the spirit realm, because you openly mock God (Galatians 6:7)

The act of rejecting God and taking it upon yourself, thinking you have the power to attempt to fix the mess or that you know better, opens the gateway for all types of Demonic attacks into your life.  This allows one to become proud enough to say "I have the power ~ I will fix this."  This how you make yourself vulnerable.  A little plant that goes good with beef or lamb is not going to do the trick and has no power over Demons.

Now if you are seeking a Priest or Pastor to perform a simple Exorcism on your house (because confirmed diabolical actions are present) and you tell the Priest or Pastor that you smudged, many of the clergy will refuse to help you.  Why?  You’re a practicing pagan by your actions of plant usage to ward off Demons.

The data used to write this article was taken during Exorcism’s with a reformed Wiccan, turned Christian.  This person went on to tell me in a frank manner that during the numerous years that they were a practicing “good” witch, they burned bushels of the stuff and it never did a thing for protection against Evil even when manifesting near her.

The only time in her life did she receive any protection from the Demonic realm began just about a year ago after she came to learn the truth about God.  Believe her when she stated “I tried everything and looked for protection but absolutely none of it was ever effective in keeping me safe, except the word of God.”

So the moral of the story is this you either ask Jesus Christ for help or you try your luck with the “elementals” with the Demonic, as well as whatever else is out there masquerading as Mother Nature and her "elementals".

Regardless of how convincing or sincere people can be, mixing a little nature worship into their watered down faith in God is dangerous. Just remember this: "No man can serve two masters” (Luke 16:13; Matthew 6:24).

For Christians, in name only, who practice this act of smudging, who feel it is not an issue to do a little nature worship you need to be reminded of God's thoughts regarding this very dangerous act: read Isaiah 44:14-20.  The mighty King was to be chopped down much like Lucifer fell from Heaven.  Yes, we are under authority of the true King Jesus, thus we are righteous in his eyes.  So as we can see the only way to defeat evil is with the name of Jesus Christ, not using false items or occult practices.

See additional scripture for support to this claim that “any false worship” is NOT sanctioned by God or his son Jesus Christ.

Exodus 34:14 "For you shall worship no other god..."
Exodus 20:3 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Luke 4:8 "...Jesus answered.... Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
1 Samuel 12:24 "...serve him in truth with all your heart..."
Exodus 20:5 "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them..."
Exodus 23:24 "Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works...."

Rev. Bradley Luoma, Exorcist Minister