Dalai Lama: Addressing a Sino-Tibetan Conference

Hamburg, Germany, 27 August 2014 - Shortly before leaving to embark on his journey back to India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first addressed a conference of Chinese and Tibetans taking place under the theme ‘Finding Common Ground.’ He began by welcoming participants:

“I’d like to greet all of you, Chinese brothers and sisters, who have gathered here from many different places. Since the Tiananmen incident in particular, I have encouraged Tibetans to reach out to our Chinese brothers and sisters. This is the latest of several opportunities that have arisen since then.

“In 1974, those of us Tibetans with responsibilities in our administration discussed what we were going to do. We realized that sooner or later we would have to talk to the Chinese authorities and consequently we could not set any preconditions about independence. Since then we have reached out to Chinese whenever we could.”

He explained how Tibetans had first encountered Chinese communists in 1950/51 and that in 1954 he paid several months’ visit to Peking, meeting Chinese leaders like Mao Xedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Hu Yaobang. He mentioned beginning to develop admiration for socialists and feeling close to the Chinese he met. However, later things changed. He said Tibetans have had long experience of living together with Chinese people and that is why they tried to reach out to them. He recalled telling a Chinese official he met on the way that on his outbound journey he felt apprehensive, but on the way home he felt confident that things could be worked out. He had shaken hands with Mao Xedong when they parted.

“The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous country.” His Holiness said. “It has the potential to make a great contribution to the world, but Japan and other neighbouring countries, India among them, share a significant apprehension about it. This is an obstacle to China’s entering the international mainstream. China has its own customs and traditions, an immense population and a rapidly expanding economy. There is hope in this that it can become a nation that others look up to.”

He reported that Indian friends have told him that the new Chinese leadership of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang are different from their predecessors. In the past, when party meetings took place, everyone had a prepared set speech to read, but they don’t any more. His Holiness said he has heard from a former Indian minister who met Xi Jinping in Brazil that he is not like previous leaders; he has a more humane demeanour.

His Holiness repeated what he has said before elsewhere that the 1.3 billion Chinese people have a right to know the truth. If they have that, they can judge right from wrong. Transparency is important, he said, while censorship is immoral and unhelpful.

His Holiness clarified that for 15 years or so, dating back to Samdhong Rinpoche’s first term as Kalon Tripa, the Central Tibetan Administration has not used the term ‘government in exile’, nor referred to the political leader as Prime Minister. The Chinese authorities say they don’t recognise a Tibetan government in exile, nor do they recognise what they refer to as ‘greater Tibet’ and yet this is an expression of their coining. He said that he was criticized for meeting with Rebiya Kadeer, the Uighur leader despite having persuaded her of the merit of adopting a non-violent approach, which was a positive move.

With regard to his possibly visiting China His Holiness said:

“I’ve always wanted to visit Wu Tai Shan. I thought about going there in 1954. Then it came up during the 5th round of talks with the Chinese, but was rejected.”

A member of the audience wanted to know how to resolve the quandary that there is suppression of religious groups in China, but Western governments do not want to pressure China for economic reasons. His Holiness replied that the US government publishes an annual report about human rights in China that explicitly mentions Tibet. Meanwhile, he said that he appreciated Chancellor Angel Merkel’s recently speaking openly about human rights in China.

“When there was talk some years ago about China being granted Most Favoured Nation trading status by the USA, I was in Washington and was asked about it. I stated that as the world’s most populous nation China deserved it. Similarly, I supported China’s bid to stage the Olympics. What China lacks is democracy and a sense of moral responsibility, which they need if they are really going to open up to the world.”

He mentioned that it seems that during the National Congress of the Communist Party of China meeting in October issues concerning the judiciary will be discussed. He asked:

“Why don’t those of you who are lawyers look into and write about the judicial system? Raising slogans is one thing, but taking quiet, steady action may be more effective.”

His Holiness was asked whether Sino-Tibetan communications have been expanding or shrinking in recent times. He answered that they have been increasing; there has been more interaction. He said more and more Chinese are coming to hear him teach and 2-3 years ago he began to teach groups from the mainland. He quoted Xi Jinping’s recent remark that Buddhism has an important role to play in reviving Chinese culture and the finding that there are now said to be 300-400 billion Buddhists in China.

His Holiness told the delegates that he had to leave to begin his journey back to India, but that the elected Tibetan leader, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and others were on hand to answer their questions. Many individuals pressed forward eager to interact personally with His Holiness as he left the room. From there he drove directly to Hamburg airport to board a flight to Munich and on to Delhi.

Original link with photos here http://dalailama.com/news/post/1163-addressing-a-sino-tibetan-conference

Go Into the Light...A Falseness Exposed, Part 2

Continued from Go into the Light...A Falseness Exposed, Part 1

In this part 2 of the series “Go into the Light” we will embrace how 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 is dangerous.  The marker for this is biblical knowledge of how God operates. Telling or commanding something like this is a FALSE belief as well as practice.
 
What some of you may not truly understand is that God is a just and righteous God.  Thus he will NOT take back his words against those who revolted against what he stands for purity and righteousness.  The words spoken against the Fallen Angels (Demons) will stand for infinity against them.

Many false prophets are asserting the same deception in the world.  One can easily do internet searches to find these people to align with.  Even though the intentions come across as sincere, this belief that “lost souls/lingering souls (which are demons) can be saved that one can help those that are in “limbo to cross over to the light” through some combination of extra-biblical insights and apologetics skills, flies in the face of God.

Through these efforts these individuals who practice this “act” seem to believe that they are able to persuade the demons (posing as once living humans) to go to the Glory of God.  In other words you are telling a Demon to repent of their actions, thereby gaining the forgiveness from God that humans feel they should have under an “all loving God.”

We should take heed of the wise counsel of Scripture, for this is God breathed through man to speak to the world back then as well as today.  Scripture counsels that, “And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you.”  Mark 13:5 (KJV).

This is then followed up by the words written and recorded in Scripture found in Ephesians 5:6 (NIV) “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.”

It is dangerous to propose a false revelation that one can send a “spirit of a loved one into the light” as this contradicts both sacred scripture and 2000 plus years of Church teaching.   I am not saying that all church teachings are accurate, for we know that many churches have false leaders in them.

What is being stated, is that you cannot dispel or discount what Christ stated or what the words of the prophets were recorded as true.  The sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is sufficient along with the acceptance of what Christ did in one’s own heart for true redemption.

Information about this false doctrine and using God to “usher” in those “lost” spirits to the light of God can be obtained and sought out from different sources (false at that).  In searching, one can find if they are willing to work hard enough which claim to be true.  I will not name this source, but one can search this out for oneself.

Many of these people also ask Michael the Archangel to take those into the “light of God” to be set free.  This too is false!  The blessed Archangel Michael is a warrior for God, and does the will of God at the command of God for the Kingdom of God.

One cannot think you can simply command let alone ask the blessed Archangel Michael to take the “these lost souls” into the “light”, thus this practice places Michael the Archangel above God.  So when you do this you openly mock God, thus making you a target now for the Fallen Angels.

The problem is the flawed logic and reasoning used to arrive at the conclusion that St. Michael can usher a demon “into the light” and that demons can be saved.  This false evidence is partially based on readings from the apocryphal Book of Enoch (not in the official canon of Scripture) and a psycho-mystical book’s.  One book that discusses this falseness is Spirit Releasement Therapy which, among other nonsense, teaches “past life regression therapy,” “soul recovery,” and “birth regression”.

It is a very scary situation to see someone engage in a personal relationship as these books teach to do so with a demon to have a discussion over moving the lost souls onward “to the light.”  Christ commands we confront demons in his name to cast back to the pit of Hell, not “meet with them”, let alone tell them to go towards the “bright white loving light” which awaits them.  The entities being engaged are fallen from heaven, thus cursed by God to never return due to their actions.

This aspect is not to be a counseling session with a lost soul (demon), or a talk over coffee so to speak as to why they are present.  This is war!  The task of Exorcists & Deliverance ministers is to cast out the snake from our client, or the house of our client.  If this snake (demon) starts crying and pleading for mercy, we are to not take pity, or that they need help to “get to the light”, we are to cut off its head – show no mercy.

The general public who have bought into this false doctrine of moving souls into the “white bright light” have been seduced just like the woman Eve in the garden. Demons are the ones posing as these once human souls, thus cannot be saved and returned to heaven to be in glory once again.

The next logical flaw is that after we have asked St. Michael to “take them into the light” we presume that the reason we do not see them (demon) again is that they (demon) are now in heaven. Incredible and yet very dangerous to assume this.  The demon has a vested interest in making one think that.  This is a way the demons operate to keep a person in delusion.

Now, there is another possibility to this realm of moving towards the “white light.”  Perhaps St. Michael, under authority of Jesus Christ did take the lost soul (demon) into the light — the light from the fires of hell where the demon is to be at and that is why those doing this never see them again.

So what then really happened?  It’s impossible to know exactly for sure, but one thing is certain – demons posing as lost souls needing help cannot be saved.  Perchance God in the divine mercy and love for the person being afflicted by this spirit caused the demon to leave once and for all.  God is merciful and, in spite of our imperfections and mistakes, God intercedes because he loves us and he knows us better than we know ourselves.

The view of these individuals who are perpetrating this falseness of moving a soul or spirit onward is unbiblical and completely off base in origin.  What this does is supersede God, and that is why this is very dangerous.  Basically you are telling God, I’m more powerful that you, see what I can do in your name.

We will advance this further in the last part of this series.

God’s Blessings.

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

Are Shadow People Attacks Really Increasing?

The reason I chose this topic was because so many of these attacks are being reported. I was actually recently presented two cases with this phenomenon. Are the TV so called "reality shows" putting sub conscience thoughts into our heads? That could be a big possibility for a lot of these accounts. First of all y'all really need to stay OUT of cemeteries!! Please dear Lord stop it. Lol. I get weekly emails from people spooked after sneaking into one using gadgets like voice recorders or even Ouija boards. For the love of God stay out. I bet it's most likely illegal to be there to begin with so you need to respect the rules. Unless it's a funeral or visiting a loved one during the day just stay out. NO GOOD can come from creeping around these places at night people. I made this mistake as a late teen and I paid the piper big time! Going in them to hunt ghosts puts you at so much risk. Shadow demons are highly known to lurk in them. Without proper protection anything can and will come forward. This is happening way too much. It's fine if you disagree or accuse me of creating false fear. I'm going by experience. I'm not purposely trying to create trouble or fear. I promise my heart is in the right place here. These shadow things lurk in them to terrorize you. I think these demons realize more people are visiting these places seeking a supernatural experience. I really do. Attachment is what's going to happen. Please do not risk this. It's really a bloody nightmare to rid you of attachments! And the lack of help to rid people of attachments just makes it worse. Halloween is no exception. Usually police monitor the more popular places on this holiday but any other time it's pretty easy to gain illegal access.

Those who are experiencing and studying this phenomenon say that these entities almost always used to be seen out of the corner of the eye and very briefly. But more and more, people are beginning to see them straight on and for longer periods of time. Some experiencers testify that they have even seen eyes, usually red, on these shadow beings. One theory is the dark countenance and malevolent feelings that are often reported in association with these creatures has led some researchers to speculate that they may be demonic in nature. If they are demons, we have to wonder what their purpose or intent is in letting themselves be seen in this manner. Is it merely to frighten?

It is also believed that these shadow people are some sort of other-dimensional beings whose dimension of origin is overlapping with ours, which is said to explain their ethereal appearance and fleeting nature.

Another theory is the imagination. The explanation we get from skeptics and science who are usually people who have never experienced the shadow people phenomenon is that it is nothing more than the active human imagination. It's our minds playing tricks on us... our eyes seeing things in a fraction of a second that aren't really there and are simply just illusions... real shadows caused by passing auto headlights, or some similar explanation. I certainly do believe, these explanations probably can account for many experiences. The human eye and mind are easily fooled. But can they account for all cases?

The following posts and comments to them I found on beforeitsnews.com:

"The night the shadow attacked:
Imagine cowering helpless in your bed, paralyzed with fear, fully awake, helplessly watching something dark and silent creeping inexorably towards you. That's what Williams claims she encountered. Some have dismissed her nocturnal attack as nothing but sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming, but she insists the bizarre attack left her bruised, scratched and emotionally shaken. She swears she didn't imagine the sinister thing fondling her, tearing back the bed covers, and roughly groping her. Even as it happened she knew she was being sexually molested and while the experience terrorized her then, it completely sickens her now."

“As I opened my eyes to see what the hell it was, there stood on my left side of the bed a black cloaked hooded figure."

"The ghastly thing leaned over her, pinned her to the bed and grabbed her neck when she attempted to scream. When she tried to push it away it savagely pinned her to the bed and then began groping her and hurting her."

"Other witnesses encountering Shadow People also describe physical attacks leaving them with scratches, bruises, even burns. Attacks by Shadow People on human victims can range from being stalked and chased to being attacked with weapons. On rare occasions Shadow People stalking a victim have been witnessed by friends and family."

"There are different types of Shadow People. The core, dominant experience is the nighttime bedroom visitor: a tall silhouette of a man, often dressed in a coat or cape, and a brimmed hat. The figure is blacker than black and 3D, obstructing light and blocking the view of objects. There are no facial features or eyes (sometimes red eyes are reported), but the experiencer knows he is being observed with great intensity. The figures do not communicate, but often radiate a malevolent, trickster, or evil intent."

I found the following story at a shadow people website home.comcast.net

"I'm not sure what kind of problem I am having, be it astral projection or shadow people, but it has me scared now. "It" has been happening for years and has now become violent.

Two months ago I was dragged through my house by my sholders by somethig I couldn't see. I could however see things in my home clearly. I was scared and forced myself to wake up. When I did wake up I was in the fetal position in the middle of the bed.

Two nights ago it got worse. I was being held down by a dark figure while I was sexually violated. I was punching and kicking and trying to get away. It spoke that it will kill me. I was to scared to move but I managed to force myself to wake up. Same thing, I was in the fetal position and hadn't moved at all. I have a large bruise on my thigh along with scratches. What is going on with me?"

One very important verse God reminds us of familiar spirits that go about mimicking our loved ones who have passed in order to trick us.

"Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already." 1 John 4:1-3

Satan, his demons, and all of their supernatural powers have already been defeated by Jesus when He died on the cross for all of us. Christ defeated death! Amen? Below are verses I provided that helps support the fact that we do have the power through Christ to handle these demons from Hell.

“And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues” Mark 16:17

"No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from me,” Isaiah 54:17

"For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will"

As you can see from the above comments I gathered from different people this issue with Shadow Demons or beings..seems to be a very serious issue for some people. I hope I have provided you some recourse you can apply if you ever happen to find yourself under attack. But why has this phenomena increased so much? I fear all these movies being released and the "reality" ghost hunting shows are causing people to go out and seek supernatural experiences and they are inadvertently bringing home attachments. Then others I feel others are having what they see on TV and movies seep into the sub conscience with them not realizing it. Becoming obsessed with this topic or the paranormal itself can cause this I believe. Way too many live this life. It's all they watch and talk about. For me dealing with only the most disturbing cases I have many outlets to balance me out. I could get pretty depressed if I allowed this calling to take over too much. It took me many years to be able to stomach what I have to deal with and research upon getting a case I'm asked to help with. I go to my outlets daily. Reading my bible and keeping up with my favorite music band. It's important not to allow obsession to take place. It's healthy to have other interests and outlets. I pray a lot. I'm always talking to Jesus. It's important to continue to pray for protection when you are dealing with such evil much less seeking it out for curiosity.

This phenomena of Shadow People has been going on for many years. I've seen them on countless investigations darting behind trees and peeking around walls, trees, tombstones etc..It's very creepy and down right unnerving when you see this with your human eyes and know that you know that you know. A lot of people experience them with Sleep Paralysis. Which as I discussed last week is another serious phenomenon people are suffering from. Many are experience ASP Awake Sleep Paralysis during these shadow attacks. I take comfort in calling upon the name Jesus Christ. If you can't audibly say it, just think it. For many the entity flees rather quickly. That in itself speaks volumes in my humble opinion. Be well and God bless.

Written By Jennifer Lori Auld

High School and Truth Change

By Reverend Mark Hunnemann

High School (1972-74)  Something massive happened during this time--not only did desegregation begin, but our understanding of truth became increasingly subjective.I have been trying to teach critical thinking to equip us to think clearly. There are certain fallacies (errors in thinking) which we have addressed, however there is a mindset which can napalm it all. Let me explain.

If we imagine critical thinking as a ship which navigates us through the tumultuous waters of life, then subjectivism can sink our ship before it even leaves the  port.

Subjectivism is the idea that one opinion is as good as the next, or that what is true is what you think is true.

"It may not be true for you, but its is true for me," or "What is true is what you think is true." I trust you have heard this.......

This kind of irrational thinking is of recent vintage.

Of course some things are subjective--(e.g. "Crest is the best toothpaste."....that is an opinion). But truth claims about objective reality is a horse of a different color. Jesus either rose from the dead or He didn't....it can't be both.

I want to ask my my high school friends to think back....please be careful because it is easy to impute current thought forms to what we actually thought in '72.

GENERALLY, if there was a conflict over some aspect of objective reality, then both folks would assert the other was wrong. "A" and "not A" could not be right at the same time, and in the same relationship. That is the most basic rule of logic or just common sense.

Francis Schaeffer wrote a book entitled "Escape From Reason" which shows how we came to this place, but in the last 40 years the process has accelerated We have almost destroyed logic by embracing subjectivism and relativism. If all truth is mere opinion, then why believe anything? Truth as truth lies fallen in the streets. Being aware of this change is the first step in trying, by God's grace, to help us see truth through God's eyes.

In the short time since I was in high school, the notion of truth has been turned on its head.. May the Lord enable us to recapture and embrace His gift of common sense.

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.

Sanity’s Twin: Part 2, The Devil’s Door

It never ceases to amaze me how we find out about what we do.  It’s like some spirit from the other side just guides us to reveal a deeper connection and story then we would have ever guessed when exposing fraud and criminal activity.


I’ve had the privilege of knowing so many different souls out there and some very surprising people that would absolutely shock you to hear their stories.  I know better then most the truth that lays out there in the paranormal that boarders beyond the edge of reality to seemingly so strange and yet, so mysterious and fascinating that “seeing is believing”.  Yes, I’ve seen things myself and experienced amazing events and I have talked to some very credible people that have too.

But these people we expose, they are not really paranormal people.  They are people looking to use the paranormal and it’s community for their own agenda.  They are not truthful, make things up and you’ll often see them doing things that would point to some not so honest dealings.  Recently, We have found another, whom I wrote about last week.  Now, I’ve gotten a lot of heat for revealing this guy.  People think, I must be wrong and I’m being cruel and even unfair.  Let me just break down HOW we find these people and what we do.

These people have been coming out of the woodwork as attacking us and my network since getting on Christina George.  Now, the fact that they take such a personal interest in the story and often antagonize me by stalking and repeated obnoxious actions tells me something is up and my radar goes off.  I expose people, tick me off, I’m going to at the very least look to see who you are and if you really exist under that name you’re using on Facebook.  It’s what I do.  I make no apologies for it.  There is a reason why someone is really acting all huffy and it usually has something personal to do with it.

Now, when I investigate, I look at what people have out there that they themselves put out there. Frauds tend to be very inconsistent in their lies and they are easy to find.  I usually can find what they are doing, because, much of them tend to be selling something or bragging about themselves.  This is all public anyone can see it without signing into anything web sites and data.

David Rountree, well, he probably takes the cake for alerting me that he’s been up to something in his attacks and actions.  His arrogance is astounding alone and his many posts to people who he thinks are all stupid because they do not share his “scientific” but really often ludicrous way of thinking, has no problem chastising people and calling them dumb.  He seems to not understand a few things doing this.  First, if you call people stupid and act like you’re the only smart one, others will read that and think badly of you.  Secondly, people don’t like rude people period and usually that kind of remark backfires.

Now, what I and Darlene do is risky and we both do not really have any active team in the paranormal.  Anytime you expose frauds you will get slammed back.  It’s part of the process.  We are aware of this and it can destroy a reputation.  Because we care about the field so much, we take that risk and know it well.  We also are targets and get a lot of threats, whether legally or physical threats that include family to some degree and those we are associated with in groups, as friends or as supporters.  However, the fraud exposing is strictly Darlene and I.  The buck stops here folks.

So, as you see, the fact that David reacts this way and then aligns himself with those we have exposed, especially being that he was once a Paranormal Police member himself and is now aligning with one of the first fraudulent psychics that was uncovered many years ago, seems to say to me, there is a reason to truly check this guy out.  AND, we did.

He has on several websites different listings for his education.  In fact, it ranges from a Associate degree, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s Degree and then of course PHD, that he told people of the Paranormal Police back in 2007 or 8 that he had just received but, obviously didn’t.  Now, to top this off, the dates scatter back and forth as if he had a Masters and lost it and then only had Bachelors and on more educated sites where there may be PhD’s actually conversing on the site he put only his Associate degree behind his signature.  Now, why would anyone do this?  I think he needs to show what degree he really has once and for all.  There are many sites complaining he does not appear to have any understanding of true physics and doubt his expertise for his books or radio interviews.

It turns out that David was at the time he threw out his attacks on us, he was promoting events that Carol Malone was doing.  Now, Carol Malone injected herself into the stolen statue case and attempted to extort money from the owners of the statues when during a radio broadcast done by their own side, had Christina admitting she had the statues and that she had never given custody to Carol Malone or her lawyer as she had previously stated.  Meaning, Carol was lying and attempting to exhort money for an appraisal she could not have had done.

The events she is doing are indeed done with the same playbook Ryan Buell did for attempting to collect money 60 days prior.  Or as Buell did, postpone and then cancel the event. If they are doing this with that many days prior to an event means that the buyer may lose their money if they cancel the event and will have no recourse to collect their money due to Paypal policies and that of many credit cards.  Generally, venues are booked before tickets go on sale and that is the right way to do business.  Anything else is risky if the dates can not be locked down for the event at the venues, keeping in mind that the Tombstone event that takes place in 2015 has several venues on the same days.

Now, the rest of the bunch that seem to be posting with David are actually part of the Christina George following that seem to be sticking up for her, (she was previously mentioned as being a fake psychic who had stolen two ancient statues claiming they were demonic and involving John Zaffis name in the mix).  One of her biggest supporters being Lord Rick Rowe, who is a pot smoking, odd fellow that has a stalker web site of anyone he doesn’t like by the name of Theatrical Clowns whom has been stalking people since 2007 on there.  He has no problem threatening, lying, manufacturing evidence as well as harassing anyone that bother’s Christina.

There are several others that he has aligned with that appear to be connected in what they are doing. This is what we call the Paranormal Underground whose main purpose seems to be to shut us up any way they can so they can continue to scam, defraud and pilfer money out of the paranormal community.

Let me also make this clear, while some are connecting John Zaffis to certain alleged involvement with stolen articles, Darlene and I do not believe him to be involved any more then have been contacted by email and never having the items and know he actually has been in contact with the family who had the items stolen.  We have also been seeing some people attempting to say we are slamming John Zaffis or even other celebrities.  We tend to be very vocal in our oppositions and if you can’t see it readily like on this blog, it’s not something we are saying. I have no personal complaint with John Zaffis, though; I do like to tease about haunted objects.  That is not meant as a slam against John Zaffis by any means.  I’m just joking.  That’s just me and my sense of humor.

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Part 1 Sanity's Twin: Kissing Up to the Devil

http://eyeontheparanormal.blogspot.com/2014/08/sanitys-twin-kissing-up-to-devil.html


Christina George Story with Carol Malone

http://eyeontheparanormal.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-christina-george-story-as-web-spins.html


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Explaining ‘The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’

Hamburg, Germany, 24 August 2014 - Emerging from his hotel into the sunlight falling through the trees, His Holiness the Dalai Lama took time to greet Tibetans and other well-wishers who had gathered to express their respect and support.

“Today there’ll be an explanation of the Buddhadharma according to the Nalanda tradition,” His Holiness began. “The Tibetan Buddhist tradition originated with the invitation to Tibet in the 8th century of the then leading scholar of Nalanda University, Shantarakshita, by the Tibetan Emperor, Trisong Detsen. Buddhism had been introduced to China some four centuries earlier, a tradition also linked to Nalanda by Hsuan Tsang who studied there with Dharmapala. The prevailing philosophical views belonged to the Mind Only and Middle Way Schools and whereas China predominantly followed Mind Only, Shantarakshita established the Middle Way view, the tradition following Nagarjuna, in Tibet.”

Describing himself as a minor student to the Nalanda tradition, His Holiness said he was happy to have the opportunity to discuss Shantideva’s ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ and Thogme Sangpo’s ‘37 Practices of a Bodhisattva’. He pointed out the difficulty of explaining everything in four sessions, but encouraged his listeners to take the book away with them to read and study themselves.

He explained that Shantideva, who lived in the 8th century CE, composed two texts the ‘Compendium of Training’ and ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’, which complement each other. Shantideva followed the Consequentialist Middle Way view propounded by Chandrakirti that asserts that while things have no objective existence they nevertheless exist conventionally.

His Holiness paused to commend Kelsang Wangmo, a German nun assisting his German translator, Christof Spitz, as the first woman to be granted a Geshe-ma degree. Turning to the text, he read its title in Sanskrit and Tibetan, initiating a complex discussion of the word ‘bodhi’ or ‘chang-chub’, which is translated as enlightenment, but specifically refers to purifying or clearing away ignorance and to knowing. It implies that Buddhahood is attained by overcoming ignorance, clearing away the obstructions to knowledge by developing an understanding of emptiness, supported by the skilful means of bodhichitta. The Buddha made it clear that this is something we have to do for ourselves by following the path he revealed.

“Buddhas do not wash unwholesome deeds away with water,

Nor do they remove the sufferings of beings with their hands,

Neither do they transplant their own realization into others.

Teaching the truth of suchness they liberate (beings).”

His Holiness turned to Chapter Nine of the ‘Guide’, the wisdom chapter, saying that all the Buddha’s 84,000 teachings were taught in order that people could develop an understanding of reality such that they could purify their minds of all defilements. To overcome ignorance that is the basis of disturbing emotions like attachment we need to know things as they really are. His Holiness recalled the advice of American psychotherapist Aaron Beck that when we are angry or attached to something, about 90% of our anger or attachment is mental projection, a view that accords with Nagarjuna’s. We get caught up with how things appear to us instead of seeing them as they really are.

“Amongst human beings,” His Holiness remarked, “there are those who use their minds to investigate reality, who the text refers to as yogis, and those who simply follow their day to day lives. We could say that today, scientists are like yogis in that they attempt to see things as they really are. But even among yogis there are differences of understanding.”

His Holiness further commented that the different views of reality explained in Chapter Nine of the ‘Guide’ are complicated, but that analysing them is very helpful. The aim of such analysis is to uproot ignorance that is at the root of all disturbing emotions. He pointed out that it wasn’t until he was about 15 years old that he began to really take an interest in emptiness. In his 30s he really tried to study and put into practice what he understood.

“Only when you develop some understanding of emptiness do you become aware of the actual possibility of attaining Buddhahood. Although we all recite the verse for taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and developing the awakening mind of bodhichitta, we generally don’t understand what it means. If you think closely about it, you can understand the process of transforming the mind into the mind of enlightenment.”

As the session broke for lunch, His Holiness advised:

“Ask yourself, who is this ‘I’ who eats lunch? Where is it? The ‘I’ is not the body and it isn’t the mind either. Where is it? Who is this hungry person? That way we can make lunch useful too.”

Meeting with members of the Tibet Centre Hamburg afterwards, His Holiness encouraged them to continue to make it a centre of learning, not only dedicated to Buddhism but to a wider knowledge of the workings of the mind. He mentioned the recent publication of a book in Tibetan containing science extracted from the Kangyur and Tengyur. He said that the English translation may be complete by the end of the year and requested the Centre to become involved in translating it into German. He also spoke to about 650 Tibetans resident in Europe. He noted that as refugees they have been in exile for 55 years. He praised the people in Tibet, whose spirit has remained unflinching despite the change of generations over the same period. He encouraged them to be careful to maintain Tibetans’ good reputation for gentleness and honesty.

Back in the Congress Centre hall His Holiness received and answered several questions from the audience, among them a request for guidance on choosing a spiritual teacher. His advice was to consult the list of qualifications for such a teacher described in the scriptures and to examine the prospective teacher to see whether he or she fulfilled them, a process that could even take years. He recommended making a commitment to a teacher only when you feel confident about him or her.

Returning to his survey of Chapter Nine of the ‘Guide’, he explained that ignorance is eliminated by the wisdom understanding emptiness because ignorance and wisdom, like light and dark, cannot coexist together. And ignorance is weaker not being supported by knowledge. His Holiness said:

“The ninth chapter is very important because it is on the basis of a genuine insight into emptiness that we develop a sense that liberation from suffering is possible and that the disturbing emotions can be eliminated. From that understanding arises the desire to achieve such liberation. Then, considering the predicament of sentient beings we develop the awakening mind of bodhichitta and the wish to serve them.”

He went on to stress that Buddhists should aspire to be 21st century Buddhists, understanding what the Buddha is and that the Dharma is the true path and true cessation.

Looking back to Chapter One of the ‘Guide’ he said it explains the awakening mind of bodhichitta, the ultimate wish to help other beings. It involves an aspiration to achieve enlightenment that is not just wishful thinking but is based on knowing that being of real help to other beings is possible.

His Holiness brought the day’s teachings to an end saying he would go through the process of formally generating bodhichitta tomorrow. He joked that going through the text this way is a bit like an elderly person’s approach to food, picking only those bits that are easy to chew. He mentioned the short and long-term advantages of bodhichitta, including freedom from lower rebirth, achieving higher rebirth and ultimately enlightenment. But, he said, the corresponding process of transforming yourself takes time. He remembered when he used to garden in Dharamsala and because he wanted to see the flowers bloom soon he tried to encourage the process and in doing so damaged the seeds. He concluded:

“We need to give growth time.”

original link with photos http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/1160-explaining-the-guide-to-the-bodhisattvas-way-of-life

Sleep Paralysis And Vivid Dreams Or Demonic Visitation? Part 2

Hello everyone. I pray you had a fantastic weekend and everyone you love is healthy. I'm writing more on this subject since the one I wrote last year just isn't enough to cover what I wanted. The amount of emails I get on the subject are in sane. This is really a topic people are researching and wanting more information about. This is just of course my humble opinion based on experience and research. I am a Biblical Demonologist and I believe Jesus Christ is the son of God so my opinions are all based on scripture as well. This topic can get pretty dicey so you are forewarned right now. Discussion of sexual content in graphic nature so please be advised ahead of time. I can't help it. I wish I could keep this more clean but I can't ladies and gentlemen. I suggest you do your own research on this. There are different types of demonology that is studied so you're going to run into different types of opinions on this. Be sure to respect everyone's views and encounters.

I found the following three posts among many others made by people who really feel they were sexually attacked during sleep paralysis by a sinister entity. They are sharing experiences and discussing possible answers. I found these at abovetopsecret.com...

"I think the most frightening one I've had was when I was dreaming I was standing outside of a barn. A male voice inside beckoned me to enter. I did so reluctantly. Inside was complete darkness. I awoke in my room paralyzed, and heard the same voice say rather menacingly "You should not have done that." and then proceeded to laugh until I managed to wriggle myself free and shoot up in bed."

"I have woken up with bruises after having very vivid sleep paralysis and hallucinations."

" I suffer from this all the time with the exception of one or two nights a week. I am convinced its demonic, not scientific. This is an example of these things existing, there is no scientific explanation. When will people realise that WE DO HAVE A SOUL. and that spirit beings can affect us at our most vunerable, when we are asleep is easy for them. They like to play with us, cause us distress, and ultimatly are after your Soul. Our soul is fighting with them. I know some people might disagree and probably think im mad. But my response is take a look at what the bible says about this."

I found the following comment on a general yahoo question:

"for me the pressure seems to become light when i say things like "Give me power god" If these things are only our imagination then i dont understand why do the pressure become much lighter when i use "God" in my imagination. There are times when I am not scared and want to go against it, however it seems useless unless i mention the word "God" in someway. which again makes me believe that this is not just things people call imagination/hullciantion etc..."

For those who do not know, sleep paralysis is when the brain awakens from Rem sleep but the body remains “asleep” (in paralysis). Sort of the reverse of sleep walking, which is when the body is ‘awake’ but the brain is asleep. You are are fully conscious but unable to move. This can last a few seconds or a few minutes. However, eye movements are still possible. Individuals experiencing this often feel extreme panic as they try to reestablish the connection between mind and it's connection. It can be very frightening. It seems so very real. It is a terrifying feeling being unable to move or speak. You can't even cry for help audibly. You are totally helpless it seems.

Incubus and Succubus are demons known for sexual pleasure and summoned for sexual pleasure and companionship. They are also known to be heavily focused on in Sleep Paralysis situations. They are found in different Mythology literature. My first blog on this last year goes into a tad more detail on mythology. A brief description...

Incubus:  An evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep; especially one that has sexual intercourse with women while they are sleeping.

Succubus:  A demon assuming female form to have sexual intercourse with men in their sleep.

For me personally the false "wake ups" were terrifying! I was getting to a point where I could not establish whether I was really awake or was I really dreaming? My safety was at risk and I feel it still is at times. I was having a lot of sleep paralysis when my father was dying. I came home to help my mother and waking up daily fearing " was this the day I would find my father dead?" I believe the high stress levels I was dealing with going through that and all the sad emotions and then the depression and the anger and bitterness I had at that time in my life towards God was a recipe for being extremely vulnerable to demonic attacks. I do believe however, there is actual legitimate "Sleep Paralysis" and it can be organically explained. This is not always the case.

Many people experience "dark shadows, shadow people" during this as well. That is a completely other subject right there that I will discuss and go into further details another blog. This subject is extremely difficult to write about and try to keep it to where it's understandable for most people. I'm trying not to branch out on other different parts of this just yet because I feel that can cause more confusion when your first researching the subject. Some people are researching this out of curiosity and there's some people who are really going through this as we speak so I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. This is not something that's easy for me to write about. I am certainly not a professional writer or blogger for that matter. It is also hard for me because I hate to dig up the memories and at the same time I wonder if discussing this is going to trigger my dreams! Lol. I am a little paranoid, that's how ground shaking and terrifying my experiences were. For me I'm convinced it was demonic attack.

I have seen and heard many people who were and WERE NOT believers in Christ post that they called for Jesus Christ and things would get better or that entity would go away. They wake up feeling safe. This makes me extremely happy to see how many people are realizing they can call for help and how much power is in the name Jesus Christ. Those things flee pretty quickly don't they? They cannot tolerate the name of Jesus and his Holy name. This is great news and when you can move past the fear you can control your dreams and call directly for Christ or his Angels. I have said this before many times that demons are terrified of God's Holy Angels.


 Written By Jennifer Lori Auld