No. Portland is NOT burning! And yet military helicopters are flying overhead.

Saying someone is a "member of antifa" is like saying someone is a "member of socialism" or something. it makes zero sense. But they can't use the ideological form of the word because it makes it too clear what the ideology actually is and it would include our grandpas

Ayyyy

"Thus, being aware that the basis of Samsara and Nirvana is only the mind, one takes the decision to practice." ~Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Advice On Presence And Awareness www.awakeningtoreality.com/2009/09/mirr...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

Don't forget love; it will bring all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe. Mirabai

No additional words needed. This says it all. ⬇️

To be a social being able to survive in the world requires the capacity to maintain a persona, a mask, a presentational self behind which we can hide the messiness of our fragile fleeting actual selfing. Our constructed persona floats on the surface of our life like a little bubble. 1/ James Low

October's my favorite month. It's everything falling away, but hasn't quite yet, which feels like a beautiful place to be. 🍂

They swore an oath..

I'm kinda thinking the military are not exactly on board with the current administration. Just a hunch

"The richest men in the country are in the final stages of a 40-year plan to kill America and crown themselves kings. They’re bragging about it. And they’re convinced they’ve got you too distracted to care."

Democratic socialism is not communism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcAQ...

This process is simple and absolutely already present as intrinsic awareness. We're so used to thinking it's complicated. That we should be stopping thoughts through rigorous meditation, etc. No. It's the presence of awareness we already have. ✨ #dzogchen #buddhism www.youtube.com/watch?v=6maa...

My greatest skill has been to want but little. Henry David Thoreau

It’s funny because it isn’t 😕 🇺🇸

When the mind of a sentient being, which is by nature clear light, does not objectify any appearances or mindsets, but makes them manifest, this very act of revealing is the external radiance of wisdom. The nature of what makes things manifest is the inner glow of wisdom. ~ Dudjom Lingpa

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However it's defined..

Is this correlated to acetaminophen sales? Asking for people who read.

😆 As usual. Did cancel the things though..

David Pakman interviews Nathan Taylor, Executive Director of Public Engagement for Election Truth Alliance, re statistical discrepancies www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nus...

Mary summarizes.. youtu.be/Ez_FxumLyyw?...

Virology Professor, Vincent Racaniello, and Professor of Vaccinology and Immunologist, Dr Paul Offit, referenced the Twilight Zone's, Kanamits, from the episode, 'To Serve Man', in today's episode of Beyond the Noise. #virosky @microbetv.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Is...

"Tough it out!" 🤪 We have snake oils..

There is nowhere to search. Simply settle without distraction, directly into the searcher. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlHN...

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[F]ascism rarely announces itself honestly.... The danger lies not just in its ultimate goals, which are monstrous, but in its initial appeal, which can seem reasonable to those feeling frustrated or left behind. peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com/p/how-not-to...

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

This is a fair point.

"For the benefit of one and all, simply preserve peerless awareness." #Buddhism #Dharma #Dakinis www.youtube.com/watch?v=botC...

If you have any family members who happen to watch Fox News, ask them if they support the overtly genocidal views of Brian Kilmeade. Fire Brian Kilmeade. Call out Fox News.

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The reporting on this is … weird. Anyway, I think the people who predicted ’no coherent political ideology’ are going to be vindicated but also only partly right because the incoherence is also a feature of these anti-state state folk, the way fascism moves

Aum Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha

Things have stepped-up a little. How's everyone doing?

This article posted 9/8

Trump orders the Department of Defense to be renamed the Department of War. Cartoon by Ramón Díaz Yanes.

With love and compassion, but without attachment or aversion, let your mind be the space for all appearances to arise. ~ Chamtrul Rinpoche

Americans United for Separation of Church and State: "Our updated “Know Your Rights” guides explain the religious freedom rights of students and their parents in public schools, as well as the rights and responsibilities of public school employees." www.au.org/knowyourrigh...

Take care of yourself and remind those around you. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6cDQe2q/

Allison Gill connects the dots... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQQH...