#good versus evil

[evandorkin]

Shipping February 18th, the BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS, collecting all four hardcover volumes with all the stories and extras published so far. Includes the Hellboy crossover and three Eisner Award-winning stories/issues. Nearly 600 color pages for only $30. Adopt this book next month!

[artandthebible]

The Rebuke of Adam and Eve

Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700–1777)

Date: 1740

Medium: Oil on copper

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

Painting Information

The history painter Natoire was trained in the studio of François Le Moyne, for whom this meticulously executed painting must have been intended as a tribute. It is a pendant to an earlier work by Le Moyne of the same size, also painted on copper, which depicts Adam receiving the forbidden fruit from Eve (private collection). Natoire shared with Le Moyne a predilection for the nude that here links biblical to more sensual subjects popular in eighteenth-century France. Note the rosy flesh of Natoire’s disappointed Eve, a tear glistening on her cheek, contrasted with Adam’s taut musculature.

Biblical Narrative

In Genesis 3:22 God says, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.” Knowledge in itself is not wrong (see Luke 2:52), so what was so bad about man “knowing good and evil”?

It is vital to know the context of God’s statement. God had already told Adam not to eat from this tree. Adam was already aware that doing so was wrong, and he knew the consequences, yet he chose to join Eve in eating the fruit. When they ate, they were not simply aware of evil; they experienced evil, to the extent that they became evil - sinners by nature.

Man knew what was good: he was created in goodness and was surrounded by it (Genesis 1:31). He had been given everything God wanted him to have, including authority over all the rest of God’s creation. Adam had everything he needed for a fulfilling life. He did not need to “know” evil, especially when the only way for him to “know” it was to experience it. It should have been enough that God had warned Adam against disobedience. God did not want Adam and Eve to “know” evil in the sense of participating in it. The sin of Adam and Eve was not in attaining knowledge but in rejecting God’s will in favor of their own.

Because of their sin, Adam and Eve received dire consequences. First, Eve was told, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you” (Genesis 3:16).

Second, Adam was told, “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life” (Genesis 3:17).

Third, for both Adam and Eve, “You are dust, and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19). They had been told they would “die” if they ate from the tree (Genesis 2:17). This consequence did not happen immediately, but Adam and Eve did both physically die, a pattern followed by all other humans.

Fourth, they were expelled from the Garden of Eden: “So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken” (Genesis 3:23).

[principiumindividuationis777]

[artemlegere]

Satan, Sin and Death (A Scene from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’)

Artist: William Hogarth (English, 1697–1764)

Date: c. 1735-1740

Medium: Oil paint on canvas

Collection: TATE Britain, United Kingdom

Paradise Lost Epic Poem

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout. It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of all time. The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

The main conflict of the poem involves Satan’s jealous desire to corrupt God’s new and beloved creation by creating human distrust in God’s plan, a distrust that will lead to disobedience. Through the temptations of the antagonist, Satan, Milton emphasizes the corruption to which humans are vulnerable if they are not spiritually aware of the manipulative power of evil around them. Adam and Eve’s inner struggle, an effort to resist temptation, symbolizes the innate human desire to stay loyal or true to a spiritual compass, which, in Milton’s poem, is represented by God’s exhortations and the messages of his angels.

The inciting incident of the poem finds the antagonist, Satan, banished to hell, where he and his fellow devils construct a temple called Pandemonium, a symbol of chaos and irrationality, and then plot both to make a good out of evil and an evil out of good. Milton portrays the devils’ apparently democratic decision as ironic evidence of their failed capacity for reason: Satan refuses to accept God’s rational hierarchy—that the Son is superior to him—and settles on irrational disobedience. In an allegory reminding the poem’s readers of a conventional Christian understanding of the fall, Satan begets Sin who begets Death. He volunteers to corrupt God’s new and beloved human beings, and a bridge is built between Hell and Earth.

The rising action explores ideas about free will and a redemption in which God’s Son will willingly sacrifice himself, God’s plan for human salvation. The Son is the instrument through which God acts, and Milton shows how God and the Son work separately, yet are manifestations of the same entity, working as one. Free will is one of the major themes of the poem, and Milton suggests a paradoxical idea about it: a human being is free to choose, yet is only truly free when choosing the good. Events unfold as Adam is visited by the Archangel Raphael who recounts the story of creation, reveals the primary conflict between God and Satan, and describes the latter’s fall and the War in Heaven. The war stands as an extended spiritual metaphor in which disobedience leads to one’s blindness from the truth. Raphael warns Adam to be wary of Satan’s temptations; Adam’s choice will rest entirely in his own hands.

At the poem’s climax, Satan accomplishes his goal by convincing Adam and Eve to become disobedient. Plagued by envy and despair, Satan flatters Eve, convincing her to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. He presents knowledge as a means with which she might equate herself with God, using his perverted reasoning to demonstrate how knowledge can be used for evil. Eve, in turn, convinces Adam to join her in this act of disobedience, and he dooms himself, unable to bear the thought of losing her. Ultimately, he chooses loyalty to Eve over loyalty to God. As the pair’s heightened senses take over, their capacity for reason diminishes. The further Adam and Eve drift from God, the more reduced their powers of reasoning become.

In the falling action, Adam and Eve awaken to their banishment from Paradise. They find themselves in a world of shame and evil, blaming each other for their condition, and Sin and Death subsequently enter the world. The fall, however, paves the way for humanity’s redemption and salvation; thus, Milton claims that his epic surpasses the ancient classics, as it pertains to all of humankind, not to a single hero or nation. The archangel Michael grants Adam visions of a future in which his offspring commit murder, as well as scenes of people living for pleasure and the flesh. Unlike Satan, Adam and Eve repent by praying to God.

Michael, in the poem’s resolution, recounts the idea that a Messiah will eventually arrive to reunite Heaven and Earth, noting that there will be much suffering before that reconciliation. Milton suggests that Adam and Eve’s fall is the “felix culpa,” or happy fault or fortunate fall, for God’s mercy is shown. Individuals, he suggests, may hope to redeem themselves through devotion and obedience to God, forming an aspect of his ultimate plan. Comforted by these suggestions, Adam and Eve, in the poem’s final scene, exit into a new world. They have been led to understand that obedience to God and his love for his creation will lead humanity toward salvation, toward regaining a Paradise that has been lost.

[goodnight-45]

Hgjz episode 8 scene (my AU)

Thrash activates his special powers for the first time in order to win the race for his friends!

[traumatizedjaguar]

Someone who is amoral is so much worse than someone who is immoral bc the amoral person causes mass destruction and is evil to people without having any ability to have self-awareness or understand what they’re truly doing. That’s scarier bc they rely on every toxic coping mechanism to avoid reality and live in delusion and it runs so deep they’d never figure out they’re actually evil for being amoral but instead, since they avoid reality, they call everyone else evil and abusive for holding them responsible and accountable and it inevitably leads to mass gaslighting of victims WHICH I believe is far far worse than a sadist who straight up just goes “I’m evil, I’m at fault, but I do it anyway 🤷‍♂️”

Lack of self awareness is the core issue to most or all evil. Bc people don’t usually intend to be evil; evil usually is a slow progression: they think they’re righteous, justified, denial, projection, etc, etc. My spiritual experiences are what solidified this belief for me. We ALL lack self-awareness on the greater scheme of things.

indifference is just as evil as sadism.

"So sick of the sound of people giving up You can't stop me giving a fuck, blegh! Will we fight for nothing if not our lives? Apathy is our new messiah"

[disney-stuff]

Prince Phillip and Maleficent (in dragon form)

Walt Disney’s ’Sleeping Beauty’

[tenjad129]

PLANET OF THE TOONS Story Overview

Ladies and gentlemen, young and old, I present to you, if any or all of you are even interested at all, a rough, conceptual overview of my proposed story for a prospective live action and/or animation (both mainly 2d hand drawn(especially in the classical and modern styles) as well as the occasional 3D CGI) hybrid film project that is to be an attempt to present a sort of Lord of the Rings/Star Wars for the whole, entire world of animated cartoons characters -- and THAT especially includes the whole, entire pantheon of famous and respected animated cartoon characters from animation history -- and also a multi-part saga of a globe-spanning story to be done probably on a vast and truly gigantic epic scale, scope and sweep, even if it is also presents an expanded remake of sorts of Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (TV, 1999) combined with a sequel of sorts to 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and especially a true sequel of sorts to 1991's An American Tail: Fievel Goes West or something along those lines, and especially something that will also feature a very stunning, epic, and climactic battle scene between the forces of good against the forces of evil as they will struggle for control over a whole, entire planet of the 'toons, and not only just including the likes of Who Framed Roger Rabbit's Toon Town, but a whole entire cartoon planet...a battle that may ultimately be won by, among those toons on the side good, these two adorable cartoon boy and girl mouse characters from a certain Don Bluth movie made back in the 1980s:

Or rather specifically, and in particular, the Amblimation/Fievel Goes West iterations of An American Tail's Fievel Mousekewitz himself and his older sister Tanya Mousekewitz (memorably voiced in the second American Tail movie by The Powerpuff Girls' Blossom's regular voice artist Cathy Cavadini).

That project that I'm proposing, and which I'm still writing about since three years ago, is going to be "PLANET OF THE TOONS":

Now, I hate to warn any or all of you that very little of the following concepts of mine may actually qualify as self-aware cartoon comedy, per se, and especially that the following concepts is mostly more of an epic adventure involving an ancient prophecy involving the Fievel Goes West designs of An American Tail 's Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz themselves as well as a young if giant, full-sized human ally from the stars (or Earth, in particular), a Heroic Quest, and a cosmic struggle between good and evil that will determine the fate of the planet of the toons itself, but here is a summary or overview of my Planet of the Toons concepts as they currently stand so far:

“PLANET OF THE TOONS” takes place on TEN’JAD, a faraway planet that is both like and unlike anything we have ever seen --- beautiful, mysterious, sometimes frightening, but always wondrous and magical, it is a world inhabited by many beings and creatures, many (or plenty) of which are composed not of real living flesh and blood, but of living, 2d hand drawn animated (car)toon ink and paint instead, where 'TOONS possess the same joys and sorrows and even the same aches and passions and concerns, as well as living the same everyday lives as real humans and anyone else in the universe, where dinosaurs still roamed the land, and dragons as well as pterosaurs and birds all soared through the air.  Over much of this world rules a bitter and jealous, greedy and insane, and evil but nerdy Dark Lord named MANDARK ASTRONOMENOV.

"THE STORY is that of TANYA and FIEVEL MOUSEKEWITZ, a youthful and very close-knit pair of sister and brother mice who has spent their early years living in the frozen Northern Land of SUKRUSAN under the care of PAPA and MAMA MOUSEKEWITZ.

"ONE WINTER NIGHT, when Tanya and Fievel were young and celebrating the YEAREND FESTIVAL and exchanging holiday gifts with their family, the Mousekewitz family were suddenly wrenched from their secure and tranquil shared family life when a terrible fire-breathing dragon, who turns out to be the Dark Lord Mandark in the guise of just such a creature, attacked their village and destroyed their mouse-hole, and so the Mousekewitzes were thrust into a cosmic struggle between good and evil, an epic struggle upon which depends on the future of the entire world around them all.

"THIS WORLD is an unfamiliar one to even the sheltered and homeschooled Mousekewitz Children that is Tanya, Fievel, as well as their youngest sibling YASHA. For one example, ACME FOREST is filled with all manner of CREATURES. Some hop, crawl, skitter and dart past the towering tree trunks resembling those of the Redwood and Sequoia trees of California back on Earth, some sweetly singing, some shrieking, and some chattering in their own languages, and some even talking in spoken English. Some are charming and helpful. But some are filled with menace or simply too grumpy to interact with the three brother and sister mice. In Acme Forest, there are still many, many clear lines between the plant and animal kingdoms, only more beautifully dreamlike than those on Earth. For every normal daytime scene, there were also luminescent nighttime scenes, and for every hunter like ELMER FUDD who strolls through the forest with his hunting rifle, there were also helpful creatures like the cool, rascally rabbit BUGS BUNNY and his greedy darn fool rival DAFFY DUCK.

"ALONG THE WAY, Tanya, Fievel and Yasha Mousekewitz meets seven most unusual traveling companions --- in addition to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck themselves, there was also a BOY GENIUS named DEXTER,  as well as three space traveling astronauts and one pet monkey mascot from our planet EARTH --- PROFESSOR JASON ADAMS,  DAVID ZARUS, DESTINY SKYLARK, and GEORGE, respectively.

"Like his fellow space travelers, David Zarus is an Earth human composed of real, living flesh and blood, while Tanya and Fievel Mousekewitz are living ink and paint cartoon mice, descendants from an ancient (car)toon mouse culture known as the ATLEMI. Because of a prophecy stating that Mandark’s millennia-long reign of terror on Ten’Jad would someday be destroyed indefinitely by the combined forces of a little boy and girl mouse among, or else descended from the ancient culture of the Atlemi as well as that of a full sized human ally from the stars, Mandark, the local, residential Dark Lord who is also the bitter and jealous as well as the hateful rival of Dexter the Boy Genius, have gathered together all of his terrible armies of warriors and robots as well as many of the CATS of the planet to very vainly try to hunt down and destroy the two chosen mice – who just happened to be the only Mousekewitz son and the eldest Mousekewitz daughter -- along with the real full sized human ally from our Planet Earth or anyone or anything else that dare to stand in Mandark's way.

"BUT, having traveled around the world of Ten’Jad, the Planet of the Toons itself, in the company of her siblings Fievel and Yasha as well as their own Mama and Papa ever since the deadly dragon attack on their village and mouse-hole had disrupted their Yearend festivities as well, Tanya Mousekewitz still knows the many languages and the many ways of life among the living cartoon beings and creatures just as much as David Zarus of Earth, Dexter the Boy Genius, or even her own brother Fievel ever could – whether they be those in the bustling cities, towns, villages and neighborhoods of Ten’Jad’s free world, or even those who inhabited the wildest regions of the planet where the terrible warriors and robots of Mandark still fear to go – and fortunately for the Mousekewitz children and their seven real and cartoon traveling companions, many in the free world holds no danger.

Now, "THE CASTLE OF MANDARK was once the magnificent headquarters of the Corporation in the Far Northeast of Ten'Jad, Planet of the Toons. Mandark has inherited it from the previous president, a benevolent corporate businessman whom Mandark has viciously, violently murdered in a diabolical about-face long ago. Now Mandark moves through what was once great halls filled with many countless office cubicles, and having luxuries that no one else on the planet can ever possibly dreamed of. But now all around him is evidence of corruption and greed, and the attempts to better the future of life and civilization on Ten’Jad has long been dimmed by Mandark’s bitter and hateful jealousy towards Dexter the Boy Genius himself as well as by the crooked shadow of his insanity, madness, and evil.

"OUTSIDE of Mandark’s castle are the living quarters of the last remnants of the ancient culture of the MARA’VARI, farmers who live in constant terror of Mandark’s warriors and robots…raids in which some will be ionized to their deaths or else carried off to the castle dungeons.

"MANY OF THE BRUTAL WARRIORS OR SOLDIERS through whom the Dark Lord Mandark has exerted control over much of the Old World of Ten’Jad are called STRONG BORGS. The armor, battle dress, head wear and weapons of these fierce, intelligent, but lowly, pale-skinned horned gremlin soldiers, for one example, suggested an Eastern-influenced level of cultural dress, but with an added fierceness or an extra element of violence as suggested in their design.

"For another, while many Strong Borgs still follow the commands of Mandark if necessary, most Strong Borgs often takes more cues from a female leader, much like hyenas do in the wilds of Africa.

And finally, "DEEP IN THE HEART OF MANDARK'S CASTLE, closely guarded, is the ALL-POWERING NEUROTOMIC PROTOCORE, the focal point of the Dark Lord’s crooked mind, the key to his awful power, the vital missing link in the life of Dexter himself on Ten'Jad as well as the little Boy Genius’ most prized invention (and which Mandark had also happened to steal from Dexter, along with Dexter's other amazing ideas and concepts and inventions way back when the world of Ten'Jad, the Planet of the Toons, itself, was still young, but still much older and more technically advanced and lightyears ahead in such technology, society and civilization than that of us and the Earth), and being the shimmering end to the perilous quest of David Zarus of Earth and of the two Mousekewitz Children, Tanya and Fievel.

"Only by reaching the Neurotomic Energy Flow Controls, set it all the way from negative to positive and reverting the Stolen Protocore back to normal can David Zarus of Earth, as well as Tanya and Fievel Mousekewitz bring an indefinite end to the long standing terror unleashed by The Dark Lord Mandark that had long blighted the lands of Ten'Jad's Far Northeast as well as blighted much of the Old World of Ten’Jad. And together, the three brave full sized human astronauts and their pet monkey mascot from our planet Earth, the three little Mousekewitz children Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and Dexter the Boy Genius himself will struggle through many exciting adventures as well as many terrible dangers and hardships as they will all make their way towards Mandark’s Castle, towards the Neurotomic Flow-Controls that helped pump out the Stolen Core’s flows of Neurotomic energy for good or for ill, and towards a very startling climax which will both fulfill David's and Tanya's and Fievel’s shared destiny and also restore harmony and peace to the Planet of the Toons."

In other words, and if not just the ultimate interstellar Toon Town safari (other than Who Framed Roger Rabbit, of course, hopefully), certainly the interstellar Toon Land epic destined to conquer the world by storm (hopefully like Star Wars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lord of the Rings, and/or even James Cameron's AVATAR movies so far!)!

Very amazing and exciting, huh?

Anyway, to cap it all off, here is my newest minute long Planet of the Toons concept video (which also includes additional cartoon characters like Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang (except Snoopy) and Popeye the Sailor and all set to Mark Mancina's grand instrumental to something called "Ngomso", Lebo M's opening music song for 2024's Mufasa The Lion King):

Enjoy, I hope, and be sure to toon in for your destiny one day when my work on Planet of the Toons (especially as an actual Roger Rabbit-style live action/animation hybrid film epic for real) is all said and done one day (hopefully)!

[foxglove-garden]

A psychology of why everyone in America is currently getting divorced, breaking up and otherwise hate each other.

[itsgerges]

Best Regards The Gravitational Waves Reflection In The Solar System (Analytical Study) (Revised) https://app.box.com/s/yx3tx5lsvwy4025p4j3mwfeliwhtka07 or https://app.box.com/s/9wywdejkxqh7x4g791ntf3p3p01kkm8f or https://www.tumblr.com/itsgerges/759715471336570880/the-gravitational-waves-reflection-in-the-solar?source=share or https://gerges2022.livejournal.com/236389.html

Abstract Paper question How Is Planet Velocity Defined? Paper Hypothesis No. (1) The solar system is one energy moves in space and reflects 3 times - the points of the reflection are the planets- as a result- the planets are created depending one each other by this energy reflection. The Explanation Of The Hypothesis No. (1) I- Preface Why do we need to define Planet velocity here? Because Planet velocity definition disproves The Solar System Classical Description. II- The hypothesis Explanation in details 1 The Energy Reflection Definition 2 The Energy Reflection Proves 3 The Energy Reflection Result 4 The Energy Reflection Objective 5 Saturn Creation Depends On Uranus And The Earth Let's explain the previous items in following I- Preface

Why do we need to define Planet velocity before any other discussion in this paper? Because Planet velocity disproves The Solar System Classical Description. The classical description refutation is a great event because the theories depend on it and – that means- more than 12 theories are wrong in the modern physics book Shortly- more than the half of the modern physics book provides imaginary ideas and wrong theories because the solar system classical description is wrong. Let's see examples to explain that clearly Example No. (1) No Planet Moves By The Sun Gravity- Newton is wrong- I have proved this fact since long time- and I explained that- Planet moves by the force caused its creation- means- the planet creation and motion is done by one force only otherwise this planet would be broken- simply – if two forces have effects on the same planet it would be broken- means- the planet moves with its creation force- again No planet moves by the sun gravity- The example shows a gap between the physics book and the solar system facts – Newton imaginary idea is believed by everyone since 400 years! But- the example doesn't show how great the gap is- in fact the shock is coming from The Sun Nuclear Fusion Theory- let's see the next example Example No. (2) The Sun Is Created By The Planets Motions Energies–The Sun Is A Phenomenon Here we can see the gap clearly The solar planets were found in their orbits before the sun creation and the planets were revolving around a point in space (this point has no light) The planet motion produces energy (1/2 mv^2) and this energy is stored in the space in waves form- the planets were revolving around this point for long periods till the stored motion energy in the space be massive energy-

From this massive motion energy the light beam is created (the sun rays is created) The sun rays is created from this energy- that tells why the sun corona temperature is 5 millions Kelvin but the sun surface is 5800 Kelvin- simply- because The Sun Is Not Doing Nuclear Fusion To Produce Its Rays, the rays is created by the planets motions energies– The Sun Rays Show The Great Gap Between The Physics Book And The Facts The wrong description is the reason behind the imaginary ideas and wrong theories in the physics book- one more example- the scientists won Nobel prize in physics for their discovery for the gravitational waves- these scientists told us – the gravitational waves are produced by the sun gravitational field which is NOT FACT– the gravitational waves are produced by Planet motion energy- where the planet moves and produces energy (1/2 mv^2) and the planet can't store its motion energy inside its body otherwise its temperature would be raised for that the planet motion energy is stored in the space In Waves Form- the scientists discovered these waves and they called them gravitational waves!! Let's provide one more example

Example No. (3) The big bang theory tells us the planet creation is done by random process- in details- the theory tells–some planets are suffered from collisions and these collisions changed their diameters and masses- by that we can't know their original diameters and masses by that the current values of these diameters and masses are found by chance and without any geometrical reasons and should be considered random data- For example- Jupiter diameter now is 142984 km but what's this diameter value in the first creation of Jupiter? The big bang theory and all random creation ideas are wrong and nonsense- shortly- I have my planet diameter equation which proves Planet diameter is created based on a geometrical rule- means- for example- Jupiter diameter is created at first as 142984 km and never changed since its creation- if any planet had collision and changed its diameter this collision results would be recorded in this planet motion features- as happened with Mars- Mars original orbit was between Mercury and Venus and Mars had migrated to its current orbit- and Mars had collided with Venus and The Earth in its migration motion- but Mars diameter equation refers frequently to its original orbit features and data- that tells the planet motion provides a record for its history because all data is required for planet motion- by that – all data depends on geometrical rules and no random process is used in it – let's introduce my planet diameter equation in following…. Planet Diameter Equation (v1/v2)= (s/r)= I v = Planet Velocity and r = Planet Diameter s= Planet Rotation Periods Number In Its Orbital Period I= Planet Orbital Inclination (example, 1.8 degrees be produced as a rate 1.8) v2, s, r and I are belonged to one planet and v1 is belonged to another planet The planet (v1) is defined by test the minimum error

Earth Equation uses Neptune velocity

Mars Equation uses Pluto velocity

Jupiter Equation uses the Earth moon velocity

Saturn Equation uses Mars velocity

Uranus Equation uses Neptune velocity (As Earth)

Neptune Equation uses Saturn velocity

Pluto Equation uses the Earth moon velocity (As Jupiter) (The Equation works from The Earth To Pluto) (the discussion explains the reason) Example Neptune Equation (89143 /49528) = 9.7/ 5.4 =1.8 89143 = Neptune rotation periods number in Neptune orbital period 49528 km = Neptune diameter 9.7 km/s = Saturn velocity 5.4 km/s = Neptune velocity 59800 days = Neptune orbital period (and Neptune rotation period =16.1 hours) 1.8 degrees = Neptune Orbital Inclination The equation tells planet diameter is created based on its velocity –means- Neptune diameter is 49528 km because Neptune velocity is 5.4 km/s The Equation Concept Planet diameter should be a function in its orbital distance –otherwise- this planet would be broken by its motion- the fact is that – The necessary requirement for planet safe motion is to create a function between this planet diameter and its orbital distance BUT- the designer can't create a function has only 2 variables (Planet diameter and its orbital distance)- the function in this case can't be useful because – If this planet changes its orbital distance its diameter would be broken also because the diameter is a direct function in the orbital distance without any other variables -As A Result The designer created the planet diameter as a function in this planet rotation period and the planet rotation period is created as a function in this planet velocity and the planet velocity is created as a function in this planet orbital distance- by that- the function between the planet diameter and its orbital distance is created but the function contains also more variables (rotation period, orbital period and velocity)- by that- if the planet changes its orbital distance- this planet diameter will not be changed but its rotation period, orbital period, and velocity will be changed and the diameter will be saved- NOTICE-Mars is the example for this theory because Mars original orbit was between Mercury and Venus and Mars had migrated from its original orbit to its current one- after Migration Mars changed its motion data but the diameter is saved

NOTICE- Planet diameter equation is very useful to analyze the energy reflection in the solar system because the equation shows the changes in data resulting from the energy reflection- for example- the equation produces the planet orbital inclination-but in Saturn equation- the equation produces the value (0.4) while we know Saturn orbital inclination is 2.5 degrees- the value (0.4) is produced because the energy is reflected in Saturn and that caused effect on the data by that the value (2.5) become (1/2.5) = 0.4- that's why I refer to my planet diameter equation in this discussion because the equation can work as a tool of anatomy which can see clearly what's happening for the energy in each planet- Matter Definition My planet diameter equation provides a new definition for the matter – this definition is found to answer the question- (How Can Planet Velocity And Motion Be Defined Before This Planet Creation?)

What's The Matter And How Is Created? The matter and space are created from the same one energy and both move with the motion of this energy from which they are created- but- the matter creates for itself a distinguish form and moves by different velocity from the space motion (notice the gravitational waves prove the space has motion and not static). This is similar to the sea of water- the space is similar to the sea of water and the matter is similar to a whirlpool (vortex) found on the sea page- The whirlpool (vortex) is created by the sea water and it's carried by the sea water motion- spite of that- the whirlpool is different in its form from the sea waves – also the whirlpool moves by different velocity from the sea waves motion velocity- this example gives explanation for the matter definition- the matter is similar perfectly to the whirlpool on the sea page- it's created by the sea water motion but it has a distinguish form and different velocity from the sea waves- Also The whirlpool dimensions depend on the sea water motion features- for example – we have a whirlpool its diameter is 2 meters, this diameter is formed by the sea water motion features (the water velocity- amount-pressure -……etc) that tells the whirlpool is found later after the sea creation- and the water motion is found before the whirlpool creation- this meaning is a fact for the matter creation and dimensions- the matter dimensions are created based on this matter motion- means- the motion is defined before the matter creation- this is proved strongly by my planet diameter equation- the equation tells (for example) Neptune diameter is 49528 km because Neptune velocity is 5.4 km/s- the whirlpool idea explains how the planet matter data is defined based on its motion- because The original energy was found in motion at first and the planet matter is created from this moving original energy and the planet matter dimensions are defined by this original energy motion features- after the planet creation, the planet moves with this original energy motion means the planet moves this same motion based on which the planet data is created that's why the planet data is in full harmony with the planet motion features. Also the idea shows the planet motion reason- as I proved before- no planet moves by the sun gravity- Newton is wrong- because the planet creation and motion are done by one force only otherwise this planet would be broken if two forces have effects on it Here we see the planet motion reason- the planet moves with the original energy from which this planet is created- What's the original energy? The original energy is one light beam energy- because – the solar planets and their distances are created from one energy and this energy is provided by one light beam –means – the planets are geometrical points found on the same one light beam and the planets move with this light beam motion- By that the planets are similar to carriages in one train and the light beam is this train engine- the light motion causes all planets motions NOTICE - this definition of the matter and planet is very important for our discussion because the paper hypothesis no. (1) tells – the solar system is one energy moves in the space and reflected on some points and these points are the planets- the reflection of energy discussion will show how each planet data and motion depend on the other planet motion by the energy reflection effect- shortly- (The Planet Is A Geometrical Point) this idea is the best one can explain the energy reflection data- by that we can understand how the energy motion and reflection can effect on the planet creation and motion- the energy reflection discussion is found in the paper first hypothesis explanation.

Planet Velocity Definition

Again let's ask ……Why Do We Need To Define The Planet Velocity? ………. Because – the planet velocity definition refutes the solar system classical description- the definition proves the planet is a geometrical point on the moving energy (and refute the classical definition tells – planet is a solid body created independently from the space and other planets) – in fact the planets are created depending on each other – The 9 planets are as 9 knots or snarls on the same one rope or cable – No planet is created independently– also all of them are created by the same one motion and the same one reason- (imagine you have a ladder or stairs is consisted of 9 units- all units are similar and found for the same reason)- the data proves this fact also Planet velocity definition provides a powerful proof against Newton theory of the sun gravity-No Planet Motion Depends On Its Mass- Newton is wrong- the velocity Definition Doesn't Refer To Planet Mass- Also planet velocity definition provides a direct strong proof for the energy reflection in the solar system- also – the velocity definition explains the complex machine behind the planet motion which refutes again the naïve idea of Newton about this motion- The planet velocity definition shows the general design of the solar system where all planets data is defined based on its velocity- means- the planet velocity is defined at first (after the orbit definition) and all other data is defined based on this velocity as we have seen the planet diameter is defined by the rate (v1/v2) by my planet diameter equation and planet orbital distance is defined by the rate (v1/v2)^2 and planet orbital period is defined by the rate (v1/v2)^3- shortly- the motion is the planet life

SHORTLY I refute the solar system classical description and I wanted to put a piece of strong proof in the first pages of my paper to show that the refutation doesn't depend on ideas or logical analysis- but the refutation depends on the contradiction between the physics theories and the planets creation & motion data- If the contradiction is proved that tells the description is wrong because the planets data can NOT be wrong Let's start our discussion How is planet velocity defined? Kelper stated, planet orbit defines its velocity, this rule is proved by the equation (v1/v2)^2=(d2/d1) where (d= planet orbital distance) and (v= planet velocity) BUT How Is The Planet Velocity Defined? And By What Rules? Planet velocity is defined by Three Rules let's see them in following (i) First Rule v1v2 = constant= 322 (my 5th equation)

47.4 km/s (Mercury velocity) x 6.8 km/s (Mercury velocity) =322 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 4.7 km/s (Pluto velocity) x 2 =322 29.8 km/s (The Earth velocity) x 5.4 km/s (Neptune velocity) x 2 =322 24.1 km/s (Mars velocity) x 13.1 km/s (Jupiter velocity) =322 (Max error 2%) The rule (v1v2=322) tells the velocities are defined in pairs and not individually, each planet velocity has its own complementary- the rule tells the velocities are reflected on one another- the reflection of energy and data will be studied in details in planet velocity discussion- In this rule we interest for the constant (322)- let's ask- why the constant = 322?

The constant 322 depends on the speed 1.16 million km per second because (1160000 seconds = 322 hours) - Means Mercury (47.4 km/s) moves in 6.8 hours a distance = 1.16 million km and Uranus (6.8 km/s) moves in 47.4 hours a distance = 1.16 million km Shortly -we realize that the constant 322 is produced based on the speed 1.16 million km per second- means- the planets velocities are complementary each other because they are defined as functions in this same speed 1.16 million km per second (This is similar to electron and positron are produced from Gamma ray, The two particles depend on Gamma energy in their masses) Based On This Data I concluded there's a light beam its speed 1.16 million km per second and from this light beam energy the solar system is created- and the planets velocities are defined as functions in this speed 1.16 million km per second and that causes the velocities to be complementary each other- (Please note the speed 1.16 million km per second is proved strongly by other data in my paper specially because the light created the space at first before any planet creation by that all distances in the solar system are created by the energy of this light beam and its speed 1.16 million km per second is registered in the data)

(ii) Second Rule v1v2 = 1 The velocity here uses the solar day (86400 seconds) – let's prove that-

Mercury moves per solar day = 4.095 million km Venus moves per solar day = 3.024 million km The Earth moves per solar day = 2.574 million km The Moon moves per solar day = 2.4 million km Mars moves per solar day = 2.082 million km Jupiter moves per solar day = 1.1318 million km Saturn moves per solar day = 0.838 million km Uranus moves per solar day = 0.5875 million km Neptune moves per solar day = 0.4665 million km Pluto moves per solar day = 0.406 million km AND 0.406 (Pluto velocity) x 2.4 (the moon velocity) = 1 (error 2.5%) 0.4665 (Neptune velocity) x 2.082 (Mars velocity) = 1 (error 2.5%) 0.5875 (Uranus velocity) x 3.024 (Venus velocity)/1.772 = 1 (error 2.5%) 0.838 (Saturn velocity) x 1.1318 (Jupiter velocity) = 1 (error 5%) (1.772 = π^1/2) The second rule tells very similar meaning (v1v2= constant= 1) The data uses the velocities per solar day for that the constant is changed from 322 into 1 but the rule is the same- (v1v2= Constant) I want to say- the rule (v1v2 = Constant) tells a clear idea that (The Velocities Are Reflected On Each Other) this conclusion is simple one (A x 1/A= constant=1) The rule proves the energy is reflected in the solar system and this reflection has effect on the planets data and for that the planets velocities are defined by this energy reflection and the velocities are produced complementary each other as a result. Notice The second rule causes confusion because the complementary player is changed- for example Pluto is complementary with Venus (in the first rule 35 x 4.7 x 2 = 322) but Pluto is complementary with the Earth moon in the second rule (0.406 x 2.4 = 1) that tells the players are changed which is illogical idea- how can we solve this problem? The third rule solves it – let's see this rule in following (iii) Third Rule v1/v2 = 0.8 (based on the planets order) 47.4 km/s (Mercury velocity) x 0.8 = 38 (35 km/s = Venus velocity error 7.25%) 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 0.8 = 27.78 (The moon velocity) 29.8 km/s (The Earth velocity) x 0.8 = 24.1 (Mars velocity) (error 1%) 24.1 km/s (Mars velocity) x 0.8 = 2 x 9.7 (Saturn velocity) 13.1 km/s (Jupiter velocity) x 0.8 = 2 x 5.4 (Neptune velocity) (error 3%) 6.8 km/s (Uranus velocity) x 0.8 = 5.4 (Neptune velocity) 5.4 km/s (Neptune velocity) x 0.8 = 4.3 (Pluto velocity 4.7 the error 7.25%) Please note The error 7.25 is found by the rate 1.0725 – that means 47.4 km/s (Mercury velocity) x 0.8 = 38 = 1.0725 x 35 km/s (Venus velocity) 5.4 km/s (Neptune velocity) x 0.8 = 4.3= 4.7 km/s (Pluto velocity) / 1.0725 29.8 km/s (Earth velocity) = 27.78 km/s (The moon velocity) x 1.0725 We know the rate 1.0725 is found by Lorentz length contraction effect- and we know this rate has effect on around 40% of all planets data – that's why we see this rate has effect on the planets velocities definition-

Let's remember the question- In the rule (v1v2=322) we found that Pluto is complementary with Venus because 4.7 km/s (Pluto velocity) x 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 2 = 322 But in the rule (v1v2 =1) we found Pluto is complementary with the moon because 0.406 mkm (Pluto Velocity Daily) x 2.4 mkm (The Moon Velocity Daily) = 1 The question asked – if the planets velocities are defined in pairs complementary each other and not individually how can the players be changed? The answer tells – the planets velocities are rated by (0.8) based on the planets order means – the moon velocity daily 2.4 mkm = Venus velocity daily 3.024 mkm x 0.8 The rate (0.8) defines all planets velocities depend on each other by order-

Now let's see Planet velocity final definition – because- the definition uses three planets velocities together and not only two – let's put that clearly in following- (iv) The Planet Velocity Final Definition (A) 47.4 km/s (Mercury velocity) x 0.8 = 38 km/s (Venus velocity 35 km/s) Venus moves per solar day 3.024 million km -But 1/3.024 = 0.3307 million km = Uranus moves per solar day 0.5875 million km /1.77 (note 1.77 = π^1/2) and (38 = 35 x 1.0725) For that 47.4 km/s (Mercury velocity) x 6.8 km/s (Uranus velocity) = 322 (B) 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 0.8 = 27.78 km/s (The Moon velocity) The moon moves per solar day 2.4 million km -But 1/2.4 = 0.406 million km = Pluto moves per solar day 0.406 million km For that 35 km/s (Venus velocity) x 4.7 km/s (Pluto velocity) x 2 = 322 (C) 29.8 km/s (The Earth velocity) x 0.8 = 24.1 km/s (Mars velocity) Mars moves per solar day 2.082 million km -But 1/2.082 = 0.4665 million km = Neptune moves per solar day 0.4665 million km For that 29.8 km/s (The Earth velocity) x 5.4 km/s (Neptune velocity) x 2 = 322 (D) 13.1 km/s (Jupiter velocity) x 0.8= 2 x 5.24km/s (Neptune velocity 5.4 km/s error 3%) Neptune moves per solar day 0.4665 million km - But 1/0.4665 = 2.082 million km = Mars moves per solar day 2.082 million km For that 13.1 km/s (Jupiter velocity) x 24.1 km/s (Mars velocity) = 322 Shortly Three planets velocities are defined in each equation- that tells the planet velocity definition is a process more complex than the simple equation (v1v2= constant) Notice The 9 planets velocities total is 176 km/s – if we add the Earth moon velocity (29.8 km/s) the total will be 205.8 km/s The planets velocities are complementary also for this velocity 205.8 km/s – let's see 205.8 km/s = Mercury velocity (47.4 km/s) x Pluto velocity (4.7 km/s) / 1.0725 205.8 km/s = Venus velocity (35 km/s) x Neptune velocity (5.4 km/s) x 1.0725 205.8 km/s = Earth velocity (29.8 km/s) x Uranus velocity (6.8 km/s) 205.8 km/s = Jupiter velocity (13.1 km/s) x Neptune velocity (5.4 km/s) x 3 Mercury velocity = 2 Mars velocity by that Pluto will be used for Mars also Max error (3%) Please Note- Saturn is exceptional because 205.8 km/s = 9.7 km/s (Saturn velocity) x 21.4 Where 21.4 hours = 2 x 10.7 hours (Saturn rotation period) Means- the distance is passed by all planets motions in one hour equal the distance is passed by Saturn in 2 rotation periods (21.4 hours) that tells more analysis is required for Saturn velocity- as we should do later. (v) A Question (Why Is The Rate (0.8) Used To Define Each Planet Velocity Based On Its neighbor?) Kepler stated (Planet orbit defines its velocity) and My planet orbital distance equation proves each planet orbit is defined based on its neighbor – means- my equation uses only 2 neighbor planets orbital distances Here also-Planet velocity is defined based on its neighbor – means- this connection enabled Kepler to conclude his statement (Planet orbit defines its velocity)

But Why The Rate (0.8)?? The rate (0.8) is found by the energy reflection effect on Planets velocities definition, for that we need to analyze the energy reflection process deeply to see how the planet velocity is defined by it - The energy reflection process is discussed deeply in the first hypothesis explanation- let's start its discussion in following…

II- The Hypothesis Explanation In Details Let's remember the paper first hypothesis The solar system is one energy moves in space and reflects 3 times - the points of the reflection are the planets- as a result- the planets are created depending on each other by this energy reflection.

In following we discuss the energy reflection process in details because the planet velocity definition proves the planets data is reflected on each other and we here try to see as deep as possible how this reflection process is done – the discussion is divided into 5 items which are Item No. 1 The Energy Reflection Definition Item No. 2 The Energy Reflection Proves Item No. 3 The Energy Reflection Result Item No. 4 The Energy Reflection Objective Item No. 5 Saturn Creation Depends On Uranus And The Earth Let's start our discussion in following Item No. 1 The Energy Reflection Definition Here we define the reflection of energy – let's do that in following The solar system is one energy- this energy moves through the space- we can imagine this energy as a light beam or electromagnetic wave- and- the data tells this energy is reflected- let's suppose this energy is reflected from the point (A) to the point (B)- now- these points (A and B) are planets in the solar system- That tells, the planet is a point in space on which the energy is reflected- it's difficult to accept such strange idea- BUT The planets data is more strong than our evaluation- we will see that- the planets data is created by the reflection of energy- this fact is proved strongly and doubtless- For that I analyze the reflection of energy process in details because by this process the planets are created and the energy cycle is completed- for that – we examine the reflection of energy deeply - Now- let's define the energy reflection in following (i) The energy is reflected three times in the solar system- from Pluto to Neptune (1st reflection) and from Uranus to Jupiter (2nd reflection) and from Venus to Mars (3rd reflection) The first and second reflections are unified and work together as one reflection only (later will explain why) - by that – the solar system has 2 basic reflections- the reflection in the outer planets and the reflection from Venus and Mars (ii) The reflection of energy is proved strongly because the planets data are changed as a result- let's write these changes in following v What's used as (A) before the reflection will be used as (1/A) after the reflection. v What's used as (a distance) before the reflection will be used as (a period of time) after the reflection v The velocities be squared –the rate (v1/v2) before reflection will be (v1/v2)^2 after the reflection. v The energy direction is changed by the reflection usually v The players of the rates of time are reflected also – These changes are found in all reflections of energy- that's why the proof is powerful and can't be refuted because the planets data shows the reflection process details (iii) Let's see the changes in the planets data generally

(Venus reflection) By this reflection of energy Venus orbital circumference 680 million km will be used as Mars orbital period 687 days and it defines Jupiter orbital period (4331 days = 2π x 687 days) and also Saturn orbital period (10747 days = 4π x 687 days x (1/0.8)) where Uranus orbital inclination (0.8 degrees) creates effect on Saturn data AND Venus Orbital Period 224.7 days be used as 227.9 million km (Mars orbital distance) AND Also the reflection defines the planets diameters by that Venus circumference 38025 km = Mars Circumference 21346.6 km x 1.772 (π=3.14159= 1.772^2) (more data about this reflection is discussed later) (The Outer Planets Reflection) The reflection is done by Jupiter to Uranus, by that, Jupiter orbital circumference 4900 million km will be used as Uranus orbital period 30589 days where (30589 days = 4900 days x 2π and Neptune orbital period 59800 days = 4900 days x 4π and Pluto orbital period 90560 days = 4900 days x 6π Notice- the reflection in the outer planets depends basically on Saturn and it's more complex than this simple data but I put similar data for comparison and later we will discuss the details ALSO The energy reflection at Venus passes above the Earth to Mars- where the Earth moon suffers from the length contraction effect and its motion distance daily is 2.4 mkm = 2.574 mkm (The Earth motion distance daily) / 1.0725 Similar to that The energy reflection at Jupiter passes above Saturn to Uranus – Where Saturn suffers from the length contraction effect because 1433 million km (Saturn orbital distance) x 1.0725 = 2 x 778.6 million km (Jupiter orbital distance) - And- the Earth moon daily displacement is 88000 km and during 10747 days the total be 940 million km=The Earth orbital circumference (where 10747 days = Saturn orbital period) The previous data shows the reflection energy effect generally- it's important because it compares the data in two different groups and proves the data behaviors are similar- that proves these behaviors are caused by the same one cause- But we will analyze each reflection in more details to see how each data is created Item No. 2 The Energy Reflection Proves (a) Venus reflection of energy is discussed in item no. (4), But - Here We Analyze The Energy Reflections In The Outer Planets- There are two reflections in the outer planets (from Neptune to Saturn) and (from Uranus to Jupiter)- let's explain the energy trajectory The energy is sent firstly from Pluto to Neptune and then The energy is reflected from Neptune to Saturn–means- it's one reflection is started by Pluto and finished by Saturn- later the energy is reflected one more time from Uranus to Jupiter- but we have to ask- if the energy was in Saturn orbit why this energy is returned again to Uranus? The reason is–Saturn is created as a result for an interaction between Uranus and the Earth- means- Uranus is Saturn Father- and the energy is got by Saturn sent automatically to Uranus and Uranus reflects this energy to Jupiter- we will discuss the process in details later. AND I put Saturn and Uranus relationship analysis in point No. (5) to prove that Saturn is Created by Uranus effect- (b) Also there's story I have to summarize before the data discussion- Pluto energy is reflected to Neptune – this is the first reflection- means- Neptune should send this same energy to Uranus and then to Saturn and the other planets-BUT – Neptune didn't send the energy to Uranus but kept the energy in Neptune orbit – Uranus could not release the energy from Neptune orbit- for that- Uranus created the interaction with the Earth to create Saturn – Saturn is the warrior created to release the energy from Neptune orbit(CONT) Gerges Francis Tawdrous +201022532292 Physics Department- Physics & Mathematics Faculty Peoples' Friendship university of Russia – Moscow

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[panjunli]

Bodhisattvas and Demons

Here’s another article for this quarter.

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Manjusri Bodhisattva Tames the Demon King

One day, Ananda had a dialogue with Sariputra (Editor: Please refer to the Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha for further reading), describing the divine powers exhibited by Manjusri Bodhisattva.

Ananda: “I remember an event which happened while the Buddha was residing in the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, along with 800 senior monks and 12,000 bodhisattvas. During that period, it rained for 7 days and 7 nights, so nobody could go out to beg for alms. Among the practitioners who were there, those who had attained the stages of jhana and vimutti could go without food and drink for 7 days, but those who had not attained these stages were weakened and thus too frail to pay their respects to the Buddha.

On the fifth day, I took pity on those emaciated monks and thought the Buddha should be informed of their plight. So I went straight to His Holiness and described the situation. He then instructed me to inform Manjusri Bodhisattva for he would supply them with food and drink.

When I reached Manjusri Bodhisattva’s abode, he was expounding the Dharma to Sakra (ruler of Trayastrimsa Heaven) and Brahma (ruler of Brahmaloka Heaven). After hearing my request, he instructed me to take a seat at the side and wait for meal-time before ringing the dining bell to summon the monks for a meal which he would provide. While I was seated at his abode, I noticed that he was giving a sermon on the subject of Trikaya (For further reading: Three Bodies) to the 2 devas kings.

Manjusri Bodhisattva made no attempts to leave the room, so I was curious to see how he would fulfill the task of providing food and drink. Unbeknownst to me, while he was giving the sermon, he had already conjured a clone of himself and sent it to the city to beg for alms.

Meanwhile, the demon king Mara found out that Manjusri Bodhisattva intended to beg for alms in the city and thus cast a spell to teleport those who were outside indoors and seal all doors so that nobody could supply him with alms.

Manjusri Bodhisattva detected the spell and said, ‘In all the past lives I have lived, even an iota of the positive karma and wisdom that I have gleaned is enough to outweigh all of the positive karma earned by Mara In all of his past lives. If what I have claimed is true, may his spell be broken and may Mara take on the appearance of a lay Buddhist and give praise to my actions!’

As soon as the bodhisattva finished his speech, a team of devas descended from the heavens and opened all doors in the city, thus allowing believers to supply him with alms. And sure enough, Mara took on the appearance of a lay Buddhist and exhorted, ‘All should supply Manjusri with alms! Anyone who does so shall receive rewards beyond measure! Even if one supplied food and drink to all sentient beings in all multiverses for billions of years, the amount of positive karma earned would pale in comparison to what you would earn if you were to supply a handful of alms to him now!’

And Manjusri Bodhisattva used his divine powers to keep every portion of food and beverage separated in the alms bowl in his hands. He had collected enough rations to feed all 800 senior monks and 12,000 bodhisattvas in the monastery, yet not a single drop spilled out of the bowl.

After the collection of alms, Manjusri left Savatthi, went up to Mara, placed the bowl on the ground and said to the demon, ‘You are a lay Buddhist now. Try carrying this bowl while walking ahead of me.’ Mara tried doing so but could not lift up the bowl. Feeling ashamed, he said, ‘I am unable to lift this bowl.’

Manjusri said, ‘You also possess great supernatural powers. Why are you unable to lift this bowl?’ Mara summoned all of his powers but he was still unable to lift the bowl. Marveling at the situation which had never happened before, he said, ‘I can lift Mount Isadhara, hold it in one palm, and throw it in the air. But I cannot even make this bowl shift the slightest.’

Manjusri said, ‘A bowl under the influence of a bodhisattva who exhibits noble wishes, great conduct and divine powers is not something that you can move.’ Then the bodhisattva lifted the bowl with one finger, placed it in Mara’s hands, and said, ‘You are a lay Buddhist now. Try carrying this bowl while walking ahead of me.’ So Mara summoned all of his powers to keep the bowl in his hands while walking ahead of Manjusri.

At that moment, a deva king from one of the nirmitavasavartin heavens, together with 12,000 of his subjects, descended before Manjusri. He prostrated before the bodhisattva as a sign of respect, then stood up and asked Mara, ‘You are not Manjusri’s attendant. Why are you carrying his alms bowl?’ Mara replied, ‘O deva king, I cannot hold a candle to a bodhisattva who possesses divine powers.’ The deva king inquired, ‘But Mara, you also possess supernatural powers!’

Under the influence of Manjusri’s powers, Mara replied, ‘The strength of ignorance is demonic, while the strength of perception is bodhisattva-like. The strength of pride is demonic, while the strength of great wisdom is bodhisattva-like. The strength of misconception is demonic, while the strength of emptiness, formlessness and effortlessness is bodhisattva-like. The strength of confusion is demonic, while the strength of truth is bodhisattva-like. The strength of self-centeredness is demonic, while the strength of great compassion is bodhisattva-like. The strength of the 3 poisons (greed, hatred and delusion) is demonic, while the strength of the 3 antidotes (emptiness, formlessness and effortlessness) is bodhisattva-like. The strength of dwelling on life and death is demonic, while the strength of focusing on non-rebirth, non-destruction, non-exertion and equanimity is bodhisattva-like.’ Upon hearing Manjusri’s sermon provided via Mara, 500 devas resolved to become Buddhas, and 1,200 bodhisattvas attained the state of non-rebirth, non-destruction, non-exertion and great equanimity.   

On that day, Manjusri and Mara brought back just one alms bowl, yet all practitioners at Jetavana were fed, and that alms bowl appeared to be full at all times.”

[Taken from the second chapter of the Mahavaipulya Karanda Sutra]

Reflection:

Manjusri Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva known for his wisdom in Mahayana Buddhism teachings. He often enlightens practitioners with his wisdom, destroys heresies propounded by demons like a fearless lion roaring, and aids the Buddha in spreading the Dharma. In this display of supernatural powers, he tames the demon king Mara, letting the latter know that demonic powers are no match for divine powers by forcing him to speak the absolute truth so as to inform listeners of the differences between the two. The demonic influences of ignorance, pride, greed and anger are ultimately no match for the bodhisattva influences of great wisdom, great compassion and the Three Gates of Liberation (Gate of Emptiness, Gate of Formlessness, and Gate of Effortlessness). Practitioners of the Way of the Bodhisattva should use wisdom as a light to dispel ignorance and its related impure thoughts, so as to attain a high proficiency in exercising divine powers and great compassion.

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[william-r-melich]

A Good Point Well Made - 03/29/2024

Today on the radio, Clay Travis made a good point about our history. In that in 1945 we had the power with the atomic bomb to take over the entire world. Instead, we liberated many countries in Europe by defeating the Nazis and both allowing and helping other countries to flourish or decline on their own terms. It was like a good example of forgiveness and redemption in a profound way. World War II was really a battle of good versus evil, and that's where we find ourselves today, in battles of good versus evil. Maybe these battles will always exist as long as us humans are walking the earth. Hopefully we can reach a point where they are more limited in number and scope. It shouldn't become too commonplace, but rather as few exceptions, the fewer the better, obviously. Another thing that Clay Travis mentioned were the young soldiers who parachuted down behind enemy lines some days before our boats stormed the beaches of Normandy. Imagine getting into a plane for the first time in your life and jumping out in the dark while being shot at. Those young men had the kind of courage that is difficult to even imagine, truly incredible. Clay was saying how disgusted he was with things like the 1619 project, how it distorts history and focuses on the bad aspects of it in order to define who we are as a nation. Is that how you want to be defined, by your worst traits? Our country has done more - good than any other country on earth in the advancement of civilization. I vote for defining us by our strengths, while not ignoring the bad. Yes, we must acknowledge all of our history, but we must give credit where credit is due. Our United States of America has really been the greatest of all countries ever on earth, hands down no bullstit! So, given with Easter being this Sunday, I guess it's appropriate to find redemption by acknowledging our pitfalls, while celebrating our strengths and successes. Although I don't believe that Jesus rose from the dead, let us rise above our sins of the past by learning from them, find some measure of forgiveness towards ourselves and others, and do our utmost best to boldly face the truth and make our lives better with common sense and decency.

[wisdomfish]

Out of this horrible incident of malice and agony came divine redemption for sinners. God brought the greatest good out of the greatest evil.

~ Samples, Kenneth Richard. ‘Without a Doubt: Answering the 20 Toughest Faith Questions. p. 251

[darknimbusovermyhead]

Wings of Terror

Wings of Terror

Soaring above a red sunrise

That cast the clouds in hues of blood

Decending from the heavens

Dripping in blood is a crimson silhouette

Ready to embrace the world in its hungry talons.

A red shadow decending upon humanity

As our societies fall to calamity

The bird of prey soaring above

Sings its song of death and destruction

Engulfing the world in its darkness

Spreading its fear and madness

devouring our lives in its shadow.

Heroes who bear the light slip away

Taking with their subtle embrace of sanity

What's left clings to the hearts of the brave

What's left are the heroes of our time

Heroes whos destiny is not written

But instead is left still to be decided

We are wolves of a pack, lions of a den

Fallen to the dark in our silence.

The silence in the dark is broken

By the battle cries of warriors

The souls who fight for tomorrow

Let it be known, shadow

We know no surrender

We will stand in the fire

With a burning love

That could boil the oceans.

The brave hearts of mankind

Will set this evil ablaze

For the world is not as broken

As the wings carrying the darkness

The contagious smile that faces death

The warm hearts that give hope

Our arms clasp tightly together

Become our chains of mercy.

Our hands know no limits

In the face of evil

Our minds reach like rays to the stars

Where the cosmos sees us

Looking down in melancholy

At the bravery of men and women

That are loyal to their hope

And steadfast in this shadow.

Our minds shining bright

Our hearts shining brighter

Piercing the wings decending upon us

The shadow begins lifting

As evil begins falling

The sun begins shining

The clouds begin glistening

Our fight is already won.

The sun is now setting

Casting its red hues one more time

For the memories

But the moon rises full and bright

Our beacon in the dark

Our symbol of victory

Our reminder of the war

That darkness couldn't win.

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"Duality of Human Nature: A Review of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson"

Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a timeless classic that delves into the depths of human psychology, exploring the dualities that exist within each individual. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Victorian London, Stevenson's novella follows the story of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected scientist, and his mysterious alter ego, Mr. Edward Hyde. Through the eyes of Mr. Utterson, Jekyll's friend and lawyer, readers are drawn into a tale of suspense, intrigue, and moral ambiguity that continues to captivate audiences over a century after its initial publication.

At the heart of the novella lies the exploration of the duality of human nature—the eternal struggle between good and evil, virtue and vice. Stevenson masterfully depicts Dr. Jekyll's internal conflict as he grapples with the darker aspects of his personality that are embodied by Mr. Hyde. Through Jekyll's scientific experiments and subsequent transformation into Hyde, Stevenson raises profound questions about the nature of identity, morality, and the consequences of unchecked desires. The novella serves as a cautionary tale, warning readers of the dangers of suppressing one's true self and the potential consequences of yielding to temptation.

One of the most striking aspects of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is Stevenson's skillful use of atmosphere and setting to create a sense of foreboding and unease. The fog-shrouded streets of London, the dimly lit alleys, and the eerie silence of the city at night serve as the perfect backdrop for the unfolding mystery. Stevenson's vivid descriptions evoke a palpable sense of dread, drawing readers into a world where danger lurks around every corner and the boundaries between reality and nightmare blur.

Moreover, the novella is populated by a cast of memorable characters, each representing different facets of human nature. From the upright and respectable Dr. Jekyll to the sinister and malevolent Mr. Hyde, Stevenson's characters are complex and multidimensional, reflecting the inherent contradictions and complexities of the human psyche. Through their interactions, Stevenson explores themes of morality, guilt, and the consequences of sin, inviting readers to confront their own capacity for darkness and self-deception.

As the plot unfolds, Stevenson masterfully builds suspense, leading readers on a journey of discovery as they uncover the truth behind Dr. Jekyll's transformation into Mr. Hyde. With each revelation, the tension mounts, culminating in a shocking climax that leaves readers breathless and questioning the nature of humanity itself. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a masterpiece of psychological horror that continues to resonate with readers today, reminding us of the eternal struggle between light and darkness that exists within us all.

Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is available in Amazon in paperback 10.99$ and hardcover 17.99$ editions.

Number of pages: 97

Language: English

Rating: 10/10                                           

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Review By: King's Cat