I think the Epoch Times are good guys. They're trying to be a mainstream news source, but also report on what is actually real. Since the real is very far from the mainstream, they need to be careful to not alienate the reader. I think they're doing a good job and have been reporting increasingly aggressively about election issues, health, vaccine safety, wokeness, and the looming Great Reset.
They were recently censored on Twitter (all links to Epoch Times were gated with "unsafe content" warnings) - which was fortunately rescinded in a day, after a great outcry.
I don't mind their spiritual connections for the same reason I don't mind Andrew Torba (founder of Gab) is a Christian. I do not believe in Christianity, nor do I follow Falun Dafa, but nearly ANY spirituality is more pro-human, more pro-truth, than the soulless materialist reductionism of the globalist enslavers, which aim to eliminate free will by connecting everyone into a techno-Borg collective, such that even thoughts and emotions would be monitored and controlled.
They obviously oppose the CCP and want freedom in China, and I have no reason to disagree.
The good thing about our substack is that it's okay to disagree!
The Epoch Times is full of red herrings whose sole function (purpose?) is to divert people's attention from the progress of the WEF agenda, during which they are being enslaved and/or maimed/killed.
Compromising with Evil bears bad fruits, regardless of the original intention or whether the actors are "good guys" or not.
I only condone spirituality as long as it promotes personal responsibility instead of becoming part of an amorphous "whole."
Death. If one emulated Christ the logical end point is acceptance of individual death by non-resistance. This in turn implies faith in the spirit as being the core of what makes us human. Falun Dafa is said to be a CIA creation.
The ones hanging out in Portland under the bridge courtesy of the Oregon Government looked like mercenaries. I think it's traditional that mercenaries are violent.
Nice, and it still gets me how they survive in non-pacifist America to preach pacifism. Sure and if we all suddenly did that the aggressive nations of the world would immediately kill us all and harvest our organs. That being said, Falun Gong are nice people and America's freedom of religion philosophy allows me to respect their views though I don't agree with all of them.
Wouldn't it be great if they had a reformation and kept everything except instead of pacifism they had Bruce Lee-ism?
Yes, my personal observations of the basic principles of Buddhism are.. ‘just take a beating, shut up and don’t create waves’. ‘Accept the beating for what it is’.
To me, the term "meditation" is too volatile. My main problem with it that it insinuates that people have to do something special beyond living a good and meaningful life.
Also, there are too many types of "meditation," which further mystifies the idea that something special must be done. I find it disturbing that people are told they need to "meditate," because it automatically separates them and creates an unnecessary obstance between them by assuming that various levels of consciousness follow some kind of hierarchy.
All this doesn't mean that certain related practices have not been useful to me.
The relaxation part of yoga, for one, worked: it taught me to be able to regulate my body parts and, to a certain extent, vegetative functions. After a year or two, at the age of 18, I quit, because I was able to reach the same detached state after like 30 seconds. It turned out that breathing exercises made no difference to me, because I had already instictively used my breathing according to my needs. Toying with various types of consciousness resulted in the same observation.
I think the Epoch Times are good guys. They're trying to be a mainstream news source, but also report on what is actually real. Since the real is very far from the mainstream, they need to be careful to not alienate the reader. I think they're doing a good job and have been reporting increasingly aggressively about election issues, health, vaccine safety, wokeness, and the looming Great Reset.
They were recently censored on Twitter (all links to Epoch Times were gated with "unsafe content" warnings) - which was fortunately rescinded in a day, after a great outcry.
I don't mind their spiritual connections for the same reason I don't mind Andrew Torba (founder of Gab) is a Christian. I do not believe in Christianity, nor do I follow Falun Dafa, but nearly ANY spirituality is more pro-human, more pro-truth, than the soulless materialist reductionism of the globalist enslavers, which aim to eliminate free will by connecting everyone into a techno-Borg collective, such that even thoughts and emotions would be monitored and controlled.
They obviously oppose the CCP and want freedom in China, and I have no reason to disagree.
The good thing about our substack is that it's okay to disagree!
The Epoch Times is full of red herrings whose sole function (purpose?) is to divert people's attention from the progress of the WEF agenda, during which they are being enslaved and/or maimed/killed.
Compromising with Evil bears bad fruits, regardless of the original intention or whether the actors are "good guys" or not.
I only condone spirituality as long as it promotes personal responsibility instead of becoming part of an amorphous "whole."
Falun Dafa seem pretty much co-opted from where I sit. But I agree with what Denis says nevertheless.
Death. If one emulated Christ the logical end point is acceptance of individual death by non-resistance. This in turn implies faith in the spirit as being the core of what makes us human. Falun Dafa is said to be a CIA creation.
Is self defense violent? What is violence? Is antifa violent? I think so but dumbasses do not.
The ones hanging out in Portland under the bridge courtesy of the Oregon Government looked like mercenaries. I think it's traditional that mercenaries are violent.
Yes, I was just in a mood lol
Nice, and it still gets me how they survive in non-pacifist America to preach pacifism. Sure and if we all suddenly did that the aggressive nations of the world would immediately kill us all and harvest our organs. That being said, Falun Gong are nice people and America's freedom of religion philosophy allows me to respect their views though I don't agree with all of them.
Wouldn't it be great if they had a reformation and kept everything except instead of pacifism they had Bruce Lee-ism?
Nice!!!
Yes, my personal observations of the basic principles of Buddhism are.. ‘just take a beating, shut up and don’t create waves’. ‘Accept the beating for what it is’.
Inspiring thanks
To me, the term "meditation" is too volatile. My main problem with it that it insinuates that people have to do something special beyond living a good and meaningful life.
Also, there are too many types of "meditation," which further mystifies the idea that something special must be done. I find it disturbing that people are told they need to "meditate," because it automatically separates them and creates an unnecessary obstance between them by assuming that various levels of consciousness follow some kind of hierarchy.
All this doesn't mean that certain related practices have not been useful to me.
The relaxation part of yoga, for one, worked: it taught me to be able to regulate my body parts and, to a certain extent, vegetative functions. After a year or two, at the age of 18, I quit, because I was able to reach the same detached state after like 30 seconds. It turned out that breathing exercises made no difference to me, because I had already instictively used my breathing according to my needs. Toying with various types of consciousness resulted in the same observation.