Mind's Fire
- henbaneode
- Apr 17, 2023
- 5 min read
When there are too many references, it is difficult to discern which reference should be given the priority...
Following is a linear delineation of my present thoughts as they stream...
Starting point:
From there,
& from there,
& specifically the following line:
'...In Greek mythology, a butterfly personified the goddess of the soul, Psyche. The Greek word psyche means both soul and butterfly. In fine arts, a soul was often depicted as a butterfly either flying out of a funeral fire or travelling to Hades. The word soul often means “divine fire”...'
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then zoom in to:
'In fine arts, a soul was often depicted as a butterfly either flying out of a funeral fire or travelling to Hades.'
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I just Googled & found this: *
'...By the 18th century, Christian butterfly collectors saw a religious parable in the insect’s life cycle. We were caterpillars, greedy worms condemned to toil on earth; the chrysalis was our coffin, but the butterfly’s miraculous emergence symbolised the possibility of an afterlife, a chance for our souls to ascend to heaven....'
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The next natural step would be:
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While we are at science:
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More science:
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That ties nicely with:
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Now, how do we explain:
'...The word soul often means “divine fire”...'
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Google: 'chrysalis'
Showing results for chrysalis definition Search instead for crysalis definition Search Results Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more chrys·a·lis Learn to pronounce noun
a quiescent insect pupa, especially of a butterfly or moth. "the transformation from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis and, finally, adult"
the hard outer case enclosing a chrysalis. "the splitting of the chrysalis and the slow unfolding of the wings"
a transitional state. "she emerged from the chrysalis of self-conscious adolescence"
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Now, we go back to the Guardian article: *
'...these free-flying insects are the closest thing the natural world offers to our concept of the untethered human spirit....'
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One more definition:
Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
Christ
Origin Old English Crīst, from Latin Christus, from Greek Khristos, noun use of an adjective meaning ‘anointed’, from khriein ‘anoint’, translating Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘Messiah’.
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IMHO (in my humble opinion), the word 'Christ' stems from the word 'Chrysalis' meaning 'Transformation' (via Meditation)...
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For more explanation for Meditation, get hold of English version of [Kang Shin Ju] video:
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When you meditate, you get bombarded with lots of thoughts -- traffic jam in the head...
And we are all concerned about our current political dilemma...
And I recommend the readers to review the following information:
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'...The Buddha declares that he will perform the miracle at the foot of a mango tree in Savatthi on the full moon day of Asalha Puja in four months time. According to the Pali version of the story; the rival teachers, desperate to avoid the contest, uproot all of the mango trees in the area prior to the miracle tournament....'
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Spiritual teachers who are supposed to have disciplined their minds from 'ego' -- compete!
They uprooted all the mango trees!
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No, I didn't upload the Orissa Dharma Chakra (1200 AD) for viewers to study Eight_Fold_Path; all that belongs to doctrine study -- you don't need to study the doctrines to learn Meditation; [Kang_Shin_Ju] explains in his video that there are two schools of studying Buddhism: Via doctrines & via meditation...
Hinayana & Mahayana falls under the doctrine study -- forget all that stuff...
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Why do you suppose I uploaded this?
To use it as an analogy: 21st century Dharmachakra vs 13th century Dharmachakra?
Right on...
It not only delineates our time in which the dwellers of the hour having become slaves to money, the wheel also describes how our politics run...
The battle of the ego is waged with a threat of a war by one who vies for all encompassing power, then countered by opponent who cooks up some clever strategy that shrinks down the party that threatens the war followed by yet another bombastic ego (or the challenged one countering with rebuttal) that throws another threat of war, then countered by another -- thus churning the wheel...
Meanwhile technology is advancing to a point providing the ego maniacs with capacity to annihilate the planet...
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If/when one little thing goes wrong with [Plasma_Study], Earth will lose atmosphere, while humanity's karma is ripe for such accident...
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Now, what is the equivalent of Mango Tree -- in our time -- in 2023 AD?
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When it comes to power struggle, nothing changed since...
How many years apart are those above two subject matters?
[Timeline of Middle Eastern History]
And how many years apart is the following subject matter from the above two incidents?
[The Saudi Arabian tyrant silencing his critics with savagery | 60 Minutes Australia]
Murder date of Jamal Khashoggi: [02OCT2018]
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[Eye of Horus]
[Salman Rushdie]
This is a very interesting article; I read slow; I haven't finished reading it...
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Saudi Arabia & Iran both worship Islam (& they are enemies to each other: Sunni vs Shia) -- the religion that does not separate religion from politics...
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[Pope John Paul II]
Attempted assassination: May 1981 by a Turkish (Muslim) terrorist
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[September 11, 2001]
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As though mirroring the Islamic world, West is fighting against each other over natural resources -- Black Sea Oil -- whichever country has the most natural resources, they will be able to afford the biggest military budget thus having greater chance to dominate the world...
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The best excuse I ever heard on war is the answer Krishna gave to Arjuna:
Arjuna: Krishna, why must we war?
Krishna: For greater good, Arjuna...
[Bhagabad Gita]
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Either we fight the one last mother of all wars (for which 'we' won't be able to reach consensus), or we need to question:
So, what is the Mango Tree equivalent -- in our time -- in 2023 AD?
It is the division of the nations, isn't it?
Here is a draft of formulating a [New World Order] -- which could facilitate the starting point...
We keep current UN as is, and work on the new design that could solve our problems...
As for the Monitor of the project, I nominate [Vladimir Putin] -- because everyone fears him -- whatever counter measure anyone comes up against him, dies out in 24 hours...
Rather than 'fearing' him, we could assign him a new position with new task for which he could use his brain for the greater good of Earth -- not just for Russia doing which earns him bad reputation & augments the countering challenge more and more evil by the hour thus subjecting the challenging party greater paranoia...
Upon accepting the new post, [Vladimir Putin] needs to go through deep hypnosis so to ensure that he will not think up a strategy to benefit his ancestral country, Russia, only...
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