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http://www.goddess.ws/kali.html
QuoteAn explanation of Mother Kali's picture
Kali comes from the Sanskrit root word Kal which means time. There is nothing that escapes the all-consuming march of time. In Tibetan Buddhism Her counterpart is male with the name Kala. Mother Kali is the most misunderstood of the Hindu goddesses. The Encyclopedia Britannica is grossly mistaken in the following quote, "Major Hindu goddess whose iconography, cult, and mythology commonly associate her with death, sexuality, violence, and, paradoxically in some of her later historical appearances, motherly love."
It is partly correct to say Kali is a goddess of death but She brings the death of the ego as the illusory self-centered view of reality. Nowhere in the Hindu stories is She seen killing anything but demons nor is She associated specifically with the process of human dying like the Hindu god Yama (who really is the god of death). It is true that both Kali and Shiva are said to inhabit cremation grounds and devotees often go to these places to meditate. This is not to worship death but rather it is to overcome the I-am-the-body idea by reinforcing the awareness that the body is a temporary condition. Shiva and Kali are said to inhabit these places because it is our attachment to the body that gives rise to the ego. Shiva and Kali grant liberation by removing the illusion of the ego. Thus we are the eternal I AM and not the body. This is underscored by the scene of the cremation grounds.
Of all the forms of Devi, She is the most compassionate because She provides moksha or liberation to Her children. She is the counterpart of Shiva the destroyer. They are the destroyers of unreality. The ego sees Mother Kali and trembles with fear because the ego sees in Her its own eventual demise. A person who is attached to his or her ego will not be receptive to Mother Kali and she will appear in a fearsome form. A mature soul who engages in spiritual practice to remove the illusion of the ego sees Mother Kali as very sweet, affectionate, and overflowing with incomprehensible love for Her children.
Ma Kali wears a garland of skulls and a skirt of dismembered arms because the ego arises out of identification with the body. In truth we are beings of spirit and not flesh. So liberation can only proceed when our attachment to the body ends. Thus the garland and skirt are trophies worn by Her to symbolize having liberated Her children from attachment to the limited body. She holds a sword and a freshly severed head dripping blood. As the story goes, this represents a great battle in which she destroyed the demon Raktabija. Her black skin represents the womb of the quantum unmanifest from which all of creation arises and into which all of creation will eventually dissolve. She is depicted as standing on Shiva who lays beneath Her with white skin (in contrast to Her black or sometimes dark blue skin). He has a blissful detached look. Shiva represents pure formless awareness sat-chit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss) while She represents "form" eternally supported by the substratum of pure awareness.
By not understanding the story behind Mother Kali it is easy to misinterpret Her iconography. In the same way one could say that Christianity is a religion of death, destruction and cannibalism in which the practitioners drink the blood of Jesus and eat his flesh. Of course, we know this is not the proper understanding of the communion ritual.
Attaching the idea of sexuality to Mother Kali has no basis in Her at all. There is nothing that associates Her with sexuality in the Hindu stories. In fact it is just the opposite. She is one of the few Goddesses who is celibate practicing austerity and renunciation!
The notion that She is the goddess of death, sex and violence is simply utter nonsense. When we study the life of the great saint Ramakrishna or the great poet saint Ramprasad (both famous Kali worshippers), or listen to the traditional Hindu devotional songs to Kali, there is no hint of this death-sex-violence notion. This can also be confirmed by going to any of the Hindu websites such as www.hindunet.com and reading about Mother Kali. Also recommended is the book Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar, by Elizabeth Harding. Also there is a beautiful and genuine Kali temple in Laguna Beach, California and it may be visited on-line at www.kalimandir.org. Kali is the goddess of enlightenment or liberation.
Kali Yantra
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QuotePosted Friday, July 29th 2016 @ 10am by Hannity.com Staff
While some critics considered Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech on Thursday evening a bit of a snoozer, you would think at least her husband would show some enthusiasm. However, it appears that former President Bill Clinton was caught catching up on his beauty sleep during the biggest moment of his wife's life.
Watch the moment during Hillary Clinton's speech:
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13 hours ago, JAMMY said:
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Emails Will Prove Hillary Armed ISIS In Syria
QuoteSpeaking on Democracy Now, Assange said:
So, those Hillary Clinton emails, they connect together with the cables that we have published of Hillary Clinton, creating a rich picture of how Hillary Clinton performs in office, but, more broadly, how the U.S. Department of State operates. So, for example, the disastrous, absolutely disastrous intervention in Libya, the destruction of the Gaddafi government, which led to the occupation of ISIS of large segments of that country, weapons flows going over to Syria, being pushed by Hillary Clinton, into jihadists within Syria, including ISIS, that’s there in those emails. There’s more than 1,700 emails in Hillary Clinton’s collection, that we have released, just about Libya alone.
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DeHaven died Saturday in Las Vegas, her daughter told The Hollywood Reporter. Born July 23, 1925, she began her six-decade film, TV and stage career with Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" in 1936.
Actress Gloria DeHaven dies at age 91
Gloria DeHaven, the star of many movie musicals during Hollywood's Golden Age, has died at age 91. Rest in peace. share.ew.com/3tH6rPt
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The new emojis roll out in a developer preview today and to Apple device users in the fall.
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They’re here plotting to bring their wisdom to the nation’s public elementary school children. They point out that Christian evangelical groups already have infiltrated the lives of America’s children through after-school religious programming in public schools, and they appear determined to give young students a choice: Jesus or Satan.
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http://www.presstv.us/Detail/2016/06/24/471966/Swiss-Sion-driverless-shuttles
QuoteThe shuttles are directed by sensors and GPS, and rely on this technology to detect obstacles in the way. The city’s bus company says there are people in the shuttles that are supposed to ensure the passengers’ safety.
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/30/politics/julian-assange-wikileaks-democrats/index.html
QuoteWe have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign'
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http://www.snopes.com/2016/07/29/ancient-lobster-saved-possibly-killed-by-animal-rights-activists/ THIS POSTED PIC IS A BEFORE PIC
HE WAS ONLY 80 YOA WHEN HE DIED????
Lhttp://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article91360072.htmlarry made it to the Maine State Aquarium in one piece, but was, unfortunately, dead on arrival. As it turns out, shipping it was supposed to only take a day or so. Instead, it took more than a week to get it there, in part because FedEx initially refused to accept the lobster in a leaky container:
Larry was packed in a Styrofoam clamshell with seaweed and frozen gel packs intended to keep him cold. The Styrofoam package was then put in another box, providing extra cushioning and protection from leakage. iRescue did not respond to questions about the shipping cost.
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@Jay Witness, I do not know if this will help you any, but I would be remiss if not sharing with you. The articles are rather long, so I am posting the links to the info.,plus what I thought interesting
QuoteA few English translations of the Bible do use Jehovah in the New Testament. For example, William Newcome, in what is sometimes known as "Archbishop Newcome's new translation", has the name Jehovah a few times where the New Testament quotes from the Old Testament, such as Matthew 22:24.[20] The first complete Bible printed in America[21] by John Eliot, although not in English, frequently uses "Jehovah" in the New Testament.[22]
QuoteMain article: Bible translations into HebrewOver the centuries, various translators have inserted the Tetragrammaton into Hebrew versions of the New Testament. One of the earliest Rabbinical translations of Matthew is mixed in with the 1385 critical commentary of Shem-Tob. He includes the Tetragrammaton written out or abbreviated 19 times, while occasionally including the appellative HaShem (השם, meaning "The Name").[18]
QuoteLaurence Schiffman[7] views this as a discussion of whether to rescue section of the sifre minim (Hebrew language texts of Jewish Christians) containing the tetragrammata from a house fire. Another interpretation suggests this is a reference to Old Testament Torah and not the Gospels.[8]
Although none of the extant Greek New Testament manuscripts contain the Tetragrammaton, scholar George Howard has suggested that the Tetragrammaton appeared in the original New Testament autographs,[9] and that "the removal of the Tetragrammaton from the New Testament and its replacement with the surrogates κυριος and θεος blurred the original distinction between the Lord God and the Lord Christ."[9] In the Anchor Bible Dictionary, Howard states: "There is some evidence that the Tetragrammaton, the Divine Name, Yahweh, appeared in some or all of the OT quotations in the NT when the NT documents were first penned."[9]:392
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton_in_the_New_Testament#The_New_World_Translation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton_in_the_New_Testament#The_New_World_Translation
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Example of Louisiana-Tradition Voodoo altar inside a temple in New Orleans.
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Afro-American religions involve ancestor veneration, and include a supreme creator along with a pantheon of divine spirits, such as the Orisha, Loa, Nkisi, and Alusi, among others. In addition to the syncretism of these various African traditions, many New World religions incorporate elements of Indigenous American, European, Kardecist, Spiritualist, Christian, Islamic, Judaic, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-American_religion
List of traditions
Other closely related regional faiths include:
- Puerto Rican Vudú or Sanse (Fon and Ewe, Puerto Rico)
- Comfa (mixture of Igbo, Akan, Kongo, and Yoruba knowledge traditions, along with Indigenous American, Asian, and European elements, Guyana)
- Xangô de Recife (Yoruba, Brazil)[4]
- Xangô do Nordeste (Yoruba, Brazil)
- Tambor de Mina (Yoruba, Brazil)
- Santo Daime (folk Catholicism and Spiritism, Brazil)
- Espiritismo (mixture of Indigenous American, African, European, and Asian beliefs, Puerto Rico)
- Hoodoo (mixture of West African, Indigenous American, and European traditions, Mississippi Delta)
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For an extended discussion on Palo's history, see: Dodson, Jualynne E. (2008). Sacred spaces and Religious
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Not to be confused with Hoodoo (folk magic) or Louisiana Voodoo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou
Contents
- 1 Names and etymology
- 2 Beliefs
- 3 Practices
- 4 History
- 5 Demographics and geographic distribution
- 6 Gallery of Haitian Vodou objects
- 7 Myths and misconceptions
- 8 KOSANBA
- 9 Organizations
- 10 See also
- 11 Footnotes
- 12 References
- 13 Further reading
- 14 External links
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As time would tell, Clinton paid more than a politician' s lip service to the practice of Voodoo.
According to the Haiti Observateur, "During a March 31, 1995 visit to Haiti under Aristide' s restored rule, Clinton took part in a Voodoo initiative ceremony intended to keep him impervious to Republican attacks and to guarantee his re-election." (FrontPageMag.com, Feb. 20,. 2004).
QuoteFormer US President Bill revealed in his new book " My Life" his experience with Haitian Voodoo which he found fascinating, and helped him to understand how different cultures try to make sense of life, nature, and spirit forces
The former US President recalled that back in 1975 after his wedding with Hillary, the couple was awarded a trip to Haiti from a friend David Edwards
Bill Clinton explained in his book that Hillary, his friend Edwards and he went to see a voodoo ceremony near Port-au-Prince. After a brief description of the voodoo religion, later that day, Voodoo priest Max Beauvoir later conducted a voodoo ceremony in their presence. more »
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http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoohistory.html
QuoteThis lengthy article has been subdivided into several sections:
HOODOO, CONJURE, ROOTWORK: Definition of Terms: How I Define Hoodoo
WHAT HOODOO IS: An African-American Folk-Magic Tradition
WHAT HOODOO IS NOT: Voodoo, Santeria, Palo, Brujeria, etc.
ADMIXTURES: European, Spiritist, and Kabbalist Influences on Hoodoo
ADMIXTURES: Asian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist Influences on Hoodoo
RESPECT: What It Is
WATCH: Did Bill Clinton Doze Off During Hillary's Speech?
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Do you not think Hillary's speech probably continued later in privacy, for sure with Bill listening? Someone, if not too afraid would probably have called her attention to this video.