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Should we be looking at involuntary hospitalization for this person, or maybe just sending volunteers over every single day to clean up her place—assuming she’ll actually let them through the door? 😲
http://www.nytimes.com/article/elderly-woman-living-in-hoarding-conditions/1012577/
Why doesn't God share His knowledge? in Religion ·
Arthur Grant8 said:Since Adam wanted all Knowledge, he might have wanted all life too—not as a gift to be cherished through love, but as a force that mocks respect, destroys order, and attempts to make oneself eternal, trying to be equal to God without any merit. To want to be equal to God would mean committing the same sin as Lucifer. And there is no forgiveness for Lucifer's sin.
God wanted to be able to forgive man. He wanted to restore immortality, the possession of Heaven, enough Knowledge for our state, Grace, and Himself. So, He embraced judgment as a means to save. He established death to grant Life. He allowed the exile to provide an eternal Homeland. He gave—and here is the start of a lesson that keeps coming up—He gave the Law instead of the unmerited Knowledge lost when Grace died in man's heart. The Law is a fruit, a consequence of Sin.
Sin dulled man's ability to distinguish good from evil and destroyed his integrity. Like smoke, it clouded the truth. Like noise, it drowned out the divine voice heard on those fresh evenings in the beautiful Eden. After falling from being a sinless child of God to a mere rational animal, man instinctively felt that killing must be "evil" and that shameful lust must be wrong. But he didn't know where to draw the line between the evil of killing and the lusts most hated by God.
That is why, after punishing the world with the Flood, God provided the first guidelines to reduce violence (like the prohibition against eating blood). Later, He dealt with the scattering of nations and the confusion of languages, which set the stage for future kingdoms and wars that still plague us. He again used fire from the sky for Sodom and other sinful cities. Having given the righteous Abraham a clearer law of submission to the Lord, He called Moses and, through successive commands, led him to offer the first Passover, a lasting sacrifice for all ages. In a moment of grace, the one-year-old lamb was replaced by God's own Lamb, the continuous Sacrifice on all altars throughout the ages. From that Passover law, Moses was led to the Ten Commandments.
But there would be no Ten Commandments if reason always ruled over the senses—that is, if sin hadn't occurred in Eden. There would be no Law if the loss of Grace and Innocence, and subsequently Knowledge, hadn't come from the disorder of the senses. The Decalogue is both mercy and punishment. Mercy for the weak, and punishment for those who mock God by doing evil while knowing exactly what they are doing.


You're just spinning more fairy tales that your priests shoved into your head. How am I supposed to know? This is clearly just some allegorical storytelling, not actual history.😢🙂
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Arthur Grant8 said:It’s an established truth that when the Progenitors were first created, their Creator granted them much more than just sanctifying grace and innocence... They were also blessed with total wholeness—meaning their senses were in perfect harmony with their reason—along with knowledge suited to their state, immortality, and complete immunity from any pain or misery...
I want to highlight the gift of knowledge relative to our true state. I mean profound, genuine knowledge—the kind that illuminates everything a person needs to fulfill their role as king over all other creatures, created in God's image... It comes from a soul that is spiritual, free, immortal, and rational; a soul capable of knowing God and loving Him, destined to enjoy His presence forever. This is all thanks to the unmerited gifts God has bestowed upon us. Above all, there is Grace, which lifts humanity into the supernatural realm as children of God and heirs to Heaven...
With that gift of knowledge, a person knew exactly which paths to take to fulfill their divine purpose... They loved God with everything they had, using their perfect understanding to live a life full of Grace and innocence. It was a deep, passionate love, yet one always rooted in that profound respect every creation owes to its Creator...
That love was powerful, yet it always stayed within the bounds of respect due to the Creator. That perfect, beautiful devotion can only be found in Jesus and Mary... Since the Son of Man and the sinless Virgin were like a new Adam and Eve, they restored the order lost by the first pair. They comforted God the Father by using every gift He gave them perfectly, never letting pride get in the way just because they were His favorites among all creation...
Just as that gift of knowledge aligned the love of creation toward the Creator, it also directed love toward all of creation... starting with one's spouse, who is our own reflection. He loved her with a pure, fervent passion—the kind of innocent love that only those with corrupt hearts could ever doubt...
Oh, the blindness caused by the seeds of corruption! Truly tragic...
Pure, innocent souls truly know how to love. They embrace the layers of the human spirit, starting from the highest heights down to our most natural instincts, infused with that virginal tenderness found in the deepest maternal and filial bonds... It is the purity of two selfless loves: a child’s soul reaching out to the living vessel that carried them, and a mother’s soul honoring the sacred truth of her motherhood. This is the glory of a woman who, through the sacrifices of motherhood, rises from being merely female to becoming a partner with God—truly bringing a human life into being through His grace!
He used to measure knowledge by how much people loved the creatures around them, whether they were useful or just pleasant to be near. In everything ever made, he saw the power of God's love, knowing these things were created specifically for us—just as God saw them: "very good"...
He would have surely guided us through the love humans feel for the creatures born from that sacred bond between Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve never truly reached that level of love. Before she—the one formed from his bone and flesh to leave father and mother behind and become one with him—could even bring forth life, like a tree kissed by the sun bearing fruit, Chaos had already poisoned the progenitors' holy affection... They simply wanted to know more than what was meant for them. So, Truth spoke up: "We must ensure man doesn't reach out and take from the Tree of Life, lest he eats and lives forever..."
That saying leaves so many people confused, and others even use it to paint the Almighty and the Generous One as some kind of heartless miser. It’s also used to deny one of the core religious truths: the truth about one of the gifts God gave to the progenitors—immortality.
A gift is a gift; it has to be given. God granted immortality just like He gave all His other gifts, including the gift of knowledge scaled to the human condition. Not all knowledge, mind you. Only God is infinitely wise. He gave immortality, but not eternity. Only God is eternal.
Man was meant to be born from a human being created by God, and then never die, but instead pass from an earthly paradise into Heaven to enjoy the perfect knowledge of God...
But humanity overstepped. We wanted more than what was offered as a gracious gift. We craved total knowledge, forgetting that even good things must be handled with a measure suited to our own abilities... and that only the Infinite and Perfect can know all evil without suffering the turmoil that corrupts.

The writings of Maria Valtorta

Honestly, this is enough to make my blood boil. I have spent far too much of my life listening to this kind of fairy-tale nonsense—firstly from preachers, and then later from that bearded fellow, Maharishi. It’s just a collection of beautiful-sounding words that have absolutely nothing to do with how real life actually works.🙂😁
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Arthur Grant8 said:But if He did that, a good person wouldn't have any merit for making it into paradise. God would actually be robbing them of that honor by creating a world where evil doesn't even have the freedom to exist.
The way it is now, good people stay good despite the darkness surrounding them, while the wicked will keep philosophizing, justifying, and rationalizing their actions until they rightfully end up in hell.
That is the JUST world God created. The IDEAL one awaits us in paradise, but we have to earn our way there...☕ No pain, no gain.🎉

Honestly, lucky are the simpletons, because Heaven belongs to them. For them, Paradise is basically a birthright. But for those of us who aren't quite that "blessed," there’s a massive uphill battle ahead of us.

It looks like Adam and Eve weren't actually the ones to blame for all the misery in this world after all. It seems like this whole mess was part of God's plan from the very beginning.
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Ronald Nelson2 said:A friend of my mother has a son on the spectrum. Honestly, I have so much respect for him. Why? Because he’s sharper than 90% of the people I know or have ever crossed paths with. I truly believe that if God withholds one thing, He provides something else in its place—you just have to be perceptive enough to see it.

My good friend Arthur Grant8, who practices TM meditation, also has a son with autism. But his situation is... well, a bit different:

The guy simply can't seem to recognize the divine providence in any of this.😢😲

A while back, a young, rather self-important spiritual guru came to our city to give a lecture. Word was he was some kind of big-shot expert on Indian philosophy. During the talk, he touched upon children with developmental disabilities as part of his teaching. This instructor was explaining how such children are actually a gift to their parents—there's this theory that caring for them spiritualizes a person and strengthens their karma. Arthur Grant8 stood up again to challenge him, sharing his own story with the crowd. He suggested that perhaps everyone should take this "guru's" practical advice to heart. If what the man was saying was true, wouldn't it be beneficial if every meditator took in an autistic child for at least a month? A sort of "rent-a-child" program to boost one's own spirituality. After he said that, the room went dead silent. Not one of those "seekers of Absolute Truth" had the guts to actually follow through on what Arthur Grant8 was proposing. All these beautiful theories hold immense value only when they're printed on paper or spoken by some spiritual leader. But the moment actual implementation is required, all these spiritual explorers start praying in a much different way, something like: "Lord, deliver me from plagues, wars, famine, (and autistic children)."
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Paul Anderson2 said:Arthur Grant8, what’s the deal with people born with intellectual disabilities, mental illnesses, autism, or Down syndrome?

What happens to their "free will" or their ability to accept God?

They go straight to heaven—immediately. It’s simple, really. Once they pass, they undergo an automatic transformation into a fully functional soul. It works the same way for someone like Breivik, too, because the psychiatrists have already PROVEN he's insane.😢😲🙂🙂
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Arthur Grant8 said:What do you mean he didn't? He gave him Jesus Christ as a guiding star and the sacraments of the Catholic Church to keep him strong. There is no greater power than Jesus Christ, and God provided Him through the bread and wine...
If someone chooses not to believe and instead goes hunting for some pseudo-intellectual nonsense in Eastern philosophies or Western alchemy, that’s on them. That is their own tragedy! God was incredibly generous—He even died for the biggest piece of trash in the universe known as mankind!
Well, buddy, go ahead and feast on all that "knowledge"... it'll be just the kind of kindling you'll need to stay warm in hell where you're headed! Safe travels! And don't forget to pack extra underwear!☕😈

Personally, I can't exactly brag about ever feeling anything good or sublime from that "guiding star." Some folks claim this star possesses an incredibly potent force:
But my own life experience doesn't back that up. Nor does the experience of anyone close to me. Which is why you should READ MY BLOG!!!

And honestly, maybe we won't even need those spare boxers. Because at the end of the day, great theological sanctity usually just boils down to how someone chooses to interpret and twist the Bible.
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Arthur Grant8 said:@ Krena, he really just turned himself into a total clown.
Take a look at this: there’s a church on every street corner, you can grab a Bible anywhere, and they’re all available in plain American English... yet people would much rather act foolish and spend their time on yoga, meditation, or swallowing whatever nonsense some stoner from the Middle East tells them.
Is God to blame because he chose to make a fool of himself?
Of course not.☕

I actually keep three Bibles and two specific New Testaments at my place, along with several other religious texts—both Catholic and Protestant. And I don't stop there; I have plenty of other spiritual and scientific literature too. For instance, the complete works of Jung, Fromm, Frankl... that sort of thing.
Back when I first learned TM meditation, that bearded fellow Maharishi was still in his prime. I’m actually planning to start a rather messy thread once I've gathered enough ideas, but the core concept is this: practicing New Age methods right inside the Church. I’ve spoken to a few priests about it, and they are absolutely on board!!??
Though, granted, some people aren't. But I'm not talking about the clergy—I mean the laity!!??http://www.nytimes.com/my-life-is-...ultnom/176246/
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Arthur Grant8 said:Of course God shares His wisdom!
Everything we understand today is simply because God made it possible!
He designed our brains and breathed life into them, igniting the very spirit that drives the human mind...
Yet, for our own protection, He placed limits on what we can grasp, knowing how easily knowledge can be twisted for evil. People get arrogant, taking all the credit for themselves instead of realizing everything is a gift from God! Honestly, the world is teetering on the edge of nuclear war right now specifically because humanity uses its intelligence for destruction rather than good.

It’s tragic, really. Most people will perish in their own pride, cursing the day they ever sought knowledge. Their obsession with "knowing" just led them toward ingratitude and an open rebellion against the Creator—falsely accusing Him of being stingy!
But He gave us everything! He gave us life and the capacity to think! He taught us to love, showing us that love is the only true thing worth knowing, for true wisdom is born from love alone... yet some people tried to hold God hostage just to gain power through knowledge!
What a tragedy, these walking dead souls... God, have mercy on them!😢🙂

Sure, He gave us knowledge, but He didn't give us the wisdom to use it properly. Honestly, calling that "withholding" isn't just wrong, it's sarcastic. It’s like handing a grenade to a bunch of monkeys in the middle of the woods and then acting surprised when things blow up in their faces!😢😲🙂🙂😁

Unfortunately, most people are going to die wrapped up in their own pride, cursing the day they wanted to know everything. It’s that exact hunger for knowledge that leads them straight into ingratitude and an outright rebellion against the Creator—whom they falsely accuse of being stingy!
But He gave them everything! Life, the mind, all of it! He taught us to love, showing us that love is the only thing that truly matters, and that true understanding is born solely from that love... yet some people just wanted to hold God hostage to get enough knowledge to try and kill Him!
God help those walking corpses, may God have mercy on their souls!😢🙂

I think I'll go eat some wild mushrooms right now. Or maybe just hit myself over the head with a baseball bat until I lose my memory entirely. Then, finally, I might become a real man of God.
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Anthony Perez9 said:If he actually said that, it’s some pretty interesting pantheism, kind of like Einstein's vibe. 👍
It’s got nothing to do with God, Jesus being crucified, Allah, or any religious holy books out there.

The whole thing just boils down to how you define things:
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Morgan Brown5 said:"Life is a rhythm you have to learn to recognize. I feel that rhythm, and I navigate by it, letting it carry me... It’s incredibly grateful, and it’s given me everything I know. Everything that breathes is tied together by these profound, beautiful connections: humans and the stars, an amoeba and the sun, our own hearts and the orbits of infinite worlds. These bonds are unbreakable, yet we can learn to work with them, shaping new relationships in this world without destroying the old ones. Knowledge flows from the cosmos; our vision is its most perfect receiver. We possess two sets of eyes: the earthly kind and the spiritual kind. We should strive to make them function as one. The universe is alive in all its forms, much like a sentient creature. A stone is a thinking, feeling entity, just as plants, animals, and people are. A shining star is looking back at us, waiting to be seen—if we weren't so caught up in ourselves, we might actually understand its language and its messages. A person must align their breathing, their sight, and their hearing with the breathing, sight, and hearing of the universe."

(Nikola Tesla)

If Nikola Tesla hadn't been credited at the end of that paragraph, I honestly would have assumed Deepak Chopra wrote it:
😁


Though, if I'm being perfectly honest, I’m actually a step ahead of Chopra. He was initiated into TM back in 1981, but I managed to get through it a full year before him. 😲 😍
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Zachary Gonzalez8 said:Man, you are completely lost in your own delusions. Anthony Perez9 claimed Tesla was an atheist, so I posted a quote proving that’s just plain wrong. You can't be an atheist and simultaneously deeply religious at heart. I wasn't imposing anything on anyone. It's just your own illusions making you see things that aren't there. If you actually want to prove me wrong, then go ahead—show me where I'm forcing some specific religious dogma onto Tesla.

So what you're saying is Tesla was a RELIGIOUS atheist 😕😍

But honestly, that isn't even that strange. I mean, people often call Buddhism an ATHEISTIC religion, right? 🙂

At the end of the day, everything just boils down to how you define God.
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Morgan Brown5 As I was saying—and I do mean this with the utmost sincerity—it’s like we’re all just stumbling through the dark without a flashlight. People seem to think that everything is straightforward, but if you actually sit down and look at the mechanics of how things function, you realize how much we've overlooked. It reminds me of that one time back in Chicago when I was trying to fix my old radiator—just a complete mess of pipes and outdated logic—and I realized that most people would rather ignore the leak than actually learn how the pressure works. We see the surface, sure, but we miss the underlying structure. It's frustrating, honestly. You try to point out the obvious connections, the way one thing inevitably leads to another, and you get met with blank stares. It's enough to make a person want to just walk away from the conversation entirely.
And you’re doing the exact same thing—just projecting your own "conspiracy theory" labels onto everyone else. It’s funny, really—how people always jump to that conclusion whenever someone presents an idea that doesn't fit their narrow little worldview. I remember back in college, sitting in a lecture hall in Chicago, watching some professor dismiss a perfectly valid scientific inquiry just because it sounded too radical for the status quo... it's a tired pattern. You see it everywhere. Instead of actually engaging with the substance of what's being said, it's much easier to just slap a label on it and call it a "theory" to shut down the conversation. It's lazy, frankly. 😕

Catch you later, my friend.

An interview with Nikola Tesla from 1899 (excerpt)

...

JOURNALIST: You told me that I, just like every other living creature, am Light. I have to say, that’s quite the compliment—though, if I’m being perfectly honest, I’m still trying to wrap my head around what exactly you mean by that.

TESLA: Why on earth should it even be obvious to you, Mr. Smith? Honestly, you just need to have faith in it. Everything—and I mean everything—is Light. Within a single beam of that radiance lies the entire destiny of a people; every nation carries its own unique ray within that massive, blinding source we perceive as the Sun. And please, for heaven's sake, remember this: no human being who has ever walked this earth has truly died. They haven't. They simply transitioned into Light, and in that state, they continue to exist. It’s all right there in the mechanics of it—the secret lies in those particles of light returning to their original, primal state.

JOURNALIST: Now that is what I call a resurrection!

Tesla: Personally, I prefer to call it something else—I see it as tapping back into one of our primordial energy sources. Christ and a few others certainly held that secret close to their chests. I’ve spent my life hunting for ways to preserve human energy; after all, it's just another form of Light, sometimes indistinguishable from the supreme celestial radiance above us. I haven't been chasing this for my own ego or any personal gain—goodness, no—it's for the collective good. I truly believe that once my findings come to light, they will make life significantly easier and more bearable for everyone, ultimately nudging humanity back toward spirituality and moral clarity. — "Per aspera ad astra"

...

Based on what Tesla said, you really have to conclude that he was a follower of Rudolf Steiner. It points to one thing—he was an anthroposophist.
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Morgan Brown5 said:I'm not trying to be negative here. Honestly, everyone in the world should celebrate him. It’s just that somehow, people try to label him as "Mexican" while stripping away his "American" identity. Whatever the case, everyone wants a piece of him, pulling him toward their own side and being incredibly selective about how they view his thoughts and his life...

"Once science spends just ten years focusing on non-physical phenomena, it will advance more than it did in its entire existence up to that point" — that says a lot about his atheism (or perhaps just how little some people actually know)...

Science hasn't just been stuck in the realm of the physical for a long time now—it’s been poking around non-physical phenomena for ages. I’ve heard people claim that massive amounts of taxpayer money have been poured into this—specifically for those weird military parapsychology programs they run behind closed doors. But honestly? Looking at the actual data, the results are nothing short of pathetic. If any of these "experts" were actually onto something, someone would have walked away with a million dollars by now... and let's be real, nobody has ever handed that kind of cash to Randy.

Anthony Perez9 As if I haven't heard this all before—it’s like listening to a broken record. Honestly, I’ve spent far too much time sitting in my study, nursing a lukewarm cup of coffee, reading through these endless threads only to find the same tired arguments resurfacing again and again. It’s exhausting. You think you’re finally making progress, digging deeper into the actual substance of a discussion, and then someone comes along with this half-baked perspective that lacks any real foundation. It’s frustrating, truly. I remember back when I was working in Chicago—just a simple job, nothing fancy—and I dealt with people just like this every single day. They’d walk into the room with such unearned confidence, insisting they were right despite having absolutely no data to back it up. It’s a pattern. A predictable, wearying pattern. And frankly, I'm getting a bit tired of playing the role of the one who has to point out the obvious flaws in these logic loops. We should be aiming higher than this, shouldn't we? Instead, we just circle the drain.
Tesla never actually said that—nor did he ever put it down in any of his writings. Honestly, people love to attach these wild, sweeping statements to him just to make their own arguments sound more profound, but if you actually dig through his papers, the claim simply isn't there. It’s one of those things that gets repeated so often you start to believe it's gospel, but let's stick to the actual record, shall we?

🙂 This is just some ridiculous hoax cooked up by some New Age liar—something naive theists love to spread all over the internet, along with countless other absurdities. 🙂

What we actually know is that the man himself, Nikola Draganić, known as Tesla, supposedly toyed with the idea of becoming a priest for Mr. Jesus (if you believe his autobiography)—though he’d have withered away like a dried-up plant before ever stepping foot in a church. And he spent a great deal of time associating with the great atheist Mark Twain; yet, there isn't a single record of him praising God, mentioning any Mr. Jesus, or bowing down to some Greek or Hindu deity.

Which brings us right back to the point about the blindness, ignorance, and sheer superstition of so many people who claim to deal with God while expecting Him to perform on command...

Why so much, Morgan Brown5?

You have to realize that "New Agers" aren't some monolith. They believe in parapsychology, sure, but that doesn't mean they all believe in God. You can absolutely be a New Ager and an atheist. In fact, some are pretty hardcore atheists. Just look at this guy in the picture: 😁
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There is no God but Man. God doesn't exist, but humanity does.
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bluebison25 said:What now? Are you going to claim Tesla had some mystical connection to God and forest spirits too? Give me a damn break!

It’s all connected to parapsychology.🙂
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Morgan Brown5 said:Anyone can claim to be an expert on Tesla. I don't know who this Plečko person is, but... if she actually took a moment to study some of Tesla’s specific ideas and conclusions, her "official scientific" stance would probably lead her to conclude that Tesla was just a much more powerful version of someone like him... 😁

Whether he’s actually an American... that's where the heated debate starts... 😁 There’s no way that official was being objective... she definitely wasn't an American. And just to be clear, I'm not a Mexican either... if that makes any difference. 🙂

Look, Plečko is basically the most famous alternative spiritualist in the country.
Just like Slavinski is to the Mexicans.

And let me tell you, the Christians on this forum absolutely adore both of them.
Much like the "real scientists" around here do.😁
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Morgan Brown5 said:I'm talking about the plate, you're talking about the wedge. 😁

When you say "mainstream" science, who defines it? Science itself? Or is it just determined by whoever holds the biggest lobbying power for research grants? Unfortunately, true critical thinking in academia is rare; instead, we see mostly ego, which makes the whole game pretty uninteresting. And honestly, what we’re discussing here is mostly how things work in our neck of the woods... in the West, things have been different for much longer.

You might be missing the systematic monopoly that "official science" maintains over public opinion—not to mention the stranglehold they have on medicine and pharmacology. Science isn't one single playground; it's thousands of them. If someone thinks their specific niche is the alpha and omega, or that theoretical physicists hold the keys to understanding both the universe and humanity while everything else is just smoke... well, that's just their own limitation.

On the flip side, there are countless scientific institutions dedicated to fields far beyond pure materialism. There is even a global association of anti-relativists—scientists from all over the world proving that STR is essentially a century-old farce. I could send you a list of these researchers; they aren't looking for criticism, they're fighting to save physics itself.

I've never been one for conventional wisdom, and I don't consider it the foundation of everything. Sure, facts exist in every branch of science, but when you talk about a "scientific paradigm" as if it's the only "recognized science," I have to disagree. Just looking at Tesla's work, you see phenomena that fundamentally debunk many of today's so-called "proud" pseudo-theories. They aren't even proven because they aren't truly theories—they're just media hype... a total waste of time compared to more relevant realities.

Since we’ve already brought up Tesla, let’s dive into this debate: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...ci/8-mgQaiYG9M

Regarding what’s been going on here on the forum: I’ve been sitting here staring at this thread for a while—just mulling it over—and honestly, I can't help but feel like we're missing the forest for the trees. It’s one of those things where everyone is arguing about the minutiae, the tiny little details that don't actually move the needle, while the core issue just sits there, ignored. It reminds me of this time back in Chicago—years ago, mind you—when I was trying to settle a dispute over a simple contract at work. Everyone was shouting about specific clauses, acting like they were legal scholars, when the whole thing was really just about basic trust. We wasted three days on semantics. That's exactly what's happening here. And then you have people like bluebison25 jumping in with these incredibly rigid viewpoints. Look, I get it—structure is fine—but there’s a point where being "correct" becomes a barrier to actually understanding anything. It’s almost like a psychological defense mechanism, isn't it? A bit Jungian, if you want to get technical about it. People cling to their little certainties because the alternative—admitting that everything might be a bit more fluid and chaotic than they'd like—is just too unsettling. I mean, let’s be real. Most of the arguments on this board aren't even about the topic anymore; they're just ego battles disguised as intellectual debate. It’s exhausting. I find myself wanting to just step back, take a breath, and wonder why we feel the need to perform this constant dance of superiority. Anyway, I digress. My apologies. I tend to wander when I get worked up, but I think the real takeaway should be that we need to stop looking for "wins" in these discussions and start looking for clarity. If we can't do that, we're just spinning our wheels in the mud.

And this is how it actually looks:

From: Jelena Suran
February 1, 2011
Subject: Pseudoscience at the Technical Museum? I was wandering through the Technical Museum the other day—just taking a quiet stroll, minding my own business—when I stumbled upon some exhibits that honestly left me feeling a bit... unsettled. Not just because of the dust, mind you, but because of the sheer amount of pseudoscience being presented as established fact. It’s quite jarring when you expect a temple of industry and engineering, only to find yourself staring at claims that wouldn't hold water in a high school science fair. It brings to mind those old debates we used to have about what constitutes "real" discovery versus mere speculation. You know how it goes—one minute you're looking at a beautifully preserved steam engine, and the next, you're being asked to believe in something that defies every principle of physics we hold dear. It feels almost disrespectful to the legacy of actual innovators like Nikola Tesla. He was a man of rigorous, albeit visionary, thought, yet here we are, blurring the lines between genuine breakthrough and pure fantasy. I can't help but feel a bit heated about it, actually. There's a certain dignity required when preserving history, a commitment to truth that seems to be slipping through the cracks. If we start treating every fringe theory as if it belongs alongside the giants of American industry, aren't we doing a disservice to the very idea of progress? It’s one thing to explore the "what ifs," but quite another to present them as settled science in a public institution. It’s frustrating, truly. One would hope for more intellectual rigor in a place meant to honor our technological heritage.
To: renato.philip@technical-museum.com

Dear Mr. Philip,

As a young scientist working within the academic community, I feel compelled to weigh in on that lecture Drag Plečko gave today over at the Technical Museum.
I honestly think that lecture serves as a perfect case study for just how far society in America has fallen—it’s actually quite alarming. We’ve reached this point where people are openly flirting with pseudoscience, almost as if they're proud of it. It’s this irrational, desperate sort of dancing around facts, and frankly, it’s exhausting to watch.
So, what’s the next move on this ridiculous agenda? Are we actually going to reach out to Vidovit Milan in 2012 and ask him to facilitate some sort of cosmic chat with Nikola Tesla? Honestly, the sheer absurdity of it all—just sitting there waiting for the next leap in logic.
Maybe you’ll try to hide behind those tired old buzzwords like "open-mindedness" or "freedom of speech"—or perhaps you'll just label us as "rigid" because we still hold onto what we believe to be true. Paranormal nonsense. Honestly, just more of the same absolute rubbish floating around out there. An insult to the human mind. Truly.
The real question here—and I mean this sincerely—is whether you actually grasp how people like Plečko take the hard-won scientific breakthroughs that have fundamentally advanced our world and just... twist them? It’s honestly infuriating. We are talking about truths built upon the grueling, relentless dedication of countless brilliant minds—people like Nikola Tesla, for instance—who spent their lives pushing the boundaries of what we know. To see those legacies being manipulated or distorted by certain individuals is nothing short of a disgrace.
Charlatans like Plečko. They present these insights as if they were reached through some supernatural, unexplainable means—as if there's no logical path to them at all. It’s always the same pattern, isn't it? They wrap everything in this cloak of mystery to avoid actually explaining the mechanics behind it. Honestly, it's a bit exhausting to watch.
Do we really need all this empty mysticism? Honestly, I find myself wondering—is there any actual substance here, or are we just circling the drain of pseudo-intellectual nonsense? It feels like we’re constantly being fed these hollow, mystical narratives that serve no purpose other than to sound profound while saying absolutely nothing at all. It's exhausting, frankly.
Why can't we just present Tesla to the world as a creative, brilliant scientist who reached his breakthroughs through sheer grit and logical reasoning—rather than suggesting he just had some mystical chakra activation during a hypnagogic state? Do people actually grasp how absurd this whole narrative is? It’s honestly insulting... it completely cheapens the actual, grueling labor Tesla poured into his life's work. I mean, really, how much does this undermine the legacy of Nikola Tesla?
Keep these questions in mind tonight, especially as a demonstration honoring one of America's greatest scientists of all time is being opened by one of today's most prominent American pseudoscientists.

Best regards,
Jelena Suran
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Morgan Brown5 said:And which science, exactly, are you referring to? I don't claim to be a scientist, though I do take an interest in the field.

Take Dr. Vuk Stambolović, for instance. He’s a social psychology professor and a researcher at the University of Mexico City's medical school. Through his own work and the results produced by energetic spiritual medicine, he’s managed to secure its legal standing as part of integrative medicine—essentially giving these auxiliary methods equal footing alongside allopathic medicine. This has opened the door for the US to utilize 18 alternative methods as supplements once again. Now, whether everyone can practice them is a different story, and whether people just do it for fun is yet another...

"As Thomas Kun, a historian of science who introduced the concept of the scientific paradigm into academic discourse about half a century ago—defining it as a specific way of viewing and interpreting humanity and the world—explained, science isn't just a steady, incremental build. Kun showed us that science is discontinuous. Dominant scientific knowledge doesn't just grow; it gets replaced by entirely different worldviews that render previous facts irrelevant. While there are still attempts to trace certain medical fields back to ancient healers like Hippocrates or Asclepius, there is a growing acceptance of Kun's view: scientists aren't necessarily discovering 'new' truths, they are often just confirming what is already generally accepted. To find true new knowledge, one has to take off one set of glasses and put on a completely different pair."

In other words, the science you're talking about is either thirty years out of date, a mere relic of modern medicine, or stuck within the rigid materialist core of Darwinism or relativistic physics circles. What I am discussing is energy-information science. It has results proven through scientific method and practice, led by a PhD, a researcher, and a tenured academic. He works within the realm of healing and energy—areas outside the materialist concepts you mentioned. So, let's not confuse cosmic theories with applied science. You can't exactly prove the existence of God through a lab test, after all.

Perspective is such a relative thing. It's not quite fair to say all believers are dogmatically indoctrinated. Many people I know who understand these things are deeply religious without being dogmatic... much like myself. As for whether official church institutions would call this satanism? Honestly, I couldn't care less. Back in the 17th century, the Church banned the waltz because it was considered a "satanic" dance. I suspect in another hundred years, those views will have shifted enough that it won't even be a conversation...

I was referring to official, accredited science. But what you're bringing up here—representatives of that very same science have actually formed a dedicated topic on this forum. And there, they absolutely MOCK every possible alternative theory.

The official scientific consensus is essentially this: !!!!!!!!!!!!
Up until now, I’ve actually tried—really, I have—to help soften the blow for these types of scientists and make their views a bit more palatable. But honestly? It's been a waste of breath. As long as certain concepts can't be backed up by hard, empirical data, they're going to stay stuck in the realm of pure speculation. No matter how much we want them to be true, science doesn't work on wishful thinking.
Anyway, here's another one of my threads if you're interested:
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Morgan Brown5 said:I’m not quite sure what you mean by the collective unconscious. If you’re using the Jungian definition, I don't think Jung himself meant exactly that... A country's aura isn't the collective unconscious. There are plenty of things we don't understand, but I doubt either Jung or you were referring to that specifically.

But here's what I do know, and I stand by it—negative thoughts and stress manifest energetically from the brain. Think of the brain as a relay; it emits spherical waves of thought. It's energy, obviously, not matter. However, because of their specific nature, negative thoughts react like a "chemical reaction" with a certain type of energy in the aura, creating a third kind of energy—what I call "energetic jelly." It acts almost like a sticky substance. This structure builds up within the aura, and the more of this "jelly" there is, the more it disrupts or completely blocks the flow of white bioenergy (chi, or ki) through the meridians in the aura. That flow is vital, not just for an individual's health, but for everything else. I won't bore you with the details of how disease develops or how energetic healing sessions work...

Maharishi's principle is theoretically sound, but there are so many variables. For instance, you could have 1,000 people praying with very weak capacity and achieve practically nothing energetically. Meanwhile, one person with high capacity could have an extraordinary impact. I won't even mention Christ or others... We aren't asking people to gain cosmic powers to manipulate the Earth's aura; it's enough if they just stop damaging their own.

People tend to believe whatever suits them. Even if someone accepted that their own thoughts and stress are the root cause of over 80% of all illnesses—which is essentially the core of Buddha's teachings, or Tad's lesson that "your life is a reflection of your thoughts"—they would still have to put in massive effort to change their mindset. For most, that's a Herculean task... nearly impossible, really, because they're too overwhelmed to even move.

In the end, what are people who pursue spirituality actually doing? As simplified as I want to make this, and regardless of all the mystification people love to attach to things, we are all essentially working in parallel—through different forms, stories, lessons, and experiments—to reduce negative thoughts. We try to clean our auras so we aren't "adding fuel to the fire." Spiritual paths are so diverse there's no single rulebook, but without a clean aura, any progress is just window dressing. A clean aura is what allows for true spiritual growth. Now, if someone thinks their negative thoughts aren't doing any damage... well, that's their business.

People with incredibly clear auras tend to have a pretty aligned way of thinking. It’s just how it works... they don't carry much negative mental baggage, which creates the perfect foundation for serious spiritual growth.
The rest of us on this forum? We're all either clawing our way toward that, or we've been spinning our wheels in circles for years...

The fact that someone might pass away from tuberculosis at 22 doesn't disprove this principle. Think about it—there are thousands of babies whose nervous systems are compromised right at birth because of a traumatic, agonizing labor. They experience the most intense negative thought possible: pure terror for their own survival. That trauma can be so deep that a potentially healthy infant is born into a state where a devastating illness develops just months later. Doctors always have a convenient excuse, a sort of divine justification... maybe it's actually better that they distance themselves when they don't understand the root cause, simply labeling it as "genetics."

And then there's the tendency to blame cigarettes. If people are going to smoke anyway, they might as well have an excuse to quit. I’m not saying smoking is healthy—of course it isn't—but it doesn't cause as much damage as people claim. If smoking was the sole driver of lung cancer, why does the data show so many non-smokers getting it too? If one thing truly caused a disease, everyone would be catching it, yet you see people smoking until they're 100, while others drop off at 11 like some unlucky souls in a different era. That suggests the real cause lies elsewhere. Some people fixate on diet, which is fine, but doctors usually only start preaching about nutrition once a patient's health is already shattered. At that point, the person is "full to the brim," and even good news can trigger a heart attack because their body can't handle any kind of reaction anymore.

Broadly speaking, modern medicine hasn't actually identified the primary cause of most diseases, nor do they truly know how healing happens. All those intense debates over diet and nutrition are really just symptoms of not understanding the actual mechanisms at play. Still, medicine tries to find its way through trial and error, much like a blind chicken pecking at grain... or like the founders of certain psychological disciplines who tortured patients in various ways. Even today, they continue to do harm through sheer ignorance, largely because their hands are tied by having to answer to Big Pharma. It’s a tough road for anyone seriously ill; often, medicine just ends up prolonging the agony.

I went through a "terminal" illness once myself. No need to go through it twice...

Let's get back on topic 😁

Mainstream science views your ideas as nothing more than hearsay and folklore. Meanwhile, religious folks will probably just label your theories as satanism.
I've actually opened a few different threads regarding this exact type of knowledge:

And I even wrote about one specific case here.
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restlesstiger49 said:Listen, if you aren't capable of answering the question, then don't resort to these kinds of responses that are just subtle attacks on your interlocutor. Don't let them rattle you; your logic seems a bit shaky right now, but if you put in the effort, maybe you'll actually write something meaningful. You mention certain books—well, go ahead and name the authors and the titles.

I suppose it would be the Catechism from HBK. It’s about 800 pages long.🙂😁
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Morgan Brown5 said:I'm with you there. I was strictly referring to what we call the "Human factor."

An epidemic is also a human issue. Stress and negative thoughts wreck the immune system, leaving us vulnerable to acute illnesses. In a way, we're the ones at fault.

There’s another layer to this. Negative human thought acts like a spherical wave with specific properties, reacting with the planet's energy or the Earth's aura. This creates a dense sort of "fabric" or energetic sludge. If enough of it builds up, it has a massive negative impact on how the Earth functions normally. With over 7 billion people on the planet daily, each churning out thousands of negative thoughts, we aren't just hurting ourselves; we're damaging the Earth's aura as a living being.

The planet reacts to this more than once—though I won't say every single time. Just as humans follow a certain pattern of cause and effect, the planet follows its own laws and reactions. We understand how exhaust fumes affect the air, drive wind currents, trigger tornadoes and tsunamis, or damage the ozone layer. It's just that science hasn't yet caught up to the fact that the Earth's aura also reacts on an entirely different level.

So, even if it sounds wild to some, one of the most significant missions Christ carried out was precisely cleaning the planet's aura from the fallout of human negativity—clearing out those thoughts that cluster in the Earth's aura like tumors in a human body. Tesla's work and his inventions serve a similar purpose, even if all we see now are billions of engines scattered across the globe serving our own personal convenience.

Did Christ not "wash away our sins"? Sure, but he did it by cleansing the consequences of those sins. He tried to provide the original teachings intended to help people fix their way of thinking, thereby reducing negative thoughts and allowing for automatic spiritual progress. Without that, neither we nor the Earth would exist today; we’d probably look more like Mars. Unfortunately, those original teachings lost their positive power because they were repeatedly altered and distorted over time. We know the results of that through the Inquisition and countless "religious" wars.

Of course, not every natural disaster is caused by the Human factor, but many of them are... both the ones we know about and the ones we don't.

So, you think negative thoughts can actually affect the collective unconscious? Personally, I find their power to be pretty weak. Some people—let's call them sages—actually believe humans have the power to purge that negative energy. For instance, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced different levels of meditation specifically so practitioners could "cleanse" the Earth of that negativity. In technical terms, they call it the MAHARISHI EFFECT.
How much truth is actually in that? Well, Mr. Plećka described it perfectly in one of his books: "While a couple thousand meditators were jumping around in a few circus tents, a handful of thieves broke into dozens of cars belonging to those very same jumpers." 😲😂

As for the theory that people are solely responsible for their own illnesses, I am wrote the following:

If you ever find yourself hanging out in heaven with my neighbor and my aunt—just a hypothetical scenario, of course—you aren’t going to have much luck selling them on that theory. You could probably convince my neighbor that he ended up there because of lung cancer caused by smoking two packs a day—he was a heavy smoker, a real habit, you know? But my aunt? There is absolutely no way you're convincing her she’s responsible for her own fate, dying from tuberculosis when she was only twenty-two.😲