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Rose Visits her First Home
2023.03.26 00:03 FiddleandFickle Rose Visits her First Home
Hello All! I have been working for some time on a small collection of short stories/vignettes to turn into a graphic novel about my cat and I at the edge of the end of the world! My goal is to tell a story about accepting changes and growth. I would really love some feedback on some of the little stories. This is my first one I am sharing! I haven't written in years so I have been a little scared to share, but I feel a strong urge to share this story and would really like to improve/get it to a place where I'm not scared to share it out. Let me know what you think :)
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We creaked open the old, heavy door to reveal what appeared to be a home frozen in time. But instead of frost, it was dust that held each piece of furniture in place since what appears to be the 1990s. Underneath each layer of dust, there was a shiny cherry wood grain. Cozied on top, doilies and cold candle holders. The air, already heavy from the sprinkles of kicked up dust, was weighed down even more by the scent of amethyst, rose, mezcal and mothballs. The heaviness of the air was fitting for the scene. Here lays a life that once was light and vibrant, now long gone. Something her and I now have come to face too many times in this life. I carefully raised my eyes to see her face. I was terrified for our eyes to meet. Her round, green eyes had a darkness to them. She appeared to be away, somewhere else—perhaps in this very room at a different time.
“Just how I remembered,” she whispered in awe. Her little white paws pinched closer together just before she lied down, with all her feet tucked in. Her eyes still appearing to be somewhere else.
“Happy memories?” I felt the words well up in my throat.
“Oh yes. But, in some ways—very sad. It makes me remember when…” she paused. I knew this was coming. This was a grave mistake. Not good ever comes from digging up the past, happy or sad. The happy memories only remind you of what comes at the end. “When it all changed.”
“I understand.” I sat next to her, kicking dust in the air. I pet her head. “I’m sorry, Rose. I hope this brings you peace.” I say, assuming she is stronger than me.
“It does. It brings me closer to her.”
Silence. Rose reminisces and I meditate on her point. We have no connection to our past lives now—but more than ever I find myself wanting to live in that fantasy world. A world before everything changed. Before I left the only home I ever knew, and before the war. I wonder if Rose feels the same way with her first home. Before she lost the only person she knew to love and trust and had to grow up and find a new home to make her own. And although she is the only one I have, I wish I could give her this world back. Or at least be able to hide her from what her world has become. Maybe bringing her back here does.
This old ranch house, once warmed and decorated by eager newly-weds, worn down by 3 children, slowly became softer and quieter when the children moved out and the husband passed away, leaving Beth and later Rose as its only habitants. As a kitten, Rose found peace with Beth. There were few visitors and plenty of space to race from one room to the next. As Jazz music played, Beth would water her plants and talk to Rose about the importance of allowing something to grow. Rose learned to love Jazz and the rest of her life, let the plants around her grow without her interference.
After Beth passed and I adopted Rose, these lessons came in handy when I would accidentally purchase a Peace Lily or Alocasia—both poisonous to cats—or when I needed to relax her on a tough car ride by playing some light jazz. Throughout the years I had Rose, she would let me into this past life little by little. I always avoided the subject with her as to not pry. But here, it felt unavoidable.
I take a deep breath.
“Thank you, Beth,” I exhale.
Rose let out a soft, slow stream of tears from her eyes as she began to smile.
“Yes, thank you. I love you dearly, Beth.” Rose stands, tilts her head up as if to acknowledge Beth above in the heavens. “And thank you for allowing me to feel her here once more. It feels like a piece of me has been renewed.”
I nodded. I could not say anymore. This is her moment, and I wanted to leave it on her own terms. No questions, no pushing her towards light-hearted conversations, no heavy hitting words of wisdom…this is for her.
“I want to stay just a little longer if that’s okay.” I nodded again. She nuzzled me as she walked towards the bedroom.
“Just as it was left. Nothing changed, just some dust!” I hear her shout from the other room. “Isn’t that something?”
It is.
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Rose presses her right paw into the carpet as she stretches are front legs. Despite being hardened by the years of neglect, dust, and water damage, still feels like it once did. She allows her mind to trick her. She runs under the bed and armoire, hiding from imaginary mice. Beth comes in from the kitchen and lays a throw on the bed. This is where Rose is allowed to lay, so not to ruin the comforter. She finds her spot and snuggles in between her two feet.
“Such a sweet girl, Rosalia. Paying your dues by keeping my feet warm,” Beth’s voice echoes into the room so faintly. The opaque memories becoming more chopped and faded over time feel so clear now.
Suddenly a bright jazz piano plays in the kitchen. Beth is awake and putting a kettle over the stove.
Spring is here, and Beth sits on the front porch while Rose rests her head in the afternoon sun spilling through the window.
Dusk appears and Beth has given in and retired back to the living room for more tea and light reading. The birds retire as well and the night becomes ever so quiet.
The day repeats, over and over, until one day it doesn’t.
One day Beth does not wake up and play Jazz. Many people come and then, everyone is gone. Someone visits once every few days to check on Rose before she is taken away from the home. Rose has returned, but Beth has not.
All these memories play at the same time. Her mind assigns no order or priority over these memories. Once they have played a few times, she pulls herself back to the old, dusty bedroom. Her new caretaker is waiting for her.
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I peel back the curtains. Outside the sunset stains everything it touches an orangey-red, meaning good weather ahead. A sense of peace calms my nerves and I feel a nuzzle against my ankle.
“I think I am ready now,” Rose says.
“You sure? We can always come back you know.”
“No, I don’t think so. But I feel so lucky to have been her once more.”
I follow Rose out. My shoulders rolled down with a sprinkle of shame.
“Thank you, Kara. I love you dearly.”
I pick her up onto my shoulder. Rose watches the house shrink behind us, and I watch the sun set on the last day I saw her as my little kitten.
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2023.03.25 23:41 FiddleandFickle Rose Visits Home
Hello All! I have been working for some time on a small collection of short stories/vignettes to turn into a graphic novel about my cat and I at the edge of the end of the world! My goal is to tell a story about accepting changes and growth. I would really love some feedback on some of the little stories. This is my first one I am sharing! I haven't written in years, so please be kind!
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We creaked open the old, heavy door to reveal what appeared to be a home frozen in time. But instead of frost, it was dust that held each piece of furniture in place since what appears to be the 1990s. Underneath each layer of dust, there was a shiny cherry wood grain. Cozied on top, doilies and cold candle holders. The air, already heavy from the sprinkles of kicked up dust, was weighed down even more by the scent of amethyst, rose, mezcal and mothballs. The heaviness of the air was fitting for the scene. Here lays a life that once was light and vibrant, now long gone. Something her and I now have come to face too many times in this life. I carefully raised my eyes to see her face. I was terrified for our eyes to meet. Her round, green eyes had a darkness to them. She appeared to be away, somewhere else—perhaps in this very room at a different time.
“Just how I remembered,” she whispered in awe. Her little white paws pinched closer together just before she lied down, with all her feet tucked in. Her eyes still appearing to be somewhere else.
“Happy memories?” I felt the words well up in my throat.
“Oh yes. But, in some ways—very sad. It makes me remember when…” she paused. I knew this was coming. This was a grave mistake. Not good ever comes from digging up the past, happy or sad. The happy memories only remind you of what comes at the end. “When it all changed.”
“I understand.” I sat next to her, kicking dust in the air. I pet her head. “I’m sorry, Rose. I hope this brings you peace.” I say, assuming she is stronger than me.
“It does. It brings me closer to her.”
Silence. Rose reminisces and I meditate on her point. We have no connection to our past lives now—but more than ever I find myself wanting to live in that fantasy world. A world before everything changed. Before I left the only home I ever knew, and before the war. I wonder if Rose feels the same way with her first home. Before she lost the only person she knew to love and trust and had to grow up and find a new home to make her own. And although she is the only one I have, I wish I could give her this world back. Or at least be able to hide her from what her world has become. Maybe bringing her back here does.
This old ranch house, once warmed and decorated by eager newly-weds, worn down by 3 children, slowly became softer and quieter when the children moved out and the husband passed away, leaving Beth and later Rose as its only habitants. As a kitten, Rose found peace with Beth. There were few visitors and plenty of space to race from one room to the next. As Jazz music played, Beth would water her plants and talk to Rose about the importance of allowing something to grow. Rose learned to love Jazz and the rest of her life, let the plants around her grow without her interference.
After Beth passed and I adopted Rose, these lessons came in handy when I would accidentally purchase a Peace Lily or Alocasia—both poisonous to cats—or when I needed to relax her on a tough car ride by playing some light jazz. Throughout the years I had Rose, she would let me into this past life little by little. I always avoided the subject with her as to not pry. But here, it felt unavoidable.
I take a deep breath.
“Thank you, Beth,” I exhale.
Rose let out a soft, slow stream of tears from her eyes as she began to smile.
“Yes, thank you. I love you dearly, Beth.” Rose stands, tilts her head up as if to acknowledge Beth above in the heavens. “And thank you for allowing me to feel her here once more. It feels like a piece of me has been renewed.”
I nodded. I could not say anymore. This is her moment, and I wanted to leave it on her own terms. No questions, no pushing her towards light-hearted conversations, no heavy hitting words of wisdom…this is for her.
“I want to stay just a little longer if that’s okay.” I nodded again. She nuzzled me as she walked towards the bedroom.
“Just as it was left. Nothing changed, just some dust!” I hear her shout from the other room. “Isn’t that something?”
It is.
- -
Rose presses her right paw into the carpet as she stretches are front legs. Despite being hardened by the years of neglect, dust, and water damage, still feels like it once did. She allows her mind to trick her. She runs under the bed and armoire, hiding from imaginary mice. Beth comes in from the kitchen and lays a throw on the bed. This is where Rose is allowed to lay, so not to ruin the comforter. She finds her spot and snuggles in between her two feet.
“Such a sweet girl, Rosalia. Paying your dues by keeping my feet warm,” Beth’s voice echoes into the room so faintly. The opaque memories becoming more chopped and faded over time feel so clear now.
Suddenly a bright jazz piano plays in the kitchen. Beth is awake and putting a kettle over the stove.
Spring is here, and Beth sits on the front porch while Rose rests her head in the afternoon sun spilling through the window.
Dusk appears and Beth has given in and retired back to the living room for more tea and light reading. The birds retire as well and the night becomes ever so quiet.
The day repeats, over and over, until one day it doesn’t.
One day Beth does not wake up and play Jazz. Many people come and then, everyone is gone. Someone visits once every few days to check on Rose before she is taken away from the home. Rose has returned, but Beth has not.
All these memories play at the same time. Her mind assigns no order or priority over these memories. Once they have played a few times, she pulls herself back to the old, dusty bedroom. Her new caretaker is waiting for her.
- -
I peel back the curtains. Outside the sunset stains everything it touches an orangey-red, meaning good weather ahead. A sense of peace calms my nerves and I feel a nuzzle against my ankle.
“I think I am ready now,” Rose says.
“You sure? We can always come back you know.”
“No, I don’t think so. But I feel so lucky to have been her once more.”
I follow Rose out. My shoulders rolled down with a sprinkle of shame.
“Thank you, Kara. I love you dearly.”
I pick her up onto my shoulder. Rose watches the house shrink behind us, and I watch the sun set on the last day I saw her as my little kitten.
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2023.03.25 23:03 lazy-tapir A letter to my Dad
My dad and I have been discussing the Church's racist priesthood/temple ban. I have written a response, what I need help with is making sure my tone and text is directed at doctrine and church stuff and limits things that could be construed as a personal attack. It's long but any feed back would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
Thanks for a well-thought-out and respectful reply. I appreciate your time and commitment to our conversation. My thoughts about this came fast and furious; I have been thinking about this subject long and hard, wrestling with concepts and philosophies for the better part of 3 years. I had a lot of emotions (anger, sadness, frustration, loss, grief) when I first started my research. I was bitter (the things I had to work through were also bitter). These feelings have relaxed with time, and I am comfortable with my decisions. Contentment and peace are once more the baselines for me. Okay, so let me respond to some of your points:
Scriptural Justification for Priesthood ban-
This is my paraphrase and interpretation of each verse you sent me:
Genesis 4: 9-11, 13, 15
Cain is being punished for his sin of killing his brother Abel (I have no qualms with his punishment for sin). I read nothing in these verses about anyone else being punished, especially not someone 5,500+/- years from the actual sin.
Moses 5: 16, 18-19, 21-26, 28-40, 41
16: Cain is taught the gospel and nature of God, he questions/rejects it.
18-19: Cain has a relationship with Satan and follows his commands. Cain gives fruit as sacrifice instead of the prescribed animal flesh
21-26: The offering is rejected, this makes Satan happy and Cain sad/wroth; the Lord asks Cain why he is angry and sad, then the Lord says if you do what I ask you will be accepted but if you don't: sin and Satan are waiting for you. Cain then becomes the Father of Lies, he gets cursed unless he repeats. Cain doubles down, marries his brother's daughter and makes oaths with Satan. Cain gives himself a new name and conspires to kill Abel and accomplishes the task.
- Genesis 4: 9-11, 13 ,15 again; Cain explains why he acted the way he did. Cain experiences the consequence of sin. Again no mention of punishing/cursing people 5,500+/- years for these actions.
Moses 7: 8, 22
8- Enoch prophesies that the Lord will curse the people of Canaan with blackness for destroying the people of Shum
22- Black people don't have a place amoung the seed of Adam. (Classic 19th century racism)
Abraham 1: 21-24, 26-27, 31
21-24: All of Egypt descends from Ham and his wife Egyptus (who was a Canaanite) they preserve the "curse".
26 Pharoh was righteous, wise and just but was cursed to not have the Priesthood because his great x 7ish grandpa murdered and conspired with Satan.
27 Pharoh denied the priesthood despite being the grandson of Noah and the eldest son of his family.
This curse of Cain = why Black people are reduced to servitude and restriction in the Kingdom of God is a common belief amoung Christians in the early 1800s. It is in my opinion the philosophy of men mingled with scripture.
To this point, I believe that the books of Moses and Abraham are 19th Century works. Eygptologist, apologists for the Church and the Church itself admits that the translation of the Abraham papyrus is not anywhere close to accurate. The papyri that came into Joseph's possession were common Eygptian funerary texts and not written by the hand of Abraham. Given that I have no faith that these texts are scripture, I believe that Joseph Smith was using psuedepigraphia to create them; it is hard for me to accept these concepts/doctrines are from God. As far as psuedepigraphia goes I am in agreement with faithful LDS historian and author of Rough Stone Rolling, a biography about Joseph Smith, Richard Bushman. VIDEO CLIP LINK, a quote from the link for your convience: "Joseph Smith's books of Moses and Abraham and the writings of Enoch in the book of Moses bear a resemblance to this large corpus of scriptures in that they came in the form of writings in another person's name. Joseph was producing psuedepigraphia." I am not arguing that your interpretation of the scriptures is wrong, I am arguing that the teaching of the curse of the lineage of Cain and Africans being banned from temple/priesthood comes from works produced in the 19th century and are not doctrinal or Scriptural. These doctrines are racist to the core and I do not believe in a racist God.
Apostles and Prophets aren’t perfect- I agree, but I do expect them to be good. If one Prophet/Apostle makes errors, I hope the others will help to course correct (ln our current example, it shouldn’t take 158 years), especially given their commission to be special witnesses of Christ.
Spiritual Answers - Receiving answers from God has always been a sticking point for me; there are so many times when I wish feelings could be a reliable way to detect or determine the truth about a particular idea or course of action. Unfortunately, feelings are not a reliable or accurate way of determining validity. Many people from different world views and cultures will testify that they have received a Divine Witness that their way is correct and there are no others.
https://youtu.be/UJMSU8Qj6Go (this video has members of Islam, Catholicism, Judaism, Heaven’s Gate, Latter-Day Saints, two different Brighamite LDS church off-shoots, Wiccans, Budahism, Jonestown, Seventh Day Adventists, Scientology, and maybe 1 or 2 more, each testify something to the effect of: I asked God and he told me the way.)
So many different witnesses say they know something by how they feel. If Joseph Smith was right and the gospel revealed through him is God’s one authentic way, how are so many getting witnesses that their way is also valid? I have learned and internalized that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I trust that He would not be sending witnesses to some people of the truthfulness of Islam and others the truthfulness of Scientology. In my search for truth: evidence, reproducible results, and facts are more important to me than feelings. A recent example of this at the top levels of the Church came in November 2015; the Church changed its policy as it regards LGTBQ+ members and same-sex marriage defining such as apostasy. With that, the children of these marriages and partnerships, whether adopted or naturally born, were prohibited from baptism until their 18th birthday, required to denounce same-sex marriage, and received approval from the First Presidency.
Russell M. Nelson, at the time the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Jan. 10, 2016, said
“We met repeatedly in the temple in fasting and prayer and sought further direction and inspiration. And then, when the Lord inspired His prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, to declare the mind of the Lord and the will of the Lord, each of us, during that sacred moment, felt a spiritual confirmation. It was our privilege as Apostles to sustain what had been revealed to President Monson. Revelation from the Lord to His servants is a sacred process, and so is your privilege of receiving personal revelation.” --Becoming True Millenials.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-devotionals/2016/01/becoming-true-millennials?lang=eng Later in 2019, when the Church reversed the policy, the press release used similiar language that the highest councils in the Church had sought the Lord’s will and thus saith the Lord, reverse the policy.
“These policy changes come after an extended period of counseling with our brethren in the Quorum the Twelve Apostles after fervent, united prayer to understand the will of the Lord,” wrote President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring, in the statement” --
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/policy-changes-announced-for-members-in-gay-marriages-children-of-lgbt-parents?lang=eng I struggled with this in my dark night of the soul as the foundations of my faith crumbled around me. I read scripture, I fasted, I prayed, I counseled with Amy and Bishops, I wrestled and prayed some more. No sure knowledge came; not even unsure knowledge was given. That’s when I stepped back and looked at the evidence. Matthew 7: 18-20 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
When I read quotes from Mark E. Peterson or even this one talk
http://www.mormonthink.com/files/race-problems-affect-the-church-mark-e-peterson.pdf those are rancid fruits
When I read that the Church amassed a $100,000,000,000+ fund from excess tithe dollars and then used deceitful/dishonest reporting practices to hide it from members and the public (
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2023/34-96951.pdf), those are sour fruits.
When leaders tell youth in private firesides
“I don’t mean to be a little over-simplistic, but sometimes I just think that we make things too complicated,” Wilcox said. “Why didn’t the Blacks get the priesthood until 1978? What’s up with that, Brother Wilcox? What, Latter-day Saints were prejudiced? What, [then-church President] Brigham Young was a jerk? I mean, you’ll hear a lot of things. But maybe we’re asking the wrong question. Maybe instead of asking why didn’t the Blacks get the priesthood until ’78, we should be asking why didn’t everybody else get it before 1829?”
-Brad Wilcox, 2nd Councilor General Young Mens Presidency, in multiple firesides to thousands of youth over the years.
That is bad fruit.
When Bishops have sexual abuse reported to them, they, the bishops, are instructed to call Abuse Hotlines connecting them to Kirton McConkie lawyers, who then advise not to involve the police, protecting abusers and not victims (
https://apnews.com/article/Mormon-church-sexual-abuse-investigation-e0e39cf9aa4fbe0d8c1442033b894660). Those are rotten fruits.
When I read about Nephi justifying murder to obtain brass plates, those are bad fruits. (This very justification leads extremists like the Lafferty Brothers and Daybell/Vallow to commit heinous crimes and pass the blame to God because they felt he had told them to do it) Joseph Smith taught this concept in a written letter (a failed polygamous marriage proposal) to the daughter of Sidney Rigdon, 19-year-old Nancy Rigdon. In this letter, often called the Happiness Letter, Joseph states: “That which is wrong under one circumstance, maybe, and often is right under another… Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is.” The whole letter bears bad fruit considering its teachings of moral relativism and the fact that it was written to Nancy after she denied his proposal to convince her to become his 9th wife.
The priesthood/temple ordinance/exaltation ban on our African brothers and sisters is just one bad apple amongst a spoiled bunch. The list can go on, and I don’t expect you to have answers or even a response. I guess the underlying questions I have is how do I connect to God, what are his commandments for me, and who do I allow to be his spoken person in my life? I do not believe that person is Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, or Russell Nelson; there is too much baggage there for me to overlook. Bible introduces us to a very dualistic God, the God of the Old Testament that commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son (even though he didn’t go through with it, Abraham didn’t know that, and if someone told you today that God had commanded them to kill their son, I don’t think we would use it as a Spiritually Uplifting Story); that commanded the Israelites to commit genocide; that killed boys for mocking a bald man; that commands a married man to marry underage women and other married women with the threat of an angel with a flaming sword (I know this is from modern church history, but I think it fits here) vs. Jesus of the New Testament who preached turn the other cheek, love thy neighbor as thy self, love your enemy and those that despitefully use, let your light so shine, he that is without sin among you cast the first stone, go and sin no more. These two narratives don’t play well with one another in my mind. When push comes to shove, I choose the humanistic, humble, passivist, sinner-loving Jesus as my path to God; and through no other man. I veered off topic slightly, but I also believe this is a good summary of where I am as it relates to the Church. I could pull more examples of why I am where I am, but I don’t want to pile on. I hope you understand that I don’t just have one or two minor questions about the Church being true, but my questions lay at the very feet of Joseph Smith; as Gordon B Hinkley said: “There is no middle ground. Joseph Smith talked with the Father and the Son or he didn’t. If he didn’t, then we are embraced in a great fraud, a terrible fraud.” (“Counsel from the Prophet,” Church News, 4/27/96, 4) “Our whole strength rests on the validity of that vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this work is a fraud… upon that unique and wonderful experience stands the validity of this church” (“The Marvelous Foundation of our Faith,” Ensign [Conference Edition], November 2002, 80) “You and I are faced with the stark question of accepting the truth of the First Vision and that which followed it. On the question of its reality lies the very validity of this Church.” (“The Stone Cut Out of the Mountain,” Ensign [Conference Edition],
With all my respect, Lazy Tapir
If you made it this far, you have my respect and gratitude.
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2023.03.25 23:01 Pichu737 Alysanne VII - Songs of Salt and Suffering (Semi-Open)
mood The Sixth Moon of 200 AC The Dragonpit, King’s Landing Alysanne’s left hand rested upon pink scales that seemed to glimmer in the torchlight. She stroked, up and down, listening to the soft hums of her dragon and feeling the warmth of each exhalation over her entire body. She felt at peace. Morning had almost killed her, a few months ago. She had let loose jets of flame indiscriminately, and had rendered the Lady of the Tides’ right arm nigh-unusable. In the wake of a few visits to her own personal healer, along with a pair of maesters for second and third opinions, she had learned that she would make a full recovery without a doubt, but her arm was still bandaged and unmoving.
It had all been worth it. She had traded a few words with Monterys about the issue, upon her return. He believed her a fool for it. That their children would have suffered more than she did, if the dragonfire had overtaken her. But it did not. She had to face it to prove it would not. This was her destiny.
She said those words out loud, as she continued to caress the snout of the dragon. From the beast’s maw came a rumble.
“Will you fight for me?” she asked, not expecting any response. “You have flown for me, and you took me everywhere but my destination. You have bowed your head for me, but only after turning your claws on me. So when it comes to it, will you fight for me? Will you turn tooth and claw upon my enemies and reduce them to ash? As you would have done my father’s?”
She spoke the tongue of Westeros, not of Valyria. She did not know if the dragon understood that. She didn’t know if the dragon understood anything she had ever said. How smart was this beast? Was it even a beast? Was it smarter than her? Could it know things that even Alysanne did not?
Morning had seen the realm be torn apart and put back together again and again. She had lost more riders than Alysanne had known friends, and amongst them had been kings. How many of those riders had believed themselves the future? They had been stronger than her. She couldn’t even move her arm. It was ridiculous. She was ridiculous.
“Do you hate me, dear Morning?” she asked. “Do you wish there was someone better than me upon your back?”
There was a rumble, before scales gently brushed against skin as Morning made the closest approximation of a nuzzle. It was a nonverbal response, of course, but she knew what it meant. It meant… “I accept you.”
Perhaps not entirely. Perhaps there was still more work to be done. But Morning would not turn the Lady of the Tides to ash. And that was a step. She wondered if her father had found the dragon so much trouble. It didn’t matter. He wasn’t here to advise her. Nobody could. Everyone who had been upon this dragon’s back was dead. They had all gone to the heavens, and left her to pick up the pieces. King Corlys had left the realm torn to shreds, his bickering children ruling. Lord Aethan had desired to put it back together. He had never achieved his dream. So it was all up to her.
Nobody could do it but her.
“Issi ao merbugon?” she asked, her tone motherly.
”Are you hungry?” She received a warm exhalation and a growl. That, she had learnt, was a positive thing. Her dragon desired food.
“Nyke kessa jiōragon ao havor,” Alysanne told her. Another growl, another nuzzle.
”I shall feed you.” Alysanne turned to one of the dragonkeepers, requesting the delivery of cattle - two cows - imminently. With a nod and not a single word, the man left. She listened to the plate and dragonscales of his armour shift, as the Lady of the Tides turned back to Morning.
“Iksi naejot jikagon naejot Gulltown aderī. Syt se morghon biarves hen Āeksio Grafton. Istin mazverdagon se oktion ȳgha gō jān. Kesi daor emagon jēda naejot sōvegon tubī,” she told her, softly and apologetically. She wanted to fly just as much as the dragon did, but she had other duties now. Alysanne touched the pin of the Hand, clasping her half-cape to her doublet, keeping her bandaged arm hidden away. “Yn hemtubis? Iksan aōhon. Se hae jī jelmor. Gaomas bisa kostilus ao?”
”We are to go to Gulltown soon. For the funeral of Lord Grafton. I must make the city safe before I go. We will not have time to fly today. But tomorrow? I am yours. And as we go north. Does this please you?” There was no anger in the dragon’s response, and she was glad for it. Morning had turned her half to ash, but she was docile. So much time alive, in the presence of humanity, had tempered her fury. Unless there was a foe. There was no mercy there. That was how Alysanne liked it.
“Nyke kessa emagon naejot henujagon ao sir,” Alysanne said, bringing her head forward to touch Morning’s. “Iksan vaoreznuni naejot nektogon bisa mība. Lo eman se jēda tubī, kesan ūndegon ao. Iksā jorrāelagon naejot nyke.”
”I shall have to leave you now. I am sorry to cut this short. If I have the time today, I will see you. You are dear to me.” There was a sound behind her, as a pair of dragonkeepers led two cows into the room, the doors closing behind them. It was time for Morning to eat. She had watched it before, and the sight did not turn her stomach. Worse had happened in her sight. Worse had happened to her. She could smell the salt and the fire as she stood there. But she had no time to watch her dragon feed. With another tap of her head to Morning’s, she turned.
There was much to do. She would hold court for most of the day, ending it with a meeting of the Small Council in the evening. In the night, she would meet more privately, send letters, and deal with all her affairs. The realm would not wait. She couldn’t either.
And Aerys could return any minute. She had to make sure that was no concern.
Gods, she thought.
I am not fit for this. But she had to be. It was her destiny.
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2023.03.25 22:19 Memoruiz7 Dear Edward is Part of the Servant Universe.
Hear me out.
When Edward crashed he was revived by a member of the Church of the Leaser Saints when he was found in Colorado. This has set a series of paranormal events around Edward. The boiler room having at the university flooding and losing electricity, urges to destroy pianos, premature babies, fainting in the presence of extreme stress.
The last episode, Edward get a letter from his uncle (Uncle George? Or possibly UNCLE JUJU) and we are left in the cliffhanger.
What I expect in season two:
Mannequin family for Edward as part of his therapeutic recovery.
Uncle Juju coming in and scolding all the survivors for drinking champagne with sugar cubes.
Lots of rain.
TONS OF STORY LINES DROPPED. Forget about the shrunken head, no more letters, Adriana just moves to DC and no one ever mentions her again.
Gana is a supernatural place and we spend the whole next season there, with Edward’s family all of the sudden becoming human again.
What do you guys think!?
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2023.03.25 22:13 media8101 Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin (Lyrics Meaning): "Stairway to Heaven" is a classic rock song by Led Zeppelin that delves into the themes of spiritual enlightenment, self-discovery, and the pursuit of a higher meaning in life.
2023.03.25 22:02 chonkshonk Archived Posts
I have been trying to keep track of posts containing useful questions and answers for a while now. There was an easlier archive post I put up, but I decided to re-release it to bring back a little bit of attention. I will keep updating this page as more quality questions and answers go up — feel free to let me know if I miss some (and I know I miss some).
Just because you find a question here, doesn't mean you can't repost that question. The answers may not satisfy you or not be what you're looking for, you may want to re-ask in light of potentially new scholarship on the issue that was either previously missed or has since come out since the last question came out, etc.
Sometimes I archive more than one post about the same question. When I do, I add (2) (3) brackets beside the first archived post, indicating increasingly newer iterations of that question that I found useful enough to also archive alongside the earlier iterations. I've also tried to break up the archived posts into a few broad categories. Here they are:
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2023.03.25 21:49 PuzzleheadedCoast246 Devotion: Don't Be Afraid and Say "Yes" to God
Daily Bible Verse And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. ~1 Corinthians 15:49 Daily Inspiration We're all human. Descendants of Adam, made from the same template as all other humans. And through Adam, God's image in us became tarnished by sin. But through Jesus, His image in us will be perfected. What hope we have because He has been raised! Someday, we too will be raised, forever freed from the bodies of sin, pain, and death. Daily Prayer Lord, thank You for saving me, for giving me hope, and for working in me. Even as I live in this body, with its aches and imperfections, I know that You have promised so much more. Lord, help me to live each day looking forward to the hope that I will one day be fully free from sin and suffering, perfected in You. In Jesus' name, Amen. God is my Provider, today, tomorrow, and ALWAYS!!!!!!! Do Not Be Afraid and Say Yes to God By Frances Taylor Do Not Be Afraid and Say Yes to God: Do you ever wonder if you have recognized Jesus as the Messiah? ~Luke 1:30-31 This is the day we celebrate the annunciation of the angel to Mary and the incarnation of the divine in the human. Now, we know that Jesus probably wasn't born on December 25, so this is probably not the day that the angel appeared to Mary. But that's not important. The important thing to remember is that God decided that this was the time for him to enter into humanity and bring the gift of salvation that had been promised since the sin of our first parents. As it says in John's Gospel, “The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.” Redemption had come. Jesus wa the Messiah, not the type of Messiah that the people were expecting; he wasn't a powerful king, born into a rich and powerful family. No, he was thought to be the son of a carpenter from Nazareth, a small and insignificant town. This was a stumbling block for the Jewish leadership of the time. In Matthew's Gospel, Acts and in the first letter of Peter, he is called “the stone that the builders rejected that has become the cornerstone.” They were comparing Jesus as the cornerstone of Christianity as Psalm 118 spoke of the cornerstone of the temple. Do you ever wonder if you would have recognized Jesus as the Messiah? Would you have followed him as he preached in Galilee or in Judea? Would you have been willing to die for him? I ask because I'm not sure that I would say “yes” to any of these questions. May said “yes” to an unknown future and because she did, we are saved. All we have to do is say “yes” to the gift. Prayer Almighty Father, You chose Mary to bring Your Son into our world to save us from sin and death. She said “yes” to an unknown future. She didn't know if Joseph would still want to marry her. She didn't understand what being the Son of God meant, but she still said “yes.” We are the ones who benefit from all of these yeses, may we say “yes” to faith with gratitude and fidelity. Amen. God is going to give you more than you asked for!!!!!!!! If Discouraged About Your Work They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. ~Psalm 126:5 Bible Verse But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:19 Prayer Lord, I want to trust in Your promise to take care of every one of my needs. In Jesus' Name. Amen. Bible Verse My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. ~Proverbs 1:8-9 Bible Verse Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. ~Colossians 3:16 Prayer Lord, give me Your Spirit to help me see when I am listening to lies instead of truth. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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2023.03.25 20:52 Even_Category6345 Satan Counterfeits Christ - Evidence & Similarities
It’s been stated that Satan will counterfeit many things of Jesus. Tribulation saints will receive a mark on their foreheads (Rev 7:3), Satan puts his mark on those who take the mark of the beast (Rev 13:16). Jesus did real miracles, Satan will do false miracles based on deception (Rev 13:13-14). Gods trinity - Father, Son & the Holy Spirit). And last of many examples that he will counterfeit is Jesus dying, as Satan will receive a "head wound" as scripture says (Rev 13:3 head round and healed & Zachariah 11:17 receives injury, right eye darkened). Many suggest this is an injury from a bullet, which will paralyze his right side - arm & darkened eye. This is to deceive Israel and the Jews. Truth is, most Jews don't believe in the New Testament scriptures. They believe that Jesus wasn't the Son of God, as he did not fulfill old testament prophecies of the Messiah. The issue they have is prophecies say that the Messiah will reign the world (Isaiah 9:6 & Psalm 110) while the other prophecy says the Messiah will be bruised (Isaiah 53:5). They believed the Messiah will be bruised, and then survive/come back from the dead, and reign soon after. The fact Jesus hasn't come back makes them doubt the prophecies were fulfilled by him. What they fail to realize is he will come back and reign later in life. This unbelief of these prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus makes them expect the antichrist to come (John 5:43). He will use deception (some suggest a body double, or something with technology to make the head wound look real but its fake). He will come back to life, and the world and the Jews will be shocked that he came to life. They will be convinced that he is the Messiah as prophesied. With the Antichrist person deceiving Israel with convincing them that he is fulfilling OT prophecies, and having similar counterfeits then Jesus, let’s dive into how I have recently noticed 1 man having similar connections with Jesus Christ, which many of these I have not heard so I hope these will be new findings for many to showcase that he could be the antichrist by them.
1) Jesus Christ was persecuted and hated, will the antichrist person be as well before he gets possessed by Satan himself? If this is true, can anyone list any names that has been persecuted, attacked, and hated by people, the news, Hollywood? Truthfully I can only think of 1 person. Truth is Jesus Christ dealt with real persecution, while this other person it’s all controlled and those whom are attacking him are just playing their script and part. To better describe this, it's been said that most rap beefs are scripted and fake to gain popularity, attention, sales, etc. This is true in this case.
2) When Jesus Christ was born, a star appeared that revealed that He was born. Matthew 2:1-2. Could be there a sign for the antichrist as well? If so, Aleister Crowley a professed satanist has been rumored to write a letter on the day that he was born, which he stated that a "moon child" is going to be born. That same day was a total lunar eclipse as well. Notice that the scripture I posted stated that a star appeared on the east. Satan counterfeits Jesus Christ and twists things backwards. Perfect examples is as follows: as above as below, Do What thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. These are occult sayings and Anti-God. I’ll get more into these meanings in #3, but the point I’m making is Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem (east), the opposite would be (west) hence United States of America.
3) Remember as well that Peter tried to prevent this arrest. Jesus said to put away the sword and "the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it.” Which refers to the suffering he will take on the cross as (Matthew 26:39) stats how Jesus prayed that if it may be possible to let this cup of suffering be taken away. Not as I will, but as thou wilt. As I stated in #2, that Aleister Crowley statement of do what thou wilt is opposite of the saying of Jesus Christ, which is blasphemy and going against God’s Word. Again, there is no contradiction with scriptures as God's kingdom is not of this world. This man is fighting for this earthly kingdom and not Gods kingdom as he is calling for many to protest his possible arrest.
4) This person has also as well having a big following as Jesus Christ has. In present day you have many awakening conferences, going to his rallies, defending accusations against him, etc. Remember when Jesus was going to be taken into custody, trialed, falsely accused of an injustice court case and murdered? This man has caused news headlines of a possible arrest. Jesus Christ was arrested and trialed. Truth is though Jesus was a bogus trial, while this man the evidence for all that he has done is all truth.
5) Jesus spoke against the religious Pharisees, while this man speaks against the deep state, which is all controlled and scripted.
6) Pharisees were of the father of the devil, and merely religious, Jesus revealed them the truth and the character of God of Jesus being the Son of God on earth, while they denied and rejected him. Jesus Christ created his church with disciples and apostles (Peter, John, Matthew, etc.). This man has created a gnostic, new age belief knowledge through salvation, fight for our freedom so we don't lose it. The conspiracy as they say is he is being attacked by the deep state global elites, which are against him as he is not part of their club and against them. Which is all lies, controlled and scripted. He has created a new age religion basically of many followers of apostles that are ministering truth which is without Jesus Christ and his Word – The Bible. The following of many people are such as - Mike Lindell, Michael Flynn, Mike Adams, Sidney Powell, Amanda Grace, Greg Locke, Carrie Made, Alex Jones, Julie Green, Bryan Ardis, as a few of many. It’s been researched by independent researchers that most of these doctors that is against the deep state and for this person has New age belief connections All this "knowledge" is gnostic new age belief as Christ is never mentioned. Salvation without Christ which is leading many to a new age false light movement which will eventually be the man of sin - the antichrist promising peace, prosperity, removal of corruption - the age of Aquarius which is all a lie. New agers believe we are in the age of Pisces, and next up is Aquarius. This next stage they believe is the age of peace and harmony. Hence New age and many people claiming to be woke and hoping to make this world great again is never going to happen. Scripture says it will get worse. It’s my belief this false light movement going on politically is causing for a false light (revolution) scenario. Many people say that the Pharisees thought Jesus was going to cause a revolution. If he wanted too, he could of but he had bigger plans and his kingdom is not of this world. Is it possible the antichrist will cause a revolution by deception and propaganda? If true, then one can see this playing out since 2017. One man has convinced many that elections are rigged (always has been, nothing new under the sun), he has convinced many that news is fake. has been for a while. William Morgan exposed Freemasonry in 1800s, and people wanted justice but it was reported it was hard to accomplish as the news was infiltrated with freemasons. Where is evidence of this even changing in present day? There has been no resolution to this. Listen and watch a great awakening tour, and see if you hear Jesus Christ in it. He is not in this movement. They are speaking of a different Jesus Christ, which truth is they are referring to Lucifer the false light bearer and these false apostles are ministering and preaching to get the world ready for his arrival. This be be noted through the false revival of Asbury, superbowl commercial of "Jesus gets us" thats not referring to Jesus of the Bible but a different Jesus. Tv show the chosen which makes a mockery of many scenes of Christ and many parts aren't even biblical. The producers and what not are Mormons as well which isn't the same Jesus that true Christanity believes. and now Jesus Revolution which is put through theaters. How is the media and the world endorsing this stuff when they always mocked and hated Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Scripture says the world hates him and us (John 15:18-19). This is all speaking of a different Jesus, a different gospel, and a different Jesus. This is in fact referring to the antichrist counterfeit Jesus and they are getting stage ready. This sign alone proves time is almost coming to an end for this dramatic increase.
“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” – 2 Corinthians 11:4
7) As I’ve said in #3 how the Apostles such as Peter tried to prevent his arrest, but Jesus stopped this as that is not his will to fight for this kingdom. This current movement of false apostles and disciples as I’ve listed earlier with many followers of patriots, Qanon followers, new agers, will do anything he says. Hence Jesus Christ stopped weapons from being used and let the will of his arrest and death occur. This man is trying to fight against it and prevent his arrest for occurring. An attorney known for defending Jan 6th riot compares former president to Jesus Christ in light of his rumored arrest. Joseph D. Mcbride tweets the following: “President Trump will be arrested during lent – a time of suffering and purification for the followers of Jesus Christ. As Christ was crucified, and then rose again on the 3rd day, so too will he” “But Trump has rejected that approach and told various allies over the weekend that he didn’t care if someone shot him – he would become “a martyr”. He later added that if he got shot, he would probably win the presidency in 2024, the sources said.” – By Betsy Reed, Theguardian.com
“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast” – Revelations 13:3
8) “He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Pete answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God” – Matthew 16:15. Jesus Christ was no ordinary human. He was God that left heaven, and came on earth that performed miracles, signs, and wonders. Peter knew it. Well, will others notice the counterfeit antichrist? Mariana Abramovic whom is a clear satanist has stated that this “man” is so unique and different than any others that he is creating this awakening where many wake up. The question needs to be asked on whom he is waking people up to what? A satanist will not say it’s to Jesus Christ of the Bible as a satanist and a believer of Christ are polar opposite. One is of darkness while Christians is of light through Christ. This question can then be answered to him is waking the world up to Lucifer. The evidence points to be truth, and if anyone has any logic that's what it proves as truth. Then it comes down to he is either the man of sin prophesied to be the antichrist or he is paving the way for the antichrist which is behind the curtain waiting to be seen by the whole world. Time is running out whichever may it be.
Isn’t it odd that from the time he was born, to when he took office on first day comes to 70 years, 7 months, and 7 days. The number 7 to God means perfection. God created the earth in 6 days and on the 7th he rested. Isn’t this possibly a hint that when scripture says there will be many antichrists that will come, but eventually there will be the last antichrist (1 John 2:18). It’s all speculation to believe that these number 7s is a hint that he is the antichrist as he arrived as president of the United States in 70 years, 7 months, & 7 days after his birth. The message could be ciphered to explained as a sign to the world elites that here is the man of sin that has rose to power and eventually to be possessed by Satan himself (perfected antichrist).
Is the dots connecting again? This must be a bunch of coincidences of events to occur to 1 person to possibly be the antichrist. I personally can confess and admit that I don't think any other man fits the man of sin then he does. Its been reported by a person that he fulfills 45 antichrist prophecies. I can't think of anyone else on the world scene that fits to being antichrist then this man. The connections are very similar. This person has also been bringing peace to Israel by the Abraham’s Accord in Sept of 2020. Daniel 9:27 stats that the antichrist will confirm a covenant with many for one week. Definition of “confirm” means to approve something that was put on the table, and to also make firm or firmer – strengthen. This Abraham’s Accord IF it is this peace deal of 7 years, can be said to be put on the table, confirmed later down the road, and strengthened to bring about as Daniel 9:27 prophecy stats. Israel has named a train stop in Jerusalem after his name. If there is any man at this stage that can deceive Israel with a 7 year peace deal, it’s this man at the current moment as he is named in places after him, and has agreed on peace deals. Is their any man out there at the moment that fits antichrist? If you had to imagine an antichrist person, would you not think he would deceive many Christians. He will deceive many conspiracy theorist. He will promise a false awakening of removing of corruption but in the end it’s all lies and deception that is leading those to a 1 world governemnt. This man seems to fit the bill of it all of the greatest magician which Mariana Abramovic has coined him after. The great magician! She got that right! I can admit I was deceived by him during the elections of 2020, but praise God for waking me up and shining the light on the truth of this deception. Isn’t that odd in the church of Satan MAGA/Magus is the 5th degree and highest. He went to 2 Jesuit colleges, and controlled by none other than the Rothschilds as they have helped bailed him out financially in the past. He is owned and a puppet. This whole talk about Joe being a puppet is no different then any president in the past. They all are. It’s not left vs right, it’s us against the conspirators that are working to build a 1 world government to enslave mankind. It’s if one is saved by the blood of Jesus Christ or if they are still unsaved, lost and in the dark.
This great awakening vs the great reset is all a deception and 2 different sides of the coin, but it’s one and the same. Both movements is a deploy to get those on the great awakening side to rise up and fight for our freedom and constitution. How is this so? They make it obvious with what has been going on since Joe taken office. They want people to "wake up" which is a false light movement which will lead those blinded by the false light bearer (aka lucifer) which is without Jesus Christ but through knowledge of corruption and conspiracy that will ultimately lead to the antichrist and his beast system. To get many to follow the antichrist and accept the 1 world government, Satan and conspirators started a false light movement that started in 2017. The beginning words that ushered this movement is "I'll drain the swamp" and all these lies of major arrests and corruption being removed. It’s all smoke and mirrors as they are all in on it to deceive the population. Many are still gullible on the left vs right. The Bible says 1 world government will happen and that his kingdom is not of this earth but is in Heaven. Which means if a politician runs and tries to "fight" if God uses him, he is contradicting his Word. How can he help someone fight in this political battle when God says his kingdom is not of this world. This 1 world government will happen and there is no stopping it. The world is too brainwashed and even those who claim they are "woke" is just new age gnostic belief. There is truth in these corruptions, but the Word Of God, salvation through Jesus Christ is never mentioned. On top of that, all this corruption in the media, elections, politics, etc.
This is all caused by Satan – Problem, Reaction & Solution (Hegelian Dialectic). The problem is created by Satan and the conspirators themselves, they want to get a reaction from people to plead for the government for help. Help Us! Everything is getting expensive! Help! There is shortages! Help! There is corruption and are constitution is being removed! Help Us! We don’t want that great reset to occur! This problem is brought about by Satan and the conspirators. The reaction is being created at this moment as many are fearful that constitution and are rights are going to be lost. Many can’t trust the government anymore because of this, which is leading them to believe in a man that is claiming to be against the deep state. Whom is promising to fight for us and save us and bring peace and removal of corruption. This is the solution that is all a false light movement and in the end this is all a deception tactic by the conspirators and Satan to make people follow the antichrist. If he ever does get back in the White House, all of this and I know their has been many other fantastic written articles/literatures on him being the antichrist with other connections should get many to be on guard, and don’t get sucked into this political movement. Before we bring this all in for a close, I would like to point out a few more things to wrap this up for anyone that has doubts on politics being controlled by conspirators and Satan.
This person has also been proven to be involved with the psyop movement of Qanon (promising to remove corruption, pedophilia, and make the world a better place). Doesn’t this sound like new age of Aquarius of peace and removal of corruption? This is all lies! The Bible says differently, which was penned down almost 2,000 years ago. Which one is more believable, a book that was written 2,000 years ago that has been proven time and time again to be correct and truth, or small movement and man claiming to remove corruption, which has failed to do so. It’s a fake movement and it’s so obvious. Presidents and governments don’t care about the population. It’s been said to me that Presidents always lie to gain votes and to deceive, well Jesus Christ spoke to the Pharisees of calling them the father of the devil as they lie, but there is no denying that this is truth to presidents as well, as months ago when I read this scripture I will post below, the first thought that came to my mind was presidents. Read it and do you come to same conclusion as well?
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” – John 8:44-45
They put their hands on a Bible but don’t preach it, nor stand on what it says. They lie and deceive. There has now been 11 presidents that have been in office since God being removed in 1962, and not one of them fought to put God and prayer back in school, and they promote LGBTQ by installing amendments for it and decorating the White House with LGBTQ colors. They are Anti-God of the Bible, and the God they serve is Lucifer. Wake up, it’s blatantly obvious. Satan is the god of this world, whom many secret societies such as Freemasonry, Illuminati, Skull N Bones, and Jesuits control the world. Many Presidents are part of this club. Manly P Hall, Albert Pike, and many other big known 33rd degree Freemasons which is the top degree have testified in literatures that the god they serve is Lucifer the false light bearer. Hence this is the god presidents and leaders serve.
Satan’s kingdom is of this world, hence he will fight for it, but he doesn't need to fight, as scripture says he is the god of this world. 2 Corinthians 4:4. Hence if going by Scripture, if he had to fight (great awakening vs great reset) then scripture contradicts each other and the Bible is error and not inspired. This is not so, which will then suggest by going by The Word of God, this political battle of left vs right is all a lie - Hegelian Dialectic & controlled opposition. A controlled opposition is defined as a protest movement that is actually being led by government agents. Are the dots connecting yet? What is going on politically is a show and a farce. Don’t get pulled into it. No man will be able to save this country. If anyone can save this nation it will be Jesus not anyone else. To expect another person is taking your guard down and setting up to be deceived by the antichrist. True Christians won't have to worry as God will remove his children off this earth, while sadly many Christians that thought they were saved were not This event will reveal who were saved and who were not. Again, this is sad to see many get left behind but it shouldn't be a surprise as scripture says this will happen (Matthew 7:21-23, & Matthew 7:13-14).
Everything that is going on in the world and politically cannot be saved. This titanic is in the process of sinking and removing corruption won't do it. This nation has removed God in 1962 in schools, teaches evolution, and pridefully parades around for support of LGBTQ. Judgement is needed and its absolute mercy and grace how he has not judged this nation. This titanic is sinking fast and there is nothing that can stop it as many are too brainwashed, and many are anti-God by the things many in this nation promote and endorse. What do you do if you’re on a boat and its sinking? Grab out the lifeboats to save oneself from sinking in with the titanic. That lifeboat is Jesus Christ. A simple admission of knowing one is a sinner, what the gospels says is truth - Jesus left heaven to come in flesh as a human to die for mankind's sins, and anyone that believes and confesses with their mouth that they have sinned against him and unworthy to make God standards of perfection, as that only Jesus Christ was only man that has achieved perfection, and by him dying on the cross and the blood he shed is remission of sins. If one believes in their heart that is all truth, and he died, and rose again on the 3rd day. Those that believe this and ask him to save them from their sins and make him their Lord & Savior will be saved. Fighting for this kingdom and removing corruption is a waste of energy and one that will fights for this kingdom is being led down the broad road that leads to destruction, the narrow path leads to life is through Jesus Christ and him only. Time is running out, and it’s possible the stage for the antichrist is almost set up and completed. His arrival could come at any moment, any time, and any second.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” – John 14:6
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It’s been stated that Satan will counterfeit many things of Jesus. Tribulation saints will receive a mark on their foreheads (Rev 7:3), Satan puts his mark on those who take the mark of the beast (Rev 13:16). Jesus did real miracles, Satan will do false miracles based on deception (Rev 13:13-14). Gods trinity - Father, Son & the Holy Spirit). And last of many examples that he will counterfeit is Jesus dying, as Satan will receive a "head wound" as scripture says (Rev 13:3 head round and healed & Zachariah 11:17 receives injury, right eye darkened). Many suggest this is an injury from a bullet, which will paralyze his right side - arm & darkened eye. This is to deceive Israel and the Jews. Truth is, most Jews don't believe in the New Testament scriptures. They believe that Jesus wasn't the Son of God, as he did not fulfill old testament prophecies of the Messiah. The issue they have is prophecies say that the Messiah will reign the world (Isaiah 9:6 & Psalm 110) while the other prophecy says the Messiah will be bruised (Isaiah 53:5). They believed the Messiah will be bruised, and then survive/come back from the dead, and reign soon after. The fact Jesus hasn't come back makes them doubt the prophecies were fulfilled by him. What they fail to realize is he will come back and reign later in life. This unbelief of these prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus makes them expect the antichrist to come (John 5:43). He will use deception (some suggest a body double, or something with technology to make the head wound look real but its fake). He will come back to life, and the world and the Jews will be shocked that he came to life. They will be convinced that he is the Messiah as prophesied. With the Antichrist person deceiving Israel with convincing them that he is fulfilling OT prophecies, and having similar counterfeits then Jesus, let’s dive into how I have recently noticed 1 man having similar connections with Jesus Christ, which many of these I have not heard so I hope these will be new findings for many to showcase that he could be the antichrist by them.
1) Jesus Christ was persecuted and hated, will the antichrist person be as well before he gets possessed by Satan himself? If this is true, can anyone list any names that has been persecuted, attacked, and hated by people, the news, Hollywood? Truthfully I can only think of 1 person. Truth is Jesus Christ dealt with real persecution, while this other person it’s all controlled and those whom are attacking him are just playing their script and part. To better describe this, it's been said that most rap beefs are scripted and fake to gain popularity, attention, sales, etc. This is true in this case.
2) When Jesus Christ was born, a star appeared that revealed that He was born. Matthew 2:1-2. Could be there a sign for the antichrist as well? If so, Aleister Crowley a professed satanist has been rumored to write a letter on the day that he was born, which he stated that a "moon child" is going to be born. That same day was a total lunar eclipse as well. Notice that the scripture I posted stated that a star appeared on the east. Satan counterfeits Jesus Christ and twists things backwards. Perfect examples is as follows: as above as below, Do What thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. These are occult sayings and Anti-God. I’ll get more into these meanings in #3, but the point I’m making is Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem (east), the opposite would be (west) hence United States of America.
3) Remember as well that Peter tried to prevent this arrest. Jesus said to put away the sword and "the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it.” Which refers to the suffering he will take on the cross as (Matthew 26:39) stats how Jesus prayed that if it may be possible to let this cup of suffering be taken away. Not as I will, but as thou wilt. As I stated in #2, that Aleister Crowley statement of do what thou wilt is opposite of the saying of Jesus Christ, which is blasphemy and going against God’s Word. Again, there is no contradiction with scriptures as God's kingdom is not of this world. This man is fighting for this earthly kingdom and not Gods kingdom as he is calling for many to protest his possible arrest.
4) This person has also as well having a big following as Jesus Christ has. In present day you have many awakening conferences, going to his rallies, defending accusations against him, etc. Remember when Jesus was going to be taken into custody, trialed, falsely accused of an injustice court case and murdered? This man has caused news headlines of a possible arrest. Jesus Christ was arrested and trialed. Truth is though Jesus was a bogus trial, while this man the evidence for all that he has done is all truth.
5) Jesus spoke against the religious Pharisees, while this man speaks against the deep state, which is all controlled and scripted.
6) Pharisees were of the father of the devil, and merely religious, Jesus revealed them the truth and the character of God of Jesus being the Son of God on earth, while they denied and rejected him. Jesus Christ created his church with disciples and apostles (Peter, John, Matthew, etc.). This man has created a gnostic, new age belief knowledge through salvation, fight for our freedom so we don't lose it. The conspiracy as they say is he is being attacked by the deep state global elites, which are against him as he is not part of their club and against them. Which is all lies, controlled and scripted. He has created a new age religion basically of many followers of apostles that are ministering truth which is without Jesus Christ and his Word – The Bible. The following of many people are such as - Mike Lindell, Michael Flynn, Mike Adams, Sidney Powell, Amanda Grace, Greg Locke, Carrie Made, Alex Jones, Julie Green, Bryan Ardis, as a few of many. It’s been researched by independent researchers that most of these doctors that is against the deep state and for this person has New age belief connections All this "knowledge" is gnostic new age belief as Christ is never mentioned. Salvation without Christ which is leading many to a new age false light movement which will eventually be the man of sin - the antichrist promising peace, prosperity, removal of corruption - the age of Aquarius which is all a lie. New agers believe we are in the age of Pisces, and next up is Aquarius. This next stage they believe is the age of peace and harmony. Hence New age and many people claiming to be woke and hoping to make this world great again is never going to happen. Scripture says it will get worse. It’s my belief this false light movement going on politically is causing for a false light (revolution) scenario. Many people say that the Pharisees thought Jesus was going to cause a revolution. If he wanted too, he could of but he had bigger plans and his kingdom is not of this world. Is it possible the antichrist will cause a revolution by deception and propaganda? If true, then one can see this playing out since 2017. One man has convinced many that elections are rigged (always has been, nothing new under the sun), he has convinced many that news is fake. has been for a while. William Morgan exposed Freemasonry in 1800s, and people wanted justice but it was reported it was hard to accomplish as the news was infiltrated with freemasons. Where is evidence of this even changing in present day? There has been no resolution to this. Listen and watch a great awakening tour, and see if you hear Jesus Christ in it. He is not in this movement. They are speaking of a different Jesus Christ, which truth is they are referring to Lucifer the false light bearer and these false apostles are ministering and preaching to get the world ready for his arrival. This be be noted through the false revival of Asbury, superbowl commercial of "Jesus gets us" thats not referring to Jesus of the Bible but a different Jesus. Tv show the chosen which makes a mockery of many scenes of Christ and many parts aren't even biblical. The producers and what not are Mormons as well which isn't the same Jesus that true Christanity believes. and now Jesus Revolution which is put through theaters. How is the media and the world endorsing this stuff when they always mocked and hated Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Scripture says the world hates him and us (John 15:18-19). This is all speaking of a different Jesus, a different gospel, and a different Jesus. This is in fact referring to the antichrist counterfeit Jesus and they are getting stage ready. This sign alone proves time is almost coming to an end for this dramatic increase.
“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” – 2 Corinthians 11:4
7) As I’ve said in #3 how the Apostles such as Peter tried to prevent his arrest, but Jesus stopped this as that is not his will to fight for this kingdom. This current movement of false apostles and disciples as I’ve listed earlier with many followers of patriots, Qanon followers, new agers, will do anything he says. Hence Jesus Christ stopped weapons from being used and let the will of his arrest and death occur. This man is trying to fight against it and prevent his arrest for occurring. An attorney known for defending Jan 6th riot compares former president to Jesus Christ in light of his rumored arrest. Joseph D. Mcbride tweets the following: “President Trump will be arrested during lent – a time of suffering and purification for the followers of Jesus Christ. As Christ was crucified, and then rose again on the 3rd day, so too will he” “But Trump has rejected that approach and told various allies over the weekend that he didn’t care if someone shot him – he would become “a martyr”. He later added that if he got shot, he would probably win the presidency in 2024, the sources said.” – By Betsy Reed, Theguardian.com
“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast” – Revelations 13:3
8) “He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Pete answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God” – Matthew 16:15. Jesus Christ was no ordinary human. He was God that left heaven, and came on earth that performed miracles, signs, and wonders. Peter knew it. Well, will others notice the counterfeit antichrist? Mariana Abramovic whom is a clear satanist has stated that this “man” is so unique and different than any others that he is creating this awakening where many wake up. The question needs to be asked on whom he is waking people up to what? A satanist will not say it’s to Jesus Christ of the Bible as a satanist and a believer of Christ are polar opposite. One is of darkness while Christians is of light through Christ. This question can then be answered to him is waking the world up to Lucifer. The evidence points to be truth, and if anyone has any logic that's what it proves as truth. Then it comes down to he is either the man of sin prophesied to be the antichrist or he is paving the way for the antichrist which is behind the curtain waiting to be seen by the whole world. Time is running out whichever may it be.
Isn’t it odd that from the time he was born, to when he took office on first day comes to 70 years, 7 months, and 7 days. The number 7 to God means perfection. God created the earth in 6 days and on the 7th he rested. Isn’t this possibly a hint that when scripture says there will be many antichrists that will come, but eventually there will be the last antichrist (1 John 2:18). It’s all speculation to believe that these number 7s is a hint that he is the antichrist as he arrived as president of the United States in 70 years, 7 months, & 7 days after his birth. The message could be ciphered to explained as a sign to the world elites that here is the man of sin that has rose to power and eventually to be possessed by Satan himself (perfected antichrist).
Is the dots connecting again? This must be a bunch of coincidences of events to occur to 1 person to possibly be the antichrist. I personally can confess and admit that I don't think any other man fits the man of sin then he does. Its been reported by a person that he fulfills 45 antichrist prophecies. I can't think of anyone else on the world scene that fits to being antichrist then this man. The connections are very similar. This person has also been bringing peace to Israel by the Abraham’s Accord in Sept of 2020. Daniel 9:27 stats that the antichrist will confirm a covenant with many for one week. Definition of “confirm” means to approve something that was put on the table, and to also make firm or firmer – strengthen. This Abraham’s Accord IF it is this peace deal of 7 years, can be said to be put on the table, confirmed later down the road, and strengthened to bring about as Daniel 9:27 prophecy stats. Israel has named a train stop in Jerusalem after his name. If there is any man at this stage that can deceive Israel with a 7 year peace deal, it’s this man at the current moment as he is named in places after him, and has agreed on peace deals. Is their any man out there at the moment that fits antichrist? If you had to imagine an antichrist person, would you not think he would deceive many Christians. He will deceive many conspiracy theorist. He will promise a false awakening of removing of corruption but in the end it’s all lies and deception that is leading those to a 1 world governemnt. This man seems to fit the bill of it all of the greatest magician which Mariana Abramovic has coined him after. The great magician! She got that right! I can admit I was deceived by him during the elections of 2020, but praise God for waking me up and shining the light on the truth of this deception. Isn’t that odd in the church of Satan MAGA/Magus is the 5th degree and highest. He went to 2 Jesuit colleges, and controlled by none other than the Rothschilds as they have helped bailed him out financially in the past. He is owned and a puppet. This whole talk about Joe being a puppet is no different then any president in the past. They all are. It’s not left vs right, it’s us against the conspirators that are working to build a 1 world government to enslave mankind. It’s if one is saved by the blood of Jesus Christ or if they are still unsaved, lost and in the dark.
This great awakening vs the great reset is all a deception and 2 different sides of the coin, but it’s one and the same. Both movements is a deploy to get those on the great awakening side to rise up and fight for our freedom and constitution. How is this so? They make it obvious with what has been going on since Joe taken office. They want people to "wake up" which is a false light movement which will lead those blinded by the false light bearer (aka lucifer) which is without Jesus Christ but through knowledge of corruption and conspiracy that will ultimately lead to the antichrist and his beast system. To get many to follow the antichrist and accept the 1 world government, Satan and conspirators started a false light movement that started in 2017. The beginning words that ushered this movement is "I'll drain the swamp" and all these lies of major arrests and corruption being removed. It’s all smoke and mirrors as they are all in on it to deceive the population. Many are still gullible on the left vs right. The Bible says 1 world government will happen and that his kingdom is not of this earth but is in Heaven. Which means if a politician runs and tries to "fight" if God uses him, he is contradicting his Word. How can he help someone fight in this political battle when God says his kingdom is not of this world. This 1 world government will happen and there is no stopping it. The world is too brainwashed and even those who claim they are "woke" is just new age gnostic belief. There is truth in these corruptions, but the Word Of God, salvation through Jesus Christ is never mentioned. On top of that, all this corruption in the media, elections, politics, etc.
This is all caused by Satan – Problem, Reaction & Solution (Hegelian Dialectic). The problem is created by Satan and the conspirators themselves, they want to get a reaction from people to plead for the government for help. Help Us! Everything is getting expensive! Help! There is shortages! Help! There is corruption and are constitution is being removed! Help Us! We don’t want that great reset to occur! This problem is brought about by Satan and the conspirators. The reaction is being created at this moment as many are fearful that constitution and are rights are going to be lost. Many can’t trust the government anymore because of this, which is leading them to believe in a man that is claiming to be against the deep state. Whom is promising to fight for us and save us and bring peace and removal of corruption. This is the solution that is all a false light movement and in the end this is all a deception tactic by the conspirators and Satan to make people follow the antichrist. If he ever does get back in the White House, all of this and I know their has been many other fantastic written articles/literatures on him being the antichrist with other connections should get many to be on guard, and don’t get sucked into this political movement. Before we bring this all in for a close, I would like to point out a few more things to wrap this up for anyone that has doubts on politics being controlled by conspirators and Satan.
This person has also been proven to be involved with the psyop movement of Qanon (promising to remove corruption, pedophilia, and make the world a better place). Doesn’t this sound like new age of Aquarius of peace and removal of corruption? This is all lies! The Bible says differently, which was penned down almost 2,000 years ago. Which one is more believable, a book that was written 2,000 years ago that has been proven time and time again to be correct and truth, or small movement and man claiming to remove corruption, which has failed to do so. It’s a fake movement and it’s so obvious. Presidents and governments don’t care about the population. It’s been said to me that Presidents always lie to gain votes and to deceive, well Jesus Christ spoke to the Pharisees of calling them the father of the devil as they lie, but there is no denying that this is truth to presidents as well, as months ago when I read this scripture I will post below, the first thought that came to my mind was presidents. Read it and do you come to same conclusion as well?
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” – John 8:44-45
They put their hands on a Bible but don’t preach it, nor stand on what it says. They lie and deceive. There has now been 11 presidents that have been in office since God being removed in 1962, and not one of them fought to put God and prayer back in school, and they promote LGBTQ by installing amendments for it and decorating the White House with LGBTQ colors. They are Anti-God of the Bible, and the God they serve is Lucifer. Wake up, it’s blatantly obvious. Satan is the god of this world, whom many secret societies such as Freemasonry, Illuminati, Skull N Bones, and Jesuits control the world. Many Presidents are part of this club. Manly P Hall, Albert Pike, and many other big known 33rd degree Freemasons which is the top degree have testified in literatures that the god they serve is Lucifer the false light bearer. Hence this is the god presidents and leaders serve.
Satan’s kingdom is of this world, hence he will fight for it, but he doesn't need to fight, as scripture says he is the god of this world. 2 Corinthians 4:4. Hence if going by Scripture, if he had to fight (great awakening vs great reset) then scripture contradicts each other and the Bible is error and not inspired. This is not so, which will then suggest by going by The Word of God, this political battle of left vs right is all a lie - Hegelian Dialectic & controlled opposition. A controlled opposition is defined as a protest movement that is actually being led by government agents. Are the dots connecting yet? What is going on politically is a show and a farce. Don’t get pulled into it. No man will be able to save this country. If anyone can save this nation it will be Jesus not anyone else. To expect another person is taking your guard down and setting up to be deceived by the antichrist. True Christians won't have to worry as God will remove his children off this earth, while sadly many Christians that thought they were saved were not This event will reveal who were saved and who were not. Again, this is sad to see many get left behind but it shouldn't be a surprise as scripture says this will happen (Matthew 7:21-23, & Matthew 7:13-14).
Everything that is going on in the world and politically cannot be saved. This titanic is in the process of sinking and removing corruption won't do it. This nation has removed God in 1962 in schools, teaches evolution, and pridefully parades around for support of LGBTQ. Judgement is needed and its absolute mercy and grace how he has not judged this nation. This titanic is sinking fast and there is nothing that can stop it as many are too brainwashed, and many are anti-God by the things many in this nation promote and endorse. What do you do if you’re on a boat and its sinking? Grab out the lifeboats to save oneself from sinking in with the titanic. That lifeboat is Jesus Christ. A simple admission of knowing one is a sinner, what the gospels says is truth - Jesus left heaven to come in flesh as a human to die for mankind's sins, and anyone that believes and confesses with their mouth that they have sinned against him and unworthy to make God standards of perfection, as that only Jesus Christ was only man that has achieved perfection, and by him dying on the cross and the blood he shed is remission of sins. If one believes in their heart that is all truth, and he died, and rose again on the 3rd day. Those that believe this and ask him to save them from their sins and make him their Lord & Savior will be saved. Fighting for this kingdom and removing corruption is a waste of energy and one that will fights for this kingdom is being led down the broad road that leads to destruction, the narrow path leads to life is through Jesus Christ and him only. Time is running out, and it’s possible the stage for the antichrist is almost set up and completed. His arrival could come at any moment, any time, and any second.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” – John 14:6
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2023.03.25 19:01 spaceforcerecruit A Math Lesson
“Remember, in long division you have to divide each digit one at a time. Now, can anyone come up and solve this problem using long division?” Mrs. Heneshaw pointed to the chalkboard where she had written the number 76 over the number 456 with a thick line in between. “Anyone?” Looking around the room, her eyes settled on a student, “Trevor?”
Trevor looked up from his drawing, a fair impression of Mrs. Heneshaw, he thought, though she’d likely disagree. The horns were probably a bit much, he admitted. As he glanced at the board, Trevor answered “Six.” He didn’t elaborate, he never did. He’d gotten in trouble for it before. He just didn’t understand why teachers needed him to ‘show his work.’ Did they not know how to do it? He always got the answers right. That should be enough.
“Would you like to come up to the board and show the class how you solved that?” Trevor know she thought he was cheating. He wasn’t. He’d even taken his last test in the principal’s office and still got all the answers right. But Trevor got up and walked to the board anyway. As he went, he tried to break the problem on the board into smaller pieces that he could solve one at a time, hoping to avoid another trip to the principal. By the time he reached the board, he’d all but given up. He just couldn’t think the way these teachers wanted.
As Mrs. Heneshaw handed him the chalk, the door to the classroom opened and one of the school secretaries stepped in and exchanged some whispered words with the teacher. Trevor only caught a few words, “attack,” “quiet,” “shelter,” but he knew what would come next. He was just old enough to remember the 9/11 attacks, many of his classmates didn’t, but he was in the principal’s office when it happened and had seen the broadcast as the second plane hit before the staff noticed him and ushered him out. Next, the teachers would stop classes and everyone’s parents would come get them.
When Mrs. Heneshaw spoke, her voice was missing its usual sternness, a note of fear replacing it, “Class, please gather your things and form an orderly line. We’re going to take a little field trip.” Trevor returned to his seat and started putting his things in his bag, wondering where the attack had happened. A few minutes later, the class was out in the hallway. All the classes were out in the hallway and the teachers were trying to direct everyone but no one was listening. The hallway was filled with a cacophony of “what’s happening?” and “where are we going?” Trevor heard one of the girls start crying. Soon, a number of the children were crying, especially from the younger classes.
Then a booming “QUIET!” silenced the hallway. A few children still whimpered but even the most upset had been stunned to silence by the unexpected shout, no, roar from Mr. Grimes, the high school football coach. He continued in a calmer but no less commanding voice, “Everyone follow me quietly. We are going downstairs for a little while.” Downstairs? Why are we going downstairs? Aren’t our parents coming to get us?
The students moved quietly as the teachers led them toward the administration wing. As they walked through, Trevor saw one TV, still on and showing CNN. The scroll at the bottom read ‘Beijing, Delhi, Tokyo, others destroyed’ in large, white letters. The man on the screen was saying, “…do not know at this time who perpetrated the attacks but we do have new guidance from the White House ordering all Americans to seek shelter and stay indoors. We do not know if a second round of attacks is coming or if this was a nuclear first strike…” Nuclear?! Like, bombs?!? Was this another terrorist attack or not?
As Trevor moved out of earshot of the television, he saw their destination, a door leading to a stairway lit by dim yellow bulbs. It looked like something out of the horror films his sister and her friends liked to watch. At the base of the stairs, the likeness grew even more as he passed through a large, metal door into a bare, concrete room filled already with students. Trevor saw some of the football players carrying the large, round coolers we use at parties and games over to a folding table set up along one wall. He looked frantically for his sister, the calm he felt earlier beginning to turn to panic. What is this place? Why are we here? What’s happening? Where are our parents?
“Trevor!” The voice from behind him brought a small amount of relief as he turned to see his sister coming toward him. He latched onto her and started crying. Rather than pushing him away or yelling like she normally would, she grabbed him back, hugging him until it hurt. “Are you ok?” she asked with genuine concern in her voice. She must be as scared as I am. “What’s happening? Was there another attack?” Trevor knew she wouldn’t know any more than he did, probably less, he’d seen the news broadcast after all, but he asked anyway, he didn’t know what else to do.
“I don’t know,” her voice comforting even while she wiped a tear from her cheek, “but we’re safe down here. This is an old bomb shelter from the Cold War. They built it to withstand nukes. Nothing can get us down here.” Trevor wasn’t sure what the Cold War was but he’d heard of nukes and thought something that could survive those must be pretty safe. Just as Trevor began to feel reassured by his sister’s words, the lights flickered. Then they flickered again. Then they went out entirely.
Screams filled the enclosed space. Children, adults, everyone. Trevor clung tightly to his sister, his pulse racing as his eyes darted desperately for any sign of light. We’re going to die. We’re going to die. We’re going to die!
Suddenly a light came on, just a flashlight, but in that moment, it was the most beautiful thing Trevor had ever seen. Soon, more lights were found; a number of small electric lanterns that were in an old metal cabinet near the back of the room. As the room finally started to quiet again, Mr. Grimes climbed up on top of one of the few chairs in the room.
The commanding edge from the coach’s voice was gone, replaced by a reassuring confidence, “I know everyone is scared and you don’t know what’s going on. But we are all safe here. We’ve got lights, and water, and I think Ben just found some old games. Now this is gonna be just like a camping trip. We’ll sit here and play some games by lantern light until things settle down.”
Things never did settle down though. That was nine years ago; day one of the War.
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2023.03.25 18:19 PrasadBharadhwaj 🌹 26, MARCH 2023 SUNDAY ALL MESSAGES ఆదివారం, భాను వాసర సందేశాలు 🌹
| 🍀🌹 26, MARCH 2023 SUNDAY ALL MESSAGES ఆదివారం, భాను వాసర సందేశాలు 🌹🍀 1) 🌹 26, MARCH 2023 SUNDAY ALL MESSAGES ఆదివారం, భాను వాసరే - నిత్య పంచాంగము Daily Panchangam🌹 2) 🌹 కపిల గీత - 153 / Kapila Gita - 153 🌹 🌴 4. భక్తి యోగ లక్షణములు మరియు సాధనలు - 07 / 4. Features of Bhakti Yoga and Practices - 07 🌴 3) 🌹. విష్ణు సహస్ర నామ తత్వ విచారణ - 745 / Vishnu Sahasranama Contemplation - 745 🌹 🌻745. అచలః, अचलः, Acalaḥ🌻 4) 🌹 . శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణము - 706 / Sri Siva Maha Purana - 706 🌹 🌻. త్రిపుర మోహనము - 4 / The Tripuras are fascinated - 4 🌻 5) 🌹. ఓషో రోజువారీ ధ్యానాలు - 326 / Osho Daily Meditations - 326 🌹 🍀 326. కాదు / 326. NO 🍀 6) 🌹. శ్రీ లలితా చైతన్య విజ్ఞానము - 442 / Sri Lalitha Chaitanya Vijnanam - 442 🌹 🌻 442. 'పుష్టి' / 442. 'Pushti'🌻 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 https://preview.redd.it/nhm5nrod5xpa1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd379e74c37233b8be8aab5f1f32801d1dd81a89 *🌹 26, మార్చి, March 2023 పంచాగము - Panchagam 🌹\* *శుభ ఆదివారం, Sunday, భాను వాసరే\* *మనందరికి ఈ రోజు కాలము, ప్రకృతి అనుకూలించాలి అని పరమాత్మని స్మరిస్తూ - ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ\* *🌻. పండుగలు మరియు పర్వదినాలు : స్కంద షష్టి, Skanda Sashti🌻\* *🍀. శ్రీ సూర్య సహస్రనామ స్తోత్రం 🍀\* *ధ్యేయః సదా సవితృమండలమధ్యవర్తీ\* *నారాయణః సరసిజాసనసన్నివిష్టః \* *కేయూరవాన్ మకరకుండలవాన్ కిరీటీ\* *హారీ హిరణ్మయవపుర్ధృతశంఖచక్రః\* 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 *🍀. నేటి సూక్తి : పూర్ణయోగంలో ఏకాగ్రత, ధ్యానము - చైతన్యాన్నీ ఒక ప్రత్యేక స్థితిలోనో గతిలోనో లగ్నం చెయ్యడం ఏకాగ్రత. స్థితికి ఉదాహరణం శాంతి, గతికి ఉదాహరణం ఇచ్ఛ, ఆకాంక్ష. యథార్థ జ్ఞానప్రాప్తికై అంతర్మనస్సు విషయాలను ఈక్షణ చేయడం ధ్యానం. 🍀\* 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 విక్రమ: 2080 నల, శఖ: 1945 శోభన శోభకృత్, వసంత ఋతువు, ఉత్తరాయణం, చైత్ర మాసం తిథి: శుక్ల పంచమి 16:34:32 వరకు తదుపరి శుక్ల షష్టి నక్షత్రం: కృత్తిక 14:02:14 వరకు తదుపరి రోహిణి యోగం: ప్రీతి 23:31:24 వరకు తదుపరి ఆయుష్మాన్ కరణం: బాలవ 16:38:32 వరకు వర్జ్యం: 01:40:00 - 03:18:48 మరియు 30:59:00 - 32:40:48 దుర్ముహూర్తం: 16:50:27 - 17:39:16 రాహు కాలం: 16:56:33 - 18:28:04 గుళిక కాలం: 15:25:01 - 16:56:33 యమ గండం: 12:21:57 - 13:53:29 అభిజిత్ ముహూర్తం: 11:57 - 12:45 అమృత కాలం: 11:32:48 - 13:11:36 సూర్యోదయం: 06:15:51 సూర్యాస్తమయం: 18:28:04 చంద్రోదయం: 09:29:20 చంద్రాస్తమయం: 23:00:00 సూర్య సంచార రాశి: మీనం చంద్ర సంచార రాశి: వృషభం యోగాలు: ధూమ్ర యోగం - కార్య భంగం, సొమ్ము నష్టం 14:02:14 వరకు తదుపరి ధాత్రి యోగం - కార్య జయం ✍️. శ్రీ వక్కంతం చంద్రమౌళి 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 *🍀. నిత్య ప్రార్థన 🍀\* *వక్రతుండ మహాకాయ సూర్యకోటి సమప్రభ\* *నిర్విఘ్నంకురుమేదేవ సర్వకార్యేషు సర్వదా\* *యశ్శివో నామ రూపాభ్యాం యాదేవీ సర్వ మంగళా\* *తయో సంస్మరణాత్పుంసాం సర్వతో జయ మంగళం\* *తదేవ లగ్నం సుదినం తదేవ తారాబలం చంద్రబలం తదేవ\* *విద్యాబలం దైవబలం తదేవ లక్ష్మీపతే తేంఘ్రి యుగం స్మరామి.\* 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 https://preview.redd.it/sxp9syae5xpa1.png?width=786&format=png&auto=webp&s=a1644a03672291987bbe61c59f3425f5c54f94b9 *🌹. కపిల గీత - 153 / Kapila Gita - 153 🌹\* *🍀. కపిల దేవహూతి సంవాదం 🍀\* *✍️. శ్రీమాన్ క.రామానుజాచార్యులు, 📚. ప్రసాద్ భరధ్వాజ\* *🌴 4. భక్తి యోగ లక్షణములు మరియు సాధనలు - 07 🌴\* *07. ఏతైరన్యైశ్చ పథిభిర్మనో దుష్టమసత్పథమ్\* *బుద్ధ్యా యంజీత శనకైర్జితప్రాణో హ్యతంద్రితః॥\* *తాత్పర్యము : అహింసాది నియమములను పాటించుటయేగాక, వ్రతదానాది ఇతర సాధనలద్వారా కూడ సావధానుడై జితేంద్రియుడై బుద్ధిద్వారా చెడు మార్గముల వైపు వెళ్ళు చిత్తమును తిన్నతిన్నగా ఏకాగ్రమొనర్చి మనస్సును పరమాత్మ ధ్వానమునందే లగ్నము చేయవలెను.\* *వ్యాఖ్య : అసత్పధములో వెళ్ళే ఇంద్రియాలను బుద్ధితో జయించు. బుద్ధికీ మనసుకీ అనుసంధానం ఉన్నంతకాలం అసత్పధములో వెళ్ళము. ఎందుకంటే బుద్ధికి ఆలోచించే శక్తి ఉంది. మనసు ఆలోచించదు. మనసుని బుద్ధితో కలపాలంటే ప్రాణాయాముదలతోటి ప్రాణ వాయువుని జయించాలి. సోమరితనాన్ని విడిచిపెట్టాలి. అలాంటి వాడే ప్రాణ వాయువును గెలువగలడు. అటువంటి వాడే మనసును బుద్ధితో కలపగలడు\* *సాధారణ యోగా ప్రక్రియలో నియమాలు మరియు విధానాలను పాటించడం, వివిధ కూర్చున్న భంగిమలను అభ్యసించడం, గాలి యొక్క ముఖ్యమైన ప్రసరణపై మనస్సును కేంద్రీకరించడం మరియు అతని వైకుంఠ కార్యాలలో పరమాత్ముని గురించి ఆలోచించడం వంటివి ఉంటాయి. ఇది యోగా యొక్క సాధారణ ప్రక్రియ. ఇదే ఏకాగ్రతను ఇతర ఏకాగ్రతా ప్రక్రియల ద్వారా సాధించవచ్చు. ముఖ్యమైన విషయం ఏమిటంటే, భౌతిక ఆకర్షణతో కలుషితమైన మనస్సు, భగవంతుని యొక్క పరమపురుషుడిపై బంధింపబడి, కేంద్రీకరించబడాలి. ఇది శూన్యం లేదా వ్యక్తిత్వం లేని వాటిపై స్థిరపడదు. ఈ కారణంగా, శూన్యత మరియు వ్యక్తిత్వం లేని యోగా అభ్యాసాలు అని పిలవబడేవి ఏ ప్రామాణిక యోగా-శాస్త్రంలో సూచన చేయబడవు. నిజమైన యోగి, భక్తుడి మనస్సు ఎల్లప్పుడూ భగవానుడి కార్యకలాపాలపై కేంద్రీకృతమై ఉంటుంది.\* *సశేషం..\* 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 *🌹 Kapila Gita - 153 🌹\* *🍀 Conversation of Kapila and Devahuti 🍀\* *📚 Prasad Bharadwaj\* *🌴 4. Features of Bhakti Yoga and Practices - 07 🌴\* *07. etair anyaiś ca pathibhir mano duṣṭam asat-patham\* *buddhyā yuñjīta śanakair jita-prāṇo hy atandritaḥ\* *MEANING : By these processes, or any other true process, one must control the contaminated, unbridled mind, which is always attracted by material enjoyment, and thus fix himself in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\* *PURPORT : The general yoga process entails observing the rules and regulations, practicing the different sitting postures, concentrating the mind on the vital circulation of the air and then thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Vaikuṇṭha pastimes. This is the general process of yoga. This same concentration can be achieved by other recommended processes, and therefore anyaiś ca, other methods, also can be applied. The essential point is that the mind, which is contaminated by material attraction, has to be bridled and concentrated on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It cannot be fixed on something void or impersonal. For this reason, so-called yoga practices of voidism and impersonalism are not recommended in any standard yoga-śāstra. The real yogī is the devotee because his mind is always concentrated on the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the topmost yoga system.\* *Continues...\* 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 https://preview.redd.it/80hoehye5xpa1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=619f7906eabc887d09f58f295da9b596b52a41ee *🌹. విష్ణు సహస్ర నామ తత్వ విచారణ - 745 / Vishnu Sahasranama Contemplation - 745🌹\* *🌻745. అచలః, अचलः, Acalaḥ🌻\* *ఓం అచలాయ నమః ॐ अचलाय नमः OM Acalāya namaḥ\* *నస్వరూపాత్ నసామర్థ్యాత్ నచ జ్ఞానాది కాద్గుణాత్ ।\* *చలనం విద్యతేఽస్యేత్యచల ఇత్యుచ్యతే హరిః ॥\* *పరమాత్ముడు తన స్వరూపమునుండి కాని, సామర్థ్యము నుండి కాని, జ్ఞానాది గుణముల నుండి కాని చలనమునందడు కావున 'అచలః' అనబడును.\* :: శ్రీమద్రామాయణే అరణ్యకాణ్డే పఞ్చవింశస్సర్గః :: స తైః ప్రహరణైర్ఘోరైః భిన్నగాత్రో న వివ్యథే । రామః ప్రదీప్తైర్బహుభిః వజ్రైరివ మహాచలః ॥ 13 ॥ *అగ్ని జ్వాలలవలె వెలుగులను విరజిమ్ముచున్న వజ్రాయుధములు ఎంతగా ఖండించుచున్నను నిశ్చలముగానుండెడి మహా పర్వతమువలె ఆ రాక్షసులు తీవ్రములైన ఆయుధములచే తన శరీరమును ఎంతగా గాయ పరచినను, శ్రీ రాముడు ఏ మాత్రము వ్యథ చెందలేదు.\* సశేషం... 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 *🌹. VISHNU SAHASRANAMA CONTEMPLATION- 745🌹\* *🌻745. Acalaḥ🌻\* *OM Acalāya namaḥ\* नस्वरूपात् नसामर्थ्यात् नच ज्ञानादिकाद्गुणात् । चलनं विद्यतेऽस्येत्यचल इत्युच्यते हरिः ॥ *Nasvarūpāt nasāmarthyāt naca jñānādikādguṇāt,\* *Calanaṃ vidyate’syetyacala ityucyate hariḥ.\* *Since the Lord does not stray from His nature, power, wisdom and other qualities - He is called Acalaḥ.\* :: श्रीमद्रामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे पञ्चविंशस्सर्गः :: स तैः प्रहरणैर्घोरैः भिन्नगात्रो न विव्यथे । रामः प्रदीप्तैर्बहुभिः वज्रैरिव महाचलः ॥ १३ ॥ Śrīmad Rāmāyaṇa Book III, Chapter 25 Sa taiḥ praharaṇairghoraiḥ bhinnagātro na vivyathe, Rāmaḥ pradīptairbahubhiḥ vajrairiva mahācalaḥ. 13. *As his body is gashed with those gruesome assault weapons - Rama is not enfeebled, as like an enormous mountain that can withstand even if battered by very many highly blazing thunderbolts of Indra.\* 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 🌻 Source Sloka सुवर्णवर्णो हेमाङ्गो वरांगश्चन्दनाङ्गदी ।वीरहा विषमश्शून्यो घृताशीरचलश्चलः ॥ ७९ ॥ సువర్ణవర్ణో హేమాఙ్గో వరాంగశ్చన్దనాఙ్గదీ ।వీరహా విషమశ్శూన్యో ఘృతాశీరచలశ్చలః ॥ 79 ॥ Suvarṇavarṇo hemāṅgo varāṃgaścandanāṅgadī,Vīrahā viṣamaśśūnyo ghrtāśīracalaścalaḥ ॥ 79 ॥ Continues.... 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 https://preview.redd.it/kaf63rnf5xpa1.png?width=509&format=png&auto=webp&s=a2cc945d91e257c1d8532925130e1931486b5d36 *🌹 . శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణము - 706 / Sri Siva Maha Purana - 706 🌹\* *✍️. స్వామి తత్త్వ విదానంద సరస్వతి 📚. ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ\* *🌴. రుద్రసంహితా-యుద్ద ఖండః - అధ్యాయము - 05 🌴\* *🌻. త్రిపుర మోహనము - 4 🌻\* *ప్రాణులు ఇచటనే స్వర్గనరకముల ననుభవించెదరు. ఇంతకు మించి ఎక్కడనో స్వర్గనరకములు లేవు. సుఖమే స్వర్గము. దుఃఖమే నరకము (28). సుఖముల ననుభవిస్తూ ప్రాణములను విడనాడుటయే గొప్ప మోక్షము అగునని తత్త్వవేత్తలు ఎరుంగవలెను (29). వాసనలతో సహా చిత్తక్లేశములు నశించగా అజ్ఞానము నిశ్చయముగా తొలగిపోవును. అదియే మోక్షమని తత్త్వచింతకులు తెలియవలెను (30). వేదవేత్తలు బోధించే పరమ ప్రమాణమగు శ్రుతి ఇట్లు చెప్పుచున్నది: ఏ ప్రాణులనైననూ హింసించరాదు. హింసను బోధించు ఇతర శ్రుతివాక్యములు ప్రమాణము కావు (31).\* *ఈ లోకములో దుష్టులు ఆచరించే అగ్నిష్టోమాది యజ్ఞములు భ్రమ పూర్ణములు. పశువుల హింసతో కూడియున్న ఆ యజ్ఞములను విద్వాంసులు ప్రమాణముగా అంగీకరించరు (32). చెట్లను నరికి, పశువులను సంహరించి, రక్తమును చిందించి, అగ్నిలో తిలలు, నేయి మొదలగు వస్తువులను దహించి వీరు స్వర్గమును పొందగోరుచున్నారు. ఇది విచిత్రము (33). ఆ యతి త్రిపురాధీశునకు, పౌరులందరికీ ఈ విధముగా తన మతమును చెప్పి వినిపించి మరల ఆదరముతో నిట్లనెను (34). ప్రత్యక్షముగా కనబడు వాటిని మాత్రమే విశ్వసించునవి, దేహసౌఖ్యమును సాధించుట ప్రముఖ లక్ష్యముగా గలవి అగుర బౌద్ధాగమములోని ధర్మములు వేదము కంటె గొప్పవి (35).\* సశేషం.... 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 *🌹 SRI SIVA MAHA PURANA - 706🌹\* *✍️ J.L. SHASTRI, 📚. Prasad Bharadwaj \* *🌴 Rudra-saṃhitā (4): Yuddha-khaṇḍa - CHAPTER 05 🌴\* *🌻 The Tripuras are fascinated - 4 🌻\* 28. Living beings have heaven and bell here itself and not anywhere else. Happiness is heaven and misery is hell. 29. If the body is cast off in the midst of enjoyment thati s the greatest liberation conceived by the philosophers. 30. When pain comes to an end along with its impressions, If ignorance too dies away, it is conceived as the greatest salvation by the philosophers. 31. Supporters and exponents of the Vedas accept this as an authoritative Vedic text that no living being shall be injured. Violence is not justifiable. 32. The Vedic text encouraging slaughter of animals cannot be held authoritative by the learned. To say that violence is allowed in Agniṣṭoma is an erroneous view of the wicked. 33. It is surprising that heaven is sought by cutting off trees, slaughtering animals, making a muddy mess with blood and by burning gingelly seeds and ghee. 34. Narrating his opinions to the leader of the Tripuras, the ascetic addressed the citizens with great zeal. 35. He referred to things which gave credence, being visible, which brought happiness to the body, which are indicated in Buddhistic theology and which are consistent with the Vedic passages. Continues.... 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 https://preview.redd.it/5ldj5j8g5xpa1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=802c4da59240fa273744a61a66f41477fc9d8f52 *🌹. ఓషో రోజువారీ ధ్యానాలు - 326 / Osho Daily Meditations - 326 🌹\* *✍️. ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ\* *🍀 326. కాదు 🍀\* *🕉. వద్దు, కాదు అనేది నీటి బుగ్గ మీద ఉన్న రాయి లాంటిది; వసంతం దానిచే నలిగి పోతుంది. నో తో మీరు స్తంభించి పోతారు 🕉\* *కాదు అనే బండపై సుత్తి కొట్టడం కొనసాగించండి,అలా ఒక రోజు బండ బ్రద్దలవుతుంది; అప్పుడు, అవును, ప్రామాణికమైన అవును, తలెత్తుతుంది. కాబట్టి నేను అవును అని నటించమని చెప్పడం లేదా అది మీకు రానప్పుడు అవును అని చెప్పమనట్లేదు. ఇది మీకు రాకపోతే, చింతించాల్సిన పని లేదు. బండ మీద సుత్తి కొట్టడం కొనసాగించండి. నో ను అంగీకరించవద్దు, ఎందుకంటే మనిషి కాదు లో జీవించలేడు. మీరు తినలేరు, త్రాగలేరు. ఎవరూ కాదు లో జీవించలేరు - అందులో బాధ మాత్రమే పొంది మరిన్ని కష్టాలను సృష్టించగలరు.\* *కాదు అనేది నరకం. అవును మాత్రమే స్వర్గాన్ని దగ్గరగా తీసుకువస్తుంది మరియు మీ మొత్తం జీవి నుండి నిజమైన అవును అనే భావన తలెత్తినప్పుడు, ఏదీ వెనుకబడి ఉండదు. అవును, అందులో మీరు ఒక్కటి అవుతారు మరియు మీ శక్తి మొత్తం పైకి కదులుతుంది మరియు అవును, అవును, అవును అని చెబుతుంది! తధాస్తు' అనే పదానికి అర్థం అదే. ప్రతి ప్రార్థనను 'తధాస్తు' తో ముగించాలి-అంటే అవును, అవును, అవును. కానీ అది మీ ధైర్యం నుండి బయటకు రావాలి. అది మనసు వ్యవహారం కాకూడదు, కేవలం ఆలోచనల్లోనే ఉండకూడదు. మీకు చెప్పమని నేను చెప్పడం లేదు; రావడానికి మార్గం కల్పించమని చెబుతున్నాను.\* *కొనసాగుతుంది...\* 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 *🌹 Osho Daily Meditations - 326 🌹\* *📚. Prasad Bharadwaj\* *🍀 326. NO 🍀\* *🕉. No is like a rock on the fountain; the spring is being crushed by it, and that spring is you. With no you remain crippled and paralyzed 🕉\* *Go on hammering on the rock of no, and one day the rock will give way, and when it does, then the yes, the authentic yes, will arise. So I am not saying to pretend yes, or to say yes when it is not coming to you. If it is not coming to you, there is nothing to worry about. Go on hammering on the rock. Don't accept the no, because one cannot live in a no. You cannot eat no food, you cannot drink no water. Nobody can live in no-you can only suffer and create more and more miseries.\* *No is hell. Only yes brings heaven close, and when there arises a real yes out of your total being, nothing remains behind. In that yes you become one, and your whole energy moves upward and says yes, yes, yes! That is the meaning of the word amen. Each prayer is to be closed with "amen"-it means yes, yes, yes. But it should come out of your very guts. It should not be a mind affair, it should not be just in the thoughts. I am not telling you to say it; I am saying to make way for it to come.\* *Continues...\* 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 https://preview.redd.it/e7q97qvg5xpa1.png?width=820&format=png&auto=webp&s=157d67e44654d60005fec68ffc7a6fd823918c1f *🌹. శ్రీ లలితా చైతన్య విజ్ఞానము - 442 / Sri Lalitha Chaitanya Vijnanam - 442 🌹\* *🌻. లలితా సహస్ర నామముల తత్వ విచారణ 🌻\* *✍️. సద్గురు శ్రీ కంభంపాటి పార్వతీ కుమార్\* *సేకరణ : ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ\* *🍁. మూల మంత్రము : ఓం ఐం హ్రీం శ్రీం శ్రీమాత్రే నమః 🍁\* *🍀 94. కుమార గణనాథాంబా, తుష్టిః, పుష్టి, ర్మతి, ర్ధృతిః ।\* *శాంతిః, స్వస్తిమతీ, కాంతి, ర్నందినీ, విఘ్ననాశినీ ॥ 94 ॥ 🍀\* *🌻 442. 'పుష్టి' 🌻\* *పుష్టి గూర్చునది శ్రీమాత అని అర్ధము. 'పుష్టి' అనగా పరిపూర్ణత, విద్యయే పరిపూర్ణతను కలిగించును. అన్ని విద్యలకు మూలము బ్రహ్మమే. అట్టి బ్రహ్మవిద్యను కూడ శ్రీమాత అనుగ్రహమున పొందవచ్చును. అట్టివారే బ్రహ్మర్షులు. వారిది తరుగని పుష్టి. వారు సతత సంతుష్టులు. వారియందు ప్రకృతి పురుషుల సాన్నిధ్యము పరిపూర్ణముగ నుండును. వశిష్ఠుడు, అగస్త్యుడు, గౌతముడు అట్టి బ్రహ్మర్షులు. సనక సనంద నాది కుమారులు, నారదుడు, సప్త ఋషులు, మనువులు అట్టివారే. గణపతి, కపిలుడు, దత్తాత్రేయుడు, హనుమంతుడు దేవతలలో అట్టివారు అని తెలియవలెను. ఆకారములలో కుంభము, రంగులలో నీలము, అక్షరములలో ఓంకారము, అంకెలలో పదియవ అంకె- ఇట్టి పూర్ణత్వమును, పుష్టిని సూచించును. వృక్షములలో దేవదారు వృక్షము, జంతువులలో ఏనుగు, లోహములలో బంగారము, పక్షులలో గరుత్మంతుడు, పర్వతములలో కైలాస పర్వతము, జలములలో గంగాజలము యిట్టివి.\* *సశేషం...\* 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 *🌹 Sri Lalitha Chaitanya Vijnanam - 442 🌹\* *Contemplation of 1000 Names of Sri Lalitha Devi\* *✍️ Prasad Bharadwaj\* *🌻 94. Kumara gananadhanba tushtih pushtirmati dhrutih\* *Shanti spastimati mantirnandini vignanashini ॥ 94 ॥ 🌻\* *🌻 442. 'Pushti' 🌻\* *Pushti means strength. It means Srimata grants strength. 'Pushti' also means perfection. Knowledge brings perfection and Brahman is the source of all knowledge. Such knowledge of the Brahman can also be obtained by the grace of Srimata. Brahmarshis are such people. Theirs is inexhaustible strength. They are eternally satisfied. The grace of nature and consciousness is complete with them. Vashishtha, Agastya and Gautama are Brahmarshis. Sanaka Sananda, Narada, Sapta Rishis and Manus are such blessed people. It should be known that Ganapati, Kapila, Dattatreya and Hanuman are such among the gods. Pot in shapes, blue in colors, Omkara in letters, tenth digit in numbers - they represents completeness and prosperity. Among the trees is the cedar tree, among the animals is the elephant, among the metals is gold, among the birds is the Garutman( eagle), among the mountains is the Kailasa mountain, and among the waters is the Ganga are such.\* *Continues...\* 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹 submitted by PrasadBharadhwaj to ChaitanyaVijnanam [link] [comments] |
2023.03.25 18:01 Pug__Jesus [H] Various Humblebundles [W] Project Hospital, Airport CEO, Project Wingman, Storyteller (Unity Tool), Stranded: Alien Dawn, The Mortuary Assistant
112 Operator
911 Operator
A Story About My Uncle
Action Henk
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Age of Wonders III
The Amazing American Circus
Amnesia: The Dark Descent + Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Antagonist
Archangel: Hellfire - Fully Loaded
Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 7
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan
Auto Age: Standoff
Awesomenauts Yogscast Pack - Coco Nebulon
Awesomenauts Yogscast Pack - Rocco
Awesomenauts Yogscast Pack - Skolldir
Awesomenauts Yogscast Pack - Ted McPain
The Bard's Tale
Battlerite DLC: YogYog Bear Mount
Bezier
Bionic Commando
Blockstorm
Boundless
Breach & Clear
Broken Age
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Chime Sharp
Citizens of Earth
ClusterPuck 99
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Corridor Z
Crashlands
Crusaders of the Lost Idols - Elite Starter Pack
Crying Suns
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft - The Eldritch Box DLC
Dandara
Deadly Sin
Deadly Sin 2
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Defend Your Life: TD
Deponia: The Complete Journey
Draw Slasher
Drawful 2
Driftland: The Magic Revival
Dungeon of the Endless
Endless Space 2
Europa Universalis IV
Expeditions: Viking
Figment
Figment Soundtrack
The Final Station
FreeCell Quest
Fury Unleashed
Go Home Dinosaurs
Going Under
Golf With Your Friends - OST
GRIP: Combat Racing Artifex DLC
Guns of Icarus Alliance
Guns of Icarus Alliance Soundtrack
Guns of Icarus Alliance Yogscast 2017 Costume Pack
Gurgamoth
Headlander
Hector: Badge of Carnage
Hexologic
HIVESWAP: Act 1
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms -- Celeste Starter Pack
Inmost
The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizza Boy
Iron Danger
Jurassic World Evolution - Deluxe Dinosaur Pack
Last Horizon
Last Word
Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion
Lion Quest
Love Letter
Lust for Darkness
Lust from Beyond: M Edition
Main Assembly
Max Payne 3
Mimic Arena
Ministry of Broadcast
Mirage: Arcane Warfare
Moon Hunters
Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021
NASCAR Heat 2 - October Jumbo Expansion
NecroWorm
Neon Drive (Steam)
Neverout
Neverwinter Feywild Starter Pack
Nex Machina
No Time To Explain Remastered
Offensive Combat: Redux!
Old Man's Journey
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
On Rusty Trails
Orbital Racer
Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
Out of the Park Baseball 18
Pale Echoes
Pandemic: Roles & Events
Pandemic: The Board Game
Pathway
Pikuniku
Post Void
Quantum Break
Radio Commander
Rakuen
Raw Data
Remnants of Isolation
Renegade Ops Collection
Roarr! Jurassic Edition
RPG Maker 2000
RPG Maker VX
Rustler
Ryse: Son of Rome
Sanctum 2
Say No! More
Scanner Sombre
She Remembered Caterpillars
Shing!
Silence
Slinger VR
Space Gladiators: Escaping Tartarus
Spectrum
Steel Rats
Super Raft Boat
SUPERHOT
SuperLuminauts
Supraland
SYSTEM SHOCK: ENHANCED EDITION
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Asharra’s Diplomat Pack
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Birdsong’s Entertainer Pack
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Dragonbait’s Dungeoneer Pack
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation - Tales of Artus Cimber’s Explorer Pack
Tannenberg
Team Fortress 2 badges - Mandrew's Munificent Mug and Israphel's Eleemosynary Expression
Team Racing League
Telefrag VR
Telltale Texas Hold'em
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
This War of Mine
Tiltagon
Tiny Echo
Tooth and Tail
Tormentor X Punisher
Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found
Treasure Hunter Simulator
The USB Stick Found in the Grass
Uurnog Uurnlimited
Vagante
Wanderlust: Travel Stories
Wandersong
War for the Overworld - Yogscast Worker Skin
Wargroove
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Game of the Year Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
WARSAW
We Are Alright
West of Dead
Wizard of Legend
World to the West
X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC
Yoku's Island Express
Zeno Clash 2
Zombie Night Terror
I also have Humble Choice leftovers from the following that I haven't sorted through yet:
APRIL 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Driftland, Turok 2, Truberbrook, Shoppe Keep 2, Capitalism 2)
APRIL 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE ( Shenmue III, Main Assembly, Rock Of Ages 3, In Other Waters, Aven Colony, Simulcra I+II, Colt Canyon, Skully, Popup Dungeon)
AUGUST 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Hello Neighbor + Hide And Seek, Littlebig Workshop, American Fugitive, The Coma 2, A Case Of Distrust)
DECEMBER 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE (Man Eater, Beyond The Wire, The Survivalists, Lacuna, 8 Doors, Greak, Fling To The Finish, Tohu, Voidigo)
FEBRUARY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE (Moving Out, The Wild 8, Train Station Renovation, Werewolf The Apocalypse Heart Of The Forest, Lovecraft's Untold Stories, Iris And The Giant, Boomerang Fu)
JANUARY 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE (Total Tank Simulator, Song Of Horror, Vampire The Masquerade: Shadows Of New York, Tales Of The Neon Sea, Deleveled, The Ambassador)
JUNE 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Supraland, Grid, The Messenger, Felix The Reaper, Remnants Of Naezith, Overload, The Stillness Of The Wind, The King's Bird)
MARCH 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE (WWE 2k, Hotshot Racing, Peaky Blinders, Cyber Hook, Pesterquest, Boreal Blade, Ageless)
MAY 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Xcom 2, Niche, Swords Of Ditto, Heave Ho, Neoverse, Horace)
NOVEMBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Imperator: Rome, Darksburg, Little Misfortune, Smile For Me, Tsioque, Rover Mechanic Simulator, Youropa, Townsmen)
OCTOBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Iron Danger, Autonauts, Shadows: Awakening, Fantasy Blacksmith, The Suicide Of Rachel Foster, Goat Of Duty, The Uncertain, Lightmatter)
SEPTEMBER 2020 HUMBLE CHOICE (Forager, Lethal League, Fun With Ragdolls, Evoland, Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair, The Occupation, The Shapeshifting Detective)
SEPTEMBER 2021 HUMBLE CHOICE (Neon Abyss, Atomicrops, Heaven's Vault, Swag And Sorcery, Fort Triumph, Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength, Framed Collection)
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2023.03.25 17:30 FitInvestigator5945 YOUNG MONEY FILMS of COURSE THE BLOCKKK IS HOT VOL. 1 EPISODE 1:MOVIN’ TOO FAST
YOUNG MONEY FILMS of COURSE THE BLOCKKK IS HOT VOL. 1 EPISODE 1:MOVIN’ TOO FAST
“And when I was 5, my favorite movie was the Gremlins, ain’t got piff to do with this but I just thought that I should mention.” TUNECHI ALOWISHES
CHAD XZAVIER HARRIS 8/12/2010
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1st off, Dwayne M. Carter II personally requested this publication so it is only professional you give this to him. He will have an email sent to me if this is not put in his possession. We really appreciate your cooperation. Thank You
If any information contained in this book is considered offensive or controversial, CHAD HARRIS personally apologizes, asks for forgiveness and for it to be given to Dwayne M. Carter anyway.
Nothing in this text is designed to provide instructions for any weaponry or escape plans, He’s a multi millionaire for GOD’s sake. If you just would search the entire book you will read various harmless ideas that fit in different categories. There’s a movie script, 2 animation television show scripts and 12 short film treatment scripts...nothing illegal or provoking unrest amongst your prisoners.
Thank You Kindly
• I am shappy and grateful now I am working on 5 films with Eli Roth and Q. Tarantino.
• I am so happy and grateful I am President of Young Money Film Division courtesy of GOD, Myself and lil Wayne aka Tunechi my favorite mentor
• I am so happy and grateful my published book containing the animation and feature film script and treatment has been received by lil Wayne in NYC jail hassle free and he is in the process of contacting me to fly me out to get paperwork done
• I am so happy and grateful my first published feature film script was picked up and optioned and I was paid $1,000,000 for it quickly as if it were destined
• I am so happy and grateful lil Wayne wasted no time whatsoever in reaching back out to me in letting me become part of Young Money
• I am so happy and grateful the Young Money and Cash Money family supports my passion and looks out for me while welcoming me into their family, which I appreciate so franking much.
• Just in case- 678.760.0704 [
[email protected]](mailto:
[email protected]), [
[email protected]](mailto:
[email protected]),
• The number 1 characteristic of an alpha male is the smile and I can’t help but smile wider than usual after actually sending this to you
• The only way to really get signed with Young Money is to feel like I already am and I really do feel like Young Money Film’s newest phenom
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• Whether you decide to meet me or not, at least contact me and let me know pls. It would be greatly appreciated and I really hope you at least received this.
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8/12/2010 9:28:22 PM
“You can’t be broke and happy, so me I’m MAD RICH”- “Throw it in the Bag” from “No Ceilings”
Dear Wayne,
I condensed 5 intro pages into 1 to catch your attention. (Later on the 5 pages can be read in full.) Basically, I am 20, graduated high school in 2008. If YOUNG MONEY FILMS exist, I want to work my way up to the highest available position. My passions are reading, writing and speaking. I have been writing original poems since I was 7.
You are such a mobile and goal oriented person, it’s challenging to get something in your hands, no homo. The purpose of this publication is to convey to you, Wayne, how valuable I believe I am regarding YOUNG MONEY FILM’s eternal success. With the right amount of experience I can be a serious threat, a real serious threat. On an interview you mentioned wanting to step in front of the camera a likkle more (likkle Wayne). Out of all the Hollywood studios I would prefer to enter Hollywood thru YOUNG MONEY FILMS and if given the chance, I’ll personally make sure you earn a billion units of currency due to our organized efforts. I just want your co-sign. What Baby did for you, I want a similar opportunity. If by some GODLY force your eyes are actually feasting upon this written material, my biggest dreams are being realized. On your “Behind the Music” you said “being able to say I was CASH MONEY were some of the happiest moments of my life.” In my bedroom closet I have 52 pictures for inspiration while writing movies and you’re on 12 out of 52.
I imagine just how wonderful it actually feels to be “Young Money FILMS”. On the original “I want dis forever” Drake said “I’m so UN-SIGNED; it would blow one’s mind.” And on the “official” “Forever”, he was YOUNG MONEY. I want to earn my way there. So if this never reached you, you would never know how crushed I truly am, my eyes are becoming teary but I deserve everything I receive. So if I deserve at Least 1 physical audition to prove my value to your camp, please grant it.
If you can not feel my passion through these pages then I ask you to fly me out to your location once free from prison. You will definitely sense my passion in person. On your “weezy thanx you” website you requested fans only send you 1 page letters but I am a business partner thus, an entire published book. I thank you for at least opening it. So I want to end the introduction briefly summarizing 3 movie ideas I am currently outlining.
“Ah Hell Naw!” An original idea courtesy of YOUNG MONEY FILMS: I’m walking around my old job carrying a notebook and it got me thinking, the scariest thing to a creative artist would be if something was hell bent on stealing my ideas. Like Wayne just imagine, some devilish creature ACTUALLY stealing your rhymes before you can record them and completely wiping your memory of it. It never fails; a creature whose purpose was to steal your drive, your passions, your hobbies, is basically stealing your life force.
5 They just leave you lethargic. To some people, this is worse than death. The theme and moral is “chores don’t kill, so get them done.”
- Steven Spielberg scared the crap out of the world with “Jaws”. The next YOUNG MONEY FILMS
commercial hit is this: over the last million years, the oceans began drying up and sharks began evolving to live on land. They operate like big cats do basically. Where “Jaws” made it unsafe for people to swim, this makes it unsafe for people to be outside period. That’s what makes it so scary, in “Jaws” you had to swim to be a victim, here it is so different. It’s not realistic but once immersed in the story, you are so happy it may never happen. And if Sharks do in fact evolve to live on land, we called it 1st with GOD’s help here at YOUNG MONEY. These sharks pounce like tigers, lions and panthers. They evolve to the point where they have wings. It will be a fantasy and all the explanations come from evolution, not genetic mutation, that’s outdated. Where the Jaws poster had the shark swallowing a person from the bottom, our film will have the Great white shark swallowing the person from the top; he’s flying down. I see so much potential in this film particularly. Monday, August 09, 2010 8/9/2010 4:24:54 PM
The Blockkk is Hot Volume 1, Episode 1: Running from the Police
FADE IN
3 African American teenage males are being pulled over for a “routine” traffic stop. The on duty officers are white of course. The responding officer calls in for backup to even out the citizen to police officer ratio. 2 more police squad cars arrive on the scene. An officer from the 2nd squad car walks slowly to the left side, watching the back seat passenger. The 1st officer runs the vehicle’s license plate for warrants and or tickets. The initial police officer finally gets out of his car and walks over to the driver of the vehicle.
The 1st officer asks the driver for his driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance. The driver is extremely nervous but nonetheless he complies. The officer receives the information and walks back over to his squad car. The officer from the 3rd car walks over to the 1st officer’s car door. They both engage in conversation over what they are allowed to do with the “suspects”.
The three African American males observe their environment and notice the 2nd police officer watching over them. Suddenly a van carrying 6, including the driver, African American adult males armed with specialized weapons notices the scene. They pull over on
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the opposite side of the road several hundred feet away from the “traffic” stop.
They drop off 2 passengers, each armed with a high powered sniper rifle to “spot” them. The other 4 passengers viciously load, cock and aim their sub- machine guns towards the “innocent” police officers. The 2 snipers each aim at their respective officer’s head and fire. This leaves 2 of the 3 officers down and fatally injured.
The African American teenage male located in the backseat is the first to notice the 2nd officer as he falls to the ground. Blood is sprayed on the window and in his view. The 2nd officer is hit by the 2nd sniper and his accurate hollow point bullet. This scares the 1st officer shit-less because he is closest to the 2nd officer and is now the only one left alive. The van full of single purpose driven cop killers is now side by side the 1st squad car and the 3 armed passengers already have their door open. These same gunmen riddle the officer with one round of semi automatic bullets. The officer is not able to return fire quickly enough and thus never stood a chance.
While this is going on, the 3 African American teenage males are jumping in their seats. They then all duck down because they have no idea what is going on. They realize the police officers are under fire but they don’t know from who, why, and if they themselves are also targets.
They are obviously not because if they were, they too would be slumped in their vehicle as well. The 3 armed passengers leave their sub machine guns in the van, only take 1 silenced pistol and one 9mm with them as they exit the van.
The cop killers pull the 1st police officer’s dead corpse from “his” squad car and lay him on the 2nd officer in an assumed homosexual position as a joke. Each cop killer relocates into a squad car and prepares to drive off. Right at this moment another squad car is seen driving down the road at a calm pace. The new squad car slows down to investigate the interesting scene. The gunman in the bloodiest squad car cocks and aims both his pistols at the new squad car as a defensive tactic.
It is now revealed the driver of the investigating squad car is JARVIS, the 2nd in command of this “elite” and
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“exquisitely prepared operation”. JARVIS rolls down the window and smiles at his soldiers. He tells the soldiers to “keep up the outstanding progress” and drives off as he turns on the police car sirens and flashing lights.
The 1st gunman walks over to the teenager’s car and returns his driver license. He tells the driver he is free to go, his license is clean and hands him a brochure to attend a meeting based on what they just witnessed here. As the 3 gunmen drive off calmly in all different directions the camera freezes and the title credits roll. The “Tyga Tyga song La La La Boom” song plays as the credits play out.
Once the credits finish we cut to JARVIS meditating silently and alone in his bedroom closet. We observe him taking his 1st 5 deep inhalations and exhalations. We cut to JARVIS in his high school cafeteria in the 11th grade. JARVIS is sitting at a table filled with people chattering about him, about others, to him and to others. He is bored of this and gets up to throw away his empty food tray.
He tells his table he will meet them after school lets out as he heads to the library. JARVIS heads into the school library and gives the librarian his school identification. He observes a class sitting with their teacher at the middle of the library receiving a lecture of some sort. He walks over to the student computer area and takes a seat. He logs into his account and pulls up internet explorer 8. He googles afro centricity and is taken to
www.thetalkingdrum.com.
The talking drum website is full of an abundance of detailed information regarding America’s race relations “policies”. He clicks on a tab titled “Cointelpro” identifying what Cointelpro really is. He reads on Cointelpro until the lunch bell rings 15minutes later.
He has 25 pages left and he prints out 5 pages on Cointelpro and exits the library after picking up his heaven sent information. He walks into his class and as he enters the room, the camera doesn’t follow him in. We cut back to JARVIS meditating in his closet. We see JARVIS taking 5 more breaths before we cut to him giving an arousing speech at a nearby youth center in a NYC neighborhood.
JARVIS
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WE SHALL NEVER AGAIN BE NEUTRALIZED...WE SHALL INSTEAD SHOOT UNTIL WE DIE!!!
We cut back to JARVIS meditating. JARVIS stands up, puts a shirt on and exits the closet. He has his loaded shotgun strapped around his back safely to avoid shooting himself. He sits at his study desk and draws out the final blueprints of his latest plans. On top his bookshelf, away from the other books are 2 books on police dispatching systems and 1 book on proper grenade usage and handling.
We cut to a group of armed soldiers exiting a black “cable company” van. 4 African American males pull ghostface masks over their faces, load their automatic rifles and with heavy determination enter a doomed police precinct. There are 4 men on the “bad side”: CARLOS, JOSE, ALEX and DANIEL. CARLOS is the commanding officer of this particular squad and enters the building with DANIEL by his side. They both waste no time in firing upon the innocent and ignorant police officers.
They really have little time to execute their plans due to the visibility of their artillery and their face masks. CARLOS shoots 3 cops in the face, neck and back, back to back to back. DANIEL takes out 2 more officers with his rifle while ALEX throws a smoke grenade over DANIEL’s shoulder. JOSE equips himself to ALEX’s right side and throws an armed war grenade into the hallway of the police station. Just as the upstairs officers head downstairs with their game face on, they are blown away “right on time”.
As the smoke fills up the room, all 4 assailants release heavy fire upon the hidden police officers even more. They hear more screams from the cops and are now unsure how many more they have killed. They all head outside of the police station through the front door. CARLOS radios the driver, JARVIS, to return and pick them up. As JARVIS pulls up, they all notice back up police officer squad cars stopping on the corner to “engage” them in battle.
Just then, JARVIS jumps out of the vehicle, mask on his face, grenade launcher in hand and aims steadily at the cop cars. He successfully blows them all up. The explosion knocks everyone except JARVIS to the ground. They all get up, get inside the van and drive off. JARVIS is happier at this outcome than one may expect or be able to stomach.
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We now cut to a black screen reading: “Chapter 1, Laying Plans”. Cut to JARVIS standing at the head of a table with a room full of warriors listening to his every word. He explains the process of war, “it is an art”.
We cut to JARVIS and CARLOS walking in front of a different police station with land mines in their hands. They kneel down together and each plant 5 mines in a line as a trap. They then both throw 3 smoke grenades and 2 war grenades into the police station. They both walk away calmly to the corner where ALEX is waiting in the van.
As they open the van door, the 4 grenades blow up and 2 dead officers are blasted into the empty street. As they close the van door they notice the smoke exiting the building and 5 officers run out of the building in fear and curiosity. All 5 of these oblivious officers activate a separate land mine and are effectively terminated in the blast. The van drives off away from the “unwarranted chaos”. JARVIS is still seen laughing uncontrollably or giggling like a giddy little school girl, whichever feels best. We cut back to JARVIS’ lesson plans.
We cut to JARVIS speaking to an African American militant sniper about an upcoming battle. 3 police cruisers responding to an “emergency call” park on the block. JARVIS asks the sniper, SUNNY, if he is ready and SUNNY responds in the affirmative. JARVIS walks down the stairs as he polishes his left oozy. He puts it in his left gun shoulder strap and then pulls out his right oozy. He tells himself “One at a time JARVIS, just one at a time. All things come to those who act as if and who believe in CHRIST.”
JARVIS walks through bushes taller than him quietly enough to position himself right next to an unsuspecting officer. The officer’s partner notices the oozy barrel sticking out of the bush and right when he opens his mouth; BOOM! The sniper’s 1st kill assisted JARVIS’ 1st kill. As the 1st officer investigates his partner’s body, JARVIS guns him down with the oozy. Since 2 officers have been gunned down, the remaining 4 officers call in for back up as they are engaged in heavy gunfire.
Now they realize it is a horrible set up by armed
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citizens. JARVIS shoots the windshield to pieces while SUNNY shoots down one more officer. This leaves 2 more and JARVIS precisely pitches an armed grenade into the squad car. SUNNY the sniper takes out the last squad car with a rocket launcher. (This is designed to make the audience laugh due to dramatic irony; neither JARVIS nor the cops know a rocket launcher has entered the equation). JARVIS is blown 5 feet away from the site. The scene freezes and cuts back to JARVIS and his lesson plans.
We cut to JARVIS and ALEX driving in the by now so recognizable van, not to the police but to the audience. They park the car 50 yards away from a police officer occupied with giving someone a ticket. JARVIS exits the van, loads up his favorite pink sniper rifle, aims it at the officer’s head and positions himself.
Just in case the officer has a partner in the passenger side ALEX loads his sniper rifle, aims it where the passenger would exit the vehicle and alerts JARVIS of his readiness. JARVIS executes the cop and as the bullet exits the chamber, the camera zooms out, pans over to the cop’s perspective and the officer then falls to the ground. We cut back to JARVIS’ lesson plans.
JARVIS Always remember lack of planning brings about defeat.
We cut to a high school lecture given by a retiring police officer dated 2 weeks before the 1st attack on the police forces officially commenced. 20 students enter into their criminal justice 2nd period one after the other. As they position themselves into their seats, their teacher, Mr. BRADLEY, announces the day’s special guest. Officer O’Charley begins his lecture. A student, DESTIN, asks the officer a question about his utility belt. Officer O’Charley answers DESTIN’s question.
We cut to a masked gunman brandishing a double barreled shotgun. He is walking behind an unsuspecting police officer giving a traffic ticket on the side of the road. The criminal shoots the officer in the head and neck twice in rapid succession, as it should be. He then steals the officer’s car and drives off calmly.
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We cut back to Officer O’Charley’s school lesson. He is explaining the obvious usefulness of his handcuffs. We cut to 2 officers responding to an “emergency call” at a local residence. A white couple is arguing outside at each other with a bat and a machete in their hands. The police officers exit the car and immediately brandish their trusty firearms.
They ask the couple to put their weapons away and step over to the vehicle. 2 masked white men in all black clothing ambush the bitch ass police officers. The 1st white man, TJ, shoots the 1st cop in the neck with a tranq gun. As the next officer turns around to investigate and then shoot, the other white man DARWIN guts him like a fish with his freshly sharpened Katana.
TJ walks over to the “sleeping” officer and handcuffs him with his own handcuffs. DARWIN ties a black bag over his head, ties a rope around his neck extra tight and he and TJ lift the officers one by one back into their cars. TJ and DARWIN get in the squad car, drive it to the corner and park it sideways; blocking the road off partially. As they exit the car they each arm 2 grenades, leave them in the car and walk back down to the crime scene as the car explodes. The explosion serves as the transition to the next scene.
We see Officer O’Charley answering a question from student ADAM WAGNER concerning his upcoming retirement. Officer O’Charley informs ADAM of his gut feeling to leave the force. He feels something horrible is being plotted by “horrible” people. He then goes on to say he could just be “horribly wrong.” We cut to JARVIS, once again laying out the “business plans”. We cut to 5 police officers inside a police precinct discussing recent arrests. Their names are STEVEN, NICOLAS, JACK, WILLIAM TYRELL and TOMMY LEE.
STEVEN So I’m taking this guy in for disturbing the peace and being drunk in public right, and all of sudden he decides to puke all over my back seat. It was just so disgusting man, like seriously. How am I supposed to drive that car around town now? I kind of wished I had just left him be. TOMMY LEE Ah man STEVEN that’s nothing bro. I responded to a call about 3 months ago, epileptic seizure or something of that nature. Right as the paramedics arrive on the scene this lady starts puking in my arms. NICOLAS puts his arm around TOMMY LEE’s shoulder as he
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pokes fun at him, smile on his face
NICOLAS I didn’t even know people could vomit while under seizures. TOMMY LEE shifts his position so he and NICOLAS are having a heart to heart conversation. NICOLAS’ arm falls off of TOMMY LEE’s shoulder as a result.
TOMMY LEE I know right! That’s exactly what I’m saying. I know now though. But all in all though, I gave that nice lady some comfort in her time of need so it’s not a big deal at all. Now you on the other hand STEVEN...that shit’s just funny as fuck. At this moment the police station door opens and 5 ball- like items are slung violently in all directions inside the building. The officers are still trying to figure out what is happening when the items start fulfilling their purposes. One item is a homemade tear gas canister, another is a smoke grenade, one is a poison gas canister and two are live, war grenades designed to maim, kill and neutralize. The 5 officers along with the rest of the people inside the building begin to gag, choke, cough and suffocate before the grenade blows them up.
We cut back to JARVIS and his lesson plans.
JARVIS Ok so, Chapter 3: Attacking by stratagem; the easiest part. JARVIS pulls the sides of his sports jacket closer together symbolizing his inner confidence.
JARVIS So here are the rules: if our forces are 10 to our enemy’s 1, we surround him.
We cut to a white male in all blue and a gas mask walking up very quickly to a local police precinct. He pulls out 5 ball like items from his bag, drops the bag and opens the police station double doors. He launches all 4 weapons into the police station, closes the door, picks up his bag and makes a dash for the corner. A black cable van arrives to pick him up. He enters the vehicle and they drive off as the explosions occur. We cut to a police officer walking out of a coffee shop with a brew in his hand. We see a white man in all black with a Halloween mask on smashing the cop’s squad car up with a spiked baseball bat. The cop, outraged, brandishes his pistol after dropping his coffee on the ground.
OFFICER DALY
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Freeze bitch! Hands up now! What the fuck do you think you’re doing man? What’s wrong with you man? Are you insane? ZACHARY JUKEL I didn’t do it...I fucking swear. It was a black dude. ZACK puts his hands up after dropping the bat. 10 machine gun brandishing African American militants appear from around the corner and gun down OFFICER DALY with immense ease.
ZACK What took you all so long man? I was almost dead! CORNELIUS He wasn’t going to kill you JUKEL man, you white. ZACK Yea, bet. CORNELIUS Let’s lift this sack of shit up and place his ass on top of his squad car, since he cares ‘bout it so much. Both ZACK and CORNELIUS lift up the dead officer on top of his cruiser. ZACK pours gasoline all over his body and inside the car. CORNELIUS strikes a match and throws it inside the car and the big group disperses before the flames attract more officers and firemen.
CORNELIUS Ok, this motherfucker’s toast, let’s skedaddle. We cut back to JARVIS explaining the plans. We cut to an interracial teenage couple sitting on a couch listening to music playing from a white laptop.
CARTER How was economics today SASHA? SASHA Oh it was just grand (very enthusiastically) Mr. Woods is just so freaking entertaining man. He was telling us of a story about a student he had on the 1st day of school a few years ago. He was an Asian student drinking water out a tall, plastic bottle. Mr. Woods kept noticing the student laughing and blurting out random nonsense right? CARTER Um hum, keep going. SASHA So Mr. Woods walks over to the student’s desk, picks up the bottle, opens it and smells it. He then figured out it was some sort of hard liquor and had to suspend the student. So his moral was water only, but he had to be allowed to smell it first. It was much funnier coming straight from him. I mean, his facial expressions are priceless man. CARTER Yea, that was pretty entertaining. You do a great job SASHA. You really do. SASHA leans in to kiss CARTER on the lips. She puts her hand on his cheek and keeps it there longer than
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necessary which shows how much she does adore him.
SASHA Ok, now your turn boo, tell me a funny story taking place in high school pls.
CARTER looks up and to the right, gathers the appropriate memory and begins.
CARTER Ok, I have one. CARTER sits up straight to better illustrate his short tale.
CARTER My junior year at Salem, there was this new girl from Upstate New York. Her name was BELINDA SOSA. People called her BELLA. Boy was she beautiful, but nevertheless, we never ever spoke. So one day I’m talking to DIAMOND, a good friend of mine, after school and she gives me BELLA’s phone number. This was when I had a boost mobile cell phone and BELLA also had a Nextel. So that allowed us to chirp each other. You know about chirping right? SASHA You mean the walkie talkie feature right? CARTER Yes, exactly. So anyway right, later on that night I decide to engage in premature acts known commonly as prank calling. She has no idea who I am so I chirp her every morning as I walk to the bus stop right. Next thing you know her popular boy friend, TREY NEWTON, chirped me back and said he was hell bent on whooping my ass.
SASHA leans in closer to CARTER’s chin, looks up at him with a smile on her face and asks him
SASHA So were you in the least bit afraid? CARTER Oh yes, he was so popular, I was like ‘maybe I should stop soon.’ SASHA So did you stop then? CARTER Hell to the fuck Nah. Both SASHA and CARTER share a hearty laugh together. CARTER One day she chirps me and uses my full name, CARTER SIMMONS. SASHA’s eyes widen up in complete surprise and suspense. CARTER I was like, what in the hell? I was so scared man, like how’d she get my whole government name? Turns out when I chirped her, my information was also sent to her. By then it was a little too late but I still decided to change my information for future reference purposes. CARTER So a few days later I’m in the lunchroom, standing in a long line waiting to buy a lunch. All of a sudden, bleep bleep, my phone starts going off. Somebody was chirping me. The 1st thing
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popping in my mind was ‘hell nah, this girl trying to find me. She’s trying to jam a nigga up man.’ She almost had me too. I figured she was also in the lunchroom somewhere so I secretly pull my phone out and turn that bitch off. Maybe I wasn’t slick enough and she had somebody looking out for me and they saw me. So after school as I’m walking down the stairs to my bus I turn my phone back on and chirp her. We made jokes about how she almost caught me. She called me a punk for being afraid of her boyfriend. SASHA So where’s the climax and resolution? I wanna finish nibbling on your ears and once it’s out of my system, you can return the favor. Only if that’s cool with you though. CARTER So here’s the end; I’m in literature class sitting at a table full of women, as it should be. All of a sudden TIFFANY GREEN walks over to me and asks me; ‘are you CARTER SIMMONS?’ and I’m like Noooo. She then says ‘yes you are man!’ then I say ‘yes I am but why.’ She just says ‘oh no reason.’ I pretty much figured out what was going on because I recognized TIFFANY as part of BELLA’s clique. So a few days later I’m posted up eating lunch away from the cafeteria and all of a sudden BOOM! Both TIFFANY and BELLA walk up to me and it so shocked me SASHA. I promise SASHA, I didn’t faint but it was intense. BELLA’s just there smiling all in my face like we’re friends and everything. At that point, the chirp fest was over, my game was up. She had figured me out with the help of a friend. Had TIFFANY never been in my lit. class it probably could’ve gone on much longer too. So before she walked away I screamed out ‘BELLA’, she turns around and I continued ‘did you think I was going to hurt you?’ She shook her head no and called me a pussy. We never spoke after this but if she did see me, I’m sure she laughed to herself. Ok so story over SASHA, my ear’s ready.
SASHA laughs and continues to nibble on CARTER’s ear.
We cut to JARVIS laying plans.
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2023.03.25 17:27 FitInvestigator5945 YOUNG MONEY FILMS
happy and grateful now I am working on 5 films with Eli Roth and Q. Tarantino.
• I am so happy and grateful I am President of Young Money Film Division courtesy of GOD, Myself and lil Wayne aka Tunechi my favorite mentor
• I am so happy and grateful my published book containing the animation and feature film script and treatment has been received by lil Wayne in NYC jail hassle free and he is in the process of contacting me to fly me out to get paperwork done
• I am so happy and grateful my first published feature film script was picked up and optioned and I was paid $1,000,000 for it quickly as if it were destined
• I am so happy and grateful lil Wayne wasted no time whatsoever in reaching back out to me in letting me become part of Young Money
• I am so happy and grateful the Young Money and Cash Money family supports my passion and looks out for me while welcoming me into their family, which I appreciate so franking much.
• Just in case- 678.760.0704 [
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• The number 1 characteristic of an alpha male is the smile and I can’t help but smile wider than usual after actually sending this to you
• The only way to really get signed with Young Money is to feel like I already am and I really do feel like Young Money Film’s newest phenom
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• Whether you decide to meet me or not, at least contact me and let me know pls. It would be greatly appreciated and I really hope you at least received this.
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8/12/2010 9:28:22 PM
“You can’t be broke and happy, so me I’m MAD RICH”- “Throw it in the Bag” from “No Ceilings”
Dear Wayne,
I condensed 5 intro pages into 1 to catch your attention. (Later on the 5 pages can be read in full.) Basically, I am 20, graduated high school in 2008. If YOUNG MONEY FILMS exist, I want to work my way up to the highest available position. My passions are reading, writing and speaking. I have been writing original poems since I was 7.
You are such a mobile and goal oriented person, it’s challenging to get something in your hands, no homo. The purpose of this publication is to convey to you, Wayne, how valuable I believe I am regarding YOUNG MONEY FILM’s eternal success. With the right amount of experience I can be a serious threat, a real serious threat. On an interview you mentioned wanting to step in front of the camera a likkle more (likkle Wayne). Out of all the Hollywood studios I would prefer to enter Hollywood thru YOUNG MONEY FILMS and if given the chance, I’ll personally make sure you earn a billion units of currency due to our organized efforts. I just want your co-sign. What Baby did for you, I want a similar opportunity. If by some GODLY force your eyes are actually feasting upon this written material, my biggest dreams are being realized. On your “Behind the Music” you said “being able to say I was CASH MONEY were some of the happiest moments of my life.” In my bedroom closet I have 52 pictures for inspiration while writing movies and you’re on 12 out of 52.
I imagine just how wonderful it actually feels to be “Young Money FILMS”. On the original “I want dis forever” Drake said “I’m so UN-SIGNED; it would blow one’s mind.” And on the “official” “Forever”, he was YOUNG MONEY. I want to earn my way there. So if this never reached you, you would never know how crushed I truly am, my eyes are becoming teary but I deserve everything I receive. So if I deserve at Least 1 physical audition to prove my value to your camp, please grant it.
If you can not feel my passion through these pages then I ask you to fly me out to your location once free from prison. You will definitely sense my passion in person. On your “weezy thanx you” website you requested fans only send you 1 page letters but I am a business partner thus, an entire published book. I thank you for at least opening it. So I want to end the introduction briefly summarizing 3 movie ideas I am currently outlining.
“Ah Hell Naw!” An original idea courtesy of YOUNG MONEY FILMS: I’m walking around my old job carrying a notebook and it got me thinking, the scariest thing to a creative artist would be if something was hell bent on stealing my ideas. Like Wayne just imagine, some devilish creature ACTUALLY stealing your rhymes before you can record them and completely wiping your memory of it. It never fails; a creature whose purpose was to steal your drive, your passions, your hobbies, is basically stealing your life force.
5 They just leave you lethargic. To some people, this is worse than death. The theme and moral is “chores don’t kill, so get them done.”
- Steven Spielberg scared the crap out of the world with “Jaws”. The next YOUNG MONEY FILMS
commercial hit is this: over the last million years, the oceans began drying up and sharks began evolving to live on land. They operate like big cats do basically. Where “Jaws” made it unsafe for people to swim, this makes it unsafe for people to be outside period. That’s what makes it so scary, in “Jaws” you had to swim to be a victim, here it is so different. It’s not realistic but once immersed in the story, you are so happy it may never happen. And if Sharks do in fact evolve to live on land, we called it 1st with GOD’s help here at YOUNG MONEY. These sharks pounce like tigers, lions and panthers. They evolve to the point where they have wings. It will be a fantasy and all the explanations come from evolution, not genetic mutation, that’s outdated. Where the Jaws poster had the shark swallowing a person from the bottom, our film will have the Great white shark swallowing the person from the top; he’s flying down. I see so much potential in this film particularly. Monday, August 09, 2010 8/9/2010 4:24:54 PM
The Blockkk is Hot Volume 1, Episode 1: Running from the Police
FADE IN
3 African American teenage males are being pulled over for a “routine” traffic stop. The on duty officers are white of course. The responding officer calls in for backup to even out the citizen to police officer ratio. 2 more police squad cars arrive on the scene. An officer from the 2nd squad car walks slowly to the left side, watching the back seat passenger. The 1st officer runs the vehicle’s license plate for warrants and or tickets. The initial police officer finally gets out of his car and walks over to the driver of the vehicle.
The 1st officer asks the driver for his driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance. The driver is extremely nervous but nonetheless he complies. The officer receives the information and walks back over to his squad car. The officer from the 3rd car walks over to the 1st officer’s car door. They both engage in conversation over what they are allowed to do with the “suspects”.
The three African American males observe their environment and notice the 2nd police officer watching over them. Suddenly a van carrying 6, including the driver, African American adult males armed with specialized weapons notices the scene. They pull over on
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the opposite side of the road several hundred feet away from the “traffic” stop.
They drop off 2 passengers, each armed with a high powered sniper rifle to “spot” them. The other 4 passengers viciously load, cock and aim their sub- machine guns towards the “innocent” police officers. The 2 snipers each aim at their respective officer’s head and fire. This leaves 2 of the 3 officers down and fatally injured.
The African American teenage male located in the backseat is the first to notice the 2nd officer as he falls to the ground. Blood is sprayed on the window and in his view. The 2nd officer is hit by the 2nd sniper and his accurate hollow point bullet. This scares the 1st officer shit-less because he is closest to the 2nd officer and is now the only one left alive. The van full of single purpose driven cop killers is now side by side the 1st squad car and the 3 armed passengers already have their door open. These same gunmen riddle the officer with one round of semi automatic bullets. The officer is not able to return fire quickly enough and thus never stood a chance.
While this is going on, the 3 African American teenage males are jumping in their seats. They then all duck down because they have no idea what is going on. They realize the police officers are under fire but they don’t know from who, why, and if they themselves are also targets.
They are obviously not because if they were, they too would be slumped in their vehicle as well. The 3 armed passengers leave their sub machine guns in the van, only take 1 silenced pistol and one 9mm with them as they exit the van.
The cop killers pull the 1st police officer’s dead corpse from “his” squad car and lay him on the 2nd officer in an assumed homosexual position as a joke. Each cop killer relocates into a squad car and prepares to drive off. Right at this moment another squad car is seen driving down the road at a calm pace. The new squad car slows down to investigate the interesting scene. The gunman in the bloodiest squad car cocks and aims both his pistols at the new squad car as a defensive tactic.
It is now revealed the driver of the investigating squad car is JARVIS, the 2nd in command of this “elite” and
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“exquisitely prepared operation”. JARVIS rolls down the window and smiles at his soldiers. He tells the soldiers to “keep up the outstanding progress” and drives off as he turns on the police car sirens and flashing lights.
The 1st gunman walks over to the teenager’s car and returns his driver license. He tells the driver he is free to go, his license is clean and hands him a brochure to attend a meeting based on what they just witnessed here. As the 3 gunmen drive off calmly in all different directions the camera freezes and the title credits roll. The “Tyga Tyga song La La La Boom” song plays as the credits play out.
Once the credits finish we cut to JARVIS meditating silently and alone in his bedroom closet. We observe him taking his 1st 5 deep inhalations and exhalations. We cut to JARVIS in his high school cafeteria in the 11th grade. JARVIS is sitting at a table filled with people chattering about him, about others, to him and to others. He is bored of this and gets up to throw away his empty food tray.
He tells his table he will meet them after school lets out as he heads to the library. JARVIS heads into the school library and gives the librarian his school identification. He observes a class sitting with their teacher at the middle of the library receiving a lecture of some sort. He walks over to the student computer area and takes a seat. He logs into his account and pulls up internet explorer 8. He googles afro centricity and is taken to
www.thetalkingdrum.com.
The talking drum website is full of an abundance of detailed information regarding America’s race relations “policies”. He clicks on a tab titled “Cointelpro” identifying what Cointelpro really is. He reads on Cointelpro until the lunch bell rings 15minutes later.
He has 25 pages left and he prints out 5 pages on Cointelpro and exits the library after picking up his heaven sent information. He walks into his class and as he enters the room, the camera doesn’t follow him in. We cut back to JARVIS meditating in his closet. We see JARVIS taking 5 more breaths before we cut to him giving an arousing speech at a nearby youth center in a NYC neighborhood.
JARVIS
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WE SHALL NEVER AGAIN BE NEUTRALIZED...WE SHALL INSTEAD SHOOT UNTIL WE DIE!!!
We cut back to JARVIS meditating. JARVIS stands up, puts a shirt on and exits the closet. He has his loaded shotgun strapped around his back safely to avoid shooting himself. He sits at his study desk and draws out the final blueprints of his latest plans. On top his bookshelf, away from the other books are 2 books on police dispatching systems and 1 book on proper grenade usage and handling.
We cut to a group of armed soldiers exiting a black “cable company” van. 4 African American males pull ghostface masks over their faces, load their automatic rifles and with heavy determination enter a doomed police precinct. There are 4 men on the “bad side”: CARLOS, JOSE, ALEX and DANIEL. CARLOS is the commanding officer of this particular squad and enters the building with DANIEL by his side. They both waste no time in firing upon the innocent and ignorant police officers.
They really have little time to execute their plans due to the visibility of their artillery and their face masks. CARLOS shoots 3 cops in the face, neck and back, back to back to back. DANIEL takes out 2 more officers with his rifle while ALEX throws a smoke grenade over DANIEL’s shoulder. JOSE equips himself to ALEX’s right side and throws an armed war grenade into the hallway of the police station. Just as the upstairs officers head downstairs with their game face on, they are blown away “right on time”.
As the smoke fills up the room, all 4 assailants release heavy fire upon the hidden police officers even more. They hear more screams from the cops and are now unsure how many more they have killed. They all head outside of the police station through the front door. CARLOS radios the driver, JARVIS, to return and pick them up. As JARVIS pulls up, they all notice back up police officer squad cars stopping on the corner to “engage” them in battle.
Just then, JARVIS jumps out of the vehicle, mask on his face, grenade launcher in hand and aims steadily at the cop cars. He successfully blows them all up. The explosion knocks everyone except JARVIS to the ground. They all get up, get inside the van and drive off. JARVIS is happier at this outcome than one may expect or be able to stomach.
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We now cut to a black screen reading: “Chapter 1, Laying Plans”. Cut to JARVIS standing at the head of a table with a room full of warriors listening to his every word. He explains the process of war, “it is an art”.
We cut to JARVIS and CARLOS walking in front of a different police station with land mines in their hands. They kneel down together and each plant 5 mines in a line as a trap. They then both throw 3 smoke grenades and 2 war grenades into the police station. They both walk away calmly to the corner where ALEX is waiting in the van.
As they open the van door, the 4 grenades blow up and 2 dead officers are blasted into the empty street. As they close the van door they notice the smoke exiting the building and 5 officers run out of the building in fear and curiosity. All 5 of these oblivious officers activate a separate land mine and are effectively terminated in the blast. The van drives off away from the “unwarranted chaos”. JARVIS is still seen laughing uncontrollably or giggling like a giddy little school girl, whichever feels best. We cut back to JARVIS’ lesson plans.
We cut to JARVIS speaking to an African American militant sniper about an upcoming battle. 3 police cruisers responding to an “emergency call” park on the block. JARVIS asks the sniper, SUNNY, if he is ready and SUNNY responds in the affirmative. JARVIS walks down the stairs as he polishes his left oozy. He puts it in his left gun shoulder strap and then pulls out his right oozy. He tells himself “One at a time JARVIS, just one at a time. All things come to those who act as if and who believe in CHRIST.”
JARVIS walks through bushes taller than him quietly enough to position himself right next to an unsuspecting officer. The officer’s partner notices the oozy barrel sticking out of the bush and right when he opens his mouth; BOOM! The sniper’s 1st kill assisted JARVIS’ 1st kill. As the 1st officer investigates his partner’s body, JARVIS guns him down with the oozy. Since 2 officers have been gunned down, the remaining 4 officers call in for back up as they are engaged in heavy gunfire.
Now they realize it is a horrible set up by armed
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citizens. JARVIS shoots the windshield to pieces while SUNNY shoots down one more officer. This leaves 2 more and JARVIS precisely pitches an armed grenade into the squad car. SUNNY the sniper takes out the last squad car with a rocket launcher. (This is designed to make the audience laugh due to dramatic irony; neither JARVIS nor the cops know a rocket launcher has entered the equation). JARVIS is blown 5 feet away from the site. The scene freezes and cuts back to JARVIS and his lesson plans.
We cut to JARVIS and ALEX driving in the by now so recognizable van, not to the police but to the audience. They park the car 50 yards away from a police officer occupied with giving someone a ticket. JARVIS exits the van, loads up his favorite pink sniper rifle, aims it at the officer’s head and positions himself.
Just in case the officer has a partner in the passenger side ALEX loads his sniper rifle, aims it where the passenger would exit the vehicle and alerts JARVIS of his readiness. JARVIS executes the cop and as the bullet exits the chamber, the camera zooms out, pans over to the cop’s perspective and the officer then falls to the ground. We cut back to JARVIS’ lesson plans.
JARVIS Always remember lack of planning brings about defeat.
We cut to a high school lecture given by a retiring police officer dated 2 weeks before the 1st attack on the police forces officially commenced. 20 students enter into their criminal justice 2nd period one after the other. As they position themselves into their seats, their teacher, Mr. BRADLEY, announces the day’s special guest. Officer O’Charley begins his lecture. A student, DESTIN, asks the officer a question about his utility belt. Officer O’Charley answers DESTIN’s question.
We cut to a masked gunman brandishing a double barreled shotgun. He is walking behind an unsuspecting police officer giving a traffic ticket on the side of the road. The criminal shoots the officer in the head and neck twice in rapid succession, as it should be. He then steals the officer’s car and drives off calmly.
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We cut back to Officer O’Charley’s school lesson. He is explaining the obvious usefulness of his handcuffs. We cut to 2 officers responding to an “emergency call” at a local residence. A white couple is arguing outside at each other with a bat and a machete in their hands. The police officers exit the car and immediately brandish their trusty firearms.
They ask the couple to put their weapons away and step over to the vehicle. 2 masked white men in all black clothing ambush the bitch ass police officers. The 1st white man, TJ, shoots the 1st cop in the neck with a tranq gun. As the next officer turns around to investigate and then shoot, the other white man DARWIN guts him like a fish with his freshly sharpened Katana.
TJ walks over to the “sleeping” officer and handcuffs him with his own handcuffs. DARWIN ties a black bag over his head, ties a rope around his neck extra tight and he and TJ lift the officers one by one back into their cars. TJ and DARWIN get in the squad car, drive it to the corner and park it sideways; blocking the road off partially. As they exit the car they each arm 2 grenades, leave them in the car and walk back down to the crime scene as the car explodes. The explosion serves as the transition to the next scene.
We see Officer O’Charley answering a question from student ADAM WAGNER concerning his upcoming retirement. Officer O’Charley informs ADAM of his gut feeling to leave the force. He feels something horrible is being plotted by “horrible” people. He then goes on to say he could just be “horribly wrong.” We cut to JARVIS, once again laying out the “business plans”. We cut to 5 police officers inside a police precinct discussing recent arrests. Their names are STEVEN, NICOLAS, JACK, WILLIAM TYRELL and TOMMY LEE.
STEVEN So I’m taking this guy in for disturbing the peace and being drunk in public right, and all of sudden he decides to puke all over my back seat. It was just so disgusting man, like seriously. How am I supposed to drive that car around town now? I kind of wished I had just left him be. TOMMY LEE Ah man STEVEN that’s nothing bro. I responded to a call about 3 months ago, epileptic seizure or something of that nature. Right as the paramedics arrive on the scene this lady starts puking in my arms. NICOLAS puts his arm around TOMMY LEE’s shoulder as he
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pokes fun at him, smile on his face
NICOLAS I didn’t even know people could vomit while under seizures. TOMMY LEE shifts his position so he and NICOLAS are having a heart to heart conversation. NICOLAS’ arm falls off of TOMMY LEE’s shoulder as a result.
TOMMY LEE I know right! That’s exactly what I’m saying. I know now though. But all in all though, I gave that nice lady some comfort in her time of need so it’s not a big deal at all. Now you on the other hand STEVEN...that shit’s just funny as fuck. At this moment the police station door opens and 5 ball- like items are slung violently in all directions inside the building. The officers are still trying to figure out what is happening when the items start fulfilling their purposes. One item is a homemade tear gas canister, another is a smoke grenade, one is a poison gas canister and two are live, war grenades designed to maim, kill and neutralize. The 5 officers along with the rest of the people inside the building begin to gag, choke, cough and suffocate before the grenade blows them up.
We cut back to JARVIS and his lesson plans.
JARVIS Ok so, Chapter 3: Attacking by stratagem; the easiest part. JARVIS pulls the sides of his sports jacket closer together symbolizing his inner confidence.
JARVIS So here are the rules: if our forces are 10 to our enemy’s 1, we surround him.
We cut to a white male in all blue and a gas mask walking up very quickly to a local police precinct. He pulls out 5 ball like items from his bag, drops the bag and opens the police station double doors. He launches all 4 weapons into the police station, closes the door, picks up his bag and makes a dash for the corner. A black cable van arrives to pick him up. He enters the vehicle and they drive off as the explosions occur. We cut to a police officer walking out of a coffee shop with a brew in his hand. We see a white man in all black with a Halloween mask on smashing the cop’s squad car up with a spiked baseball bat. The cop, outraged, brandishes his pistol after dropping his coffee on the ground.
OFFICER DALY
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Freeze bitch! Hands up now! What the fuck do you think you’re doing man? What’s wrong with you man? Are you insane? ZACHARY JUKEL I didn’t do it...I fucking swear. It was a black dude. ZACK puts his hands up after dropping the bat. 10 machine gun brandishing African American militants appear from around the corner and gun down OFFICER DALY with immense ease.
ZACK What took you all so long man? I was almost dead! CORNELIUS He wasn’t going to kill you JUKEL man, you white. ZACK Yea, bet. CORNELIUS Let’s lift this sack of shit up and place his ass on top of his squad car, since he cares ‘bout it so much. Both ZACK and CORNELIUS lift up the dead officer on top of his cruiser. ZACK pours gasoline all over his body and inside the car. CORNELIUS strikes a match and throws it inside the car and the big group disperses before the flames attract more officers and firemen.
CORNELIUS Ok, this motherfucker’s toast, let’s skedaddle. We cut back to JARVIS explaining the plans. We cut to an interracial teenage couple sitting on a couch listening to music playing from a white laptop.
CARTER How was economics today SASHA? SASHA Oh it was just grand (very enthusiastically) Mr. Woods is just so freaking entertaining man. He was telling us of a story about a student he had on the 1st day of school a few years ago. He was an Asian student drinking water out a tall, plastic bottle. Mr. Woods kept noticing the student laughing and blurting out random nonsense right? CARTER Um hum, keep going. SASHA So Mr. Woods walks over to the student’s desk, picks up the bottle, opens it and smells it. He then figured out it was some sort of hard liquor and had to suspend the student. So his moral was water only, but he had to be allowed to smell it first. It was much funnier coming straight from him. I mean, his facial expressions are priceless man. CARTER Yea, that was pretty entertaining. You do a great job SASHA. You really do. SASHA leans in to kiss CARTER on the lips. She puts her hand on his cheek and keeps it there longer than
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necessary which shows how much she does adore him.
SASHA Ok, now your turn boo, tell me a funny story taking place in high school pls.
CARTER looks up and to the right, gathers the appropriate memory and begins.
CARTER Ok, I have one. CARTER sits up straight to better illustrate his short tale.
CARTER My junior year at Salem, there was this new girl from Upstate New York. Her name was BELINDA SOSA. People called her BELLA. Boy was she beautiful, but nevertheless, we never ever spoke. So one day I’m talking to DIAMOND, a good friend of mine, after school and she gives me BELLA’s phone number. This was when I had a boost mobile cell phone and BELLA also had a Nextel. So that allowed us to chirp each other. You know about chirping right? SASHA You mean the walkie talkie feature right? CARTER Yes, exactly. So anyway right, later on that night I decide to engage in premature acts known commonly as prank calling. She has no idea who I am so I chirp her every morning as I walk to the bus stop right. Next thing you know her popular boy friend, TREY NEWTON, chirped me back and said he was hell bent on whooping my ass.
SASHA leans in closer to CARTER’s chin, looks up at him with a smile on her face and asks him
SASHA So were you in the least bit afraid? CARTER Oh yes, he was so popular, I was like ‘maybe I should stop soon.’ SASHA So did you stop then? CARTER Hell to the fuck Nah. Both SASHA and CARTER share a hearty laugh together. CARTER One day she chirps me and uses my full name, CARTER SIMMONS. SASHA’s eyes widen up in complete surprise and suspense. CARTER I was like, what in the hell? I was so scared man, like how’d she get my whole government name? Turns out when I chirped her, my information was also sent to her. By then it was a little too late but I still decided to change my information for future reference purposes. CARTER So a few days later I’m in the lunchroom, standing in a long line waiting to buy a lunch. All of a sudden, bleep bleep, my phone starts going off. Somebody was chirping me. The 1st thing
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popping in my mind was ‘hell nah, this girl trying to find me. She’s trying to jam a nigga up man.’ She almost had me too. I figured she was also in the lunchroom somewhere so I secretly pull my phone out and turn that bitch off. Maybe I wasn’t slick enough and she had somebody looking out for me and they saw me. So after school as I’m walking down the stairs to my bus I turn my phone back on and chirp her. We made jokes about how she almost caught me. She called me a punk for being afraid of her boyfriend. SASHA So where’s the climax and resolution? I wanna finish nibbling on your ears and once it’s out of my system, you can return the favor. Only if that’s cool with you though. CARTER So here’s the end; I’m in literature class sitting at a table full of women, as it should be. All of a sudden TIFFANY GREEN walks over to me and asks me; ‘are you CARTER SIMMONS?’ and I’m like Noooo. She then says ‘yes you are man!’ then I say ‘yes I am but why.’ She just says ‘oh no reason.’ I pretty much figured out what was going on because I recognized TIFFANY as part of BELLA’s clique. So a few days later I’m posted up eating lunch away from the cafeteria and all of a sudden BOOM! Both TIFFANY and BELLA walk up to me and it so shocked me SASHA. I promise SASHA, I didn’t faint but it was intense. BELLA’s just there smiling all in my face like we’re friends and everything. At that point, the chirp fest was over, my game was up. She had figured me out with the help of a friend. Had TIFFANY never been in my lit. class it probably could’ve gone on much longer too. So before she walked away I screamed out ‘BELLA’, she turns around and I continued ‘did you think I was going to hurt you?’ She shook her head no and called me a pussy. We never spoke after this but if she did see me, I’m sure she laughed to herself. Ok so story over SASHA, my ear’s ready.
SASHA laughs and continues to nibble on CARTER’s ear.
We cut to JARVIS laying plans.
JARVIS If we know our enemy and know ourselves, we don’t have to fear the result of a hundred battles. If we know ourselves but not our enemy, for every victory gained we will also suffer a defeat. And if we know neither the enemy nor ourselves, we will succumb in every single ...motherfucking battle. And that is just not acceptable.
We cut to a dark room. We only hear muffled voices. The sliding door opens up and the light is turned on. We see 10 officer’s arms tied to the ceiling. They are all standing on top of folding chairs and are gagged and blindfolded. 5 masked figures brandishing Katana swords close the door back and begin attacking the police officers. The 1st militant begins yelling “AW!” out loud while aiming his Katana at a cop’s belly. He goes into a complete rage, kicking the chair from underneath several officers and gutting the officers like helpless fish. They are extremely helpless at this point. They can’t even see what is coming their way. The remaining 4 militants decide to shoot the
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officers in their heads instead of dooming them to the fate their crazed comrade has in store for them. The psycho militant’s name is DARIUS.
DARIUS Ok, I’m hungry, who’s up for dinner? SAMMIE I don’t see myself eating until at least 24 hrs. EDDIE Yea, I think I’m going to be sick. DARIUS Enchiladas it is then!
Cut back to JARVIS laying plans. We cut to CHARLEY, a 19 year old college student sitting at his dining room table. He is eating lunch before work and SAM PAGE, his mother’s boyfriend, enters the apartment. They begin talking about how PAGE is suspended from work for 3 days because some one snitched on him. Someone at his job has also been taking the caps off of his rims and he suspects the snitch to be in on it as well.
PAGE heads into the master bedroom to shower up and change. CHARLEY looks up as the door closes, smirks to himself and continues to eat his blueberry waffles. We cut back to JARVIS and his dictation.
JARVIS Ok groupies, chapter 5, energy. Controlling a large force uses the same exact principles as controlling a few men; it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers. Fighting with a large army under your command is no different than fighting with a small one. Direct or indirect maneuvers can make sure your host withstands the brunt of the enemy’s attack while remaining unshaken. The direct method in all fighting may be used for joining battle but indirect method will be needed in order to secure victory. Properly applied indirect tactics are as inexhaustible as heaven and earth. They are as unending as the flow of rivers and streams and like the Sun and Moon they end, only to begin anew. Like the four seasons, they pass away only to return again once more. There are not more than 5 musical notes yet the combination of these 5 give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard. There are not more than 5 base colors; blue, yellow, red, white and black yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever be seen. There are not more than 5 cardinal tastes; sour, acrid, salt, sweet and bitter yet their combinations yield more flavors than can ever be tasted. TRAVIS Now you gotta nigga wanting to listen to music, paint some scenery and eat some dinner. JARVIS TRAVIE Shut Cho ass UP! Anyway nigga, there are not more than 2 attack methods in battle; the direct and the indirect. Yet these 2 combined give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
We cut to CHARLEY at his job, a local supermarket where he is
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the resident superstar. His manager Mr. PINSON introduces him to a new employee, JAFAR TATMAN. CHARLEY walks JAFAR around the job and shows him the work areas. An older African American male asks JAFAR to help him pick out a prime watermelon for his mother. JAFAR calls over CHARLEY to help them out. The older man begins to berate and insult CHARLEY for no apparent reason. He tells CHARLEY he could learn from JAFAR and JAFAR tells the customer it is CHARLEY’s 1st day. JAFAR’s a fucking asshole basically. JAFAR and CHARLEY walk away laughing together about the incident. JAFAR tells CHARLEY “not to offend anymore innocent customers!”
We cut back to JARVIS and chapter 6 of his lesson plans. We cut to TEL AVIV, a Swedish visitor to the United States for a year on vacation. She is babysitting 3 young children as part of her agreement to stay at their parent’s house. They are driving in a car and TEL AVIV pulls into a pizza restaurant.
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2023.03.25 17:25 obliviousenough anticlimactic final results for an asian CS gal
this is straight up copypasta from my previous post lol
Demographics - Gender: female
- Race/Ethnicity: Asian
- Residence: Washington
- Income Bracket: 100K - 150K
- Type of School: large public
- Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none (unless only one of my parents having a 4-year degree counts . . . ?)
Intended Major(s): Computer Science
Academics - GPA (UW/W): 4.0/4 UW, school doesn't do weighted
- Rank (or percentile): n/a
- # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 9 APs, 11 DE, 4 honors
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP Chem, AP Lit + DE general engineering physics & DE american government
Standardized Testing List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported. - SAT I: 1540 (750RW, 790M)
- ACT: n/a
- SAT II: n/a
- AP/IB: APCSA (5), APHUG (5), APUSH (5), AP Lang (5), AP Stats (5)
- Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): n/a
Extracurriculars/Activities List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc. - President of Girls Who Code Club: created first club website on Glitch, organized Arduino group projects and web development workshops (11, 12)
- Web Dev Internship @ nonprofit: helped renovate a nonprofit's website with improved UI and interactive features, recommended by supervisor to other businesses and connections (11)
- Crochet design (lol): owned Etsy store and published designs to Etsy and Ravelry (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Paid work: bussed tables at a japanese diner (10) and worked in production line at panera bread (11, 12)
- Personal web dev projects: created a project portfolio of Glitch web apps (10, 11, 12)
- Math camp intern: volunteered at a girl's math camp (11, 12)
- NHS tutor: tutored students at my school about 1-2 times a week (11, 12)
- Piano and violin: played piano and violin, a few awards here and there but nothing major (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Running start mentor: mentored students in the dual-enrollment program at my school, advised in choosing classes and filling out enrollment forms (11, 12)
Awards/Honors List all awards and honors submitted on your application. - National Merit Semifinalist
- National Cyber Scholar
- perfect score on 2021 APCSA exam
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- NHS, honor society at my community college
Letters of Recommendation (
Briefly describe relationships with your recommenders and estimated rating.) Computer Science teacher (8.5/10): knew him for 3 years, but was kind of quiet in his class. He advises for my club tho
AP Lang teacher (7/10): knew her only for 1 year, but put a lot of effort in her class and she is known for writing good recs
Interviews n/a
Essays CommonApp (7.5/10): spent a lot of time on my personal statement, talked about my favorite game and connected it with my upbringing in the military and how it taught me to look at my life through a more dynamic lens. Struggled a bit writing it but I think it was decent, not excellent tho)
UIUC, UMass, & Purdue (5.5/10): struggled hard writing short 100 word supplementals :/ but I tried to tie my crochet background to computer science and how I use it as creative fuel
UMich, Georgia Tech, UW-Madison (7/10): tried my best to research schools thoroughly and use it in the Why-Us essays. I think they were okay, but tying what I liked most about the schools back to myself was hard to do and felt quite stiff
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD) Acceptances: - UW-Seattle (got into pre-sciences RD, rejected from CS 😭 this one hurt the most ngl)
- Cal Poly (CS, RD)
- Purdue (CS, deferred -> accepted)
- UW-Madison (CS, deferred -> accepted)
- SJSU (CS, RD)
- UMD (direct admit to CS with 12.5k/yr, EA)
- RIT (CS with 24k/yr, RD)
- ASU (CS with 15.5k.yr, rolling)
- UMass (CS with 16k/yr, EA)
- UMich (advance selection to CS in COE, EA)
- WSU (CS with full tuition NMSF scholarship, rolling)
- UPitt (CS with 5k/yr, rolling)
- Texas A&M (CS with 7k/yr NMSF scholarship + nonresident tuition waiver, rolling)
Waitlists: Rejections: - UIUC (deferred -> rejected)
- Georgia Tech (deferred -> rejected)
Additional Information: So glad this process is over! Went about as good as I could expect, especially as a CS major. I'll probably be committing to UMich in the fall as my COA there is one of my cheapest :)
Though I wished some decisions turned out differently (looking at you UW), overall I'm just glad I got this stressful process out of the way. Good luck to everybody who is still receiving decisions! I hope you all get into your dream schools :D
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2023.03.25 17:24 AlexMikkelsen Aurora and God: Religious analysis
| \"She is definetly not Christian\" Such a comment to the lyrics from the album The Gods We Can Touch is given by one of the users of the Genius website. This is not the first time Aurora has touched on the topic of religion in songs, and I would like to analyze and find out exactly what Aurora wants to say, and whether the statement given in the commentary is true. By myself, there can be no question of any objectivity: the human heart is a mystery, the analysis is based on scraps of information, besides, nothing prevents me from wishful thinking. I also hope that I do not violate personal space and do not cause inconvenience. If so, then I apologize. This article was not originally written in English, and Aurora's quotes were used in translation. I tried to find the original quotes and links to them as best I could, but this was not always possible. So some quotations suffered minor distortions in double translation and are given without link . Bible quotations are given in various translations that seemed appropriate to me. *** Let's start with Queendom. In it, Aurora positions herself as the protector and patroness of all the oppressed and disadvantaged, she wants to create a place where they will all be fine, for which she is even ready to sacrifice herself. The references start already with the name: Queendom is a kingdom in which the ruler is a queen, not a king. The phrase: " My Queendom come" is a modified quotation from the prayer known as the Lord's Prayer. In the English version, one of the lines sounds like: " Thy kingdom come." Aurora clearly puts herself in a divine place, saying - "My kingdom will come". Not only that - she " made this Queendom on my own". " I will be your lamb" - The lamb is sacrificed in many religions. It is distinguished by extremely calm behavior during this process, which is why it became the personification of meekness and humility. And this very lamb is one of the images of Jesus Christ (“ Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” ( John 1:29). Already interesting. More to come. Not so last supper Heathens. Pagans, barbarians. Formally, this song is dedicated to Persephone, but “mother without a heart”, about which Aurora sings, is more like the personification of nature, into whose arms people fell from paradise. The highlight of this song is the chorus: That is why we live like heathens Stealing from the trees of Eden Living in the arms of freedom And everything we touch is evil That is why we live like heathens It would seem that Aurora regrets that we have lost paradise and are now forced to live like Heathens, without clear guidelines, and spoil everything we can reach. But no - Aurora boasts of this, and the line about evil is nothing more than sarcasm. Through it comes the image of Christians, who, in turn, have the image of Heathens - as unwashed barbarians who, being not enlightened by Christianity, create only lawlessness (" We're guided by the lust..."). It can be assumed that in the second verse, Aurora is referring to Eve, as it was mentioned that the song is “ very inspired by women … It’s an ode to women” ( https://genius.com/Aurora-heathens-lyrics). Moreover, Aurora sings: “ We fell from the sky with grace”, while the phrase “ to fall from grace” is commonly used as a synonymous with sin. And thus, according to Aurora, having left paradise, we did not lose grace, but, on the contrary, gained it. God did not give people love in paradise, and He Himself remained there, behind the clouds, but Mother Nature is ready to accept her children as they are. In one of the interviews, Aurora was asked about the meaning that she herself puts into the Heathens song. She confirmed that this meaning is there, but she does not want to reveal it. Of course, you can't be absolutely sure, but personally I think that the main message of the Heathens song may be related to sexuality. More specifically, Aurora covers this topic in Innocent. "It's the wildest song on the album, I think. I imagine all these people dancing naked around a fireplace. That's very innocent. Our bodies are very pure, beautiful things and it's a shame that we've managed to make it something not pure. It's the sexualisation of innocent things that makes the world dangerous.” https://aurora-aksnes.fandom.com/wiki/The_Innocent#cite_note-1 And now a quote that will shock the conservative public: “A long, long time ago, Eve took a bite of a forbidden apple hanging from the tree of evil and good. In her act of doing so, she granted humans free will; I just think that is very beautiful, and I wanted to honour her and women like her, who little by little granted us freedom in this world. A freedom to live as we please, to explore and taste. I think life should be lived in all of its colours, and that is why we live like heathens. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/aurora-new-single-heathens-mini-movie-the-gods-we-can-touch/13660738 Aurora again opposes herself to God, opposes His limitations. This is an ode to feminine divinity, it’s not always easy to find your place in this world made for men, as a woman. To find yourself. To learn that you are a source of life, of power, craft, thought, and love. Not only a vessel. https://genius.com/Aurora-the-woman-i-am-lyrics With this last phrase, Aurora may be criticizing the apostle Peter, who compared a woman to "the weaker vessel" ( 1 Peter 3:7). It is clear that Aurora is not a Christian, but then what does she believe in? “Humanity has needed religion throughout its history, but Christians created many male images and started burning witches. Moreover, the Greek gods were closer to people and made quite human mistakes - the same ones for which we so often condemn ourselves. Even Gods make mistakes, what can we say about us? If we were not worshiping Gods, but nature and ourselves, it would make much more sense.” It turns out that the gods that we can touch are still not the ancient Greek pantheon, but people and nature. HOW DO APPROACH THAT WHEN SOMEONE’S PRAISING YOU ALMOST LIKE A GODDESS? I feel like it’s ok as long as they remember to praise themselves as a god and a goddess as well. I think of myself, my own body, as a goddess but I also think of you as a goddess and you as a god [points at photographer]. https://www.tmrwmagazine.com/features/music/aurora-the-goddess It turns out that Aurora is a Heathen - she lives as she wants and worships what she wants. But here an unexpected turn takes place in our story - in two songs from the new album, Aurora prays. In the sense that she addresses God directly, talking about everything that we have just mentioned. The texts are worth reading in their entirety. The Devil is Human [Intro] Father, don't blame us for trying to live For trying to love, for wanting more Father, don't blame us for trying to bleed Like real human beings and nothing more [Verse 1] Why did you dress our pleasure up as greed? While you're limiting our love, taking sunlight from the seed? Why did you give us hearts we don't understand Like an apple in our hand that you'll never let us have? [Pre-Chorus] And I hear you don't like it I don't care if you don't [Chorus] Father, don't blame us for trying to live For trying to love, for wanting more Father, don't blame us for trying to bleed Like real human beings and nothing more [Verse 2] Oh, do you еnvy how I'm free? How the life in me is rеal, running barefoot through the fields? Oh, does it hurt how I don't look at you with fear? Do you like to watch me kneel, 'cause the way it makes you feel? [Pre-Chorus] And I hear you don't like it I don't care if you don't [Chorus] Father, don't blame us for trying to live For trying to love, for wanting more Father, don't blame us for trying to bleed Like real human beings and nothing more [Outro] You can burn the skin I live in But you cannot burn the witch away You keep me crawling [Verse 1] If I keep, if I keep forgiving Maybe I'll believe that you never meant for life to hurt for me Maybe I'll recover if you'd set me free [Pre-Chorus] But why does it make me feel like I am weak and small? Why do I keep begging like the animal? Maybe it's because I need to serve someone [Chorus] So you keep me crawling on my knees Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees Lord, you keep me crawling Oh, you keep me crawling Lord, you keep me crawling, mmm [Verse 2] If I keep, if I keep confessing Maybe I'll believe that you never meant for love to hurt for me Maybe you could feel a little sympathy [Pre-Chorus] But why do I make you feel like you are big and strong? Why do you keep hunting like an animal? Maybe it's because you need to own someone [Chorus] So, you keep me crawling on my knees Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees Oh, you keep me crawling on my knees Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees Lord, you keep me crawling Lord, you keep me crawling Lord, you keep me crawling Lord, you keep me crawling Lord, you keep me crawling on my knees [Outro] If I stop, if I stop believing maybe you will see Giving in to love should never hurt for me Giving in to love should set me free Strongly. It's like Rammstein's Zeig Dich. What do I see here? Insolence? Yes. Theomachism? Yes. What's under them? And beneath them is pain. In the Old Testament there is one of the most obscure books of the Bible - the Book of Job. It tells about a successful man named Job, who lost almost everything: children, property, health. In the religious view of that time, misfortunes that happened to a person were a punishment for sins, and a disease called leprosy served as a sign of special divine displeasure. But in the case of Job, there was one small problem - he did nothing wrong. There was nothing to punish him for, so all the misadventures of Job did not fit into the religious ideas of that time. And Job began to ask. No, not even to ask - to demand an explanation from God. Job's friends came and began to hint that he was wrong, and let him better search for what God was punishing him for. But Job was relentless. As a result, God appears, tells him that everything is not as simple as it seems, and accuses his friends of "have not spoken of Me what is right" as Job, to whom everything that was lost was more or less returned. As a result, the one who was daring turned out to be justified, and not those who piously pacified him. Job was wrong in many ways, but he was honest and said “You” to God. Friends were coldly pious and spoke of God in the third person. And Aurora doesn't say "your God", she says "You". *** Apparently Aurora grew up in a religious environment. Oddly enough, Norway is quite a religious country. Most believers are Lutherans. Bergen is part of the so-called "Bible Belt", like in USA - a territory with a relatively strong Christian influence. Bible Belt Aurora was baptized, and at about fourteen or fifteen years old, like many Norwegians, she was confirmed. This is a tradition, and besides, teenagers agree to this because they are given a holiday and gifts for confirmation. https://preview.redd.it/fes92qudbwpa1.png?width=807&format=png&auto=webp&s=fac465b76d1b8c6f1cb21cdd6516cdbda658d20a In the worldview of Aurora, the Christian God is seen as a strict overseer, limiting freedom, depriving of joys. It is possible that it was the conservative, strongly Christian environment that influenced the formation of such an image. And it is against such a god that Aurora rebels. She is not a Satanist - she fights not against good, but against evil, the bearer of which she sees the Christian God. At the same time, at times, Aurora generally doubts His existence. And if there is a God, would we even know his name? And if there is a God, I think he would shake his head And turn away … And if there is a God, would he then believe in us? And if there is a God, I think he can’t hear all of us Belong to us all Be God in the shape of a girl Infections of a Different Kind Like you were given your faith Before there was made a God Blood in the Wine It is possible that, not seeing God in this world, Aurora is trying on her own to fill the place that He should occupy. Perhaps, in Queendom, she puts herself in the place of God, not because He cannot cope, but because Aurora doubts that He exists. Thanks to my mom and dad, thanks to my grandmother, Jesus and the devil - everyone. https://youtu.be/AMFfzKwAIB0?t=1460 Aurora twice sang the Christmas song Det hev ei rose sprunge, which praises the birth of Christ. https://youtu.be/5rVCpwHjRJ0 From Victoria's stories, you can also learn that Aurora also became the godmother for her nephew. https://preview.redd.it/ak0fu6mtbwpa1.png?width=607&format=png&auto=webp&s=e58de5d42ea0fcee65fe32a16dc3cbce67a40a90 Familiar religious phrases, familiar songs, familiar culture. But she does not have confidence - Aurora does not accept, but does not completely reject the religious question. *** We found out that formally Aurora is not a Christian, although she is baptized and calmly broadcasts elements of Christian culture. You could even say that she invented her own religion for herself. Let's call it "Aurorianity", and then analyze and compare it with Christianity, in which it was born. In Aurorianity, the supreme Creator God is in an indefinite status: He either does not exist, or His existence is permissible, but in this case it is an evil guardian God who restricts the freedom of people and does not allow them to rejoice. Pagan deities like the ancient Greek pantheon are, rather, nothing more than myths and images. The real gods are people and nature. The main goal of Aurorianity is love. And i think we exist for love. Because we are capable of love and being loved. And it makes us so beautiful. https://youtu.be/5I8Y0i_tOWk?t=1931 Love also includes bodily relationships and is an important part of it. The body is not something sinful and evil. I want us to not feel ashamed and to not bring shame into the world and not anywhere close to our bodies. It could be so simple and so good. It could be natural. Because it’s a gift in this world! Love and physical touch. It’s just beautiful. It’s so sad to turn something so beautiful into something evil. I strongly disagree with that. https://fastforward-magazine.de/aurora-to-beg-for-forgiveness-just-for-being-born-its-very-absurd/ By the way, due to the perception of the Old Testament God as a source of evil, Aurora's ideas could be attributed to Gnosticism, but unlike Aurora, Gnostics consider everything material to be evil and imperfect. Aurora believes in the existence of the afterlife, but does not know exactly what it is, except that it is good there. Even though we can't know for sure. I feel like you're out there somewhere. In a place some call paradise. (to whom these words, published in 2020, are dedicated, I don’t know) Life is change. Transformation. And growth. I feel like it might not ever end, even after death. There are no specific sacraments or rituals in Auroranity: everything happens spontaneously, in the form of a game, often turning into magic. On special days like that [Beaver moon] I like to keep all my windows open in my apartment because I feel like there is something magical going on in the air. And I also like to put my favorite jewelries in a box with water and put them outside, and let them kind of… I don't know if it works, but it feels magical to me to let them kind of soak in the moon magic. https://youtu.be/uA52RlxqM_4?t=610 People are not created to be perfect, they are beautiful even with all the shortcomings in themselves. I think it’s very rooted in us, that what makes us human is evil, and we have to distance ourselves from the human in us and approach this perfect God, who we can never become as perfect as. Because we are not meant to be perfect. And I find our obsession with perfection very disturbing. https://fastforward-magazine.de/aurora-to-beg-for-forgiveness-just-for-being-born-its-very-absurd/ *** And now let's compare the religion of Aurora and Christianity, or to be more precise, find something in common. CAREFULLY! FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA BEGINS! So, in Christianity, God is one, and He definitely exists, although this question belongs to the category of faith, and cannot be proven in principle. This God is definitely kind. But, interestingly, even among Christians, ideas about Him differ and often He looks like the god of Aurora. Maxim Gorky "Childhood": I realized very early that my grandfather had one god, and my grandmother had another. It was clear to me that everything obeys this God (grandmothers): people, dogs, birds, bees and grasses; He was equally kind to everything on earth, equally close... … Grandma's God was understandable to me and not terrible. It was simply impossible to hide anything from this good God. And, it seems, there was not even a desire to hide ... Another thing was with Grandpa's God. Telling me about the irresistible power of God, He always and above all emphasized its cruelty: behold, people have sinned and are drowned; they have sinned again and are burned, their cities are destroyed; behold, God punished people with famine and pestilence, and He is always a sword over the earth, a scourge for sinners. … Of course, I am rudely expressing that childish difference between the gods, which, I remember, anxiously divided my soul, but my grandfathers God aroused fear and hostility in me: he did not love anyone, followed everything with a strict eye, he, first of all, sought and saw in man is evil, evil, sinful. It was clear that he did not trust a person, was always waiting for repentance and liked to punish. And grandfather was as cruel and harsh as his God. … All that was the best and brightest of all that surrounded me was the God of my grandmother, such a dear friend to all living things. And, of course, I could not help but be disturbed by the question: how is it that grandfather does not see the good God? In Aurorianity, people are gods, but in Christianity? I said, “You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High. Psalm 82:6 God created man as an animal that was commanded to become God. St. Basil the Great The deified one will by grace be the same as God, except for identity in essence. Maximus the Confessor Suddenly. We have already seen this somewhere. Every person is a god with a small letter. Actually, the ultimate goal of humanity from the point of view of Christianity is to reach the level of divinity of God, Who is with a capital letter. And here Aurora is right - it is impossible for a person to do this, and excessive self-digging will not lead to anything good. But for this Christ came: having become a man, He gave man the opportunity to become God. People are created in the image of God, although it was planned in the image and likeness. As a result, there is an image, but likeness - everyone is different. And likeness is love. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:1 God is not just, He is infinitely higher than justice: He is the madness of love, constantly descending into the hell of our being in order to resurrect us. Each of us is a worker of the eleventh hour, from whom nothing is required but an outburst of trust and hope. Olivier Clement For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. John 13:34 Moreover, what is interesting, and, in my opinion, very important - love is much more valuable than the ritual side. And it showed up even in the Old Testament. Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. Isaiah 1:13 I must say that the emphasis on love and personal relationships is a characteristic feature of Christianity. In most other religions, communication with the divine occurs by following specific instructions and formulas. In the case of Christianity, what formulas can we talk about when the main sacrament originated not in the temple, but in the dining room? Evangelical Christianity is anti-sacred in nature. Christ abolished the allocated places, the allocated times, the allocated rituals, and all that other stuff...” Hegumen Peter (Meshcherinov) The problem is how to understand what is and what is not love. In some ways, Christianity and Auroranity converge, for example, in relation to the body. In Christianity, the body is not evil. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:19 And even sexuality is not evil. Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth. As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Proverbs 5:18 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9 And in the Old Testament there is a whole book dedicated to two lovers. Everything is there as it should be: Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies. Song of Solomon 4:5 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices. Song of Solomon 4:10 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. Song of Solomon 1:2 How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed. Song of Solomon 1:16 And your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth. Song of Solomon 7:9 I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me. Song of Solomon 7:10 Aurora also accuses Christianity of being prone to patriarchy. And here she is right again. Christianity arose in an archaic culture where equality had not yet been heard, but, interestingly, in comparison with this very culture, Christianity was at the forefront of progress. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 And when the apostle Peter calls a woman a weak vessel, he means that a man should treat his wife as something very fragile, tender and precious. In the context of the time, this is an unambiguously positive statement. And what about nature in Christianity? Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Genesis 2:15 “Everything around us is drops of God's love, rejoice in what surrounds us. Everything teaches us and leads us to the love of God. Everything around us is drops of God's love; and animate, and inanimate, and plants, and animals, and birds, and mountains, and the sea, and sunset, and the sky strewn with stars. This is a small love through which we come to a great Love, to Christ. Flowers, for example, have their own beauty. They teach us with their fragrance, their greatness. They tell us about the love of God. They spread their fragrance, their beauty both on sinners and on the righteous. To become a Christian, one must have the soul of a poet, one must become a poet. "Rough" souls Christ does not want to have next to Himself. A Christian, even if only when he loves, is a poet, abides in poetry. Poetic hearts are deeply imbued with love, lay it inside the heart, embrace it and deeply feel it. <...> Rejoice in everything. Everything enriches us, everything directs us to great Love, everything leads us to Christ.” St. Porphyrios the Kafsokalyvite Aurora says that God was removed from the world and placed somewhere on an inaccessible height. However: Are you looking at the sky? Have you forgotten about That God is not in heaven, but here, in yourself? Angelus Silesius (There should be a rhyme here, but unfortunately I could not find an English version of this poem) Christianity also places a lot of emphasis on freedom. For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. Galatians 5:13 "All things are lawful to me," but not all things do profit. "All things are lawful to me," but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 *** On this I think to end. So, Aurora can rather be considered a Heathen than a Christian, but at the same time, in my opinion, she unconsciously borrows many elements for her impromptu religion from Christianity, and, despite her formal, albeit undiscovered, opposition to Christianity, she is not very far from it. Or maybe, as I said at the beginning, I'm just wishful thinking. Who knows? submitted by AlexMikkelsen to auroramusic [link] [comments] |
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