lieutenant colonel sir francis edward younghusband was sent to tibet by the english in the old days, the tibetans were used to the chinese therefore the english were easier to deal with despite the fact it was an invasion, funded by opium as most english empire grabs were. however the english managed to kill over 5000 monks in tibet. younghusband sets up base and slowly the tibetan buddhist ideology starts to infect him, his thoughts and dreams change dramatically, and up there in the mountains he has some interesting revelations. he starts to believe in telepathy, starts to believe in cosmic rays transmitted by extraterrestrials with translucent flesh from the planet "altair" these rays are spiritual intelligence. younghusband comes to believe in free love, a hippie before hippies, went on to write books with titles such as:
The Gleam: Being an account of the life of Nija Svabhava, pseud. (1920); Mother World (in Travail for the Christ that is to be) (1924); and Life in the Stars: An Exposition of the View that on some Planets of some Stars exist Beings higher than Ourselves, and on one a World-Leader, the Supreme Embodiment of the Eternal Spirit which animates the Whole.
yeah younghusband must have smoked some great hash up there on the mountains or had some incredible revelation but the fact is the tibetan meme of buddhism is extremely powerful and resilient. for the buddha understood this, which is why resistance is pointless, the battle is inside every one, it is the only war worth fighting and sooner or later along the life line you have to face it and be prepared to win.
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The war inside each of us is the greatest battle of all.
Some people keep their battles inside, not bottled up. Just internal. Meditating and medicating themselves through life's course. Learning as we go, until we expire and move on to the next light.
Sadly, there are a whole lot of people who expose their battles for the world to see. Their war is fought on the outside, and unfortunately takes a few casualties with them, the ones they hurt around them as their mace of life turns around in circles. The carnage wrecking everyone else's life in their path.
There are things in life we can choose and there are things we can't avoid. The last 7/8ths of my life have been clobbered my people around me swinging their mace around and taking me with them. I'm on my own ride now. The first time in life where I know where I'm heading but I don't know where I'll end up.
hey there man, i guess as long as you end up with a good heart then your winning. i don't quite know how that's measured but i guess it helps to tune in to it at least.
I think we all ultimately end up with good hearts. External influences can deter that. However, as the saying goes, "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey". I think if you have a good heart then you can enjoy what time you spend in this life.
If your heart is black, you're only discounting yourself.
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