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The appelate court has the authority to adjust the sentence if it doesn't follow the guidelines or is unreasonable.

The judge (who also saw all the evidence and testimony) will decide based on sentencing guidelines. In addition to this, a judge ruled that the evidence was sufficient BEFORE the trial even began. And in addition, the defense lawyers are sure to appeal and an appelate court will examine the evidence and rule whether the conviction is upheld or overturned. Russell Brand has been treated fairly and justly.

The jury that saw the totality of the evidence,( including the defendant's cross examining of witnesses, and due process opportunity to defend himself), was given the authority to determine the facts for this case. Everything else is an uninformed opinion.

Most people are ignorant of the law and how it works, i.e "trial by youtube", "trial by reddit". This conviction was the result of hard work. No bullshit. No shortcuts. Years of work to gather real evidence that will stand up in a court of law. English courts don't tolerate bullshit and Russell Brand's theatrics fell flat.

The right wing is spreading disinfomation that the Russell Brand conviction isn’t fair, e.g. Megyn Kelly. The right wing loves rapists. The prosecution in this case was extremely competant and this is a case of the good guys having gone through an enormous amount of hard work to come up with cases that could be prosecuted years after the fact. And keep in mind, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Also, the six women made enormous sacrifices in order to prosecute these cases. But in our shallow media obssessed culture there is zero sympathy for victims (both men and women).

The sentence is suppose to be Monday. The judge will look at the totality of the circumstances, including the harm done to the victims and then make his decision. Everyone else has an uninformed opinion.

Sympathy for the Devil.

I doubt it has anything to do with Covid. He is like Trump. He is a master manipulator who saw the winds of change and hopped on board with a new identity. He used his verbal skills and voice hypnosis to override people’s critical thinking and sold his identity change as the natural progression of a thoughtful person. What I find interesting is how will he adopt to prison life? Will he be able to form a successful identity that works in prison? Will he be baptizing ax murderers?

My mother came from Italy and that was her state of being. The surrounding culture didn’t change her identity. But it did change me. I am just beginning to realize the confusion it created for me. Because as a child I assumed that the world she created at home was reality but the external culture I was having to grow up in was radically different. So, I was never in sync with the culture that I was growing up in. This stuff is real and deeply buried in the unconscious.

It’s interesting to compare Russell Brand’s speech style to Trump. They both have this stream of consciousness style of talking where they never end a sentence. But each style has a different personality. The style captivates a person's attention and makes them want to listen. They both can talk about absolutely nothing and make it sound important. It is hypnosis for the masses. It has given them both real power.

It’s baffling that he has such hypnotic powers over people. I don’t get it. I just find him disgusting. When he started out, he posed as a leftist and met with numerous left-wing politicians. Then he switches to the right and meets with right-wing politicians. Just a few weeks ago he was with RFK, Jr. Below is a picture of Russell Brand baptizing Christians in Florida. What do people see in him? Is this evidence of the extreme low consciousness of society?

The prosecutors have other victims coming forward, including a16 year old girl. They should be able to keep in in prision for life.

When I was studying with Shinzen, he told us once that if you want to know if you have a real teacher observe what he does when someone takes his shoes off the shoe rack. I think that goes to the "reactivity" and "trigger" element.

That's what I mean.

Russell Brand needs to be removed from society. This should send the proper message to the 6 million fools subscribed to his youtube channel.

Yoga becomes even more important as you get older. It can make the difference between hobbling around on a cane or taking long hikes in your old age. This is a huge difference in quality of life. It also strengthens the health of the spine (due to the many spinal twists). The spine houses the nerves connecting the brain to the body so it is not hard to see how this can alter your mental state. I also have grown over an inch due to the spinal decompression and stretching.

Russell Brand was possessed by the demon of lust. That can be concluded from the public accounts of his actions as well as his own admissions. To think he would take “no” for an answer in naïve. My guess is that he has raped or sexually assaulted dozens or maybe even hundreds of women. Out of that number, the prosecutors were able to come up with six women who had cases that could be actually brought to trial. Keep in mind that a judge reviewed the evidence of these cases and ruled that could be brought to a jury to determine the facts. I really hope that they can remove him from society so that he can do no more harm.

Krishnamacharya took many of his yoga poses directly from Western gymnastics. It was his students who took yoga to the West in the 1960s. So who stold what? Is was a synthesis of Western and Eastern knowledge.

"In an October 2026 interview with The New York Times, Stevens said she was considering converting to Judaism in preparation for her upcoming marriage to Turkish, who is Jewish." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_Stevens

Kriya yoga is already available through the Self Realization Fellowship (SRF). You don’t need a studio to do it in. You get the instructions and do it in your home. There is also something called Kundalini Yoga which is in a studio and combines physical movement with mantras and pranayama. I find it interesting when someone talks about “oneness” in a spiritual context, but then makes a dualistic distinction between the physical and mental, when there actually is no such division. They are intertwined. The “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” outlines that mastering the densest part of yourself (the body) gives you the tools, stillness, and energy required to master the subtlest part of yourself (the mind and spirit).

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I love yoga. The health benefits are enormous. Pilates has become a new fad which is in direct competion. Fortunetly, where I live the yoga studies are still going strong.

Russel Brand will be found guilty if the jury says so. So, the issue is whether there is enough evidence that an appeals court would uphold the conviction? There appears to be sufficient evidence since several women have brough fourth corroborating witnesses that the incident was reported to them immediately following the alleged assault. And prosecutors ethically can only bring a case if they believe they have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. It all boils down to whether the jury believes the women. There are eight men and four women on the jury which could give an edge to Brand. But who knows?

Yes, they are a rare mutation which are 3 to 4 times more powerful than standard psilocybe cubensis.

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