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This was actually a progressive rule of moderation at a time when revenge would result in disproportionate destruction. It is ironic that the same people who claim the Bible as evidence of land ownership ignore its rule of moderation. And “group punishment” is another regression rolling back thousands of years of human progess.

I think Ron Paul was correct. The United States should stop giving unequal support and arms to Israel and treat them like any other country, and let them solve their own problems. That would actually be the best thing for Israel and that region. Sensible people would take over the government and they would make a peace deal with their neighbors rather than having their policies driven by extremists immigrating from America. Sorry, but if you are living in the United States you are never going to figure it out no matter how much you study it. The people there are the ones who have to solve the problem.

The Western corporate media will only publish one side of the issue. Whenever you get a good guy/bad guy narrative, and the solution is to defeat the bad guy, you know you are listening to propaganda. The purpose of the narratives is to increase power and control, not to show any truth. Narratives on both sides are also used in the Ukraine situation. Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign” Against Palestinians https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/13/noura_erakat_palestine_gaza_israel

Joining anything should be taken seriously. This is your life. Ask them probing question on what will be your duties and responsibilities. I believe that in the Mormon church you are expected to give a portion of your income. Loneliness is a big problem in our modern world, and these groups offer an opportunity for community. But part of being in a community is you are expected to sacrifice something. Those young men are carrying out duties expected of them, which is the reason they are talking to you. Don’t rush into anything. Ask a lot of questions and also ask your intuition. If you join, form connections, and then decide it is not right for you, those connections will then be broken, and the departure could be traumatic.

Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege & Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/11/gideon_levy_gaza_war_israel_hamas?autostart=true

Taking one of the combatant's word for it isn't evidence. Right now, there is alot of false information and intentional propaganda on both sides. We need to be skeptical. Especially, when it is meant to emotionally inflame to encourage the cycle of violence.

What is the evidence? Who is claiming it?

I'm very skeptical. I still remember the Incubator baby hoax that was used to get us into the Iraq war. This is now admitted to have been a lie. The baby theme is too similar and could be propaganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony

A solution is possible with a higher level of leadership. Those bombed out pictures of Gaza show the mentality of the current leadership of the world. We would never accept this in our personal lives. Oh, my car doesn’t work. But I got a solution. I am going to blow it up with TNT. That will fix it.

RFK, Jr. gives his view on the current situation. He cuts to the core of the issue by pointing out that the Palestine leadership are billionaires not working in the best interest of their people. Of course, the other side is also controlled by billionaires. It’s time to reject the simplistic control narratives and expose the puppet masters.

RFK, Jr. has a real chance to win. Look at his competition – one is a madman, and the other belongs in a nursing home. This is what a corrupt uniparty system looks like. There are millions of silent people who can see this and want change. The “experts” said that Trump wouldn’t win, but he did. Their statistics based on the past couldn’t detect the underlying dissatisfaction of the population. They are invested in a corrupt system and can’t even feel the present, let alone predict the future.

The important factor for me is that Trump and Biden don't act as spoilers for RFK, Jr. RFK, Jr is a true system's thinker, which is what we need right now. All the other politicians only care about pleasing their donors. We can't survive this anymore in a dangerous world.

The takeaway is that they felt safe and protected, but they weren't. We could be in the same boat.

What do you think the chance is that this is going to spread to the United States? Large numbers of military age men are entering the US illegally on the southern border. Anyone can get in. Hamas are determined fighters and the US is their enemy. Why wouldn’t they be taking advantage of such a huge loophole? And we already know that the intelligence agencies can’t be relied on.

Julian Assange's solution to war.

Here is what the solutions look like. Relational Processes in Ayahuasca Groups of Palestinians and Israelis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8170481/ Healing Community Trauma in Israel and Palestine https://acupuncturetoday.com/article/32937-healing-community-trauma-in-israel-and-palestine So far, the Tates have given the most intelligent and realistic commentary on this recent conflict that I have seen anywhere. https://x.com/Cobratate/status/1711079393999962323?s=20

There are still a lot of unanswered questions here. Is it credible to believe this massive attack got by Israeli intelligence, which is the best in the world, better than the CIA? The other issue is does Russia have any role in this attack? I saw one YouTube video of Palestinians praising Putin. In my opinion, this isn’t totally unrelated to the Ukraine war. That’s why sending billions to Ukraine to fuel the war is insane. Our main goal here should be to stop a nuclear war. If Israel attacks Iran, this could easily spiral out of control. Our leaders are incompetent. America has to come to an agreement with Russia.

Didn't he previously agree to the Minsk agreements? This has already been discussed in another thread so I won't belabor it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_agreements#:~:text=Following that decision%2C on 22,to blame for their collapse. Keep in mind that even FDR agreed to sit down and talk with Stalin. Also, Victoria Nuland is in the Biden Administration. She was also in the Bush administration and the architect of the Iraq invasion and she is very pro war.

It’s an easy case to cast Trump as a wild man who had it coming. But they are also demonizing(e.g., “conspiracy theorist”) and excluding Robert Kennedy, Jr. who seems to irritate them even more because he is so reasonable and taking positions that were normal democratic party positions in the 1960s. Or for that matter, mild mannered and extremely polite Barry Goldwater was demonized with campaign commercials of a nuclear bomb going off implying that if he was elected there would be a nuclear war. But now democrats are uniformly in favor of sending money to Ukraine to inflame a dangerous conflict further, flirting with nuclear war, instead of advocating for a diplomatic settlement.

The real lesson here is that philosophy won't get you to liberation.

Bishop Berkeley was able to take the heat even when things got physical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_the_stone

They should run Robert Kennedy, Jr. But the primary system is rigged against anyone not approved by the party bosses. It is not a democratic system and they deserve to lose. With Nancy Pelosi voting until her death in her 90s, the US government is turning into a nursing home. A sign of a decaying system controlled by big doners and not the people. In a vigorous, healthy democracy you would have literally dozens or maybe hundreds of highly qualified candidates in their 40s.

Your observations are accurate. It’s way harder than it seems. I learned this when I went to the Amazon to do a plant diet for two weeks. A real shaman will do a plant diet for thirty days. He will go to an isolated spot in the jungle and take powerful plant medicines to purge and purify his body and mind. He will be vomiting every day for 30 days. Only at the end of thirty days, will he take the ayahuasca. His preparation is the equivalent of an intensive meditation retreat. Also, in the West we have the additional problem that we are left-brain dominated. Your brain is being damaged when you look at a computer screen all day. We are extremely unbalanced in our perception. We have to learn to perceive again with our senses and the right brain. One way to do this is with a Dark Retreat. That is where you live in total darkness for one week. A damaged receiver can't receive. The element that is missing is detoxification – of both body and mind. Taking a magic pill that works without any effort is pure fantasy.

One thing I have learned here is how quickly non-duality can turn into another dogma, not dissimilar from fundamentalist Christianity where people parrot their favorite Bible versus. My teachers are people I have a personal relationship with. I have had an opportunity to observe them and thus know that they are the embodiment of their teachings. Nevertheless, the forum is a valuable resource. It depends on us to use it wisely. The technology itself is just the technology. If the content is weak, it’s up to us to post with good intentions.

Online University is the solution to the high price of college now which is really a scam on young people. When Coursera first came out and was free I took several dozen courses and they were all excellent. I took some courses that I had taken in university and Coursera was way better. They can get the best teachers in the country to teach the courses, and use online computer tools to enhance the learning. AI learning is also going to be huge. It's the perfect technology to break the University's monopoly.