#karma

psych@diasp.org

Meanwhile in Musk-ville...

It's almost comical to see Twitter banning #truth and #journalism if it rubs Lord #Muskvirus the wrong way,. "Off with their space!"
WHILE seeing an uptick in #TrumpVirus commentary (as he hopefully is imminently met with #indictment and #karma / #accountability

As presented by "The Farce Network", on #Twitter, by @PresidentTicTac - Can't make this stuff up! Drumpf #grift & #GQP 'think'.

Bonus: Lord #TrumpVirus of "all the best words" on why #NFT's should be banned along with Crypto:

#MakeAmericaSaneAgain

psych@diasp.org

One more victory for #Karma and #GQP/#DeathSantis #accountability

GOP author of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill indicted on money laundering charges

Still mourning the loss of my favorite nature preserve since childhood, totally washed over and closed indefinitely, after the sleazy & corrupt (and beloved!) governor used COVID funds to tear down a weir built in the FDR era which served its purpose, despite some aging which might have benefited from repair, not destruction, which would nearly assure mass disaster in a hurricane. ✓ First one!

So with that "bias" - plus his killing 1000s of Floridians while profiting from investing in horsepaste-grade "treatments" and preventing actual vaccine programs, scorning masks - all the while collaborating with "terrific people" like Steinberg & Goetz, plus this guy here who drafted his "Don't Say Gay" policy while doing extensive wire fraud (more COVID corruption) and money laundering.

#TrumpVirus and this variant are undoubtedly the most evil and destructive liars/sociopaths/criminals of my lifetime!* *in the U.S.

psych@diasp.org

Quick check on AP (was watching the CNN crawls)...

WHEW!
Not yet publicly AP announced, but CNN says it's over!

Democrats will keep Senate as control of House remains undecided

Still potential horrors to come in the #GQP House (#GymJordan Brooks, Gaetz et al) but hey.... Could have been 'the end of #democracy "

WHEW! Some sanity and hope in Congress!
# 🥂

#GQP #TrumpVirus #truth #election2022 #karma

psych@diasp.org

It's not easy to find non-tragic news today (#hurricane, #genocide, etc.) but this brought a smile (forgive me, FB/Zuck fans!)

Facebook scrambles to escape stock’s death spiral as users flee, sales drop

Would love to believe the business model of steal, deny privacy, rationalize, and proclaim our "likes" has run its course...
Or maybe #Karma. Seems in an interesting twist of fate that Apple helped out a bit by putting some brakes on out of control FB ads.

#Facebook #socialmedia #marketing #Apple #privacy

miller@nerdpol.ch

"Die US-amerikanische Skifahrerin Hilaree Nelson wird vermisst. Sie war am Mount Manaslu im Himalaya unterwegs gewesen. Nach dem Erreichen des Gipfels am Montag sei sie in eine Gletscherspalte gestürzt, [..]
Vergangene Woche hatte Nelson auf Instagram über ihre jüngste Himalaya-Expedition berichtet und erklärt, der Aufstieg auf den 8163 Meter hohen Berg sei wegen "unaufhörlichen Regens" extrem erschwert. "Ich fühlte mich nicht so sicher auf dem Manaslu wie es bei anderen Abenteuern in der dünnen Luft des Himalaya der Fall war", schrieb sie dort. [..]
Nelson ist seit zwei Jahrzehnten als Skibergsteigerin erfolgreich. 2012 bezwang sie als erste Frau in nur 24 Stunden Abstand die Gipfel des Mount Everest und des benachbarten Lhotse. Sechs Jahre später machte sie als erster Mensch eine Abfahrt vom Lhotse auf Skiern."


Wenn ich jetzt sage "Selber Schuld" - bin dann ein Arschloch?

Mal ehrlich, die klettert seit Jahren auf kilometerhohe Berge und knallt dann auf Ski da runter. Auf Instagram(!) sagt sie noch, sie fühle sich nicht so sicher.
Wenn z.B. ne Oma bei Dunkelheit in eine schlecht gesicherte Baugrube fällt, habe ich wesentlich mehr Mitgefühl, als mit solchen Extremsportler|innen, die ganz bewußt mit ihrem Leben spielen.

#Karma nenne ich sowas.

amitabha@pod.orkz.net

Karma - Natural Law - Right Action

Lately the theme karma has been popping up in my life. This night I got an "Aha Erlebnis".
So Karma or Natural Law is basically the law of Causality.

Many claim that Karma is some sort of balance sheet you build up with positive and negative action for your next life when you reincarnate. However this seems very much more build on superstition than on reality.

But to stay in a religious theme, it does mean "What you reap, is what you sow".
I have had the impression that many people do not seem to understand that when they commit certain actions, there will be according consequences.
- For example spending (all) your money on something and then being mad (mostly at the world and not themselves) that they don't have money for something else.
- Being rude and being surprised that other people don't like you.

I see it as a road, you can't take the road to Berlin and expect to end up in Paris.

Now what was my Aha Erlebnis? The Eightfold Path of the Buddha is a guide to being more consistent in your actions.
As stated by the Buddha "Life is suffering, but the Eightfold Path is the way out of suffering".
What is suffering? Not getting what you want, and getting what you don't want. What don't you want? Bad consequences, so stop taken bad actions.
You could stop wanting things and to some extend you can keep your expectations low, but in the long end not very practical.

I do realize that some people don't seem to see what bad actions are, that is why, it is not only "right action" that is necessary, but also the "right view" to see what bad actions are.

So summarized:

There are some precursors to behavior, namely analysing the situation (right view) right meaning "just right" not to much, not little.
Start with the "right intention" and use the "right action", meaning the actions that lead to the desired results. And therefore getting "good Karma" or "Following the path of Natural Law", "The Eightfold Path".

Here is a nice video by Cahlen explaining Natural Law.
Morality and Natural Law

#karma #naturallaw #eightfoldpath #Buddha #rightaction

psych@diasp.org

Coming soon to a spinning dumpster near you...

“I will cooperate, I did cooperate, nobody has ever cooperated more than I have!”

Because, he's run out of corners. He can't hide, he can't say "I never said this" on live TV or Twitter, and his defenders are dwindling.

Trump signed off on the release of records, the Justice Department announced on Friday.

"Mel! Oh Mel!" (Seth Meyers imitation)

Time to just apply a little disinfectant and arrest the #TrumpVIrus once and for all. #Karma #Justice #Truth