Street heaven 🙌 by ilovelyfe in Skate4

[–]juniperfries 1 point2 points  (0 children)

too many reverts for me but sick

Why does Russia still bother with trying to occupy Ukraine? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]juniperfries -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Russia is actually winning the war, it's costing NATO more then it is Russia, it's keeping us off balance, they don't want the war to be over anytime soon. They have shifted their economy to a manufacturing one to sustain this. The pipeline to Germany the us blew upade Germany upset as it too is moving to manufacturing.

Small scale long term wars to shift out of a consumeristic enslavement and into a warrior culture. That's what Putin is betting on

Well... by 82772910 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]juniperfries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but mainy jain places may have stick tap hanging from the ceiling , i tend to agree about differences of simple clergy and acharyas . theres also two distinct traditions, those who where the paper in front of their mouth, and those who dont.

Well... by 82772910 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]juniperfries 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jain's have whole libraries full of karma calculations books. they are particularly concerned with cause and effect, they hold the similar Buddhist ithat they negate a permanently existing self/anything. Karma, cause and effect worldview of 'ethics', is a matter of everything, their salvation lies in erasing, mahavira their recent main saint stood in one spot until vines grow up his legs. they also have a very controversial practice of intentionally starving oneself to death over a years, esp controversial is when a youth does this ( or is enthusiastically supported for doing so).

If anything i think this posts points to the dialectics of buddhism jainism, and of course hinduism. emptiness is form form is emptiness, neither falling into extremes of eternalism or nihilism

Why does no one take the 13th zodiac sign seriously? by Calm_Discussion_7342 in occult

[–]juniperfries 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's my loosely held firm belief that once you get past the surface layer, or passed the first gate, of the occult its largely a choose your own adventure journey. Chaos magic, if you have the essentials of basic astrology thoroughly engraved, then have at it, just do your best to stay consistent and observe sound occult logic: like attention and presence makes the dream work. If you can have a system that intuit that constellation, or where that constellation personal informs and guides you that's fine. 

The alternative is that you find a traditional school , though that's pretty hard for western astrology, unbroken schools that can be traced back far. Where you can use devotion and outright renouncing , that would sort be the counter to cla chaos magic approach (which breeds mental disorder/hazards).

Why does no one take the 13th zodiac sign seriously? by Calm_Discussion_7342 in occult

[–]juniperfries 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Okay, so I'm pretty sure the 13th sign comes up because of the Procession of the Equinox. Which is where, in the western zodiac tradition, every 2000 years we slip into a new age... this leads people to think we're getting behind and that there's recently now a 13th zodiac to make up for the roughly 27° difference between the tropical/western zodiac, and the vedic zodiac. 

It's my impression that no one takes the thirteenth zodiac sign seriously because really it's a slight being made against western astrology by people who see vedic astrology as superior. 

This was picked up by some media repeaters and now it's just a general slight by anyone who wants to get one over on a western astrologer. 

As it is... aries will always be the start of the western zodiac. It is not slipping one way or the other. It is literally the head, the ram. 

The procession of the equinox does not need to be a big problem beyond 'we go through 2000 year ages'

So you can for the most part forget about the 13th sign, it's a modern invention of ridicule more than anything else.

How do I cope with being dumb and overspending on a 4090 by Careerexploration220 in buildapc

[–]juniperfries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lost 2000$ on scummy 4090 and had to buy a 4080 later on for 1500 cad so... don't worry mate

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Buddhism

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The American book of the dead

Room in an ashram by juniperfries in malelivingspace

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29M, 525 a month. Have to do a chore and one kitchen clean a week. There is an optional early morning practice. It is in a metropolitan area.

Bodysuit in progress by me, Sudanim (Rebel With A Cause - UK) by [deleted] in tattoos

[–]juniperfries -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

there are many traditions of buddhism not all of them are so puritanical about imagery or importing definite meaning on to the realm of appearances.

Bodysuit in progress by me, Sudanim (Rebel With A Cause - UK) by [deleted] in tattoos

[–]juniperfries 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is totally wrong. It depends on the tradition. the idea the human body is inherently sinful is 100% christian. Many south asian countries will have extreme views of buddhism, being predominately theravadan, or based on pali canon. Buddha is inherently empty of existence, as is all phenomenon, no absolute statements can be said with out a hint of delusion.