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Zen story: The questioning monk who wanted secrets revealed to him

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 3 Jun

A student monk asked his old Zen master to tell him the secrets of Zen, that he had never shared with his students. The old man smiled, and replied, [b]"Nobody knows the secrets of Zen in their minds, not even...

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$$Money$$

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 19 Apr

The truth travels much slower than rumors. I just finished watching a very well done video on YouTube by a favorite content creator. It was about Micheal Jackson. It tells about the drug he had to use to become unconscious each...

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Zen story: The feather ruffling Zen master

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 6 Apr

The old Zen master, Enrico Zerboski, had become different in his teachings to other Zen masters, over the many years, while he had been the head master, at the Ryoko monastery. He would often debunk many of the long held...

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Zen short story: Allow truth to remain permanently in you. Never discard truth

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 1 Mar

The Zen monastery had both cherry trees, and cherry blossom trees, in its courtyard. Cherry blossom trees are ornamental, and cherry trees produce fruit. Reaching up to grab a branch of the vine, the Zen master picked a...

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State of the bUnion Blather

kay lar @jaylar (3669) • Kingston, Jamaica 25 Feb

I did not listen to Trump's bulls8t. No need. I knew he was going to spew lies and misconceptions. In the morning I got the bits and pieces from news services. As is 'normal' for narcissists he made up stories, ignored facts,...

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Wait For Facts

kay lar @jaylar (3669) • Kingston, Jamaica 12 Sep

Years ago I woke up, switched on the BBC, and heard about this 'Hate Crime' that happened in my country. Hmmm It seems that the leader of a Homosexual Organisation was murdered in a Hate Crime. The BBC was bleating about...

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Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Clears Up the Epstein Conspiracy Theories

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 20 Jul

Dershowitz was Epstein's lawyer. He says Epstein never created a “client list.” ***Whoa wait a minute, I've seen photos of Trump with Epstein in a recent article. And what about that birthday card he sent Epstein with the naked...

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Just to Set the Record Straight on Medicaid

Jim Bauer @porwest (112723) • United States 7 Jul

People are ridiculous and don't pay attention. That really is the answer here, and you can't say it any other way. In a word, Medicaid. Now that the OBBB has been signed into law of course the left is on and on about all the...

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Would I lie to you ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11259) • United Kingdom 2 Jul

There is a game show on to called “ Would I lie to you ?” Basically, there are two teams and they each read out something written on a card and the members of the opposing team have to decide if they think it’s a lie or true. So...

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Illusions fade but the truth remains

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1739) 1 Jul

We all create some illusions in our lifetime hoping they will become real but in the end , we are faced with the truth. This means we need to face the truth and start living with intentions. This is the only way we can at least...

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Short story: Can we become who we really are?

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 9 Jun

The Philosophy Professor was philosophising over this quote to his class. "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." This quote is from the well-known psychotherapist, Carl Jung. The Professor...

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Did You Know Pentecost Sunday is the 3rd Glorious Mystery of the Rosary?

Artgirl @owstalaga (4825) • Philippines 7 Jun 25

When I was young I didn't really think about such things. Lol. But these days due to the grace of God I have come to know more about Him and the Catholic Church. One thing most people don't realize is... last Sunday was the 2nd...

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Short story: Intelligence is not even knee deep in the Universe

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 22 May 25

Rabbi Shaho Rexospki, had been asked this question by one of his students Is the Universe intelligent? Here was his answer: "I have heard that someone said that the Universe is not intelligent as a whole, but some think...

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Short story: Truth lives in us when we live within it. Do not live a lie.

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 19 May 25

Rabbi Anton Breshnev was asked by one of his students about truth. He told him, that when we come across truth, we are meant to come across it, and it is meant for us to receive it right here, and now. [b]If we come...

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Zen story: The Zen master who bowed to his student, acknowledging his poignant words

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 12 May 25

A student went into the Zen master's room one day, to hand him a letter from another Zen master, who had passed by, but had not wanted to come in. The student, never being in his master's room before, was surprised that...

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Short story: Being who you are, is being not who you are not

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 21 Apr 25

"Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not." This quote is from the author, Deepak Chopra. John was at a question, and answer, session with his local Rabbi, Rabbi Chekov Rustevvly, and he asked...

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Lies, Rumors and a Lot of BS

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 20 Apr 25

I hate it when I read about celebrities having some weird disease or something. I do a deep dive to find out what the truth is. A few years back, Sam Elliott was in the news saying he had died. I jumped on that one. He is a...

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Short story: God, and the Universe

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 3 Apr 25

Rabbi Arton Bresjoveski was a controversial figure in Judaism. Here are some of his way out there ideas. The Universe is limited, as anything created always is. It is a mass of energy, directed into it, by its creator....

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It's IFCN Day!

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 2 Apr 25

What's the opposite of pranks and fibbing? It's fact checking. To fight misinformation and to promote fact integrity the Poynter Institute established the International Fact-Checking Day. It started in 2016 and the IFCN works with...

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Zen story: The way of Zen is the Zen of your way

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 24 Mar 25

A would be student approached the renowned Zen master, Artov Breshsky, and asked him if he could he teach him the way of Zen. The master replied, [b]"I have nothing of Zen to teach anyone, as there is no way of Zen, no...

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