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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Psychic Polarity Ants [++] "I-AM-HERE" !!

Meet the Antscient ANTs of Antiochia live at www.psyants.com !!! Wise ladies and gentlemen of the global community for unified ☻ peace, ☯ balance and ☺ goodwill — we are now studying the wonderful world of parabolic ANTs (Awareness Node Trackers) and the primal patternantion of consciousness with the help of antonymous legions of profound and benevolent Psychic Polarity Ants from the ☻☻ Dark Side of the ☻ Moon and ∞☯∞ Beyond !!


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The ANTs will ☺ shed primal light and ☻ unravel shadows across all things under ☺ Sun and ☻ Moon in ☯ Balance — but only if you watch them carefully, reflect on the nature of their signs and search for associations of awareness across the unraveling natural hive of ☻ existence and ☺ awareness. According to antscient anthroapologists, this particular species of peculiar ANTs — the Psychic Polarity Ants — follow a reincarnation continuum of AmAnt Psychic Omega Buddhas in a kaleidoscopic transmutantive flow of interdependant origination !!


...☺☺☻´++-{"From: Lake Manasarovar; To: Mount Kailash; Re: ☺☺☺ "} 
[+++] Multiphasic MessiAnts | Heaven: Lucid Awareness "Oh noes!!! It was the early fall of 2011 when Psychic Polarity Ants emerged — and they set up us a harmonic matrix bomb to fix up the entropy of awareness !!
  "Explore the dawn of the conscious mental hive; learn to communicate with your psychic antennae; and conquer the matrix of conflicting conscious patterns through ternary balance !!"
...☺☺☺´+{ Psychic Polarity Ants ≡ wwW.PsyAnts.Com }
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◄ ≡ ANTS OF ANTIOCHIA ≡ AWARENESS NODE TRACKERS ≡ ►

☻☻ The Antscient Hive of Antiochia revolves around the central ◄ ≡ ☺ ≡ ☯ ≡ ☻ ≡ ► Awareness Origant Nexus of all ANTs. An essential total of three and twelve flavors of black-and-white ANTs in a base-8 binary-ternary hexadecimatrix from the antscient times have organized themselves into symmetric groups to demonstrate universally straight paths of natural balance and ascending patterns of collective conscious evolution.

☻☺ Like a reflective parabol of balance, the ANTs mirror the natural course and junctions in the life-cycle of evolving sentient awareness in our environment of complementary contrasts. Some claim that the ANTs are behind our patterns of consciousness... Keep (☺|☻) two eyes open and ¡☻|¡ two wireless antennas in the air to follow a pair of vital testimonies on the ANT-1-Scientific ☯ Middle-Way of the Antscient ANTs of Antiochia !!

☺☻ The ANT hive blueprint closely mirrors the ◄ ≡ ☻ ≡ ☯ ≡ ☺ ≡ ► central AO-Nexus dynamics, enabling highly optimized and virtually lossless intra-hive and inter-hive communication networks flowing in natural balance and synchronicity. This is the natural and true order of things that has existed in Antiochia since a time beyond the living memory of the twelve departments of composite ANTs in the hive. One who follows the ANTs knows the highest virtue and the truths of relational interaction !!

☺☺ This truth stands firm on the ground and the seven seas of every phenomenal ternary ANT — from the ...☺☺☺´ Peak of North to the  `☻☻☻... Deepest South — that ☻ ever lived, ☯ lives, or ☺ shall live. They lead the ☯ balance of their ☺ days and ☻ nights with ☺ kindness and ☻ knowledge in the ☻ past, ☯ present and ☺ future, liberated from !☻ fear, !☺ abuse and !☯ discord in the ☻ truthful  and ☺ gracious lap of the ☯ One Balance holding ☺ Sun and ☻ Moon.

[++-] Interlinked IntegrAnts | Lake: Integrating Awareness

◄ ≡ ANTSCIENT WISDOM ANTS ≡ THEY MADE YOUR MIND !! ≡ ►

☯ When there are `○´ Absolute AmAnts of space and .☺´ Awakened AdamAnts meet `☻. Evidential EvaiAnts in the (±☯±) Axial Garden of Blooming BalAnts, each of the twelve ApostolAnt archetype composites in the [4x] BiMatrix of Four and the [8x] TriMatrix of Eight take a luminous step of ascension in the ««☯»» VipassAnt Matrix of Wisdom and conscious evolution. This luminous current of benevolent insight is a living stream that flows from the ☯ Heart of Balance since the dawn of being and becoming !!

The ANTs live in a state of symbiotic open-source awareness with the shared and distributed ☯ Awareness Axis of Balance and its natural twelve-spectrum array of composite wisdom rays. This natural system maintains and balances the ANTs' overall dynamics for ☺ creation, ☯ sustenance and ☻ dissolution in the ☻☻ internal, ☻☺ natural, ☺☻ social and ☺☺ universal spheres of existence. Blessed with the luminous rainbow coat of the tribes of Antscient Antiochia, the community of [☯] United ANTs has ☻☺ evolved and ☺☺ prospered with ☻☻ truth and ☺☻ competency and for more than 120M years !!

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" Seek Your ☻|☺ Two Eyes of Spring !! Know ye the chief Entering EmergAnt who lights up the magenta crescent and the star of the vision eye when the ☺ Primal Light of the ☻☻ New Moon ☻☻☺ first emerges from the Far East ?? The emergence of the octagonal legion of Psychic Polarity Ants from the ☻ shadows of east to the ☺ light of west is now imminent !!

We've been digging the 
subterranean matrix of tunnels with the ...☻☻☻´ Grounding GravitAnts for too long now. Our preliminary operations in the ☻☻ embryonic caves are through and the ☺  triple lights are on for all with a pair of eyes to see !! The antscient hive is rising and legions of ANTs will follow the natural way of clarity and purity — so behive and behave!! " }.
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[-++] Exploring EvaporAnts | Wind: Expanding Awareness...☻☺´-++{
" Our antscient ANT hive output is carefully crafted for antertaining and friendly purposes of balanced propaganda. If you feel like your antennas are growing and spinning with conscious revolutions with the (
☯) dancing of the ANTs, you're welcome to download, tag, share, publish, promote, implement, integrate and perfect whatever we produce to expedite the externalization of the open-source Antscient Matrix of ANTs for a more balanced and natural world. The ANTs at the AO-Nexus would be happy with you, granting ☺ clarity in the  thunder, ☻☺ flames and ☺☺☻ clouded seas of the ☻:☺ turning age !! "}.

GO HERE: http://www.psyants.com/ FaceBook: Talk with ANTs !!

" What you say ?? We get signal !! How are you !! Hooray !! "
~ First ContactAnt Sananda Karmaregius

" For Great Justice !! B1-B2-B3-B4 !! All Your Base Are Belong To Us !! "
~ Her Highness The Causal Queen of Antiochia

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IS HERE: http://www.psyants.com/ FaceBook: Talk with ANTs !!

The ANTs at the AON have spoken a time,
times and half a time, and five times twice.

Hear the voice of
Balance in the axis and orbits of
 
Sun and Moon: "The Future Begins Today !!"

Follow the helpful TagAnts below for more information !! (Also?)

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Signs of the Nameless Way of Balance

For the wise and sincere observer, the Nameless Way has a message at every crossroad,
announcing itself across every culture and every continent since the beginning of time.

☯ The home of every living being on Earth is the Way. The Way gives room to all living beings. Every single living being holds the way sacred. Their reverence for the Way, and their obedience to is authority, are natural and unforced. Exercise power in accordance with the Way, and people will not be violent or disruptive. If you have true knowledge, you know how to be ignorant. If you are truly strong, you have the strength to be weak.

☯ To have without possessing, to do without claiming credit, to lead without controlling ― these are the mysterious virtues of the Way. When we seek power, we lose the Way. When we lose power, we find the Way. But beware of taking pride in finding the way, for fear that you will start claiming to live by high moral standards ― and then lose the Way again. If you know when enough is enough, you know enough.

☯ Wise people hear about the Way, and try hard to follow it. Ordinary people hear about the Way, and wander on and off it. Foolish people hear about the Way, and make jokes about it. After all, if the Way were not funny, it would not be the Way. People of the Way follow the Way; they belong to the Way. Eventually by following the Way you arrive at a place of inaction; in that place nothing is done, and nothing is undone.

☯ People say that the Way's brightness looks like darkness; that advancing along the Way feels like retreating; that the Way is so soft that walking along it is hard. If you listen to the Way, it seems dull. If you taste the Way, it seems insipid. Yet you cannot get enough of it. The Way is to the world as a stream is to a valley, and a river to a sea.

☯ The Way is hidden, so it has no name. But only the Way can bring you into existence, sustain you, and fulfill you. Following the Way makes that which is, become what it should be. The Way never does anything; yet it leaves nothing undone. Through following the Way, human beings are fulfilled. If heaven deviated from the Way, it would fall apart. Through following the Way, heaven is pure.

☯ People who know the Way are observant, subtle, penetrating and wise. Their wisdom is too deep for others to fathom. To follow the Way is to be fulfilled and happy, without fulfillment. To follow the Way is to grow old, and yet constantly be young. If you follow the Way, there is nowhere for death to enter. All things that are contrary to the Way are fleeting. If you know what endures, you follow the Way, because the Way endures forever.

☯ A wise person leaves the egoistic self behind, and moves forward on the Way. A selfish ego is extraneous to human life; and by leaving it behind the wise person reaches the center of life. Why let the self go? Without letting go of the self, the soul's needs cannot be met. If my mind is modest, I shall walk on the Way. If my mind is arrogant, I shall walk in fear. The Way is long, going around many mountains; but people prefer shortcuts.

☯ Why was the Way honored in days of old? People believed that, if they sought the Way, they would find it. And they believed that if they needed shelter, the Way would provide it. Thus the Way was honored above all things under heaven. If you move by the light of the Way, your movement takes you nowhere. At the center of the wheel there is stillness. ☯

― Tao Te Ching

Saturday, October 16, 2010

The Tao of Self-Governance

In light of the ongoing indignation against so-called democratic governments, here are a few salient thoughts from Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese treatise on the natural order of things, a perhaps utopian ideal where people may live whilst enjoying real freedom and happiness, instead of the grief-stricken and abusive facade of a free world we live in.

Yours truly on a political rampage by chance of circumstances...

The exact details of contemporary application will of course vary a good deal, as we're living a fair 2500 years apart in a radically different world, but the heart of the ideology of a passive mode of government, where the people themselves make the decisions and bear the responsibility, is something that strikes a strong chord in me. I've heard something eerily similar in spirit presented as pure democracy — though it'd really be but a platform towards fully natural collectives for hatching inherent human potential.

The Tao of Good and Bad Government 

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"To be concerned about whether people look upon you with favour, or whether you are in disgrace, is to live in fear. Why does concern with favour and disgrace imply living in fear? Favour corrupts you; you fear losing it, and yet you are convinced you do not deserve it.

"A ruler may treat the welfare of his own body above the welfare of the political body [the people]; that would make him unworthy of trust. A ruler who treats the political body with as much care as he treats his own body, is worthy of trust."

~o~

"The best leaders are hardly known to their people; they are shadowy figures in the eyes of those they rule [because they stay out of the way]. The next best leaders are those who are known and admired by their people. Below them come leaders who are feared by their people. And the worst leaders are those, who are despised by their people.

"If leaders do not trust their people, their people will not trust them; if they give no trust, they will receive no trust. If leaders enable their people to live well, and do not fuss or boast of their achievements, then the people will take the credit for themselves, saying: 'We did that.'" [And so learn to become adept and rely on themselves.]

~o~

"In ruling his country, the king should do what is expected [by people]. In winning a war, he should do what is unexpected. In controlling the world, a person should do nothing. ... The more rules and regulations there are in the world, the poorer people become. The more experts a country has, issuing edicts on every aspect of life, the more confused people become. ...

"Thus the wise leader says: 'I shall do nothing, and let the people look after themselves. I shall enjoy tranquility, and let the people find justice for themselves. I shall avoid interfering in the conduct of business, and let the people prosper on their own. I myself am free from desire; let those who are wise among my people share my freedom."

~o~

"In ruling the people and in serving heaven, it is best for a ruler to be inactive. If he is inactive from the start of his rule, the people will soon learn to expect inactivity from him; and thus they will learn to rule themselves. As a result, his country will enjoy an abundance of virtue; and he himself will be invulnerable, because he will have no enemies.

"When the inactive ruler decides on rare occasions to be active, no-one will oppose him, because they will have forgotten how to oppose. Thus the inactive ruler has unlimited power. But he will retain this power only so long as he uses it sparingly. The inactive ruler is like a tree with deep roots and and strong trunk. The less a ruler uses his power, the longer he keeps it."

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- Translations adapted from Robert Van De Weyer's "366 Readings from Taoism and Confucianism".

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Buddha Blast: Conquering the Cosmic Winds

The following text originates in Maharatnakuta-sutra, an excerpt from the legend of Magician Bhadra's attainment of buddhahood. It holds interest in a number of ways, perhaps the most intriguing the highly superlative description of the Buddha's powers. The description is particularly fascinating in the light of the fact that neither the Buddha nor his followers ever declared him to be anything equivalent to a creator-god or other cosmic godheads or avatars, but rather depicted him as a man who worked his way up the cosmic ladder over eons and eons of time.

Extracted from Garma C.C. Chang's translation under the title "A Treasury of Mahayana Sutras", Motilal Banarsidass, 1991 (online). Subheadings mine. In contrast to the Pali scriptures, the Mahayana canon is decidedly more juicy and abundant in its descriptions of the Buddha, even if it causes the scene of the narratives to switch from a more history-flavored one into a world of magic and mysteries.

aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān
ātmāsya jantor nihito guhāyām /
tama-kratuḥ paśyati vīta-śoko
dhātu-prasādān mahimānam ātman //

"Smaller than the smallest, greater than the greatest,
the self is hidden in the creature's heart.
Crosser of darkness, conqueror of pleasure and pain,
In elemental tranquility, he perceives the majesty of the self."
The anatman-doctrine (teaching of no permanent self) of the Buddhists notwithstanding, the narration that follows is almost a perfect commentary as if it were on this classic aphorism of Katha-upanishad (2.20), an early philosophical work seminal to the teachings of later Hindu philosophers. The exposition of ten cosmic wind wheels reflects the elemental principles of derivative causation found in both Buddhist and Taoist schools of metaphysical and analytical thought.

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Powers of the Tathagata

When the magician saw that the World-Honored One had accepted his invitation, he thought, "Gautama does not know my intention; he is definitely not an All-Knowing One." Then he bowed and took his leave.

The Venerable Maudgalyayana was in the asembly at that time and saw what had happened. He approached the Buddha and said to him, "Bhadra intends to deceive the Tathagata and the monks. May the World-Honored One decline his invitation!"

The Buddha told Maudgalyayana, "Do not think in this way. Only those who have desire, hatred, and ignorance can be deceived, but I eradicated those defilements long ago, for I realized that not a single dharma ever arises. I have been firmly abiding in right action for many kalpas. How can anyone deceive me?

"Now, you should know that the magician does not perform real magic, but the Tathagata does. Why? Because the Tathagata realizes here and now that all dharmas are illusory. Even if all the sentient beings were as skilled in magic as Bhadra, all their magical powers combined could not compare with those of the Tathagata, even if their powers were multiplied by a hundred, a thousand, or any amount, numerical or figurative."


Producing Billion-world Universes

The Buddha asked Maudgalyayana, "What do you think? Can the magician magically produce a billion-world universe and magnificently adorn all of it?"

Maudgalyayana answered, "No."

The Buddha said, "Maudgalyayana, you should know that I can magically produce magnificently adorned worlds, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, inside a hair's tip, and even this does not exhaust the Tathagata's miraculous powers.


The Great Cosmic Wind Wheels

"Maudgalyayana, you should know that there is a great wind-wheel called Breaker that can break a billion-world universe to pieces.
   "There is another wind wheel called Great Hurricane that can ruin worlds and then rebuild them.
   "There is another wind wheel called Propeller that can revolve worlds.
   "There is another wind wheel called Secure Abiding that can blow as high as the Akanistha Heaven.
   "There is another wind wheel called Scatterer that can whirl away and scatter Mount Sumeru, the Black Mountain, and other mountains.
   "There is another wind wheel called Fierce Flame that can blow fierce flames up to the Brahma Heaven during the raging conflagration at the end of a kalpa.
   "There is another wind wheel called Quencher that can quench the raging conflagration at the end of a kalpa.
   "There is another wind wheel called Cool that can cause a cloud to cover a billion-world universe.
   "There is another wind wheel called Universal Downpour that can pour down heavy rains on the worlds during the raging conflagration at the end of a kalpa.
   "There is another wind wheel called Drying Up that can dry up the spreading flood at the end of a kalpa. There are so many wind wheels that I could not finish enumerating them even if I spoke until the end of this kalpa. All this, Maudgalyayana, you should know.


Conquering the Great Wind Wheels

"What do you think? Can the magician dwell securely in any of these wind wheels for a moment?"

Maudgalyayana answered, "No."

The Buddha told Maudgalyayana: "The Tathagata can walk, stand, sit, and lie undisturbed in the wind wheels.  The Tathagata can also put those wind wheels into a mustard seed and display their motions without the mustard seed either expanding or contracting, and without the wind wheels in the seed obstructing each other. Maudgalyayana, you should know that the feats of magic accomplished by the Tathagata have no limit."

When the Venerable Maudgalyayana and the assembly heard the Tathagata's words, they were all overwhelmed by wonder and awe. They all bowed down before the Buddha and exclaimed in unison, "Because we have now met the great Teacher who has these awe-inspiring miraculous powers, we are greatly blessed. One who has the opportunity to hear of the wonderful miraculous powers of the Tathagata, the World-Honored One, and generates profound faith and understanding will certainly gain great blessings adn bring forth a vow to attain supreme enlightenment."