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  1. Jainarayan

    Do your beliefs make you happy?

    Oh I do believe it's hereditary. My mother suffered from depression and I think my father was bipolar. There are a few members of my family. including me, on the autism spectrum. And bipolar and autism often go hand in hand. It's difficult for the "uninitiated" to tell the difference between a...
  2. Jainarayan

    Do your beliefs make you happy?

    No. I am happy with my beliefs but not happy because of my beliefs. They give me a certain measure of comfort. But in my life I am unhappy, even to the point of deep depression (which comes along with my bipolar 2 anyway) and despair. I like to believe my faith is steadfast despite what we've...
  3. Jainarayan

    Getting rid of 'anarthas' (bad karmic imprints) devotionally

    Oh yes? So then it should be written each time? That does put more effort into it.
  4. Jainarayan

    Getting rid of 'anarthas' (bad karmic imprints) devotionally

    I would make copies to burn regularly.
  5. Jainarayan

    Getting rid of 'anarthas' (bad karmic imprints) devotionally

    I think this is something I should do. I have developed such ill will, contempt and I dare say a deep abiding hatred for the person upsetting my life. I have never felt this way before, and dislike myself for it. I’m also considering which deity’s mantra to chant for removing the negativity of...
  6. Jainarayan

    Happy New Year

    नववर्षस्य शुभाशयाः navavarṣasya śubhāśayāḥ Happy New Year.
  7. Jainarayan

    Please explain your avatar

    Mine is Sri Krishna, playing his flute. He is my idea of God. He plays his flute and draws people to himself. The Devanagari text is om namo bhagavate vāsudevāya meaning I bow to the Lord within all.
  8. Jainarayan

    Did Jesus Christ Actually Exist?

    He didn't. It was only in a vision/hallucination. I believe that is what Paul used to justify usurping the primacy of Peter and spreading his version of Christianity; actually Paulism, which is what it remains today.
  9. Jainarayan

    What "if" you are wrong

    Doesn't matter? :o What about all the pain it's caused people? The violence, oppression, suppression? Doesn't matter? Religious and political leaders have used "doesn't matter" for two millennia to oppress and punish, and massacre people. Doesn't matter that something that isn't real has been...
  10. Jainarayan

    President Joe Biden Declares Easter Sunday As Transgender Day Of Visibility

    You do understand that not everyone believes in your God, right? Nor do they believe in your Bible. Nor do your God or Bible have any authority over the rest of us or over the US. The US is not a Christian nation, never was, never will be. And lest anyone trot out the tired "The US was founded...
  11. Jainarayan

    Destruction?

    I don't like the word destruction either. I correct people when and as necessary. It smacks of wanton random destruction for its own sake. I tell people he does not go around blowing things up for kicks. I use the example of a star dying. It's old and worn out. Its death and destruction creates...
  12. Jainarayan

    Hanging Stuff

    My husband insists on covering just about every square inch of walls with something ... family pictures, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana. I told him that in the new apartment ... "NO!" It's not going to look like the Louvre. We're going to wall mount the tv to save floor space. I...
  13. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Thanks. :) I mean at night when the lights are off. Why turn on the lights when you can walk into and trip over things? :D
  14. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Oh it is awful! I don't sleep very well, as much as I try to remain calm. I think what bothers me most is the way she came over that night and stood outside on the patio screaming at me and berating me. I didn't escalate it but my thought is "Who the **** are you to talk to me like that? Who do...
  15. Jainarayan

    Asking for help - a Gofundme for moving.

    Thanks for the bump. I don't want to be presumptuous and do it myself. So where were we? Ah yes... I've been in touch with some state agencies that render financial assistance. They can help with the security deposit and/or first month's rent. We saw some suitable apartments. It's just a...
  16. Jainarayan

    Differences

    That's really all they are ... beautiful, to be sure. People use the term "authoritative" to describe the Vedas. But they are not that, they are not laws, commandments, or such. That's the Dharma Shastras. Even then the DS are so outdated as to be, without being disrespectful, almost laughable...
  17. Jainarayan

    Aren’t we all really worshipping the same God?

    It's not as far as I'm concerned. Even I conceded that. Worship is not the same nor is the understanding, interpretation and/or view of God, which is different among different worshipers. The (in)correctness of those interpretations and views, and worship are subjective. Actually I think it...
  18. Jainarayan

    The Bhakti Thread

    oṁ śrī kṛṣṇāya namaḥ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya oṁ namo nārāyanāya oṁ śrī haraye namaḥ twameva mātā ca pitā twameva twameva bandhus ca sakhā twameva twameva vidyā dravinam twameva twameva sarvam mama deva deva oṁ sarvam śrī kṛṣṇārpanamastu ॐ hariḥ oṁ tat sat ॐ Before playing...
  19. Jainarayan

    Is rock music "dead"?

    All very true, which is why I admit it might be my biases towards what’s familiar to me. What we remember and forget is, I think, what stamps music as “good” or “bad”. Time is sort of a sifter… what music will be remembered or forgotten.
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    Is rock music "dead"?

    I don't think there will ever be another Beatles (group and solos), Stones, Aerosmith, Seger, Dylan, Clapton, Presley, Berry, et al., or 50s-80s decades, the height of rock 'n roll and classic rock. I don't think anyone today can come close to their achievements and innovations. Of course, this...
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