Video "Could This Forbidden Anchent Technology Beneath the Arabian Sea, Force Mankind to Re-write History?" [Awesome Documentary!!]

This is very well done, esp. for a non-professional production. I loved watching this & I'll tell ya, it's very worth your time! Take 45 mins & get into it!!
 

"ISIS" the Start of World War III? David Icke interview/tangent~

David Icke predicts this "Isis" group vs. the Zionists will be the beginning of WWIII...interesting. Watch it, cross-reference it, read books & articles, and pray.

Klaus Dona - The Hidden History Of The Human Race

    Along the lines of Michael Cremo.
 

"Finding the Sublime in Unlikely Places" [Interesting Roman Catholic Article]

Finding the Sublime in Unlikely Places [link]

Who Runs Hollywood? Who Owns the Media? Who is the Most Influential Group of "Persecuted & Oppressed" People in America?

Run those questions through your mind a bit. Ruminate over them.
Who started Google?  Who owns Google now?
Who owns Facebook?
Who owns YouTube?
Who owns Wikipedia?

Texe Marrs has the answer right here....[link]

Wise Words from Dr Carl Jung--

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interest upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance. Thus we demand that the world grant us recognition for qualities which we regard as personal possessions: our talent or our beauty. The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life. He feels limited because he has limited aims, and the result is envy and jealousy. If we understand and feel that here in this life we already have a link with the infinite, desires and attitudes change. In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody . . .
     — Carl Jung

"Osiris & Christianity: The Christian Adoption of Egyptian Iconography..." // Several Other Videos Also

"Words of Wisdom: The Paradox of Our Times"

Words of Wisdom: The Paradox of Our Times

There are taller buildings... but shorter tempers; 
Wider freeways... but narrower viewpoints. 
We spend more... but have less; 
We buy more... but enjoy it less. 
We have bigger houses... and smaller families; 
More conveniences... but less time. 
We have more degrees... but less sense; 
More knowledge... but less judgement; 
More experts... but more problems; 
More medicine... but less wellness. 
We have multiplied our possessions... but reduced our values. 
We talk too much, love too seldom... and hate too often. 
We have learned how to make a living... but not a life. 
We've added years to life... but not life to years. 
We've been all the way to the moon and back... 
But we have difficulty crossing the street to meet the neighbors. 
We've conquered outer space... but not our inner space. 
We've cleaned the air... but polluted the soul. 
We have split the atom... but not our prejudice. 
We have higher incomes... but lower morals. 
We've become long on quantity... but short on quality. 
These are the times of tall men... and short character; 
Of steep profits... and shallow relationships. 
These are times of world peace... but domestic warfare. 
These are days of more leisure... but less fun; 
Of more kinds of food... but less nutrition. 
These are days of two incomes... but more divorce; 
Of fancier houses... but broken homes. 
We can choose to ignore these sad facts of life... 
Or we can choose to make a difference. 
Christ has no body on earth but ours, 
He has no hands but our hands... 
We have only one life, which soon will pass, 
And those acts we perform for Christ are the only that will last! 
We must sacrifice ourselves for souls! 

"Pearls of Wisdom by St. Anthony the Great" Link to Short Article--

On Saint Anthony the Great [link]

"Ancient Secrets: Intelligent Design on Earth" [Full Length Video]

An enjoyable full-length conspiracy docu-thriller. Check it out, it's worth your two & a half hours...

"Mount Athos Tour 2009 --Monasteries of Mount Athos" [I edited the title slightly for clarity]

I stumbled across this absolutely beautiful video of still shots that a guy made from his trip to Mount Athos, Greece. Wow! This is so beautifully done, it's breathtaking!!! This REALLY makes me want to go to Mount Athos even more. I just got done researching everything I'd need for a visit. Now I'm prepared.....

Greek Orthodox Chant (You've Got to Hear These Beautiful Hymns! Amazing!!♥)

STRONGARM "The Advent Of A Miracle" Lyrics!!

you're my beloved and all together lovely 

as a gift that cant't be bought 

as if gold could favor outweigh 

your meaning to me 

the secrets of the heart made manifest 

even beauty's priced beside thee proportioned lot the less 

wishes fade as dreams break promise made 

takes away your will
takes your whole heart 

captive
just for one promise 

sell it all for one true word to hold on to 

face the shame of it all 

safer to neglect than open your callused heart 

piece by piece you have lost a part of yourself 

you share to gain but lose at love and learn to hate yourself 

more and more each day 

and all the days thereafter 

they labor to put back together and regain what is gone forever 

wishes fade as dreams break promise made tomorrow takes 

the most costly mistake is to try to change the past today
(what a void) 

the filth and the shame they all wash away
for you Christ will clean the slate 

only love can fill the void 

when the world has taken its toll 

hand in hand by your side
we'll walk down this path together 

i'll take you to the place where promises will never break 

to the advent of a miracle 

for love is a miracle 

true love is to die for
and is why i cry for you 

and the pain you feel and feed can heal
if you'd just walk with me toward the light" 

Let Me Tell You About the Great Books I've Received Lately [pt.1]

Sooo many great books have arrived in my mailbox lately, that I almost don't even know where to begin! 
These are in no particular order.  Just like everything else in my life.

"Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights & the Occult Origins of the SS"
  --by B. Yenne

"Alternatives to Hitler: German Resistance Under the Third Reich"
  --by H. Mommsen

"Introducing the Apocrypha"
  --by David A. deSilva

"The Life of Adam & Eve and Related Literature"
  --by M. deJonge & J. Tromp

"Imago Dei: The Byzantine Apologia for Icons"
  --by J. Pelikan

"Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom: Tales of Drugs, Mules, and Gunmen"
  --by Alfredo Molano

"Cross and Kremlin: A Brief History of the Orthodox Church in Russia"
  --by T. Bremer

"Spiritual Bankruptcy: A Prophetic Call to Action"
  --by J.B. Cobb Jr.

"Einstein Before Israel: Zionist Icon or Iconoclast"
  --by Z. Rosenkranz

"The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts & Translations"
--by B.D. Ehrman and Z. Plese

"A Concise History of the Crusades"
  --by T.F. Madden

"The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah"
  --by A. Chah

"New Testament and Christian Apocrypha"
  --by F. Bovon

"The Devil Within: Possession & Exorcism in the Christian West"
  --B.P. Levack

"The Formation of the Jewish Canon"
  --by T.H. Lim

"Egypt: A Short History"
  --by R. Tignor

"The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution"
  --by G. Cochran & H. Harpending

"Elder Zenobius: A Life in Spiritual Continuity with Pre-Revolutionary Russia"
  --by Z. Chesnokov

"Intoxicating Minds: How Drugs Work"
  --by C. Regan

"Paul and the Miraculous: A Historical Reconstruction"
  --by G.H.Twelftree

"The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography
  --by J.J. Collins

"The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography"
  --by D.S. Lopez, Jr.

"Tales of Moonlight & Rain"
  --by Ueda Akinari

"Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections"
  --by F.J. Baumgartner

"Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church"
  --by D.H. Williams

"The King Who Refused to Die: The Anunnaki & The Search for Immortality"
  --by Z. Sitchin

"Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration"
  --by Claude A. Piantadosi

"Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America"
  --by P.S. Martin

"The Pope Who Quite: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, & Salvation"
  --by J.M. Sweeney

"Confessions of an English Opium-Eater & Other Writings"
  --by T. DeQuincey

"Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America"
  --by R.M. Schoch, Ph.D.

"Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism"
  --by W. Harmless, S.J.

"Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction"
  --by Bryan M. Litfin

"The Columbia History of Jews & Judaism in America"
  --ed by M.L. Raphael

"Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Sources for the Study of the Old Testament"
  --by M.D. Coogan

"Thought and Knowledge: An Intro to Critical Thinking"
  --by D.F. Halpern

"The Source Field Investigations"
  --by D. Wilcock

"Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture"
  --by Stanford & Bradley

"Medieval Christianity in Practice"
  --by Rubin

"Hindus"
  --by J. Lipner

"Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines"
  --by J. Davis-Kimball, Ph.D.

"Encounters With Orthodoxy"
  --by Burgess

"Travels in Siberia"
  --by Ian Frazier

"How God Became Jesus"
  --by Bird

"Hitler & Nazi Germany"
  --by S. J. Lee

"The Judas Syndrome: Why Good People Do Bad Things"
  --by Simon

"A History of Christian Thought in One Volume"
  --by J.L. Gonzalez

"Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal"
  --by Breggin

"Exceptional Creativity in Science and Technology"
  --ed by A. Robinson

"Cave, Refectory, Road: Monastic Rhythms for Contemporary Living"
  --by Ian Adams

"The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society"
  --by C.H. Lawrence

"Miracles Happen: The Transformational Healing Power of Past-Life Memories"
  --by B.L. Weiss, M.D.

"Hooked on Heroin: Drugs and Drifters in a Globalized World"
  --by P. Lalander

"Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family"
  --by J. Cowan

"The Christ Connection: How the World Religions Prepared the Way for the Phenomenon of Jesus"
  --by R.A. Varghese

"A Life Together: Wisdom of Community from the Christian East"
  --by Bishop Seraphim Sigrist

"Love Without Conditions"
  --by P. Ferrini

Some New Books Over the Past Few Weeks--

"Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods & Their Influence on American Society"
-by A Parfrey & C. Heimbichner

"Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave"
  -by E.T. Welch

"Ancient Maya Women"
-by T. Arden

"Secrets of the Mushroom, Psychic Abilities, DMT, and Religious Origins" Video

Great video here, if you can get through all the segments of it. ♥ m//r

 

"The Yoga of Christ: Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels"

 "The Yoga of Christ: Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels"  by Paramahansa Yogananda, is a book that I am currently reading (as well as several others like I always do).  I've been more & more attracted to it.  A few of the short paragraphs I've read were just completely stunning to me!!  Wow.  This yogi really knows a lot about Christianity & the Holy Bible.  I didn't know this when I picked the book up, but it is a condensed version of "The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You" a two volume work.  I am now ready to go out & get that set!  I believe Barnes & Noble has it.   

Just wanted to give a mention to this.  Happy Friday night everyone!!  Stay safe, use caution, and keep on trying to love one another.  I know it's not easy, but it's worth it.   m//r 

Eastern & Western Church Fathers

Some Awesome Quotes--

"The Lord has shown that we cannot have the good work of perfect love if we only love those from whom in turn we know the return of mutual love will be paid in kind.  Hence the Lord wishes us to overcome the common law of human love by the law of Gospel love, so that we may show the affection of our love not only toward those who love us but even toward our enemies."

  - St. Chromatius of Aquileia (d. 406)

"It is certainly a finer and more wonderful thing to change the mind of enemies to another way of thinking than to kill them... The mystery [of the Eucharist] requires that we should be innocent not only of violence but of all enmity, however slight, for it is the mystery of peace."

  - St. John Chrysostom (347 - 407)

Book List Book List Book List Book List Book List--

Holy smokes! Dug out three more boxes of books from storage!  Including doubles & triples of a few.  Those will go to my friends Catholic Men's House, "Friends of the Master" in Ypsilanti.  I've already donated around one hundred books to them, with about another hundred waiting to be transported.
I've decided I need to really make a serious inventory of what's here. And it's just as easy to put it on my blog as it is to put it in one of my hand-written journals. Wish me luck! m//r

note: I am NOT including novels & fiction (for the most part)

THE BRETHREN: A Documentary About the World's Northernmost Orthodox Monastery--

Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery. Meditation time, solitude & prayers. I love this kind of stuff. One day I just may take monastic vows. I've been celibate for basically three years now, live simply & modestly, eat very little, & I don't own expensive, flashy things....Unless books, magazines, and fanzines count as "flashy!" I try to love. I try not to belittle and hurt people. Do I fall short? Yes, of course, everyday, every minute, all the time. I'm a puny human. But I'm also a child of God. I have a purpose, a reason, and a RIGHT to be here. I try to thank God everyday for giving me life. I try my hardest not to kill myself with alcohol & tobacco. I try. All I can do is try. m//r ♥