so called expert

They are teaching meditation. They are so-called teachers—ācāryas, dadas, or didis. They don’t even have any experience of samādhi, not to mention kuṇḍalinī. Yet they like to say, “This is kuṇḍalinī,” or “That is kuṇḍalinī.” Kuṇḍalinī is everywhere. So don’t listen to them. In reality, they know nothing about meditation, yet they call themselves experts. Remember where we are now—we are in America. Here, they are considered experts. I believe I was sent here by BaBa to help share a higher level of spirituality. Yet, qualities like arrogance, prejudice, jealousy, and racism can cloud people’s perception and limit their understanding. As a result, many have not yet discovered what true bhakti is or how it can be realized. This may be one reason BaBa chose not to come to America in this lifetime.

Why can spinach help prevent stroke

Why can spinach help prevent stroke? 菠菜为什么能防中风，中风是怎么来的，很多人以为是血管堵了，其实在血管堵之前，是你的血管脆了，或者痉挛了；血管为什么会痉挛？因为肝风内动，冬主收藏。如果你的肝血不足，肝阴虚了，那肝阳就会往上抗。一上抗，头晕目眩，眼睛发胀，这时候只要一着急或者一受寒，那血管啪的一下就缩紧了，这就中风了。菠菜，它在冬天里还能保持那个绿油油的颜色，说明他在这个肃杀的季节里锁住了一股生机勃勃的木气。这股木气正好对应我们的肝，吃菠菜就是给焦躁的肝脏下了一场及时雨。但是我这里要教大家一个绝活，这菠菜怎么吃？才最能防中风，千万不要焯水焯太久。很多人怕草酸把菠菜煮得烂烂的黄黄的，那没用啊，那是死菜，你要先把水烧开了，放一点点盐，把菠菜放进去，数三下，123捞出来，这时候菠菜还是脆的，那个绿意还是鲜活的，这叫存着一份生机。然后不要拌沙拉酱，要办什么办姜醋汁，姜是热的，醋是酸的，酸味入肝能收敛肝气，姜能发散，能把菠菜的凉性化掉，这一收一散，你的血管就有弹性了。 Potato is different. After you eat it, it first soothes and warms the spleen and stomach. Once the spleen and stomach are comfortable, their function starts running smoothly—like a bicycle once the chain is put on. Then the qi and blood surge forward, all at once, and are delivered down to your calves. You’ll notice that after eating potatoes for about half a month, you can climb stairs without getting short of breath, and it feels as if there’s a stream of warmth circulating inside your calves.

America's Trouble

The United States has two major problems. One is America’s own interests. However, Venezuela is merely stringing the United States along. The Venezuelan military is a vested-interest group. The second problem is that Venezuela’s new government does not cooperate. In the past, when the United States sent a governor to Libya, it immediately purged the bureaucrats of the old regime, which quickly triggered a civil war. Therefore, if you stay in the United States and do not enter Venezuela, nothing can be accomplished. But if you do enter Venezuela, you fall straight into a trap. On the one hand, the new government pretends to cooperate with the United States; on the other hand, it hunts down internal traitors. The U.S. Democratic Party is very skilled at using the CIA. Libya was not resolved in 12 years—do you really think Trump can handle Venezuela? Venezuela produces heavy crude oil, and only China uses it. Venezuela’s daily output is about 850,000 tons, all of which is sold to China. If the United States says Venezuela is not allowed to sell heavy crude to China, then who can it sell it to? The United States does not buy heavy crude oil anyway. I was moved to tears seeing this celebration of Latino Culture in the U.S. I spent a lot of time in Latino neighborhoods in New York City and in Republica Dominicana, and I have visited Cuba and Puerto Rico and other Caribbean and Latino countries. This attention was so deserved and long overdue 我看到这场在美国庆祝拉丁裔文化的活动时，感动得流下了眼泪。我曾在纽约市的拉丁裔社区和多米尼加共和国生活过很长一段时间，也去过古巴、波多黎各以及其他加勒比和拉丁国家。这样的关注实在是当之无愧，而且早就应该得到。

Organizationall Law

美国和澳洲的margii堆里，性关系非常随便。回到1980年的时代，我听到澳洲的Acarya，很多都是同性恋。 Among the margii communities in the United States and Australia, attitudes toward sexual relationships are very permissive. As far back as the 1980s, I heard from Australian Acaryas that many of them were homosexual. Prama gradually became a gathering point for former Acaryas, with many ex-Acaryas choosing to come here. I am aware that the margii here are very liberal; however, regardless of how liberal one may be, adherence to Ba’Ba’’s guidance is still required. Former Acaryas are permitted only to attend Sunday DC and are not allowed to participate beyond that. There are also many activities that are strictly prohibited. However, the situation here is entirely different, as Ba’Ba’s rules and guidelines are not being followed. 我们这里Ex-Acharcya太多了，弄得乌烟瘴气。 一、学术本义（最早含义） “内卷”（involution）最早来自人类学、社会学，指的是： 系统在投入不断增加的情况下，却没有带来相应的效率提升或结构性进步，只是在原有框架内反复消耗。 简单说： 越努力，越原地踏步。 例子（学术层面）： 农业人口不断增加，但土地不变 → 劳动力投入更多，产出却没有本质提高。 官僚体系越来越复杂，但治理效率并未提升。 二、现代网络用法（最常见） 在当代中文语境中，“内卷”通常指： 在有限资源下的过度竞争，导致所有参与者被迫付出更多，却没有人真正受益。 核心特征： 🔁 竞争在内部循环 📈 付出不断加码 📉 回报不成比例 😫 个体被动参与、无法退出 三、常见例子 1️⃣ 学业内卷 别人补课 → 你也补 别人补两门 → 你补四门 最终：学历整体抬高，但含金量下降 2️⃣ 职场内卷 加班从 8 小时变成 12 小时 KPI 越来越高，工资不涨 不加班就被淘汰 3️⃣ 社会内卷 房价、彩礼、学历、身份不断抬高 规则没变，门槛却越来越高 四、与“竞争”的区别 概念 是否有正向结果 是否创造新价值 竞争 ✅ 有可能 ✅ 有 内卷 ❌ 几乎没有 ❌ 没有 👉 内卷 = 没有出口的竞争 五、通俗一句话总结 内卷就是：大家都在拼命，但谁都走不远。 如果你愿意，我也可以： 用 英文解释 “内卷 / involution” 从 佛学 / 心理学 / 社会结构 角度解析 结合 你关心的领域（修行、组织、社会）来讲 ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info.

丙午年，有些什么事发生？

有的，道家 和 道教 的英文翻译不同，而且区别很重要，对应的是中国语境中“哲学传统”与“宗教体系”的差别。 一、道家 的英文翻译 ✅ Daoism / Taoism (philosophical Daoism) 最常见、也最规范的译法是： Daoism（拼音式，现代学术界主流） Taoism（威妥玛拼音，旧式但仍常见） 👉 当“道家”指思想流派、哲学传统时，常用： Philosophical Daoism （哲学道家） 使用场景 老子、庄子 《道德经》《庄子》 无为、自然、齐物、反功利 作为哲学、思想体系讨论 📌 示例： Laozi and Zhuangzi are central figures of philosophical Daoism. Daoism emphasizes wu wei (non-action) and harmony with nature. 二、道教 的英文翻译 ✅ Daoism / Taoism (religious Daoism) 道教在英文中仍然用 Daoism / Taoism，但必须加限定语，否则容易混淆： Religious Daoism （宗教道教） 使用场景 张道陵、天师道 道观、道士、符箓、斋醮 内丹、外丹、炼气、神仙体系 宗教组织、仪式与信仰实践 📌 示例： Religious Daoism developed elaborate rituals, priesthoods, and cosmology. Daoist temples are important centers of religious Daoism. 三、为什么英文容易混淆？ 因为英文里只有一个词： Daoism / Taoism 而中文有清晰区分： 道家 → 思想 / 哲学 道教 → 宗教 / 制度 / 修行体系 所以在严肃写作中，英文通常通过 修饰语 来区分。 四、常见但不推荐的译法 ⚠️ 中文 错误 / 不推荐译法 原因 道家 Daoist Philosophy School 不地道 道教 Tao Religion 学术上不用 道家 Lao-Zhuang School 太局限 五、最规范的对照总结表 中文 标准英文 说明 道家 Philosophical Daoism 老庄思想 道教 Religious Daoism 宗教体系 道 Dao (Tao) 核心概念，不翻 道士 Daoist priest 道观 Daoist temple 六、学术语境中的一句“标准说法” Scholars usually distinguish between philosophical Daoism (associated with Laozi and Zhuangzi) and religious Daoism, which developed organized rituals, institutions, and pantheons. 如果你愿意，我也可以： 帮你润色一段英文学术文本，避免道家/道教混淆 或比较 Confucianism / Ruism（儒家） 的类似翻译问题 丙午年，有些什么事发生？ “丙午年”每 60 年一次，所以你这个问题要看指的是哪一个丙午年。历史与民间讨论中，最常被提及的是 1966 年丙午，其次是 1906、1846 等。我按常见理解 + 历史脉络给你一个清晰说明。 一、最常被问的：1966 年（丙午年，火马年） 这是现代中国语境里影响最大、讨论最多的丙午年。 1️⃣ 重大历史事件 文化大革命正式开始（1966–1976） 5 月《五一六通知》 红卫兵运动兴起 教育、文化、政治体系剧烈震荡 中国社会结构发生深层断裂 知识分子、传统文化遭到系统性冲击 👉 在历史研究中，1966 丙午年常被视为一个时代的断裂点。 2️⃣ 民间说法：「丙午火马年，不吉」 这是民俗层面，不是科学结论，但影响非常大。 常见说法包括： “火马年多灾多难” “丙午年出生者命硬、克父母” 因此 1966 年出生率明显下降 📌 这个现象在人口统计学上是真实存在的，但原因是： 社会动荡 民俗恐惧 政策与现实压力 而不是“天命”。 3️⃣ 命理象征（文化解释层面） 丙：阳火 午：火 丙午 = 火上加火 在传统象征体系中： 火 → 变动、激烈、破坏、更新 因而被后人事后解释为“应验” ⚠️ 但要强调： 这是文化解释，不是历史因果。 二、其他重要的丙午年 🔹 1906 年（丙午） 清末危机加深 列强势力扩张 革命思潮高涨（距辛亥革命仅 5 年） 铁路、工业、学生运动开始活跃 👉 常被视为旧帝国崩溃前的加速期 🔹 1846 年（丙午） 清道光年间 社会矛盾严重 鸦片问题加剧 为之后的**太平天国运动（1851）**埋下伏笔 三、为什么“丙午年”总被记住？ 不是因为“天干地支有魔力”，而是： 历史选择性记忆 大事件发生后，人们会回头寻找“象征” 丙午 = 火极 → 容易被用来解释“剧烈变化” 一句话总结： 不是丙午年导致动乱，而是动乱发生后，人们记住了丙午年。 四、一句话总结 丙午年 = 每 60 年一次 1966 年丙午：文化大革命开始，影响极深 “火马年不吉”是民俗心理 + 历史创伤的叠加 从学术角度看： 👉 社会结构决定事件，纪年只是标签 如果你愿意，我也可以： 从 道家 / 易学 / 历史社会学三个角度分别解释丙午 或专门分析 1966 丙午为何成为“集体记忆中的禁忌年”

The History of Tantra

In the New York sector, only Ganesha truly understands the history of Tantra. When Ba’Ba’ visited Taiwan and delivered this talk, Ganesha was beside Him. These photographs were presented to demonstrate the antiquity of Chinese civilization. When we interpret the concept of “civilization,” we do so according to the Chinese understanding, rather than the Western definition or framework. When ancient Chinese thinkers explained “civilization,” they consistently approached it from spiritual and mental dimensions, with little or no emphasis on physical or material perspectives.

Marx was right

A group of people get together in an office, a store, a factory, and by complicated coordination of work, they transform raw material, say a lumber and glue into a finished product. Let's call it a chair. And then they sell that and get the money. And what do they do with the money? They use a portion of the money to replace the lumber and the glue and the hammers and the nails that go into production that have been used up. They use another part of the revenue they get from selling chairs to pay the workers their salaries. And then there's a residue. It's called the profit. Sometimes it's called a surplus. It's what's left over when you've sold the chair, taken care of replacing tools and equipment used up, and paying the workers. It's what it's the part that goes to the capitalist, the owner, the entrepreneur, the person who's running the business. And of course, the people who are running the business have every interest in minimizing what they spend on tools, equipment, and raw material, and minimizing what they pay their workers, because the more they minimize those things, the more they'll maximize what's left over. Which goes to them. And to whom do these people give the leftover profits? Well, of course, they give it mostly to themselves. That's why we have rich people, not-so-rich people, and poor people. If you're a worker, you get a wage. If you're a capitalist, you get your cut of the profit. If businesses run to maximize profits, that's what the economics profession says it should be. Well then, the system is run to benefit the profit earners, not the others. The profit earners of 3% of our people. That's what the US Census Department says the capitalists are. The other 97% are the ones who are not the objects of how this system works. Capitalism makes the capitalist rich, and we all know, as Marx shows us, the results. The capitalists want capitalism to spread. They want to get more and more workers working to produce what is left over for them. They are expanding. They don't care what the cost of expansion is. That's their income. They squeeze the worker every chance they get. Long hours, lousy pay, no breaks, and minimal conditions. You know the story you're already living in. And then the capitalists will become very wealthy by getting the profits and having their whole system focus on maximum profits for them. They understand they're surrounded by a sea of people who are not rich, and they worry about those people's envy and bitterness. So they don't want to let those people have the vote. They fought against it. The workers finally got it. When America began as an independent country, only a minority was allowed to vote. You should know that workers had to fight everywhere. And once work of had the vote, now the capitalists said they're the majority. They're 97%. We're 3. We'd better control the politics. So they went and took their money and bought the politicians. We know all about that. Marx did too, and talked about it. The system is very unstable because these workers, these capitalists, may or may not invest their money. It's their freedom, free enterprise. But if they don't invest their money, there are no jobs for the people who depend on them. This is a system of unfairness built into it. Injustice is built into it. Marx was right about something else. He said this system is built, and has built into it expansion. These capitalists are always trying to get more workers build their in industry. If they can't get more workers, if they can't sell the output that they're making, they'll charge output, a new kind of output. They’ll come up with something else. They'll pay people to invent new things so they can hire people and get the profit. Because the more profit you have, the safer you are. The more politicians you can buy, the more protection you have. So the system grows, Marx pointed out. It will produce a world, the unified economy, it's done that. Just like Marx said. He was right again. But he said the way it's gonna do it is contradictory. It's gonna blow itself up even as it grows. Well, how did capitalism grow globally? The answer: Colonialism. The early capitalist countries, Britain, Western Europe, North America, Japan became domineering countries that had to carve up Asia, Africa, and Latin America to control them. You know, we're seeing it again now with Mr. Trump's new interest in Latin America, making the folks down there tremble. They've been here before. And Marx said eventually this domination, this capitalist use of Asia, Africa, Latin America, simply for the labor you could get there for the raw materials, using them for the wealth of Europe and North America. That's why the world looks the way it does today. Very rich in a few places, very poor in most of the others. We have an inequality in the world that's like what you had in ancient Egypt. Capitalism hasn't freed us from inequality; it's just reorganized an inequality, which Marx said it would. And then he predicted that eventually the colonial territories would say we're not tolerating this anymore. Marx also said that the working class in a capitalist country wouldn't tolerate it anymore either. One of them would make labor unions and fight the battle that way. That's in the advanced countries. Another would make colonial revolutions. You know what shook Asia, Africa and Latin America? Still does. Bitter, horrible fights between a colonial power trying to control and the people who don't want to be controlled. If you need an example today, try Gaza. See how that fits or not. Marx was right about most of these things. He was right that capitalism would be technologically very dynamic. Every capitalist has to worry that he'll be outcompeted by another one as long as there's competition. So to get a jump on the one who's trying to get a jump on him. They'll compete, and they'll develop new technologies, particularly the kind that's save on workers, replacing a lot of workers with your machine. Of course, that's horrible for the workers. But as Carl Marx kept showing, capitalism is not designed for the workers. That's a mythology. It tries to create in the mind of the worker, fearing that if the worker understands what's actually going on, they will be anti-system, anti capitalist too. Which is indeed what Marxists have tried to cultivate for the last 150 years with considerable success. Marx was right about a lot. This is a system, Marx said, that carries within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Might the United States that we're living in. Now, be experiencing through the decline of our empire. The decline of our social solidarity as a nation, the bitter divisions racking the country. The fact that the last half dozen wars that the United States has been involved in, the United States has lost. Are these signs of the seeds of your own self-destruction that Marx pointed to? The goods and services we all depend on to lead our lives. The food, the clothing, the shelter, the transportation, education, medical care, all of it. If you look closely at the production, here's how it works. A group of people get together in an office, a store, a factory, and by complicated coordination of work, they transform raw material, say a lumber and glue into a finished product. Let's call it a chair. And then they sell that and get the money. And what do they do with the money? They use a portion of the money to replace the lumber and the glue and the hammers and the nails that go into production that have been used up. They use another part of the revenue they get from selling chairs to pay the workers their salary. And then there's a residue. It's called the profit. Sometimes it's called a surplus. It's what's leftover when you've sold the chair, taken care of replacing tools and equipment used up, taking care of paying the workers. It's what it's the part that goes to the capitalist, the owner, the entrepreneur, the person who's running the business. And of course, the people who are running the business. Have every interest in minimizing what they spend on tools, equipment, and raw material, and minimizing what they pay their workers, because the more they minimize those things, the more they'll maximize what's leftover. Which goes to them. And to whom do these people give the leftover the profits? Well, of course they give it mostly to themselves. That's why we have rich people and not so rich people and poor people. If you're a worker, you get a wage. If you're a capitalist, you get your cut of the profit. If businesses run to maximize profits, and that's what the economics profession says it should be. Well then the system is run to benefit the profit earners, not the others. The profit earners of 3% of our people. That's what the US Census Department says the capitalists are. The other 97% are the ones who are not the objects of how this system works. Capitalism makes the capitalist rich, and we all know, as Marx shows us, the results. The capitalist want capitalism to spread. They want to get more and more workers working to produce what is leftover for them. They are expansion. They don't care what the cost of expansion is. That's their income. They squeeze the worker every chance they get. Long hours, lousy pay, no breaks, minimal condition. You know the story you're already living in. And then the capitalists will become very wealthy by getting the profits and having their whole system focus on maximum profits for them. They understand they're surrounded by a sea of people that are not rich, and they worry about those people's envy and bitterness. So they don't want to let those people have the vote. They fought against it. The workers finally got it. When America begins as an independent countries, only a minority are allowed to vote. You should know that workers had to fight everywhere. And once work of had the vote, now the capitalist said they're the majority. They're 97%. We're 3. We better control the politics. So they went and took their money and bought the politicians. We know all about that. Marx did too, and talked about it. The system is very unstable because these workers, these capitalists, may or may not invest their money. It's their freedom, free enterprise. But if they don't invest their money, there are no jobs for the people who depend on them. This is a system of unfairness built into it. Injustice built into it. Marx was right about something else. He said this system is built, has built into it expansion. These capitalists are always trying to get more workers build their in industry. If they can't get more workers, if they can't sell the output that they're making, they'll charge output, a new kind of output. They’ll come up with something else. They'll pay people to invent new things so they can hire people and get the profit. Because the more profit you have, the safer you are. The more politicians you can buy, the more protection you have. So the system grows, Marx pointed out. It will produce a world, the unified economy, it's done that. Just like Marx said. He was right again. But he said the way it's gonna do it is contradictory. It's gonna blow itself up even as it grows. Well, how did capitalism grow globally? The answer? Colonialism. The early capitalist countries, Britain, Western Europe, North America, Japan became domineering countries who had to carve up Asia, Africa, Latin America to control them. You know, we're seeing it again now with Mr. Trump's new interest in Latin America, making the folks down there tremble. They've been here before. And Marx said eventually this domination, this capitalist use of Asia, Africa, Latin America, simply for the labor you could get there for the raw materials, using them for the wealth of Europe and North America. That's why the world looks the way it does today. Very rich in a few places, very poor in most of the others. We have an inequality in the world that's like what you had in ancient Egypt. Capitalism hasn't freed us from inequality, it's just reorganized an inequality, which Marx said it would. And then he predicted that eventually the colonial territories would say we're not tolerating this anymore. Marx also said the working class in the capitalist country, they wouldn't tolerate it anymore either. One of them would make labor unions and fight the battle that way. That's in the advanced countries. Another would make colonial revolutions. You know what shook Asia, Africa and Latin America? Still does. Bitter, horrible fights between a colonial power trying to control and the people who don't want to be controlled. If you need an example today, try Gaza. See how that fits or not. Marx was right about most of these things. He was right that capitalism would be technologically very dynamic. Every capitalist has to worry that he'll be outcompeted by another one as long as there's competition. So to get a jump on the one who's trying to get a jump on him. They'll compete and they'll develop new technologies, particularly the kind that's save on workers, replace a lot of workers with your machine. Of course, that's horrible for the workers. But as Carl Marx kept showing, capitalism is not designed for the workers. That's a mythology. It tries to create in the mind of the worker, fearing that if the worker understands what's actually going on, they will be anti system, anti capitalist too. Which is indeed what Marxists have tried to cultivate for the last 150 years with considerable success. Marx was right about a lot. This is a system, Marx said, that carries within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Might the United States that we're living in. Now. Be experiencing through the decline of our empire. The decline of our social solidarity as a nation, the bitter divisions racking the country. The fact that the last half dozen wars that the United States has been involved in, the United States has lost. Are these signs of the seeds of your own self destruction that Marx pointed to?