First, let me say that I was a bit uncouth by commenting out of context on your previous post. Please accept my apologies. I am passionate about the ethical care of animals, and leather production is a main cause of horrible abuse. As I said, I believe you are a master craftsman, and I would just love to see it applied to faux leather in your line of products.

I don't put much stake in numbers, but I am in awe of how I nearly doubled 2 years of friends and followers in two weeks. V4V and authenticity are powerful things, and reposting for different time zones has helped reach more people. Either way, I am grateful. 🙏🏻

A man of the highest virtue does not keep to virtue and that is why he has virtue.

A man of the lowest virtue never strays from virtue and that is why he is without virtue.

The former never acts yet leaves nothing undone.

The latter acts but there are things left undone.

A man of the highest benevolence acts, but from no ulterior motive.

A man of the highest rectitude acts, but from ulterior motive.

A man most conversant in the rites acts, but when no one responds rolls up his sleeves and resorts to persuasion by force.

Hence when the way was lost there was virtue;

When virtue was lost there was benevolence;

When benevolence was lost there was rectitude;

When rectitude was lost there were the rites.

The rites are the wearing thin of loyalty and good faith

And the beginning of disorder;

Foreknowledge is the flowery embellishment of the way

And the beginning of folly.

Hence the man of large mind abides in the thick not in the thin, in the fruit not in the flower.

Therefore he discards the one and takes the other.

— #Tao Te Ching: Ch 38 (D.C. Lau translation)

#IKITAO #TaoistWisdom

Gn #Nostr

Two weeks later... 🙏🏻

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#IKITAO

"Leather" is the result of killing a living being, and selling it for your adornment.

#5 says you're an incel dick, mrclownworld, so does the rest. Good luck with that.

No. It's very valid. Sincere apologies for the misunderstanding. 🙏🏻

I wish you well. IMHO, it would be better if you used faux leather, you are a master craftsman. That is all.

I do not. Just misguided. 🙏🏻

No, just misguided. I apologize if this comment was out of context, but you make things out of skin. GPT is becoming more and more a valid therapist. 🙏🏻

You posted, I commented. What do you not understand about how this works?

Look it up.

I am. I don't mean to yuck your yum, your products look amazing. It's just the fact that I don't believe in the commodification of sentient skin. 🙏🏻

You do you. Imagine if it were human skin.

You literally make things out of living being's skin. Good luck with your AI therapist.

No shenanigans.

Health/car insurance.

Nothing and everything.

In what way?

🙏🏻

Savage Garden - I Want You 🔊💜

https://file.nostrmedia.com/p/4eb88310d6b4ed95c6d66a395b3d3cf559b85faec8f7691dafd405a92e055d6d/d7da19b1b323c8a559b7f6745145d9f7fed85780cd854383d5ac5ea42bd7db60.mp4

YT

https://youtu.be/HQt6jIKNwgU

#SavageGarden #Music

Madonna - Like A Prayer 🔊💜

https://file.nostrmedia.com/p/4eb88310d6b4ed95c6d66a395b3d3cf559b85faec8f7691dafd405a92e055d6d/9de1524e24f09cdf1ffd63a109670e427217317125dec7cf0b646419e846eedc.mp4

YT

https://youtu.be/79fzeNUqQbQ

#Madonna #Music

"The way to subjugate a population is to control their communications. This is why free speech is the biggest enemy of any oppressive government. It's why independent newspapers and radio stations are always the first targets. And it's why, even in the commercial world, controlling how people communicate and what they communicate about is the key to domination that defines success."

- 2600 Volume Fourty-One, Number One!

Spring 2024

#IKITAO #2600

Maa Durga ॐ दुर्गायै नमः (Om Durgayai Namah) 🙏🏻💜

**Nava Durga: The Nine Forms of the Divine Goddess** 👀🔊

https://file.nostrmedia.com/p/4eb88310d6b4ed95c6d66a395b3d3cf559b85faec8f7691dafd405a92e055d6d/c046a1ccf7c91cff7d0ad167bc9b2fae9ddd8b977474ef87a40bd94cd88f58b7.mp4

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Osho on Durga

“…Whether it is the birth of matter or whether it is the birth of consciousness; whether the earth is born or heaven, everything is born through the mystery that lies hidden in the depths of Existence. Therefore I have said that those who have looked upon God as mother – as Durga or Amba – their understanding is much deeper than those who look upon Him as Father. If God exists anywhere, He is feminine, for man does not have the ability and the patience to give birth to such a vast Universe. That which gives birth to the myriads of stars and moons must have a womb, without which it is impossible.

Therefore the three extensions of the Jewish order – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – have given a very wrong concept of God to the world – that of God, the Father. This is a very dangerous concept for it gratifies the ego of man. Man looks upon himself as established in the form of God but this has no connection with the Reality of Existence. More befitting, more proper, is the concept of a Universal Mother. But this can only be understood when you understand the Feminine Mystery, when you understand Lao Tzu. Else it cannot be understood.

**Have you ever seen the image of Kali? She is the mother, she is terrible! In one hand she holds a human skull! She is the mother – her eyes are filled with the ocean of tenderness. Down below – she stands on the chest of someone! Someone lies crushed under her feet! Why? Because that which creates, destroys also. Destruction is the other part of creation.**

Those were wonderful people who conceived this image. They were people with great imagination who could visualise great possibilities. They have erected the image of Mother standing on a dead body! In her hands she holds the head of a dead man, dripping blood. Round her neck she wears a necklace of skulls but she has the eyes of the Mother, the Heart of the Mother from where the milk flows – and yet, the necklace of skulls!

Actually, the Annihilation of the Universe starts from the very place where creation starts. The circle completes at the same point. Therefore the mother gives birth but when she becomes terrible she can also give death. When a woman becomes terrible she becomes extremely dangerous. She has a great store of energy. The energy is the same whether it creates or destroys.

**The imagination of those who conceived of the Mother as an embodiment both of creation and destruction was a very far-sighted imagination but together with this it was very deep and very near Truth.**

Lao Tzu says, “That alone is the original source of the Earth and Heaven.” Everything takes birth therein. But remember everything is re-absorbed in the same place. That is the ultimate source also. It is altogether continuous. This Feminine Existence, this passive awaiting empty Existence is never divided. It is continuous – without any discontinuity whatsoever. As I said before, the lamp is lighted and extinguished; but darkness is continuous. Birth comes, life becomes visible; but death is ceaseless.

Mountains appear and disappear, the valley remains forever. When the mountains are there, the valley can be seen; when they are no more, the valley cannot be seen but its existence is ceaseless – altogether ceaseless. It does not cease when the mountains cease. Its power is indivisible, indestructible. No matter how much energy is withdrawn from this emptiness, it never decreases.

A man misses, a woman never misses. A man is enfeebled, a woman never.

Those whom we ordinarily call women, they too do not waste away as much as men. If a woman gains the full knowledge of her Feminine Mystery, she can remain established in an immaculate beauty even in old age. This is difficult for man. A man comes like a storm and goes away. If a woman attains to the height of her motherhood, she can remain beautiful till her last moment of existence.”

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YT

https://youtu.be/ziAAE-CRNpQ

#IKITAO #Hinduism #Bhakti #MaaDurga

Manish Vyas - Shivoham 🔊💜

https://file.nostrmedia.com/p/4eb88310d6b4ed95c6d66a395b3d3cf559b85faec8f7691dafd405a92e055d6d/39b2a6b7fe2355ae690f98d518d5997fec15d04b3ac315207b26da9cf3b9b8e8.mp4

YT

https://youtu.be/MHQdG_-enAc

#ManishVyas #Music

> If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

>

> — Yeshua bar Yosef (Jesus, son of Joseph), Gospel of Thomas, Logion (Saying) 70, 30-50 CE

#IKITAO #GnosticChristianWisdom

Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses 🔊💜

https://file.nostrmedia.com/p/4eb88310d6b4ed95c6d66a395b3d3cf559b85faec8f7691dafd405a92e055d6d/589ee325310e6cdd4a975775d11c4654c84b46c339844f8a5ca10e3cb2e54f31.mp4

He told me, "I've seen it rise (But)

It always falls

I've seen them come, I seen 'em go"

He said, "All things pass into the night"

And I said, "Oh, no, sir

I must say you're wrong

I must disagree, oh, no, sir

I must say you're wrong

Won't you listen to me?"

He told me, "I've seen it all before

I've been there, I've seen my hopes and dreams a-lying on the ground

I've seen the sky, just begin to fall"

He said, "All things pass into the night"

And I said, "Oh, no, sir

I must say you're wrong

I must disagree, oh, no, sir

I must say you're wrong

Won't you listen to me?"

Goodbye horses, I'm flying over you

Goodbye horses, I'm flying over you

Goodbye horses, I'm flying over you

Goodbye horses, I'm flying, flying, flying over you

YT

https://youtu.be/X_DVS_303kQ

#QLazzarus #Music

Mayday 五月天 - Don'ts Don'ts (Sad People Shouldn't Listen To Slow Songs) [English Subs] 🔊💜

https://file.nostrmedia.com/p/4eb88310d6b4ed95c6d66a395b3d3cf559b85faec8f7691dafd405a92e055d6d/d665a1202e61b4bd9fe1c66c0844274f8258d1b399ebfb59521850ec690eb69a.mp4

YT

https://youtu.be/xWTiOqJqkk0

#Mayday #Music

Shiv Tandav Stotram | Shiva Song | Uma Mohan | Divine Chants Of Shiva 🔊🙏

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Shiv Tandav Stotram sung by Uma Mohan. It is traditionally attributed to Ravana, the King of Lanka, who is considered to be a great devotee of Shiva.

||अथ रावणकृतशिवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् ||

||Atha ravana krita siva tandava stotram||

||Now begins the Shiva Tandava Stotram composed by Ravana||

* * * * * * *

जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले

गलेऽवलम्ब्य लम्बितां भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम् |

डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वयं

चकार चण्डताण्डवं तनोतु नः शिवः शिवम् ||१||

Jata tavi galajjala pravaha pavitasthale

Galea valambya lambitam bhujanga tungamalikam

Damad damad damad dama ninada vadda marvayam

Chakara chand tandavam tanotu nah shivah shivam .. 1

Meaning:

With his neck, consecrated by the flow of water flowing from the

thick forest-like locks of hair, and on the neck, where the lofty snake

is hanging garland, and the Damaru drum making the sound of

Damat Damat Damat Damat, Lord Shiva did the auspicious dance of

Tandava and may He shower prosperity on us all.

* * * * * * *

जटाकटाहसम्भ्रमभ्रमन्निलिम्पनिर्झरी-

विलोलवीचिवल्लरीविराजमानमूर्धनि |

धगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलल्ललाटपट्टपावके

किशोरचन्द्रशेखरे रतिः प्रतिक्षणं मम ||२||

Jata kata hasam bhrama bhrama nilimpa nirjhari

Vilolavi chivalarai viraja mana murdhani

Dhagadhagadha gajjvala lalata patta pavake

Kishora chandra shekhare ratih pratikshanam mama .. 2

Meaning:

I have a very deep interest in Lord Shiva, whose head is glorified by

the rows of moving waves of the celestial river Ganga, agitating in

the deep well of his hair-locks, and who has the brilliant fire flaming

on the surface of his forehead, and who has the crescent moon as a

jewel on his head.

* * * * * * *

धराधरेन्द्रनंदिनीविलासबन्धुबन्धुर

स्फुरद्दिगन्तसन्ततिप्रमोदमानमानसे |

कृपाकटाक्षधोरणीनिरुद्धदुर्धरापदि

क्वचिद्दिगम्बरे(क्वचिच्चिदम्बरे)मनो विनोदमेतु वस्तुनि ||३||

Dhara dharendra nandini vilasa bandhu bandhura

Sphuradi ganta santati pramoda mana manase

Krupa kataksha dhorani nirudhadurdha rapadi

Kvachi digambare mano vinodametu vastuni .. 3

Meaning:

May my mind seek happiness in the Lord Shiva, in whose mind all the

living beings of the glorious universe exist, who is the sportive

companion of Parvati (daughter of the mountain king), who controls

invincible hardships with the flow of his compassionate look, who is

all-pervasive (the directions are his clothes).

* * * * * * *

जटाभुजङ्गपिङ्गलस्फुरत्फणामणिप्रभा

कदम्बकुङ्कुमद्रवप्रलिप्तदिग्वधूमुखे |

मदान्धसिन्धुरस्फुरत्त्वगुत्तरीयमेदुरे

मनो विनोदमद्भुतं बिभर्तु भूतभर्तरि ||४||

Jata bhujanga pingala sphurat phana mani prabha

Kadamba kunkuma drava pralipta digva dhumukhe

Madandha sindhura sphura tvaguttari ya medure

Mano vinoda madbhutam bibhartu bhuta bhartari .. 4

Meaning:

May I seek wonderful pleasure in Lord Shiva, who is supporter

of all life, who with his creeping snake with reddish brown hood and

with the luster of his gem on it spreading out variegated colors on the

beautiful faces of the maidens of directions, who is covered with a

glittering upper garment made of the skin of a huge intoxicated

elephant.

* * * * * * *

ॐ नमः शिवाय

सदाशिवं भजाम्यहं

सदाशिवं भजाम्यहं

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Aum namah shivaya

Sadashivam bhajamyaham

Sadashivam bhajamyaham

Aum namah shivaya

I bow to Lord Shiva

I worship the Eternal Shiva

I worship the Eternal Shiva

I bow to Lord Shiva

* * * * * * *

सहस्रलोचनप्रभृत्यशेषलेखशेखर

प्रसूनधूलिधोरणी विधूसराङ्घ्रिपीठभूः |

भुजङ्गराजमालया निबद्धजाटजूटक

श्रियै चिराय जायतां चकोरबन्धुशेखरः ||५||

Sahasra lochana prabhritya shesha lekha shekhara

Prasuna dhulidhorani vidhu saranghri pithabhuh

Bhujanga raja malaya nibaddha jata jutaka

Shriyai chiraya jayatam chakora bandhu shekharah .. 5

Meaning:

May Lord Shiva give us prosperity, who has the moon (relative of the

Cakora bird) as his head-jewel, whose hair is tied by the red snake-

garland, whose foot-stool is grayed by the flow of dust from the

flowers from the rows of heads of all the Gods, Indra/Vishnu and others.

* * * * * * *

ललाटचत्वरज्वलद्धनञ्जयस्फुलिङ्गभा

निपीतपञ्चसायकं नमन्निलिम्पनायकम् |

सुधामयूखलेखया विराजमानशेखरं

महाकपालिसम्पदेशिरोजटालमस्तु नः ||६||

Lalata chatva rajvala dhanajn jaya sphu lingabha

Nipita pancha sayakam naman nilimpa nayakam

Sudha mayukha lekhaya viraja mana shekharam

Maha kapali sampade shiro jata lamastu nah .. 6

Meaning:

May we get the wealth of Siddhis from Shiva's locks of hair, which

devoured the God of Love with the sparks of the fire flaming in His

forehead, who is bowed by all the celestial leaders, who is beautiful

with a crescent moon

* * * * * * *

करालभालपट्टिकाधगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वल-

द्धनञ्जयाहुतीकृतप्रचण्डपञ्चसायके |

धराधरेन्द्रनन्दिनीकुचाग्रचित्रपत्रक

प्रकल्पनैकशिल्पिनि त्रिलोचने रतिर्मम ||. ७||

Karala bhala pattika dhagad dhagad dhagaj jvala

Ddhanajn jaya huti kruta prachanda pancha sayake

Dhara dharendra nandini kuchagra chitra patraka

Prakalpa naika shilpini trilochane ratir mama .. 7

Meaning:

My interest is in Lord Shiva, who has three eyes, who has offered the

powerful God of Love into the fire, flaming Dhagad Dhagad on the

flat surface of his forehead who is the sole expert artist of drawing

decorative lines on the tips of breasts of Parvati, the daughter of

the mountain king.

* * * * * * *

नवीनमेघमण्डली निरुद्धदुर्धरस्फुरत्-

कुहूनिशीथिनीतमः प्रबन्धबद्धकन्धरः |

निलिम्पनिर्झरीधरस्तनोतु कृत्तिसिन्धुरः

कलानिधानबन्धुरः श्रियं जगद्धुरंधरः ||८||

Navina megha mandali niruddha durdha rasphurat

Kuhunishithi nitamah prabandha baddha kandharah

Nilimpa nirjhari dhara stanotu krutti sindhurah

Kala nidhana bandhurah shriyam jagad dhurandharah .. 8

Meaning:

May Lord Siva give us prosperity, who bears the burden of this

universe, who is lovely with the moon, who is red wearing the skin,

who has the celestial river Ganga, whose neck is dark as midnight

of new moon night covered by many layers of clouds.

* * * * * * *

ॐ

Aum/Om

* * * * * * *

प्रफुल्लनीलपङ्कजप्रपञ्चकालिमप्रभा

वलम्बिकण्ठकन्दलीरुचिप्रबद्धकन्धरम् |

स्मरच्छिदं पुरच्छिदं भवच्छिदं मखच्छिदं

गजच्छिदांधकच्छिदं तमन्तकच्छिदं भजे ||९||

Praphulla nila pankaja prapancha kali maprabha

Valambi kantha kandali ruche prabaddha kandharam

Smarachchidam purachchhidam bhavachchidam makhachchidam

Gajachchidandha kachidam tamanta kachchidam bhaje .. 9

Meaning:

I pray to Lord Siva, whose neck is tied with the luster of the temples

hanging on the neck with the glory of the fully-bloomed blue lotuses

which looked like the blackness (sins) of the universe, who is the

killer of Manmatha, who destroyed Tripuras, who destroyed the

bonds of worldly life, who destroyed the sacrifice, who destroyed the

demon Andhaka, the destroyer of the elephants, and who controlled

the God of death, Yama.

* * * * * * *

अखर्व(अगर्व)सर्वमङ्गलाकलाकदम्बमञ्जरी

रसप्रवाहमाधुरी विजृम्भणामधुव्रतम् |

स्मरान्तकं पुरान्तकं भवान्तकं मखान्तकं

गजान्तकान्धकान्तकं तमन्तकान्तकं भजे ||१०||

Akharva sarva mangala kala kadamba manjari

Rasa pravaha madhuri vijrum bhanama dhuvratam

Smarantakam purantakam bhavantakam makhantakam

Gajanta kandha kantakam tamanta kantakam bhaje .. 10

Meaning:

I pray to Lord Siva, who has bees flying all over because of the sweet

honey from the beautiful bunch of auspicious Kadamba flowers, who

is the killer of Manmatha, who destroyed Tripuras, who destroyed the

bonds of worldly life, who destroyed the sacrifice, who destroyed the

demon Andhaka, the killer of the elephants, and who controlled the

God of death, Yama.

* * * * * * *

ॐ

Aum/Om

* * * * * * *

जयत्वदभ्रविभ्रमभ्रमद्भुजङ्गमश्वस

द्विनिर्गमत्क्रमस्फुरत्करालभालहव्यवाट् |

धिमिद्धिमिद्धिमिध्वनन्मृदङ्गतुङ्गमङ्गल

ध्वनिक्रमप्रवर्तित प्रचण्डताण्डवः शिवः ||११||

Jayatvada bhravibhrama bhramad bhujanga mashvasa

Dvi nirgamatkrama sphurat karala bhala havyavat

Dhimid dhimid dhimidhvanan mrudanga tunga mangala

Dhvani karma pravartita prachanda tandavah shivah .. 11

Meaning:

Lord Siva, whose dance of Tandava is in tune with the series of loud

sounds of drum making Dhimid Dhimid sounds, who has the fire

on the great forehead, the fire that is spreading out because of the

breath of the snake wandering in whirling motion in the glorious sky.

* * * * * * *

दृषद्विचित्रतल्पयोर्भुजङ्गमौक्तिकस्रजोर्

गरिष्ठरत्नलोष्ठयोः सुहृद्विपक्षपक्षयोः |

तृणारविन्दचक्षुषोः प्रजामहीमहेन्द्रयोः

समं प्रवर्तयन्मनः कदा सदाशिवं भजे ||१२||

Drushadvi chitra talpayor bhujanga maukti kasrajo

Garishtha ratna loshthayoh suhrudvi paksha pakshayoh

Trunara vinda chakshushoh praja mahi mahendrayoh

Sama pravrutikah samam pravartayan manah

kada sada shivam bhajamyaham .. 12

Meaning:

When will I worship Lord Sadasiva (eternally auspicious) God, with

equal vision towards the people and an emperor, and a blade of grass

and lotus-like eye, towards both friends and enemies, towards the

valuable gem and some lump of dirt, towards a snake and a garland

and towards varied ways of the world

* * * * * * *

कदा निलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे

वसन् विमुक्तदुर्मतिः सदा शिरः स्थमञ्जलिं वहन् |

विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः

शिवेति मंत्रमुच्चरन् कदा सुखी भवाम्यहम् ||१३||

Kada nilimpa nirjhari nikunja kotare vasanh

Vimukta durmatih sada shirah stha manjalim vahan:

Vimukta lola lochano lalama bhala lagnakah

Shiveti mantra muncharan sada sukhi bhavamyaham .. 13

Meaning:

When will I be happy, living in the hollow place near the celestial

river, Ganga, carrying the folded hands on my head all the time, with

my bad thinking washed away, and uttering the mantra of Lord Siva

and devoted in the God with glorious forehead with vibrating eyes.

* * * * * * *

इदम् हि नित्यमेवमुक्तमुत्तमोत्तमं स्तवं

पठन्स्मरन्ब्रुवन्नरो विशुद्धिमेतिसंततम् |

हरे गुरौ सुभक्तिमाशु याति नान्यथा गतिं

विमोहनं हि देहिनां सुशङ्करस्य चिंतनम् ||१४||

Imam hi nityameva mukta mukta mottamam stavam

Pathan smaran bruvannaro vishuddhi meti santatam

Hare gurau subhakti mashu yati nanyatha gatim

Vimohanam hi dehinam sushankarasya chintanam .. 14

Meaning:

Whoever reads, remembers and says this best stotra as it is said here,

gets purified for ever, and obtains devotion in the great Guru Siva.

For this devotion, there is no other way. Just the mere thought of

Lord Siva indeed removes the delusion.

* * * * * * *

ॐ

Aum/Om

* * * * * * *

||इति श्रीरावणविरचितं शिवताण्डवस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ||

||Iti sri ravana viracitam siva tandava stotram sampurnam||

||Thus ends the Shiva Tandava Stotram composed by the illustrious Ravana||

YT

https://youtu.be/wQhLNrUv9co

#IKITAO #Bhakti #Shiva

Shiva Mantra | UMA MOHAN - Namaskarartha Mantra 🔊💜🪷💜

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ॐ नमो हिरण्यबाहवे हिरण्यवर्णाय हिरण्यरूपाय हिरण्यपतये अम्बिकापतये उमापतये पशुपतये नमो नमः ।

ईशानः सर्वविद्यानां ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मादिपतिः ब्रह्मणोऽधिपतिः ब्रह्मा शिवो मे अस्तु सदाशिवोम् ।

तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे वाग्विशुद्धाय धीमहि तन्नो शिवः प्रचोदयात् ।

महादेवाय विद्महे रुद्रमूर्तये धीमहि तन्नो शिवः प्रचोदयात् ।

नमस्ते अस्तु भगवन् विश्वेश्वराय महादेवाय त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिपुरान्तकाय त्रिकाग्निकालाय कालाग्निरुद्राय नीलकण्ठाय मृत्युञ्जयाय सर्वेश्वराय सदाशिवाय श्रीमन्महादेवाय नमः ।

श्रीमन्महादेवाय नमः ।

शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ।

Transliteration:

Om Namo Hiranyabahave Hiranyavarnaya Hiranyarupaya Hiranyapataye Ambikapataye Umapataye Pashupataye Namo Namah |

Ishanah Sarvavidyanam Ishvarah Sarvabhutanam Brahmadipatih Brahmanoadhipatih Brahma Shivo Me Astu Sadashivom |

Tatpurushaya Vidmahe Vagvishudhaya Dhimahi Tanno Shivah Prachodayat |

Mahadevaya Vidmahe Rudramurtaye Dhimahi Tanno Shivah Prachodayat |

Namaste Astu Bhagavan Vishveshvaraya Mahadevaya Tryambakaya Tripurantakaya Trikagnikalaaya Kalagnirudraya Nilakanthaya Mrityunjayaya Sarveshvaraya Sadashivaya Srimanmahadevaya Namah |

Srimanmahadevaya Namah |

Shanti Shanti Shanti |

Benefits:

Purification: Chanting this mantra is believed to cleanse the body, mind, and soul of negative energies, replacing them with positive vibrations and promoting inner peace and stability.

Spiritual connection: Regular chanting of the Shiva Namaskaratha Mantra can help individuals establish a strong spiritual connection with Lord Shiva, fostering spiritual growth and devotion.

Karmic cleansing: It is believed that sincere chanting of this mantra can help mitigate the effects of negative karma accumulated through past actions or mistakes.

Overcoming fear: The mantra is thought to provide courage and strength to overcome fears and face challenges in life.

Success and victory: Chanting the mantra is said to bestow the blessings of Lord Shiva, which can lead to success in overcoming obstacles, both literal and metaphorical.

New beginnings: By eliminating negative thoughts and energies, the mantra can help individuals make a fresh start in life, promoting positive changes and personal growth.

Mental and emotional well-being: The regular practice of chanting this mantra can contribute to improved mental clarity, emotional stability, and overall well-being.

Spiritual advancement: Consistent chanting of the Shiva Namaskaratha Mantra is believed to aid in spiritual progress, helping individuals move closer to self-realization and liberation (moksha).

YT

https://youtu.be/DVXDoeFZlak

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

Salutations to Lord Shiva

🕉️💜🙏🏻💜🕉️

#IKITAO

MacGyver Theme Song (S01 & S07) 🔊💜

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For seven years Richard Dean Anderson played Angus MacGyver, the secret agent who didn't carry a gun or a pocketful of high-tech gadgets. Mac was a brilliant improviser; he used things he found along the way to make or repair what he needed. The 1985 show ran for seven seasons, though it was never finished a season in the top 30. It was a hit in syndication, so much so that several revival movies were produced and recently a reboot. The theme music is by Randy Edelman.

0:00 Opening titles, season one.

1:11 Opening titles, season seven. After a year or so the synth-sound of the first season was modified to include real musical instruments broadcast in stereo. This arrangement lasted through the final season.

2:21 End credits, season seven.

YT

https://youtu.be/Vn9pI-KTkQA

#RandyEdelman #Music #MacGyver

The A-Team TV Theme Song 🔊💜

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YT

https://youtu.be/UAO2JBjRRBk

#MikePost #Music #TheATeam

The Karate Kid Part II • Glory of Love • Peter Cetera (HD Film Tributes) 👀🔊💜

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YT

https://youtu.be/tFSbDWQ_miw

#PeterCetera #Music #TheKarateKid

I Need The Greatest American Hero - Tribute 👀🔊💜

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YT

https://youtu.be/KK0c2ygGVJw

#TheGreatestAmericanHero

I used to be an Apple girl. iPhone is generally considered more private out of the box than Google Android—if you trust Apple. This recent Siri spying debacle is a good case in point of why you may not.

GrapheneOS is more private than either, with not many tradeoffs in usability. I recommend GrapheneOS; it's best in class at what it does, but there are some inconveniences to using it. Not many, but there are some features you may miss, like facial unlock, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, and AI integration (everything is sandboxed), etc. This sandboxing treats Google like any other app and isolates it from being as invasive as it is on stock (even with turning off location data and hardening your privacy using their settings).

However, if you are still uploading all your data to Google or Apple, who scan email and photos and collect a ton of behavioral data, then GrapheneOS can do nothing about that. It protects a lot through its approach of greater privacy and security through isolation, compartmentalization, and on-device security. If you use these big tech services, then you must be diligent about what data you allow them to have access to.

Even if you host your own email, it's likely that the recipient does not, and that becomes a point of failure unless you use PGP (which is really a privacy band-aid since email was never meant to be a secure form of communication), or better yet, an E2EE messenger like SimpleX over Tor/Orbot. However, there are times when email is necessary, so you must be mindful of what data you're sending over unencrypted channels and to whom.

I only use the phone app or SMS messenger on my phone if I absolutely have to. The Snowden leaks proved that the U.S. government has been spying on its own population through backdoors to social media and through unencrypted communication channels like SMS and phone. All encryption is not created equal and some implementations have security holes.

I use Signal/Molly (hardened Signal fork) for normie conversations (kids, mom, etc.).

I use SimpleX for more sensitive matters.

I speak in person in private locations whenever possible for the most sensitive matters.

It all depends on your threat model. Your devices can be found through satellite and signals triangulation unless you keep them in a Faraday bag and never connect them to your home network—even then, if you turn them on when you're outside, you can be tracked and doxxed through behavioral data like work address, friends' addresses, frequented locations, etc.

I recommend a second device paired with good OPSEC for this, and a complete burner purchased by someone not connected with you in cash for a bug-out device. If you make the purchase, wear a privacy mask, pay in cash, buy a prepaid card (use decoy info to activate), or silent link eSIM paid with Monero over Tor using a device that has never connected to your home Internet for maximum anonymity—don't park in the parking lot (they have tag and RFID scanners that ID anyone who parks or drives through there).

You have to decide what's best for your threat model. Do you really need to be a ghost? Does your threat model in this area of your life include government or just big tech? Are you evading an abusive ex? Are you a well-known person avoiding being tracked by media and paparazzi? etc.

Privacy is always a trade-off with convenience. The more privacy you need, the less convenience you will have. In some areas of your life, you may need greater privacy, like private messaging; in others, you may want more convenience. In the end, all you can do is try to slow someone down by compartmentalizing and protecting your data with multiple encrypted layers and red herrings. That said, given the right reasons, enough time and money, and most anyone can be found.

If you want ultimate privacy, never use the Internet; never walk out of the house without a mask (due to Ring cameras and public surveillance); don't open any accounts in your name; don't own anything in your name, etc. Even then, for example, if you are in the vicinity of someone with a live mic or have to make a phone call to a company, chances are, your voice and current locale can be fingerprinted.

That said, it is possible for most people to disappear from most anyone save for gov entities for extended periods of time, but it is extraordinarily inconvenient and not having a front-facing digital identity is oftentimes more suspicious than having one, even if it is just there to reduce suspicion. I recommend Michael Bazzell's IntelTechniques books and training as a very good introduction to privacy and OSINT if you want to learn more.

Regarding OSINT: if you have a bank account or a phone number (VoIP/Jabber numbers are frequently blocked by financial services), a car in your name, a KYC account somewhere, a rental agreement, a mortgage, a driver's license, a passport, a public record, a brick and mortar business you work at or own etc. etc., then you can be found. I have tools and the skills to find most anyone just with open source, freely available to anyone data, and I know where to go if I cannot. For example, did you know there are states in the U.S. where tag registrations are considered public information, and in the states where they're not, it doesn't cost much to have a licensed PI run a tag?

There is even a new form of police scanning device that can read RFID signals from your car tag, your phone, your pet's microchip, even your library books—creating a unique fingerprint to ID you even if it's not your car. This device can scan and record all of this data from a distance while you're driving down the road.

Wifi signals can be used to map out a house, and the location of people inside it. There are so many ways that people can be IDed.

My advice is to know your threat model, and in what areas of your life you require more privacy and are willing to sacrifice convenience, learn and practice good OPSEC, and act accordingly.

#IKITAO #Privacy

I spent an inordinate amount of time this week (literally hours watching YouTube reviews and reading reviews) researching phone cases and glass screen protectors for my new Pixel 9 Pro XL.

I really wish more case manufacturers would focus on enhancing the phone's design rather than changing it. IMO, most cases take a $1500 sleekly designed phone and make it look cheap.

Anyway, here were my requirements:

Glass Screen Protector:

- Easy to install with alignment tool

- Drop test protection

- Scratch resistant (9H hardness)

- High optical clarity

- Minimal/no rainbowing effect with polarized lenses

- Precise cutouts

- Full coverage without camera cutout

- Case compatibility

- Front and back camera coverage

- Minimal to no impact on photo/video quality

- Does not affect fingerprint recognition

- Does not affect swipe/gesture functionality

- Oleophobic coating for smudge resistance

- Reasonable cost

Case:

- Minimalist design

- Slim profile with solid drop protection

- Raised corner lips for screen protection

- Raised lip rear camera protection

- Responsive, clicky buttons

- Unimpeded swipe functionality

- Easy port access

- Precise cutouts

- Minimal dust collection points

- Balanced grip (not too slick/rough)

- Fingerprint-resistant

- Lightweight and compact

- MagSafe compatibility (bonus)

- Microfiber interior (preferred)

- Design enhancement, not detraction

- Full NFC and Qi2 charging compatibility

- Heat dissipation

- Reasonable cost

After extensive research, I settled on Spigen for both:

Case: Spigen Tough Armor (Matte Black)

Cost: $15.99 (on sale)

- Pros: Meets most requirements

- Compromises: No MagSafe, lacks microfiber interior

Screen Protection: Spigen Glass Protectors (front and back)

Cost: 18.99 + $14.99

- Spigen Camera Lens Protector [GlasTR EZ FIT Optik]

- Spigen Tempered Glass Screen Protector [GlasTR EZ FIT]

- Pros: Meets all requirements, includes applicator and spare protector

- Compromises: May not match Zagg's drop protection, might cause some blurring with telephoto lens (will test)

Total cost (before tax): $49.97

While this combination might not be everyone's ideal choice, I feel it is a well-researched balance of protection, functionality, and design. I'll let you know how the real world test goes when they arrive. Hope this helps others in their search for a reasonably solid Pixel 9 Pro XL protection setup at a reasonable price.

#IKITAO #Tech #Pixel #Protection

> Americanism: Using money you haven’t earned to buy things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like.

>

> — Robert Quillen

#IKITAO #Quotes

Pig Butchering ranks as one of today's most destructive scams. It blends together two types of fraud - a Romance Scam paired with an Investment Scam, with cryptocurrency usually being the bait.

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YT

https://youtu.be/vu-Y1h9rTUs

#IKITAO #Scams

Living Colour - Cult Of Personality 🔊💜

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YT

https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0

#LivingColour #Music

Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots 🔊💜

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YT

https://youtu.be/F_6IjeprfEs

#Sepultura #Music

Sade - No Ordinary Love 🔊💜

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YT

https://youtu.be/_WcWHZc8s2I

#Sade #Music

Ultimately, there is only The One. We are all individuations of the same source having a Divine experience of apparent separation.

This is because The One can know itself as the All-In-All but cannot experience itself in its own knowingness unless it is in the presence of that which it is not.

And since there is nothing that it is not, the All-In-All individuated itself, creating the illusion of separation so that it could experience itself in its own knowingness in, as, and through us.

We call this experience "life." Life is Leela (a Divine play) of Maya (illusion).

When you call forth wisdom and understanding from within, do not be surprised when the answers you seek start showing up in a myriad of ways outside of you. It could be a chance conversation with a stranger, the lyrics to a song that you just "happen to hear" that tells you exactly what you need to know, a passage from a book that you just "happen to stumble upon," ...maybe even the words you are reading right now.

This wisdom did not come from without; it came from within. This is how the Soul works.

— Ava ॐ

#IKITAO #AvaQuotes

Cymatics: Experiments In Animation With Sound & Vibration (excerpt) 👀🙏💜🔊ॐ

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#IKITAO #AUM

Hitting 100k was amazing. Congratulations to everyone who made, and continue to make this possible.

But if #Nostr was a physical room, I would have stepped out to get some air by now. It's basically a repetition of this...

Nostrich A: "I like money."

Nostrich B:

Nostrich A: "I can't believe you like money too. We should hang out."

Let's do push-ups.

Nostrich B: "Totally."

#GrowNostr

Think not lightly of evil, saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills themselves with evil.

Think not lightly of good, saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise one, gathering it little by little, fills themselves with good.

— Dhammapada Chapter IX, Verses 121-122 (translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita with gender-neutral corrections based on the original Pali by Ava)

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Key terms:

- "Bālo" (fool) - can refer to any gender

- "Dhīro" (wise one) - traditionally masculine form, though the concept isn't inherently gendered

#IKITAO #Karma #BuddhistWisdom