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>
> NOVA | The Elegant Universe | PBS
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/
>
A Theory of Everything?
Some physicists believe string theory
may unify the forces of nature
by Brian Greene
The fundamental particles of the universe that
physicists have identified -- electrons, neutrinos,
quarks, and so on -- are the "letters" of all matter.
Just like their linguistic counterparts, they appear
to have no further internal substructure.
String theory proclaims otherwise. According to
string theory, if we could examine these particles
with even greater precision -- a precision many
orders of magnitude beyond our present technological
capacity -- we would find that each is not pointlike
but instead consists of a tiny, one-dimensional loop.
Like an infinitely thin rubber band, each particle
contains a vibrating, oscillating, dancing filament
that physicists have named a string. [...]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/everything.html
_________
Viewpoints on String Theory
Steven Weinberg
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/view-weinberg.html
The Elegant Universe homepage
[For more on a "final" theory, see A Theory of Everything?
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/everything.html>.]
> AL-JILWAH (The Revelation)
>
> Yezidi Scripture
>
> Before all creation, this revelation was with Melek Taus,
> who sent Abd Taus to this world that he might separate
> truth known to his particular people. This was done, first
> of all, by means of oral tradition, and afterward by means
> of this book, Al-Jilwah, which the outsiders may neither
> read nor behold.
[...]-{{snipped}}-[...]
> [CHAPTER IV.]
>
> I will not give my rights to other gods. I have allowed the
> creation of four substances, four times, and four corners,
> because they are necessary things for creatures. The books
> of Jews, Christians, and Moslems, as those who are without,
> accept in a sense, so far as they agree with and conform to,
> my statutes. Whatsoever is contrary to these they have
> altered; do not accept it. Three things are against me, and
> I hate three things. But those who keep my secret shall
> receive the fulfillment of my promises. It is my desire that
> all my followers shall unite in a bond of unity, lest those
> who are without prevail against them. Now, then, all ye who
> have followed my commandments and my teachings, reject all
> the teachings and sayings of such as are without. I have not
> taught these teachings, nor do they proceed from me. O ye
> that have believed in me, honor my symbol and my image, for
> they remind you of me. Observe my laws and my statutes. Obey
> my servants and listen to whatever they may dictate to you
> of the hidden things. Do not mention my name nor my
> attributes, lest ye regret it; for ye do not know what those
> who are without may do.
>
> [CHAPTER V.]
>
> O ye that have believed in me, honor my symbol and my image,
> for they remind you of me. Observe my laws and my statutes.
> Obey my servants and listen to whatever they may dictate to
> you of the hidden things. Receive that that is dictated, and
> do not carry it before those who are without, Jews, Christians,
> Moslems, and others; for they know not the nature of my
> teaching. Do not give them your books, lest they alter them
> without your knowledge. Learn by heart the greater part of
> them, lest they be altered.
>
> Thus endeth the book of Al-Jilwah.
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Special Dispatch Series - No. 601
October 31, 2003 No.601
2nd Issue of 'Voice of Jihad' Al-Qa'ida Online Magazine:
Strategy to Avoid Clashes with Saudi Security Forces,
Convert the World's Countries to Islam
The second issue of "The Voice of Jihad," the new biweekly
on-line magazine identified with Al-Qa'ida has been posted.
The following are excerpts from the latest issue, which
includes a sequel to an interview with Abd Al-'Aziz bin
'Issa bin Abd Al-Mohsen, also known as Abu Hajjer, who is
one of the high-ranking Al-Qa'ida members on Saudi Arabia's
most-wanted list.
Lead Editorial: Combat Jews and Americans, Not Saudi Security Forces
The second issue of "The Voice of Jihad" opened with an
editorial by Suleiman Al-Dosari:
"...Our war with the enemies of Allah continues everywhere... We will
not let the Americans occupy the land of the two holy places
[i.e. the Arabian Peninsula] [and feel] secure and safe, and we will
not cease our Jihad until we liberate every inch of Muslim land.
"We draw the attention of the Mujahideen to the strategy adopted
by the Sheikh of the Mujahideen, Abu Abdallah Osama bin Laden, and
Sheikh Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, and agreed to by many of the great
Mujahideen, regarding combat against the enemy: Our number one enemy
is the Jews and the Christians, and we must free ourselves to invest
all our efforts until we annihilate them ... and we are able do this
if Allah allows us to do it ... because they are the main obstacle
to establishing the Islamic state.
"...We must take note of the ploy used by the tyrants [i.e. Arab
rulers] in many countries. They attempted to stop the Jihad project
in these countries by shifting the confrontation with the occupying
enemy (the masters) to confrontation with his guards (slaves)
[meaning Muslims], because the tyrants see the killing of one American
or Westerner as more serious than the killing of a hundred of their
country's soldiers; the blood of an American, in their view, is worth
the blood of all Muslims. They are ready to cast hundreds to their
deaths so that Americans, in exchange, will enjoy security and comfort.
"...We must guard ourselves against this ploy and avoid, as much as
possible, confrontations with the armies and forces of the state, so
that we can strike lethal blows to the occupiers, Allah willing.
This does not mean we will surrender to those who defend the Crusaders
if they attack us; on the contrary, in this case we must resist with
all the strength we have, and we must punish them so that they turn
their swords toward the Americans and fight among our ranks, or refrain
from entering [into] a confrontation with us ... or they will stand
against us and wait for what lies in store for them [at our hands],
thanks to Allah and His strength..."
Sheikh Nasser Al-Najdi: Jihad Must Continue Until All Infidels Convert
to Islam or Pay a Poll Tax
The second issue also features an article by Sheikh Nasser Al-Najdi,
who wrote: "Islam is an all-encompassing religion. It is a religion
for people and for regimes... At a time when people are given the
choice [of believing] in Islam or paying Jizya [a poll tax paid by
non-Muslims living under Muslim rule], Islam is the only alternative
for the countries [of the world.]...
"Therefore, the crime of the tyrants in infidel [i.e. non-Muslim]
countries, who do not rule according to Allah's law, is an enormous
sin... and we are obliged to fight them and initiate until they
convert to Islam, or until Muslims rule the country and he who does
not convert to Islam pays Jizya.
"That is the religious ruling with regard to infidel countries and
all the more so with regard to those who rule Muslim countries by
way of the cursed law [i.e. a man-made law]..."
Al-Qa'ida Leaders Praise Jihad
The latest "Voice of Jihad" also features selections from Al-Qa'ida
leaders and supporters, including an excerpt of a letter by
Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi (currently imprisoned in Jordan)
justifying the suicide bombing perpetrated by Anas Al-Kandari and
Jasem Al-Hajeri in the early days of the war against Iraq.
The excerpt contains a link to the full letter.
In an article titled, "Knights Under the Banner of the Prophet"
(the title of Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahiri'sbook ), Al-Qa'ida's
military leader, the Egyptian Seif Al-'Adl Hamasri, told of a
C-130 air attack in Afghanistan in which the wives of Al-Qa'ida
members were killed.
Also included in the second issue is news coverage of the U.S. military
presence in the Persian Gulf, taken from the website www.islammemo.cc/news.
One page of the issue is devoted to quotes in praise of Jihad
by " the Imam of the Mujahideen, Osama bin Laden,"
" Sheikh Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri," and "the Mujahid Sheikh Mohammad
bin Abdallah Al-Seif." The final name most likely refers to
Sheikh Abu Omar Muhammad Al-Seif, who appeared recently in a film
distributed by Al-Qa'ida that also included the final statements
of the Riyadh suicide bombers. Al-Seif has been identified on
Islamic websites as the number two leader of the Chechnyan Jihad.
The Murder of Ahmed Shah Massoud: Ordered by bin Laden
The magazine continued its biography of Sheikh Yousef Al-'Ayyiri,
who served as personal bodyguard to Osama bin Laden and manager
of the Al-Qa'ida website, until he was killed by Saudi security
forces. The biography addresses Osama bin Laden's order for the
murder of Ahmed Shah Massoud. According to the biographer, after
Sheikh Al-'Ayyiri's release from a Saudi prison, he recruited
youths and encouraged them to wage Jihad in Afghanistan and take
part in the training camps there:
"Afterwards, the greatest event in Afghan history occurred ... the
assassination of the despicable commander, Ahmed Shah Massoud, and
there was no describing Sheikh Al-'Ayyiri's joy. I remember asking
him, 'What happened?' And he replied by saying that Sheikh Osama
asked the brothers: 'Who will take it upon himself to deal with
Ahmed [Shah] Massoud for me, because he harmed Allah and His sons?'
A few brothers volunteered to assassinate Massoud and be rewarded
by Allah, and you heard the good news.
"Afterwards, the happy events took place in America
[the September 11 attacks], the bastion of disbelief,
and the Sheikh was so joyous he nearly floated on air.
I called the Sheikh, and he told me he was in a meeting
with the religious scholars of Al-Quseim, because a
few of them had been a bit critical of the events that
occurred in America. He told me about the discussions
and about the meetings conducted with them, which
persuaded them to support the Jihad and the Mujahideen..."
The biography ends with a description of the final period
of Al-'Ayyiri's life, when he was being sought by Saudi
authorities and was writing several online articles in
support of Jihad.
Two Options for Allah's Enemies - the Jews and Christians:
Conversion to Islam or Death
This issue also includes a sequel to an interview with
Abd Al-Aziz bin 'Issa bin Abd Al-Mohsen, also known as
Abu Hajjer, a name high on Saudi Arabia's most wanted
list. Abu Hajjer stated that his goal was "to wave the
banner of monotheism... and expel the enemies of Allah ... the Jews
and the Crusaders ... from the land of the two holy places, to
conquer the Muslim nations and restore them to their previous state.
And may Allah lengthen our days to allow us to infuriate the enemies
of Allah, kill them, and strike them by the sword until they either
join the religion of Allah or we kill every last one of them.
Our model is [the Prophet] Mohammad, who said to the infidels of
Qureish: 'I have brought the slaughter upon you.'"
After characterizing his relationship with Osama bin Laden as
similar to that of father and son, Abu Hajjer described his
reaction upon hearing that his own name was among the top 19 on
the Saudi's most wanted list: "I was in a course in which we
trained the brothers in one of the valleys. This was a special
course, a practical urban warfare course, and after we got back
[to the city]... I met with one of the brothers, who told
me... they published a list and my picture was on it... I said,
'Allah be praised'... When I entered the land of the two holy
places, I felt ... and I also told the brothers ... that the day
would come when we will get exposed. We had done everything in
our power to delay that day. But now that Allah had put us to
this test, we needed to act patiently."
Controversy Within Al-Qa'ida Over the Bombings in Saudi Arabia
and their Effect on Fundraising
Abu Hajjer described a debate within the Jihad movement over
the need to attack Americans in Saudi Arabia, which could
lead to a more serious entanglement with the Saudi security
forces and could hamper fundraising efforts: "Jihad members
and lovers of Mujahideen were split: There were those who said
we must attack the invading forces that defile the land of the
two holy places, and that we must turn the Americans' concerns
to themselves and their bases, so they would not take off from
there to crush Muslim lands and countries, one by one.
There were others who said we had to preserve the security of
this base and this country [i.e. Saudi Arabia], from which we
recruit the armies, from which we take the youth, from which
we get the [financial] backing. It must therefore remain safe.
"My opinion is midway between the two. It is true that we need
to keep the enemy occupied with himself and not give him a sense
of security, because as soon as he secures his bases and his
supply lines, he will have an opportunity to use them to attack
our brothers in different parts of countries in the Islamic world.
We must therefore make the proper arrangements and prepare
ourselves for this momentous event in the best possible way we
can. We told them: Wait, we are preparing ourselves, and then
we attacked the Americans.
"It is also true that we must use this country [Saudi Arabia]
because it is the primary source of funds for most Jihad movements,
and it has some degree of security and freedom of movement.
However, we must strike a balance between this and the American
invasion of the Islamic world and its [strangling of] the Jihad
movement and even other Islamic movements...
"We must understand that the situation in the land of the two holy
places is deteriorating day by day for the Mujahideen and their
financial sources, as well as regarding the secularization of the
country and the attempt by the treacherous rulers to lead it to
moral collapse, in accordance with the dictates of the White House.
"We tell them [those opposed to the bombings in Saudi Arabia]:
If only you were to see the prisons filled with Mujahideen youth
and pro-Jihad preachers. We have not carried out even one attack.
All operations that took place were defensive operations.
On the contrary, the brothers try as much as possible to avoid
confrontations with the army and security forces. Nevertheless,
the government is escalating the war, and it is trying to uproot
me, uproot you, and uproot all Islamists."
Abu Hajjer concluded the interview with this message to the
youth he trained: "You must do something, you must fight
the enemies of Allah, the Crusaders and the Jews, and become
a bone in their throats and hearts..."
Following the interview was a communiqué published by the
Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula reacting to recent
statements made by the Saudi interior minister: "The communiqué
is a response to the Saudi Interior Ministry announcement about
the confiscation of a large quantity of weapons. The communiqué
claims that many Saudis carry personal weapons, automatic rifles
or hand guns, and that the confiscations were actually
confiscations of goods possessed by known weapon dealers,
who the Interior Ministry falsely connected to the Jihad movement."
"The Voice of Jihad"'s next issue will feature an interview with
the wanted Sheikh Abdallah bin Muhammad Al-Rashuod.
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> > "Timothy Ferris"
> > URL: http://www.timothyferris.com/
> >
> > The Hunger Site:
> > http://www.thehungersite.com/
> > ~o~
> > "Jeff Mishlove"
> > Thinking Allowed Productions
> > URL: http://www.thinking-allowed.com/
> > ~o~
> > What we may Learn from Future Physics Experiments
> > Andris Skuja, University of Maryland
> > http://www.astrsp-mrs.fr/marseille2003/skuja.html
> > Professor Andris Skuja
> > Web Page: http://www.physics.umd.edu/hep/
> > http://www.physics.umd.edu/people/faculty/skuja.html
> > > > C. SCOTT LITTLETON
> > > > http://www.oxy.edu/~yokatta/home.htm
> > > >
> > > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is
> > > > indistinguishable from magic"
> > > > --Sir Arthur C. Clarke
> > > >
> > > > "I think we're property. . ."
> > > > --Charles Fort
> > > >
> > > > Einstein's "gravitons" and Tony Smith's "conformal gravitons".
> > > Tony Smith's "conformal gravitons"
> > > http://www.innerx.net/personal/tsmith/SegalConf.html
> > > Conformal Groups are related to Moebius Transformations
> >
> > "SPECIAL RELATIVITY PROHIBITS SPACELIKE CAUSATION"
> > http://www.mindspring.com/~cerebroscopic/Angelidis.html
> >
> > Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
> > http://www.sdss.org/news/releases/20031028.powerspectrum.html
> > >
> > > The First Detailed Full Sky Picture
> > > of the Oldest Light in the Universe.
> > > http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm.html
> > >
> > > The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
> > > <http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/>
> > > ((({<snip>})))
> > > MSU University News
> > > www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1304
> > > [...]
> > > Cornish, Spergel and Starkman have posted
> > > their findings on the Internet
> > > (<http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310233>)*
> > > where other scientists can evaluate them.
> > > Ultimately, Cornish said, it's the scientific
> > > community that will decide.
> > >
> > > "The most amazing thing about this whole story is the
> > > fact that we can go out there and try and figure out
> > > the shape of the universe," Cornish said. "... Regardless
> > > of what the results are, I think it's great for people to
> > > know this is even a possibility."
> > > http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1304
> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > >
> > > * Constraining the Topology of the Universe
> > > http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310233
> > >
> > > 1 parsec = 3.2 light years distance
> > > 1 Megaparsec (Mpc) = 3.2 light years distance times 1,000,000
> > > 1 Gigaparsec (Gpc) = 3.2 light years distance times 1,000,000,000
> > > 24 Gpc = 24 times 3.2 light years times one billion (size)
> > > 76,800,000,000 Light Years!!
> > > [Uhhhmmm... is that radius or diameter?]
> > > Our universe, so they say, is 13.7 billion years old since the Big
> > > Bang...
> > > [[Cosmology Tutorial:
> > > <http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmoall.htm>]]
> > > Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
> > > WMAP: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
> > > LAMBDA: Legacy Archive for Microwave Background
> > > Data Analysis http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/
> > > So what the hell are WE doing here??!!
> > > 0101010101010101010101010101010101010101
> > > A high resolution foreground cleaned CMB map from WMAP
> > > http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302496
> > >
> > > "Prof. Max Tegmark"
> > > http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/wmap.html
> > >
> > > Brane Worlds, the Subanthropic Principle and the
> > > Undetectability Conjecture by Beatriz Gato-Rivera
> > > http://www.unknowncountry.com/mindframe/opinion/?id=96
> > > Generally ...
http://xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu/find/physics/1/au:+Gato_Rivera_B/0/1/0/all/0/1
> > >
> > > Dark Matter, Extra Dimensions Related And Possibly Detectable
> > > http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cosmology-03o.html
> > >
> > > Neuroblast Wormhole Behaviorism, a.k.a.
> > > "The Portal", to Dodecahedron Head
> > > http://pw1.netcom.com/~mthorn/mt90.htm
> > >
> > > Meanwhile...
> > >
> > > n a n o t u b e s . . .
> > > A New Alternative To Depleted Uranium?!
http://popularmechanics.com/science/space/2002/7/going_up/print.phtml
> > >
> > > "The promise of inexpensive access to space is so important
> > > to the human race that we are ready to meet these challenges
> > > head on. Viewed in one way, the space elevator will be the
> > > largest civil engineering project ever attempted,"
> > > Laubscher said. [...]
http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/pa/newsbulletin/2003/09/12/text02.shtml
> > >
> > > Crawling to space:
> > > http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1002/p14s01-stss.html
> > >
> > > "... [N]ew work in China that suggests carbon nanotubes
> > > can be fused together, without need of a matrix material."
> > > [...]
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_elevator_030917.html
> > >
> > > Space Elevator, Nanotubes
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Space+Elevator%2C+Nanotubes
> > >
> > > Aumakua _ Uhane _ Unihipili
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Aumakua%2C+Uhane%2C+Unihipili
> > >
> > > Electromagnetic Mind Field
> > > http://pw1.netcom.com/~mthorn/magnmind.htm
> > >
> > > Committee for Surrealist Investigation of Claims of the Normal
> > > [ CSICON ] http://www.rawilson.com/csicon.shtml
> > >
> > > < C O N T A C T >
> > > <http://neu-ark.net/contact.html>
> > >
> > > Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (Born 9 July 1918)
> > > http://www.well.com/user/jct/mystiq1.htm
> > >
> > > KA:
> > > http://fivebodies.removetheveil.net/ka/
> > >
> > > Brainwave Frequency Listing
> > > http://www.lunarsight.com/freq.htm
> > >
> > > There are three major subatomic particles.
> > > a. Electrons, e^1-
> > > b. Protons, p^1+
> > > c. Neutrons, n^o
> http://falcon.sbuniv.edu/~ggray.wh.bol/CHE1104/pcp3outl.html
> > > "The three flavors of quarks--up, down and strange--would
> > > also come in three different colors--red, white, and blue.
> > > [...] Murray [Gell-Mann] picked the arbitrary labels in honor
> > > of the French flag. [...] The metaphor seemed even more elegant
> > > after Murray's colors were replaced with the labels that
> > > came to predominate, the primary colors of light: red, green,
> > > and blue. On a TV screen, the three mixed to form colorless
> > > 'white' light." STRANGE BEAUTY, Murray Gell-Mann and the
> > > Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics by George Johnson
> > > 1999 ISBN0-679-75688-4
> > >
> > > THE MYSTIQUE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
> > > Part One [Excerpt]
> > > U.G. Krishnamurti
> > > [CLICK--> <http://www.well.com/user/jct/index.html>]
> > > The Archetype and the Beast '98
> > > http://pw1.netcom.com/~mthorn/arcbeast.htm
> > > [~][^][~]
> > > Disingenuous Demagogues Deteriorate Daily
> > > All Politicians are Demagogues, yet not all
> > > Demagogues are Politicians...
> > <> ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
> > <> Sagittarius assimilated by Milky Way:
> > <> "Resistence Is Futile!"
> > <> http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~mfs4n/sgr/
> > <> ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
> > <> FREE THE YEZIDI!!!
> > http://www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/GnosisE.html
> > http://www.gurdjieff-legacy.org/40articles/yezidism.htm
> >
> > "The Purification will begin
> > shortly after humans build
> > a great house in the sky.
> > By then there will be fires
> > everywhere and greedy, selfish,
> > power-mad leaders, internal wars."
> > http://www.deoxy.org/omega.htm
>
> Yes, and you can't escape it by closing your eyes either,
> as your whole 'being' is thrust into a powerful spotlight
> where every photon is a gently tugging, beaming consciousness;
> searing traumatically a heightened essence at work on your
> subjective optical/emotional/cognitive space. It's an
> unwavering, unflinching wake-up call to the brain.
> Reality is infinite, and sometimes untenable, during &
> afterwards, upon return to the so-called mundane plane
> of existence, looping, inextricably bound by gravitational
> forces. We should, could, maybe, love each other a bit
> more as we're surrounded by strangeness imbedded in
> a whirling biosphere of fellow travelers.
> Heading either Somewhere new, or Nowhere...
> http://www.sdss.org/news/releases/20031028.powerspectrum.html
> _________
> STARS and STRIPES: http://www.estripes.com/
> Report pending on rising rate of GI suicide in Iraq
> http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=17479&archive=true
> _________
> Why? The Neuroscience of Suicide
> "Despite the inconsistencies, the bulk of evidence points strongly to a
> problem in the brains of suicides involving the serotonin system."
> [Cont... ]
> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?colID=1&articleID=0006AF90-5BC7-1E1B-8B3B809EC588EEDF
> _________
> Meme: (pron. 'meem') A contagious idea that
> replicates like a virus, passed on from mind
> to mind. Memes function the same way genes
> and viruses do, propagating through
> communication networks and face-to-face
> contact between people
> David S. Bennahum.
> _________
> What a tragic world this is, he reflected.
> Those down here are prisoners, and the
> ultimate tragedy is that they don't know it;
> they think they are free because they never
> have been free, and do not understand what
> it means. This is a prison, and few men have
> guessed. But I know, he said to himself.
> Because that is why I am here. To burn the
> walls, to tear down the metal gates, to
> break each chain. Thou shalt not muzzle
> the Ox as he treadeth out the corn, he
> thought, remembering the Torah.
> The Divine Invasion, Phillip K Dick.
> HarperCollins ©1981.
> http://www.philipkdick.com/weirdo.htm
> _________
> <> "... The Inuit of northern Canada have one of the highest suicide
> <> rates in the world, Yale University research affiliate Michael
> <> Kral found in a study based on a 1998 visit to the Arctic Circle."
> <> http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/go.aspx?tabid=59
> _________
> In <http://www.sokaren.se/INDEX9.HTML>
> "Dr. Olga Kharitidi" writes:
>
> "The purpose of my talk is to make some of the aspects of our
> work known to Western culture. The reason is that the critical
> time has arrived. I told you that the unhealed traumatic
> experiences which gain status of their own and become spirits
> of trauma continue their existence throughout generations. If
> they are not healed, they build up, connect, accelerate, enforce
> and support each other, and become collective entities...
>
> "At some point, they accumulate on the collective level and become
> very dangerous. This dangerous time has come. It can become many
> times more dangerous now than in previous times, when world wars
> were induced by accumulated spirits of trauma. The purpose of my
> visit is to tell you that there is a great danger for all the
> people on the planet, but there are effective means to overcome
> it. That's why I invite you to our place in Central Asia, to
> Samarkand, to learn about our practice..."
> "The Master of Lucid Dreams" by Olga Kharitidi, M.D.
> ("... accumulated spirits of trauma...")
> £&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$£&$
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: "The men we are being attacked by," he said, "are
> Syrian-trained terrorists and local freedom fighters."
> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5076.htm
> *Robert Fisk: One, two, three, what are they fighting for?
> *26.10.2003 [09:04] <http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/>
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T h e Y e z i d i s o f K u r d i s t a n
http://www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/GnosisE.html
Sufi Martyrs
"...the stormiest and most controversial early movements
within Sufism were led by Husayn ibn Mansur Haflaj
(crucified AD 922),'Ain al-QudAt Hamaddni (crucified AD 1131),
and Shahâb al-Din Suhrawardi (crucified AD 1191).
"Hamaddni's idea of successive reincarnation, and the
redemption of Lucifer, added to his other non-Islamic
preachings, qualified him for burning on a cross by the
Muslim authorities when he was 33.
Al Hallâj claimed himself to be an avatar of the divinity...
and that all creatures are ultimately the manifestations of
the same original Universal Spirit. He thus also declared
Lucifer to have been redeemed and elevated to the highest
universal station, as in Yezidism. He was subjected to
exquisite tortures before being crucified in Baghdad.
At present there is a shrine dedicated to Hallâj in the
sacred Yezidi religious center and shrine complex at Lâlish,
next to the tomb of Shaykh Adi."
- Sufism
"The Yezidis of Kurdistan have been called many things, most
notoriously 'devil-worshippers,' a term used both by
unsympathetic neighbours and fascinated Westerners. This
sensational epithet is not only deeply offensive to the Yezidis
themselves, but quite simply wrong. Yezidism is not
devil-worship, but something far more elusive, and interesting.
This religion, which has aroused so much antagonism, is
difficult to summarize succinctly. To generalize, seven Holy
Beings are venerated, chiefly Melek Tawus, the Peacock Angel."
- The Evolution of Yezidi Religion
"Melek Tawus is an angel who has fallen from God's grace,
and for his repentance, is restored to God's favor. While in
hell, Melek Tawus, in seven thousand years filled seven jars
with his tears of repentance which extinguished the fires
of hell, or at the last judgment will be used to do so.
Melek Tawus was banished from the sight of God because he
refused to bow down, as asked, before God's creation, Adam.
But Yezidis do not identify the fallen angel with a spirit
of "evil." The act of disobedience has been forgiven by god
as a father forgives a wayward son.
For the Yezidis, the internal aspect of Tawus Melek remains
alive. They hold that Tawus Melek is as fire with two
elementary qualities: fire as light and fire to burn-and
the apparently dual aspects of the "good" and the "evil"
exist within the same Person. Every human being is a mixture
of good and evil, and every Yezidi has Tawus Melek in himself.
This is one of the meanings evoked in a 19th century report
by Haji Zain al-Abidin al-Shirwani, who, in a conversation
with a Yezidi leader concerning Tawus Melek, asked, "Who is
Iblis (Satan)?"
'What is the reason behind your worship of him and fear of
him?" The Yezidi replied, "The learned are perplexed by the
comprehension of his reality and scholars are in ignorance
from detecting an atom of the valley of his realization but
the men of knowledge said in his description, if he shows
mankind his light they would have worshipped him as god. He
is hidden but near everyone. All-knowing in regard to men
and their deeds. Satan sometimes comes to you from the walls
and other times from the roofs. Occasionally he resides in
the deepest folds of the heart and sometimes he joins your
body and goes in it like blood. And it is related in the
tradition that Satan is from the fire of glory, meaning that
his glory was created from the fire of the glory of God.'
- Gurdjieff and Yezidism
"There is a myth that Prometheus created humans by mixing
Earth and Water to create the gross body; Athena breathed
Air into it, imbuing it with a Spirit-Soul. Prometheus added
the Higher Soul, which is the Fire that He took from the
Wheel of the Sun and brought to humanity in a Narthêx (giant
fennel) stalk. (The Narthêx corresponds to Shushumna, the
esoteric spinal column of yoga philosophy, which contains the
Fiery Kundalini power.) Recall also that the Thursos, the
sacred Bacchic wand, is made from the Narthêx and holds
Promethean Fire. As implied in the myth of our Promethean
origins, the Fire in our souls is akin to the Celestial Fire
("As above, so below")."
- The Elements: Fire
"Gnostic Christians maintained that the "light" Lucifer
brought was true enlightenment, which He gave humanity
against God's will, as Prometheus stole the fire of heaven
to bring civilization to mankind against the will of Zeus.
God denied Adam and Eve the fruit of the tree of knowledge,
desiring to keep them ignorant; but Lucifer, in the form of
the serpent, gave them the "light" of wisdom.
He became the Prince of the Power of the Air (Ephesians2:2)
who threw his lightning bolts at church towers. He wielded
the trident which, in Eastern symbolism is a triple
lightning-phallus destined to fertilize the Triple Goddess.
In Tantric Hindu symbology, He is the bindu, the spark that
ignites the sacred serpent and awakens the kundalini."
- Lucifer Rising
"Gurdjieff's choice of Beelzebub as hero of the First Series
and the principal expositor of the Teaching, surely has put
those who would take it up in a position similar to the one
the Yezidis have had to endure for many centuries. Externally,
when contacted by "outsiders" or as Gurdjieff sometimes
referred to them, "natives," the Teaching might seem, like
that of the Yezidis to be at bottom "devil worship."
They would entirely miss, for instance, the prayers scattered
through the book, let alone recognize their sacred quality.
In a world that is becoming more and more divided between a
narrow sectarian "fundamentalism" and a "liberal" scientism,
the very hint of Beelzebub as hero would bring anathema from
one camp and a condescending dismissal from the other.
That the Teaching may not be casually spoken of with either
sector, helps to protect it, making it difficult for the
student to take for granted, or worse, profane.
Gurdjieff's Beelzebub, like the Yezidis Melek Tawus is a being
fallen from nearness to God, who redeems himself and is
restored to grace. Each has fallen because in self-will,
following the dictates of his reason, he acted in disobedience
to what was higher. For the Yezidis, the "Devil" is everywhere,
a "practitioner," in the sense of the third of the types of
school about which Gurdjieff told Ouspensky, fit for the
business of the world. In his nearness and familiarity, he is
an archetype of the returning prodigal, a model for the rest
of us who have "fallen," who are much closer to "devils" than
"angels." The "Devil" is also what none of us wish to look at
in ourselves, but must nevertheless see, for that "looking"
actualizes the possibility of redemption."
- Gurdjieff and Yezidism
"The distressing struggle of integrating the shadow side of
ourselves, of wrestling with the dark angel within, is ongoing
and never ending for those who are willing to take it on.
Jung considers it a moral task of the first magnitude, and
given the godlike power conferred upon us most notably by the
ability to unleash atomic energy, the struggle assumes an
urgency and necessity for the future survival of our humankind.
Let us hope enough of us are able and willing to enter the ring."
- Thoughts on Evil
by James M. Shultz
"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."
- Jesus, Gospel of Thomas
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool."
- Isaiah 1:18
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