LUNCH WITH MAX PLANCK, KURT GODEL, CHARLES DARWIN....

We are having lunch with a bunch of scientists at a restaurant in Positano.

Charles Darwin orders a few bottles of 1995 Chateau Margaux Bordeaux.

Albert Einstein suggests the green tortellini with seafood and the lamb medallions 'in crisp quinoa with herbs on winter roots with pepper sauce'.

We all agree.

We are here to discuss the meaning of life.

Max Planck

Max Planck, the founder of quantum mechanics, holds up a piece of bread and says that bread is derived from consciousness.

"It is consciousness, or mind, that makes bread, or matter, exist," he says.

"Therefore," says Max, "the mind cannot be produced by the brain."

Eminent Researchers

Erwin Schrödinger, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics, nods in agreement.

Erwin says: "Consciousness is not produced by the brain and and cannot be explained in physical terms."

Our tortellini arrives.

Wolfgang Pauli is one of the pioneers of quantum physics.

"Look," says Wolfgang, "the tortellini is gliding onto my fork."

Wolfgang believes he has 'psychokinetic powers', which he cannot always control.

Otto Stern, a Nobel laureate in physics, smiles.

"I banned Wolfgang from entering my lab" says Otto, "to prevent his powers from damaging my experimental apparatus."

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When the lamb is served, I ask Albert Einstein about so called 'natural laws'.

"Natural laws," says Albert, "were designed by an intelligence or spirit."

"I am an agnostic," says Charles Darwin.

"But," says Kurt Gödel "a human being is a non-physical spirit.

"It is a spirit connected to a physical body."

"Yes," says Karl Popper, "the mind is non-material."

Robert Boyle, the founder of the Royal Society of London, points out: "I believe in spiritual healing."

Eminent Researchers - Spiritual Development

I ask the group what they think about 'evil spirits'.

"Do you mean Vodka?" asks Charles Darwin.

I relate that the term 'demon' appears 63 times in the New Testament.

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Emanuel Swedenborg says: "I have communicated with spirits."

"Tell us more," says Darwin.  

"There is not a single hell and a single heaven, but rather a series of higher and lower heavens and hells.

"After death, people become their desire or impulses."

What decides your desires?

Erwin Schrödinger says: "You decide. 

"Nothing has a 'fixed state' - until your mind decides what its 'fixed state' will be."

"In other words," says Max Planck, "if you come across Mr Schrödinger's cat lying very still on the grass, the cat is neither dead nor alive - until your mind decides what its 'fixed state' will be."

NISARGADATTA - ALL COMES FROM WITHIN

In our lives we are aware of DUALITY - hot and cold, kind and cruel, happy and sad, war and peace, healthy and unhealthy.

Do our minds create this world of Duality?

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Can our minds skip into a parallel world where there are no extremes, and we do not worry about duality or non-duality?



Nisargadatta Maharaj ( 1897 - 1981), was a Hindu guru of nondualism.



His Guru told him: "Go back to that state of pure being, where the ‘I am’ is still in its purity before it got contaminated with ‘I am this’ or ‘I am that.’

"Your burden is of false self-identifications - abandon them all."



"Trust me, I tell you: you are Divine. Take it as the absolute truth.

"Your joy is divine, your suffering is divine too.

"All comes from God. Remember it always. You are God, your will alone is done."

Nisargadatta Maharaj says he did not condition his mind by thinking, "I am God, I am wonderful, I am beyond."

He simply focused the mind on pure being, and soon the peace and joy and deep all-embracing love became his normal state.

"In it all disappeared - myself, my guru, the life I lived, the world around me.

"Only peace remained, and unfathomable silence."



According to Timothy Conway, Nisargadatta's only subject was -

"Our real Identity as the birthless-deathless, infinite-eternal Absolute Awareness ...

"Fundamentally, we are not an individual, we are intrinsically always and only the Absolute.[web 3]

Nisargadatta explains:

"You are the timeless spaceless witness.

"And even if the mind tells you that you are the one who is acting, don't believe the mind.



According to Conway, awareness of the Absolute could be regained by -

"A disidentification from the dream of 'me and my world'".

Nisargadatta's message:

"You are not your body, but you are the consciousness in the body."

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ZIONISM; DIANA; HOARE; EINSTEIN

Zionism has created 'rivers of blood'.


Hoare

Oliver Hoare was distantly related to the City banking and broking family of the same name.

His father Reginald was a civil servant in the War Office and his mother Irina was a member of the Kroupensky family who had come to Britain from Moravia, a province of the Czech Republic.

Irina, according to family legend, worked for MI6.

Diana's most dangerous infatuation

from Letters to the New York Times

December 4, 1948

Albert Einstein's 1948 Letter to the New York Times 

New Palestine Party
Visit of Menachem Begin and Aims of Political Movement Discussed

TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES:  

Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine.

The current visit of Menachem Begin, leader of this party, to the United States is obviously calculated to give the impression of American support for his party in the coming Israeli elections, and to cement political ties with conservative Zionist elements in the United States. Several Americans of national repute have lent their names to welcome his visit. It is inconceivable that those who oppose fascism throughout the world, if correctly informed as to Mr. Begin’s political record and perspectives, could add their names and support to the movement he represents. [See Note A]

Before irreparable damage is done by way of financial contributions, public manifestations in Begin’s behalf, and the creation in Palestine of the impression that a large segment of America supports Fascist elements in Israel, the American public must be informed as to the record and objectives of Mr. Begin and his movement. [See Note B]

The public avowals of Begin’s party are no guide whatever to its actual character. Today they speak of freedom, democracy and anti-imperialism, whereas until recently they openly preached the doctrine of the Fascist state. It is in its actions that the terrorist party betrays its real character; from its past actions we can judge what it may be expected to do in the future. [See Note C]

Attack on Arab Village

A shocking example was their behavior in the Arab village of Deir Yassin. This village, off the main roads and surrounded by Jewish lands, had taken no part in the war, and had even fought off Arab bands who wanted to use the village as their base.

On April 9 (THE NEW YORK TIMES), terrorist bands attacked this peaceful village, which was not a military objective in the fighting, killed most of its inhabitants “240 men, women, and children” and kept a few of them alive to parade as captives through the streets of Jerusalem.

Most of the Jewish community was horrified at the deed, and the Jewish Agency sent a telegram of apology to King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. But the terrorists, far from being ashamed of their act, were proud of this massacre, publicized it widely, and invited all the foreign correspondents present in the country to view the heaped corpses and the general havoc at Deir Yassin.

The Deir Yassin incident exemplifies the character and actions of the Freedom Party.

Within the Jewish community they have preached an admixture of ultranationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority. Like other Fascist parties they have been used to break strikes, and have themselves pressed for the destruction of free trade unions. In their stead they have proposed corporate unions on the Italian Fascist model.

Were Cabalist (Illuminati) Jews Responsible for the Jewish Holocaust? 

During the last years of sporadic anti-British violence, the IZL and Stern groups inaugurated a reign of terror in the Palestine Jewish community. 

Teachers were beaten up for speaking against them, adults were shot for not letting their children join them. By gangster methods, beatings, window-smashing, and wide-spread robberies, the terrorists intimidated the population and exacted a heavy tribute.

The people of the Freedom Party have had no part in the constructive achievements in Palestine. They have reclaimed no land, built no settlements, and only detracted from the Jewish defense activity. Their much-publicized immigration endeavors were minute, and devoted mainly to bringing in Fascist compatriots.

Discrepancies Seen

The discrepancies between the bold claims now being made by Begin and his party, and their record of past performance in Palestine bear the imprint of no ordinary political party. This is the unmistakable stamp of a Fascist party for whom terrorism (against Jews, Arabs, and British alike), and misrepresentation are means, and a “Leader State” is the goal.

In the light of the foregoing considerations, it is imperative that the truth about Mr. Begin and his movement be made known in this country. It is all the more tragic that the top leadership of American Zionism has refused to campaign against Begin’s efforts, or even to expose to its own constituents the dangers to Israel from support to Begin.

The undersigned therefore take this means of publicly presenting a few salient facts concerning Begin and his party; and of urging all concerned not to support this latest manifestation of fascism.

(signed)

ISIDORE ABRAMOWITZ, HANNAH ARENDT, ABRAHAM BRICK, RABBI JESSURUN CARDOZO, ALBERT EINSTEIN, HERMAN EISEN, M.D., HAYIM FINEMAN, M. GALLEN, M.D., H.H. HARRIS, ZELIG S. HARRIS, SIDNEY HOOK, FRED KARUSH, BRURIA KAUFMAN, IRMA L. LINDHEIM, NACHMAN MAISEL, SYMOUR MELMAN, MYER D. MENDELSON, M.D., HARRY M. ORLINSKY, SAMUEL PITLICK, FRITZ ROHRLICH, LOUIS P. ROCKER, RUTH SAGER, ITZHAK SANKOWSKY, I.J. SCHOENBERG, SAMUEL SHUMAN, M. ZNGER, IRMA WOLPE, STEFAN WOLPE

New York, Dec. 2, 1948

HOW TO BE HAPPY

World Haggis Hurling Championship 2018, at Ellisland Farm, Dumfries and Galloway.

1. Be calm and modest.

According to Albert Einstein: "A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness."

Albert Einstein's handwritten theory about happiness sold for $1.56M.

The Taoists suggest that we should be kind, humble and avoid the extremes.

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2. Find a location with peaceful, kind and happy people.

The happiest countries in the world are said to be the small countries, such as Costa Rica.

"Costa Rica offers the freedom to live a peaceful, happy life, surrounded by peaceful, kind and happy people."

Costa Rica .


Heather Smart, Junior World Haggis Hurling Champion. Gregor Grierson. World Haggis Hurling Championship 2018, at Ellisland Farm, Dumfries and Galloway.

3. We need contrast in life.

We need our little adventures.

The picnic tastes better after the long hike up and down the mountain.

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Seeing trees and flowers can improve our mood.

Being creative - painting, gardening, music - can improve our mood

Have a hot bath.

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4. Find pleasure in cheering other people up.

Give someone a hug.

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5. Get plenty of exercise in order to beat stress.

Slow rythmic breathing calms the mind.

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6. Tell yourself that you are exhilarated and facing a useful challenge, when you encounter  a potentially stressful situation.

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If your car breaks down, it may mean that your 'guardian angel' wants you to do more walking, or get your car checked before you go on a long journey.

We need challenges.

7. Eat garlic, leeks and other such Prebiotics, which are good for your guts.

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