Compared with: all suffering is due to **resistance**.
"Life is hard so get used to it"
Request: Quote used by many people on how to success and to hustle in life and business.
shunning
Priority request: social control mechanism used most commonly in small tight-knit social groups to punish those who violate the most serious group rules. It is related to exile and banishment, although shunning is based on social rather than physical isolation or separation -- britannica.
gossip
Idle talk or rumor, especially about personal or private affairs of others -- wikipedia.
John Thune
Incoming US Senate majority leader, Republican, personal LoC.
Mitch McConnell
Outgoing US Senate minority leader, Republican, personal LoC.
Chuck Schumer
US Senate majority leader, Democrat, personal LoC.
Matt Gaetz (politician)
Request: Republican member of the US House of Representatives (now resigned). He filed the resolution to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. He is Trump's 2024 nominee for US Attorney General.
Portugal
Portugal is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, the Schengen Area, and the Council of Europe, as well as a founding member of NATO and the eurozone -- wikipedia.
Malta
Malta is a developed country with an advanced high-income economy. It is heavily reliant on tourism, attracting both travelers and a growing expatriate community with its warm climate, numerous recreational areas, and architectural and historical monuments -- wikipedia.
transfiguration
Priority request: Jesus performed a transfiguration in the Gospels and Krishna... in the Mahabharata/Gita. Both Dr. Hawkins in the last page of chapter 17 in I:RS and Krishna in the Gita said a person can only see the vision if they specifically give somebody spiritual/divine vision.
"There is no such thing as a person"
Request attributes the quote to Nisargadatta Maharaj.
scammer
Request: Scammers prey on naïve people and swindle them into giving up goods, usually cash. Phishing for credit card info is one of the most common.
the meaning of life is spiritual work
Part of the meaning of life series...
"Jesus is Lord"
"the shortest credal affirmation found in the New Testament" -- wikipedia.