Number of beings throughout all history that reached 1000
Priority request: You provided the number that reached 600+ but I’m wondering how many have made it to the level of Jesus throughout all history.
sulk
Request: a period of gloomy and bad-tempered silence stemming from annoyance and resentment
The Space Between: The Point of Connection, by Harville Hendrix
"It is in understanding that there is a Space Between two people, and how those two people learn to care for the Space Between determines the quality of their relationship. And the quality of their relationship determines the quality of their lives"
T/F: the root of all suffering is one's attachment to spiritual darkness
Request: ...and one's loc is the extent one has surrendered the (grim) pleasure / essence of spiritual darkness.
Advent
a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming -- wikipedia.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
tells the story of the Griswold family spending Christmas vacation at home with their relatives and the ensuing mayhem, starring Chevy Chase. It is regarded as a Christmas classic -- wikipedia.
"Whatever my defects or imperfections, I accept myself unreservedly and completely"
Request: It's from Nathaniel Branden's book "Six Pillars of Self Esteem". He advises one to look in the mirror and say this to themselves very slowly in order to improve self esteem.
regretting consenting to human incarnation
Request: Doc said that all humans gave consent to be born as humans. Is thinking that it wasn't a great idea inherently negative? Considering that it subjects one to some degree of suffering and lots of hard work, among other things?
gururating.org
"your best source of guru ratings, reviews and gossip"
Wish (2023)
Having studied sorcery, Magnifico is able to grant the greatest desires of his subjects; each of them give up the memory of their wishes to be sealed and protected by the king until he can grant them. Once a month, as a ceremonial event, Magnifico chooses one wish to be granted -- wikipedia
Peter Santenello (YouTube channel)
"I make videos showing you a world that the media fails to capture. No BS polarization or political angle—just pure authentic interactions with the locals."
Dattatreya
a paradigmatic Sannyasi (monk) and one of the lords of yoga, venerated as a Hindu god. He is considered to be an avatar and combined form of the three Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva -- wikipedia.
The Talking Jesus Doll
"speaks 10 Bible verses including the Lord's Prayer and John 3:16. Seeing, holding and hearing Jesus accelerates awareness and acceptance."
Klaus (2019)
Serving as an alternate origin story of Santa Claus independent from the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra and using a fictional 19th-century setting, the plot revolves around a postman stationed in an island town to the Far North who befriends a reclusive toymaker (Klaus) -- wikipedia.
Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (Lamsa translation)
King Solomon: The thing that has been is that which shall be; and which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. Whosoever speaks and says, Look, this is new, should know that it already has been in the ages which were before us.