By request

Taita Querubín Queta Alvarado (shaman)

Request: a revered Colombian shaman that just turned 110 years old this past July 1st. He has been taking Yage (i.e., Ayahuasca) since he was 8 years old. Where does he stand in AD calibration after 100+ years of intake of this plant-based decoction?

Socratic questioning

to explore complex ideas, to get to the truth of things, to open up issues and problems, to uncover assumptions, to analyze concepts, to distinguish what we know from what we do not know, to follow out logical consequences of thought or to control discussions -- wikipedia

sense of accomplishment

Request: A sense of pride that you accomplished or finished something you set out to do. A pleasant feeling that you conquered an obstacle or reached a goal.

Lord Don't Give Up On Me, by Merle Haggard

Lord, don't tune me out, don't go away / I'm just a wandering pilgrim, all alone / And lord, I'm only halfway home. (video embedded)

Bas Uterwijk's depiction of Jesus

Request: Is this an accurate representation of what Christ looked like?

"less thinking, more doing"

Anonymous quote. Seems to align with practical reality and options instead of hypotheticals, overthinking, and negative anticipation -- request

The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, by Nicolas Notovitch

"In reading the account of the life of Issa (Jesus Christ), one is struck... by the resemblance of certain principal passages to accounts in the Old and New Testaments; and... the Buddhistic version and Hebraic and Christian records"

Colonel Douglas MacGregor (Ret.)

Request: The Colonel has been very outspoken about the state of America & it's foreign policy. He is a frequent guest on Fox News & podcasts.

impasse

"a predicament affording no obvious escape" -- merriam-webster.com

making the sign of the cross

This blessing is made by the tracing of an upright cross or + across the body with the right hand, often accompanied by spoken or mental recitation of the Trinitarian formula: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." -- wikipedia

slot machines

Request: This is an interesting one because it’s wide knowledge that the house always wins in gambling. But, people still get lured in and some lose everything to these machines. There seems to be a desire loop that deep down you know will never be satisfied.

mantra: I am not alone

Works out to be intellectual assurance: true but omits God's divine Love, as "alone" (or its negation) is meaningless over 500.

Richard Rudd

Request: an international teacher, writer and award-winning poet. He is the founder of the Gene Keys Synthesis, an integral matrix of all human evolutionary potential.

being discouraged over lack of likes on comments

Request: When my comments get less likes than other people's comments, I get a feeling that I must have said something wrong or stupid and feel awkward. Perhaps it is indeed so and means that a comment is outside of the normative range of the community?

jaggery (sweetener)

a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can vary from golden brown to dark brown in colour -- wikipedia