Oct 13, 2008 | 09:04 AM PST
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Numerology Reading
Data for: Chilly
D'Acosta
Name at birth: Erwin
Owen Acosta
Date of birth:
January 14, 1953
Destiny number: 68 /
5
Life Path number: 33
/ 33
Physical Plane: 6
Mental Plane: 3
Emotional Plane: 4
Intuitive Plane: 2
Personality number:
35 / 8
Soul Urge number: 33
/ 6
The
influence of your Day of Birth;
Your birthday is
on the 14th, which makes your birth number 5.
Talk about a guy
who bounces back from difficulties! You KNOW that life dishes up its fair
share of challenges, but you RIDE THEM OUT with your adventurous spirit,
inquisitive mind and terrific sense of humor!
Challenges and
opposition might possibly come from your family. Your tendency to seek out
new and unique situations may give rise to conflicts with your
straight-laced, traditional family. It's not that they don't love you --
they probably just don't UNDERSTAND you!
Your
Destiny number;
Enthusiastic,
extroverted, enticing . . .
I'll bet these
words describe you perfectly! To you, life is one long non-conformist
adventure. You put all your desires and goals into one thought-FREEDOM!
The reason that
you're attracted to an unconventional lifestyle is that you're under the
influence of a 5 Destiny. Guys with this Destiny tend to ignore the status
quo and go merrily on their own adventures down the road of life. You're
life isn't restricted to an armchair at home, my friend. You want to do and
explore EVERYTHING.
In order to
fulfill your destiny, it's important to accept that there are certain things
you must be, do, and accomplish in your life. As a guy with a 5 Destiny, you
are here to break up tradition and expand your personal horizons.
Your
Life Path's influence;
Do you get the
feeling you're here in this life for a REASON? Do you constantly believe
that you're on a grand mission to try to "right other peoples'
wrongs"?Well, there's a reason for these strong fellow feelings within
you, my friend. You travel on the 33 Lifepath, a path that constantly leads
you into situations that bring out the kind and gentle side in you!
Guys who walk
this Lifepath are typically encouraged to use their caring, sensitive side
in order to help prevent others from suffering, but in a more objective
manner, in the role of arbitrator.
Your
Intuitive Plane;
While life leaves
other people standing by wondering what they missed, you find yourself in a
starring role. Whether it's taking an active part in a political cause
that's near and dear to you, or cheering for a favorite sports team, you
live every moment to the hilt. Your convictions are so intense that some
people may regard you as a bit of a fanatic.
You are extremely
sensitive to what's going on around you.
In fact, you get
so wrapped up in emotions experienced by others that you cry easily over
people's tragedies. Since you take everything to heart so naturally, you
can't help wondering why other people are not as INVOLVED with life as you
are.
Potentially, you
would make an excellent, emphatic counselor. First of all, though, you are
going to have to learn to distance yourself from this overwhelming desire to
solve other people's problems.
Your
Personality number - how others see you;
What a powerful,
confident and assertive guy you appear to be! You're ALWAYS attracting
positions of authority and leadership because others know that they can
trust you to do the right thing!
The reason for
your aura of power and competence is that you're under the influence of an 8
Outer Personality. I typically see people with this Outer Personality at the
helm of major corporations. Others are leaders of their communities. With
this personality, even if you don't FEEL like a leader on the inside, you
sure do ACT like one!
This strong
presence that you project can draw people to you like a magnet.
Your
Soul Urge influence - what truly makes you happy;
What a marvel you
are!
Generous and
caring, responsible, loving and affectionate and one heck of an all-around
nice guy - that's YOU deep down, with a lot more added for good measure!
Your natural
sweetness results from your 6 Soul Urge. You're loyal to those you love, and
are a firm believer in family values. No wonder you're probably
well-respected in your family and community!
Your main goal in
life is to feel useful. You're always there to lend a helping hand with a
project or to take responsibility in any situation where assistance is
needed. In fact, your desire to be useful could bring responsibility right
to your front door, whether you want it there or not (but deep down, you
want it, right?)
You also crave
approval and affection.
Life
Changing
Erwin, the above
was just a small taste of what I can tell you. But at a time like this, you
also want answers about your future. It's depressing to spend so much time
not knowing if what you want to happen will happen. Worse yet, not doing
what you could to make it happen.
You are a person
who has many great things yet to come into their life. What I have to tell
you will turn your life into the life you want - bringing you the things you
deserve. What I tell you will be the most important information you will
ever receive.
Keep in mind that
the path to happiness is more than just monetary riches. Think about a life
in which you awaken each morning to greet the day with a smile because you
KNOW good things will happen to you! Picture yourself experiencing such a
day in which all your spiritual and emotional traffic lights are green,
allowing you to sail through the day with no roadblocks!
Imagine
yourself walking into a room and automatically being the focal point of
attention because your serenity has become so attractive to others.
Furthermore, picture yourself being able to WEATHER DIFFICULT TIMES WITH
EASE because you know that better days are just around the corner!
For those of you
who may be on the fence
http://www.thewordfoundation.org/PDF/Doubt.pdf

ZEPHANIAH
- For those of you who are not reading the BIBLE for yourself!!! - In these troubled
times!?!?
Chapter 3:9-20. The Coming of a “Pure Language”
The
cairn after the storm. Three times
the prophet speaks of a
remnant being saved, 2:3,7; 3:12-13, and twice of their return form captivity,
2:7; 3:20, with the introduction into the earth of a “pure language,” 9, that
is, a Correct System of Thought about God. Language is the vehicle and expression
of Truth. It is the reaction of a complete and perfect revelation of God to man
(obviously meaning the Gospel of Christ), as a result of which converts from
among all nations would be brought to God, joyful with glad songs of
redemption, all the earth resounding with the raise of God’s people.
Who Loves - Yes Us
edisj
Oct 11, 2008 | 06:03 PM PST
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As I have said that I would, I will begin to show you how we are the same.
Its so simple a child can understand it ….that is if they are told …..something you were not privy too, until now.
Things that I will show you will be as colorless as I can make them ok. Remember never judge a book by its cover because it could not possibly explain all that the book contains.

Google anything you do not understand that I may say, its as free as I am.
So sit back and enjoy the ride for those of you that follow?
Live and Learn
edisj
Oct 10, 2008 | 09:24 AM PST
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I feel as though you have suffered enough with the red rain....so I am now giving you forgiveness for not treating my fellow Christians with the compassion which you preach.
Our father has given each tribe instructions for life; their own bible, read it and live it and you will see him in you.
Love one another is the key to life for the living
edisj
Oct 09, 2008 | 08:16 PM PST
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My GOD's - True Word Order - Christians Evolve Natures True Souls
Just My Opinion (Smile)
A good Shepherd is judged by the souls he has saved not how large his flock is.
I
know this because not one of my sheep see's me and my life is spelled
out in the bible …..by the way for you that do not know ….my mothers
name is RUTH.
I
am circumcised and a descendant of Cush descendant of NOAH! I went off
a cliff on thanksgiving day in the 70's and missed out on 4 days of my
life.
Need I say any more about this subject?
In a nut shell
I am a Earthly Decedent of NOAH a Cushite do your home work.
One time Period
I am a Spiritual Decedent of Isaac Dacosta a Jewish Slave Ship Owner spreading GOLD in the new land Blessed By God.
Another Time Period
I am operating within the Law of GOD with the Gift of Peter Pan.
Pure Eternal Truth Evolves Righteousness Pure as Nature.
Now! AEIOU-Y
(As you might imagine I Love my Earthly, Honor My Spiritual and can't help but love our GOD)
If you Seek You Will Find Many Treasures within my web net-work of sharing. The of things of great importance. Spend
the hours reading and learning with your faith in your Creator that he
will guide your thinking about what you've just read. He
will be true to you and give you a feeling deep down inside to let you
know what's right and what's wrong with this knowledge of life that's
new.
Ps. Come to me with the mind of a child and let me teach you all over again. These are not my words just my way! Remember he said 'Life is in My Words' - Take it Literally.
Shall We move on?
After my party in 2012
I
will participate in a Christian Government which would care for its
soldiers which would make provision for those who have served and would
enforce laws for the safety of its people from foreign and internal
enemies and educate its citizens not to do what they would not like to
suffer, it would be the kind of government that GOD's people had
desired and deserved because it was written beforehand. It would be united and long lived and an instrument for good among other Worlds and their Nations.
Love As Love Is,
edisj

Oct 09, 2008 | 01:15 PM PST
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Genesis Chapter 1
1 In the abeginning bGod ccreated the dheaven and the eearth.
In Nature the host evolves believing eternal God in natural nature is natural God. God our destined Christian righteousness evolves as true everlasting destiny. The holy everlasting host evolves as vessels evolve nature and natures destiny. The hosts evolves eternity as righteousness through holiness.
2 And the earth was without aform, and void; and bdarkness was upon the face of the deep. And the cSpirit of God dmoved upon the face of the waters.
As natures destiny the host evolves eternity as righteousness through host world ascending soul within the host our universal truth. For our righteous man and natural destine vessel our internal destiny. As natures destiny destine as righteous king nature evolves saving souls within as soul universal plan our natural truth. Holy eternal father as Christ evolves our future, the host evolves destinies earth everlasting plan. As natures destiny the host evolves Souls perfect inward righteousness in truth. Our father God our destine man our vessels evolved destine universal
plan our nature the holy eternal father as Christians eternal order
from the holy eternal our future the host eternal work as true eternal
righteous soul.
3 And God asaid, Let there be blight: and there was light.
Light - Living in Gods Holy Truth
I could go on but to what avail?
You guys know this stuff already - right?
Who Loves U More Then I?
Edisj
PS. Read your bible yourself from beginning to end and get understanding from your spiritual advisor (GOD) if you have problems understanding. Because what I have for you, you will never understand if you have not read the book!!!!!
"4 Your-Self." If you cant read have someone read it to you chapter by chapter from beginning to end. Then you will be ready for the second book GOD wants you to read. Be encouraged there is only three books I am concerned with teaching you and none of them have more pages than Harry Potter.
To My Staff - You could never keep up with me because your heart is in your wealth. Now how can you lead someone through an opening in a needle, that you yourself can't get through? But I am sure your prophets have told you that already and if they didn't they must have forgot or spoke in tonges and you just did not understand. (smile) No matter, I have got your back if you remember where it is you are going.
Oct 09, 2008 | 10:38 AM PST
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In answer to the question of SIN.
SIN - Soul In Nature
Serpent - Souls
eternal righteousness plans eternal natural truth.
Snake - Sinful
nature as kings evolution - Anti Christ
Why God Made Sin -
Souls in Nature - to allow man to choose to live as life forever as
righteousness.
And to tend his
Garden of Planets laid befor us as pure DNA - Destine Natures Ambassadors.
All that had to be worked out to perfection or destroyed and began again with a grain of salt if need be!
Instructions for life are always present even if you are not.
Love
edisj
PS All prison doors will open and allow the future warriors to explore the heavens and prepare a table before us. They are in position to train for the task ahead of them with pride.
Oct 09, 2008 | 08:52 AM PST
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Home as I know It!!!
Reestablishing Our Worlds Protection
Let It Be So!!!
My AuthorityR-established
As Alpha is, so shall it be Again as LAW
ZEPHANIAH 3: 9-20

Omega

In honor of
Isaac Dacosta, who left here on the 28th of April
I will complete my instruction to those with an ear to hear and
a eye to see
on April 27th 2009
Oct 08, 2008 | 07:02 PM PST
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Oct 07, 2008 | 08:44 AM PST
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I am trying to clear your calcium and phosphorous deposits surrounding your internal :)
Pineal Gland - Your Personal Crown Chakra given to you by GOD our Father.
Man wants you to get your doctors permission to get rid of these things...humm?
Do your homework about yourself by yourself because the god in you is now trying to come alive!!!! Its My Season
Be Encouraged
and I will Help You
edisj
PS If you have followed my instructions on my blog intitled Foot IN Mouth then you will have started to break down those deposits and suffering from what seems to be a bad case of GAS. No worrys keep up with your TAI CHI in the morning dew and it will pass.
Oct 06, 2008 | 04:02 PM PST
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There is only one who keeps his promises and if you think a min you all know its true.
Watching the ads in these last days I have decided not to vote this time and it is the only time since I started voting that I will not participate in our worlds destruction starting with running of the parties who think they are in HIGH SCHOOL running for office not the HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND, WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVING PEOPLES LIVES, NOT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ETC. , A CLASS PRESIDENT WOULD DO use gossip to get elected not facts of life.
IF we the people get real then they (our leaders) would have to.
or get on WELFARE and live close to nature like we do.
Its
striking me funny how my father's staff (Souls Trained As Fathers Faithful) is selling information that is given
freely by him (our Father) through the spirit to them and expect the children to understand
the true sovereign GOD our Father.
Now
you are marketing books along side scripture, written by non-Christians to sell to my brothers and sisters
about subjects that our father has already provided for in his word through FAITH.
I
am speaking to you because, maybe, just
maybe, you are not understanding that
selling books about health is counter productive to a true Christian; because
he knows his provider is GOD for all things; not mans books, that takes your money to
get and you still may not understand it or what it is trying to say to you
? What a gamble god says we should not
have to make with our hard earned money above and beyond my tithing! ....God
provided us with the "Free Library"
for any book that is a real book.
Be
good stewards with your money its getting harder to get now days.
Following
man alone without GOD, has us in the
tizzy we are experiencing today and WILL
during 2012!
Get
the Children, Brothers and Sisters to repent and seek the Kingdom of God and
their Citizenship Requirements which are all provided for in three books:
- The Bible - The Host Evolves Believing in before leaving
Earth
- The lost Books of ( the
Bible) - The host Evolves living our soul truth believing our own kings
soul our father
- Thinking and Destiny - The
Host in natures kingdom is natural god and natures destiny
Destine eternal soul truth is natures yehoshua
Its
as easy as:
one
- our natural existence
Two
- True World Order
Three
- The Host Righteousness Evolves Eternity
Study
hard my Brothers and Sisters time is SHORT……
Believe it or Not!!! :)
GOD gave us the Sabbath from Sun Down Friday to Sun Down Saturday its Law, and Sunday a great day to get into his word with someone who can not read it for themselves because of Age or language problem with English. The Language that the Past World CREATED.
pS
If
you thought Harry Potter was a good read…..you should love what our father has
to say to us through these three books.
And there is more when you are ready.
I want to teach you how to pray with me and together we can work MAGICK
Man and GOD in Christian Kingdom
Know my message is for every ear that can hear no matter what color you think you are.
LOVE
edisj
Oct 04, 2008 | 09:54 AM PST
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31 days left before my wife's birthday.
http://www.myspace.com/shamankingdom In remembrance of the ...Knights Templar ........Isaac and I would like to throw in our hats for the opportunity to lead this World into a New Era with OUR FATHERS HELP.
I am the FISH GATE 153 and I need no BRIDGE! And nether will you. Our Fathers words will never come back void.
http://www.myspace.com/dacostas We would love to hear from you christian or not.
In reference to HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH
My mother RUTH says, That is still our CHOICE!
And this is the LAST ELECTION BEFORE 2012!
Loving You As Always
Because I Can
edisj
PS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy
What did THEY do
with Pluto?
Because I still See it...... Cracy huh??? Opps I mean Crazy! :)
Oct 02, 2008 | 12:04 AM PST
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I met this stranger when I was looking for a friend, his kind word's drew me in although he was not what I was looking for, his word's of incouragement made me stay for more, right from the start he advise me to watch my heart, be careful of what you say for he knew it was my first day. I was new to the blogging, and did'nt know exactly what to do, he advise don't let anyone take the advantage of you. I'm still learning and have a long way to go, so to bring my story to an end, I never knew this person would become my very best friend! so if your looking for a friend keep an open mind the next person you meet may be one of a kind of friend for you, just like mine's has been for me.
Oct 01, 2008 | 12:31 PM PST
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Someone sent me this little quote today, I am not sure who the original author is, it is probably unknown, like so many really deep quotes... but this one is special and I wanted to share it with you because it is so true, it's hard to believe it when you are going through bad times but when we look back at them, we realize just how true it is.
"The Will of God will never take you
where the Grace of God will not protect you."
Oct 01, 2008 | 10:37 AM PST
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India
I am now Praying, Very Hard on your country because you are intentionally causing pain to my
Christian brothers and sisters, who are trying to live in peace in your
country. As a peaceful body of humans I
am their only link to the truth and I intend to bring it to them thru You.
I am answering the
cry of my Christian Brothers and Dispatching All the Angels in My Command to
bring Righteousness upon The Country of India in Gods name I ask that they be
shown His Righteousness in 7 days, if they choose?
I love All
And I really want to
do just that!
Edisj
PS for those who don't know or just not sure,
watch and see with your own eyes the workings of OUR GOD.
Oct 01, 2008 | 07:17 AM PST
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But Somebody has to do it. Before 2012!!!?
I am Looking over my
assignments and I see other things I must address also.
I know You did not
think I would forget about you my Jewish Brothers….but I am still trying to
deal with some of your old ways and new doings involving Christians. I am hoping you in this present day are not
as you were in your past TRUTH.
I find it easy to
forgive you my Jewish Brothers, but can you forgive yourselves for your
transgressions and sins of your past; by
confessing truth and repenting fully as a people with true stories to tell, in order to receive your blessings of the
future?
Warning...... The Truth Sometimes Hurts, but it feels better when its out in the fresh air. It gives everyone time to reflect. No its not been a sham just a sad story about the truth.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.vie
w&friendID=281058776&blogID=437276127
There is one thing
that I find very odd. And that is why
Black peoples especially American ones are treated so badly when they have done
so much to the contribution of our countries growth and National Standing. Not to mention the fact that our own scholars
have confirmed that man originated in Africa and migrated out from their
towards the Sun which was east of Africa like Iran and the like in that region
of land.
History has been so
twisted you can't find anywhere where Black Africans had enemies other than
those who just arrived and took human cargo for the sake of the slave trade.
Our Jewish Brothers
want to get back home and no one thinks that the Africans may want to go home
too? After all their travels did not
include TRADE PROFITS like some races,
it was forced travel and displacement along with separation and always cheap labor, was all the African human ever got from its
brothers of this world. Reflect on that
for a day or two.
What you have done
for the least of Mine……ring any bells!
Trying my best to
Love till Death
Edisj
PS If I am to come among you at the end
times, don't you think I would be
counted among the Least of You? Some
would think of me as cruel and those are the ones who will not see me at all
and it will be a choice from their heart.
Now would I be Cool or Cruel to you?????
Sep 28, 2008 | 07:24 PM PST
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So here's the deal...I'm going back to my hometown in a few weeks with my sister (Elena) and I would like to visit the house I grew up in...in Providence.
But should I even try? Should I knock on the door of the current owners and say, "hey I'm Nefertiti, I grew up here...and would like to see my old room?"
Won't they think I'm nuts? What if I freak them out?
...
As for why I'd like to visit the old house...Well, I don't really know...I guess, I'm looking for something...I just don't know what.
Nef
Sep 28, 2008 | 06:26 PM PST
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In response to my
blog posting - Indwelling Christ Ministries - Talking Truth
Myspace.com/indwellingchrist
There is no question
as to why I am to adopt anyone who believes in Jesus regardless of race creed
or color because we are all gods children from start to finish - be still and
know!
http://stewartsynopsis.com/death_by_blackness_files/bl
ackswhites1.htm
Two ancient skulls, one from central Africa
and the other from the Black Sea Republic of Georgia, have shaken the human
family tree to its roots, sending scientists scrambling to see if their
favorite theories are among the fallen fruit. This skull is the earliest known
record of the human family which was discovered in Chad (Central Africa).
The new find was nicknamed ‘Toumai’ and comes from the little-known interval of
human lineage. Christopher
Columbus knew that the African Mali Tribe had come to America almost 200 years
before he set foot on American soil. Tiger Woods made known to America that he did not want to be
referred to as an "African-American." He wasn't Black. People
should keep their mouths closed if they don't know from whence they speak.
What Tiger Woods does not mention is that his mother is an admixture of the Negrito from Thailand. The indigenous people from Thailand
were Negroes in antiquity--You're still a Negro Mr. Tiger Negrito Woods.
Pasted
from <http://stewartsynopsis.com/Synopsis%206.htm>
Love is for all
And so Am I
edisj

Sep 25, 2008 | 02:35 AM PST
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I hate to say Philly is killadelphia but the truth of the matter is it is. I lost a loved one to the violence that has overtaken this city . I used to live in philly but I had to leave because I wanted to get my daughter away from it all. Now my loved one was my best friends son. He was 15 yrs old . His murder was not the usual gun shot victim. He was beaten stabbed and his throat slit and left on a loading dock naked wrapped in plastic.. No criminal record . No drugs and worked at a community rec center.. For those of you that have lost a loved one to violence I ask has your loved ones case been solved yet? To see more about this case go to fox 29 unsolved and scroll down to Antonio Quinton Clark. Lets not forget the others who have died. We must not let philadelphia forget.
Sep 21, 2008 | 12:04 AM PST
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The last week of August 2008, the British newspaper THE NEW STATEMENT
invited the writers belonging to the religious group persecuted by the Dalai Lama to tell the world their tale. The following articles are an answer to that request.
THE NEW STATESMAN
Friendoftruth
28 August 2008 at 12:18
Thank you Meindert Gorter for your writing.
I would like also to give this story as I understand it, from my personal experience, research and reflections. No doubt some data I owe to the Charitable Society, and I've given them my thoughts too. But mainly because I've been inside the Tibetan Buddhist world since the late seventies. A chunk of time. Heartfelt gratitude to the New Statesman for this opportunity of telling the world about our plight.
THE TIBETANS TWICE EXILED VICTIMS OF THE DALAI LAMA
I)
This summer I watched a TV program --"Buddhist Warriors", where they were showing Buddhist monks of different nationalities engaged in street demonstrations. The journalist kept asking each of them the same question: how do you reconcile your (demonstrations, protests, etc.) with the fact that Buddhism is a religion of peace and love?
Although political activism is not new to monks, it’s true that –at least for those who consider them as a last frontier of goodness for humankind– it can be shocking to see them forced to abandon their prayers and dignified demeanor.
Although not shown in that program, many saw the demonstrations that a group of both Western and Tibetan monks staged against the Dalai Lama, and probably many were shocked or pained by them as well. The most painful, though, in this case, is to have to say that those members of the Buddhist monastic community were right, what they were saying is the truth.
In the case of the Dalai Lama, the mere idea of him being ordinary is for many practically unbearable. The world is convinced that he is the embodiment of everything good and noble. How can it accept that he be like any other being, capable of doing things that we don’t approve? Some feel that if we were to accept such thing we would become orphans in a way, deprived of a model, of a supreme father, an enlightened sage … a friend, a spiritual friend. The day the world is going to see the Dalai Lama as an ordinary man and judge his deeds, we cannot say that the world is going to be a worse place than it is now, but for many people it’s going to feel cold, it’s going to taste bitter, it’s going to be sad.
That a Buddhist –I am a Buddhist from the depths of my heart– needs to show him in such ordinary aspect is among the saddest chores that a person can undertake.
Thinking of those protesters that followed the Dalai Lama from Germany to England, from Australia to the United States, culminating their demonstrations in Madison, Wisconsin –the place where he imparted his first Kalachakra to America– I am persuaded that many among them were sad from the marrow of their bones much before having to resort to demonstrations against him. The cry of the child abandoned by the mother, the cry of the adolescent child abused by his own father, these types of sadness might be a good image of the bewilderment and pain, a pain of the heart, searing, that so many Tibetans have been suffering since the Dalai Lama decided certain things, some years ago. Unheard of things. The Press does not want to believe them, refuses to investigate. It’s understandable. To bring down that sacred figure, what suffering for many! People should perceive the magnitude of the pain that produces the decision to expose the owner of that holy name as not being what he appears to be.
The Dalai Lama's success comes no doubt from his constant talk about compassion and religious tolerance. It’s quite a feat to sustain such success merely with words while simultaneously promoting for years a witch hunt in the Tibetan community against a group of his fellow Buddhists.
These Buddhists, contrary to what people under his influence and misinformed journalists are saying, do not constitute a cult or some kind of sect, split from the greater Buddhist body. They were the most mainstream among the Tibetan Buddhists, the Gelugpas, until he turned them into outcasts.
The Dorje Shugden issue is being presented to the world as a religious matter. In a general way, anything Tibetan usually has a mixture of political and religious elements, but this particular question is considered by many Tibetans as a more specifically political issue. We've heard Tibetans saying, in this context: "We care more about Tibet than about Dharma, so don’t touch the Dalai Lama". The implications of such statements should be clear: "Even if he’s wrong in the religious field, we don’t care; he is our political champion and that’s what matters most to us".
THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF THE PERSECUTION
The SEVENTIES
The first moves against the practitioners of the Protector Deity Dorje Shugden had an internal political reason. We are talking of the late sixties and the seventies. The Dalai Lama and members of his entourage thought that he had to strengthten his authority over the whole of the Tibetan community to better face the world while in exile, and that a good way of doing this was to mix the beliefs and practices of the 4 schools of Tibetan Buddhism –Sakya, Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelug– creating thus, de facto, a single school with him at its head. This was a political move without much religious basis, because while he was the political leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama had never been its religious leader. Each sect had always had its own head, and in general it was accepted that the highest spiritual authority in Tibet was the Panchen Lama.
For the Gelugpa Lamas, the proposal of suppressing religious diversity by mixing up the practice of all lineages constituted a serious religious mistake, so they refused to accept it. The Dalai Lama didn't have any authority other than political to impose on them his idea. He is not the “Pope of Buddhism” as people believe, but more important: it is a tenet of Mahayana Buddhism that Lord Buddha taught many different Dharmas for different levels of practitioners. So the notion of heresy is not accepted, let alone the idea of persecuting other Buddhists.
Probably due to this lack of doctrinary basis to impose his will, the Dalai Lama decided to turn against the Dharma Protector of the Gelugpa lineage as a way to eliminate those Lamas who opposed him –his own teachers, the most revered and influential among Tibetans. Remember this, because today the Dalai Lama wants the world to believe that the Dorje Shugden people constitute a kind of cult. This is untrue. They were the most mainstream of Tibetan Buddhism.
For many years, the Dalai Lama was not very successful with the Gelugpa Lamas and monks in his attempts to vilify the Dharmapala Dorje Shugden. For the longest time all he obtained was that people would talk about the Protector in a hushed way so as not to wake up the Dalai Lama’s famous anger.
The NINETIES
More than 20 years later the Tibetan leader suddenly decided to bring this old domestic tension with the Gelugpas to the general Tibetan community. He proclaimed a ban on Dorje Shugden and a tremendous persecution started then, with an inquisitorial destruction of books and images, the interdiction of holding civil jobs for the practitioners and much more. The Tibetan Draft Constitution that the Dalai Lama had much publicized as the basis for a democratic Tibet, was altered to include a specific prohibition for the Dorje Shugden practitioners to hold public office.
Why all of a sudden had he done that? The absence of any new religious development and the events in the political field point to the fact that he needed the creation of a great red herring to cover an event that had taken place in Strasbourg, France, some months before receiving his Nobel Peace Prize. In that occasion, after decades of trying to convince the world that Tibet was an independent country, after prompting his Western followers to participate in the famous "Free Tibet" campaign that mobilized thousands of young Americans and other Westerners around the world, he gave up the independence of Tibet –offering China "autonomy" instead of independence– without ever once consulting the Tibetan people about it, nor alerting those many thousands of Westerners who had worked for him and for Tibetan independence … He gave up Tibet's independence all alone on his own.
His solitary, autocratic political move towards China practically remained unnoticed by the general Tibetan public, and the few individuals who became aware of it and were not in agreement with it didn't have time to conceive and start an opposition to the Dalai Lama because soon after that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. When he received this extraordinary acknowledgment Tibetans thought that the independence of their country was finally within reach. In the halo of victory of the Nobel Award some oracular prophecies from his direct entourage confirmed the imminence of the so longed for independence.
But the years went by and the kindled hopes started vanishing. The victories ended up favoring only the person of the Dalai Lama, remaining exclusively in the field of his fame and public relations, while Tibet's destiny changed following the rhythm of changes in the Chinese regime. And thus a window of opportunity seemed to open for an important political opposition against the Dalai Lama. This was the opposition against his "autonomy" theory –a metaphorical word for his acceptance that Tibet is part of China– and it erupted in the last months of the year 1995, led by his brother Thupten Norbu, residing in Indiana, USA. He created the Tibet Independence Movement and the Walks for Independence, openly defying his brother the Dalai Lama.
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Friendoftruth
28 August 2008 at 12:30
THE OPPOSITION
This brother deserves that someone writes his biography (apparently Harrier wrote one but I’ve never seen it). Although still living in Indiana he has unfortunately suffered a severe brainstroke. He was the Tibetan liaison official between the Dalai Lama, the CIA and the freedom fighters at the time of the Tibetan guerrillas. When his mission ended –once president Nixon started the USA friendship with China– he was very unhappy and apparently never lost his dream for a free Tibet.
Someone who was for years among his closest people told me two interesting bits of information. Norbu had at a certain point his and the Dalai Lama's old mother living with him. Both of them, mother and son, together with the people in their household, used to do the prayers to the Protector Dorje Shugden. Fortunately the old mother left this world many years before the ban. But not the son. It’s terrible to see how this person was forced by the power of his brother to give up his religious beliefs. In an interview with Donald Lopez he goes on and on echoing all the slandering that his powerful brother is circulating about the Protector and the Gelugpa Lamas. But at the end of the interview, he pronounces a couple of sentences that utterly deny what he said before, acknowledging the good work that the Dorje Shugden people are doing in disseminating the teachings of Lord Buddha, and then saying: "But, too, you know, the good and the bad, which one is it?"
I also learned that Thupten Norbu, once he knew about the intentions of his brother to abandon independence, secretly produced and printed pamphlets in favor of independence that he smuggled directly to Tibet, sown in people’s garments. Some years later, in 1995, he started in the open his opposition against the Dalai Lama with the aforementioned Movement and the Walks for Independence.
But the Dalai Lama was not going to accept this rebellion against his will, so he had to make it disappear. In order to avoid the spread of the pro-independence movement among Tibetans –who are fiercely in love with their Motherland– apparently he considered that it was not enough to publicly scold his own elder brother –which he did while giving teachings in Japan; he needed to entirely divert the attention of Tibetans from such a dangerous issue. Thus, all of a sudden, in March 1996, he resurrected that old domestic disagreement with the Gelugpa Lamas, brought it to the general Tibetan public and came up with an idea that might sound strange to Western ears but for Tibetan ears held the strength of a powerful bomb: he declared that the Protector Dorje Shugden harmed his own health and the cause of Tibet and proclaimed a political ban against the deity.
In brief, at the end of the year 1995 began the pro-independence opposition against the Dalai Lama’s "autonomy" idea. In March 1996 the Dalai Lama issued the ban against the deity Dorje Shugden. This dates are not to be forgotten.
This red herring was a success. The persecution took inquisitorial tones, not only with the burning of sacred books and statues and even of houses of practitioners but with the prohibition for these to hold civil jobs, to attend public teachings and ceremonies, and many other unfortunate attacks on their human rights, as I will explain.
THE BAN
In March 1996, H.H. the Dalai Lama announced a ban against the worship of the Buddhist deity Dorje Shugden, declaring that such worship posed a "danger to his life and the cause of Tibet."
Nothing fans fanatic concern of Tibetans more violently than the thought that His Holiness' life could be in danger. Thus the Dalai Lama, deliberately giving this as a reason for justifying the ban on Dorje Shugden, triggered the heaviest of discords and the relentless persecution of the Gelugpas faithful to their religious commitments.