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Back in LA after 4 days in Vegas culminating in the AVN awards. At the Palms, a casino that we now officially despise but that's another story. We've limped home, beaten, exhausted and dehydrated. And we didn't do anything except talk to people. The porn people signed autographs, smiled for hours of pictures, some shot porn in between, dressed up for the awards which ended around midnight. Then they partied all. Some of them we imagine might get a little "help" to pull it off. Amongst our crew there were many debates as to who seemed to be drugged while giving acceptance speeches and who was just tired. Michael and I mostly advocated for tired. Mia and Bess think drugs. I still think it was mostly exhaustion.
The show opened with a stunning dance number choreographed (I think) by Evil Angel impresario John Stagliano. More dancing later with Belladonna and girls. That one had a narrative that seemed to be about a dom aerobics? yoga? instructor. Some work out class that involved a lot of boob shaking and floor humping. And one bad student who got worked over by Belladonna. Spat on. Dragged around the floor. With a good beat
The Awards are broadcast on Showtime and whoever was in charge wisely got some footage before it all began of the audience laughing, guffawing, applauding and doing a standing ovation. Good thing because during the real show the porn talent audience didn't do so much clapping much less a standing O. Very curious to see where the fake standing O might get inserted. Perhaps for Sasha Grey winning the Jenna Jameson Crossover Artist Award? Cause in reality that audience was pretty damn silent. Stony even. Hard to know why, really. Do they not like Sasha and refuse to make for phony friendliness? Or maybe they're just not the pavlovian clappers we theater folk are.
Fave winning title: Asses of Face Destruction.
I could go on but Vegas seriously sucked the life force out of me. But to wrap up: despite the exhaustion, etc. it was quite delightful to see many of our porn acquaintances at once – Kylie Ireland in a killer dress, the adorable Katie St. Ives, Seth Gamble, the always charming Nicki Hunter, Sunny Lane, Eric John & Vicki Chase & many more.
Now we just really want to see the porn parody of the X files. Kimberly Kane who plays Scully won for best actress and she seems like more fun than Gillian Anderson. Sorry Gillian.
And thank you AVN for having us for the expo and the awards show. In the midst of this huge undertaking they really went the extra mile to help us out. Thanks and thanks and thanks.
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Wal-Mart sued over payments to agency staff
NEW YORK, USA — WAL-MART Stores is being slapped with a lawsuit that claims the world's largest retailer and its staffing agencies broke federal minimum wage and overtime laws by requiring temporary workers to appear early for work, stay late to complete work and work through lunches and breaks without compensation.
According to the proposed class action suit that was filed Monday in the US District Court of Illinois Eastern Division, Labour Ready and QPS, two of the staffing agencies that the discounter used in the Chicago area, failed to provide workers assigned to the Wal-Mart stores with required employment information.
The suit also claims that Wal-Mart itself failed to keep accurate records of workers' time. That has made it difficult for workers to make claims that they were not paid by the temporary agencies for all hours worked. The suit also claims that the discounter and its staffing agencies also failed to pay the plaintiffs and others in similar situations a minimum of four hours pay on days when they were contracted for work, but not used for a minimum of four hours as required by Illinois law. That prevented the workers from looking for other jobs.
"I only get paid minimum wage and yet Labor Ready and Wal-Mart still try to cheat me by not paying me for the time I actually work," said Twanda Burk, the primary plaintiff on the lawsuit. "I've proven that I'm a good worker, and they just want to take advantage of that."
According to information provided by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union in a press release promoting the legal action, the alleged violations began in early 2009 and continue up until the present time.
The suit seeks all unpaid wages for the workers and calls for an injunction against Wal-Mart and its temporary agencies preventing them from future violations of state labour laws.
Dan Fogleman, a Wal-Mart spokesman, said that the company is still reviewing the complaint but that based on the release sent out Monday by the union group one thing is clear: "This litigation is being driven by the same union organisations that have been mischaracterising several issues about Wal-Mart and are more concerned with creating publicity than with improving workers' rights."
He continued, "We are committed to ensuring that anyone working in our stores — whether they're employed by Wal-Mart or in this case, a temporary staffing agency — is treated appropriately and compensated fairly for every hour they work."
Diane Gadzalinski, QPS's director of human resources, said she is currently reviewing the matter. Labor Ready didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
The suit comes just after Wal-Mart faced a worker walkout earlier this month ahead of its annual investor meeting that expanded to about dozen states. Still, the number of employees involved was less than 200, according to union officials. That's a tiny fraction of Wal-Mart's US workforce of 1.3 million workers at its namesake division. A group called Organisation United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart, organised the walkouts. The organisation, which is made up of current and former Wal-Mart workers, is backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
OUR Walmart, which is pressing for better working conditions, is organising a group of Wal-Mart workers to walk out from their jobs on the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest day of the year.
Shares of Wal-Mart ended regular trading up three cents at $75.65 Monday, close to the top of its 52-week range of $55.68 and $77.60. Shares have risen 26 per cent since the beginning of the year amid a rebounding business in its US namesake division.
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I smacked into a couple of blog posts today on the question of what the Buddha said about God. And since the websites seem to think my comments are incoming spam, I am responding to one of the posts here.
A blogger named Akasaskye writes,
"As far as I can tell, there are Western Buddhists out there who believe God doesn't exist. Period. Some even go so far as to say that the Buddha said so, too. My challenge is: how do you know? I mean, do you really know what the Buddha said on the matter? I have to say, after doing some research on this topic, I don't have any idea, and I'm surprised that so many American Buddhists are completely certain.
"Did the Buddha say 'There is no God,' directly?
No, he did not, but it's important to understand why that is true.
The concept of God as a unique and supreme transcendent being and creator of the world appears to be the work of Jewish scholars of the mid-1st millennium BCE. For example, the familiar creation story in Genesis probably was written in the 6th century BCE, according to Karen Armstrong's A History of God. Before that, Yahweh was just one tribal deity among many.
This development in Judaism was happening at about the same time as the life of the Buddha, but in a different part of the world. The timeline suggests to me that it was unlikely any teachings about the Abrahamic God as is understood today ever reached the Buddha or the Buddha's disciples. If you were to have asked the Buddha if God exists, he might have said, "Who?"
Yes, there is a "complex pantheon of Brahmanic gods" (quoting another blogger) in the Pali texts. But the role they play in what we call "Buddhism" is very different from the role of gods in standard polytheistic religions.
Most of the time, in what we might call "classic" polytheism, gods are beings who have charge of specific things, such as the weather or harvests or war. If you wanted to have many children (or vice versa) you would make offerings to a fertility deity, for example.
But the Brahmanic gods of the Pali texts aren't in charge of anything connected to humans. It makes no difference whether one believes in them, or not. There is no point in praying to them, because they rarely interact with humans and aren't interested in your prayers or offerings. They are characters who live in other realms and who have their own problems.
(Yes, one can find examples of Asian laypeople relating to icons of Buddhism as if they were polytheistic deities. In many parts of Asia, laypeople for centuries were taught very little about the dharma except to keep the Precepts and give alms to monks, and people "filled in the blanks" with local folk beliefs and bits of other Vedic traditions. But that's a whole 'nother post; let's stick to the teachings of the Buddha for now.)
The tantric deities of Vajrayana are something else again. Of these, Lama Thubten Yeshe wrote,
"Tantric meditational deities should not be confused with what different mythologies and religions might mean when they speak of gods and goddesses. Here, the deity we choose to identify with represents the essential qualities of the fully awakened experience latent within us. To use the language of psychology, such a deity is an archetype of our own deepest nature, our most profound level of consciousness. In tantra we focus our attention on such an archetypal image and identify with it in order to arouse the deepest, most profound aspects of our being and bring them into our present reality." (Introduction to Tantra: A Vision of Totality [1987], p. 42)
So when you speak of God or gods in Buddhism, it's important to not define the word "god" as westerners usually do but to understand the word in the context of Buddhism. And when you wade into Mahayana, asking if God exists is a double non-starter. Never mind what you mean by God; what do you mean by "exist"?
Akasaskye continues,
"I think the gist is that the Buddha did not say anything about a creator deity existing or not. He did mention what he does and doesn't declare about the nature of existence, but he does not mention the existence or non-existence of a God."
The Buddha did not speak of a creator deity, but he did speak of creation. The Buddha clearly taught that all phenomena are "created" by means of cause and effect determined by natural law. Further, the course of our lives is determined by karma, which we create. Karma is not being directed by a supernatural intelligence but is its own natural law. This is what the Buddha taught. For more explanation, see "Dependent Origination," "Buddhism and Karma," and "The Five Niyamas."
So while he did not specifically say there is no creator god, in Buddhism there is nothing for a creator god to do. God has no function, no role to play, either as an original source or as an instigator of current events. Every task that God does in the Abrahamic religions was assigned to various systems of natural law by the Buddha.
So, while the Buddha never explicitly said "There is no God," it's not incorrect to say that God-belief is not supported by the Buddha's teaching.
Awhile back I wrote a blog post called "Determining the Dharma," which addressed a line from the Vimalakirti Sutra -- determine the dharma according to the dharma. A commentary on these lines attributed to Sangharakshita said,
"For us in the West it means, not determining, not understanding the Dharma, according to Christian beliefs, whether conscious, unconscious, or semiconscious. It means not determining or understanding the Dharma in accordance with modern secularist, humanist, rationalist, scientific, modes of thought. It means not determining or understanding the Dharma in accordance with the fanciful ideas of the worthy, but woolly-minded people who organize such things the Festival of body, mind and spirit."
In the Abrahamic religions, the existence and nature of God are all-important. In Buddhism the existence and nature of God (as usually understood in the Abrahamic religions) make no sense, and shoe-horning God-belief into Buddhism just makes a mess. If you want to understand Buddhism, if you are trying to "determine the dharma," you must put aside Christianity or Judaism, and you must put aside Sam Harris and Deepak Chopra. Make no assumptions about what things "mean" in any other context. Determine the dharma according to the dharma.
- October 15, 2012 at 5:09 pm(1) DavidR says:
Im glad you offered this clarification for those folks who stubbornly cling to the notion of God, believe that Christianity is somehow compatible with Buddha-dharma, and insist that the word God, a term loaded down with too much dogmatic baggage to be useful, is acceptable in Buddhist dialogues.
Fortunately, we also have Nagarjuna who proved that the idea of a creator being is completely illogical.
- October 15, 2012 at 6:37 pm(2) Sean Robsville says:
The Abrahamic God is Samsaric and anthropomorphic , since he suffers from such delusions as hatred, attachment, jealousy, egocentrism etc http://seanrobsville.blogspot.com/2009/12/samsaric-worldly-gods.html
- October 15, 2012 at 7:54 pm(3) Mila says:
Just one more example of how "god" is understood very differently in Buddhism than in the Abrahamic religions: The God Realm
- October 16, 2012 at 5:33 am(4) Hein says:
The Abrahamic God had made deep inroads into our psychic or conscious being of Western people. Whether we can eradicate it easily remains an open question. To illustrate: if God was part of your personal consciousness say for thirty or forty years are you able to rid yourself of that concept within a small time frame? Perhaps the eradication process (and with that I mean the process to eradicate the absolute reverence one has for the Abrahamic God) is a gradual one and over years (if not sooner) one gravitate towards the perceiving that there is nothing for a creator god to do. God has no function, no role to play, either as an original source or as an instigator of current events. Every task that God does in the Abrahamic religions was assigned to various systems of natural law by the Buddha. Part of my process was to be very blasphemous and totally disrespectful towards the Christian belief system. That process is now finished (I hope). And although helpful in the one sense (ridding myself of God), in another it caused a rift with people close to me. Well, nobody said the Way will be an easy one to traverse, but I may add that some of those relationships I was able to mend. The end result now is that nobody engages with me about God and all the ancillary matters related to him. So thinking about God appears very rarely (like now) on my radar screen. What people wrote about God in a desert thousands of miles from India about a jealous and angry desert god can in no way assist me to understand reality or the Dharma. The sooner we as Western Buddhist realise the unhelpfulness of God in our daily struggle with dukkha, the sooner a firmer immersion into the Dharma will take root
- October 16, 2012 at 9:48 am(5) Barbara O'Brien says:
Hein — I agree with you about eradicating God from personal consciousness. It takes most of us a long time, I suspect.
- October 16, 2012 at 8:51 am(6) Sean Robsville says:
The Abrahamists themselves have different understandings of God. For example, the Quaker idea of the 'Inner Light', which has more resemblance to 'Buddha Nature' than to the violent tribal warlord of the Old Testament and Koran. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_light
- October 16, 2012 at 9:46 am(7) Barbara O'Brien says:
Sean — right; "God" can be just about anything, which makes talking about "God" rather frustrating. The question "Does God exist?" is meaningless on several levels, and one of those levels is that it assumes "God" is a specific thing with agreed-upon attributes, and that has never been true.
The Christian theologian Paul Tillich described God as the ground of being, which makes God out to be something like the Trikaya. But from Tillich's perspective it would be foolish to ask if God exists, because God is existence itself. Some of the great Catholic mystics of the Middle Ages seem to have touched on an understanding of God that was very different from the standard view and might, arguably, have made God out to be something like Buddha Nature. So there is very little one can say about God that all monotheists would agree is true. But the God-believers themselves mostly seem oblivious to that and speak of God as if everyone is on the same page about what the word "God" means.
- October 16, 2012 at 10:51 am(8) Yeshe says:
I think the ultimate reality, i.e. the truest awareness, is completely loving and wise. I just don't think this reality is someone else seperate from my own mind, your own mind, or any being's own mind.
- October 17, 2012 at 9:08 am(9) Lee says:
regardless of the word used to describe that which is greater than the individual most beings understand there is more to life than the individual (after all there is you and there is me and there is us… i was once taught "I am not god … but every part of me is of god' "you are not god but every part of you is of god' … regardless of the word used to describe something that is beyond words or conceptualization attaching to the word god is already separating you from god.
- October 18, 2012 at 5:50 am(10) Paul says:
We are so caught up in words, and in beliefs. As you say, there is no agreement on a definition of 'God', even within major theistic traditions. The question of the existence, or non-existence of God, is indeed meaningless. I suspect that this is one of those questions that the Buddha would simply not have answered. Even if meaningful, and answerable, how would the answer help us?
Each side of the God/No-God argument is a wrong view.
"Our actions are our only true belongings" – here is where we can find common ground: the actions of one who practices buddhist compassion and loving-kindness are indistinguishable from those of one who follows Christ's teachings. (Apart from in matters of observance).
- October 18, 2012 at 4:34 pm(11) Joram Arentved says:
If You All for instance talk about, why there is anything divine about, whyever The Buddhism IS The True Perfection, The Divination as
such is just A PURPOSE of self personafication, An Issue, whereon I pers. feel no idea, whatsoever that I can 'testify(!)' to being happy with, why that money ideal exists, even if it can stoop to feeling against me beig just myself, i.e. about & happy with 'this & that.' Money IS per sé the root of whatever evil act, e.g. an f. face, looking to treat me like one's
'relevant' conflict, = to a very perxxdious problem, on the other hand, if
God can't exist without being against me being just(!) myself, for all, I care, This Pig can still take an f. hike, so that I can of course become &
believe in & so on, greetings, a Danish buddhist philosopher, who after
all & by nobody's eye claims that I can exist as any totally perfect man,
on the other hand: What IS The True Perfection? That's A Universal
Purpose, An All Important Issue That just & never 'offered' me any
right, whatsoever that I could start by being perfect about & on accoun
of 'this & that.' If I was born to be perfect, I was, however, the 1st one,
who saw no idea, whatsoever that I could START by being perfect, since others WERE against me being myself!
- October 18, 2012 at 4:36 pm(12) Billy Wetherington says:
Who cares?
- October 18, 2012 at 6:01 pm(13) Phra Ajahn Bill says:
Wow.. I was going along with pretty much everything you were saying here until the very end. When you put down Sam Harris and Depak Chopra, I stopped. I personally like most of the stuff you put on here, even though it's mostly Mahayana stuff. But your zen take on most of Buddhism is way off the mark.
- October 18, 2012 at 6:27 pm(14) Barbara O'Brien says:
When you put down Sam Harris and Depak Chopra, I stopped.
I don't mind Sam Harris, although at times Chopra gets on my nerves. But they won't help you with dharma.
I personally like most of the stuff you put on here, even though it's mostly Mahayana stuff. But your zen take on most of Buddhism is way off the mark.
Yeah, says you.
- October 18, 2012 at 6:28 pm(15) Kelley Mata says:
I was a person with whom "god" was a huge part of my life for over 40 years. I would say that leaving that concept behind took place over about the last 10 years of that forty, and it is only in the last 2-3 years that I have let go completely of that idea as having any reality to it. Previous to that I was bumping into contradictions, questions and frustrations about theistic belief and specifically the Christian version of that type of belief. Currently I have my daily meditation practice and I read extensively when I can about Buddhism and feel very comfortable with the world and life from that perspective. I have had many conversations with people who think that theism and Buddhism are compatible, but when I point out that in Buddhism there is only dependent existence not independent, thus excluding the idea of an all powerful being the is independent in themselves, I get a lot of funny looks and responses. Thanks for this article!
- October 18, 2012 at 8:16 pm(16) Anjaneya Reddy says:
Buddhism is not an atheistic but a non-theistic belief; it has no use for God but has many gods who are as un-enlightened as we are!
- October 18, 2012 at 10:19 pm(17) chelsea says:
I would add one sub clause… If you have had an experience of being in the presence of God or something undefinable, it's no good denying it. For myself, o have seen a white light which was all loving and is everywhere and everything. That's my experience as a non Christian. Was is 'god'? Who knows, but I couldn't think of a description that describes it better. It was what it was and it does not deter me from ny budhist practice.
- October 18, 2012 at 10:39 pm(18) Frank says:
Hi Phra Ajahn Bill
Can you explain in simple terms the basis upon which you say that Barbara's " zen take on most of Buddhism is way off the mark." ?
I have to say that Barbaras article above deals with the God issue with great clarity .
- October 18, 2012 at 11:22 pm(19) George Deane says:
The Buddha also thought that the question of God was irrelevant to his main concern. . He would have said to the question of whether God exists that the wrong question is being asked. His concern was the concrete, existential problem of human life and not speculation of abstract unsolvable matters that avoided rather than addressed the enigma and contradictions of life., namely, that man seeks happiness and yet never stops doing things that make himself miserable.
- October 18, 2012 at 11:31 pm(20) Luis says:
Should we care about coherence within Buddhist belief? I am not very certain that there is perfect coherence in any kind of belief, and I do not feel disturbed because of that. It's ok, it's normal.
For example, the Dhammapada mentions the reencarnation -the transmigration of the soul- when at the same time Buddhism seems to deny the concept of such soul -the atman.
I prefer to think that the silence of Buddha about God is ok. If there is God, it might be impossible for our minds to have a mental picture of H/him. If there is no God, well, that won't stop us from seeking peace and being compassionate with others while we are alive.
- October 18, 2012 at 11:48 pm(21) KC says:
If the legend of Wesak is to be believed, then the Buddha himself spoke about God. It was in legend that after enlightenment, he was persuaded by Brahma (some say Indra) to bring the teachings to mankind at large. At that time in history and because the Brahmins were at their greatest influence, Brahma was the creator god and considered the highest One. Bear in mind however that Gautama was a Kshatriyas and Brahmins, I am sure would have added something to the story. In fact the Brahmins, in later years included the Buddha into Hinduism and put up the Buddha as a god to be worship, making him the ninth avatar of Vishnu.
- October 19, 2012 at 12:04 am(22) krishna says:
There is no GOD but only GOD!!!
- October 19, 2012 at 12:21 am(23) mita says:
Buddha has been called the 'teacher of gods and humans.' And Gods and Titans (asuras) are part of six-realms of samsara driven by craving, hatred and delusion. http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/tp/Six-Realms-of-Existence.htm
Also the Buddhist notion of anatta (no separate permanent self) rejects the notion of 'God' as a separate almighty external entity out there that so many seem to believe.
- October 19, 2012 at 2:08 am(24) Leah says:
Being a person who has struggled with many religions since being born a Catholic, I have always been completely mystified with the idea of "God", a concept that seemed decidedly odd to me – what was this vengeful 'Person", who wreaked such havoc in the Old Testament? Why was he so seemingly unkind, and unsympathetic, and certainly non-empathetic? I was very scared NOT to believe in God – what if that led to hell? I find my previous concepts gently amusing, but have never had any kind of reasonable (to me) description of what God may or may not be. Well, everyone has given me terrific answers here – certainly something to meditate on. I'm 68 now, and it seems as if my struggle is settling down into being something quite bearable, thanks largely to this site. I tend not to read overmuch in any kind of religious books, including those on Buddhism. I sort of try to just "be", whether mistakenly or not. I find I no longer care very much about all the semantics, there's something utterly beautiful about the world that I live in (country Queensland, Australia), and I feel more "me" at this stage of my life than I ever have before. I suppose "All roads lead to where I stand". I've done SOMETHING self-empowering on my own journey, and mostly feel completely content in letting everything to be what it is, myself included.
Thank you so much for your posts, and for this site in general.
- October 19, 2012 at 8:10 am(25) buddhist says:
Lord Buddha mentioned about gods in his pirith and suththara( chants)
but never said about a mighty one and only god. once he has mentioned that he visited his mother (who was dead after 7 days of the delivery of Buddha,) and was a goddess. also buddha mentioend that once the karma is over , the gods also will have to leave the place they are and reborn as a human/ animal etc.
- October 19, 2012 at 4:25 pm(26) Kelley Mata says:
This is a little on a different subject, but I wonder if the idea of and all powerful and independent god is not attractive because it reinforces our own delusions about being an independent being (in the subject/object dualism)? I know in the Christian religion, that "independent God" knows "me" recognizes "me." It seems the whole thing seems to support the delusions of self. As humans we don't like to let go of those delusions. it would seem natural to migrate toward a religious belief that establishes "self" if the delusion of self has not been recognized.
- October 20, 2012 at 3:34 pm(27) Taizenziggy says:
What importance is it to your salvation? Whether there is a "God", in the classic sense of the word, or not, is simply not relevant. If one is to accept the concept of the classic biblical God; you either worship him and his egotistic creations or you go to hell and suffer. Try a dose of the direct perception of EMPTINESS-it's potentiality is unlimited! God, then becomes wholly irrelevant.
- October 22, 2012 at 11:00 am(28) kelley mata says:
I agree with you, in my comment, to which you replied, I intended to say that Christians (which are beliefs I no longer adhere to nor believe) are drawn to a belief in a god who knows them, because it reinforces their own delusion of independent existence. They are drawn to their version of theism because it supports the delusion of their concrete views of self. I say this because I, too, subscribed to these perspectives, but now through daily practice I am learning to recognize my clinging to my views of self and being increasingly mindful of these, I am letting go of these mental constructions and am seeking to experience the emptiness of which you pointed.
- October 22, 2012 at 5:10 pm(29) Taizenziggy says:
As a child I was raised in a "Catholic" environment and even attended their grade school. Thus, a belief in "God" and the related trinity aspects were mandatory. But I questioned the core of such beliefs and investigated it's basis.
The typical, "because we said so" reasoning just did not comport with the realities of life as I had experienced it. The typical "believe in me and worship me God or go to hell" just doesn't make the grade with me as a "loving, benevolent, merciful God". After over 20 years of study and practice of the Buddhist path (along with related monastic level studies), I agree there is a "God Realm" with it's inherent inhabitants.
Review of history and civilizations reflects there have been many "Gods". Each related to a civilization and period in history. Some are still considered to be "active" or presently worshiped. Others are not presently worshiped by people. Many "Gods" have passed into antiquity. Accordingly, even the "Gods" are subject to the eternal condition of change. Yes, even the "God Realm" is subject to cause and effect! Understanding this-merely move onward.
Don't agonize over imperfections. Remember, the fact that we have a solid human form which encompasses all of it's flaws as well as benefits, both physically, mentally, and spiritually. What Buddha did not say about "God" is a reflection upon his level of understanding of the matter. And perhaps he also reasoned that no matter what one says about the "Gods" while being a message of enlightenment to some- would surely be a controversial statement to another person.
- October 26, 2012 at 3:55 pm(30) Ibutina says:
Bravo! Thank You for clarifying this issue. Your articles have helped me understand things I don't fully comprehend in Buddhism. I appreciate your research and explanation of the deeper stuff – like this one.
- November 3, 2012 at 1:22 am(31) bullet bob says:
I have thought about the concept of god often. Wow, there is a huge history of gods, and all seem to have some mystic supernatural powers. Often they are asked for earthly help. Somehow a profit comes along who has direct connection, and declares all should behave in accord with a menu inspired by the devine. Even reward and punishment is addressed.
Well, first of all, I agree with many that "nobody knows", and maybe the answer is today beyond thought or just unthinkable. So, the way I see it is "we create our own gods", and that is because we have the mind power to create. Yes, our wordly experience and environment have a huge impact on the god we create, but I believe there is a need and some comon elementary ideas and other seeds planted by birth which are shared by all. Like the feel of a spirit and an embryo of a moral and ethical system.
Well, the god creations and composition of moral and ethical levels and adherence are infinite. That is why the earth is so darn interesting and diverse.
So, you have a choice. Create a god , adopt a god, or no god. But your moral and ethical system will evolve and always change, and your adherence to it as well as secular law, will create some level of heaven or hell right here on earth.
So, if you feel that spiritual need to create your god, I suggest you spend some time with meditation, reading, thinking and getting experience in a spiritual environment. In fact many spiritual environments so you create the your ideal god. Hopefully, your god and it's moral and ethical component will not violate societys laws with subsequent punished by society.
Lastly, the great news is "you get the god that you create" , and the associated heaven and hell as well. So, create wisely!
Maybe Lord Buddha had some thoughts about God or that unthinkable power which is referred to in Hinduism. Surely he was aware of the "Upanishads", but maybe did not buy all of the philosophy.
- November 9, 2012 at 6:40 am(32) Mathusla says:
Greetings. The Buddha would seem to hav beeen fairly definitive about the non existence of an eternal absolute God-creator.
When he expounded what became later known as the "Heart Sutra" on vulture peek mountain.
Many of those present 'especially ' monastics died on the spot from shock. Some heads exploded. Some hearts burst blood vessels. Some people simply went mad. Why ?!!!
Because this particular teaching denies the existence of an eternal knowable presence. Instead it would seem to validate the existence of an eternal presence in the form of the ever present moment perceived through and by the five senses, These senses are explained in some stunning detail by some of the greatest Tibetan Teachers of the last century as: (Hearing and the consciousness of hearing. Seeing and the consciousness seeing. Smelling and the consciousness smelling. Touching and the consciousness of touch. And above all, perception and the consciousness of perceiving).
These senses it would seem are treated and extolled as part of an intellectual system that formulates and explains the self and other as the ever-present eternal God-Head family. Thus putting man-woman center stage in the universal god creation myth. All the best. Mathusla
- November 9, 2012 at 6:50 am(33) Barbara O'Brien says:
Mathusla — As a Zen student I know the Heart Sutra well; it's the single most important sutra in Zen. We give it more of a Madhyamika reading than a Yogacara one, though. Also, the Heart Sutra is believed to have been written in the 2nd century CE by an unknown author, and it was not something the historical Buddha Shakyamuni himself said. The opening paragraphs about Vulture Peak Mountain were added in about the 8th century CE and appear only in the Tibetan version.
- November 9, 2012 at 9:06 am(34) Mathusla says:
Greetings. Dear Barbara. As you probably know the Heart Sutra Is considered to be a condensation of most if not all of the other Sutras taught by The Historical Buddha at some point in his 50 year teaching .career throughout India.
According to the writings on the historical Buddhas teachings. Apart from the canonical stuff discussed and explained at the major gatherings of the first Buddhist patriarchs. After Shakayamunis parinarvarna.
The collection of what later became known as the Vulture Peek Mountain teachings were never openly touched on at these events, because of there potency. They had the power to kill or cure. As was experienced and proved when the Buddha taught on the emptiness and interdependent nature of everything.
After expounding these major insights for the first and last time The Buddha entrusted these profound teachings to care of his second in command Kasyapa to be reveled at a later time. Along with other stuff that would become part of the Sakya Linage. These very important teachings would later become the material of magic-myth and legend in the hands Padmasambva who the Tibetans consider to be the second Buddha.
If this is true the time frames would roughly correspond to the CE era periods and dates you allude in your response to my contribution.
So the basic thrust of what centuries later became known as the heart sutra was a condensed expatiation of the" Vulture Peek Mountain Teachings" delivered by the conqueror. All the best. Babs. Mathusla
- November 9, 2012 at 12:43 pm(35) Barbara O'Brien says:
Greetings. Dear Barbara. As you probably know the Heart Sutra Is considered to be a condensation of most if not all of the other Sutras taught by The Historical Buddha at some point in his 50 year teaching .career throughout India.
Well, no the standard legend is that it's a distillation of the entire mahaprajnaparamita canon, which go beyond what Buddha Shakyamuni taught that was acknowledged at the Buddhist Councils. The tradition is that the mahaprajnaparamita texts were dictated by Shakyamuni and kept hidden, guarded by nagas, until they were discovered by Nagarjuna, ca. 200 CE. So, these texts would not have been recited by Ananda at the 1st Buddhist Council, even if they existed at the time, because what was revealed at the Council was included in the Tripitika, and none of the prajnaparamita sutras are part of the Tripitika.
You can believe the legends if you wish to, but you've got them jumbled up a bit.
Modern scholarship says the prajnaparamita sturas probably weren't written at all until the early 1st millennium CE, by unknown authors, and Zen is OK with that. Zen doesn't bother with the naga-Nagarjuna legends; I think that's mostly a Tibetan thing. It's also pretty certainly true that the Vulture Peak introduction wasn't written until the 8th century CE, because it doesn't appear in earlier versions of the Heart Sutra dated before the 8th century. Modern scholarship also leans in the direction of thinking that the shorter texts, the Heart and Diamond, were written first, and the longer prajnaparamita texts came later, although I don't know if that's settled on universally.
Sorry if that messes up your belief system, but I don't think the legends add anything to the wisdom of the sutra. Arguably, they detract from it.
- May 3, 2013 at 2:10 pm(36) Cyrus says:
"The beliefs we have about the eternal are as useful as the ideas an unhatched chick might have about the outside world" — The Buddha
My understanding is the Buddha took a different approach to God. His position on this point, as I understand it from scripture, is that we can't understand the truth until we *see* it for ourselves. What would be the point of explaining snow to someone who hasn't seen it? You can talk about it all you want, but ultimately there is no substitute for experience. For that, you have to make the journey.
- June 29, 2013 at 1:00 pm(37) wilson britto says:
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- August 10, 2013 at 10:49 pm(38) Shaun says:
I appreciate your moderate researches about this. But there is some thing wrong Buddha has clearly mentioned there is no Creator. But there is separate definitions for term God which is another form of species in this parallel universe.
At the time of buddha there were Brahmas who believed there is a creator called Maha Brahma. Budda stated there is no creator but the nature. If there is a creator for humans or animals that would be Mother & Father.
Different people and as time evolves can add ambiguous opinions to dharma and make it popular which is a detraction from true dharma.
As per Buddhism which is for intelligent people, "Our mind is the creator, (as per karma) Every action has a reaction (Buddha said way before Newton) The present and the future is a result of the past. That is how everything is created by nature. No creator
- November 4, 2013 at 10:42 pm(39) Sheri Southern says:
Jesus the Christ meditated. Most Christians, unfortunately, leave that out of their practice, but ones who do don't lean toward disbelieving in God, but in fact seem to be more fruitful as Jesus was. The anti-christ is religion itself and I don't think Buddha would like being a statue, or that Buddhists cling to spiritual materialism (incense and object-worship, and yes, I've been to many Buddhist retreats) any more than Jesus would like it. It's idolatry that comes between man and Essence: superstition, not "being." As for all those saying that Christian's want to reinforce a sense of self so that's why they make God separate: please don't stereotype. In my meditations, I have been told we are soul, body and self, and that "self" is thoughts. We are not our thoughts, but our thoughts can take us away from whom we are when we are Soul. Soul is our connection to our Creator. Grace is being connected to Omniscience and Omnipotence, even for a short while. In our bodies, especially if we don't meditate, we have not the "not-self." Most people worship their "self," and I see a bit of that here with everyone loving their "thoughts" and lording them over another's, no matter what religion they ascribe to. How do I follow Jesus and Buddha at the same time? I meditate. I pray for compassion and patience. I listen. And sometimes I am what I pray for. And then I'm grateful. Then I start over.
- December 6, 2013 at 6:28 pm(40) Tim Lenard says:
Mankind in our fear of death & the unknown has always had a need for a God or gods. Such a belief clearly existed in Buddha's time. It was the very belief that he abandoned when he walked away from his family's Brahmatic beliefs. The Buddha did comment on god when asked. He said simply,"I do not care to know your various theories about god. What is the use of discussing the many subtile doctorines regarding the soul? Do good & be good. This will lead you to freedom & to whatever truth there is."
Westerns do well to seek emptiness & emancipation from such an enslaved & controlled view of existance. I look forward to the day when more African Americans like myself are able to seek true liberation from such confining beliefs. Lord Buddha taught using expedient means in according to man's
mental limitations. Understanding our fear & attachments, he never said there is no god outright but the implications were written on the walls & throughout the various sutras.
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- December 14, 2013 at 4:22 am(41) gus soeth says:
I was raised a Catholic, attended Catholic Schools. I have been mediating for over 40 years. Whatever belief system you find is Ok. Just do the right thing. Remember the Golden Rule. Don't waste time and energy in theological discussions.
- January 4, 2014 at 2:00 pm(42) rob says:
When Buddha talked of the divine nature, primal essence, and that creation comes from natural laws, for me that is synonymous with an intelligence principle. Natural laws are ordered, and order does not come from randomness, but from an intelligence, or an intelligence principle for those who like to avoid the tendency found in some religions to anthropomorphize. This principle, in certain traditions is referred to as the Absolute, as well as other terms. It is Source, yet formless, entirely without attributes, yet all creation springs from it. The minute we speak of it we have limited it, yet we do speak of it because of a craving for intellectual understanding of existence. Yet, as Buddha, and other enlightened ones taught, the only way to understand it is through direct experience, through deep and prolonged meditation. Intellectual discussion can never put us anywhere close to the "primal essence."
- January 7, 2014 at 10:06 am(43) Barbara O'Brien says:
rob — show me where Buddha talked of "the divine essence." I doubt he ever did. I'm not even sure the concept of "divine" as we understand it now was part of his culture.
- January 8, 2014 at 11:37 am(44) rob says:
Hi Barbara,
As I have only a basic knowledge of Buddhism, I was using some of the statements that others in this article and conversation have used regarding what Buddha said. Those terms that posters stated, for me, were synonymous with an intelligence principle which many call God. If none of those statements about primal essence, creation coming from the laws of nature, etc. were used by the Buddha, then my contention that Buddha's statements seem to be in agreement with an intelligence principle may not be valid. Many of the posters seemed knowledgeable about Buddhism, so I deferred to their correctly sharing statements by the Buddha.
- January 8, 2014 at 3:06 pm(45) Barbara O'Brien says:
"Those terms that posters stated, for me, were synonymous with an intelligence principle which many call God."
The historical Buddha was very clear that the processes of the universe, including creation, come about by natural law and not by an "intelligence principle." If some followers persist in trying to sneak a god back into the dharma that doesn't mean it belongs there.
- January 8, 2014 at 4:08 pm(46) rob says:
As I said in my first post, and was clear to say "for me," in other words, from my view, and from the teachings that I accept, observation tell us that laws of nature are ordered and not random, and order comes from an organizing principle. For me, that is an intelligence from which all springs. If the Buddha said that creation comes from the laws of nature, then, I was merely stating my belief that he would have accepted that order comes from an ordering principle, an intelligence principle. I respect any interpretation and belief you have about Buddha's teaching. That which is will always be regardless of our beliefs.
- January 10, 2014 at 11:37 am(47) Barbara O'Brien says:
"laws of nature are ordered and not random, and order comes from an organizing principle."
That "organizing principle" is not necessarily an intelligence, however. Ask any quantum physicist about that.
And what the historical Buddha taught about this is not debatable. He went on and on about it. Phenomena come into and out of existence according to something like natural law, like physics. Things are the way they are because of natural law. Even karma and the dharma itself are ordered by natural law; there is no intelligence "directing" any of this. You may wish to see an intelligent director behind this if you choose to, but this is not what the Buddha taught, and he would not have accepted your interpretation.
Beware of believing things because you want to believe them; in this case, believing that the Buddha taught something that he didn't. Now, it's always possible Buddha was wrong. He was not a god, but a human being. I'm just saying don't build a fantasy about him because it flatters your views.
- February 23, 2014 at 5:56 pm(48) Jonathan says:
Interesting essay and discussion. Particularly like that you picked up on the meaning of 'exist' in relation to deity. As regards what is ultimately real, my current view is that whatever it is, is more a 'you' than an 'it'. In other words, the fundamental constituent or ground is more like 'mind' than like any manner of object or inanimate force. In fact even when you say that things come into and go out of existence according to 'natural law' that doesn't explain what that law is say anything about whether it's intelligently directed or not.
But I do concur with the basic idea of the article itself.
- April 20, 2014 at 8:36 pm(49) Juan says:
Sure the many millions followers of vishnu,shiva,hanuman devi etc,would have something to say about your nonsense article.
- April 21, 2014 at 9:47 am(50) Barbara O'Brien says:
Juan — however, since this is a Buddhism site, what people of other religions think really isn't my concern. The point is to educate people about Buddhism.
- May 21, 2014 at 10:58 am(51) Jonathan Berman says:
'Buddha didn't come out and say there is no God was the point.' In fact he did, on numerous occasions, though that's a common misconception that he didn't. He characteris
- May 21, 2014 at 12:47 pm(52) Barbara O'Brien says:
Jonathan — you are mistaken. If you are certain the Buddha explicitly said "there is no God," please cite where exactly in the Sutta-pitaka or the Vinaya he said that.


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Eczema - Eating Wrong
Pimples, eczema, and loathesome skin diseases are definite aggravations which hang on for long periods of time, and return at the invitation of the individual.
Diabetes - Eating Wrong
Diabetes is caused by the already digested foods which the body can not burn up because its media of flame has been destroyed, or the digested food acts like a green log in a flame.
Liver And Gall Bladder Trouble - Eating Wrong
Liver and gall bladder trouble is the most common disease and the one that is the greatest factor in causing other diseases.
Stomach Ulcer - Eating Wrong
The cardinal fact concerning stomach ulcer is that the greater percentage of all ulcerations do not occur in the stomach, but in the duodenum, which is that part of the intestine just outside the valve of the stomach.
Blood Vessel Diseases - Eating Wrong
Practically all blood vessel disease is caused by wrong eating, except the ones induced by drink or contracted germ.
Kidney Disease - Eating Wrong
Bright's disease is the term used to describe various diseases which attack a system through the kidneys.
Heart Disease - Eating Wrong
An even greater factor in the cause of heart trouble is one of an insidious nature which has no apparent relationship to a heart condition.
Food Taboos Real and Imaginary - Eating Wrong
Nearly every person troubled with indigestion, sooner than later, picks one or more food items which he, or she, will not eat because it is believed the cause of the pain of so-called stomach trouble.
Who Are You Bellyachers, Anyway? - Eating Wrong
The two types of bellyachers are, of course, those who do not like sour foods, and those who do not like fats.
When Do We Eat? - Eating Wrong
The question of when to eat has never been a controversial one. It seems as though some fellow, way back when, became hungry about every six hours, and, being an early riser, he decided that six, twelve, and six just about fitted his needs.
Food and Longevity - Eating Wrong
The actual formula for longevity is correct eating. The tragedy of the situation is that all cases are accidental.
Minerals Mean Life - Eating Wrong
Minerals are not only a part of the body's bony structure, but they enter into all other cellular tissue in every part of the body.
Nervousness - Eating Wrong
Tension of muscles through stress, fear, worry, and hustle, actually do wear out the cells of nerve force faster than hard work can destroy the tissue of the muscle.
The Aminos - Eating Wrong
Aminos are basic materials from which your muscle cells, organic cells, and blood cells are made. Amino proteins must be a constant part of your food in order to renew the destroyed cells of your body.
The Vitamins - Eating Wrong
The least essential of the three vital food values, which we have named, are the vitamins.
Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is the foremost of all vitamins in the maintenance of a healthy body, and particularly in human longevity.
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Well, that's a wrap! Unbeaten and we're heading into October now! Nice to listen to the silence of the critics and so-called experts!! Having said that, now the big guns are coming our way, and they've also got a little more information on us to try to gameplan with, but 3-0 is 3-0 no matter. Bring 'em on!
Only downside was that Knowshon didn't crack the ton. Still, he did score his first (of many..) TD against the Raiders, so that was a bonus!
Keep the faith!


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Black Out The Sun will not damage Sevendust's chances at similar opportunities. With 13 tracks running a power chord or two over 40 minutes, bills will be paid, Apple will make their 30 percent on iTunes and fans who loved every Clint Lowery Sevendust album will be satisfied.
It's unfair to find fault with Sevendust. What's wrong with alternative metal fit for old school FM formats which can also pass the stink test at KNAC.com? Their albums are easy to like, readily heard in movies and video games and play well in front of the hard rock kids out on date night.
"Memory" uses a tasty Mellotron bed under the acoustic guitar moodiness that precedes the first proper track, "Faithless," and like a ghostly reminder that track-sweetening improves mediocrity, the string beds float up again under the flabby middle of the song. "Till Death" follows with a tighter presentation. Darker and more urgent, there's a sense that this track came along as the sessions began to gain steam. Unlike 2007's Alpha, this album has a disjointed feel, as if dabbling in the electronic ornamentation present in songs like the otherwise excellent "Cold As War" may have distracted the band.
"Black Out The Sun" is the towering centerpiece of the album, a signed, sealed and deliberate radio cupcake ready for mass consumption. Jaunty Strats ring into a clinker strum before the necessary four line coupled verses blow up from the sparseness and rocket right into the anthemic chorus. One can imagine spotlights raking over the crowd as fans sway while mouthing the words as this baby booms out from the festival P.A.
If not for a breakdown after the first chorus that percolates with programmed electro-baubles, a slightly unfocused middle sixteen after the second chorus and a tacked on guitar wash after the back to back choruses rounding out the song, "Black Out The Sun" might not make it to the one minute mark. It's a spectacular example of active adult radio songwriting economy.
Sevendust unstrap the gun metal gleam of "Nobody Wants It" right after the radio anthem as if to atone for the hit making. It's heavier and faster until the major key changes signal that melody is still welcomed. The song is rougher along the seams, but when Dad drives Caitlin to high school, he won't be able to resist nodding along with his daughter's CD. Black Out The Sun does this Jekyll-and-Hyde formula from open to close.
"Dark AM" is the album's secret gem. It's classic Sevendust, once they get past the NIN noodling intro. It may not be the hit that "Black Out The Sun" is destined to be, but it's a better track. It hammers, then soars, then bursts into an impeccably embellished chorus that reaffirms the fact Sevendust falls in that gray area between Target shelves and the darker crevices where inventory managers stack the real heavy metal.
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Alright fellow Suns fans, this is my first post on here, so hopefully you aren't too hard on me. I have a Nash trade idea that I think might work out, it just depends on whether or not the other team wants to do the trade. Here's the trade machine link: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=85bjhrb
And here are the details:
Suns get: Kyle Lowry, Patrick Patterson, Hasheem Thabeet, Jordan Hill and Courtney Lee
Rockets get : Steve Nash, Marcin Gortat and Hakeem Warrick
Why the Rockets do it: They get Nash, a player who will help them contend in the playoffs this year. They also get the center they needed in Gortat to bolster their front line. Plus, they get Hakeem Warrick.
Why the Suns do it: This move is all about the future. You get three young players in Patterson, Hill and Thabeet, plus you get two young guards in Lowry and Lee. Thabeet was just added for cap, and so was Hill, kinda.
I know it's kind of ridiculous, but why not dream, right? Let me know your thoughts in the comments, and any adjustments or other trades you would do.


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NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC — The Newberry County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a scam run by people claiming to be with the Publishers Clearing House.
People are getting calls from the number (876) 370-5151 and being told they are a winner.
The "winner" is offered a new car, generally a BMW or a Mercedes, and a large sum of money, the sheriff's office said. If you want your winnings, you are directed to go to WalMart and get a money order for shipping and handling.
This is not affiliated with the Publishers Clearing House, the sheriff's office said. It is a scam coming out of Jamaica. Do not send money, the sheriff's office warns.


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The International Development Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) invites disability rights advocates and human rights advocates to join us for an on-line discussion about the proposed UN Convention to Protect and Promote the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Last year, Mary
Ennis, CCD Vice-Chair, and International Development Committee Member,
conducted an on-line consultation for women with disabilities about how
the proposed Convention should address gender. During this consultation,
participants expressed a preference for the Convention to address the
issues of women with disabilities in both a separate article and throughout
the various articles of the convention, where appropriate. This approach
has been supported by the Canadian delegation at the Ad Hoc Meetings,
and at present, all indications are that
This year, Steven
Estey, Chairperson of our International Development Committee will
conduct another on-line consultation about the Convention. This year,
we will be using Dis-ITs ACollab, an accessible
The consultation will provide an opportunity to dialogue more generally with others who are interested in the development of the United Nations first international convention specifically addressing human rights and people with disabilities.
During this on-line consultation, participants will be taking a final look at some of the key the Articles which remain on the negotiation agenda for the next meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee.
At the last Ad Hoc
Committee meeting, members concluded a full reading of the Chairs
Text, and reached broad agreement on the essential content of many of
the articles. At the close of the meeting on February 3rd 2006,
Ambassador MacKay stated:
The focus of the on-line consultation will be in two key areas where issues remain, and where CCD hopes that Canadian input can be of assistance to the overall process in the final stages of negotiation.
The on-line consultation will operate in a manner similar to CCDs face-to-face meetings on the Convention. We will provide documentation in advance, a brief summary of key issues and questions will be used to kick off the on-line discussion, which will be set for a fixed period of time (likely 2 or 3 days). Following this, a brief summary of the discussion will be issued, and the group will move on to the next area of deliberation.
In past CCD has conducted face to face consultations and this on-line effort is an attempt to broaden the discussion and allow more people to be involved.
If you would like to participate please reply to this email by Friday May 5, 2006 and we will send you the details of how to be involved. (Send email to Steve Estey email@example.com)
Finally, we would like to note our appreciation for the support of the Dis-It Research Alliance, which is sharing its web-based discussion technology with us for this forum. The Dis-It Research Alliance will show case its research at a conference in October and participants are encouraged to check out the projects web site to learn more about the exciting and challenging working being done on information and communication technologies by this group.
We hope you will be on-line with us when the discussion begins.
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Business leaders from two separate Braintree organizations have come together to form the Braintree Chamber of Commerce, the fourth largest such group on the South Shore with more than 200 member companies.
Michael Wilcox, an officer of South Shore Bank and chair of the new organization, announced to the Town Council on Tuesday night that the Braintree Business Council and Braintree Board of Trade have merged, creating an even more powerful proponent of business interests for the town.
"Now, as one, we're able to amplify our voice," Wilcox said.
Merger talks began last February. For a long time the South Shore Chamber of Commerce handled local advocacy, Wilcox said, but as the business community continued to grow the need for local leadership did as well.
The Braintree Chamber of Commerce will maintain an affiliation with the regional chamber, which will handle some administrative duties. It will host a kick-off event on Jan. 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Granite Grill.
Town Council President Charles Kokoros said that the council will do whatever it can to facilitate business growth, including passing ordinances related to signage rules, for example, and in general help promote small business.
"It's important to have this coalition," Kokoros said.
Below are the officers of the new group:
Chair: Michael Wilcox – South Shore Bank
1st Vice Chair: Tom Weitbrecht – Strategic Auction Alliance
Vice Chair Membership: Marta Googins – Fasano's Catering
Secretary: Jenifer Pinkham – Schlossberg & Associates
Robert Gorfinkle – Law Office of Robert Gorfinkle
Richard Frye – Frye Agency
Susan Burns – Braintree Cooperative Bank
Charles Tufankjian – Toyota Scion of Braintree
Charles Murphy – Murphy Insurance Group
John Hafferty – Bin Ends
Carolyn Loud – Braintree Schools
Michael Ford – BELD
John King – Cirees Inc.


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This week, I've been thinking about authenticity and the cultural relevance of clothes. Well, some of the time. Before I fool myself into thinking that I'm an intellectual powerhouse, I have to admit to that more time has been spent thinking about Facebook, the lifespan of a pair of dirty socks or how I'm possibly going to avoid That Guy at That Party next month.
Sometimes, I think about nothing in particular. This morning I was up at 5am thinking about the Peacock Mantis Shrimp, which is as flamboyant and aquarium glass-crackingly terrifying as it sounds. The Mantis Shrimp has such advanced eyes that it see colours that we can only dream about perceiving. Imagine that – one shrimp can see more than any human ever will. At 8am, I put a picture on Facebook.
This week, The Great Gatsby arrives in cinemas. A Baz Luhrmann extravaganza, a riot of sound and colour and a confusion of costumes that aren't quite Roaring Twenties will hit the screens – but not literally. In the meantime, the 2013 costume exhibition 'Punk: From Chaos to Couture' has opened up at The Metropolitan Museum in New York. At the opening gala, the Met Ball, famous attendees were invited to interpret the theme in their own outfits – which they either didn't bother doing or liberally misinterpreted. The most punk thing that happened that night was Jennifer Lawrence lampooning celebrity culture by photobombing Sarah Jessica Parker.
When it comes to the past, interpretation isn't always open. But, for Gatsby, the inauthenticity works, while at The Met, it does not. Why is that?
Careful planning for one. Not being a vacuous clotheshorse with very little to say for herself might also be a factor. But really, the Roaring Twenties was about putting on a show. East and West Egg (where The Great Gatsby is set), a facsimile of Long Island Sound, is full of replicas of Tudor houses and Normandy villas. Nothing is real, everything is fantasy. It makes sense that elements of the costume include the Thirties as well as the decades preceding it. The characters of The Great Gatsby are staring into the sun of a brand new era – one that is not nearly as bright as it seems.
Punk, however, is all about realness and a lack of intellectual fakery or political sleight of hand, as well as anger, aggression and Vivienne Westwood. The ersatz costumes at the Met Ball, as well as the dialogue created by the exhibition within, would have caused derisive snorts from even the most casual weekend punk of the King's Road.
The Mantis Shrimp, which sees all, probably knows more about authenticity than we do. I'd like to think that it sees the faults that humanity is blind to – that's why it's such a violent creature. The reality though, is that it's batshit crazy. If you had that kind of sight, wouldn't you be?


text: Charles Ault, left, a junior, laughs with scholastic bowl coach and math teacher Brendan Aydt during practice Wednesday at Cumberland High School. Ault said they are preparing every day for Nationals, and they are very excited to have to opportunity. "We are all really excited for Atlanta and that the school board will let us all go," Ault said. The team will head to Atlanta Friday to compete at Nationals.


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Sazerac Co. and the Kentucky Distillers' Association announced recently that their ongoing legal battle over the "Kentucky Bourbon Trail" phrase ended in a settlement.
Six weeks before the case was set to appear in front of the U.S. District Court in Louisville, the two companies were able to reach a confidential agreement.
The original lawsuit came from the distillers' association, which sued Sazerac, a New Orleans-based company, in May 2010. The association accused Sazerac of violating trademarks on the phrase "Kentucky Bourbon Trail" and using a trademarked logo and other phrases and designs to promote two Kentucky distilleries.
"Sazerac's three Kentucky distilleries, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Barton 1792 Distillery and The Glenmore Distillery look forward to continue developing their distillery tours along the bourbon trail," said Meredith Moody, marketing service director for Sazerac.
Sazerac applied for trademark and copyright licenses for the phrases "Buffalo Trace Distillery on the Bourbon Trail" and "Tom Moore Distillery on the Bourbon Trail" in the summer of 2009, which caused the dispute.
In a recent Gallup poll, 67 percent of American reported being drinkers of alcoholic beverages, which is a 25-year high.