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Saturday

Scriptures gone wild- Channeling Dekayananda

Channeling Dekayananda

Some of you may already be familiar with Dekayananda.

To begin with I want to say that I do not do this to put down any Holy scriptures or beliefs. There are beautiful and inspiring words in every religious book and teaching. The thing that I want to point out is that a person can take any scripture or character and come up with their own spin. So here is Dekayananda to illustrate that point.

First let us invoke the presence of saints and sages of all religions:

Here we find an inspiring picture of Saint Bernard experiencing the Divine Mother.

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The miraculous lactation of St. Bernard

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We find further inspiration from the life of St. Drogo the patron saint of repulsive, unattractive, mentally ill people and coffee drinkers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Drogo

Drogo of Seborg felt responsible for the death of his mother (she died when he was born) and he lived riddled with guilt. When he was 20 years old, he was stricken with a deforming body affliction that made the townspeople run in terror at the sight of him. He was a bilocating saint which meant that he was able to be in two places at once, thus doubling the number of people who could be repulsed at the sight of him.

Being compassionate people, a cell was built for him next to the church. He lived without human contact for 40 years, seeing only the occasional curiosity seeker peering through his food slot.

He was fed through a small window living only on water, barley and the holy wafer. Amen.

He apparently didn't get any coffee so why the coffee house thing I don't know. Maybe it has to do with how unattractive people look in the morning before their morning coffee.

This story also brings to mind the story of Saint Christopher who was blessed with the face of a dog in order to ward off female attention. Apparently it was not the face of a Saint Bernard (see above) who apparently is not adverse to female attention. The Hindu God Ganesha (the lord of success) has the face of an elephant and he is very successful with the ladies. Here he is wearing a Hugh Heffner jacket surrounded by babes.

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One of my favorite saints is the Sikh Saint Baba Deep Singh who at age 70 actually fought for the Golden temple after being Decapitated. Thats right DECAPITATED. He held his head up in front of him so he could see where he was going and continued with battle! THAT is one tough saint!

(from: Religion and Nationalism in India)

This is reminiscent of the story of St. Denis who was beheaded by a Pagan priest (maybe Voltamort) and carried his head for miles under his arm. It is said he was preaching as he walked.

This illustrates the unity of East and West.

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Let us turn now to the Scripture

Inspiring Bible verses about the Holy sacrament of Marriage.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2022&version=NIV

Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,

Commentary by Dekayananda:

Be sure to tell the hotel to save the sheets from the Honeymoon suite.

²⁰ If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found, ²¹ she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.

Commentary by Dekayananda:

HOLY TOLEDO!!!

²⁸ If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, ²⁹ he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. ^[c] He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

Commentary by Dekayananda:

Because it is the dream of every young girl to be married off to the rapist who violated her.

Hindu Scripture

split open thy penis like the dike of a lake--thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound ba!  Relaxed is the opening of thy bladder like the ocean, the reservoir of water--thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound ba.

And a man shall void both urine and feces, facing the north, in the day-time, but at night he shall do it turning towards the south; for (if he acts) thus, his life will not be injured.

(Commentary by Dekayananda: I think this may have something to do with the direction of the wind)

The intellect of that man perishes who voids urine against a fire, the sun, a cow, a Brahman, the moon, water, and the morning or evening twilights.

(Commentary by Dekayananda: Caution! Do NOT pee on a cow or a Brahman or try to shoot for the moon as this would make you look REALLY stupid. You learn in later lessons Urine and fire is a definite no-no for beginning students)

Let him not void urine in a river, nor on a path, nor on ashes, nor on cowdung, nor on a ploughed field, nor on one which has been sown, nor on a grass-plot, nor in the shade (of trees) that afford protection (to travelers).

(Commentary by Dekayananda: Have some courtesy, Guys….)

Standing in the shade (of houses, clouds, and so forth), when it is quite dark, and when he fears for his life, a Brahman may void urine, by day and by night, in any position he pleases.

(Commentary by Dekayananda: If you fear for your life you can even do it while running if need be, but generally we recommend the standing still with legs slightly spread asana)

(Afterwards) he shall perform the necessary (purification) with water fetched for the purpose (from a tank or river, and with earth).

(Commentary by Dekayananda: Cleanliness is next to Godliness boys but PLEASE only use water fetched for THAT purpose and could you PLEASE put the lid down, Thanks)

Lord Vishnu- Hindu God and preserver of the universe

Ok. So that is it for now with Dekayananda.

Peace and Best Wishes,

KD (Dekayananda)

Wednesday

Dekayananda: Faith and toys

Changing faith

According to this 2008 NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE

Based on this PEW FORUM

More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion.... When protestants are included, 44 percent of Americans have switched religious affiliations....The report shows, for example, that every religion is losing and gaining members, but that the Roman Catholic Church “has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes.” The survey also indicates that the group that had the greatest net gain was the unaffiliated. More than 16 percent of American adults say they are not part of any organized faith, which makes the unaffiliated ( THATS ME!!) the country’s fourth largest “religious group.”

So I was thinking. As we go from Religion to Religion, how about some fun toys for the kids!

JEWISH

Here is a fun toy for Jewish kids. Lice, boils and severed heads. Heck! That sounds like fun for the whole family.

10 plagues of Egypt

CHRISTIAN (non denominational)

I love this one.

Jesus action toy

His hands even glow in the dark.

Miracles that have to do with feeding people are the awesomist of all miracles. It is a miracle we can all participate in. FOOD BANKS

CHRISTIAN (Soldiers)

They may be small, but this trio of combatants can provide kids with valuable and strategic insight for spiritual war games.

Kids will get the real feeling of suiting up in the armor of faith.

Based on the spiritual warfare passage in Ephesians 6

Both of the above available at:

http://www.booksofthebible.com/p3228.html

CATHOLIC

HOLY TOAST

Need we say more?

Miraculous

Yours

If you are a Catholic and your child hasn't already been in bed with a priest, this is for you. Huggable priest your child can take to bed and snuggle with.

Snugly Priest

MORMON

Handcart Pioneer action figures

Mormon Missionaries action figures

Very Buff Representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They labor in cities throughout the world, Knocking on your door bright and early at 8:00 am Saturday morning,sharing the joy found in the truths of The Book of Mormon and The Bible.

http://www.ldharvest.com/item.asp?itemid=37246