As an Iranian, it was heartbreaking for me to watch a press conference with over 150 journalists and not a single one showed interest in asking about what is happening in Iran.
Not one question about the January massacre. Not one question about the pressure people are facing right now.
At least 42,000 people have been brutally killed in the streets. The wounded have been hunted down. People have been executed simply for demanding their basic human rights and more are at risk.
I believed journalists would seize such moments to seek the truth and be the voice of innocent people. But shockingly, not one of them asked.
A nurse was killed in her own home simply for treating wounded protesters, right in front of her husband. And even after her death, the cruelty did not end. Her body was taken, sexually assaulted and tapped to send to her husband. Her husband was subjected to unimaginable trauma; so much so that he could not bear it and attempted to take his own life.
This was said in the conference. And still no one asked. No one followed up. No one cared enough.
This should have shaken the conscience of the world.
But instead, there is silence.
I ask the people of the free world: why?
Even for a moment, put yourselves in our place.
Try to understand what is happening to us.
#IranMassacre
Este hombre se atrevió a decir que la conciencia es un campo de vibración cósmica al que nuestros cerebros solo sintonizan como radios, y poco después de compartir estas ideas revolucionarias con la CIA, murió en el accidente de avión de American Airlines, el peor desastre aéreo en la historia de EE.UU.
El Dr. Itzhak Bentov, un inventor y pensador cuyo modelo de conciencia ayudó a dar forma a la investigación del Proceso Gateway de la CIA.
La idea principal de Bentov era que todo en el universo está hecho de vibraciones. Desde átomos y moléculas hasta humanos e incluso el cosmos entero, todo vibra o resuena, y estas vibraciones crean la realidad.
A veces las vibraciones se cancelan en un «nodo» y llegan a cero, y Bentov pensó que en esos diminutos momentos, la realidad cambia brevemente a un estado de frecuencia más alta donde nos conectamos a un nivel más profundo de existencia.
Creía que los patrones de armonía (coherencia) y desarmonía (decoherencia) en las vibraciones dan forma a lo que llamamos realidad física.
‘Trans people exist. I have no desire for them not to exist; indeed, I wish them safety, happiness and health. However, 'existence' does not, and should not, mean the violation of other people's right to privacy, dignity and freedom of speech, or the reconfiguration of society to indulge a fallacy.’
J.K. Rowling on Twitter/X.
Today, I had the profound honor of meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama @DalaiLama, a global beacon of peace, compassion, and wisdom, and the spiritual leader of Tibet.
I traveled all the way to the private monastery of His Holiness in Dharamshala, India, a hillside city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh where the Tibetan government-in-exile also lives.
In a world filled with division and chaos, sitting down with the Dalai Lama was truly inspiring. His calm presence, deep insights on inner peace, and unwavering commitment to non-violence left a lasting impact on me. It is truly incredible that at the fragile age of 90 years old, the Dalai Lama is still standing firm against threats to freedom and human dignity, values that resonate deeply in these turbulent times.
Meeting someone who has dedicated his life to promoting harmony and service to others while facing lifelong immense challenges and threats from the Chinese Communist Party was a reminder that true strength comes from kindness, compassion, resilience, and moral clarity.
Grateful for this rare, once in a lifetime and meaningful private encounter that I will cherish for the rest of my life. May the Dalai Lama’s message of compassion and service to others continue to guide us all.
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FINALLY Thailand declares cats as national symbols. So far only five Thai breeds have been given official titles. Here’s a thread introducing all of them and the lore behind each one 🧵
🙋♀️Hello - Iranian here.
For those fixated on 'legality' to excuse the regime in Iran - F*ck You.
No, I will not let you be my voice. You don't get to narrate my story, you don't get to claim moral superiority. You don't get to tell me my feelings are wrong.
Is it legal to throw women in prison for strands of hair? Is it legal to mass execute people? Is it legal to turn a fertile land into a parched desert? Is it legal to rape? Is it legal to shoot innocent people? Is it legal to kill children? Is it legal to torture people to death? Is it legal to spread terrorism? Is it legal to deprive people of a livelihood? Is it legal to shoot people in the eye to blind them? Is it legal to silence people and take away all of their human rights? Is it legal to shoot down a passenger plane? Is it legal to drive millions to leave their country? Is it legal to jail women for singing and dancing? Is it legal to disappear people including children?
You will never experience anything like Iranians have experienced for the last 47 years.
Iranians have fought barehanded and they've paid a price. All up to 1,000,000 (one million) Iranians have been murdered since the regime came to power.
Your books on 'civil disobedience' and 'collective protest' are useless against an armed opposition that is ideologically driven and will kill all that stand in its way.
You want legality? The world has a duty to protect innocent lives. It's enshrined in R2P. Some people seem to think Iranians aren't humans. The murder, genocide and massacre of Iranians receives scant media attention - hence scant sympathy.
Those who proclaim to care about 'human rights' must think Iranians are animals and not worthy. Their hatred of Israel and US is so great they've lost all perspective.
Yes, Iranians are happy. They're happy someone took out Ali Khamenei and many others directly responsible for so much pain and agony.
And you know what? We're unashamedly hopeful that with the help of the world's superpower, we can reclaim our country and build a better tomorrow.
We know there's a long way to go, but give us this brief moment of reprieve, because daily we sit and try to tell the story of the lives lost, those at risk of execution, those under torture. We've seen the pictures and videos of massacres taking place.
Our dance and happiness comes with a heavy weight. We do so, in knowledge of the many who never lived to see this day.
The day of freedom will come to Iran, it's glorious - and we're not sorry if some outside help contributed to making that happen.
So don't speak on my behalf and stop excusing this regime on grounds of 'anti-colonialism'. and 'anti-Zionism'.
#Iran
"Nothing gives you 100% satisfaction."
In Buddhism, this truth is explained by Pali word Dukkha. Dukkha does not only mean suffering; it also means unsatisfactoriness.
Even pleasure, success, love, or comfort cannot give lasting fulfillment because all conditioned things are impermanent.
We suffer not only when things go wrong, but also when things go right and we fear losing them. Desire replaces desire, and satisfaction never stays complete. This is the nature of existence.
The Buddha did not teach pessimism, but clarity. When we stop expecting permanent happiness from impermanent things, the mind becomes freer.
This is the Dukkha in Buddhism. ⛩️🪷🍁