Saturday, October 31, 2026

Developing compassion for all life in the Universe

Why is this important?

Because in developing compassion for all life in the universe you are also developing compassion for yourself and everyone you know including your pets and any wild animals you might encounter as well.

So, having compassion for yourself and all life in the Universe is in your "PERSONAL Enlightened Best Interests in living a long life here on earth".

So, how does one go about this?

I suppose one way is how Tibetan Buddhist monks are taught by treating all beings (including insects) as having once been their mothers. However, if you don't believe in that form of reincarnation there are other methods to do this too.

May all beings attain Bliss and the Cause of Bliss

May all beings be free from Suffering and the Cause of Suffering

May all beings never be without the supreme bliss that is free of all near and far all Grasping and Aversion.

I was taught this type of prayer by Tibetan Buddhist Teachers first around 1980 or 46 years ago now.

And in my mind I have given prayers like this millions and millions of times and sometimes I wake up giving this prayer after a night of sleep which heals your mind from a subconscious level of doing this regularly as a prayer for all living beings in the past, present and future of the universe.

This following is a slightly different form that basically is saying the same thing but it more up to date of how people tend to say this now worldwide (at least in English). 

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AI Overview
This beautiful sentiment is the traditional Buddhist prayer of loving-kindness (Metta), specifically the first of the Four Immeasurables (the Brahmaviharas).
Here is the complete four-part aspiration, which serves as a profound meditation on universal compassion:
  • Love (Metta): May all beings attain bliss and the cause of bliss.
  • Compassion (Karuna): May they be free from suffering and the cause of suffering.
  • Sympathetic Joy (Mudita): May they never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless.
  • Equanimity (Upekkha): May they dwell in equanimity, free from passion, aggression, and prejudice.
If you are exploring this further, would you like to dive into loving-kindness meditation techniques, look at the philosophical meaning behind "the cause of bliss," or find similar universal prayers from other traditions?

 

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Having enough compassion for yourself and your family to stay alive for yourself and your family

I think as human beings this is one of the biggest things we face every day.

Unless you are kind and efficient enough in life you are soon dead I have noticed when I look around myself.

But, what is kindness towards yourself?

It's not eating food that isn't good for you.

It's leaving a job that is abusing you in any way.

It's living where you want to live here in earth.

The kindnesses you show yourself allows others to just stay alive at all.

The crueler you are to everyone else the crueler you are to yourself. This is a given in life right here.

So, therefore being kind to yourself helps you be kinder to others too.

And being kinder to yourself and to others allows the world to go around and allows you and your families to survive almost anything.

By God's Grace 

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As we all know life here on earth has always been a complete paradox

For example, in my own life I have seen really bizarre things happen between 1950 and the present both here in the U.S. and also worldwide. And you might also have had this experience too.

The paradox to me in some ways I'm reminded of by a Vision Quest of no water and no food for 4 days or 96 hours more than anything else where I learned just how resilient people actually are.

On the one hand it is true that all people on earth who don't get food for 3 days time start to riot and get crazy. This is totally true just like it was during the French Revolution where they guillotined all the French Aristocracy just after the American Revolution including King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette.

Then on the other hand when I experienced no water and no food for 4 days or 96 hours in 1983 when I would have been 35 years old I stopped being afraid of ever starving to death in my life ever after that.

Why?

Because I had learned (that at least for me) I could go not only without food but also without water for 4 days or 96 hours and still be relatively okay.

I found myself to be much more physically and psychologically and emotionally strong than basically almost any person I met after this because I knew what I could survive.

Because in life you don't know what you can survive until you have to.

Like if someone had told me I could survive all the things I have had to survive this year at this age I would have told them they were crazy.

But, I survived all this and so did my wife and so did my son (even though he almost died about 20 or more times this year at age 52).

And I survived almost dying on January 4th in the emergency room of something like Diverticulitis but also within a few weeks also discovered that I was allergic to Gluten (at least here in the U.S.) and so I gave up gluten and my edema went away along with most of the pain in my body caused by eating gluten and then I was able to get a robotic Hernia surgery in march so I didn't die this year too. Then my wife had to have a knee revision because one the hardware in one of her knee replacements failed which takes a few months to recover from.

So, what is the paradox of life here on earth to me?

You have no idea what you can survive unless you have to!

So, this is one of the paradoxes we all face and we have all seen movies where people survive really incredible things and much of this is true too.

But, the paradox of living here on earth actually is:

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU CAN SURVIVE UNTIL YOU HAVE TO!

And I'm very hopeful you can all survive this next 6 months to a year too if you want to actually do this!

By God's Grace 

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Global Climate changes also will tend to bring about more starvation and Gas and diesel prices only increase this problem worldwide

IT's almost as if people like Trump are trying to kill off everyone who isn't rich on earth. This is what it looks like to me right now. So, this is also why I see this world as a lot like the Titanic as it rammed an Ice berg and began to sink. The people in Steerage that were locked in downstairs who drowned in Droves because no one let them out of Steerage in the Titanic remind me of that millions of Starving people worldwide who cannot afford these food prices or feed their families enough so their children don't starve to death one by one worldwide.

At least here in the U.S. we have Food Banks that help people alive that my wife and I try to donate money to every year so less people die here in the U.S. of starvation. But, in most of the world people just get skinny and die especially children under the age of 5 years old that cannot defend themselves or find food usually without help.

So, People like Trump talking about the Billions and trillions of dollars Oil companies are making isn't helping anyone or anything but the very rich too.

I personally think Trump has presently lost his mind but in some ways this is not a new thing because he has always been the Biggest Grifter the U.S. has ever seen too. And to not see this one has to live in a pretty profound state of denial all the time.

It reminds me more of how some people lived in denial in the 1950s about all sorts of things. I thought the nation had gotten over this kind of thinking but people who support Trump seem to be able to live in an almost absolute state of denial of the suffering of other people they are causing and all the deaths worldwide now.

This is what I'm thinking at this point here on earth. 

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The biggest killer this century likely will be Global Climate changes

Why is this True?

It has been going this direction since the 1970s or earlier when Global Climate changes was first researched and predicted by all the changes yearly up to that point. Now we are seeing things like Kelvin Waves combining with King Tides to destroy houses in California and seeing places like Florida inundated too from a combination of King Tides and 11 foot waves and 30 mile per hour winds blowing waves and water and high tides onto the Atlantic Side of Florida. When will Florida Start to become islands because of this rise in Sea levels? It's hard to predict exactly when Florida will start to become islands but it is likely inevitable with glaciers melting all over the world raising sea levels this fast.

Then you combine this with the Super El Nino (like no El Nino ever before in the pacific Ocean) and you have a real mess worldwide from all the changes this is bringing and we haven't even begun to see how bad this can get in California and Florida and Hawaii or up and down the whole coast from South America all the way up to Alaska.

So, preparing for almost any sea level rise and almost any high tide is what people are going to have to do whose houses they own or they rent anywhere on the ocean worldwide this year and in future years from now on. 

And this doesn't even begin to give you the information you need to know about Hurricanes and Tornadoes and extreme wind events or much warmer than normal temperatures all over the world especially in the northern hemisphere. So, wherever you live you have to prepare for almost anything weather wise in these times and often every area is unique in the kinds of problems they will have worldwide. 

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4 adults struck by lightning outside Arizona elementary school

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4 adults struck by lightning outside Arizona elementary school

All four were conscious and have been transported for treatment.

ByNadine El-Bawab and Jennifer Watts
October 30, 2026, 12:22 PM

Four adults were struck by lightning at an elementary school bus drop-off in Arizona on Friday, according to officials.

The lightning strike was reported at El Mirage Elementary shortly after 8:30 a.m., according to the El Mirage Police Department.

Police and the fire department responded to the scene to find four adults had been struck by lightning.

There are no reports of children being hurt, officials said.

All four were conscious and have been transported to the hospital with minor injuries, officials said.

Carrie Thorpe, who works in the area, told Phoenix ABC News affiliate KNXV, "the thunder was so loud, it felt like the building shook."

"It's crazy, and you hear about things like this, but how many times does it happen? It's sad," she said.

One patient said she was holding an umbrella and felt the electricity through the umbrella, according to Joseph Rivera with the El Mirage Fire Department.

Fire officials warned more severe weather is coming and that during these times it's important to stay inside.

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Things haven't felt this weird in the U.S. since President Kennedy was assassinated. Very similar energy now.

Why is this?

I think that this is a time sort of if you combine Nixon and Watergate with the Kennedy Assassination where literally anything can happen not only here in the U.S. but also all over the world as well.

Governments all over the world (Not just the U.S. are flailing) European Governments might be failing. Trump is Failing all the people who voted for him and they are not just Frustrated they are down right Angry at all the lies he told everyone who voted for him and how much money he has grifted off the American people and how many people worldwide have died because of people like Trump and Musk so far since Trump was inaugurated.

So, it hasn't really ever been as crazy worldwide (watching governments collapse including our own) since Kennedy was Assassinated and Nixon had to resign because of Watergate and other lies.

We live in very perilous times and I'm reminded of this more by Halloween this year than any other Halloween in my entire life. 

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More people are dying of the Flu this year than any year since 2010

For this reason my wife got our Flu shots a week or two ago and Covid Shots on Friday at a local Pharmacy. We would prefer to stay alive because She's in her early 70s and I"m in my late 70s with so very many people dying of Flu now here in the U.S. My thought is that what might be happening is that since Covid and Flu and Colds have all sort of joined forces to kill people this year that if you are over 45 or 50 and don't get a flu shot or a Covid shot then you have a much better chance of dying this winter.
 
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The U.S. flu hospitalization rate for this time of year has surged to its highest level since the 2010 season, driven by an early-starting outbreak.
Current Flu Situation
  • Early Surge: Flu activity and hospitalizations began rising as early as August and September, significantly earlier than the typical December-to-February peak.
  • Hospitalization Rates: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via ABC News, current seasonal hospitalization rates are at their highest point for this time of year since the 2009–10 H1N1 "swine flu" period.
  • Dominant Strains: An H1N1 variant (linked to the 2009 pandemic) and mutated H3N2 strains are circulating widely, with some mutations allowing partial immune evasion.
  • Impact: Tens of thousands of hospitalizations and early-season deaths have already been recorded nationally, raising concern among public health officials.
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