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[brother-hermes]

Alright. Since you’re being so condescending my readers will have to understand. The term occupied territories you’re citing has to do with the territories Israel occupied after the 6 days war in 1967. Prior to that event those territories were under the jurisdiction of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The Israeli Military Governorate held control of those areas from 1967-1981 until Israel and Egypt came to a peace treaty and the Sinai peninsula was returned to Egyptian control.

The most recent use of Israeli military occupation of said districts being a “belligerent occupation” was in 2016. UN Security Council’s passed resolutions to end Israel’s military presence once and for all, but again, this has to do with specific areas of the region, not Israel as a whole.

Obamas administration was involved in this part looking for a two state solution that would bring lasting peace by returning the territories back to the 1967 lines. While all that was happening the UN was still concerned about Palestinians being encouraged to openly attack civilians not responsible for said occupation.

That last part is crazy because the Palestinians- statistically speaking- who support coexistence outnumber the ones who support Hamas and its desire to eradicate Jews completely. While terrorism is a very real threat and elements of Palestinians want the death of all Jews they are outnumbered.

Also, Netanyahu received tons of blowback from the left by resisting the UN’s decision. He’s not the most popular leader the country has had.

Something tells me that’s not what you’re implying though. You’re not historically interested in the term “belligerent occupation” being used to define areas that were occupied by Israel during the 6 Days War. My guess is you’re a westerner who believes the term implies the Israeli government sees Israel as a whole as somehow belligerent.

See, I’m not confused by the nuance or the history of said occupation. I’m confused by the western liberal with no knowledge of the history using whatever they can to justify their opinion of Israel. It’s called confirmation bias.

So I run a mysticism blog right. Focus heavily on Kabbalah and inner Judaism. It is taking everything in my power to not do political pieces right now. But for real though. The lack of knowledge on the history of Israel in the west is too much. Conflating Ashkenazi with Mizrahi to blend identity politics with the region and justify antisemitism is absolutely insane.

Like do y’all even recognize how much ignorance it takes to make words like supremacy, genocide or apartheid apply to this conflict?

If I drop a series of political pieces it’ll feel like betrayal to the path. And yet… if I stay silent and don’t use my voice it’ll feel like a betrayal to Judaism. I’ve never felt more conflicted and distraught.

[brother-hermes]

I literally just explained why whatever international law you think applies here doesn’t actually apply. I guess you didn’t catch onto that and expect me to break down the entire history for you instead of respecting your ability to use google.

Dude just message me and I’ll go through the entire history of the region and explain all the nuance to you directly. All this back and forth reblogging is going to do is bog down peoples feeds. Again, my page focuses on mysticism so I doubt any of the occultists who follow me want to learn about middle eastern politics.

So I run a mysticism blog right. Focus heavily on Kabbalah and inner Judaism. It is taking everything in my power to not do political pieces right now. But for real though. The lack of knowledge on the history of Israel in the west is too much. Conflating Ashkenazi with Mizrahi to blend identity politics with the region and justify antisemitism is absolutely insane.

Like do y’all even recognize how much ignorance it takes to make words like supremacy, genocide or apartheid apply to this conflict?

If I drop a series of political pieces it’ll feel like betrayal to the path. And yet… if I stay silent and don’t use my voice it’ll feel like a betrayal to Judaism. I’ve never felt more conflicted and distraught.

[brother-hermes]

This is a perfect example.

The west reads this as proof even the Israelis view Israel as an occupying colonizer state.

It would take a literal history lesson to explain how this statement came about. We aren’t taught about the 6 Days War or how Palestinian Territories were divvied up between Jordan, Egypt, and Syria prior to the 6 days war.

Never mind the Israeli Military Govenorate was disbanded in like 1981 or something. We’re still seeing ignorance of the region brought into the conversation as if it’s relevant.

Maybe the west should try understanding nuance and respecting the people caught in the mix are human beings and not talking points for western identity politics.

So I run a mysticism blog right. Focus heavily on Kabbalah and inner Judaism. It is taking everything in my power to not do political pieces right now. But for real though. The lack of knowledge on the history of Israel in the west is too much. Conflating Ashkenazi with Mizrahi to blend identity politics with the region and justify antisemitism is absolutely insane.

Like do y’all even recognize how much ignorance it takes to make words like supremacy, genocide or apartheid apply to this conflict?

If I drop a series of political pieces it’ll feel like betrayal to the path. And yet… if I stay silent and don’t use my voice it’ll feel like a betrayal to Judaism. I’ve never felt more conflicted and distraught.

[brother-hermes]

So I run a mysticism blog right. Focus heavily on Kabbalah and inner Judaism. It is taking everything in my power to not do political pieces right now. But for real though. The lack of knowledge on the history of Israel in the west is too much. Conflating Ashkenazi with Mizrahi to blend identity politics with the region and justify antisemitism is absolutely insane.

Like do y’all even recognize how much ignorance it takes to make words like supremacy, genocide or apartheid apply to this conflict?

If I drop a series of political pieces it’ll feel like betrayal to the path. And yet… if I stay silent and don’t use my voice it’ll feel like a betrayal to Judaism. I’ve never felt more conflicted and distraught.

[brother-hermes]

Tikkun Olam & Conflict

Schwer zu sein a Yid… It’s true. To be Jewish bears a responsibility to live a Jewish life. It is one of prayer, meditation, Keeping kosher and fasting relentlessly. Silently wrestling with Hashem while striving to be better today than we were Yesterday…. Otherwise we’d have no need of tomorrow. Which is great when we can forget the struggle of Jewishness and every misplaced bit of anger…

[brother-hermes]

Kittehs are cooler than humans.

Since I know a lot of us are under a lot of strain right now, have a picture of the cat:

[brother-hermes]

I just want humanity to love each other. The comment section in this thread is horrifying. It points to a serious problem that seems to be an underlying current in conflicts: governments and paramilitary groups are really good at political posturing and dividing people from their humanity. Seeing the outright hate speak on all sides is a tragedy.

People will read one article without realizing the political slant behind a subject and immediately attack people suffering through this conflict. My guy said he doesn’t want this. He said he doesn’t want his family harmed or for people to die needlessly. What in that makes it okay for westerners to attack him? Citizens are never the enemy. They’re literally living through something most people just can’t understand.

So, when you’re scrolling through these pages do so with compassion. Realize that the people are not their governments and it’s never okay to minimize their feelings about a tragedy they’ve grown up in. It’s safe to say they understand the history a lot better than most these armchair experts do.

It costs us nothing to be decent.

OP- I hope you and your family remain safe through this. A lot of us know you’re just stuck in an impossible situation. We pray for your peace and well-being as well as a solution. You are loved. Your voice is heard. Stay true to who you are and don’t lose hope. Humanity will overcome its ignorance. 💙

It has never been easy to be a leftist Jew.

I have supported Palestine for years, often to the detriment of the relationships I have with my family, who are all Israeli. I have stood with Palestine for so long.

Hearing the words of those in my community that are encouraging the senseless violence against civilians is nauseating. The attack on the music festival for peace, on Shabbat, on the holiday Simcah Torah, the murder, rape and kidnapping of Israeli civilians is horrifying. I am sick with worry over my family, my friends. My cousin, who has severe PTSD, and is drafted back to combat against his will. I am stuck here, watching and waiting for the news that someone I love was killed.

Encouraging violence against civilians is never acceptable. We cannot and should not lose any empathy for israeli or palestinian civilians. If you disagree, block me now.

[brother-hermes]

Internally singing a niggun for the people who are suffering through the foolishness of politicians in more countries than we can count right now. Spread joy to those living through sorrows. Stay beautiful in your brokenness humanity. These things rise and fall like the tides of our collective soul.

[brother-hermes]

“The appreciation of objects and subjects is the same for an enlightened as for an unenlightened person. The former has one greatness: he remains in the subjective mood, not lost in things.”

-Shakti speaking to Devi in a 4,000 year old Sanskrit manuscript from Lake Shamangoo.

[brother-hermes]

WHEN THE HOMIES JUST GET YOU

“Man you gotta read this.. right up your alley. The authors subject, aghori-siddha (basically wizard) goes into details of their rights, and claims essentially to be omnipresence by virtue of complete mergence with Goddess/Ma.

“One right - shava sadhana, is ‘procuring a corpse’ - a 15 yo girl in this case, he and the body naked. He sits atop the pelvis, like on the corpse, the mouth is filled with oil and a wick inserted.

“Must sit there and chant goddess mantra all through the night on a new moon, the only light being that candle illuminating the dead face. Goddess apparently shows right the fuck up with a boon of choice.

“Oh and he had to down a bottle of village moonshine first, he was a Krishna worshipping normie, no drinking.

“His guru took him out to do this by surprise and it was either do it, or be knife-killed by a band of thugs the guru brought along.

“When you can embrace the divine beauty on that situation and all it represents, you’re in.

“Of course they did not kill anyone to get the subject.

“Lord Shiva is there, revered and mentioned, but his perfect light of consciousness is just that, nothing to do - it’s neither here nor there. The unseen foundation of the house and all that goes in within it, just making it at all possible.

“Shakti on the other hand, is *everything* we can know and experience.”

*a text message one of my fraters just shot me

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I feel like bots make up 60% of my subscribers. Thank you for your loyal support 😂

[brother-hermes]

The stuff we turn into screen savers to keep from going nuts I swear.

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REMEMBER YOUR WHY

Staring at this hot box gouging the fire to feed my guests. Struggling with this being the 6th Shabbat in a row I’ve worked. Chef went into surgery and stepped off for a few. I’m overwhelmed by taking on the role of a job I wasn’t trained for. Really feeling the heat right. Well, I stare at this hotbox using one of the psalters as a form of grounding. Torah was written in flames. Somehow that’s comforting.

Breathe in “I take refuge” and breathe out “in You, O Lord;”

Breathe in “let me not be” and breathe out “shamed forever.”

It’s calm bredren.

[brother-hermes]

“Dear (name withheld),

A partial answer to your question would be another ques-tion; that is... "What makes you think you are not already visiting the realm where the Goetic spirits dwell?"

I'm not kidding. If you wish to explore the realm where some of these fragments of consciousness dwell, I suggest that tonight, as an experiment, you go visit the sleaziest saloon in the roughest part of town about an hour before closing. Every untamed manifestation of the denizens of your Nephesh? (the real spirits of your Goetia) will be poised to appear before your eyes.

Buy them a round of drinks. They will toast you. Join them in their libations. Keep drinking and talking with them until you start to think their crude and bigoted jokes are really funny and you begin to actually agree with their views of politics and religion. Breathe in the infernal incense of the cigarette smoke. Inhale the sacred perfume of body odor, spilled beer, and urinal cakes. Become one with the consciousness of the room. There! You are visiting hell on earth.

Granted, you might have the magician's presence of mind (Ruach)* to jot down some names and phone numbers and thus arrange to have one of these beasties meet you tomorrow in the sober light of day so that you might hire him or her to mow your lawn, paint your house, or clean your septic tank. On the other hand, you could surrender your Ruach completely and stumble home with one of your new Goetic friends for the prospect of a vomit-covered stab at intimacy (and then wake up in the morning to find yourself robbed, infected, or worse, looking every bit the demon yourself.

And so my friend, to answer your question specifically and on a practical level, yes, it is possible to visit the realm where the Goetic spirits dwell, and you won't need an expensive black obsidian mirror to do it. Choose the seal of the Goetic spirit you wish to visit. Draw it carefully on a tiny piece of paper. Take it with you to that saloon tonight at midnight and swallow it with your first strong drink.

Bon voyage!”

-Lon Milo DuQuette

Love this guys style. 😂

[brother-hermes]

THE HEART OF THE MATTER

Join us on a transformative journey as we delve into the heart of the matter - the exploration of Tiferet, the radiant jewel at the center of the Tree of Life. In this captivating speech, we discover the profound significance of Tiferet, which represents beauty, harmony, and balance. It teaches us the art of integrating love and strength, finding equilibrium, and embracing discernment to navigate life's complexities. Get ready to embark on a quest of self-discovery, compassion, and beauty, guided by the transformative power of Tiferet

[brother-hermes]

Feeling like I haven’t vlogged or written in forever. Managing time is one of those really difficult life skills that must be mastered. Lawd my knees is rickety. 😂

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WHY WE SEEK TRUTH

Let’s embark on a transformative journey of truth-seeking as we unravel the mysteries of existence and explore the profound depths of our own consciousness. Discover the interconnectedness of humanity, embrace diverse perspectives, and awaken your soul to the boundless possibilities that lie within. Get ready to question, reflect, and be inspired on this captivating odyssey of knowledge, growth, and unity.