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  1. Jesus’ Feet

    Hello Catherine,

    In response to your query of the ‘metaphor’ of Christ’s feet missing in Davinci’s Last Supper, off the top of my head: What first came to mind was the sacred architecture of churches, cathedrals etc.

    The basic design of the church was to mimic Christs body on the cross. The front doors are where lay folk entered into union with the teachings of Christ, via the soles of Christs feet, namely the front doors. The choir was at the the level of Christ’s head or mind, where glory was sung unto the heavens. The priest would enter the ceremony via the level of Christ’s heart, where he would partake in the sacrament and transformation of the mass.

    So that being said, to remove Christ’s feet, the soles/soul, to create expedience in the delivery of food for the stomach, as opposed to spiritual nourishment, was a wrong turn in the priorities of this monastery. By their nature, monastics are sequestered to contemplate the life of Christ. There is no need what so ever for expediency. The monks are there to exist in act of reflection, not action or the acquiescence bodily desires.

    One enters at the sole of the feet of Christ out of humility. The lowest point. Where the Godhead touches the earth. This is how the power of transformation is open to all people, we need only enter from that low place, not via spiritual pride, but in the acknowledgment of our need for rebirth.

    Consider Christ’s birth in manger: this was no hotel or executive suite, or upper class hospital. Christ came into the world at the level of our animal nature, a stable. The absolute ground of the soul. Moses himself was commanded to remove his footwear in front of the burning bush, the new earth.

    I would say that the removal of Christ’s feet (in the fesco) for a door to the kitchen was the beginning of the end of that contemplation. It was an act of material desire: more food, quicker – the end of reflection. For centuries fasting, no food, was prerequisite for spiritual access to the higher realms and the clarity that arose from such a discipline. This ‘renovation’ marks a decline of spiritual desire, and the confirmation of material satiation. 

    What comes to mind, is a loose remembrance of a quote of Jung’s, “when a man is well housed and well fed, he has no ideas at all”. This way to the dinning hall friars!

    Keep up the incredible work Catherine, thank you!

    Doug

  2. After watching for years, I just love listening the Catherine and listening to her educational stories. I follow her advice as much as I can about money and staying as safe as possible in the future. I have to admit John Titus is smart as a whip. I love this ongoing show!!!

  4. I do not think Gold is a good hedge for inflation; Brazil between 1980 and 2000, during which inflation rose nearly 13Mil% the real gold in Brazilian currency terms declined by 70%. Same happened in Venezuela: the real price of Gold in Venezuelan currency terms felt more than 60% during same time. I think that the need for $$s to some is making the increase in sales and price which is making some people richer, but there is not enough Gold for everyone in the world. Now, the CBDC – is real but there is much to learn about it as it is a very complicated implementation than just for ESG purposes. There are new powerful monetary unions emerging and everyone wants to get a part of the pie. Panic is never a good state to respond from when we identify potential dangers.

  5. Re. 1:05:00, John’s question: answer: Djokovic’s father was seen with a pro-Putin group a week or so before the match.  Djokovic and his father decided the father
    should not sit in the usual box with the family because of how much grief they were given over this. For his father to have been derided and to have had to miss this moment in his usual place of support caused them both a great deal of pain.

      1. Not only that, every day there were articles in the media that Nole did this or that, really out of proportion. At one match there were drunk spectators shouting, so after a while Nole asked for them to be escorted out of the court. And so on it went…
        Last year Nole was let in Australia and then detained in the hotel with immigrants for days, went thru 2 court hearings. He got in with visa, then it was taken from him, then they gave it back, only to take it again and deport him from Australia on the premisse that he is not good for public opinion basically, because not vaxxed… in all this he was never rude or disrespectful, while he was publicly dragged thru mud. Also, Nole has helped with significant donation to Australia when they had all these fires few years back. Unlike Nadal, who is a big yes man, not in good health now, Nole is literate, educated, speaks well different languages and is simply inteligent guy with integrity. All of his life he is pointing out that athleats not from the West are not treated the same, the reason he is so loved all over the world, especially outside the West. A great guy, not your average athleate for sure. I am so glad for him to have won AO in the face of these idots Down under.

  6. Catherine, a while back in Oct/Sep 2022 you mentioned a few commodity stocks doing well, one was Cal-Maine Foods Inc. As per CALM Shareholder information – Blackrock owns 12.66%; Vanguard 10.2%; and Goldman Sacks 1.7% amongst others. What are you thoughts on that given the current issues with egg production manipulation?

    1. No thoughts. So much money has gone into index funds, that the index funds own big positions in just about any stock above a certain size. The move to promote index funds is part of the push for centralization. So why do people go along? Beats me.

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