🚨𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘃𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 have been crying loudly on the... internet for the past day that Sikhs took legal action against a woman because she did yoga at their religious place. However, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭. They are unable to see the incidents of physical exploitation occurring at their own religious places. They are filled with hatred for Sikhs and merely need an opportunity to vent it. #Brahmins_Burnt_Nalandashow more

For over 40 days, the regime’s mouthpieces and their... apologists have been screaming "war crime," desperate to convince the world that a girls' school in Minab was targeted by us and Israel. They want you to picture shattered classrooms. They want you to see them as victims. Now look at the actual footage. A citizen from the occupied coast of Minab just clawed through forty six days of an absolute internet blackout to smuggle this out. Look at what is looming right over the courtyard of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school. That is a military guard tower. That is an IRGC Navy installation built directly into the perimeter of a playground. These cowards did not build a school. They built a military garrison and wrapped it in the flesh of our daughters. They planted their armed watchtowers directly over the heads of innocent girls, intentionally turning children into human shields to protect their occupying syndicate. You want to talk about war crimes? The true crime is an occupying army hiding its weapons behind the bodies of little girls because they are terrified of the fire they started. They can cry to the international cameras all they want. We see exactly what they are doing. We know exactly what they are hiding behind, and we are going to tear it down to the dirt.show more

The Australian government does not deserve our trust, or... our respect. Today, Minister Penny Wong sat back in her chair grappling for words, desperately looking for the right lie to tell. It is worse than dishonest - it is an absolute lack of care. Penny Wong came to this country when she was 8 years old. She came to a country that afforded her the ability to become who she is, and she is now doing her part to destroy it. Back in the 70’s, when she came, Australia was a fair-minded place and a great place to be. Yet here she is... Here in Australia. Undermining our country and lying to our faces. Because she can’t tell the truth. Because if she did, it would destroy any semblance of care for Australia tied to her old party’s Labor brand. It would say the quiet part out loud. The truth. The truth that the Albanese government is more interested in the fortunes of the ISIS brides, women who chose to leave this country to go and fight against our people, than those of us that can’t find or afford a place to live here at home. I am tired of being told how to think by people that completely lack morals and couldn’t care less. People that are elected and paid to operate in the national interest but always put their twisted ethics and back pockets ahead of our nation and our people. I don’t know when Labor stopped caring about Australian workers or worse, when they started hating Australia, but they have and they do. The absolute lack of opposition, the lack of authentic choice has pushed us into a place where these absolute traitors to the interests of the people who pay them - goes entirely unchecked. We are careening out of control, unchecked migration, an energy grid that is just about to collapse, no industry to speak of, and no good reason to start or maintain a business in this place. It happened fast, but those of us who pay our taxes and take risks to make Australia a better place, are being undermined and white-anted by our politicians. The people we are forced to trust, and must pretend to respect, because they have the force of law on their side. Not because they are any good at their jobs. Not because they have earned our affection. No. Simply because they are in charge and there is little to nothing that can be done about it. It is becoming apparent that the two party system has outlived its useful life. Too much corruption, too many words too carefully chosen in a pantomime between to political forces that don’t really want to change anything. They just want to have their go, to have their turn to jam their grubby hands into the till. Surely with this major and catastrophic failure by the so-called Honourable Minister Senator Wong, the people will be able to see through the veil and into the absolute and irresponsible lack of care at the heart of this deceitful Labor government. They lie about everything, and they can, because they don’t have an opposition worthy of the title. I am growing more confident by the day that the only solution to our woes is a new political force, a fresh, Australia first force, that will act in the national interest and put all these corrupt and useless used-car salesmen red and blue in the dustbin of history. It can’t come soon enough. Time is short. I just want Australia back.show more

🚨 Burkina Faso 🇧🇫- No place for religious bigotry!... You see this man running? It’s an Imam who went on live to condemn the government’s draft law that wants to ban people erecting mosques and churches in public administration. I listened to his criticism and honestly, I was shocked and disgusted. Can you imagine this old man openly insulted the government and painted them as the devil if they want to prevent people from praying on public squares? Now, let me make this clear. The government never said that people cannot pray. The have adopted a bill aimed at prohibiting the construction and establishment of places of worship (mosques, churches) within the premises of public services. However, the practice of individual or collective prayer in public administrative spaces is not prohibited. So, I am surprised that this Iman who has a Doctorate couldn’t understand something as simple as this. But no, he went on his pulpit and started spewing nonsense. So, the local police who fights religious intolerance and extremism went to arrest him for questioning and he took off 😄. Some of his fellow muslims took to the streets to ask for his release and it became an open confrontation with the police. You see, this is what I have been saying for donkey years that people need to separate religion from the State. These are two different issues. But it seems like when it comes to religion, many Africans are so alienated that they are blinded by their religious zealotry. I even saw the weak-minded ones say that they thought that Capitaine Ibrahim TRAORÉ was going to be the President who would uplift Islam ☪️ and root for its propagation. I was like what the hell is wrong with these people? Anyway, let this be a reminder to every Burkinabè like myself that Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 is a secular country. So, don’t you ever bring your religious bigotry into the State affairs hoping you will have your way. No! Believe in whomever you wanna believe, but keep your religion out of the State. I am against Church/Religion and State.show more

In a rare move,Jathedar Sahib of Sri Akal Takht... Sahib issuing a statement in English on Henry Nowak’s case proves the importance of any language in today’s world to communicate to the people concerned in their own language. It drives home the point how important it’s to have fairly good knowledge of Hindi in India that has abt 80% Hindu community. Secondly, good to see Jathedar Sahib clearing the air abt convict Vickrum Singh Digwa being a Sikh as some people are now claiming him to be otherwise. I always believe owning a wrong on behalf of the community is bravery. Thirdly, glad to see Jathedar Sahib upholding the prominence of law. But then is summoning of lawmakers to Sri Akal Takht Sahib for their non-personal discharge of constitutional functions and imposing on them any sort of ‘punishment’ (Tankhva) justified? Clarification is requested pls. Fourthly, Sikhs have been freely exercising their rights of freedom of religion but isn’t misuse of any article of faith bound to raise questions? The crime happened in the UK, legal action followed there resulting in punishment there only. Don’t people have a right to condemn it? I think they have. I am sure it’s in the knowledge of Jathedar Sahib how sometimes our ‘Articles of Faith’ are misused by some people even at our own religious places (Video attached). I am not aware if there has been any condemnation of such beadbis. Whether it was a Persian Dagger or a Kirpan, doesn’t the fact remain that the convict carried and claimed it as his article of faith and committed a crime with that? Technicalities won’t help. Nor does it minimise the gravity of the gruesome crime. I will however be glad to know the definition of a Sikh Kirpan for any future reference.show more

We’re fed up. Canadians are fed up. For months,... Jews in 🇨🇦 have been intimidated by anti-Israel radicals. Aggressive demonstrations have taken place outside synagogues and taken over Jewish neighbourhoods, calls of ‘Death to the Jews’ have been chanted in front of Jewish schools — some of which have been shot at while others threatened with bombs — Jewish businesses have been vandalized, and Jewish students have been assaulted on campus. And yet those behind these incidents try to claim they are being vilified as antisemitic. They claim they have nothing against Jews. Well, let this erase any misconceptions: here is yet another proof point that their targeting of the Jewish community is calculated and deliberate. It’s long past time that the hateful people behind this and every other antisemitic act are held accountable. Law enforcement stepping up to put a stop to this is exactly what is needed and what we've been calling for.show more

OBED SILAHLIWE, HEIDELBERG: Residents of Obed Silahliwe in Heidelberg... are pleading for urgent law enforcement intervention amid escalating tensions over housing allocations. According to the community, lawful beneficiaries who were officially allocated RDP houses by the housing department have already occupied their homes. However, it is alleged that contractors involved in the project are attempting to place their own people into houses that have already been allocated. Residents claim groups have been mobilised to intimidate and forcibly remove families from their homes, leaving them homeless. The situation has reportedly been ongoing for some time and tensions are now at breaking point. Community members say SAPS has visited the area and spoken to both parties, but no resolution has been reached. Residents now fear violence after allegations that contractors plan to return tomorrow to forcibly evict occupants. Elderly residents and vulnerable families are among those affected. Community members also report hearing gunshots at night, which they believe are acts of intimidation and fearmongering. A court application has already been lodged, and residents are calling for authorities to deploy law enforcement to the area to prevent violence and protect the community until the legal process is concluded. Residents say they fear for their lives and are urgently appealing for intervention before the situation escalates further. SA Police Service 🇿🇦show more

I hate that they are doing this to her..... I was there and all I see is her professionalism! I’m sure some people there are worried, because the whole Act 5, she’already having an issue with her IEM. She almost fell at the end of Jump maybe because she’s trying to fix her stuff. One time she was already signaling for help but still she managed to fix it on her own and she performed so well! Give her a break! Some clips I took..show more

The political establishment in Australia is not entirely stupid,... they just think you are. As they lament the rise of One Nation, they pretend they don't understand it. Because if they showed us that they understand the resons, they then have to make a major admission. Hanson's rise is all their fault. Because the major parties and the faux independents have been on a unity ticket on all of the big problems they have jointly caused for decades. They can’t hide from the messes they have caused, so now they want to blame everyone else but themselves. Today, on ABC’s Insiders, Annabel Crab belled the cat, as Karvelas did the two step crab walk. Annabel correctly diagnoses the political situation here right now. It is not a love for Hanson, or One Nation that is causing the surge, but a total lack of faith in the other offerings. It almost does not matter what Hanson says or does, because her greatest strengths are that she is there, and she is not one of them. Those are enduring traits and the more the major parties hit her, the more the media carry on about her, and the more the establishment present her as a “deplorable”, the more people they will push in her direction. It is like they are in quicksand... the more they struggle, the deeper they sink. People are growing ready for wild political change. A worsening economy and a growing collapse in social cohesion has put the nation on edge. The big end of town want to pretend everything will be fine when the latest special envoy delivers their newest report, but nothing changes. Nothing changes because nothing is supposed to change. Because the government, the opposition and their Green Teal cheer squads want things just the way they are. They didn’t just pass all of the enabling legislation for no reason. There are real beneficiaries of these things, it is just that none of the beneficiaries are the Australian people. Australians have broadly been the target of the changes made to benefit foreign interests, the political class and major corporations. We have been targeted for so long it is impossible not to feel the cross-hairs of the scope resting on our forehead. Hanson and her team simply have to talk about that feeling... they don’t even have to have a solution. Because when the establishment continues to pretend the problems don't exist, just acknowledging the pain is enough to earn a vote. Annabel nails this sentiment in just a few words. Right as Karvelas changes the subject, because it is not that this isn’t obvious, it is because Karvelas is there to cover it up, and hit Hanson’s credibility again. Fuelling the vicious cycle of the rise of the outsider. Unless something significant changes in the establishment, and I don’t expect it will, there will be major upheaval at the next election. Most people will not be voting for their favourite party or person, they will primarily be voting against the status quo, because in their minds, it could not possibly be worse than what we have experienced for decades... but it just might be a little bit better. And that is a risk worth taking. After all most of us like a punt. I just want Australia back.show more

Floodwater And a Frightened Little Girl 🥹 She probably... doesn't even understand right now why everything suddenly became so scary. For her, all that matters is that the world around her has changed her home, her family, her surroundings. And at this moment, all she needs is the hand of someone she trusts Whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made tragedy, the ones who suffer the most are often the children the ones who have barely seen enough of life to even comprehend what's happening Some children get separated from their homes, some get distanced from their parents, and some lose their mother or father forever. There are times when all that's left for a child is to just cry At an age when kids should be playing with toys, they are instead witnessing destruction around them. At an age when they should be walking while holding their parents' finger, many are seen wandering around looking for their loved ones And the most heartbreaking part is that this little girl probably doesn't even know why this is happening to her. She doesn't know what caused these conditions, whose fault it is, or what mistake she is paying for When nature unleashes its fury, it doesn't spare anyone based on age. But the deepest impact always falls on innocent children because they have neither the strength to understand the situation, nor the power to fight it A disaster doesn't just take away homes, belongings, and roads... it often steals from children their safe childhood, their family, and even their smile Behind these innocent eyes lies a pain that is perhaps impossible to put into words All one can pray for is that every child stays safe, stays with their family, and gets the chance to live their childhood not in the shadow of fear, but with a smile❤️show more

Good call out!! It’s important to report those gatherings... because there’s a high likelihood that there is illegal aliens among them who have not registered with the government or have moved in the last 14 days and have not updated their address with the government It is a federal crime to be in this country standing on a street without registering with the government therefore, as a part of a criminal investigation at any time, a federal ICE agent may ask anyone for their immigration status and whether or not they are registered properly with the government, if they refuse or choose to reject the investigation, they will be detained and arrested. 🚨 👇🏼 Calls to action 👇🏼 🚨show more

Putin is waging war against mothers and their children.... The Russian army cannot win on the battlefield. The Russians are not strong, they are cruel. That is why they launch daily attacks on the civilian population, trying to break Ukrainians' resistance. You can see a woman shielding a small child with her own body, trying to save the child's life. An aerial bomb struck near a public transit stop in Sumy. Yesterday, at least five people were killed, including a child, and another 30 were injured. Hospitals and schools, residential buildings and supermarkets, train stations, and other crowded places have long been targets for the Russians. It is important to understand: the Russians continue manufacturing missiles and shells, and recruiting contract soldiers, because they still have the money to do so. By official figures alone, 40 percent of the Russian budget goes toward the war. What needs to be done? Stop doing business with Russia and paying taxes into its budget. Refuse to buy Russian goods. Seize Russian ships transporting oil and gas in circumvention of sanctions. Hold foreign companies accountable for helping Russia evade sanctions. Strike at the Russian economy's ability to finance this bloody war.show more

“THIS PUSSY IS NOT FOR FUN IT’S FOR WAR”... Black Diet Woke shea butter Dr Umar Twitter got a hold of this “One battle after another” film And they don’t know how to appreciate art And they think that they are conscious but they are really still just religious people within seeing things through the eyes of the patriarchal male Teyana Taylors character was not used by two white men in this film you idiots lol She used the two white men in this film To get her way she preyed on their sexual weakness and lust for her and when she could no longer use them she left as her mother said She would And revolutionaries did abandon their children at times that’s true And some did turn informant that’s true And not all revolutionaries are black/brown And when you have a mixed black girl And your a white man it’s hard to do their hair because the texture is different from what you are used too that’s true also.. PTA did amazing Teyana did amazing Y’all are nitpicking learn art appreciation And stay out of your feelings Also learn how to listen to the dialogue in film it will answer these questions and learn how to not make the film about you personally it’s a piece of art made by a artist Deserves a couple Oscar’sshow more

in the wise words of taylor swift, “a man... is allowed to react, a woman can only overreact.” they cut the camera to her while she was still in shock & she took a sip of her drink. that is not even a reaction. this whole situation has blown out of proportion throughout the media. you’d think things would’ve gotten better for women in the past five years since she said this, but that’s not the case. this has made one thing abundantly clear, women are not allowed to react when they are blatantly disrespected. even if they don’t react, they’re still overreacting, since there is this perpetuating stereotype that women are “dramatic & emotional.” she’s just sitting there trying to enjoy her night that she was attending because of HER accomplishments & the records she broke with her movie about her life-changing, record-smashing tour. yet, she was only mentioned once, only ten minutes in, to be devalued to her relationship & to poke fun at the ways the media has been tormenting her for years. you can not tell me that is funny. she’s been through hell throughout her career, she’s heard these jokes a million times—she’s over it. she shouldn’t have to laugh at a joke that offended her to appease anyone. personally, i’m extremely proud of her for not feeling it was necessary to be a people pleaser & laugh, which is what she typically would’ve done int the past. that shows growth, that shows that she finally recognizes her worth. she finally realized that she doesn’t have to put up being painfully disrespected. she’s allowed to think a rude joke isn’t funny, it just made her uncomfortable. if she looks uncomfortable, it means he crossed the line, regardless of if you think it was funny or not. it’s evident that this was an under reaction. she kept her composure & responded to the situation perfectly. however, even though she responded perfectly, she’s still getting tremendous amounts of hate for this. this makes it abundantly clear that men in this society will always have it out for women who are successful—especially when that success was created all on their own, since women are not allowed to be successful in their eyes. that is blatant misogyny, just like the joke they think she is a horrible person for not laughing at. of course they think the joke was funny, they’re a bunch of misogynists themselves.show more

The #Yunus media is lying again by referring to... the assailants of the Dhanmondi 32 house as "protesters" or "students and general masses." If they were "students and general masses”, then why did they raise the ISIS type flags as a sign of their Islamist victory and yell "Allahu Akbar" with triumph as they destroyed the historic landmark at Dhanmondi 32 in Bangladesh? The answer is very simple: those who demolished the Dhanmondi 32 residence did so because they harbored grudges against it, and the reasons for their grudges are that it represented everything contrary to what these Islamists believe. One should not fall into the false impression that their animosities toward this house were newly formed, as they were not. This house has been hated for generations by all Islamists who have resisted Bangladesh's liberation, especially Jamaat-e-Islami. To put this in perspective, Bangladesh was fighting for its independence in order to become a secular nation, which was in opposition to the Islamists' ideology. As a result, all Islamists, including Jamaat-e-Islami, opposed Bangladesh's liberation, collaborated with the Pakistani army, and committed genocide in an attempt to thwart Bangladesh's independence, but they were unsuccessful. Regretfully, a lot of people are unaware that Bangladesh has a distinct political split when it comes to secularism. The reality is that this house represents secular and democratic politics rather than radical politics based on religion; as a result, Islamists have hated it all along. The entire Islamic political groups—Islamists, jihadists, and terrorists—have legitimate grievances against this house because it symbolizes the Bengali people's long-standing struggle for their democratic rights, rebellion against the oppression of Pakistani military dictators, secular and modern politics, and Bangladesh's very independence; therefore, as a sign of their Islamist victory, they chanted "Allahu Akbar" and raised the ISIS type flags after demolishing the house.show more

Nobody will cry when you’re gone. Those who care... will also be long gone. We’ve seen the statistics. Foreign names are now the most common baby names in many of Europe’s largest cities. Most children in schools are foreigners. Foreigners demand to implement their own religious laws in sovereign nations. Foreigners win elections without speaking the local language. What is happening is a total transformation of these cities and countries. In a generation, they will probably still have the same name on the map, but they will be completely different places, with a new majority making their own laws, culture, norms, values, and language. Europe has completely failed at assimilation. What it has instead are protected parallel societies that will gradually subsume the native populations. And nobody will care. It will be taken for granted. You’ll still be called a radical for saying something went wrong. Just like nobody cares that the Ottomans took Constantinople. Or that the Arabs took the Levant and North Africa. They’re all Turks now. They’re all Arabs now. And you’re still some weird radical for supporting the losers or denying the identities that replaced the old ones. Conquest doesn’t always need swords.show more

🚨 DIRECT FROM INSIDE IRAN: "Arm us." This video... was just transmitted directly to me from a woman inside Iran. She is taking a massive risk to smuggle this footage to the outside world because she needs the international community to understand the reality on the ground. Her message is not a symbolic plea. For her, and for the millions she represents, this is a tactical necessity for survival. She is showing the world that peaceful protest against this regime is an impossibility. The objective reality driving her demand is clear. Since the uprising erupted in December 2025, the state's violence has been absolute. Security forces are documented repeatedly opening fire with live ammunition directly into unarmed demonstrations, and tens of thousands of civilians have already been killed. The Iranian people are facing an apparatus fully willing to execute its own citizens to retain power. They are not asking for foreign boots on the ground. They are asking for the basic means to defend themselves against a systemic slaughter. She risked her life to bypass the blackouts and get this video out. The world needs to confront this reality.show more

What an incredible first day and what a raptuous... welcome from the city of Reggio Emilia🇮🇹❤️ When Catherine first entered the RF, Prince Philip told her: 'If you believe the attention is for you personally, you’re going to end up in trouble. The attention is for your role, what you do, what you’re supporting. It isn’t for you as an individual. You are not a celebrity. You are representing the Royal Family. That’s all. Don’t look at the camera. The Queen never looks at the camera. Never. Look at who you’re talking to. Look at what you’ve come to see.🔥 However there is a caveat here: People DO come to see Catherine. These people did not just come to see Royalty or the monarchy, they came to see Catherine. They came because they love HER and they came in crowds for HER❤️ And this is really what makes this woman so different: the screams of excitement as if she is a celebrity superstar, the adoration in Their eyes... this is not about the Monarchy but about Catherine. In that, the commoner the british press mocked and belittled; The one who was judged as "inconsequential" and "too shy" is the one who has transcended the RF to become an Icon in her own rights🔥 Whether she goes on a private visit or on an official visit, alone or accompanied; she is the ONE people are there to see. Well and so, look How far did Humility and grace get this Berkshire country girl...😏❤️ #PrincessofWales 📹 Max Fostershow more

Is there any real "due diligence" done by the... 🅰️people? All of their points seem empty, vague, and very handwavy, at least that's the feeling I get. It seems to be confirmed when it comes down to the facts, they try to apply that same vague speculatory mindset they use regarding Starlink, arriving at a conclusion that always seems to be wrong. How many guesses have been propagated as truth? How many small differences have been exaggerated so large that they become the very core of their position? Probably a lot, because the trend I see is to take a kernel of truth and cover it with heavy layers of lies and speculation. I like what ASTS is doing, but the community makes it pretty hard to know what's actually significant, and the truth is, it's pretty hard to tell until both constellations are built and delivering data to customers. The issue is that most of them likely have a huge amount of money riding on the company, so they'll take anything and go with it solely for the comfort factor.show more

In both Kenya and Nigeria, you people still haven't... realised that these celebrity activist types who receive generous funding and support from the U.S. government via its many NGO fronts, are at best like 👇🏾this guy - pretending to do valuable work while actually taking a free ride on your credulity. And that's the best case scenario, because their real job is much more malevolent. Boniface Mwangi and Yele Sowore are literally the same person. The only difference is that one of them has a Kenyan accent and the other has a Nigerian accent. They even share the same American funder (Ford Foundation), and they have both made multiple Hollywood attempts at running for public office that they knew they had no chance at winning. One of them even made a movie out of it. Most importantly, they both exist to play an important role for the external interests that maintain a chokehold over both countries - their job is to place their faces and their narrative in front of any resistance or revolutionary movement that brews organically, so as to take control of it on behalf of their funding interests and misdirect it somewhere harmless where it fizzles out. Sowore attempted to do it with #EndSARS and successfully did it with #EndBadGovernance, and Boniface did the exact same thing with #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo. "Organised civil society" in Africa is part of the empire's colonial infrastructure. You would think with all the noise made about USAID, the bigger point would have been made by now. These people are not helping you or doing you a favour, as if they invented the concept of resistance and revolution, or it wouldn't happen without them. They are the gatekeepers who ACTIVELY prevent real revolution from happening. That's what they receive hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of US intelligence/NGO slush funds for wvery year. These men that you think are "heroes" are actually some of your biggest opps and I don't know how you have not realised this yet. I can't understand how you can't see it.show more

"Look at the dust on the road to your... temple. Drive there next Saturday. Walk the last mile if you can. Approach it the way the early Saints approached Kirtland. On foot, in the open air, with time to reflect on what you are about to do. The modern temple experience has been engineered for convenience. The parking lot is right there. The locker room is right there. The session begins at a posted time and ends at a posted time and you are out and on with your day. This convenience is mercy. The Brethren have made the temple accessible to a busy people, and the accessibility is itself a gift. But the convenience has cost us something. The early Saints walked. They walked from Far West to Kirtland for the dedication. They walked from Nauvoo to the unfinished temple on the hill. They walked from their wagon trains to the Endowment House in the valley. The walking was preparation. By the time they crossed the threshold, they had already left the world behind in their bodies, in their feet, in their breath. They arrived primed for the encounter. You will not walk a thousand miles. You can walk a mile. You can fast that morning. You can sit in the car for fifteen minutes before going in, with no phone, doing nothing but settling your spirit. You can treat the approach to the temple as part of the temple, the way they did. The temple has not been diminished by our convenience, but our reception of it has been. Restore the approach. Make the journey, however short, into something that prepares you. The temple will then meet you with a fullness it cannot give to someone who walks in distracted."show more