The Freedom

[Oliver]

This is my first thread.
I am opening it with one purpose only: to declare a Victory!
Yes. A victory of all of you. A victory of Light over the dark. Of Love over the fear. I will be short.

The “swine flu” and the “vaccine”.

According to what we can see, more than 70 % of the population worldwide is REFUSING to take the vaccine. In some countries this percentage is up to 90%!
Now, recall what THEY had done to convince us to take the vaccine: unprecedented propaganda with fear, threatening, lies, manipulations through their enormous number of media, their control over the politicians and governments, their international institutions like WHO. Every day, in top-news, on front pages, constantly, they tried to assure us voluntarily to destroy our health and lifes.

And, They failed! O, God, how they failed!

They failed such a way that they will nevermore be the same, as strong as so far. This was only one battle, but it is the decision-making battle. They lost their main weapon: Information area. Disinformation. They lost there were they were strongest – psychological wars – the battlefield for our souls. But, not anymore.
Independent minds, people with unprecedented love and bravery used alternative media, internet, different ways of direct communication, they were smart, knowledgeable, they win fear, they acted inspiringly and they used truth and love as the only way in their campaign for Freedom. They succeed – most of the people are simply refusing to take the vaccine. Hahahaha..!

The beasts behind the plan to destroy the humanity once for all with the vaccines now know they are LOCATED by the greatest part of the humanity. They are now starting to feel fear, their favorite means of manipulation. They now know that the people around the world are suffering their hard lifes, but there is a new thought in their minds and hearts: “Aha, so it was true – they want to destroy us, me, my children…hmmmm!” A seed of suspicion was planted in their minds and hearts. It will grow and grow till the day when it blooms as a beautiful flower of Freedom. The process started, the mass awakening started. Nothing will be the same anymore.

And yes, faced with such an epic defeat, the beasts will now try to stop these independent ways of informing, they will also try to block the internet flow of real information. They already have plans for that. But they will not succeed. Even if they succeed, let us told them the next: If you block internet, know that, if necessary, we shall grown carrier pigeons and use them. And you will be defeated again. And, btw. Pigeons will sh.t exactly on your noses when flying over your sick heads!

My friends, it is all about Freedom. When we speak of Love, Truth, Beauty, Wisdom, Art, Compassion, Respect, Being – it is all about Freedom. For a tear for freedom is the bitterest pain that a human can experience. There is too much tears for freedom, too much pain, too much heads between hands in the corners of the dark room.

When I was younger, enthralled only with art, I meet a sentence by the great poet Friedrich Schiller: “Achieving political freedom is the greatest act of art”. It stroked me as thunder. Suddenly, everything was opened in front of my eyes. I saw the truth of this reality. I realized we are under tyranny. I felt the emotion of the bitterest tear in my corner of the room. But, it burnt such a fire in me that will not be stopped till I see freedom for this beautiful planet.

It is in you all. What brings you here is that flame of Freedom inside your hearts. Sometimes it can not be seen, but it is inside, quite and constant. It is impossible to extinguish that flame. There is no vaccine against it, since there can not be vaccine against the biggest cure for our souls – The Freedom. The Freedom to be a dignified participant into the eternity of the Universe. For Universe is accessible only for free beings – those who deserved it.

You are all free to be free. It is your destiny. Show me your Freedom.

Love&Respect

[rhythm]

dear Oliver so good to read your first post

and to feel that great passion of yours

the passion of feedom ....

i know that with regard to this you ...


have walked your talk in your personal

life ... i openly send you my high respect

to you and value your friendship beyond

measure ... i wish us all freedom

in our hearts... freedom to speak our truth and

to be free of fear that inhibits our

freedom ....

always in my heart rhythmmm

[morguana]

Beautiful first thread Oliver, freedom is what humans must take back.
Free the heart and mind and the rest will follow.
Bou x

[Oliver]

dear Oliver so good to read your first post

and to feel that great passion of yours

the passion of feedom ....

i know that with regard to this you ...


have walked your talk in your personal

life ... i openly send you my high respect

to you and value your friendship beyond

measure ... i wish us all freedom

in our hearts... freedom to speak our truth and

to be free of fear that inhibits our

freedom ....

always in my heart rhythmmm


Rhythm, thank you, my dear lady. You read the passion behind my words in real way. My love&respect for you.

[Oliver]

Beautiful first thread Oliver, freedom is what humans must take back.
Free the heart and mind and the rest will follow.
Bou x

True, Bou. We must back it, and it started. It will come.

Love&Respect

[lightbeing]

http://www.absolutbusinessbrokers.com.au/template/keyhold_orange/images/freedom.jpg

Congrats on first thread, Oliver.

Free the mind ...

Peace and Respect to you my friend.

lightbeing

[rhythm]

YouTube- Richie Havens Freedom Woodstock 1969

[Oliver]

YouTube- Richie Havens Freedom Woodstock 1969 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-d5x-CiTUs)

Yea! :trumpet:

[greybeard]

Well written Oliver and an important observation.
Love Chris

[lindabaker]

A very passionate thread, good work, Oliver. You write from your heart. Please write more for us. Your thread resonated with me very much because I live in a country that was once free, and is no longer, and will be free again in a very short time. We remember. We will have it back. It will be a peaceful return to the original plan, borrowed from the Iroquois (Seneca) when my country (the US) was organized. The drumbeats are getting louder...

[Luminari]

Nice first thread Oliver.

Freedom is something that should be the sacred right of every entitee in creation, yet here on this plane of reality it is something we have to actively take back from those who think that they dominate us completely.

Be strong, stand your ground for what you know is right.

We can change the world, we do it every day with our thoughts.

Small actions can effect massive change.

[rhythm]

YouTube- Freedom Writers - I Have A Dream
do check out other links by freedom writers ...

this link will not copy to paste so you have to click on it
worth the effort tho ... excuse the double post i tried to get
the link up to make it easyier for you .. but you have to click on ....

ah!! freedom this thread i shall spend some time i feel ...

let the cage of our own imprisonment fall away

and no longer be a prisoner un to ourselfes

love to here more from you Oliver .. on this very

important and relavent subject to these times ....

and days ahead....

respect , namaste rhythmm..
i be back after contemplating im sure...

[rhythm]

YouTube- Freedom Writers - I Have A Dream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcVjKAKRpDw)
do check out other links by freedom writers ...

YouTube- Freedom Writers - I Have A Dream

[Oliver]

Well written Oliver and an important observation.
Love Chris

Thank you Chris. You know, I woke up this morning with a smile, i just realized how big victory it is to have more than 70% of the population out of THEIR control. It is so promising. I knew I should express it...

[Oliver]

A very passionate thread, good work, Oliver. You write from your heart. Please write more for us. Your thread resonated with me very much because I live in a country that was once free, and is no longer, and will be free again in a very short time. We remember. We will have it back. It will be a peaceful return to the original plan, borrowed from the Iroquois (Seneca) when my country (the US) was organized. The drumbeats are getting louder...

Linda, you also write from your heart, It is inspiring short post. Yes - we remember! Yes - we will have it back. Drumbeats are in our hearts. It is better for THEM to know that so far we are still ready to forgive, but only so far...so it depend by THEM which way they will withdraw.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

Nice first thread Oliver.

Freedom is something that should be the sacred right of every entitee in creation, yet here on this plane of reality it is something we have to actively take back from those who think that they dominate us completely.

Be strong, stand your ground for what you know is right.

We can change the world, we do it every day with our thoughts.

Small actions can effect massive change.


Happy to see you here, buddy. Your light is needed. We are already changing the world. There is not much choice for the controllers to realize that they are not in control anymore. They only have an illusion of control. It is finished, now only the inertia is keeping them in power. It will soon be over.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

So many people had died heroic fighting for Freedom with weapons in their hands, because they must.
We need no weapons, our weapon is Love and Truth, for the last battle for Freedom is not the battle for our bodies, but for our souls. And we shall fight with souls.
Here is little omage for the freedom fighters. If it touch you and you got tears, know you win!

Love&Respect

YouTube- The Road To Freedom-chris de burgh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWLI4aUuo0)

The Great Soul Leonard Cohen was inspired for this song by the freedim fighters (from faschism) from my region, but it is universal.
YouTube- Leonard Cohen - The Partisan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG4ndbhOkpI)

This is something you know, but see it again, this times with hearts.
YouTube- Braveheart Freedom Speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3ZENhUlDU)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG4ndbhOkpI

[Oliver]

The Partisan.

When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender,
this I could not do;
I took my gun and vanished.
I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children
but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.

An old woman gave us shelter,
kept us hidden in the garret,
then the soldiers came;
she died without a whisper.

There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.

YouTube- Leonard Cohen - The Partisan

[Oliver]

Eugene Delacroix - Liberty Leading The People

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tletoon/delacroix_liberty_leading_the_people.jpg

Someone could say that the French Revolution was abused by the Illuminati. It is only partly true, but what I want to accent with posting this Symbol of Liberty is that so many people were ready to die for freedom. This unselfish energy of Love for Others is what is most important.

Love & Respect

[Carmen]

A wonderful passionate first thread Oliver, congratulations. Freedom is the goal and freedom is the reward. Love what you wrote.

Love:wub2::wub2::wub2::wub2:

Carmen

[Oliver]

A wonderful passionate first thread Oliver, congratulations. Freedom is the goal and freedom is the reward. Love what you wrote.

Love:wub2::wub2::wub2::wub2:

Carmen

Thank you, Carmen, you are very welcomed.
Fire of Freedom is burning more and more.
"Freedom soon will come" (Cohen)

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

Only a soul which has experienced a lack of Freedom can be so happy about it and play it this way.
Yes, The Freedom is Beauty also.

:wub2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-mIHk2rM0Q

YouTube- Oscar Peterson - Hymn to Freedom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-mIHk2rM0Q)

[Oliver]

Rassouli - Joy of Freedom

http://www.newdawncollections.com/00-17-JoyofFreedom.jpg

source:http://www.newdawncollections.com/ArtNouveau.htm

[Freedom]

Well said my Friend! Wonderful post...beautiful words....amazing pictures and songs!!! Freedom had meant so much to me for my entire life...since that very first breath....I have finally broken the chains that bind and have sprouted the wings to fly.....freedom to say.....freedom to think....freedom to live.....freedom2B......freedom4ALL......much Love and Light to You. Namaste

YouTube- Abraham-Hicks:"The Law that leads to Total Freedom!" Art of allowing

[pineal-pilot-in merkabah]

KEEPING SCORE:
world wide vaccine uptake PTB 0 HUMANITY 1

world wide realisation of the banking and finace
sector and how it all works PTB 0 HUMANITY 1

world wide realisation of the cap and trade climate
change scam, fraudelent facts and figures exposed
world government now on the rocks PTB 0 HYMANITY 1


:lightsabre: :lightsabre: :lightsabre: :lightsabre: :lightsabre:

YouTube- Obi-Wan Kenobi Vs Darth Vader

[Freedom]

YYLvt0YoGyg

[bushycat]

Dear Oliver,
Art describes what's going on, has gone on, might go on.
You are free in knowing you ARE what's going on.
You are freedom.
We are freedom.
And it changes everthing.

Thank you for such inspired words and a very timely thread.

P.S. The doves which land on my lawn will be my carrier pigeons.

Love Always,
Bushycat

[Oliver]

KEEPING SCORE:
world wide vaccine uptake PTB 0 HUMANITY 1

world wide realisation of the banking and finace
sector and how it all works PTB 0 HUMANITY 1

world wide realisation of the cap and trade climate
change scam, fraudelent facts and figures exposed
world government now on the rocks PTB 0 HYMANITY 1


:lightsabre: :lightsabre: :lightsabre: :lightsabre: :lightsabre:

YouTube- Obi-Wan Kenobi Vs Darth Vader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjCyZ2P9bCA)


Thank you for your contribution, Pineal :lol3:
This is all true you claim.
The score will soon grow with geometrical progression.
We, our generation, will witness the final liberation.
And we will be the libertadores.
Keep scoring, please.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYLvt0YoGyg"]YouTube- Freedom [H

Freedom (what a beautiful name!!!), thank you very much.

:original:

[Oliver]

Dear Oliver,
Art describes what's going on, has gone on, might go on.
You are free in knowing you ARE what's going on.
You are freedom.
We are freedom.
And it changes everthing.

Thank you for such inspired words and a very timely thread.

P.S. The doves which land on my lawn will be my carrier pigeons.

Love Always,
Bushycat

Bushy, Freedom is Art, Art is Freedom. You are welcomed.
Let doves be what they are - pure beauty.
There are enough Pigeons of Freedom.
Thank you.

Love&Respect

[bushycat]

Bushy, Freedom is Art, Art is Freedom. You are welcomed.
Let doves be what they are - pure beauty.
There are enough Pigeons of Freedom.
Thank you.

Love&Respect

That's why the doves are my carrier pigeons, because they are pure beauty.
I do not tell them what to carry.
Yes, I agree Freedom is Art, and Art is Freedom.
And we are art.
xxBC

[Mystique]

Welcome dear Oliver to a very passionate group of folks. You are among friends here.

[Phtha]

Well said friend.
I thank you for putting this swine flu sham and the victorious outcome into such nice and coherent thought forms. An art form in its own.

[mudra]

http://meditateindurban.org/images/101.jpg

I think it's Love that 's breaking loose for it can't be contained anylonger within the dichotomies
of this plane.
Freedom is He-art .
Thank you Oliver for this most inspiring thread .

Love from me dear friend
mudra

[Malletzky]

Hey dear friend, I'm glad you finaly decided to open your first thread here...and such an important one.

How true, this cycle is comming to an end...and we're really above to gain our freedom again...I gues, this is nothing more and nothing less that many of us cincerely desire from the bottom of our lighted hearts.

Thanks for being what you are...a friend, a lightholder...and much more then this !!! Let's get out freedom back together....

with :wub2:
malletzky

[burgundia]

Congratulations Oliver....your first thread has been rated with 5 stars...:original:

[Oliver]

Mystique, Phtha, Mudra, Malletzky, Burgundia and all who participate in this thread – thank you my dear friends by my heart. I can feel your light and loving energy that inspires me. You are all beautiful.

I want to tell you something.
Freedom should be deserved. We should all try to act, starting from our inner freedom to bring the freedom to those who are sleeping. It is being in service to the others. It is Love.

I know The Controllers have only the illusion of control. The “swine flu/vaccine” issues showed this in a most drastically way. They are loosing control over our minds and souls, they are becoming weaker and weaker and this is because many light and brave people are fighting them with love and truth, spreading valuable information across the globe.

The Truth born in love for others is most powerful thing. It can change everything, so many times truth changed governments, ideologies and historic events. Nothing can’t stop the Truth, especially not the system of disinformation, lies and manipulations that the controllers are ruling with. When a lie is facing the Truth it just disappears, it is atomized. I know this by my experience as a journalist, it always works, The Truth always win at the end. This is the turning point, decision-making time. It is up to us.

So, I want to propose something here. From the start of my presence on this free territory named Project Avalon, I realized that here is so much truthful and loving energy that should (and must) be spreaded worldwide. I sense that the mission of Avalon is to deliver truth for much more recipients than are present on this forum. There are so many brilliant and knowledgeable souls here and I am sure they can do much more for Freedom.

Since I am blocked to act as a journalist, I am trying to develop a different way of delivering the truth to the people (THEY simply can not stop the truth). What I did with the case of the vaccine is next: I used few excellent materials from Avalon (I will show them beneath) and I speaded it. I used Facebook, different connections, media contacts, e-mails…It worked, timing was good and after few days all the materials were at least mentioned in the main media in my country, some of them were even on the central news on a national TV. This is because the materials were just excellent, leaving no doubt about their autentity and argumentation.

So I appeal to you to do the same. If you want to fight for Freedom, you should do some efforts. First watch the media, see which ones are available to allow publishing Avalon like materials (Videos, articles, web-sites), watch as much media as possible for you: papers, TV, magazines, internet portals, use Facebook, Twitter etc. Notice who of the journalists have the potential and love for truth, find their e-mails, make a list of them.

Than send them to the journalists. Try to select the materials that are closer to the answers of the essential journalistic questions: Who, How, Where, When, Why... well argumented materials. Show respect to the journalists; show that you follow and appreciate their job and that you believe they are well doing their sublime task: telling and delivering the truth. Send them materials constantly (you can even create a new e-mail for this, with a different name) and be patient. Imagine a situation when the Truth came to the millions. It is life saving.

Also, send them to the politicians to whom you think are truth and freedom-lovers. Some Non-governmental organizations also, but be careful since most of them (not all) are not controlled by your Government, but from the Shadow Government. Professors, student`s and youth organizations are also available for The Truth. Make a list, find their e-mails, send them real materials. Be creative and constant. It will work. Somehow, directly or indirectly, some of the materials will be published, and than your sacred duty is done.

Know that The Truth is like seed – thrown on good soil it will grow with beautiful fruits, and know that all the people love The Truth – once they received it, they will spread it to much more people. Nothing can stop it. Knowing and spreading the truth is raising the planetary vibration to unseen levels. It is Freedom.
Feel free to act free and be free.

This is my proposal for now; let us see what we can do.

Beneath are the materials I spread in my country. Use them. And find more.

Love&Respect

http://www.fluscam.com/HOME_files/H1N1%20FLU%202009%20Newsletter.pdf

YouTube- RE: Polish Health Ministry on swine flu jabs issues A/H1N1 ( visit count unfroze again... :)

YouTube- La Dra Rauni Kilde habla sobre la Conspiración de la Gripe Porcina

[Oliver]

This deep deep loving song by the extraordinary singer Nina Simone is dedicated to the man who became a planetary symbol for fighting for Freedom with Love - Dr. Martin Luter King.
Just listen how she love him and his work, not only in lyrics but something in her voice is so special for this song.

Love Doctor King of Love, Love Nina!

YouTube- Nina Simone: Why (The King of Love Is Dead)

[Oliver]

This is different, but strong enough. Jimi Hedrix: Freedom. Yeah!

YouTube- Experience Hendrix - Freedom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp8OziLkBQo)

FREEDOM

You got my pride
Hanging out of my bed
You mess with my life
So I bought my lead

Even mess with my children
And you're screaming at my wife
Get off of my back!
If you wanna get out of here alive

Freedom, freedom
Give to me
That's what I need
Freedom, freedom
To live
Freedom, freedom
So I can give

You got my heart
Speaking electic water
You got my soul
Screaming and hollering

You know you hooked my girlfriend
You know the drug store man
Well I don't need it now
I'm just trying to slap it out of her hands

Freedom, freedom
Give to me
That's what I need
Freedom, freedom
To live
Freedom, freedom
That's what I need

You don't have to
Say that you love me
If you don't mean it
You'd better believe

If you need me
Or you just wanna bleed me
Better stick in your dagger
Someone else
So I can leave, set me free!

Yeah, she's right
Straight ahead
Yep...straight up there
Freedom, so I can live
Freedom, so I can give...

Keep on pushing straight ahead...

[Oliver]

Just to remind you:
This little man with a stick and great soul defeated whole Empire with non-violence.
He used Love.
He used Truth.
He used Will.
He burnt the Freedom in the hearts of the people.
Remember the little man with the stick.
Remember what he did.
Can you imagine?
Can you?
He defeated the Empire.
At the end, they couldn`t do anything else
than - to love him.
He is Inspiration.
He is Adoration.
He is Mahatma.

My deepest bow, Bapu!

http://albuscav.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/gandhi_.jpg

http://hindilearner.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/9331mahatma-gandhi-posters.jpg

http://go635254.s3.amazonaws.com/ecoworldly/files/2008/10/gandhi.jpg

http://www.opendemocracy.net/content/articles/3798/images/cover_565.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2242/2549236064_196769a815.jpg

YouTube- Mahatma Gandhi - "Bapu"

[beren]

YouTube- Little Bit Of Soul



Ouch!

[Oliver]

YouTube- Little Bit Of Soul (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpRD2AAK0Jo&feature=related)

Ouch!

Thank you, Beren, for contribution. :thumb_yello:

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

Some people think this way: since Freedom is given to all beings as their sovereign right in the process of life (which is true) they shouldn’t do anything else in the direction to protect that Freedom from all of the threatens.
Conscious about Freedom is not Freedom itself.

It is true that The Freedom will come only from awareness and Love, but in this existentional reality the process of awakening and evolving unconditional Love is under the attack of so many negative forces, so we can consider this process as Freedom too.

The sacred right of every living entity is first to defend itself, in every reality.
Should we allow to be vaccinated against “swine flu”?
Should we allow Hitler to destroy your race?
Should we allow to live in economic slavery, working only to pay bills and taxes?
Should we stay blind for higher realms and our divine potential?

Our given Freedom is in danger, because we are also physically threatened by The System. Fighting for Freedom with Love and Truth in order the awakening and unconditional Love process to have all necessary (physical, political, economical. psychological, mental etc) conditions to reach their highest evolving. Our bodies are also part of our conscious, they are also sacred.

We are in this 3D realities with our bodies till we leave them. This 3D reality is threatened by The System of controllers who want to disable us for the higher dimensions. We should first liberate this reality, serving for others. Freedom is sacred as for angels so for plants. Fighting for Freedom is awakening and loving too.

Feel free to act free to be free.

Love &Respect.

[Dantheman62]

I think Helen Keller had total freedom, think about it.

http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17512

[Oliver]

I think Helen Keller had total freedom, think about it.

http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17512

Thank you, Danteman, I am thinking :original:
I like this one, among all:

"Science has found a cure for most evils,
but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all,
the apathy of human beings."

Love&Respect

[Dantheman62]

I tried to pick my favorite quote from her but I really like all of them!
And when I say she had total freedom, I meant that whatever she thought, came from inside her because she couldn't be tainted by the outside world by what she heard or saw, because she couldn't hear or see.
Being deaf and blind made her very wise!

[Oliver]

I must tell you I didn`t know about her, Dante. Now, I am very interested.
Sometimes, "handicaped" people has some special abilities.
Her expirience is preciouse exactely because she couldn`t be tainted by the outside word...it is like seeing it from different dimension. The distance gives broader sight.

[Dantheman62]

Yep, here's her bio...

http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=1&TopicID=129

[Oliver]

Thanks, I will see it.

[Oliver]

http://www.punditmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/FDR-Memorial-81.jpeg

[Oliver]

"Take your responsibility", said the Great Master.

YouTube- Osho, Freedom

[rhythm]

YouTube- J. Krishnamurti - Love And Freedom 1-8

[Oliver]

YouTube- J. Krishnamurti - Love And Freedom 1-8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMubK0y18Lo)

Rhythm, thank you very much for Krishnamurti`s video.

His destiny shows us how strong the love for Freedom can be.
As a child he was grown and taught by the members of Theosophycal Society in those times to be the new Maitreya.
When everything was ready for public proclamation in Amsterdam (I think) in 1927 of the new Maitreya, he stepped forward to the platform and said in the noses of the numerous public, journalists, members...:
" I am not Maitreya. I am Krishnamurti..."! And than leaved them in a shock.

What a man! He returned back his own freedom and started to speak worldwide. His voice about Freedom is still one of the strongest.

Love&Respect

[TraineeHuman]

Oliver, I believe you are spot on in saying that humanity's response to the swine flu mis-hype was a crucial victory for the human race. I have no doubt that in some ways it was also a type of major test case, so to speak. I understand it has gone a significant way to demonstrating to benevolent alien races that humanity has reached a point of being able to claim freedom as a natural right, as something that we all now know we deserve to consider a given. And not just in an abstract or political sense but in some fuller and deeper sense too. If this wasn't the truth, it would probably sound corny. But it is the truth, so it doesn't.

I understand that from next year we will start to have real disclosure. As we know, benevolent beings will never interfere with humans' free choice (nor would they be stupid enough to), except perhaps in an emergency such as nuclear war. Alien involvement in disclosure therefore only becomes possible after humans on their own come up with and make the claim to their right to greater freedom. Only then will the aliens pick up that ball and join in whatever the humans have started, to help take it further.

So this is simply a great thread, also because it helps us all to consider more deeply and fully what freedom really means, including on an individual and psychological/emotional level for each of us.

[Oliver]

TraineeHuman, thank you with my heart for your insight.
I fully agree with you.
Concerning disclosure, I am sensing that The System is prepearing a PARTIAL kind of disclosure, which is their attempt to stay in power, which is only worry for them.
They will not suceed.
Mass awakening really started. Vaccine issue showed us, THEY are NO MORE in control.
They can try, but that is all they can do.
Their time is over.
Thank you again.

Love&Respect

[burgundia]

bump...:)

[burgundia]

YouTube- Scorpions - Wind of Change with lyrics

[Oliver]

So many artist were inspired by Freedom, giving us most beautiful pieces of art.
He has always been a Free Man.
He and his music.
Bob Dylan.
The Magnificent one.

"Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing."

Love

YouTube- Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gmbvDR8aE)


Chimes Of Freedom

Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden while the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder
Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind
Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind
An' the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute
Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

[Oliver]

They were always inspiring me, always, but this song particulary.
Pink Floyd. ...feel the new wind of change...

YouTube- Pink Floyd - On the turning away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo3IrQCwbJY&feature=related)

On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand
"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
The turning away"
It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerised as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?


But, this one maybe even more!

"Hey you don`t help them to burry the Light,
don`t give in without a Fight!"

YouTube- Pink Floyd-Hey You (Lyrics) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYEdGd8Gs4)

[Oliver]

In my understanding, Anarchy is the closest to political-society`s freedom system in 3D. It is not disorder and chaos, but state of high coscious and responsibility of every individual in the society. This state can be driven only be Unconditional Love for others. I believe that the future new society will have much mutual points with some anarchystical teachings.
Here are some basics on Anarchism from the Anarchopedia.

Love&Respect

http://eng.anarchopedia.org/origins_of_anarchism

[rhythm]

Great stuff oliver
realy injoying your
passion here ..
and the sharin of your wisdom
many thanks ...
in freedom do we trust ..
in love n freedom
we find truth that
who we realy are
IS..

Infinite consciousness ...
o yes !!!!

[mudra]

The freedom of the soul
Hazrat Inayat Khan

The first sign one notices after the awakening of the soul, is that one begins to see from two points of view. One begins to see the right of the wrong and the wrong of the right. One begins to see the good of the bad and the bad of the good. One begins to see that everything is reflected in its opposite. In this way one rises above intellectuality, which then begins to appear as a primitive or elementary knowledge. One sees the dark in the bright and the bright in the dark, death in birth and birth in death. It is a kind of double view of things. And when one has reached this, then reason has made way for higher reasoning. No doubt one's language will become gibberish to others. People will not understand it. They will be confused by what one says. To some it will be too simple, to others too subtle. Too simple for those who only hear words without meaning, and too subtle for those who strive to understand the meaning and do not reach it.

The third aspect is that in failure, one will not feel such disappointment, and in success not such a great joy. In adverse conditions one will not be so dejected, in favorable conditions not so conceited. And these continual changes we experience in this world, such as friends turning into enemies, love sometimes turning to hate, sense to senselessness. These little surprises that we experience every day in this world, when things are different from what we expected, all these shocks will not be felt so deeply. Life in the world is full of shocks, there is no end to them. At every turn we find some surprise, all the time something new, but when the soul is awakened, we do not feel those shocks so deeply. They come but they do not hit us so heavily.

At the same time, in spite of all this there comes a deeper feeling. An advanced person is more susceptible to hurts than the one who is not advanced, because his heart becomes tender and he feels acutely. He is living. A rock would not feel it. This awakening of the soul gives fineness on the one hand, and strength to sustain shocks on the other.

And then we come to another stage that develops after the awakening of the soul, and that is the desire for freedom. People think they can attain this by retiring from the affairs of the world. No doubt that is a temptation; a spiritual person regards it as a temptation. An awakened soul no longer considers the dream important, and yet he will say, 'When I retire I shall still work, because I shall still be able to be useful.' That is the thought when one is less selfish.

The ultimate freedom of the soul is gained by concentration, by meditation, by contemplation, and realization. What concentration is needed for the freedom of the soul? The concentration on that object which is prescribed by one's spiritual teacher, that by the thought of that particular object one may be able to forget oneself for a moment. And then what contemplation is necessary? The contemplation that 'this, my limited self, is no longer myself but God's own instrument, God's temple, which is made in order that the Name of God be glorified'. What meditation is required? The meditation on the thought of God, the Being of God, forgetting absolutely one's limited self. And the realization is this, that then whatever voice comes to one is God's voice, every guidance is God's guidance, every impulse is divine impulse, every action is done by God. It is in this way that the soul is made free, and in the freedom of the soul lies the purpose of life.

Love Always
mudra

[Oliver]

Great stuff oliver
realy injoying your
passion here ..
and the sharin of your wisdom
many thanks ...
in freedom do we trust ..
in love n freedom
we find truth that
who we realy are
IS..

Infinite consciousness ...
o yes !!!!

O yes! :wub2:

[Oliver]

Mudra, this post is just as written in a stone.
Profound, concise, clear and correct.
Targets the essence of this thread.
Who is this man, Hazrat Inayat Khan? He is great being!
Great contribution, Wise Woman. Thank you.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

Declaration of Human Sovereignty

Regarding Contact with Extraterrestrial Nations and Forces

The Declaration of Human Sovereignty was developed by the Human Sovereignty Working Group, a network of people committed to humanity’s survival and the advancement of human sovereignty, freedom, and self-determination, as humanity emerges into the Greater Community of intelligent life.

http://www.humansovereignty.org/index.htm

[Oliver]

If you have time, watch this full movie "The Wall".
It is inspired by the legendary album of Pink Floyd with the same name.
It is highly emotional reflective hymn to human`s yearn for freedom in an distopian system, seen with the hearts of the great artists.
Long time Pink Floyd were actually singing one song only.
The song of Freedom.
The song of our pain also.
Beautiful song.
Listen to it when you are alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNM7j_ppHI

[Oliver]

"Freeeedm..la, la, la...!"
Nice vibrations... :lol3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slwIw1xNRlc

[TruthWillSetUFree]

Thank you Oliver!

Your post touched my heart and inflamed it with pride for humanity's greatness in conquering mind control! It really is a battle for our minds and we won!

Thank you for posting such an inspiring post!

Truth

[Oliver]

Thank you Oliver!

Your post touched my heart and inflamed it with pride for humanity's greatness in conquering mind control! It really is a battle for our minds and we won!

Thank you for posting such an inspiring post!

Truth

Truth Will Set U Free - all is in your nick :original:
Thank you. It is a gift for me to know I touched someone`s heart.
And yes, we won and we shall won.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

In this Enigma`s song (stunning video) a child is asking:
"I do not understand why we can`t live in Freedom?"
One day, when grown, it will have the answer.
Children asks the real questions. They are clear
and thay can see The Absurd directly.
Because it is the biggest absurd one planet not to live in Freedom and Peace.
An absurd created by those whose souls are created by the absurd.
Let us listen what children are asking.
There are answers.

Love&Respect.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gunUd5e_H0&feature=related

[Oliver]

What is total freedom?
Interesting Japanese video-approach.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLFrytdOnik&feature=related

[Oliver]

The Birth of Freedom - What is Freedom?
Shorts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2c2L37QIuc&feature=related

[kriya]

YouTube- J. Krishnamurti - Love And Freedom 1-8


Thank you so much for this, I haven't seen this one.

Love Kriya

[Oliver]

Freedom from Fear

..pure, touching, inspiring piece of video....and that voice speach vibrating as light spring wind...:wub2::wub2::wub2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoXuZrrHOlE

[Oliver]

Bob Dylan again: "Like A Rolling Stone"
...another hymn/symbol of personal freedom...

"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Youre invinsible now, you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?"

:original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbnqRAW9Is8

[Oliver]

Only to remind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goFxos6tz-o

[Oliver]

Teri Rosario - Freedom

...it is interesting how most of the artists personify Freedom as Female occurrence...I am not complain, of course...:winksmiley02:

http://img2.allposters.com/images/PODP/11023.jpg

[Oliver]

Here is Freedom as a Male, but with some help...:zip:


http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/click/Nu29D2CU880rK42wfK1mXwozTOoBizHKAFDVGob1lfiRnZDArN ZyU8r0o2m8/Freedom_by_p0ngbr.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg

[Oliver]

...another Lady Freedom, but having some problems....With the males i suppose...:tears:


http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/1631153-5-death-of-freedom.jpg

http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/future-of-freedom-440.jpg

[Oliver]

Lous Parsons - Freedom

...is this Male or Female? Whatever, let it just be Free!
Beautiful painting btw., showing the inner freedom, the real one...:original:

http://louisparsons.typepad.com/.a/6a01156f2690a2970c0120a590e701970b-800wi

[Oliver]

They have been posted on a few different threads, but i wont them here also.
They are Danny and Charlie.
They are brave.
They are inteligent.
They are spiritual.
They know.
They are great jokers.
They play a small game with gigantic outcome.
They are touching the nervs of the Totalitarianism.
They love Freedom more than everything.
They show us how to fight.
Danny and Charlie.
The new heroes.
I love them with my whole heart.
Love them too.
For love for freedom means The Freadom is born.
"Everything is OK".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPKzzGHfIQ&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6FWmHIJn2U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSXdhtmcJIY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ujsKsAukkU&feature=related

[Oliver]

I posted few months ago at the The End of The World Near thread. I don`t know how, but it come to my mind that all of this is about The Freedom. About finding The Freedom inside us. At least music, dancing and laughting are expressions of our personal freedom, Excuse me to repost it here, but it is important for me.

Love&Respect

The great Master Osho (Bhagvan Shri Rajneesh) was once asked by his student:
“Bhagvan, how do you see the man of the future?”
“I am seeing him as a mix of Buddha and Zorbas the Greek”!
Than, the student asked the Master again:
“We understand about Buddha, Bhagvan, but why Zorbas, he seems to be a kind of sinner?”
“Because Zorbas win the life laughing and dancing.”

This was his answer. I was very astonished reading it (I knew Osho was practicing dancing with his students during the lectures). I knew about Buddha and his sublime message. Also, in my very youth I saw the movie and read the book “Zorbas the Greek”, and I did not understand what about the whole thing was about. But now, Osho said: Buddha and Zorbas! Than I decided to read the book and to see the movie again, but with much different eye than in my youth. I did it. And I was crying and laughing in the same time.

The Universe is a joke – nobody did understood it until now, says one of the biggest taoistic teachers. Zorbas understood this; he knew that nobody can win the life, the 3D, in other way than laughing and dancing on it, with his bouzouki. In the great catastrophes of his life – he was laughing and laughing. Wildish in first sight, his soul was very gentle and noble, able to touch the inner wisdom. In the movie, after the fall of his great project, he is dancing on the beach without music, almost crazy way.
Than, his beloved “boss” asked him:
“Teach me to dance.”
Zorbas jumped excited. He realized that his friend finally got the point, after the catastrophe of their project. The metaphysical emptiness of the “unsuccessful” life was wined. The pain – dominated. The borders of the 3rd dimension were passed. Zorbas knew this fail was a great success. So did his “boss”. Osho said: Zorbas is the foundation and Buddha is the upgrade. They, Zorbas and his Boss (simbolicaly Buddha or Jesus?) were beyond the reality built not by their will.
“Dance? Did you say DANCE? Come on, my boy! Together.”
And then, dancing:
“Boss, I have so much to tell you: I’ve never loved a man more than you!”
And than, in the trance of the dance, great, metaphysical, unknown and from nowhere laugh came:
“Hey, you can laugh, too, a?! You are laughing!”
Ha, ha, ha…!
Here are His Holiness Zorbas the Greek and His Boss dancing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNsr_nQEfE

Friends - laugh. And dance. It is a Big Holy Joke around!
Btw. Zorbas was a real character. His grave is in my country, not in Greece. I went once at his grave. I lighted a candle. Than, from nowhere, I started to laugh loudly. With tears. “Opaaaaa!”

[bushycat]

And I loved when he said,

"Boss, life IS trouble,
only death is not!
To be alive is to undo your belt and LOOK for trouble!"


Still dancing,
Bushycat

[Oliver]

Bushycat, it so funny when Antoni Queen is saying THIS in the movie.
I recall it, and I am laughting :lmfao:
But, so true in many ways.
Thank you.
Keep dancing.

Love&Respect



And I loved when he said,

"Boss, life IS trouble,
only death is not!
To be alive is to undo your belt and LOOK for trouble!"


Still dancing,
Bushycat

[Panta rhei]

They have been posted on a few different threads, but i wont them here also.
They are Danny and Charlie.
They are brave.
They are inteligent.
They are spiritual.
They know.
They are great jokers.
They play a small game with gigantic outcome.
They are touching the nervs of the Totalitarianism.
They love Freedom more than everything.
They show us how to fight.
Danny and Charlie.
The new heroes.
I love them with my whole heart.
Love them too.
For love for freedom means The Freadom is born.
"Everything is OK".

Wooohoooo yes, the Love Police!!! I got them in my signature, love those guys....

When intelligence meets humor, spirituality and courage...

very dangerous mixture for tptb ;)

[beren]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz2KH-NSrtI

I feel freedom in this song...I like it when I`m driving my bike ...sooooo smooth for bike drive and feeling free and light...:trumpet:

[Oliver]

Wooohoooo yes, the Love Police!!! I got them in my signature, love those guys....

When intelligence meets humor, spirituality and courage...

very dangerous mixture for tptb ;)

Panta rhei, you got it! :thumb_yello:

[Oliver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz2KH-NSrtI

I feel freedom in this song...I like it when I`m driving my bike ...sooooo smooth for bike drive and feeling free and light...:trumpet:

Nice, positive song, Beren.
Thanks!
:original:

[Oliver]

This photography was proclaimed one of the best in 2009.
"One picture - thousand words", says an old proverb.
With one difference...no words exists here.
Only SCREAMING!


http://www.on.net.mk/galerii/Foto_2009/images/On.net_Foto_2009_006.jpg

[Oliver]

How to be free of trolls? Laugh at them!



This is a troll when you pay attention to him...
http://bookreviewsbybobbie.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/troll.jpg

..and this is when you ignore him...
http://myiq2xu.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/troll.jpg

...these are banned trolls...
http://menwithpens.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/trolls2.png

...these are the trolls before the attack on Avalon...
http://jenniferlyonbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/trolls-mean.jpg

..and this is the situation after the attack...
http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/unemployment/40621d1240844760-many-hiring-managers-will-not-interview-do_not_feed_trolls-1-.jpg

...ascended trolls...:lol3:
http://modernurbanliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/trolls.jpg

[burgundia]

:roll1::roll1::roll1::roll1:Oliver... I needed a big laugh. Thank you...

DEDICATED TO ALL THE TROLLS...:lmao::lmao:

[Tango]

My Gawd..... This gets BEST POST AWARD for the DAY.....

Man, I am I Laughing..... Can You hear me, Oliver...

Where's a mod... can We put a Ribbon on this... Some kind of AWARD...

Trooly,


Tango

[Oliver]

:roll1::roll1::roll1::roll1:Oliver... I needed a big laugh. Thank you...

DEDICATED TO ALL THE TROLLS...:lmao::lmao:

...and to Trollesses, too. Let us be fair and non-discriminatory, please.:lol3:

Laughting is Freedom too. :thumb_yello:

[Malletzky]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

SHE'S BEAUTIFULL...AND SHE'S FREE !!!!!!


http://www.ariva.de/lachen_a259956

[Oliver]

Malletzky....:lmao::lmfao:

Hahahahahah...!

[burgundia]

YYYiiihahaha
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3144455344_46aa1c4c1e.jpg

[Malletzky]

I'M FREE TO LAUGH ...HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

http://ada.k12.mn.us/Student%20Websites/Madison/Personal/images/CatLaugh.jpg

[Malletzky]

Malletzky....:lmao::lmfao:

Hahahahahah...!

Isn't she beautifull...and FREE ?!?!?!? YES SHE IS !!!!


HAHAHAHAHA !!!

[Oliver]

My Gawd..... This gets BEST POST AWARD for the day.....

Man, I am I Laughing..... Can You hear me, Oliver...

Where's a mod... can We put a Ribbon on this... Some kind of AWARD...

Trooly,


Tango

tango, I can`t hear you, since I am laughting all the time....this is becoming a Troll Liberation party :lol3:

Burgundia, the horse, omg!...it just saw a troll, obviosely!:roll1:

[Malletzky]

Oliver, this has been the best advice we could get...how to get read of trolls...

THIS is the way :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

[burgundia]

Oliver, this has been the best advice we could get...how to get read of trolls...

THIS is the way :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

The best way!!:lol3:

[giovonni]

Greeting's Oliver,
thanks for keeping the concept of Freedom ongoing here at Avalon :thumb_yello:

thanks burgundia for the alert :lol3:


Note, I have developed blinders

http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/IMZ/IMZ008/dpr0002.jpg

for most of the nonsensical threads and those who habituate them,
but I still do on ocassion get roused by those who trash others good intented threads and post:thumbdown:

Here is a universal image> that could be used to alert other members to these threads and types :tongue2::tongue2: :tongue2:

http://www.somersoft.com/forums/gallery/data/506/Do-not-feed-the-troll.jpg

[burgundia]

Gio, you always make me roll on the floor with laughter.....and laughter is a powerful remedy for many things...and SO ARE YOU>...:lol3:

[Oliver]

Thank you, Giovonni for the support.

Btw. this guy from the biggest picture looks so nice, he must be Mister Troll Universum :lol3:

Greetings

[burgundia]

I know this guy...wait...wait...It is Truthwalker vel Sw vel other sick personalities...

[Tango]

Luana, I'm bringing this to the top for you to find....


Trooly,



Tango

[Luana]

Oh thank you Tango! I really needed a good laugh.

[truth and integrity]

Oliver,
I agree with you regarding laughter. We will not have freedom without laughter.
I realized that many people invest their energy into their belief system. They make their beliefs so personal and fight to death to defend it. If they just could laugh and let others to have freedom to express whatever they have in their mind we would be laughing all together. But BTB knows that when we are divided they can control us.
:roll1:

Best regards

[14 Chakras]

Oliver,
I agree with you regarding laughter. We will not have freedom without laughter.
I realized that many people invest their energy into their belief system. They make their beliefs so personal and fight to death to defend it. If they just could laugh and let others to have freedom to express whatever they have in their mind we would be laughing all together. But BTB knows that when we are divided they can control us.
:roll1:

Best regards


M1* ~ See this is what it's all about, we learn and come up higher and Be nicer ! I like your newest persona More already ~ :) ~ keep up the good work ok? Respect is given, and respect is received. Turning the other cheek is the Way ~~ ~ heart heart heart ~~~~

:thumb_yello:

[truth and integrity]

[QUOTE]Location: Calgary, Canada
Posts: 682

Default Re: The Freedom
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Originally Posted by truth and integrity View Post
Oliver,
I agree with you regarding laughter. We will not have freedom without laughter.
I realized that many people invest their energy into their belief system. They make their beliefs so personal and fight to death to defend it. If they just could laugh and let others to have freedom to express whatever they have in their mind we would be laughing all together. But BTB knows that when we are divided they can control us.


Best regards

[QUOTE]M1* ~ See this is what it's all about, we learn and come up higher and Be nicer ! I like your newest persona More already ~ ~ keep up the good work ok? Respect is given, and respect is received. Turning the other cheek is the Way ~~ ~ heart heart heart ~~~~

:lol3:
You made me laught. I am new to this forum, but I visited this forum since it has started. I liked to get new ideas or some good links. Howerver, I did not want to join because English is my second language. I wish I could express myself without being overly concerned about my grammar or spelling. But I decided to overcome my limitations and to join. BTW can you explain me how can I use a frame rather than [QUOTE]?

Best regards,

[Oliver]

I wonder, is it only the ability to fly the reason that the famous say exists:
"Free like bird"...


http://docs.google.com/gview?attid=0.1&pid=gmail&thid=1259fef62132f247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D 2%26ik%3Dbbac284e12%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1259fef621 32f247%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26realattid%3Df _g3cfhnsh0%26zw&docid=824c02eae1011235c689c739ba5a671e%7C7888fd7ec 77beea5501bb647e94bb8ee&a=bi&pagenumber=23&w=770

[Oliver]

Also, one of the most universal symbols for Freedom are white horses, especialy in arts.
Must be because of Beauty. The ability to accept, reach and produce Beauty is one of the most sublime forms of Freedom.
And, why white horses, why no other colors, they are also beautiful?
Since the symbolism of the white color can be very controversial, my opinion is that it is because white contains all the colors in the Spectrum...


http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/062/3/e/3ef5838cf1ba2ebd.jpg

[Oliver]

Third point: Freedom is Peace.
The most universal symbol for Peace is White Dove with the olive branch.
So, again we have a Bird and White. Consequently, Peace contains flying and beauty.
Also, in Christianity, the Holy Ghost is presented as white dove. Means Holy Ghost brings peace?
The olive branch? What I know is that olive is very healing tree...and it`s aroma when blooming is just a divine one. Peace is the best cure for the wounds of this planet. Peace is first condition for Freedom. Of any kind.
Btw. few years ago i had two white doves on my balcony, a male and female. The sounds they were producing in love is just an unseen grace.
Peace be with you...



http://quotablequoteunquote.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/peace-love-freedom-dove.jpg

[Oliver]

"Hello, my friend. Welcome to your mind..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBq1yAHY-0I

[burgundia]

Beautiful messages in that video...:thumb_yello:

[Oliver]

Fourth point: Freedom is Love. By Osho. Nothing to add.

"In today's world, freedom is our basic condition, and until we learn to live with that freedom, and learn to live by ourselves and with ourselves, we are denying ourselves the possibility of finding love and happiness with someone else.
Love can only happen through freedom and in conjunction with a deep respect for ourselves and the other."



http://www.otoons.de/osho/images/osho_eyes1.jpg

[Oliver]

A video presentation of Osho`s book "Zorba the Buddha".

Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD0Y00ANQnw

[Oliver]

"There is no such thing as little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free."

- Walter Cronkite -


http://docs.google.com/gview?attid=0.1&pid=gmail&thid=1259fef62132f247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D 2%26ik%3Dbbac284e12%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1259fef621 32f247%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26realattid%3Df _g3cfhnsh0%26zw&docid=824c02eae1011235c689c739ba5a671e%7C7888fd7ec 77beea5501bb647e94bb8ee&a=bi&pagenumber=16&w=770

[Oliver]

For what avail the plough or sail,
Or land or life, if freedom fail?

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -


http://affirmativethinking.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/freedom1.jpg

[Oliver]

No one is free when others are oppressed.

- Author Unknown -


http://photomural.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/planet_earth.jpg

[Oliver]

The Great Dictator, shockingly, started his speech with:
"I am sorry, but I don`t want to be an Emperor - that is not my business. I don`t want to rule or conquer anyone..."

Ladies and Gentlemen, Charlie Chaplin with one of the greatest movie`s speeches of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gRAszcUx-M

[Oliver]

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

- William Hazlitt -


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Boat_people_family.gif

[Oliver]

"It is not about the climate,
it is about the Freedom!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaopWoU-9vs

[bushycat]

Not all who wander are lost.

-J.R. Tolkien




Love Always,
Bushycat

[Oliver]

Not all who wander are lost.

-J.R. Tolkien

Love Always,
Bushycat

...maybe even the wandering is the finding...?

Love, Bushy

[bushycat]

[QUOTE=Oliver;206518]...maybe even the wandering is the finding...?

Yes, the journey is the way. And the wandering is the freedom......

xxBC

[Oliver]

Well, i don`t know what to think about Michael Jackson,
but I know that I like this little big speech of him.
"..tell them that you care for them...don`t be shy..." :original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeVt9UEUh-8&feature=PlayList&p=D74816B4A5C958C4&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=29

[Oliver]

John Lennon:
"All we are saying is give peace a chance!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwJQffbssxo&feature=related

[Oliver]

Johh Lennon: "Imagine..."
We do, John, every day, all the time!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvvLw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKhIJfB510&feature=related


Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

[bushycat]

Taking refuge in myself,
Going back to myself,
I am free.

-Thich Nhat Hanh



xxBC

[Oliver]

Taking refuge in myself,
Going back to myself,
I am free.

-Thich Nhat Hanh


xxBC

Great, Bushy!

[Oliver]

A hero is someone who understands the
responsibility that comes with his freedom.

- Bob Dylan -


http://adeli.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bobdylan.jpg

[Oliver]

You cannot kill the truth.
You cannot kill justice.
You cannot kill what we are fighting for.

- Jean Dominique -


http://www.freespiritart.com/images/freedom-larson.jpg

[Oliver]

True salvation is freedom from negativity.

- Eckhart Tolle -

http://img2.allposters.com/images/ING/IG2770.jpg

[Oliver]

The Trap:
What Happened to Our Dreams of Freedom?

...excellent reflections and insights about socio-political freedom and slavery...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_zk2X92kxY&feature=related

[Oliver]

Didi Baev - Tulips

...experiencing Beauty is a special kind of Freedom of the soul, it is a connection to the Divine, since beauty has no other reasons for existence except to be beauty.
This is my Holiday`s congratulations for all contributors and visitor to this thread.
Happy Holidays and walk in Freedom and Beauty, beloved friends!...


http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10362312-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9492352-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9075313-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9045352-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9039234-md.jpg

[Oliver]

The horses of Wojtek Kwiatkowski

...more Beauty-Freedom by probably the best horse photographer...Thank you, dear Creator for these creatures, thank you!...


http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9881371-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9579451-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/5360956-lg.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9230302-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8733195-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3227660-lg.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8162092-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7417084-lg.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7749273-lg.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7717313-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7710551-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4043695-lg.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6797013-md.jpg

[Tango]

Now these are beautiful.........


Tango

[bushycat]

Freedom caught on film.

He is brilliant, his photography is brilliant.

What a thrill to see.

BC

[Oliver]

Tango, Bushy, I am happy you enjoyed it.

Love

[Oliver]

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

- Walt Whitman



http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=659&pictureid=6990

[burgundia]

The beauty of those horses can't be described with words....

[WineHippie]

... "freedom's just another word
for nuthin' left to lose" ...

b7XawpsSwko

[Tango]

Sometimes Love has to take a Hard Line..... Cause...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjY_uSSncQw


Trooly,


Tango

[burgundia]

http://www.ahouseofalchemy.com/beauty.htm
http://www.ahouseofalchemy.com/freedom.htm

[burgundia]

http://www.ahouseofalchemy.com/freedom.htm

[burgundia]

http://www.ahouseofalchemy.com/freedom.htm

[burgundia]

http://www.ahouseofalchemy.com/truth.htm

[Oliver]

... "freedom's just another word
for nuthin' left to lose" ...

b7XawpsSwko

...or: "When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose" - Bob Dylan

Thank you WineHippie, that voice..when I am listening to Janis "something" is happening. Something free...

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

Sometimes Love has to take a Hard Line..... Cause...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjY_uSSncQw


Trooly,


Tango

Tango, I understood. Thank you for contribution.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

http://www.ahouseofalchemy.com/truth.htm

Wow..Burgundia, these are just amazing minimalistic art-alchemy symbols. I enjoyed them. Thank you.

Love&respect

[Oliver]

Without freedom, there is no creation.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti


http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/i/2007/238/0/1/intelligent_design_by_sinslave09.jpg

[Tango]

For the One's that Don't Like Christmas.... It is My Freedon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80cdLmLraq8&feature=related

To over eat... With All the best foods, Drink Mexican Chocolate with

a Cinnamon Stick.... And laugh at this video

Trooly,


Tango

[Oliver]

For the One's that Don't Like Christmas.... It is My Freedon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80cdLmLraq8&feature=related

To over eat... With All the best foods, Drink Mexican Chocolate with

a Cinnamon Stick.... And laugh at this video

Trooly,


Tango

Merry Christmas, Tango. Enjoy your Freedom!!!

[Tango]

I hope I was a part of making your Christmas special...

Your friend,


Tango


Merry Christmas, Tango. Enjoy your Freedom!!!

[Oliver]

I hope I was a part of making your Christmas special...

Your friend,


Tango

:original:

[Oliver]

Josephine Wall - Flight to Freedom

"As the inquisitive girl lifts the glass dome, the air becomes filled with magic. The captured butterflies' come alive and unfurl their colourful wings as they escape into the waiting world. Little fairies arrive to share the happiness, as their friends fly and whirl around in celebration of their newfound freedom."


http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/air_water/freedom.jpg

[Oliver]

http://www.documentsanddesigns.com/images/Universal_Cultural/Chinese/Table_Numbers_Names/Chinese_Symbols_Proverbs/E_Chinese_Symbols_Proverbs_Freedom.gif

[morguana]

="<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9tIYpvlQP_s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9tIYpvlQP_s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>"]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9tIYpvlQP_s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9tIYpvlQP_s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

a song for you oliver :wink2:.......free your mind........

http://www.ceethree.us/images/blotter_art-thumb.jpg

lots of love to you
mogs xxx

[morguana]

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and this one also :wub2:

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/winged-heart-robert-donaghey.jpg

love mogs xxx

[morguana]

http://www.philosophyoffreedom.com/files/flying-people.jpg

[burgundia]

Title: Freedom
Artist:Aleksander Gorbunov

http://www.paintingofrussia.com/images_b/b6355.jpg

[burgundia]

Sculptures of Freedom Fighters at the Freedom Park, Bangalore


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sculptures_at_Freedom_Park.jpeg/800px-Sculptures_at_Freedom_Park.jpeg

[burgundia]

George Bernard Shaw:
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

[Stardustaquarion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muz_xPUQO1k

Freedom by Suzze Waters Benjamin :original:

[burgundia]

Philip Wilson Steer "Girls Running"....one can feel the freedom...
http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Philip_Wilson_Steer/Girls_Running_Walberswick_Pier.jpg

[Oliver]

Thank you, Burgundia and Morguana for your lovely contribution.

Stardustaquarion, welcome!!! The song you posted is very suggestive and soulfull.

Love and Respect to all!

[Oliver]

You are truth. You are love.
You are bliss. You are freedom.

- Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh (Osho)


http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=676&pictureid=7280

[Oliver]

Victor Issa - Freedom

...fly, fly, fly!!!...


http://www.artbizblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/issa_freedom.jpg

[Oliver]

Freedom - Unknown author


http://m.artician.com/pu/OT45HU77LNNMFIHPXAKTLJRU2VQS5SMB.preview.jpeg

[Oliver]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/52952608/Freedom_by_whateverwinnie.jpg

[Oliver]

Repin - What Freedom!


http://www.awesome-art.biz/awesome/images/medium-i2/What%20Freedom!%20by%20Repin.jpg

[Malletzky]

Freedom is when...

...when I'm allowed to cry when I see the misery of this earth...

...when I'm allowed to love you all, as my little daughter says, until the end of the endles sky...

...when I'm allowed to hope that we, yes we, can heal and save the world and make it a better place to live...


WHY NOT???

Jpz5eD9L4dA



...you're allowed to continue...


with :wub2::wub2::wub2:
malletzky

[Oliver]

Thanks Malletzky!

Freedom IS!

[Oliver]

http://radio2020.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/freedom.jpg

[Oliver]

Abraham-Hicks:"The Law that leads to Total Freedom!" Art of allowing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jug0rclxb5A

[Oliver]

http://media.picfor.me/00180F2C/my-beauty-Digital-digital-art-Beauty-in-All-Forms-not-s-greco-Cool-Pics-my-album_large.jpg

[micjer]

3QLXDKJ1Vs0



Crank this one up and watch for the orbs near the end. Totally uplifting.

Great thread Oliver.

[Oliver]

Thank you, Micjer!
Very positive song, and good video.

Love&Respect

[Oliver]

=Jug0rclxb5A

[Oliver]

Jug0rclxb5A

[Oliver]

http://www.designinabox.nu/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/freedom.jpg

[Oliver]

Love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

- Maya Angelou


http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=659&pictureid=7365

[burgundia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGzGqb-nVvE

[Oliver]

Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh


http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=676&pictureid=7350

[Oliver]

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=676&pictureid=7354

[Oliver]

It is 17 minute long speach.
You all know about it.
"I have a dream".
Dr. Martin Luther King.
But listen to it once all, in silence.
Please.
See that charisma.
The inspiration.
See that man in the moment of meeting The Freedom.
Moving masses.
See that Love.
The belief.
Know: after that speech, the bullet that killed his body,
made his spirit immortal.
"Free at last, free at last...!"
"I have a dream"!

Do you?

PbUtL_0vAJk

[Oliver]

Once again: Nina Simone sings "Why" (The King of Love is Dead) dedicated to Martin Luther King.
Cry.
And Joy!

Love&Respect

8Uy8cyVWU2A

[Oliver]

Charlie from "Love Police" ("Everything is OK") says: Please, forgive me..!
:wub2:

alGbtJ1ePhg

[Oliver]

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

- Jalaladdin Rumi


http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=659&pictureid=7369

[Oliver]

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

- Ernesto Che Guevara


http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/PYR/PP30688.jpg

dr_g23qi9hg

[Oliver]

Friends, great, great news!!!

Council of Europe will investigate
and debate on "Faked Pandemics"!

http://www.wodarg.de/english/2948146.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16667


This is a dramatic turning point which shows that the "elite" is loosing the war against humanity that was pushed with "swine flu" and the "vaccine".
All their propaganda of fear failed! All lies failed. Manipulations are down!
90% of the world population is refusing the vaccine!
As I wrote in the first post of this thread, the swine flu scandal will be the point were the humanity will start unprecedented global awakening and will break the psychological control.
This is exactly what is happening. Structures in European Union shows not only the manipulation didn`t succeed, but they will investigate all the companies and also WHO who started the "pandemics"...
Forces of Light are prevailing everywhere!
This is the time when the liberation is starting.
It is winter here in Europe, but i can hear some birds chirping outside.

The time came, friends!

Love&Respect

[rhythm]

Oliver great to see your release of

passion here on this thread

such a wonderfull gift

to write this way .....

and i see its getting many viewings

namaste rhythmmmxxxx

[Oliver]

Fleur Palau - Beauty Experiences Freedom

Quote:"Beauty is a free spirit and beautiful. But things beautiful, by our own definition of it can never be free as we own and create it. In this piece, the oxymoron of the concept is revealed."

http://www.threegracesgallery.com/SHOP/Palau_Fleur/Beauty_Experiences_Freedom.jpg

[bushycat]

To shift from reverse to drive,
reframe your experiences to find
the blessing rather than the problem.
Then you will become the master of your universe,
rather than its victim.

-Alan Cohen



BC

[Oliver]

To shift from reverse to drive,
reframe your experiences to find
the blessing rather than the problem.
Then you will become the master of your universe,
rather than its victim.

-Alan Cohen



BC

Hi, Bushy. Nice to see you here again with contribution.
Thanks

[Oliver]

While the State exists,
there can be no freedom.

- Lenin

http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=676&pictureid=7299

[Oliver]

Africa - the unclear conscience of humanity!

http://www.britsattheirbest.com/images/f_slavery_boy_map_africa.jpg

[bushycat]

Do not immitate the way of this world,

but be transformed by renewing your mind.

-Romans 12.2


BC

[Oliver]

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/tinybubbles29154/0AAwakenFreedom.jpg

[Oliver]

http://catatonickid.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/liberation-poster.jpg

[Oliver]

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/i-can-see-freedom-ian-macdonald.jpg

[Oliver]

Always and always returning to him: The Master!


otGQqO2TYMI

x6UMT94jNGI

[Oliver]

A slave is one who waits
for someone to come and free him.

- Ezra Pound


http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=659&pictureid=7043

[Oliver]

He who is brave is free.

- Seneca


http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/mar2009/5/9/kevin-richardson-with-meg-pic-barcroft-image-1-105775524.jpg

[burgundia]

There is no freedom like seeing myself as I am and not losing heart.

Elizabeth J.Canham



Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Eugene V. Debs

[bushycat]

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

-Emerson


BC

[bushycat]

Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us. We taste only sacredness.

-Rumi



BC

[Oliver]

Burgundia and Bushycat, thank you, ladies, for inhabiting this free territory:original:

I am thinking of giving you a Medal of Freedom! :wink2:

Love&respect

[housemouse2]

Freedom is awareness; slavery is ignorance.

Ignorance is blissful slavery for the masses. Freedom brings misery in truth. Most people are ignorant slaves who have the illusion of freedom. For when real freedom awakens their consciousness the truth is too great to bear and thus they return to a state of denial and then blissful ignorance.

The true cost of freedom is immeasurable, beyond the worth of a human life, a mind and a soul. True freedom takes the courage to realize you may in fact have been wrong and admit to that fact is even harder.

Thus, it's easier for me to assume I am free, convince myself of that illusion than to examine the real world for what it is and conclude that the very people I had trusted, looked up to and voted into office to represent me and my family are murders, thieves and criminals. It's also easier to think I can actually vote them out of office than to acknowledge the system is now flawed and only a revolving door of criminal will ever be elected.

The burden of Freedom is much heavier than any man made object. It weighs on your mind, body and soul. True freedom can never be granted, bestowed or earned.

Freedom is not found in a document or piece of legislation. For laws are designed to subdue. The Constitution is a law that says what the government cannot do. No sworn soldier can protect my freedoms, can die for my freedoms or serve for my freedoms. The very aspect of a solider fighting for my freedoms in a far away land is laughable for they give up their own freedoms upon enlisting. War is one illusion used to maintain that false sense of freedom. Each a pawn who doesn't understand that they themselves are slaves.

Freedom isn't glory, waving flags and national pride. It's dirty, gritty and gut wrenching. It's heart breaking, solace and overwhelming. For true freedom can only be born out of the realization that you are a slave.

[Oliver]

Housemouse, these are just great insights!
I am grateful to you for bringing such deep feeling and expression of the issue of Freedom in this thread.
I can only say: the tree of Freedom has many branches, much more leafs, and if we want to have fruits from that tree, we should take care for it as a whole, starting from it`s roots.

With Love and Respect to you and your free soul.

[mudra]

I am posting this here on Bushy's request :

In the 18th (Buddhist) century (12th by western calendars), a Chinese Ch'an (Zen) master (Japanese: Kukuan) painted ten pictures illustrating the search for an ox, an allegory for the search of our true nature.

The search for the bull

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic1.GIF

Everyone is searching for a cure for their insatisfaction. We wrongly suppose the answer is obscured and that obstructions must be overcome on a long and exhausting trip which takes us far into unchartered lands. Like a mirage our goal recedes as we advance. In the frenzy of our desparate quest we ignore our immediate surroundings, mesmerized by the distant majestic peaks of our imagined destination. The bull is not lost, your search is like that for your glasses on your own nose or your hat on your head. Our ox-herder has got on the ox to go looking for the ox. There is no separation from our true nature, nor is a confusion of our senses possible. We see what we see, hear what we hear and think what we think. Our tracks are always there, under our feet, and we are always at home. As the old lady said when directing the monk to Zhao Zhou's (Joshu's) Bai-lin temple: we should always "go straight ahead." Make no mistake that advice can also mean to go left or right, or even to turn back. Only by rejecting all dualisms can we see things for what they are.

The locust and all the 10,000 phenomena are manifestations of our true nature, to look elsewhere is to abandon it, to err endlessly in a land where no place is home; in a labyrinth of dualities.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Discovering the Footprints

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic2.GIF

Inevitably we discover the traces since everything, everywhere is evidence. Nothing, even ourselves, can be external to the ONE (thus: "one finger zen"). Far from being simply evidence; everything, everywhere is itself that for which we search. Things are not evidence of reality, but are reality itself. Apart from immediately reality there are only illusions generated by our mental constructions. Understand this and you understand the teaching. The path is always just in front of you. You need not discriminate to discern it. Once you commence to divide true from untrue, your task is unending. Stop! don't speak, even to think (even about thinking) is to lose yourself in a sea of illusions.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Perceiving the Bull

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic3.GIF

You've seen the traces and now the ox, important progress indeed to pass from signs to direct perception! To go from the source of illusions to reality itself. Now you're directing your attention to immediate reality and therefore no illusion can hide it. Like Magritte's "This is not a pipe"; what an artist can draw is not a bull. While you drink water, you don't ask if it's warm or cold. The six senses (the sixth is the perception of your thoughts) "merge" when you use them together to perceive directly, to become one with "the 10,000 things" (in Chinese culture, 10,000 = infinity!). In so doing you cross the threshold from duality into the unity of all things. That "entrance" is everywhere, always just in front of you. Each thing is unique and therefore incomparable. Each thing is exactly right to be what it, and only what it can be. As the butcher told the monk: "Each of our pieces (of meat) is the best." When you perceive your true nature, you will recognize it as a childhood friend.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Catching the Bull

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic4.GIF

The film Forbidden Planet took us to an (almost) uninhabited world where gigantic automated power plants produce endless power without apparent use. A lone stranded scientist struggled to discover the use for this enormous energy. When a search party arrives to "rescue" him against his will, fireballs of energy block them at every turn. The explanation was that the energy was at disposal of the scientist's unconscious desires.

Here we see that the ox's "great will and power" are inexhaustible and that he is capable of a "terrific struggle." When we discover that we are the only source of his energy the "struggle" will be over. Although he is always with you, you can't turn around fast enough to see him. Now you've caught him, he can no longer hide. Still, he seems insubordinate, used to his old ways, searching for new satisfactions while remaining always unsatisfied. You think you can whip him into obedience, yet another illusion!

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Taming the Bull

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic5.GIF

Separating yourself from your true nature, you imagine you must force the ox to obey. This error will be self-proving until you understand that your Buddha-nature is naturally satisfied, naturally gentle. The whip and rope were themselves their only justification. No effort is required, everything, including all the phenomena which are you, are simply what they are. Understanding that your thoughts are phenomena like all others, they will at last appear as they are, all true to themselves; beyond the delusions of true and false. Then you will understand that immediate reality is the gateway to enlightenment and the Lord Buddha's touching the ground is opening the "gate", which only illusion sees.

Here as in all the first six of these pictures there's the fundamental defect of the duality of two selves: the self of everyday life and the self of our Buddha-nature. Not only is this, like all dualities, false; but the illusion of even one self is itself false as a violation of the doctrine of the non-existence of self. Perhaps the answer is that we must crawl before we can walk. However crawling is not a means of learning to walk, which requires the rejection of crawling.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Riding the Bull Home

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic6.GIF

To mount the ox is to become one with your true nature; once united with it you're already home. Flute and hands beat in harmony with the 10,000 things. All things, directly perceived, form the path (Tao) of the enlighten one. To realize your place in this flow of events there is neither joy nor sadness, rather infinite satisfaction. Once achieved this realization of the perfect harmony of all things will never be voluntarily renounced.

Here again one must note that although once acquired the capacity to enter nirvana (that is of course what we are referring to here) is never renounced; it is not the case that a Buddha remains permanently in that state. On the contrary, it is characteristic of one possessing the capacity to enter nirvana at will that he or she will reenter samsara for the sake of those that may be aided thereby

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

The Bull Transcended

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic7.GIF

This picture, its verse and commentary express a single point: that all has been one since the beginning. The "ox" was only a means to realizing this fact. Once realized, the world of samsara is experienced as it really is: nirvana. Abandoning your attempt to force phenomena to conform to concepts ends the sense of struggle and turmoil inspired by the illusions of samsara. Then the perfect unity of all things, including yourself, appears effortlessly. The disappearance of the obscuring cloud, doesn't create the moon, but only reveals it. As the Lord Buddha correctly taught us: He created nothing; rather He simply discovered the truth about how the world works.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Both Bull and Self Transcended

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic8.GIF

Here, finally, we discover the consequences of this truth: that nothing is independent or permanent. All things are an integral part of the entire cosmos (*). All messages (concepts, dogmas) are swept away by passing time, as footprints in the sand on the sea-shore. To understand this is to accomplish the goal of abolishing all goals. For a Buddha there is no enlightenment, no Buddhahood; and samsara and nirvana are one. For Him praise and blame are the same.

Once a dying Master's selected successor, attending at his bedside, slid a vial of medicine toward him. The Master criticized him violently because the gesture was useless. The disciple, without changing expression simply slid the vial back again. The Master smiled and said: "Now that I know I have a worthy successor I can die satisfied

(*) See Quantum Reality by Nick Herbert, Anchor Doubleday 1985/7, pages 241 and following.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Reaching the Source

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic9.GIF

Immediate reality is the source of everything. It is the beginning and the end of every quest. What happens in between is without consequence. The sooner you "give up" the better. The harder you race toward the imaginary goal the farther you get from it. Although trying hard is better than being too lazy to attempt, or continue; it is better to awake to the treasure-house within yourself. Then nothing need be sought, nothing need be gained. When you see the statues of the Lord Buddha touching the earth, understand that He is teaching you that dwelling in immediate reality is release from illusion and freedom from illusion is enlightenment.

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

In the World

http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/images/pic10.GIF

When the traveller on the Tao reaches his/her goal the 10,000 things are again just as they are, just as they were before entering the gateless gate. Nevertheless he/she is infinitely richer for the experience. Now his/her heart flows with the 10,000 things, ignoring the intoxication of senses and experiencing being MU directly. Everything is MU, MU is "alive", therefore everything is "alive" (or, if you prefer: interdependent and in constant evolution). Everyone is an integral part of the entire cosmos. Impossible (and therefore the attempt is selfdefeating) to hold oneself apart from this universal process. Time and space collapse and a dead tree is also a sapling in bloom ("the beauty is invisible"). No longer obliged to follow the ideas (rules) of others, you become autonome, complete. Fully satisfied with oneself, and therefore with everyone and everything (Lord Buddha — upon His illumination: "My work in this life is finished"), there's no need to prolong (or shorten) one's life.

Love Always

[Oliver]

Thank you Mudra for posting (and Bushycat for initiating) this ultimate trip toward the inner enlightenment and freedom. In a typical zen-manner, this wisdom is like an "ocean in a drop of water" (Zen proverb).

I am so sorry the illustrations can`t be seen well.

Mudra, I know some times ago you have posted a video where a Master Guru is explaining his pupils this ten paintings, with extraordinary insights. I can`t remember which thread it was, I will be very grateful to you if you recall and try to find that video.

With Love and Respect

[mudra]

Here goes dear Oliver

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Love Always
mudra

[Oliver]

Thank you, Wise Woman.
Here is a gift for you and Bushycat, a picture named "Zen-feeling"

Love

http://www.pinkribbonmiracle.com/images/pink/feeling_zen.jpg

[Astra]

"I saw an Angel imprisoned within the marble so I carved until I set it free”
Michelangelo

Here are a few thoughts that I would like to share. They have been inspired by the above quote. They are only a reflection ...

Search for Truth, Wisdom, selfless Love and Compassion is a chisel in hands of a skilful Master. Our body armed with Ego, ignorance, arrogance , hatred, vanity, greed, and jealousy is a ruff stone. We carve it, we perfect it, day by day, observing small particles of dens matter vanishing, like an Illusion, like a nightmare. But in a split second, a fragrant Rose of our True Nature will be reviled. While escaping imprisonment of mortal Ego, this newborn butterfly, this precious immortal Jewel glows, shines and screams FREEEEEEEDOM, from the top of the lungs!
This kind of FREEDOM can never be enslaved again!
From the bottom of my Heart

In Love and Light

Yours
Astra

[Oliver]

"I saw an Angel imprisoned within the marble so I carved until I set it free”
Michelangelo

Here are a few thoughts that I would like to share. They have been inspired by the above quote. They are only a reflection ...

Search for Truth, Wisdom, selfless Love and Compassion is a chisel in hands of a skilful Master. Our body armed with Ego, ignorance, arrogance , hatred, vanity, greed, and jealousy is a ruff stone. We carve it, we perfect it, day by day, observing small particles of dens matter vanishing, like an Illusion, like a nightmare. But in a split second, a fragrant Rose of our True Nature will be reviled. While escaping imprisonment of mortal Ego, this newborn butterfly, this precious immortal Jewel glows, shines and screams FREEEEEEEDOM, from the top of the lungs!
This kind of FREEDOM can never be enslaved again!
From the bottom of my Heart

In Love and Light

Yours
Astra

Astra, you are a beautiful Star!
Thank you for this heartfull expression of Love for Freedom.
The Master released the angel imprisoned in the marble!

Love&Respect

[Astra]

Astra, you are a beautiful Star!
Thank you for this heartfull expression of Love for Freedom.
The Master released the angel imprisoned in the marble!

Love&Respect



Hello Master Oliver! Thanks so much for your kind words. I love the passion and honesty in your writings on FREEDOM. To see so many members leaving inspiring comments sheds more light on how much we all care about this subject. Your thread is full of positive energy and joy, it is so ... very LIBERATING! And, thanks for becoming my friend. I still cannot send PM, so just wanted to mention it here. :original:

Keep shining, dear Oliver.
In Love and Light

Yours
Astra

[burgundia]

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of diverse energies of free nations and free men.


John F.Kennedy

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.


Lillian Hellman

[Oliver]

Aerial dance of Love and Freedom :wub2:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9970731-md.jpg

[Oliver]

...The competition...:original:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9385112-lg.jpg

[Oliver]

...The Zorba`s dance...:lol3:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7173947-md.jpg

[Oliver]

...meanwhile, behind the scene...:wink2:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/5743051-lg.jpg

[Oliver]

...a solo bravura...

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9236066-md.jpg

[Oliver]

...the security bodyguard...:naughty:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8623722-md.jpg

[Oliver]

...the jurry arguing about the winner...:mad3:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8603245-md.jpg

[Oliver]

...and the Winner is...the Flamenco dancer!:trumpet:

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10158693-md.jpg

[Oliver]

What we need is not freedom of the press, we need freedom FROM the press.

- Oswald Shpengler

(...believe this when quoted by a former journalist...)


http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/free_press.jpg

[burgundia]

http://www.wildaboutpets.net/info/vsites/186/news/z94-17-Great.jpg

[burgundia]

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life-- happiness, freedom and a peace of mind-- are always attained by giving them to someone else.

Payton Conway March

[Oliver]

Thank you, Burgundia, that picture of girls releasing the bird just reminds me that we, humans, can not ask for Freedom as far as we are enslaving animals.

Freedom for Animals!
They have their rights!

http://www.nspca.co.za/images/gallery/elephant-sketch-w-frame-web.jpg

[Kulapops]

Thanks for the thread Oliver.

I agree, a true victory with the Swine Flu... I started posting on Avalon again for the first time since the subscription, purely to talk about the whole swine flu thing back in september (putting lipstick on a pig I think the thread was called :original:). Cost me $5 ! (money well spent)

I was concerned that people weren't taking the potential threat seriously (not avalonians, but those around me). I needn't have worried, because this sweeping change in consciousness is overtaking everyone it seems.

It seemed that one year on after the financial collapse, we had something else to be very afraid of. But suddenly I got it, it's not going to happen. None of it. Because we/I create our own reality. That really is starting to work.

So, yeay, let's focus on freedom, let's focus on love. All these plans will come to nought, simply because we will outgrow them. So many people's hearts are joining the flow that once we pass a certain point, dualistic realities will stop being a problem.

Peace n love,

K :wub2:

[Oliver]

Thanks for the thread Oliver.

I agree, a true victory with the Swine Flu... I started posting on Avalon again for the first time since the subscription, purely to talk about the whole swine flu thing back in september (putting lipstick on a pig I think the thread was called :original:). Cost me $5 ! (money well spent)

I was concerned that people weren't taking the potential threat seriously (not avalonians, but those around me). I needn't have worried, because this sweeping change in consciousness is overtaking everyone it seems.

It seemed that one year on after the financial collapse, we had something else to be very afraid of. But suddenly I got it, it's not going to happen. None of it. Because we/I create our own reality. That really is starting to work.

So, yeay, let's focus on freedom, let's focus on love. All these plans will come to nought, simply because we will outgrow them. So many people's hearts are joining the flow that once we pass a certain point, dualistic realities will stop being a problem.

Peace n love,

K :wub2:


You are very welcomed, Kulapops!
That is the spirit!
I truly believe the humanity`s victory over the swine flu/vaccine bio-weapon is only the first global step toward the final liberation. European Council/Parliament was under the pressure to start an investigation about "false pandemics" and the role of big pharma and the WTO...we should expect everything...

Be free to share your energy of freedom and love here, Kulapops.

Love&Respect

[Kulapops]

Be free to share your energy of freedom and love here, Kulapops.

Love&Respect

Oooh, I'd Like to ! :original: :wub2:

That for me is what is becoming real.. the love.. the inner battle, not the external one. To love everyone and everything on both sides... to incorporate my own darkness that I see as external, to bring it as a part of me. As I become more successful at this, so the external fights and fears will wink out. Amazingly, what we do in the present can change the past as well as the future...because everything is probability. Probability and love.

These are surely two aspects of the universal consciousness that we are all a part of.

So I'm not worrying about predictions, I'm not bothered by FEMA. I just want to be the best I can be. To grow, while I breathe and to shine what light I have around me while I am lit! lol.

I've even stopped reading David Ickes news page every day (which I really enjoyed - in a omg kind of way). And George Ure's - funny though he is, I don't need a constant reminder of what is failing.

I'm not failing !

The final question is, do these sites make us happy? Do they engender love? No... but threads like yours do, Oliver... so I'll put my efforts in more healthful directions.

Thanks ... and love to you and everyone.

K

[Oliver]

I'm not failing !


K


You are flying, not failing! :original:
This is the real way we should feel ourselves in this process of transformation.
We will never fail!
We shall rise and rise...
..till the divine spark of freedom and love in us all burns the light of justice and truth on this planet.
So, this is your home, Kulapops, and the home for the beauty in all of us.
Thanks, brother!

In Love and Respect

[Oliver]

I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

- William Ernest Henley


http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=676&pictureid=7198

[bushycat]

I am free to visit you here
and to wish you great joy in your journey.
Freedom is embraced always by gratitude
in my heart.
Realization in freedom sets us free forever.
There are no words for true freedom.
But it is known in our being and worth mentioning over and over.

Love Always In Freedom
Bushycat

[Oliver]

I am free to visit you here
and to wish you great joy in your journey.
Freedom is embraced always by gratitude
in my heart.
Realization in freedom sets us free forever.
There are no words for true freedom.
But it is known in our being and worth mentioning over and over.

Love Always In Freedom
Bushycat

Bushycat, we must express IT!
Together.
:original:

[bushycat]

Bushycat, we must express IT!
Together.
:original:

Yes, and that's why this thread is such a wonderful place. The more we celebrate it, the more we know it.

BC

[Oliver]

Are you free?

Quote: "America is the known as, “the land of the free.” People from all around the world migrate to this country in search of freedom, a better life and financial stability. Unfortunately, many immigrants arrive finding little opportunity and a stressful lifestyle. This may lead them to question the meaning of freedom.

This video gets people talking and exploring their own ideas and definitions of freedom. What does freedom mean to you? Are you free?"


http://urbandreams.ousd.k12.ca.us/video/freedom.mov.html

[Oliver]

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