Here and Now...What's Happening?

[norman]

[norman]

[norman]

I've got a new toy !


Well, not quite, it'll be here next week.

[Foxie Loxie]

O.K., BG....How about "Who Let The Dogs Out?"!!!

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Foxie Loxie (here)
O.K., BG....How about "Who Let The Dogs Out?"!!!

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9sLR0vgpeWI

[Foxie Loxie]

[Flash]

Went to Boston and NY city with Mini Flash and her Swiss-Portuguese bf.

The bf is such a nice, intelligent, funny and affectionate bf, I just wish it would go forever with my daughter. Those are hard to find.

But hey, they are 21 and 22, the odds of long term are not in their favor.

We also stop to eat with one of my best friend in NH.

So, everyone enjoyed the trip and the Americans, which was the target: undo false assumptions about Americans in that young European mind.

In Boston they visited MIT - him thinking of a potential Phd there, and Harvard, my daughter having a fancy of going to
Harvard - no way I could ever afford it, if she were admitted, which is doubtful as well. But she now talks of studying to have a degree, from someone who had the prognostic at an early age of not being able to finish high school or even primary education, because of heavy language handicap. This is just incredible, I am sooo proud of her.

Then we went to NY City. I was surprised by mostly kind behavior towards the tourists we were. Great time.

[RunningDeer]

My Adorable Nuthatch Buddies - The Birds & Me (Slow Motion) [under 2 minutes]

I currently know 6 nuthatches, 3 pairs. Each pair has their own territory and I visited them a few days a week. I've known Hatch the longest, going on 5 years. Then it's Patch, just over 3 years, Kiwi and Lentil, one year and Maggie and Dart getting close to a year! Nuthatches are the best little birds ever. Love them

LesleytheBirdNerd

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_H_u_5czCnw

Published on Aug 23, 2018

[Limor Wolf]

Awesome and wonderful, thank you so much, Paula!

I had my own encounters with those fellow beings

Perhaps you as well?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Limor Wolf (here)
Awesome and wonderful, thank you so much, Paula!
I had my own encounters with those fellow beings
Perhaps you as well?

Hello Limor. Not to that degree. The little guys dine on the deck while I’m out there and I have two bird feeders attached to my kitchen window. I use one way window film so I’m inches from their chirps and song and amusing antics.

These are some photos from lesleythebirdnerd instagram.

♡

[Limor Wolf]

Paula, that is truly lovely! I have been fortunate to travel extensively in the last two years and in some places they had those bird feeders, I sat and watched the birds life go by. They live and hone a couple of dimensions and their wider connection is evident via their ability to sing and produce in such high notes, they seem to know their relation to all that is around them and have a 'secret cooperation' with one another and other life forms in the eco-system - contributing their assistance with their calls - delivering some information : )

You are fortunate to know their song/calls/warning/chirping from so close as your own sided mirror bay in the kitchen. How awesome is that! In the last year I've been studying and expending on Animal and nature communication and spend some valuable time in the forest of the British Colombia and in the UK. I took some courses - which I found to have great value and got to have some acquaintance with wonderful people with nature sensitivity (that is us in our natural state) I hope to share more about that in another post and in the mean time please note that one of these pictures below 0311 is a special dedicated to you (though a little bit upside down, sorry about that, not sure how to straightened that)

[RunningDeer]

Thank you, Limor. She's beautiful and so are her surroundings. The other photos were equally wow-wow! I look forward to hearing more.

Posted by Limor Wolf (here)
They live and hone a couple of dimensions and their wider connection is evident via their ability to sing and produce in such high notes…

This reminded me of how years back a blue heron slipped through into this plane. It was right outside my kitchen window. I rationalized that they are stealth and quick, but I stay open to the possibility that he was somewhere and then entered here.

I keep a log of animals, birds and insects and watch for patterns and themes. August had some unique examples. Yesterday, there was a grasshopper in my bedroom, on the 23rd, a cicada on the desk stair and on the 5th, I found this crayfish stranded in my driveway. The little guy was so over heated that the jar quickly steamed up from the little water I had added. There are a lot of water bodies around but the odds of him not getting run over were slim to none. His new residence is in a river across the way.

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[RunningDeer]

Proof That Liberalism Is A Cult: wi guest Amazing Polly

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FzdhANrkqkw

Published on Aug 28, 2018

Youtuber Amazing Polly joins Lana to discuss how liberalism is a dangerous group, a cult, using leftist Robert Lifton's 8 Criteria for Thought Reform.

Dr. Robert J. Lifton's Eight Criteria for Thought Reform
 
Time stamps of points of discussion:

• @ 8:42 - 1. Milieu Control.  This involves the control of information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large.
  
• @ 11:19 - 2. Mystical Manipulation.  There is manipulation of experiences that appear spontaneous but in fact were planned and orchestrated by the group or its leaders in order to demonstrate divine authority or spiritual advancement or some special gift or talent that will then allow the leader to reinterpret events, scripture, and experiences as he or she wishes. 
  
• @ 16:21 - 3. Demand for Purity.  The world is viewed as black and white and the members are constantly exhorted to conform to the ideology of the group and strive for perfection.  The induction of guilt and/or shame is a powerful control device used here. 
  
• @ 20:13 - 4. Confession.  Sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group.  There is no confidentiality; members' "sins," "attitudes," and "faults" are discussed and exploited by the leaders. 
  
• @ 26:26 - 5. Sacred Science.  The group's doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate Truth, beyond all questioning or dispute.  Truth is not to be found outside the group.  The leader, as the spokesperson for God or for all humanity, is likewise above criticism. 
  
• @ 29:40 - 6. Loading the Language.  The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand.  This jargon consists of thought-terminating clich�s, which serve to alter members' thought processes to conform to the group's way of thinking. 
  
• @ 36:43 - 7. Doctrine over person.  Member's personal experiences are subordinated to the sacred science and any contrary experiences must be denied or reinterpreted to fit the ideology of the group. 
  
• @ 42:57 - 8. Dispensing of existence.  The group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not.  This is usually not literal but means that those in the outside world are not saved, unenlightened, unconscious and they must be converted to the group's ideology.  If they do not join the group or are critical of the group, then they must be rejected by the  members.  Thus, the outside world loses all credibility.  In conjunction, should any member leave the group, he or she must be rejected also.  (Lifton, 1989)

[Foxie Loxie]

Norman...did your New Toy arrive yet?!

[RunningDeer]

11,413,065 views - Published on Nov 9, 2015

Modern Educayshun (6+ minutes)

The follow up to #Equality, Modern Educayshun delves into the potential dangers of a hypersensitive culture bred by social media and political correctness.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iKcWu0tsiZM

Neel Kolhatkar

[RunningDeer]

Arthur Boorman, a disable veteran was told he’d never be able to walk on his own.
Kudos to you, Arthur.



Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur's Inspirational Transformation!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448

DDP YOGA
Published on Apr 30, 2012

If this story can inspire someone you know, please share it with them!

Arthur Boorman was a disabled veteran of the Gulf War for 15 years, and was told by his doctors that he would never be able to walk on his own, ever again.

He stumbled upon an article about Diamond Dallas Page doing Yoga and decided to give it a try -- he couldn't do traditional, higher impact exercise, so he tried DDP YOGA and sent an email to Dallas telling him his story.

[full summary]

[Flash]

So touching this veteran, I have tears

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Flash (here)
So touching this veteran, I have tears

Me too. Goosebumps and tears.

[RunningDeer]

Aggressive students try to ambush Jordan Peterson's speech (12:44 minutes)

Protesters were making a ruckus to prevent Jordan Peterson from speaking. His response:

“That's pure narcissism at work.” He continues: "You don't want to hijack an event like this that other people put time and effort into. And to use the civility of the crowd and the civility of the organizers as an excuse to blatantly yell out your ill-informed opinions is no way to conduct a civil dialogue. It's absolutely appalling."

A couple of more lines from the beginning before he goes onto other topics:

"I would also say that as students and as faculty members, you shouldn't put up with it. There’s no way that you should allow people who are doing this to hijack your educational opportunities and to bend and twist the functions and the structures of the university."

"It's easy virtue, you know, you can stand up in front of 900 people with your black art and your screeching and you can declaim to the entire audience your fundamental moral superiority. You can tell everyone at once that they're all beneath you and you're standing for the right thing. And absolutely none of that is earned."

"…there’s nothing about it this impressive. It’s no better in some sense than a two-year-old having a tantrum on the floor. It shows as far as I’m concerned, the approximate, the same level of psychosocial development. So when the fact that this is happening continually at universities, it truly makes me embarrassed to be associated with the university. And now I say that with great displeasure because you know I've been working for great universities for a very long time."

"People whose behavior would be out of place at a four-year-old's birthday party is something visible to behold."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vrf5Oj9ijgQ

Jordan Peterson Fan Clips
Published on Sept. 7, 2018

original full length video

[Chanie]

I am watching the livestream of the Paradigm Shift Summit in Australia this weekend.
See: http://www.paradigmshift.com.au

I attended the first two Shift Summits in 2016 and 2017 and enjoyed meeting so many like-minded people—awakened souls who care about the future of the planet. The positive energy in that room was worth the price of admission. This year, I thought I’d try the Livestream version, but it didn’t work very well at my end.

I did manage to catch part of Anthony O’Flynn’s opening address to the audience. He is one of the organizers—a nice man who is both wise and funny.

One comment that caught my attention—and I’m paraphrasing—was that once the majority of people start to wake up and realize what has been going on in the world, there is going to be turmoil, projected anger, fear, frustration etc.

He also said that people like to argue with each other, especially on the Internet. This got a laugh from the audience. He added that it’s important to realize that we’re never going to agree on everything. We just have to look for ways in which we can agree because we’re all on the same team. There are no “others.” A mindful presence is important. We are not our thoughts; we are an essence.

Just before the Livestream cut out on me, he said that we need to hold the light—to be there for other people who don’t understand what’s happening. We need to hold the light for other people.

This resonated with me. It occurred to me that this forum—this wonderful community of awakened souls—is a great opportunity for us to practice before the “real turmoil” begins.