Friends

[giovonni]

:yo: Thank you sunnyrap ~ for the wise and very grounded comments on your well learned forum etiquette.

Note~ i am here for the experience of connecting with and to those who otherwise, before Project Avalon ~ i surely would have missed out on meeting...
We should all be very grateful for this opportunity in sharing this experience with each other...i truly am.

[sunnyrap]

my sentiments, too, gio--there are some very intelligent, well-informed, and highly developed persons in this forum I feel grateful to have access to. I personally think its well worth sifting through less-polished input to gain the fine reconnaissance that's definitely here...

[atman]

Humble greetings my friends!

A relatively new poster, here, pleading guilty to being French Canadian :canada: and hoping that his syntactic contortions and his juggling of words will not become a display of linguistic torture! :loco:

Earlier tonight, I wrote a comment in a rather inactive thread, with the following conclusion, which I feel would be a fitting contribution to this very friendly and active thread:




* * *



We all have a right to our own opinions (no matter how wrong, how correct or how volatile they might be) and I truly appreciate the whole spectrum of personal viewpoints that are expressed with integrity and reason and respect on this forum. Truth be told, I particularly cherish those that challenge me a little bit and that help me to widen my own horizons and to grow...

* * *

It is my understanding that the flags of preconceived notions, of fixed ideas and of close-mindedness can only be waved with pride... in the streets of deliberate ignorance. 

Fortunately, I have found no such streets on the maps of this beautiful forum.

There is so much to explore, so much to learn, so much to share!

Discernment is essential, but let us keep the doors of our minds and the windows of our hearts... wide open!

[ace]

Humble greetings my friends!

A relatively new poster, here, pleading guilty to being French Canadian :canada: and hoping that his syntactic contortions and his juggling of words will not become a display of linguistic torture! :loco:

Earlier tonight, I wrote a comment in a rather inactive thread, with the following conclusion, which I feel would be a fitting contribution to this very friendly and active thread:




* * *



We all have a right to our own opinions (no matter how wrong, how correct or how volatile they might be) and I truly appreciate the whole spectrum of personal viewpoints that are expressed with integrity and reason and respect on this forum. Truth be told, I particularly cherish those that challenge me a little bit and that help me to widen my own horizons and to grow...

* * *

It is my understanding that the flags of preconceived notions, of fixed ideas and of close-mindedness can only be waved with pride... in the streets of deliberate ignorance. 

Fortunately, I have found no such streets on the maps of this beautiful forum.

There is so much to explore, so much to learn, so much to share!

Discernment is essential, but let us keep the doors of our minds and the windows of our hearts... wide open!


Bienvenue à Avalon!!
welcome to avalon, great post sums it all up.....
onwards and upwards
and so to us all

kind regards
Ace

[giovonni]

whatever fear invents... i swear it make no sense...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J1gWMLbV70

[giovonni]

manifesting is hard work :yawn: ...being patient is even harder :bolt:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CTwDleI-OdM/TOMjXB6v0dI/AAAAAAAABPI/lXJqJsuRYfI/s1600/patient_bear.gif

[manolo]

Hello every1!
I can't describe how happy I am to be a member of this fascinating group of people. I have been following Bill's work for the last three years. And to be writing on Avalon forum is just unbelievable!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know I'm the first Polish member of this forum, right?
Love to EVERYONE!! :peace:

[giovonni]

Hello every1!
I can't describe how happy I am to be a member of this fascinating group of people. I have been following Bill's work for the last three years. And to be writing on Avalon forum is just unbelievable!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know I'm the first Polish member of this forum, right?
Love to EVERYONE!! :peace:

Greetings manolo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Poland.jpg/220px-Flag_of_Poland.jpg

Welcome ~ to Avalon ~ i like your enthusiasm! :lol:

Note- i believe there is another from your nation of Poland ~ Luke who is a moderator on the forum...So at least your not alone here ~ Who knows there could lots more where your from...lurking about. :behindsofa:

Note a dear friend of mine from the original Project Avalon Forum was (i believe) the first Polish member <>burgundia !

[giovonni]

Speaking of Poland ~ One of their national treasures ~ Basia

Here's another one...this is for you Dorota :love: Gio


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQD3jCNWJNY

[giovonni]

just heard the news the White Stripes have split as a duo...but remarked...:thumb:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8UDe6UQGQ

[manolo]

Greetings manolo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Poland.jpg/220px-Flag_of_Poland.jpg

Welcome ~ to Avalon ~ i like your enthusiasm! :lol:

Note- i believe there is another from your nation of Poland ~ Luke who is a moderator on the forum...So at least your not alone here ~ Who knows there could lots more where your from...lurking about. :behindsofa:

Note a dear friend of mine from the original Project Avalon Forum was (i believe) the first Polish member <>burgundia !

Thank you for your encouraging words. It's good to know that there are other open-minded Poles on this forum. Thank you for the hints as well. :)


Speaking of Poland ~ One of their national treasures ~ Basia

Here's another one...this is for you Dorota :love: Gio


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQD3jCNWJNY

O yes!!! :D Basia was like a fresh air in the eighties, she was giving us hope for the better times. In general music was kind of a weapon against communist regime.

[danielle]

Hello every1!
I can't describe how happy I am to be a member of this fascinating group of people. I have been following Bill's work for the last three years. And to be writing on Avalon forum is just unbelievable!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know I'm the first Polish member of this forum, right?
Love to EVERYONE!! :peace:

Hello manolo!
I am here,too!Not posting yet but reading,reading,reading...Kisses and hugs to you!
danielle

[giovonni]

i think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. ~Dwight Eisenhower


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-I0QW7zT8

[giovonni]

Like stars across the ...We were born to shine...Because we believe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnkdz6K5SFE

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2010/05/how_to_make_a_real_shooting_st/bukiki-shooting-star.jpg

[giovonni]

there's...something good coming...for you and me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSvlJe1mwlw&feature=player_embedded
http://u1.ipernity.com/5/72/27/1897227.14b56294.560.jpg

[giovonni]

My friend Art ~ "The Dude" ~ sent this to me...thought i share it with you all here ;)

:ranger:


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

[giovonni]

To all here...i just want to...:yo:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOqyygAQSX0

[giovonni]

" When we look at the world around us, particularly as portrayed in the media, many of us feel a sense of helplessness at our perceived inability to effect change. if you don’t make the attempt to effect the change you wish to see, by living it, speaking it, exemplifying it making that initial imperceptible effect, it is guaranteed that the “event” will not occur, at least as a result of your efforts (or lack thereof). Individuals can make change, significant to profound change, by making the decision to "act" and not just sitting around for somebody else to do something first."

Out of the vacuum of Avalon

It has been said before...'out of chaos comes control'...?
A new belief systems says 'chaos is dissolved...through synchronicity'!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VkuqDABTMo&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[Arrowwind]

out of caos comes order and renewal of creation... it a a cosmic law.

death gives life
life gives rebirth
rebirth gives movement
movemnt gives change
change gives chaos
chaos gives death
death give life

[giovonni]

out of caos comes order and renewal of creation... it a a cosmic law.

death gives life
life gives rebirth
rebirth gives movement
movemnt gives change
change gives chaos
chaos gives death
death give life

Thank you <Arrow> for your post.

i'm kinda looking forward to breaking from all that begetting stuff :lol:

[enoch]

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[Arrowwind]

Hey, I always thought the begetting part was kinda fun ;)

[giovonni]

It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.

Here's wonderful example of this lesson from a talented blossoming young spirit! :nod:


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

[ghostrider]

Being many but being one in mind and spirit, is the key I feel that opens all the doors... We could all use more friends. We are the future, with a humble heart and gentle spirit we walk the path of life on this earth together, We need each others strength and wisdom now more than ever... peace to everyone...

[Lancelot]

THanks for posting this Gio my good friend!

A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet

;)

[giovonni]

Thank you ~ ghostrider and Lancelot,

Gentlemen ~ i sense you'll both bring wonderful energies to Avalon ~ i very please and happy to make your acquaintances :yes4:

[pickle]

[CENTER]It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.

Thanks for that Giovonni, I needed that!

Just need to figure out how to do it now...... but this place certainly helps, beautiful hearts in here.

[Lancelot]

Thank you ~ ghostrider and Lancelot,

Gentlemen ~ i sense you'll both bring wonderful energies to Avalon ~ i very please and happy to make your acquaintances :yes4:

Thank you giovonni,
It is a pleasure to be acquainted with a wonderful open hearted soul like yourself.
:)

[pugwash84]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wG6Cgmgn5U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wG6Cgmgn5U

[Budaheart]

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

Open arms, open heart, to all the members of Avalon!

Blessings!
Barbara

[giovonni]

as humans we sometimes give our hearts away freely...but only once the soul is given :yes4:

Thanks pugwash84 ~ Happy Birthday!

And thank you also Budaheart (Barbara) ~ You both are beautiful souls :angel:


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/2875245488_482d9a5350.jpg
Andrea Bocelli -Solamente Una Vez- only once
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iCHNCtoqqQ&feature=related

[giovonni]

It's time to climb out of that rabbit hole :juggle: What you waiting for?

http://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Alice-Down-The-Rabbit-Hole-l.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2YIC5wOSAw&feature=fvsr

[benevolentcrow]

Thought you might like to see some cool orb pictures taken this morning, no it was not snowing.

[giovonni]

Thought you might like to see some cool orb pictures taken this morning, no it was not snowing.

Thank you my Friend,

:yes4:

It is quit apparent ~ the energy around you and your home is very good indeed!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj-Nzwmkn4w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj-Nzwmkn4w

[giovonni]

here's some fun and entertaining~ stuff to view anytime!

From
Freelance animator based in Amsterdam ~ marlies van der wel, who has a degree from Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, produced this short film titled protest flatness. We meet a man who defied gravity and many more obstacles en route to a vertical adventure.


http://www.designerhk.com/sites/designerhk.com/files/forum/22/5278/01.jpg
view videos here:
Protest Flatness
http://vimeo.com/20061744

[giovonni]

Recently watched this very revealing and comfortably human story ~ pure joy. :popcorn:

getlow
http://www.filmwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/get-low-clean1.jpg

“Get Low,” the first feature directed by Aaron Schneider, is based on one of those true stories that seem indistinguishable from legend. In the late 1930s a man from East Tennessee named Felix Breazeale decided to give himself a funeral before he was even dead. It was, by all accounts, a lively affair, with musical entertainment and a raffle to attract the public, and it left behind a vapor trail of mystery. Who was this character? What was he thinking?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17Me8uL6mA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17Me8uL6mA

[benevolentcrow]

Looks good, one of my favorites, Robert Duval. Thanks for the preview.

[giovonni]

The sweet surrender...for i am God, says Love, for Love is God and God is Love, and this Soul is God by righteousness of Love.


hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMAIi4BgeZwttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMAIi4BgeZw

[olgraybear]

Hello Friend,

I like your new Avatar.

[giovonni]

such a blessed voice and talent...
http://deduction.us/images/concert/alison-krauss-country.jpg

Simple Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os8E_k8FwCY&feature=related


You're Just a Country Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfxBqm9kbro&feature=related

[giovonni]

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love's power to break nature's rule...He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

http://www.timeoutofmind.com/images/bryce/bryce_large/light_of_forgiveness.jpg

all i know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoierrv2qYY&feature=related

[giovonni]

Blessings ~ to all Avalonian's

past and present tense :clap2:

sometimes dysfunctional ~

But always ~ human beings becoming ~ so please help us all to become. :yes4:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en72ibu3DoY



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPt8EvpZWF8

[giovonni]

The madness of this world
Cannot be conquered
By the sadness or the power
Of the world,
But only by the oneness
Of this world's ~ collective ~ hearts


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bmgHqNlNE0

[giovonni]

this movie brings great insights into the new emerging Chinese cultural system...and the price and tolls placed upon them for their world economic success...?

http://media.npr.org/assets/artslife/movies/2010/09/last-train-home/qin-yang_wide.jpg?t=1283263739&s=4
"Back in the 1980s, the culture critic Marshall Berman wrote a brilliant book called All That Is Solid Melts Into Air. He argued that the great drama of modernity is the way that people go from being passive objects of modernization — mere tools of history — to subjects who struggle to define their own relationship to a world in which everything is changing.

Never has such change happened on a greater scale than in modern China. The different ways individuals deal with this is the subject of Last Train Home, a gorgeous new documentary by Lixin Fan, a Chinese filmmaker based in Montreal. Shot over three years, Last Train Home deals with an amazing social fact — every single Chinese New Year, 130 million migrant workers leave the cities and return home to their rural villages. The movie puts a human face on this migration by showing its affects on a single family..."

read more here with a 5 minute audio clip from NPR radio:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129755843

this movie is now a DVD and available for rental :thumb:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N6vDotVNDo

[giovonni]

i very seldom have visions...but i told many friends...recently and even several months ago... that these plates would react in this manner...and i sense in the near the future...this will occur again and again on and around the NH Pacific Rim. :(



http://visearth.ucsd.edu/VisE_Int/aralsea/images/fig1.gif



Latest Temblor An Interplate Quake: Meteorological Agency


Saturday, March 12, 2011


TOKYO (Nikkei)--The major earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on Friday had the hallmarks of an interplate quake, which occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates.

At the area near the epicenter, the North American plate, on which part of the Japanese archipelago lies, slips under the Pacific plate. The temblor was likely triggered when the North American plate snapped upward, releasing the accumulated strain.

The earthquake occurred near the site of another tremor that shook Miyagi Prefecture on Wednesday, so the earlier quake may have been a foreshock, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

"There aren't many instances in which such a large earthquake occurs right after a magnitude 7-class quake," said an official at the agency. "This is a highly unusual case."

The agency warns that aftershocks registering around magnitude 7 could take place over the next month.

Major quakes have occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture about every 40 years, the previous being a magnitude 7.4 temblor in 1978. Government experts had expected that one registering between 7.5 and 8 would hit, but the latest packed a wallop of magnitude 8.8.

The plate may have shifted over a stretch of several hundred kilometers along the fault on Friday, according to the agency, with some experts putting the figure at upwards of 400-500km.

"In last year's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile, the fault is said to have moved over a span of about 800km, so the latest quake may be similar," said Kyoto University Professor Manabu Hashimoto.

Friday's interplate earthquake is different from the Great Hanshin Earthquake that rocked the Kobe area in 1995, which was an intraplate quake.

Source:
http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110311D11JFA11.htm



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prfgw8uKXA8&feature=player_embedded

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBG3GxmMHs&feature=related

[olgraybear]

http://westofthewest.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/marty2.jpg?w=500&h=331



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKOMWN0wBpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKOMWN0wBpg



I hope all enjoy,

[giovonni]

Here is a lovely song well remembered from my youth ~ and now, the words even more heart wrenching ~ our hearts ache for the people of Japan, even as we are awed by their reserve, their perseverance, their justifiable pride ~ i pray this horrible winter will pass, and hopefully Japan will rebuild their country ~ even as they mourn the loss of so many loved relatives and friends.

The Japanese never had their version of Elvis Presley or the Beatles but they did have an individual named, Sakamoto Kyu. An individual who has accomplished something big that no other Japanese has been able to accomplish. That is a #1 song (four weeks in Cashbox Magazine and three weeks in Billboard magazine) in it's native language in America and also to receive a "Gold Record" for selling one million copies. The song that helped propel Sakamoto was a song called "Ue o Muite Aruko" (I'll walk with my head up) known to many of you as "Sukiyaki". The song was not understood but it's catchy, upbeat tune was enough for American and fans in other countries to enjoy it. The song has been translated and re-done in many countries in their own language and it would seem this song would never be forgotten. In August 7, 1985, Sakamoto wanted to regroup with his fellow band members and make a comeback. Five days letter, Sakamoto was in a JAL Jumbo bound for Osaka which crashed into a mountain (which was the biggest disaster in Japanese Aviation History).


http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JJ91ikAhJ5Q/0.jpg

Sukiyaki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ91ikAhJ5Q&feature=related

[giovonni]

Everything we do with good intent ~ won’t ever disappear ~ it only ripples into habits...
ever deep ~ cause it’s no accident that you and i are here ~ and you and i were meant to happen...
That's one thing that i know :yes4:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSv8ZdzrBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSv8ZdzrBw&feature=player_embedded

[MorningSong]

Bumpin' it up here!

iczaDcixBj4&feature

[giovonni]

:thank_you2: Aileen ~ MorningSong

here's a live broadcast version of Loves Divine


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mujjjCFmT4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mujjjCFmT4Q

And also ~ Seal singing this beautiful classic from Sam Cook ~ that has finally come of age :yes4:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nl9W7Zj7ic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nl9W7Zj7ic

[giovonni]

Got this from my friend Sasho....:thumb:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc&feature=player_embedded

[sepia]

Got this from my friend Sasho....:thumb:

I loved it...

To do good is not that easy...:cool:

[the voice]

WOW!!!!! peace and love brother x

[giovonni]

this was just sent to me from my dear friend MargueriteBee ~ we had a very nice visit yesterday :hug:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xpCs3FgK308/STgK-la0w-I/AAAAAAAABEk/aTRY2lQFSwk/s1600/hugging_kittens.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuDLs8vxDA

[giovonni]

He can still get it done...:clap2:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YURzC-IGN2U&feature=related

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9MuHtciTxs&feature=related

[MorningSong]

To all but Especially for Edina:

FE7ACm7RlP4

[edina]

To all but Especially for Edina:

FE7ACm7RlP4

Thanks MorningSong, my heart is touched to tears, what a beautiful gift!!!!!
This is sooooo perfect... :o
I am certainly passing this one forward,
Blessings to all our friends here
From our hearts, to our hearts,
The glorious story of our lives
:angel:

[giovonni]

From my Friend ~ Dolores Scissorhands Medina :cheer2:


http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=i6BKhvhSehc&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BKhvhSehc&feature=player_embedded

[giovonni]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytbPYtZNH5I/THgTz_1oleI/AAAAAAAABAg/UlIY3KIqq-k/s1600/Sadako+Sasaki.jpg

A Thousand Cranes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijfSnVwQM0

[giovonni]

:pray:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MWVo1fjRsQ&feature=related

[edina]

A story to warm your heart, for all my friends, especially MorningStar, and giovonni


Three Red Marbles

By W. E. Petersen

This story first appeared in the October 1975 Ensign Magazine

One day Mr. Miller was bagging some early potatoes for me. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed peas and new potatoes.

Pondering the peas, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation between Mr. Miller and the ragged boy next to me.

"Hello Barry, how are you today?"

"H'lo, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank ya. Jus' admirin' them peas ... sure look good."

"They are good, Barry. How's your Ma?"

"Fine. Gittin' stronger alla' time."

"Good. Anything I can help you with?"

"No, Sir. Jus' admirin' them peas."

"Would you like to take some home?"

"No, Sir. Got nuthin' to pay for 'em with."

"Well, what have you to trade me for some of those peas?"

"All I got's my prize marble here."

"Is that right? Let me see it."

"Here 'tis. She's a dandy."

"I can see that. Hmmmmm, only thing is this one is blue and I sort of go for red. Do you have a red one like this at home?"
"Not zackley ... but almost."

"Tell you what. Take this sack of peas home with you and next trip this way let me look at that red marble."

"Sure will. Thanks Mr. Miller."

Mrs. Miller, who had been standing nearby, came over to help me. With a smile she said, "There are two other boys like him in our community, all three are in very poor circumstances. Jim just loves to bargain with them for peas, apples, tomatoes, or whatever. When they come back with their red marbles, and they always do, he decides he doesn't like red after all and he sends them home with a bag of produce for a green marble or an orange one, perhaps."

I left the stand smiling to myself, impressed with this man. A short time later I moved to Colorado but I never forgot the story of this man, the boys, and their bartering.

Several years went by, each more rapid that the previous one. Just recently I had occasion to visit some old friends in that Idaho community and while I was there learned that Mr. Miller had died. They were having his viewing that evening and knowing my friends wanted to go, I agreed to accompany them.

Upon arrival at the mortuary we fell into line to meet the relatives of the deceased and to offer whatever words of comfort we could. Ahead of us in line were three young men. One was in an army uniform and the other two wore nice haircuts, dark suits and white shirts ... all very professional looking.

They approached Mrs. Miller, standing composed and smiling by her husband's casket. Each of the young men hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on to the casket. Her misty light blue eyes followed them as, one by one, each young man stopped briefly and placed his own warm hand over the cold pale hand in the casket. Each left the mortuary awkwardly, wiping his eyes.

Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I was and mentioned the story she had told me about the marbles. With her eyes glistening, she took my hand and led me to the casket. "Those three young men who just left were the boys I told you about. They just told me how they appreciated the things Jim 'traded' them. Now, at last, when Jim could not change his mind about color or size ... they came to pay their debt."

"We've never had a great deal of the wealth of this world," she confided, "but right now, Jim would consider himself the richest man in Idaho."

With loving gentleness she lifted the lifeless fingers of her deceased husband.

Resting underneath were three exquisitely shined red marbles.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Deep peace, and warm radiance to you, grace, your friend, edina :o

[giovonni]

thank you edina :luv: it's individuals like you that make Avalon worthwhile for me.

[MorningSong]

Thank-you dear Edina... very much.

Another lesson in simple words.

[giovonni]

http://icons.wunderground.com/webcamramdisk/r/i/richa03/1/current.jpg?1301704355

Its been like this for days and days here in the Seattle area... nuclear :rain:

note ~ the Sky Needle is somewhere behind that cloud ?

Its got me kind of :dizzy: lately...with an ominous feeling ??

Here's an appropriate video with some nice pics from the Oregon - Washington coast


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZeTlMpnfHk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZeTlMpnfHk&feature=related

[Nyce555]

Hello All,

I am new here too. I am excited to gain all of you as friends. I hope to share stories and information with all of you!!!

[thunder24]

Welcome to the show Nyce555. I hope you find your self amonst warm thought prevoking friends here. have a hot cup of joe pull up a comfortable chair and enjoy.
peace

[Nyce555]

Thank you Thunder24!! I have been enjoying the threads thus far and am looking forward to more great topics.

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHH3YJLLAFc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHH3YJLLAFc&feature=related

[Muzz]

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room
on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that
individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments.
No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with
themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.
Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.
The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the
coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.'
After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.
'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'
Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.
'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'
All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home..'
Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding
album.'
'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'
Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'
That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.
The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will
be.
So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and
important. Tell them, before it is too late.
If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone for whom you care...
If you're 'too busy' to take those few minutes right now to forward this
message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little
thing that would make a difference in your relationships?
Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.
May Your Day Be Blessed As Special As You Are.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17756-Too-Busy-for-a-Friend&p=191056#post191056

[giovonni]

This was originally Posted by Pilgrim ~ over on the Avalon Music thread

Simply Brilliant :lalala:


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

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

[MorningSong]

Enjoy!

QTcUh4V_YeE&feature

[Nyce555]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHH3YJLLAFc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHH3YJLLAFc&feature=related

This was a great video. Very calming. Just what I need at work.

[giovonni]

Enjoy!

QTcUh4V_YeE&feature

Thanks Aileen ~ i have to say ~ that is very sweet :o

[giovonni]

A quiet cozy little place :lalala:


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

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

Also for those who like simple but out of the city...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frkps9jmCVM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frkps9jmCVM

[giovonni]

Sirius ~ i am ready for some change...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj8x4gZtYOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj8x4gZtYOI

[benevolentcrow]

One Prayer


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

[giovonni]

Thank you ~ benevolentcrow

That was simply awesome!!! :hug:

you'll like this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynvewVe21Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynvewVe21Y

[Arc]

Friends will be Friends. (Freddie Mercury/Queen)

Bonus - We are the Champions (dedicated to Avalon members, as we ARE the Champions! or will prove to be in the end...)

AmGIPdJ4AA0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmGIPdJ4AA0

(edit - added youtube tags)

[MorningSong]

What a marvelous video, Gio!

To My Best Friends (I have 5....cats that is, lol)

px0zyeeGNYU&feature

[giovonni]

i recall when i was small how i spent my days alone...
the busy world was not for me ~ so i went and found my own...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2011/0402/1224293608410_1.jpg?ts=1302646597

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YiIcHfdRd0&feature=fvsr

[giovonni]

from my friend Dolores Scissorhands Medina...thank you Dolo :hug:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrmtuNP_gE&feature=player_embedded#at=31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrmtuNP_gE&feature=player_embedded#at=31

[giovonni]

this is neat...found this today...from Mark Memmott

"If you haven't seen it yet, and have 120 seconds to spare, we recommend watching SF to Paris In Two Minutes, a clever creation from entrepreneur/artist/photographer Nate Bolt.

It has, as they say, gone viral since he put it on YouTube on April 1 — in part because of the cool views of an aurora borealis that he captured from his seat aboard an Air France flight.

Bolt told ABC News that "I had no idea the northern lights were going to occur." He took about 2,400 photographs during the flight."

now watch this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j36Erxd5rc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j36Erxd5rc

"I shot a photo roughly every two miles between take-off in San Francisco and landing in Paris CDG to make this airplane time lapse. More of these wacky time lapses at http://beepshow.com Shot with a 5d2, a time-lapse controller, and a 16mm - 35mm, mixed with some iPhone shots. The flight path from SF to Paris goes well over greenland and the arctic circle, where you can see "northern" lights from all sides of the plane, which explains why I could shoot them facing South.

Big thanks to the folks at http://uxlondon.com for inviting me to europe to speak - if it wasn't for them I wouldn't have made the trip. The music is a modified template of "Gain" used with permission from DETUNE ltd. denkitribe http://soundcloud.com/denkitribe/gain - I created this arrangement on the Korg iMS20 iPad App, and it's my first custom score. Edits and pans in After Effects CS5 and iMovie.

The photos during take-off and landing are all computer models and totally rendered because I would never use an electronic device during times when the FAA prohibits them. I did get lucky and have a whole row to myself to setup the tripod and gear.

Thanks to my neighbors for not minding an SLR click every 2 to 30 seconds for 11 hours, and thanks to the whole Air France flight crew for being insanely friendly and allowing me to shoot. Thanks to @ztaylor for showing me the Korg iMS20 iPad App. Thanks to @jayzombie and the #nerdbird on the way to SXSW this year for helping me come up with the idea. Thanks to @somnabulent for the idea of live scoring. Thanks to you for actually reading this far. You are a champion."

[MariaDine]

from my friend Dolores Scissorhands Medina...thank you Dolo :hug:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrmtuNP_gE&feature=player_embedded#at=31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrmtuNP_gE&feature=player_embedded#at=31


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCIBN-UJAeU

Namasté

[giovonni]

Thank you~ MariaDine :angel:
The Bhagavad-gita is heavy stuff...But it's all good ~ isn't it ~ when seeking ones own spiritual truth. Maybe just the process of waking up and then acknowledging ones own incarnations responsibilities, will initiate the action needed in dissolving this tangled forest of illusion we live upon? But perhaps the simplistic notion of loving one another (unconditionally) with no attachments ~ will truly help hasten the transformational process for us all ~ as well ?

[giovonni]

The Story of the Goose & Deer

http://www.canada.com/technology/4589328.bin?size=620x400


It's a scene right out of a Disney movie, mother goose has lost her lifelong mate and is now left alone to create and tend to her nest in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY. She spends the day sheltering her eggs from the cool spring air inside an empty urn she has chosen as home.

The loss of her male partner and guardian now makes her vulnerable to any would-be predators that choose to approach the nest. But, in an unlikely twist of fate, an adult deer has befriended the mother goose, taking over the role of protector.

This animal arrangement is highly unusual, since there's no known way that a deer and goose can communicate. Yet somehow the deer has come to understand the need of the nesting mother.

The deer now spends its days near the urn acting as guardian when needed. As passersby approach the area the deer stands and places itself between the person and the nesting goose. On one occasion the deer even took a protective stance attempting to fend off a barking dog near the area of the urn.

Craig Cygan owner of Borders on Patrol, a company hired to move the goose flock from time to time says a goose would normally attempt to fend off the deer with loud honks and raised wings especially near the nest. This one, he says seems to like the company.

How this nature story ends is anyone's guess, but now we can all watch as the goose and deer spend time together.

Here's a little more information about the place the deer and goose call home.

Forest Lawn Cemetery was created by Charles Clarke with nature in mind, and was one of the first in the country to be designed with attention to a landscape plan. Today Forest Lawn remains a serene setting, providing sanctuary to wildlife and mankind alike. In addition to the goose and deer you may occasionally see rabbits and turkeys pass by as well as numerous winged species.

The goose and deer reside in the original portion of the cemetery which dates back to 1849. The urn in which the goose sits is in close proximity to the resting place of many individuals with ties to American history and culture. For instance, former United States President Millard Fillmore & the inventor of the jet airplane Lawrence Bell are just a short distance away, while the first African American woman to run for president Shirley Chisholm & Grammy winning recording artist Rick James are located just off the hill.

Deer Stands Guard Over Goose; Live Video
6:03 PM, Apr 15, 2011
http://www.wgrz.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=890318766001

[giovonni]

saw this yesterday...it is a good one...with lots of strong feminine energy...:flirt:


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

[giovonni]

least we forget...how fragile we are...
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/asOBxcZ8-QE/0.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XWpSoE4WAs

[giovonni]

two wonderful videos created by Terje Sorgjerd
Passionate landscape photographer and filmmaker from Oslo, Norway
http://b.vimeocdn.com/ps/179/479/1794799_300.jpg
tesophotography.com

***********

The Mountain


http://vimeo.com/22439234
http://vimeo.com/22439234


The Aurora


http://vimeo.com/21294655
http://vimeo.com/21294655

[giovonni]

:angel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SgtpiZ8vjM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SgtpiZ8vjM

[giovonni]

whether you agree with him or not...George is still kicking us from beyond...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Miv4NHsDo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Miv4NHsDo

[tessie999]

sometimes is good to lighten up and enjoy Georges humor/wisdom,,,,,,, lol ,,,,,

[giovonni]

sweet Alison...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpY0wQdJ5w&feature=player_embedded#at=11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpY0wQdJ5w&feature=player_embedded#at=11

***********


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32_BE6Pf6x0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32_BE6Pf6x0&feature=related

[edina]

I thought I'd share this with my friends here. It's a quote from an African shaman I had the pleasure of meeting:

Dance
As though no one is watching you

Love
As though you have never been hurt before

Drum
as though no one can hear you

Live
As though heaven on earth

by Onye Onyemaichi

[benevolentcrow]

If we could hear angels sing they would sound like Carrie Underwood. What a voice, gives me cold chills!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLMzr3PFgk

[giovonni]

Thank you edina and benevolentcrow

GOOD STUFF !

i wish more Avalonian's would share here :clap2:

[giovonni]

i really like Alison & Robert's duets... so please indulge me for this...some Raising Sands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5gM3CwG-hE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5gM3CwG-hE

[Carmen]

Hardy Ha Ha!!! Is that your line or mine----or both?

[giovonni]

Hardy Ha Ha!!! Is that your line or mine----or both?

its an interchangeable duet :hug:

[Carmen]

Ya mean we both lead!!

[Karma Ninja]

Hey Giovonni, I thought I would have to reply to this thread as you were the first person to friend me on this site. Thank you for being a friend!

I love the spirit of this site and it's people like you who make it so...

[giovonni]

Hey Giovonni, I thought I would have to reply to this thread as you were the first person to friend me on this site. Thank you for being a friend!

I love the spirit of this site and it's people like you who make it so...

Thank you K'Ninja,
You found me out ~ that's my addiction ~ bagging new Friends! :grouphug:

Note ~ Carmen was the first Avalon member i ever met (apparently we're still good Friends). :lol:

i love her more than words could ever say :yes4:

[edina]

giovanni

I was reading this very cool article, One Dream, Many Awakenings (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?3596-Up-At-The-Ranch-%28James-Gilliland-and-Trout-Lake%29&p=190910&highlight=kramer#post190910) in your "At the Ranch...." thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?3596-Up-At-The-Ranch-%28James-Gilliland-and-Trout-Lake%29) this paragraph just resonated so strongly with me.

"It is wonderfully encouraging to see what happens when we take risks to walk our own path. When we stick our neck out and go for what we know, the universe acknowledges and supports this. It can feel our presence. It can feel the divine algorithm inside us and naturally lends its momentum to us with the purpose of mutual healing. We heal it, it heals us. The universe often uses eloquent synchronicity to smooth the path and it is when this takes the shape of actual live, flesh & blood people, that this becomes particularly amazing. When very special parallel resonances line up, people can actually help each other on their paths. The intelligent coherent universe knows this and will place such people at key intersecting junctures so they can meet, share gnosis, support and inspire each other. The extraordinary relevance and specificity of these encounters is always a signature of this universal dynamic. It is most heartening."

I have recently had the opportunity to actually see this in action here at Avalon, and at Nexus.

This weekend as I was reading various threads I was able to see One Being moving through many people.

IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME, to see how much we love each other!!!!!

You share some of the most interesting things in that thread and I just want to thank you for Being you, a wonderful, beautiful giovanni!!!!

I always say, "Spirit lives in our relationships"

Friendships are the relationships we chose.

[norman]

hello again giovonni, I just popped in to say I'm a BIG fan of everything Alison Krauss ever does. It was a surprise when she and Robert got together for a project because I used to be a Zep fan in my maddest days and I would never have imagined them working together but when they did I managed to see the connection that was there all the time.

I hope Alison's egolessness rubs of on Robert rather than the other way around.

Have you seen the film called "Down from the mountain"? It's a simple film of the preparation for and then the live show by a mixed group of artists in a Theatre in Nashville. It's a pure delight.

[giovonni]

hello again giovonni, I just popped in to say I'm a BIG fan of everything Alison Krauss ever does. It was a surprise when she and Robert got together for a project because I used to be a Zep fan in my maddest days and I would never have imagined them working together but when they did I managed to see the connection that was there all the time.

I hope Alison's egolessness rubs of on Robert rather than the other way around.

Have you seen the film called "Down from the mountain"? It's a simple film of the preparation for and then the live show by a mixed group of artists in a Theatre in Nashville. It's a pure delight.

Blessings my Friend :wave:
They're coming together was truly divine ~ when i first heard the Raising Sands (CD) , it pulsated through me with a warmth hard to describe? i was very pleased to have turned my big sister on to it... it truly emulated the wonderful music she had shared with me while growing up.

and thank you for the film suggestion...i haven't seen it...but i will now :whoo:

[giovonni]

here's a colorfully beautiful rainbow video taken yesterday evening up in the area where i'm living now...
the Twin Peaks mountain ~ Mt Si ~ is in the background (barely visible).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhEHWCBe-VQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhEHWCBe-VQ


Here's Judy Garland - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - The Wizard Of Oz, 1939...always a treat !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhzbzwPNgXA

[dmarie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhEHWCBe-VQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhEHWCBe-VQ

Wow, Gorgeous rainbow(s)! Beautiful land too!

I was half waiting for someone to start singing "Double Rainbow". ;)

[benevolentcrow]

A daily affirmation!

[giovonni]

i post this a while back on another thread...still gives me a giggle :)


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

[giovonni]

couldn't resist posting this...as Perry White would say... "Great Caesar's Ghost!" :lol:

***********

Superman Renounces [SPOILER] in 'Action Comics' #900


Apr 27th 2011 By: Laura Hudson

After recently undertaking a journey to walk -- not fly -- across the United States in the "Grounded" storyline and reconnect with the country and everyday Americans, Superman appears to be taking another step that could have major implications for his national identity: in Action Comics #900...

...Superman announces that he is going to give up his U.S. citizenship. Despite very literally being an alien immigrant, Superman has long been seen as a patriotic symbol of "truth, justice, and the American way," from his embrace of traditional American ideals to the iconic red and blue of his costume. What it means to stand for the "American way" is an increasingly complicated thing, however, both in the real world and in superhero comics, whose storylines have increasingly seemed to mirror current events and deal with moral and political complexities rather than simple black and white morality.

The key scene takes place in "The Incident," a short story in Action Comics #900 written by David S. Goyer with art by Miguel Sepulveda. In it, Superman consults with the President's national security advisor, who is incensed that Superman appeared in Tehran to non-violently support the protesters demonstrating against the Iranian regime, no doubt an analogue for the recent real-life protests in the Middle East. However, since Superman is viewed as an American icon in the DC Universe as well as our own, the Iranian government has construed his actions as the will of the American President, and indeed, an act of war.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2011/04/superman-citizenship-1303916053.jpg

Superman replies that it was foolish to think that his actions would not reflect politically on the American government, and that he therefore plans to renounce his American citizenship at the United Nations the next day -- and to continue working as a superhero from a more global than national perspective. From a "realistic" standpoint it makes sense; it would indeed be impossible for a nigh-omnipotent being ideologically aligned with America to intercede against injustice beyond American borders without creating enormous political fallout for the U.S. government.

While this wouldn't be this first time a profoundly American comic book icon disassociated himself from his national identity -- remember when Captain America became Nomad? -- this could be a very significant turning point for Superman if its implications carry over into other storylines. Indeed, simply saying that "truth, justice and the American way [is] not enough anymore" is a pretty startling statement from the one man who has always represented those values the most.

It doesn't seem that he's abandoning those values, however, only trying to implement them on a larger scale and divorce himself from the political complexities of nationalism. Superman also says that he believes he has been thinking "too small," that the world is "too connected" for him to limit himself with a purely national identity. As an alien born on another planet, after all, he "can't help but see the bigger picture."

Do you think the shift to a more global role makes sense for Superman? If he really is going to renounce his U.S. citizenship in order to function as a more international figure, how do you think it will affect the character?

Source: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/27/superman-renounces-us-citizenship/#ixzz1KrEJEOxK


http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2011/04/too-small.jpg

[sunnyrap]

Interesting. Made me investigate who is writing the comic book these days... In my salad days in L.A. as an animation designer (Hanna-Barberra, Marvel, DC), I can tell you we artists were passionately politically active and aware. Comic books were a designated venue for this, but trust me, still very much subject to the influences of the market place. We artists used to rail against the 'bean counters' having way too much authority over what was changed, rewritten, edited out and what material got actually got produced/published. So often the creatives get identified with ideas and attitudes they very often don't rightly deserve.

[giovonni]

Interesting. Made me investigate who is writing the comic book these days... In my salad days in L.A. as an animation designer (Hanna-Barberra, Marvel, DC), I can tell you we artists were passionately politically active and aware. Comic books were a designated venue for this, but trust me, still very much subject to the influences of the market place. We artists used to rail against the 'bean counters' having way too much authority over what was changed, rewritten, edited out and what material got actually got produced/published. So often the creatives get identified with ideas and attitudes they very often don't rightly deserve.

Thanks my Friend, i really enjoy insights like this...
i've always had a keen interest in the entertainment industry and in particular ~ LaLa-Land
Note ~ i can see by your new avatar it's mutual :director::lalala:

http://cinnabarswan.com/oldsite/thedafox.jpg

[giovonni]

from my Friend Susan... joy and laughter...it's contagious :lol:

http://www.birstall.co.uk/prodimages/xl/c0423xl.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whAFLhSWdsA

[giovonni]

received this e-mail article from the world puja org...
i found it quite thought provoking and inspiring...

***********

"YOU CHOOSE"

Dearest Hearts,

As always, I pray you are well.

I know many of you are realizing that the constructs of the third dimensional world is truly losing its grip on you, and as a result many are dwelling in what some call the void, (and I have now decided to call, the glowing mystery). Looking closely once can see the twinkling of Light at the end of what has been a very long tunnel.

More than two decades ago, I heard what I call the Voice of God say to me that I would "learn to live like a mystic, and enjoy it." I would say we are all learning to live like mystics, and though it's not always enjoyable, it certainly takes the monotony and repetitiveness out of all of our lives as the constructs of time and our rigid patterns of behavior vanish.

With nothing tangible to lean on, there is something rather exciting (when it's not daunting) about leaning on the massive Invisible Energy that positions itself in the rarified air all around us, as we move through experiences we have no go-by for, and that demand we change our perceptions if we are to keep moving forward.

I've come to realize that changing my perceptions has become an everyday occurrence, vital to my well-being, and authentic self realization. In doing so, I have been stretched, and stretched myself far beyond my former comfort zones, giving my awareness the chance to become heightened and deepened. I have opened to deep meaning outcomes of experience, rather than surface ones and new lights are beginning to dawn on me.

With each new experience my question to myself is what do I choose to experience inside the experience I am having?

We are now able to easily enter into realms of our advanced state of consciousness, or as I teach it, into the Mind of God, where gleaning higher wisdom and moving energy wherever we wish it to go is a Masters game.

To choose to change every experience we are having into one we would prefer is the epitome of self realized consciousness.

The way this works is that each time you have a brand new experience, first hold that experience as sacred and fresh. Next, breathe into the experience, just noticing it. Then, find the vibration of neutrality inside of yourself before you step further into the experience.

Compare your experience to nothing of the past, and rush nowhere into the future with it. Finally, quietly ask yourself, the higher part of yourself, the God of yourself, "how do I choose to experience this experience?"

That question will begin to break the trance of former choices, presumptions and reactions. Patterns you've held for your lifetime will begin to melt, as you begin to embrace the Masters that you are, the powers that you have, and the true stewardship you hold for your life.

You choose. You are the Creator. You are able to move the energy in whatever direction you desire. As we conclude this cycle of time remember that you are no longer at the effect of anything. You are the effect, and you affect all outcomes.

Experience is always going to ask you to make choices. Use your powers wisely and choose up. Use your powers, not your reflexes of the past.

In this, the ninth wave of frequency, the conscious convergence and the year that illuminates everything, whatsoever you choose now, is going to greatly affect the experience you have next. Take your life slowly. Breathe.

As our new humans are being born, we are creating the foundation for our next incarnation, in the bodies we inhabit, in a new cycle of time on a more refined Planet of Earth.

We are in our very own formative years informing ourselves how to grow up as an individual and as a species in the context of the One.

Re-writing your life, as you would choose to have it, no longer told how you should have it, is your birthright. Experience is a lovely catalyst for the change you wish to be in the world. What will you choose for yourself? Your choosing is in your experiences.

Maureen Moss

Copyright 2011, Maureen Moss. Please feel comfortable to pass this along or post it, keeping websites intact:
http://www.worldpuja.org
http://www.maureenmoss.com

[giovonni]

our reason to be here...


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

[giovonni]

this is funny...;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCuqp9z7g9Q&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCuqp9z7g9Q&feature=uploademail

[edina]

from my Friend Susan... joy and laughter...it's contagious :lol:

http://www.birstall.co.uk/prodimages/xl/c0423xl.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whAFLhSWdsA

Oh, Gio, I missed this earlier and just now had a chance to watch this, what a gift, you truly are such an wonderful generous soul.
I was kissed by bliss today, and when I saw this, I was kissed a second time. Pure joy, free....

[giovonni]

being true to ones self...

If you teach people to keep their eyes upon what others think of them,
unthinkingly to lead the lives and hold the principles of the majority
of their contemporaries, you must discredit in their own eyes the
authoritative voices of their own souls. They may be docile citizens;
they will never be men and women. It is ours, on the other hand,
to disregard this babble and chattering of other people better and
worse than we are, and to walk straight before us by what light we have.
They may be right; but so, before heaven, are we. They may know;
but we know also, and by that knowledge we must stand or fall.
There is such a thing as loyalty to one's own better self; and from those
who have not that, God help me, how am I to look for loyalty to others?

Robert Louis Stevenson

[MorningSong]

Pure inspiration:

BzaDKky0VgI

There’s a whisper in the dark
As a new life comes to be.
Then a song begins to form
As it finds the harmony
With a chorus of sound
Of the world all around
Now it blends in the tune
Joining the endless song of life.

We shall never be alone
As we link our hearts in one
Joining voices from above,
All in the miracle of life.
Through the ages we will grow
Only time will ever know,
As our voices magnify,
All in the miracle of life.

Love plays along in our lives yet to come
As we join in the song of life.

Now the music starts to build
As the words begin to rhyme
Then another lends a tune
As their voices now combine
With the chorus of sound
Of the world all around
Now they blend in their tune
Sharing the endless song of life.

We shall never be alone
As we link our hearts in one
Joining voices from above,
All the miracle of life,
Through the ages we will grow
Only time will ever know,
As our voices magnify,
All in the miracle of life.

Love plays along in our lives yet to come
As we join in the song of life.

[giovonni]

here's some good stuff... this comes via my Friend :love: Linda (LB)

Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography

http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/4519815148_1c41ac8809_b1.jpg

http://thewondrous.com/amazingly-creative-drawing-vs-photography/

[edina]

I was shopping at Nature's Oasis a few days ago and saw this card, A friend is someone who knows everything about us, and likes us anyway. Thought of you guys!!! :)

A friend gave be a book a long time ago, decades...LOL...I telling my age now, called a Token of Friendship. I keep it open on my kitchen counter to a recipe for Spicy Banana Bread.
I thought I would share this recipe with everyone here.

Friends and friends' children love when you bring this over--it can be eaten for breakfast, afternoon tea, or dessert.

2 cups flour . 1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda . 2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt . 1 cup mashed bananas
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon . 1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 teaspoon cloves . 1 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg . 1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup unsalted butter


Preheat oven to 350*F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Soften butter to room temperature.

Sift flour with the baking soda, salt, and spices.

Cream butter and gradually add sugar, beating until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with mashed bananas and orange juice, stirring only to blend.

Fold in nuts and vanilla.

Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake one hour. Let cool 30 minutes in pan.

If you want to convert this to a vegan dish, then use egg substitute, and use an oil such as walnut oil, add 2 more tablespoons to keep the bread moist.

Enjoy. Love to all!!!

[MariaDine]

Paelha and some red wine , please ! LOL :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clyvHMLyfQY&NR=1

[giovonni]

Thanks MorningSong
for introducing me to the Libera (boys choir group), your post was actually my first time hearing their golden voices ~ Bravo !

And thank you edina ~ your post are always inspirational and yummy :)

Maria ~ i sense the beautiful dancer in the video ~ has nothing over your true talents !

Thank you my Friends :clap2:

[giovonni]

this is from Joe Hisaishi ...it's simply beautiful in a melancholy way...
i agree Maria makes one remember :(


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f288vB6ACd4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f288vB6ACd4

[giovonni]

from my friend ~ Troy
some commentary from Bill Maher... :)
http://realtimewithbillmaher.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-rules-51311.html


this was also interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTF6_v0-iA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTF6_v0-iA

[giovonni]

From my Friend ~ Chern Freely ~ who lives out in the mist of this now forever changing American Heartland ...

The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. Castigated as a pariah in his community, Farmer John bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. He succeeds in creating a bastion of free expression and a revolutionary form of agriculture in rural America. :thumb:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-WOThJsBCM&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-WOThJsBCM&feature=share

* Note to watch the entire documentary story - at the end of each segment click the next part 2 - 3 etc...

[giovonni]

"MELANCHOLIA" ~ by controversial filmmaker Lar’s Von Trier ~
this movie looks to be quite timely ...especially considering its general release date is not till early fall -
when a particular giant celestial visitor - might come a knocking ?

http://www.filmjunk.com/images/weblog/2009/10/melancholia.jpg
http://www.melancholiathemovie.com/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzD0U841LRM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzD0U841LRM

[giovonni]

very good advice for those wishing to live in a Christ-like way! :yes4:

***********

Reflections…
The Ten Commandments on How to Get Along with Other People

Keep skid chains on your tongue; always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it often counts more than what you say.

Make promises sparingly, and keep them faithfully, no matter what it costs.

Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind and encouraging word to or about somebody. Praise good work, regardless of who did it. If criticism is needed, criticize helpfully, never spitefully.

Be interested in others, their pursuits, their work, their homes, and families. Make merry with those who rejoice; with those who weep, mourn. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard him as a person of importance.

Be cheerful. Don't burden or depress those around you by dwelling on your minor aches and pains and small disappointments. Remember, everyone is carrying baggage.

Keep an open mind. Discuss - but don't argue. It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

Let your virtues speak for themselves. Refuse to talk of another's vices. Discourage gossip. It is a waste of valuable time and can be extremely destructive.

Be careful of another's feelings. Wit and humor at the other person's expense are rarely worth it and may hurt when least expected.

Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you. Remember, the person who carried the message may not be the most accurate reporter in the world. Simply live so that nobody will believe them. Disordered nerves and bad digestion are a common cause of back-biting.

Don't be anxious about the credit due you. Do your best, and be patient. Forget about yourself, and let others remember. Success is much sweeter that way.

[giovonni]

From a Beautiful Friend ~ Cern Freely

Beautiful Faces of God :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgvtRU63U7I&feature=player_embedded#at=24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgvtRU63U7I&feature=player_embedded#at=24

[MorningSong]

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[manny]

how many friends do you have,true friends.
i have my family and 2 true friends.
i tend to push people away,untrusting towards people.

[giovonni]

Thanks MorningSong :luv:


how many friends do you have,true friends.
i have my family and 2 true friends.
i tend to push people away,untrusting towards people.

And thank you manny for this very good question. And i do understand, why some here might be curious as to my personal feelings in these regards. Note i am presently recovering from a medical situation, so please give me a few days to get back with you on this inquiry.

Blessings Gio

PS ~ i was fortunate in having several (new) friends come to my assistance during my recent emergency situation; and they proved their (true) loving humanity just by their response and presence. This might give you something to ponder ~ till i get back with you :)

[edina]

The Way to Love
The Last Meditations of Anthony De Mello. (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWay-Love-Meditations-Anthony-Classics%2Fdp%2F038524939X&rct=j&q=The%20Way%20to%20Love%20Anthony%20de%20mello&ei=95biTdTAGcGltwfLjb3-Bg&usg=AFQjCNFy05Eb2VRvr1KtNaMX3Qu9waTvyA&cad=rja)

The Way to Love (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWay-Love-Meditations-Anthony-Classics%2Fdp%2F038524939X&rct=j&q=The%20Way%20to%20Love%20Anthony%20de%20mello&ei=95biTdTAGcGltwfLjb3-Bg&usg=AFQjCNFy05Eb2VRvr1KtNaMX3Qu9waTvyA&cad=rja) contains the final flowering of Anthony de Mello's thought and in it he grapples with the ultimate question of love. In thirty-one meditations, he implores his readers with his usual pithiness to break through illusion the great obstacle to love.

"Love springs from awareness," de Mello insists, saying that it is only when we see others as they are that we can begin to really love. This task, however, is not easy. "The most painful act," he continues, "is the act of seeing. But it is in that act of seeing that love is born."

I picked up this book of meditations this morning and thought I would share it here. Anthony de Mello is Christian, he starts each meditation with a scripture, but his meditations are metaphysical, drawing your attention to how we create underneath the surface of our selves, by the perceptions we choose to hold as reality.

His meditations mirrors the work of the Essenes, and what Edgar Cayce speaks about in his readings.

Cayce said, if you want to be loved, be loving. If you want to have friends, by friendly. It's an interesting take on the subject of love and friendships.

Gio, sending you much love, and godspeed in your recovery. Grace to you, e :hug:

Here's a cool blog on Anthony de Mello, at basic reflections (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CEMQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbasicindia.typepad.com%2Fbasicindia%2F2008%2F03%2Fthe-way-of-love.html&rct=j&q=The%20Way%20to%20Love%20Anthony%20de%20mello&ei=95biTdTAGcGltwfLjb3-Bg&usg=AFQjCNFyTI8KgTLV8oFDO281Hk_JrpxRnA&cad=rja)

[giovonni]

Thanks MorningSong :luv:


how many friends do you have,true friends.
i have my family and 2 true friends.
i tend to push people away,untrusting towards people.

And thank you manny for this very good question. And i do understand, why some here might be curious as to my personal feelings in these regards. Note i am presently recovering from a medical situation, so please give me a few days to get back with you on this inquiry.

Blessings Gio

PS ~ i was fortunate in having several (new) friends come to my assistance during my recent emergency situation; and they proved their (true) loving humanity just by their response and presence. This might give you something to ponder ~ till i get back with you :)

ok ~ manny

"how many friends do you have,true friends" ?

i been thinking about this and giving it much thought. i believe (for the most part) we all want to have true friends; but the quality of all (our) friendships truly depend on one's own intent and behavior towards these special others. If i project negative (disapproving) energies outward, i generally get an inharmonious response in return. It doesn't really matter, if it's an old or a new friend. This response usually happens to everyone. If individuals tolerate this behavior from you, they either want something from you or see something of themselves acting out (mirroring) from within you. Sometimes it takes a while for both parties to figure all this out. But i have found the ones that don't ask anything in return (other than to just love them with good intent) usually are the true friends. And note, if they keep coming back for more (of me) ~ they are true keepers for life !

So, in all humbleness my answer is... i apparently seem to have have more true friends than i probably deserve. :yes4:

[sygh]

Thanks MorningSong :luv:


how many friends do you have,true friends.
i have my family and 2 true friends.
i tend to push people away,untrusting towards people.

And thank you manny for this very good question. And i do understand, why some here might be curious as to my personal feelings in these regards. Note i am presently recovering from a medical situation, so please give me a few days to get back with you on this inquiry.

Blessings Gio

PS ~ i was fortunate in having several (new) friends come to my assistance during my recent emergency situation; and they proved their (true) loving humanity just by their response and presence. This might give you something to ponder ~ till i get back with you :)

ok ~ manny

"how many friends do you have,true friends" ?

i been thinking about this and giving it much thought. i believe (for the most part) we all want to have true friends; but the quality of all (our) friendships truly depend on one's own intent and behavior towards these special others. If i project negative (disapproving) energies outward, i generally get an inharmonious response in return. It doesn't really matter, if it's an old or a new friend. This response usually happens to everyone. If individuals tolerate this behavior from you, they either want something from you or see something of themselves acting out (mirroring) from within you. Sometimes it takes a while for both parties to figure all this out. But i have found the ones that don't ask anything in return (other than to just love them with good intent) usually are the true friends. And note, if they keep coming back for more (of me) ~ they are true keepers for life !

So, in all humbleness my answer is... i apparently seem to have have more true friends than i probably deserve. :yes4:

But what about abuse? When someone is abusive, there really isn't much of a chance for the abused to change that person, is there. Even if a person was facing homelessness, that would be better than living under the abuse, wouldn't it. Yup.

[giovonni]

From sygh
"But what about abuse? When someone is abusive, there really isn't much of a chance for the abused to change that person, is there. Even if a person was facing homelessness, that would be better than living under the abuse, wouldn't it. Yup."

May i please inquire my friend, in the context to the above post...what are you referring too ?

[sygh]

Love is the most important thing, I so agree. Abuse, it's a terrible thing to have to go through. I don't think abusers understand what love is. It's quite personal, really. When one is in a corner, and alone with very few choices to choose from, being homeless is better than the alternative. I'd rather be homeless.

[giovonni]

Love is the most important thing, I so agree. Abuse, it's a terrible thing to have to go through. I don't think abusers understand what love is. It's quite personal, really. When one is in a corner, and alone with very few choices to choose from, being homeless is better than the alternative. I'd rather be homeless.

Oh....i now see what your implying and duly agree with you my Friend !

Thank you Sygh for speaking of this...No companionably situation is ever worth enduring any kind of abuse... Note i have been in that (particular) corner you speak of, and have faced and chosen homelessness instead. Never allow any one to use their economic power (over you) to dictate or compromise your own personal sovereignty and especially your physical or emotional safety.From that experience, i learned who was really one's true best friend -
Always love thyself first :)



Blessings Sygh:love:Gio

[Ecnal61]

im loving this non physical giant love-in,nice one gio,now all we have to do is work out how to spread this feeling around the world and every problem will be solved in an instant,im feeling it.

[giovonni]

From Ecnal

"im loving this non physical giant love-in"

Welcome and thanks...

This cyber meeting place allows me to forget my sometimes aching body truly means nothing ~
Whereas here ~ i can freely float around and visit all my Friends :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZeTlMpnfHk&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZeTlMpnfHk&feature=player_embedded

[sygh]

And blessings right back at you, Gio. I feel a long and wonderful trip lays in front of me.

[giovonni]

once going, but now coming back :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrOqhQvDC4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrOqhQvDC4&feature=related

[giovonni]

this comes from Maureen Moss via her World PUJA NETWORK newsletter

***********

"CLARITY OF INTENTION FOR ASCENSION"
(to be written and spoken on the Summer Solstice)

Dearest Hearts,

As always, I pray you are well.

I share this with all of you, as it has clarified for many in my class, "Birthing The Heart and Mind of God," their own clarity of intention for their personal ascension. And, it clearly calls forth many of the Great Masters to assist each. I suggest that this be done using the energy of the powerful Summer Solstice on June 21, 2011, an energy that when used consciously can take an idea or concept and spiral it into an action.

It is also the time to clarify, purify, and release all the remnants of lower consciousness and resistance that would interfere with the merging of your human and Divine bodies, and your human and Divine hearts. Concurrently it is a time of conscious, personal restructuring. Remember you are your Ascension made manifest. Remember you are the change that the world has long awaited, and as such your role in it is vital, regardless of how large or small you may perceive it, it is so.

For many, there are still more shadows coming up from the bottom of your emotional barrels. Allow whatever needs to, to rise up and move on in love and light. Nothing is wrong. You are doing beautifully. You are courageous, and honored and loved by all of the Cosmos. Keep going, you are in the midst of your glorious re-birth, your ascension.

Everything unlike who you truly are is more than ready to depart from your current reality, so you can hold more Light, preparing a place for your transcendent Self to join you here on Earth, at long last. Let it go, with joy. How beautiful it will be to no longer react to life from an emotional state, though bear witness to it from a neutral state. Liberation!

Each and every one of you has done a brilliant job living out the many parts of your human self that you committed to over hundreds of lifetimes. Now, no more pieces and parts. Now comes the ascended and Divine you, unified. Now, no more polarity as you move yourself into higher bandwidths of energy. Here comes the clear, well intentioned, and cohesive Divine you.

You are like the butterfly in its final stages preparing to emerge, surrendering to a complete transformation, as it becomes clear, not on where it's going, but who it is becoming. This is a potent year, and a potent month of June, with three eclipses and a summer solstice when the final stages of who we were, transcends into who we shall be. This month sets the stage for the 11-11-11. Liberation!

Fear nothing, resist nothing, accept everything and most importantly love and meet yourself where you are at, along with all others. Be patient with yourself, and all others. Be clear that we are each going through our own transitions and we must love each other through the final stages of release and re-creation.

Since we are in such a potent energy field this month, I invite you to write your own Clarity of Intention Statement for your personal ascension (example below.) Write down what your Ascension looks like, feels like, is like and then read it, ten times in the morning, ten times in the daytime and ten times before sleep.

Know it to be true, trust it to be so, and act lovingly in accordance every single day until you become your own Ascension made manifest on the Earth Plane.

Before you write your intention use the invocation below to power it up significantly, and to have witness to it. (Please feel comfortable to add or change any of the names in the Invocation that you resonate strongly with.)

Invocation

From The Light of God That I AM, From The Love of God That I AM, From The Power of God That I AM, I Call Forth, Divine Creator Source, Lord Melchizedek, Lord Metatron, Adamus, St. Germain, Lady Nada, Lord Sananda, Mother Mary, Quan Yin, Archangel Michael, the Divine Essence of our Beloved Mother Earth, and my I AM Presence.

I invite each of you as witness to my Intention of Clarity for my personal Ascension.

I invite you to surround me with your field of energy and lay over me the Ascended Heart and Mind of God. I open myself wide, to receive.

I ask each of you, along with your teams and legions of Light, to Overlight me as I make my final adjustments to clear, love, strengthen, surrender and deeply honor myself during these closing times of one cycle and the opening of another. I open wide, to receive.

I ask to be gently reminded in each moment that I stray from the Mind of God, so I may course correct myself with compassion for myself and all others.

I ask to feel each moment that I stray from the Heart of God, so I may know that feeling, and then, by my own initiative, to swell my heart to infinite and conscious God proportions regardless of any circumstance.

I ask that the vibration and frequency of the Creator Source, God, enter into my body now.

I ask that the vibration and frequency of my I AM Presence enter into my body now.

I ask that the vibration and frequency of all of my Highest Soul aspects on all levels of creation come into union, and enter into my body now.

I ask each of you, great Masters, to powerfully and lovingly hold the space for me to rise up to my greatest Self, free from the burdens of my former lower nature, so I may make my grand ascension by allowing the full descension of the Great Divine to enter inside of my being now.

With deep appreciation I accept your love, your support, your guidance and wisdom as I take your vibrations deeply into the temple of my being now.

And so it is, and so I let it be.

(Please take a breath, and feel and honor who and what you have called forth.)

Statement of Clarity (Example)

I _______________ (please state your name) with full intention, and open and humble heart, stand before each of the Beings of Light called forth asking to gracefully and clearly receive all that I require to make my full ascension.

I clarify that I will resist nothing from this day forth. I commit to looking deeply at each experience from this day forth as a blessing sent to assist me in making my ascension. I will identify the blessing, and embrace the blessing, consciously.

I clarify that as I enter into a new cycle of time, I will consciously build my vibration of love, peace, tranquility, joy, multi-dimensional awareness and Divine capabilities of co-creation and collaboration through my own efforts and love, and with your help.

I clarify that I intend to walk this earth clothed as a human though living as a compassionate Master.

I clarify that I will Steward my energy field consciously toward myself and all others from this day forward.

I clarify that I will consciously merge my Divine Feminine with my Divine Masculine in a sacred ceremony of balance and harmony, love and honor.

I clarify that I with deep love accept my earthly body fully and will consciously fill it with Light, Love, and Peace, daily.

I clarify that I will fulfill all of the prerequisites required to birth the Heart and Mind of God in me to attain the highest levels of unconditional mind and heart ever known to humankind.

I clarify that I am willing to release my structured mind in each moment and consciously place myself in the flow of potentials that exist for me in God's Mind.

I clarify that my ascension is of the greatest importance to me and that nothing will distract me from its pursuit.

Humbled and honored by the presence of my Creator Source, great Masters and our Beloved Mother of Earth, a Divine Goddess, and my very own I Am Presence, I set out this day on a new journey, a focused journey, a dedicated journey, a liberated journey that will free not only me but this Earth and many more of humankind.

I clarify that I am indeed a God in human form, and from this day forward I shall live as such.

May all experience that I need to complete my journey here on Earth be released in grace and that my intention be heard in all of Heaven and in all of Earth.

Beloved I Am. Beloved I Am. Beloved I Am.

Please take a breath and rest for a few moments in the silence, in the vibration, in the energy, in the momentum, in the flow.

Copyright 2011, Maureen Moss. Please feel comfortable to pass this along or post it, keeping websites intact:
http://www.worldpuja.org
http://www.maureenmoss.com

[giovonni]

this is a lovely song...this for my friend Mike ~ olgraybear
and note it's not cloudy (for the moment) here in this beautiful city today ! :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNnnurgfBo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNnnurgfBo

Web-cam over looking Seattle & the Sky Needle
http://icons.wunderground.com/webcamramdisk/r/i/richa03/1/current.jpg?1307146229

[MariaDine]

Such a tender voice and such a sweet tune. Loved it ! :)
Thanks G.

[benevolentcrow]

Here in Seattle for 12 days loving the weather, loved the video above, thanks

[olgraybear]

:grouphug:

I give thanks daily for the people in my life that I consider friends and family. And I consider you both. Thank you.

[tessie999]

Yes,,,,,, thanks for the all the friendship here :)

[giovonni]

Lately ~ whenever i find myself wallowing in the muck of the ego...
i am prompted to carefully reexamine my actions and pay heed to my own purposeful mission (intent) upon this plane.

Note, these teachings from the Buddha ~ always put me back on track.

Karma is a Sanskrit word that literally means "action." The law of karma describes the connection between actions and the resulting forces, as follows: wholesome actions lead to wholesome states while unwholesome actions lead to unwholesome states, individually as well as collectively.

Moral quality of volitional acts determines karma.
The law of karma states that there is a connection between the moral quality, the level of skill in volitional actions, and the resulting states. What we are is determined largely by what we thought, said and did in the past, while what we are thinking, saying, and doing now will form our future. The karma of past, present, and future events are connected by the law of cause and effect.

The ethical dimension.
One has to account for (un)wholesome actions and (un)wholesome states. Action springs from volition, which springs from intention, which springs from thought, and so forth. The quality of actions can be described in ethical terms, simply as either good or bad, or both good and bad, or indifferent. There are various grades of ethical qualities; and most people have an intuitive understanding that enables them to discern between good and bad, although the discerning ability depends on the person's state of mental development. A wise person at a high level of mental development can clearly discern mental activities and actions in an ethical dimension, while a deluded person has difficulties or is even unable to do so.

Right Intention
While right view refers to the cognitive aspect of wisdom, right intention refers to the volitional aspect, i.e. the kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Right intention can be described best as commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. the intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. the intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. the intention of harmlessness, meaning not to think or act cruelly, violently, or aggressively, and to develop compassion ~ for all life forms.

Rebirth
As long as there is delusion, greed, and aversion, and as long as passions are not extinguished, we generate karma. Because we eventually accumulate (un)materialized karma, there is a next lifetime in which the accumulated karma will take form. Only when all accumulated karma is realized and the generation of new karma is calmed, one can enter the stream that leads to Nirvana. This process continues until Nirvana is reached, which signifies the cessation of rebirth and, hence, the end of suffering.

For (me) what matters must now is to break free from this wheel of reincarnated life and hence return to the true oneness in being...

If we imagine the world as an ocean, we are like the ripples on the ocean. Formations like ripples and waves occur, because of wind, tides, and other kinetic forces. In the Buddhist analogy, the universe is in motion due to karmic forces. A ripple, a wave, or a billow may seem as an individual entity for a moment, creating the illusion that it has a self, but it is gone in the next moment. The truth is that all individuals are one...By understanding and coming to terms with all this, i sense the final lessons are learned and the state of unconditional love is again boundless.

[gigha]

Thanks for that. I am a little stressed at work and that just helped me calm down and smell the Roses.. :)

[giovonni]

Thanks for that. I am a little stressed at work and that just helped me calm down and smell the Roses.. :)

Blessings gigha ~ i am with you :)

[giovonni]

i am loving the music from this man :)

He's been around awhile...but i just discovered him recently;
his words and sentiments currently reflect and mirror my own in many ways.

It is also surprisingly ironic...the area where he filmed this video is along the the Snoqualmie River, at the edge of the Cascade Mountains.
The road he is driving on is very close to where i'm living right now...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JywHfVxs3I&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JywHfVxs3I&feature=related

[fosselovelight]

Thank you for your message Giovonni :) .... we can never be reminded enough that we really are all one...
"love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them- by what is deepest in themselves"... Teilhard De Chardin

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Beautiful voice. You're so lucky to be living in an area like this one!



i am loving the music from this man :)

He's been around awhile...but i just discovered him recently;
his words and sentiments currently reflect and mirror my own in many ways.

It is also surprisingly ironic...the area where he filmed this video is along the the Snoqualmie River, at the edge of the Cascade Mountains.
The road he is driving on is very close to where i'm living right now...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JywHfVxs3I&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JywHfVxs3I&feature=related

[giovonni]

thank you ~ fosselovelight,

Wow ! Are you from Mauritius ~ Do you live there now ?

http://www.desiwonders.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mauritius1-550x366.jpg

[fosselovelight]

I wish i were there right now! .... i am Mauritian ... living in Australia... also a beautiful place... but the mauritius beaches are one of a kind... :)


thank you ~ fosselovelight,

Wow ! Are you from Mauritius ~ Do you live there now ?

http://www.desiwonders.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mauritius1-550x366.jpg

[giovonni]

i remember, i remember,
the house where i was born,
the little window where the Sun
came peeping in at morn ~ Thomas Hood


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37zrq0t8P88&feature=digest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37zrq0t8P88&feature=digest

[animalspirits]

I am new here and hope to make many new friends. I will be posting to some other areas either tomorrow or the next day as I have to share the computer with my Grandson (for now). I am sure all of you parents out there understand what I am talking about. Anyway, I have quite delighted to be here!

[giovonni]

I am new here and hope to make many new friends. I will be posting to some other areas either tomorrow or the next day as I have to share the computer with my Grandson (for now). I am sure all of you parents out there understand what I am talking about. Anyway, I have quite delighted to be here!

Welcome ~ looks like you made first Friend :)

Gio

[olgraybear]

Hello Gio,

I wanted to send one your way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiYssFPbGQ

[dan33]

Yes!!!! ;)

[giovonni]

Ah...for there's the rub...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyNKrYo9I4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyNKrYo9I4

[Star]

Dear Giovoni and All,

I am a newbie here and have read many posts on friends. Thank you for starting this thread as it touched me right away. I live alone and have not felt Oneness very much on my spiritual path and without having a ""pity party" will just say the journey has at times been too much. Coming to this forum is a dream come true, as I have educated myself a lot via Camelot and other sites about what is really going on and raising my Consciousness. However, without family or friends in my life it has been difficult believe I am not connected to anyone and want to share. The people around me are asleep but I am always polite and kind and go do my grocery shopping.

If anyone would like to be my friend, I would love that so much. I am an only child and because of circumstances have grown into an introvert or perhaps I am just a deep thinker because when I am with someone who is on a similar path I love to talk and share. I do not know ho to work the fonts and other things and clip my posts etc . I am computer illiterate. This looks like the yahoo fonts I use when I email but nothing comes out the same when I start to type so I will just type like this.

I have enjoyed reading so many subjects here so far but when I saw this topic this morning it was great because I went for a short walk and became so tired and felt so bad that I had to come home and be alone again. I am trying to raise my Consciousness and have one friend in a nearby state that bought me this computer when my other one died and I was so discouraged as I know better than to watch TV anymore unless it is a good documentary or inspirational movie but the computer is my access to Truth and others. I guess I have gone on too long but thank you for beginining this post as it has given me an avenue to introduce myself and make friends. Blessings to all of you.

Love,
Star

[Rainbowbrite]

Welcome to Avalon, Star! Just to say, you're very welcome here and i hope you will make lots of friends and connect with likeminded individuals :)

Blessings - Rain

[Star]

Dear Rain,

Thank you so much for your kind welcome along with Edina and Carmen. This means a lot to me and I am grateful to have found Avalon!

Sincerely,
Star

[giovonni]

Dear Giovoni and All,

I am a newbie here and have read many posts on friends. Thank you for starting this thread as it touched me right away. I live alone and have not felt Oneness very much on my spiritual path and without having a ""pity party" will just say the journey has at times been too much. Coming to this forum is a dream come true, as I have educated myself a lot via Camelot and other sites about what is really going on and raising my Consciousness. However, without family or friends in my life it has been difficult believe I am not connected to anyone and want to share. The people around me are asleep but I am always polite and kind and go do my grocery shopping.

If anyone would like to be my friend, I would love that so much. I am an only child and because of circumstances have grown into an introvert or perhaps I am just a deep thinker because when I am with someone who is on a similar path I love to talk and share. I do not know ho to work the fonts and other things and clip my posts etc . I am computer illiterate. This looks like the yahoo fonts I use when I email but nothing comes out the same when I start to type so I will just type like this.

I have enjoyed reading so many subjects here so far but when I saw this topic this morning it was great because I went for a short walk and became so tired and felt so bad that I had to come home and be alone again. I am trying to raise my Consciousness and have one friend in a nearby state that bought me this computer when my other one died and I was so discouraged as I know better than to watch TV anymore unless it is a good documentary or inspirational movie but the computer is my access to Truth and others. I guess I have gone on too long but thank you for beginining this post as it has given me an avenue to introduce myself and make friends. Blessings to all of you.

Love,
Star

Wow - such a wonderful post !

Thank you Star for reminding us here...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOI39HnB1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOI39HnB1I

[giovonni]

this is for my new friend ~ craig mitchell ~

Who simply looked into my heart and then lovingly touched me today :yes4:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw

[MorningSong]

Welcome Star!!! Just for you...

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[centreoflight]

Thank you giovonni for this contribution, like you I am here since short time and like to connect with Avalonians. As I live in a remote place ane do not have many visits I love the internet.
I love people...let's all be friends
I am with you
George

[giovonni]

be a peacekeeper...cos love is all that really matters ... for its life's sweetest gift and surprise !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b9pxPkLhrI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b9pxPkLhrI

[giovonni]

this for my friend Sharon...

For all is not yet lost in this country...even if the ones leading seem to have forgotten us :(


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHrWn8sbq0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHrWn8sbq0&feature=related

[Artemesia]

Wonderful project giovanni. I can feel the recent ECETI visit as an aspect of this new movement. Wanting to be 'together' in a friend sense is very powerful, spiritual work. Count me in. Avalon gathering at the Ranch, anyone?

[giovonni]

like stars across the sky ~ we were all born to shine...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZynnAJFM8UA&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZynnAJFM8UA&feature=related

[giovonni]

Four immeasurable's ~ from the Buddha

Loving kindness has the capacity to bring happiness to others without demanding anything in return. Compassion has the capacity to remove the suffering of others without expecting anything in return. Sympathetic joy arises when one rejoices over the happiness of others and wishes others well-being and success. Practice non-attachment to overcome prejudice. Non-attachment is the way of looking at all things openly and equally. Do not reject one thing only to chase after another.

This is because that is ~ myself and others are not separate :)

[prc]

Dear Giovonni,

I send you my warmest greeting and my friendship!
I am new to the forum but I am very happy to find this place where I can find people with the same interests as myself.
Kind Regards,
With all my love xxxx

[giovonni]

Dear Giovonni,

I send you my warmest greeting and my friendship!
I am new to the forum but I am very happy to find this place where I can find people with the same interests as myself.
Kind Regards,
With all my love xxxx

Greetings my Lovely new Friend :hug:
This thread was created to welcome individual's such as yourself into the Avalon community ~
But it has truly been more of a blessing for me in the kind words and love i have received :o

[giovonni]

He always stirs me upward... Indigo's are popping up everywhere now :lol:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFP_MbvyGc&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFP_MbvyGc&feature=relmfu

[edina]

good day gio and everyone else, here is something my friend bashi sent me:

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And another from me to bashi and all of you, as well.

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All is well. :)

[giovonni]

this bears repeating...

Everything we do with good intent ~ won’t ever disappear ~ it only ripples into habits...
ever deep ~ cause it’s no accident that you and i are here ~ and you and i were meant to happen...
That's one thing that i know :yes4:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSv8ZdzrBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSv8ZdzrBw&feature=player_embedded

[Star]

Dear Giovonni,

Thank you my new friend for posting such beautiful videos. I let me mind wander as I awoke from a nap and became sad. When I got on the site I was led to Friends and the love you express and share with everyone is so beautiful. I love Bocelli and the song he sang, and Stefano, the black horses which I remember scenes from The Black Stallion, and so much love that I had to thank you. There is a lot of heavy learning available to us here and growth, but I think we need a break of humor or this friendship page to find love, solace and companionship with our like minded brothers/sisters. I really love this place and all the people here.

Thank you all for contributing to this page also. It made me feel so much better and I must remember to come back every now and then and refresh myself, especially when I let my wandering mind get me down. Love to all the beautiful Beings here and to you Giovonni.

With Loving Gratitude,
Star

[pickle]

He always stirs me upward... Indigo's are popping up everywhere now :lol:

Awesome.

I'm now so laid back my kids are picking me up ;-)

Thanks Giovanni, this thread should be re-named 'sanctuary'.

Peace, love, and light to you,

Pickle

[Camilo]

Welcome bud!
I'm sure you'll find all kinds of friends here in Avalon. :high5: :cheer2:

[giovonni]

Thank you all so much for continually sharing your collective loving energy here on this thread...

The Buddhist commentarial tradition defines ~
"A friend is one whose association leads to spiritual profitability, protects you from evil that may befall you and is inclined towards your welfare."

:clap2:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQXS-AP_to&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQXS-AP_to&feature=related

[giovonni]

our reason to be here...


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

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

[MorningSong]

I want to share this video with you all... it is the movie version of my very most favorite childhood books (I was a tree hugger babe) and only now, at this phase of life (parent of 2 young adults) am I realizing it's full meaning.

Enjoy! The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

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[giovonni]

I want to share this video with you all... it is the movie version of my very most favorite childhood books (I was a tree hugger babe) and only now, at this phase of life (parent of 2 young adults) am I realizing it's full meaning.

Enjoy! The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

1TZCP6OqRlE

Wow...thanks so much Aileen for sharing this !!!

This beautiful story brought both a tear and a smile to my face...For at the moment i am sitting underneath a giant Evergreen. :)

[giovonni]

would you...


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

[giovonni]

today i was reacquainted with an amazing Australian film i saw a few years back...i highly recommend it :thumb:

Scene from the 1995 Australian Sci-fi film "Alien Visitor" (also known as Epsilon) with Ulli Birve and Syd Brisbane. Directed by Rolf De Heer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Xe7zNkKOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Xe7zNkKOI

[giovonni]

:dance3:
People keep on learnin'... Soldiers keep on warrin'... World keep on turnin'... Cause it won't be too long !
Powers keep on lyin'... While your people keep on dyin'... World keep on turnin'... Cause it won't be too long !
i'm so darn glad he let me try it again... Cause my last time on earth i lived a whole world of sin... i'm so glad that i know more than i knew then... Gonna keep on tryin'... Till i reach my higher ground !
Lovers keep on lovin'...lovin'... Believers keep on believin'... Sleepers just stop sleepin'... Cause it won't be too long !
Oh yeah... Oh yeah...Oh yeah yeah... i'm so glad that he let me try it again... Cause my last time on earth i lived a whole world of sin...i'm so glad that i know more than i knew then... Gonna keep on tryin'... Till i reach my highest ground...Whow...whow.. Till i reach my highest ground...Oh no...No no...No one's gonna bring me down...Yes sir...Come on...aah...i wants a get higher...higher..higher...higher...
:rapture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-YaGCzf48&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-YaGCzf48&feature=related

[giovonni]

Remember you are the company you keep...
So be that loving person you want to have a healing relationship with...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrqBNTW-NQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrqBNTW-NQg

[giovonni]

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
Thomas Jefferson


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=713eOEQmOA0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=713eOEQmOA0&feature=related

[giovonni]

Love is a symbol of eternity... It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz7tFLStKFU&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz7tFLStKFU&feature=player_embedded

[giovonni]

We Are All Human Beings Becoming - Help One Another Find At-one-ment With Each Other.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T1zy8ov1I&feature=player_embedded#at=36

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T1zy8ov1I&feature=player_embedded#at=36

[Star1111]

How lovely, I can SO feel the LOVE. I am new here and I already feel like I have gained some new friends and that you are all loving peaceful people. I have a good feeling now from all the wonderful beautiful messages.
Oh, btw, could someone help me - I'm trying to load my own Avatar of photo to show under my name STAR 1111, can't seem to do it............... is because I'm a newbie?
Peace and harmony to you all x

[giovonni]

Welcome Star1111

i will send you (a how to) private message on downloading your avatar image...

Blessings and Love ~ Gio

[giovonni]

In observance of this weekends beautiful full moon phase...Lets have some cake :caked:

http://lunaf.com/images/header/lunaf_header_0.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncb8hvpslg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncb8hvpslg&feature=related

[giovonni]

this comes via Mel Fabregas...

"8 min...& worth every second of your time! It restores hope in humankind." :high5:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYPlcSD490&feature=player_embedded#at=449

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYPlcSD490&feature=player_embedded#at=449

[Lord Sidious]

You're a gem Giovanni.
Here is Ofra Haza for you.


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

[giovonni]

Why thank you Ron ~ my friend Lord Sid ~ that's very kind of you say...

Here's something for you and all the other lightworkers here at Avalon...My deepest love and respect always... :yes4:

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
John F. Kennedy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfF9Q1uDRp0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfF9Q1uDRp0

[giovonni]

always love seeing and hearing this one...


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

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

[edina]

I love this guys voice.... wanted to share this with you

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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...today is the first day of my life. Happy me!!!! My theme for the new year is Rethink Everything...! Happy Adventures.

This is the first day of my life

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[giovonni]

I love this guys voice.... wanted to share this with you

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
V1bFr2SWP1I

...today is the first day of my life. Happy me!!!! My theme for the new year is Rethink Everything...! Happy Adventures.

This is the first day of my life

xUBYzpCNQ1I

thank you edina, i always enjoy your post and contributions to this thread ! :hug:

[dourpil]

I would like to share this:

iJew4fxHl1U

[giovonni]

I would like to share this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJew4fxHl1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJew4fxHl1U


Thank You !!! :hug:

[Ai-u-que]

Geo - welcome my friend! Thanks for a great thread.

[ViralSpiral]

I too l♥ve this thread :)

This is a beautiful reminder about "gratitude"




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[ulli]

I too l♥ve this thread :)

This is a beautiful reminder about "gratitude"




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This was wondrous. Thank you for sharing, ViralSpiral

[ViralSpiral]

Brent Lewis - Percussionist extraordinaire!



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[giovonni]

Danke Fräulein ViralSprial! Ich kann Ihre in einer Aufbruchstimmung sehen an diesem Sonntag Morgen :dance3:
Beachten Sie seine kurz nach Mitternacht hier in Seattle ~ Und Gio ist fertig fürs Bett :sleep:

[ViralSpiral]

Gute Nacht Gio

Schlaf gut, träum süss!

[giovonni]

Happy Birthday :fans:to my dear friend Art ~

:pleasantry: "the Dude"
http://dudeism.com/Images/dude-vinci.gif

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[giovonni]

i came upon this essay today... It is on love and relationships between two human beings...

Even though it comes via a Buddhist enlightened one... i still sense it holds much truth for all who gather here...
No matter what path one chooses to walk forth upon.

Blessings Gio

_______________________________

THE GREAT MIRROR

By The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

"Our so-called life, from the Buddhist point of view, is simply experience, and experience is relationship. Put simply, we don’t have independent existence. We cannot exist without depending on others. When I go to the grocery store and buy an apple, I might feel very independent. I walk in, grab an apple, pay with my own money, and go home and eat by myself. But in fact I can only enjoy this apple because it is connected to so many people and conditions: the store owner, the shelf stockers, the truckers, the farmers, all the way back to the seed and the Earth. There's so much connection, all the time.

Of all of the relationships we have in this interdependent experience of ours, the most direct, most emotional, and most apt to bring great joy and suffering is a close, intimate relationship with another human being. We give it great, special prominence in our mind, but it helps to remember that it is the same as the apple. It’s about interconnection, interdependence.

From a Buddhist point of view, relationship is a great mirror. It is the mirror in which we see ourselves, in which we discover ourselves. That mirror can be distorted. I remember the first time I saw myself in a funhouse mirror: “Oh, what happened to me? I’m all stretched out.” [laughter] The mirror can also be very clear. We can see ourselves and what we are up to so directly. That makes relationship a beautiful experience.

When we sit by ourselves, it’s easy to enjoy our mental games, fantasies, ego trips, and so forth. We can go on and on and on without any problem. But try that with your partner! Then here comes the mirror. The mirror will reflect and show you your ugly ego trips. A mirror is very neutral—it just reflects. It doesn't take any sides. It is just a mirror for both of us.

In this mirror, we discover ourselves—our tendencies, our weaknesses, and our strengths. We discover our good qualities as well as our negative qualities. So this mirror becomes a very precious teacher for us, a very precious path. The mirror of relationship becomes a very precious teaching for us to discover who we really are and where we are on the path and in the world altogether.

This is a lot to take in, so our tendency is to see what we want to see in this relationship mirror. The problem with this approach in a close relationship is that two people are seeing two different things. If I want to see something and she wants to see something else, we're both seeing two different things. As a result, we're being thrown off from the balance, the benefit, the preciousness of the relationship, the mirror. We would rather idealize our relationship; we would rather escape. We would rather live in the future than in this very immediate present moment. But if we can practice being in this present moment, relationship can become a path and the mirror can be a great teacher.

In our relationship with another, we often misunderstand how we are connected. We may think we are two made into one, or we may think we are completely independent. My father taught me that a marriage or partnership, an intimate relationship with another human being, is like two rings coming together. You can illustrate it with your fingers. Make a ring with each hand, then join the rings together. There's a common space in the center. There is mutual responsibility, joy, and sharing, yet at the same time, we must understand there are also the two sides. There is not only the middle; individual space is also necessary.

If we try to overlap these two rings totally, we lose balance. There is a common bond, but there are also two individual mind streams. We must respect that and allow the other independence. The common space respects the individual space. We cannot overpower the other or make them just like us. The other not only has needs but also individual, habitual karmic habits that you cannot change. They need to initiate change themselves; you cannot forcibly change them. Buddhism teaches us that you cannot change someone's karma; not even Buddha can do that. He said, “I can only show you the path; to do it is totally up to you.”

That's the basic principle in a relationship—we share. We share our wisdom, our knowledge, we allow ourselves to be a mirror, but it’s up to the individual to make the choice. We must respect that. We must know that the other acts out of habit pattern, just as we do. Just as we cannot be forcibly changed from the outside, so too with them.

Problems begin when we lose the balance that comes from understanding the interplay of connection and separateness. We lose the sense of mindfulness when we lose the basic balance of the selfless, egoless teaching, and become selfish, ego-centered, or even ego-maniacal.

That's where dukkha (suffering) begins and joy ends, where the joy of relationship ends and the dukkha of relationship begins. When a relationship is troubling, that will stimulate our path. We can’t expect it to always be perfect. In the mirror of relationship, we discover all these things. We discover the real nature of relationship and we discover how we go off balance, how we lose the egoless, selfless view, how we lose the sense of love and caring.

Practicing mindfulness and awareness can help us see in the mirror more clearly. Mindfulness can tame the mental wildness that causes us to go so off balance. Mindfulness puts that wild mind in a corral. Once the wild horse of our mind is a little settled, we can train it by tying it to the post of awareness. Then we can train the horse to do all sorts of things, including to exert itself on the path of relationship and take joy and delight in loving."

[giovonni]

The longer one dwells on their misfortunes the greater they're powers to harm them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3IfK8Im-Og&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3IfK8Im-Og&feature=related

[giovonni]

Heads-up for those who follow this thread;

i made a vow to myself that i would be retiring from Avalon on my 3rd anniversary (Sept. 9th) 20011.

i will continue posting here till then, Blessings Gio

perhaps my friend MorningSong (Aileen) would consider taking over the helm here ? :)

[Marianne]

I will miss you gio

[giovonni]

breath in ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY&feature=related

[ViralSpiral]

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[giovonni]

it not unusual... Love ...happens all the time... :man_in_love:



i read the other day Tom collapsed of dehydration after a performance ...still at 75 he is utterly amazing :dance3:


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

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

[Marianne]

Gio--Tom Jones singing 'It's Not Unusual' is one of my favorites! Thank you for posting. Now I'll think of you when I hear it.
all love,
Marianne

[giovonni]

Gio--Tom Jones singing 'It's Not Unusual' is one of my favorites! Thank you for posting. Now I'll think of you when I hear it.
all love,
Marianne

Thank you young Lady !

and i will likewise :lol:

Blessings and healing love to both you and your dear brother !

[MorningSong]

My dear friend Gio... I am honored that you should nominate me as your successor for this beautiful thread... and accept with great honor. I only hope to do it justice and will rely heavily on the help of our lovely Avalon friends to keep the thread thriving.

Gio, (with a tears in my eyes) you will be missed here at Avalon. I wish you would reconsider retiring from our presence. With love and great respect... Aileen

tbkOZTSvrHs

Lyrics:
You Are The Voice
by John Farnham

We have
The chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

Chorus:
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!

This time
We know we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing, we can make it better

Oooooooh,
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?...

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!

{Instrumental[Bag Pipes(Tin Whistle)]}

Ooooooh
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?...

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
(repeat until end of song)

[giovonni]

You are the One ~ and thank you for accepting my Friend :yes4:

Note during the last three years ~ i have regained the faith in myself (to carry on) through the loving friendships i've made here at Avalon.

for ~ Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light...

and ~ Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.


From ~ Helen Keller

Blessings and Love Always Gio

[MorningSong]

This may have already been posted, but I need it right now:

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[giovonni]

ITS SEPTEMBER !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8ZrQG0y6g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8ZrQG0y6g

[giovonni]

My September ~ Fest Continues ~ Ever Higher & Higher !!

:dance3::shout::dance3:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2RsP43rmg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2RsP43rmg

[MorningSong]

Ssseptember Mornings.... comes to mind.

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[MorningSong]

September also means "back to School" time....let us all be Students as well as Teachers:

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[MorningSong]

Even Friends need to know how to say, "Forgive me for my trespasses..."

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[giovonni]

Wow ... thanks Aileen !

wonderful rendition ... here's another one :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hApQJ_n447A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hApQJ_n447A

[giovonni]

here's another ... this is (so) good ... :music:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DZZOp-yRC0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DZZOp-yRC0

[MorningSong]

Thanks, Gio. Now that is certainly a walk down memory's lane!

Here's a great story about sharing and lessons learned:

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[giovonni]

Just a rambling thought...
perhaps with a (revised) limited government approach and the freeing up (the allowing) of better energy producing devices...
will enhance humankind's desire to love and take care of each other more...
hence lesson our need to accumulate more wealth (stuff) ...
when attempting too affirm ones true worth...?

this bares repeating ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T1zy8ov1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T1zy8ov1I

[Ernie Nemeth]

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[MorningSong]

This is a Tribute to our dear friend Giovonni who wil be departing from Avalon on a new and corageous journey!

We have walked this long road together for quite some time, Gio. Bless you for the things you have shared and gifts given. You will be missed. God speed your return.

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[Marianne]

Happy trails, Gio! I will miss you.

All love,
Marianne

[giovonni]

Goodbye :wave:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGrobzDz30A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGrobzDz30A&feature=related

[pickle]

Wow, Giovonni, you were one of the band of merry people that was my reason for joining Avalon - you'll be missed my friend.

I wish you happiness, love and light wherever you are, though I'll hold a mental candle for your return here ;-)


Best wishes,

John

[MorningSong]

To our friends here at Avalon:

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[MorningSong]

"Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain!" Vivian Greene

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[MorningSong]

BE!
As a page that aches for a word that speaks on a theme that is timeless....

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[MorningSong]

Need to bump this up....

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[izzunyc88]

yes, it is a good start ... looking forward to 'meet and greet' .... love the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "... the only way to have a friend is to be one ..." it is a lifetime learning and achievement the opening of one's life and heart http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DMrt9NJDtg/TnCnS_Z_irI/AAAAAAAAAEc/QGCD_TuQ9h0/s1600/Tubular+...+shining+Photography+Ocean+Waves+wallpapers.jpg

[MorningSong]

TO all our Friends at Avalon:

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-A2_a-mGtlI

[giovonni]

Thanks MorningSong for keeping things going here ... :hug:

And though i really needed a break from here...

i'm definitely back now ... even made three new friendships today's :grouphug:

To all my friends old and new ~ Peace Be With You :peace: Gio


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLTD23l468
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLTD23l468

[MorningSong]

A BIG Welsome BACK, Gio!!!!!

So glad to see you!

HUG KISS HUG KISS HUG KISS!

[giovonni]

When one can empathetically identify with both the pain and the joy of others...
It then becomes apparent that in the inner world we are not really separated from each other...
So it should be a given then that peace and joy no less than pain and sorrow are shared and collective experiences.

My being conscious of you is intertwined with your being conscious of me.... And that is... all that is real to me ... my Friends. :)

Blessings Gio


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

[giovonni]

something special for all my goddess friends...

another favorite from CocoRosie
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/28594807/CocoRosie+window.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQm8zdXF0js&feature=related

'God Has A Voice She Speaks Through Me'

All my charities belong to you
Watching dolphins in your sea
The earth is a pretty place to be
All my charities belong to thee

Black bodies float in the sea
We can see but he can't see me
A starlit'shroud like the dark to you
Laughter echoes in my private room

Kissing fireflies on a beach
How sweet that we can be
Everyone has love to give
Our hearts will teach us how to live

My body wept
I feel so free
The water softly tickles me
My heart is pounding waiting for
The ocean deep enough to lift my veil

Crystal light shine down on us
God has a voice she speaks through me
Every creature longs to be
In his arms please carry me

I am happy in the light of day
My skin glows bright in the sunrays
My shadowed world seems so far away

My angel taught me not to fear
Love is free and everywhere
Listen to that special part
It will save us, it's the heart

God has a voice he speaks through me
God has a voice she speaks through me
Crystal light in every creature
Crystal light in every creature
Everyone has love to give

[giovonni]

To live again ~ anew :yes4:

Change we must my Friends ...


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

[giovonni]

"Friends"

Bright light almost blinding, black night still there shining,
I can't stop, keep on climbing, looking for what I knew.

Had a friend, she once told me, "You got love, you ain't lonely,"
Now she's gone and left me only looking for what I knew.

Mmm, I'm telling you now, The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now, It's very easy just...

Met a man on the roadside crying, without a friend, there's no denying,
You're incomplete, they'll be no finding looking for what you knew.

So anytime somebody needs you, don't let them down, although it grieves you,
Some day you'll need someone like they do, looking for what you knew.

Mmm, I'm telling you now, The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now, It's very easy just... :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVFM6bjLr8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVFM6bjLr8&feature=related

Page & Plant with the Egyptian Ensemble and the London Metropolitan Orchestra

[giovonni]

Some sad news today...

Here's a guy who i never had the pleasure of meeting, but have always felt a kinship with :(

"We're told Davy suffered the heart attack at a ranch near his Florida home, where he was visiting his horses. Davy began experiencing distress while he was sitting in his car, and that's where a ranch hand found him. The ranch hand told Sheriff's detectives ... the singer began to complain that he was not feeling well and was having trouble breathing. Paramedics were called and Jones was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

Jones is survived by his wife Jessica and 4 daughters from previous marriages. He was 66-years-old. Jones was married to Jessica Pacheco -- his 3rd wife."

Davy in the Day ~


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MkKnkDO2SA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MkKnkDO2SA&feature=related


Blessings ~ Davy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=q7DZqeFWnPU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=q7DZqeFWnPU