Here and Now...What's Happening?

[araucaria]

Ulli,

You have me in hysterics this morning with my coffee. :)


Good.
That means particle day is for real.
(Particle means tickling people's parts. )


Must include auraucaria here, as well,
as (sh)he is my muse...
the anima complementing my animus....
And vice versa.
I think forum rules allow waving only

[ulli]

Ulli,

You have me in hysterics this morning with my coffee. :)


Good.
That means particle day is for real.
(Particle means tickling people's parts. )


Must include auraucaria here, as well,
as (sh)he is my muse...
the anima complementing my animus....
And vice versa.
I think forum rules allow waving only

Too late. Pregnant pause.....

Hey, baby's name: Pregnant Mary Pause...

[Sierra]

Ulli,

You have me in hysterics this morning with my coffee. :)


Good.
That means particle day is for real.
(Particle means tickling people's parts. )


Must include auraucaria here, as well,
as (sh)he is my muse...
the anima complementing my animus....
And vice versa.

Everybody needs a straight (wo)man (though auraucaria has a crooked grin and twinkling eye that belies her current status) ...

[ulli]

When I announced yesterday that today was going to be particle day I didn't realize I was postulating a major weather change.

The whole of Costa Rica has become hazy, and we are told on the news this is due to Sahara dust...
Last time this happened was about three years ago.

Considering that Sahara dust is mostly made up of the accumulation of thousands of years of camel dung....
I will be canceling particle day, and just settle on wave day.

That is surf wave, not tsunami....ok?

[jiminii]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

[ulli]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

[skippy]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

All important people are moving to Ecuador these days ..:ranger:

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[jiminii]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

[jiminii]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

and also it will be easier to guide my rain deer from there since someone shot off rudolph's red nose that made it much harder for deliveries with all the dark forces messing up the sky

jim

[ulli]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

And being on the equator means the center is covered, too.
But Costa Rica isn't too bad either. Has a woman president.

[jiminii]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

And being on the equator means the center is covered, too.
But Costa Rica isn't too bad either. Has a woman president.

is she married?

jim

[araucaria]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

And being on the equator means the center is covered, too.
But Costa Rica isn't too bad either. Has a woman president.

is she married?

jim
you sound interested Jim? I thought you were spoken for :)

[ulli]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

And being on the equator means the center is covered, too.
But Costa Rica isn't too bad either. Has a woman president.

is she married?

jim

How did I know that you would ask me that question next?

Yes, but not much longer. He is in his late eighties, if not nineties.

This is Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica's president.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_inb82S_J1LY/S85oQ8s1doI/AAAAAAAAAEE/K4KzsyuLmMo/s1600/laura-chinchilla.jpg

[araucaria]

Ulli,

You have me in hysterics this morning with my coffee. :)


Good.
That means particle day is for real.
(Particle means tickling people's parts. )


Must include auraucaria here, as well,
as (sh)he is my muse...
the anima complementing my animus....
And vice versa.
I think forum rules allow waving only

Too late. Pregnant pause.....

Hey, baby's name: Pregnant Mary Pause...

That'll be Men O'Pause if he's Irish. I'm getting outa here. Let Sierra finish her coffee.

[jiminii]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

And being on the equator means the center is covered, too.
But Costa Rica isn't too bad either. Has a woman president.

is she married?

jim
you sound interested Jim? I thought you were spoken for :)


well I haven't met the girl in Bhutan yet. I only know her from internet. She said she didn't want to do dual citizens. I think she is more interested in being in South East Asia.

so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim

[thunder24]

MgIwLeASnkw

[eaglespirit]

so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim

Are You going to the jungle, Jim?
I think there are plenty of down to earth and highly cosmic Women there,
the Ecuador jungle, that is...
Jungle Jim, that is : )

http://www.dicyt.com/data/27/15527.jpg

[jiminii]

so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim

Are You going to the jungle, Jim?
I think there are plenty of down to earth and highly cosmic Women there,
the Ecuador jungle, that is...
Jungle Jim, that is : )

http://www.dicyt.com/data/27/15527.jpg

where are the men?

jim

[eaglespirit]

[QUOTE=jiminii;712256]
so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim

where are the men?

jim

Outside the tent...ummm, hunting/foraging : ) I think that's what the Huaorani do : )

http://selvavidasinfronteras.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/huaorani08.jpg

[jiminii]

[QUOTE=jiminii;712256]
so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim

where are the men?

jim

Outside the tent...ummm, hunting/foraging : ) I think that's what the Huaorani do : )

http://selvavidasinfronteras.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/huaorani08.jpg

the short one on the left must be the hunter

jim

[araucaria]

looks like i'm moving to ecuador

jim

That is great news. Holding the balance on our side of the ring of fire.

well it's almost straight south of washington dc so i think i got the planet covered from there

jim

And being on the equator means the center is covered, too.
But Costa Rica isn't too bad either. Has a woman president.

is she married?

jim
you sound interested Jim? I thought you were spoken for :)


well I haven't met the girl in Bhutan yet. I only know her from internet. She said she didn't want to do dual citizens. I think she is more interested in being in South East Asia.

so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim
Actually, I was thinking of the Chinese policewoman. Sorry, I mustn't be paying attention :o

[eaglespirit]

Ok, now I know why I did this Jim...Connections!!!
The Guy on the right has an 'eagle' on his chest..I think we know one another in a 'higher' place )

Anywho...I wish You the Best on Your next move...
maybe we shall still meet up somewhere, somehow before fully transforming and transcending and transmuting, that is!

http://www.ecuador365.com/jungle/yasuni/huaorani05.jpg

[Marianne]

Hey, it's time for some funny animal pics.

[Marianne]

AND, the Perseid meteor showers are beginning to sparkle up the sky!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/993345_642335819120766_106318204_n.jpg

My cousin is an avid follower, and she tells me the best time to see them in northern Alabama is Sunday night around 3 AM ... hopefully the skies will be crystal clear.

[ulli]

Our bridge this morning. We were sure it was going to be reopened today.
Instead they found more weakness issues, and so the new date for opening is
August 25th.

http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o491/orosivalleyjewelry/7918d93a49c24583c189d4e1e78f2fa5_zpsba8221f6.jpg

[amandapoet]

Hello Villagers--

Synchronicity and irony are the gold star words for this past months' events. Of course, just as I had gotten used to the idea of parenting three children and announcing it--I even more abruptly had to get used to the idea that I wouldn't (yet). On July 19th, I mourned the possibility of this third unexpected child. And though I am still grieving the loss, I am now at point to see what blessings are possible manifestations of that loss-- and use them to their fullest.

And far less tragic but sadly as impactful was that my smartphone was stolen while I was providing asked for assistance in a neighbor's domestic violence situation. I ashamed to admit how much that affected my daily life-- wow. It was my phone's hotspot connection I depended on for my net surfing---so when I was finally ready to start talking about the broken mess I became because of that pregnancy's end-- I couldn't.

July has been one huge face slap of reality--- and though it has been unpleasant-- I have come to assess my current situation and moving from it with critical realism. Taking full acceptance of my shortcomings and how I have allowed them to weigh me down. Seriously, I've had enough of the kinda good enough life or I'll make it work-- really those are the type of things that just hang in the closet with the tags on it. So basically it's yard sale time--- or just put it out on the curb time-- it's taken me a while to get this point and I know it will take a lot more time and sweat to get what is worthy in every facet of my life--and I'm ok with that.

Anyway, I'm attempting to catch up and hope I'll be able to be a more regular presence. On Saturday, I'm getting real internet hooked up and cutting out the TV-- baby steps...

And Ulli, I just read about the passing of your friend and share that feeling of loss in a different yet timely way...((Hugs)).

~Amanda

[TargeT]

Gooooooo Hemp!!!

http://www.naturalnews.com/hemp.html

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1009828_10151507500306316_1024691177_n.jpg


That's interesting...one thing im very sensitive too is feeling trees/plants vibrations and a marijuana plant was one of the strongest ive felt...a lot of vibration coming off of tht plant! It seemed more alive then other plants to me because of tht.

I used to lay under a canopy of them and just breath; if felt very right, very relaxing.

[Guest]

A lot of noise in the forest tonight. The creatures are out.

I'm sitting on my front porch under a dark moon listening to a chorus of frogs, crickets and coyotes howling across the forest.

It's cooler now unseasonably for mid summer -sipping a mug of hot herbal tea I made the night before the new moon to warm my bones up.


Love


Nora

[CD7]

Ok, now I know why I did this Jim...Connections!!!
The Guy on the right has an 'eagle' on his chest..I think we know one another in a 'higher' place )

Anywho...I wish You the Best on Your next move...
maybe we shall still meet up somewhere, somehow before fully transforming and transcending and transmuting, that is!

http://www.ecuador365.com/jungle/yasuni/huaorani05.jpg

Well hopefully u don't know him in lower places...holy jesus! :p

[CD7]

[QUOTE=jiminii;712256]
so if I am lucky there might be someone there in Ecuador, what you think?

jim

where are the men?

jim


Apparently they weren't told the story of adam and eve.... humm:rolleyes: I guess thts a story just for us civilized folk No science credentials only tech here.

Outside the tent...ummm, hunting/foraging : ) I think that's what the Huaorani do : )

http://selvavidasinfronteras.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/huaorani08.jpg



Apparently they weren't told the story of adam and eve.... humm I guess thts a story just for us civilized folk :rolleyes:


In all seriousness though this thought crossed my mind as I look at the picture...I guess if u take the story to be truthful in some way...this doesn't make much sense. Why would adam and eve all of sudden feel the need to put clothes on but this tribe doesn't? Makes it seem like we were animals groomed for something different...

[meeradas]

Funny, isn't it?
Yes, it isn't (is it?):

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/children-ban-talking-about-fracking

[eaglespirit]

Amandapoet...Wishing You the Best, Thank You fro sharing Here and Now!

CD7...Good Morning, simply natural living in the Ecuador Amazon by the Huaorani, just a way of life(their life) ...kinda like the natural hemp and marijuana plant, as TargeT(Hi : ) attests to Your feelings of same : )

Nora...So Good to see You again and so glad You are enjoying the 'higher' rhythms of Your home : )

Meeradas...Gggeeeeesssshhhhhhh...a new home for the Family on 'conditions' ...and the legal word slithers along,
not for much longer methinks. Have a great day!

and Ulli : ) ...may You soon have a 'working' bridge to ease Your move-abouts!

[Conchis]

Well, it was strange, but yesterday I posted my first youtube video...what the heck am I doing?

[Roisin]

meeradas wrote:

Funny, isn't it?
Yes, it isn't (is it?):

http://www.theguardian.com/environme...about-fracking

I feel bad for the parents in this situation because all they wanted was to be compensated for not only the damage done to their property but fracking also jeopardized the well-being of their family’s physical and mental health and, rightfully so, they wanted to be compensated for that too! To agree to also have their children gagged to keep the deal intact is something that they are going to have to live with for the rest of their lives. One wonders how they can even look at themselves in the mirror every morning after agreeing to something like that but they sure didn't have much choice in the matter, did they?

[TargeT]

Well, it was strange, but yesterday I posted my first youtube video...what the heck am I doing?

WELL... lets see it!

[1inMany]

Here and Now...I sit. Frazzled. It's O-Kay. It will undoubtedly be...O...Kay. Inhale. Exhale.

Lord, did it have to be girls? Really? sigh...Can I make it through this last one? Inhale. Exhale.

I better work on a stronger, more durable shell. I don't need to feel all this teenage-girl-hood. Right? Phew.

Peace and Calm. Trust. Letting it all go.

Much...Love...

[Conchis]

Well, it was strange, but yesterday I posted my first youtube video...what the heck am I doing?

WELL... lets see it!


Okay...so it's only 11 seconds...but..man! What am I doing posting any kind of video? I'm like a nearly official recluse.

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[1inMany]

Conchis, that is stunning! Absolutely beautiful...And as for being a recluse, I am too, believe it or not. So at least you are in good company here :)

[Flash]

Here and Now...I sit. Frazzled. It's O-Kay. It will undoubtedly be...O...Kay. Inhale. Exhale.

Lord, did it have to be girls? Really? sigh...Can I make it through this last one? Inhale. Exhale.

I better work on a stronger, more durable shell. I don't need to feel all this teenage-girl-hood. Right? Phew.

Peace and Calm. Trust. Letting it all go.

Much...Love...

Ohhhh Gosh, don't I understand!!

[ulli]

Today I'm a wave.
I'm waving at people who are on weird threads, and I'm saying to them:

"Hey there, people, look at me staying out of this thread".

Because where I live the Fukang Nibiru X has already landed.

It's all in my hands:

http://i.imgur.com/Lzti75s.jpg

Also called the Fukang meteorite


and it is getting ready to be transformed into this:


http://files.zdraviprirody.webnode.cz/200000073-14c1815bb2/hexagon-snowflake-1047257-ga.jpg

[Ernie Nemeth]

Woke up today in a haze. Felt, at first, aweful. I could not understand what was wrong with me. Got a zap last night from the master, I learned today. Feeling better now, with a death grip on my grounding stone. Was thinking about something last night of importance but I cannot remember it now.

As an update, my weapon attachment for my staff has been shelved. It is too dangerous. That thing could kill, I tested it and it was far more effective than I'd hoped. It is not my style, so the project is cancelled. The staff is repaired and painted up nice, but it will not get a weapon attachment. Besides, what I'm learning now is a far better weapon if it is ever needed for that.

My new project is a lightweight telescoping laddar I can carry around on my back along with my tools. No car is a bit of a bother, I must admit when you are in construction. Not much fun arriving on site with an overstuffed bag full of tools when every one else comes with a service truck. This job I'm doing now requires that I buy a laddar that I will then leave behind because it costs too much to transport home.

Oh well, that's my bed, I made it now I have to sleep in it. It's alright. Had I had the proper facts to base my choices on I would have chosen differently. So, given what I had to work with at the time, I chose very well, keeping my integritry intact and sacrificing my convenience and comfort instead. Quite the opposite of what most decided for themselves given the same set of lies and deciet fed to us as truth. In light of that, I am mollified.

There, I feel better already.

[ulli]

Woke up today in a haze. Felt, at first, aweful. I could not understand what was wrong with me. Got a zap last night from the master, I learned today. Feeling better now, with a death grip on my grounding stone. Was thinking about something last night of importance but I cannot remember it now.

As an update, my weapon attachment for my staff has been shelved. It is too dangerous. That thing could kill, I tested it and it was far more effective than I'd hoped. It is not my style, so the project is cancelled. The staff is repaired and painted up nice, but it will not get a weapon attachment. Besides, what I'm learning now is a far better weapon if it is ever needed for that.

My new project is a lightweight telescoping laddar I can carry around on my back along with my tools. No car is a bit of a bother, I must admit when you are in construction. Not much fun arriving on site with an overstuffed bag full of tools when every one else comes with a service truck. This job I'm doing now requires that I buy a laddar that I will then leave behind because it costs too much to transport home.

Oh well, that's my bed, I made it now I have to sleep in it. It's alright. Had I had the proper facts to base my choices on I would have chosen differently. So, given what I had to work with at the time, I chose very well, keeping my integritry intact and sacrificing my convenience and comfort instead. Quite the opposite of what most decided for themselves given the same set of lies and deciet fed to us as truth. In light of that, I am mollified.

There, I feel better already.

Ernie, keep learning what you are learning, and soon you will have your own pick-up.
A must when one carries stuff around....


like I bet this rock is heavy....some fukang rock.

http://livasperiklis.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/article-2129747-1295a47b000005dc-896_634x671.jpg?w=550&h=570

[eaglespirit]

Beautiful Fukang Rocks...
Can't wait to see Your Fukang Jewelry creation, Ulli!

[ulli]

Someone has to get this to Paul, too funny.


http://i.imgur.com/EHoCPJJ.jpg

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Beautiful Fukang Rocks...
Can't wait to see Your Fukang Jewelry creation, Ulli!

I only work with fukong meteorites in my imagination.
I'm just an ordinary bead stringer.

[ulli]

Most of you may have seen this one,
nevertheless its a good reminder of how absurd things get when a society
is allowed to develop with no proper checks and balances in place:

http://i.imgur.com/VuT1FNA.jpg

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Paul, how do you know when someone mentions your name in one of the 60,000 threads here?
Do you have spies to inform you, or are you more psychic than you care to admit?
Anyway, I'm glad you thanked that cow joke.

[PurpleLama]

I have long suspected that Paul may actually be on the short list of people who have read this thread in its entirety, that list being you, me, and him.

[Eram]

I have long suspected that Paul may actually be on the short list of people who have read this thread in its entirety, that list being you, me, and him.

I often suspect that there isn't a post that paul misses in all of Avalon.


Ealry this year, I made an attempt to read the entire H&N thread, but gave up somewhere in the 500 page range.
it was great fun though, to read a thread like this with 10 pages a day or more daily.
Better then any soap ;)

[ThePythonicCow]

Paul, how do you know when someone mentions your name in one of the 60,000 threads here?
While the rest of y'all are having a life ... I'm reading posts :).

[greybeard]

Paul, how do you know when someone mentions your name in one of the 60,000 threads here?
While the rest of y'all are having a life ... I'm reading posts :).

You are much appreciated Paul.
Chris

[ThePythonicCow]

Every year, sharks kill 10 people.

Every year, 100 people die from being stepped on by cows.

Every year thousands die and millions are sickened by drinking milk from cows who have been kept in pens, fed GMO grains and shot full of antibiotics, only to have many of the remaining nutrients in the milk destroyed by the heat and pressure of pasteurization and homogenization.

Drink the real milk (http://www.realmilk.com/) - raw milk from grass fed cows.


http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/10000/nahled/1-1210683375MNYR.jpg

[Fred Steeves]

I often suspect that there isn't a post that paul misses in all of Avalon.


I don't know about that Eram. Every now and then I'll successfully slip a little "naughty naughty" passed those watchful eyes. :whistle:So maybe Paul *sees* them all, but doesn't actually *read* them all.

[Sierra]

Paul, how do you know when someone mentions your name in one of the 60,000 threads here?
While the rest of y'all are having a life ... I'm reading posts :).

... and being utterly adored, kissed, hugged, squashed, and teased to death in the mod chat room...

[eaglespirit]

Felt a Here and Now 'urge' of a GREAT BIG THANK YOU : ) : ) : )

To the Avalon Moderator/Creator Team!!!

Thank You with All my Heart for ALL that You do!!!

Bill
christian
Christine
Ilie
karelia
Kristin
Marianne
Paul
Sierra
Dawn
Jake
Murray

...did I miss someone? if I missed Anyone, my apologies....Thank You to You too : )

[ThePythonicCow]

...did I miss someone? if I missed Anyone, my apologies....Thank You to You too : )

From here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showgroups.php) - add Jake and Murray as present Mods, and thanks to Dawn for her former service as a Mod.

[Marianne]

A lot of noise in the forest tonight. The creatures are out.

I'm sitting on my front porch under a dark moon listening to a chorus of frogs, crickets and coyotes howling across the forest.

It's cooler now unseasonably for mid summer -sipping a mug of hot herbal tea I made the night before the new moon to warm my bones up.


Love


Nora

Ah, perfection ... Nora's comforting word-pictures of life in a mountain forest.

Going to fix myself a cup of hot herbal tea too. It's not cold here, but we did get a gully-washer of a storm passing through that cooled it off some.

Love to the village, and especially to you, Nora. It's so good that you are back.

[amandapoet]

If there ever was a "Cow" worth erecting a statue to idolize, it surely would be for Paul in the "Here and Now". However, I'm fairly certain he'd find worshipping a golden cow in his honor plain silly--So, I'll just go with trying to keep up with acquiring the information he contributes and aspire to share it effectively to say THANK YOU!!!! And attempt my first image posting within a post on this board...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3KIX_8qTFDnV0Sf5KvNkoyVH2KJ7ir_OF5q8oa3Qu0dyx5IOU

[Marianne]

IPQsMAzuDts

Tom 'Kaypacha' Lescher's Pele report.

[Carmody]

Every year, sharks kill 10 people.

Every year, 100 people die from being stepped on by cows.

Every year thousands die and millions are sickened by drinking milk from cows who have been kept in pens, fed GMO grains and shot full of antibiotics, only to have many of the remaining nutrients in the milk destroyed by the heat and pressure of pasteurization and homogenization.

Drink the real milk (http://www.realmilk.com/) - raw milk from grass fed cows.


http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/10000/nahled/1-1210683375MNYR.jpg

Here's another:

If farmers fed the cows grass for the last 5-6 days before slaughter, the vast majority of the toxins, specifically parasites and viral/bugs.. would be washed out of them and the meat would be so much healthier for humans to eat, that tens of thousands less people would die from eating at and it would actually be far more healthy to eat, on average. The medical systems would save many billions of $$ per year. (10-20 billion a year)

But is not done, as it would cost the farmers about $5-10 (max) per cow to get it done. It should be mandatory, ie, forced by law.

But, if they did that, they'd be forcing the understanding that the way the cows are fed is very unhealthy. For the cow and the people.

[Calz]

Real question is how has it come to this?

Totally absurd issues regarding food sources in many countries now ... really beyond any sane excuse.

Cities cannot "afford" sending cops to shootings ... yet there seems to be no shortage of funds for those outrageous raw milk and organic food farmers ...


Does no one else here see how freakin' ridiculous this has become???

[onawah]

People are starting to wake up to the necessity for buying solar panels, at last.

[Calz]

Truth ... what a concept :doh:

Gs1QMyjXwjk

[araucaria]

Beef cattle have been trampling tropical rainforestland for years (our fault not theirs). The good news i read somewhere is that reforestation is really picking up these days.

[Carmen]

Jeepers Carmody our cattle, dairy and beef live on grass all year round. And there is absolutely no need to be cutting down rainforest to be feeding cattle either! Holistic management and mob grazing can bring back deserts to fine grasslands again but it takes stock to do it. Desertification is caused by taking stock off land and also set stocking the land. This can be reversed by replicating how the great herds moved naturally a hundred years ago.

Also there is no shortage of land in America for stock to graze on. There are so many absentee owners. Budding farmers can lease land for next to nothing from all reports. And using Holistic Management methods can make a good profit.

[greybeard]

http://www.transients.info/2013/08/is-it-possible-or-even-desirable-to-be.html

Is it possible – Or even desirable – To be mentally prepared for Apocalypse?
Via Waking Times, August 5 2013 - It should be very clear by now, to most thoughtful people, that we are well down the road of engineered collapse. Some might argue that we are already in the manifestation of ‘the end of days’.

The rest on the link.
Transient info is worth a daily check
Chris

[eaglespirit]

Thank You Marianne...Thank You Tom...enjoy ECETI : )

Aug 7, 2013

As I speak my truth I must be prepared,
For others to feel, react, and share,
If I can get over feeling threatened and scared,
I will learn the lessons Life has for me there.

Did you feel that new Moon in Leo? Now get ready for Mercury to go into the fire and square Saturn this week! Remember that things are not as bad as they look/feel during these transits. It can be a time of deep reflection and new understanding if you take the time and have the determination to stick it out. The Friday Moon/Venus conjunction will lighten it up and some fireworks may fly when She moves into Libra Saturday......Injoy!


http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=712834&viewfull=1#post712834

[ulli]

Whatever the "end of days" is supposed to be, to me it marks merely transition.
There is no end, and there won't be a collective mass dying event.

Before I turned spiritual I lived a city life, full of stress and ambition,
only caring about worldly things and my own success.
Then came my awakening, and I knew I could not continue my old patterns. That was in the late seventies.
So the adjustment to my rebirth, the letting go of old habits, which I knew did not serve me well,
was really rather painful. But there was no end, ever. Only new beginnings.

Now Im living a life free from desires, always grateful,
and with the ability to manifest all that I need. Serene.
When I have a spell of discontent it's my lower self pining for the cheap thrills of my earlier life.
Knowing this I just ignore that voice, and get back to the Here and Now, my true home.
Ok, that's the story of one individual.

What is happening in the world at large is that the time has come for the collective
to go through the same type of transition, for humanity to wake up,
and experience such a period of massive changes, one individual at a time.

But it's not the end of the world, never. It is 'childhood's end', or the end of adolescence,
and the beginning of humanity becoming mature.

The meteors, tidal waves, comets, etc, are all inner dimensional harbingers of the changes which will happen as people make their adjustments on a large scale. Businesses will close, new relationships will be formed, house moves, etc...
Change change change.

Once I got safely to the other side, the life Im now living, I had to thank the divine hand for the miraculous guidance
that was made available during the darkest moments of my transition years. It became obvious that a higher intelligence knew what it was doing.

The same is now true for humanity at large. Mankind will not be left alone, to die, but must pass through these tests and trials to have its diverse limbs cemented together, to become one being.

[amandapoet]

Once I got safely to the other side, the life Im now living, I had to thank the divine hand for the miraculous guidance
that was made available during the darkest moments of my transition years. It became obvious that a higher intelligence knew what it was doing.

The same is now true for humanity at large. Mankind will not be left alone, to die, but must pass through these tests and trials to have its diverse limbs cemented together, to become one being.

Ulli, thank you for sharing that perspective-- but it was just the encouraging reminder I needed to read today as I forge through this life transition cycle. Or as I like to call it the "Hamster Wheel". Eventually, I'll figure out how to jump off ;)
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxlnu81vrAt1JoGcvQc8wrTguQeY6z87Tx5bJCDX0jSKyhcFJK

~Amanda

[ulli]

I'm watching this video right now...my spiritual roots after my awakening.

Ouspensky's book "In Search of the Miraculous"...here is a documentary about it:

CpWpYk_aBUk

[gripreaper]

. Or as I like to call it the "Hamster Wheel". Eventually, I'll figure out how to jump off ;)
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxlnu81vrAt1JoGcvQc8wrTguQeY6z87Tx5bJCDX0jSKyhcFJK

~Amanda

here ya go. Run fast enough and eventually you'll get thrown off. The question then becomes, do I get back on?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/tsiya/Small%20Shots%20for%20Net/Hamster-wheel-fail.gif (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tsiya/media/Small%20Shots%20for%20Net/Hamster-wheel-fail.gif.html)

[yukondiva]

Hello Village, please excuse my absence, but have been busy settling into home and hearth. What a beautiful summer we have had here. Hoping everyone is well. Just wanted to say Hi and Ill be posting a story soon. luv to all

[ulli]

Once I got safely to the other side, the life Im now living, I had to thank the divine hand for the miraculous guidance
that was made available during the darkest moments of my transition years. It became obvious that a higher intelligence knew what it was doing.

The same is now true for humanity at large. Mankind will not be left alone, to die, but must pass through these tests and trials to have its diverse limbs cemented together, to become one being.

Ulli, thank you for sharing that perspective-- but it was just the encouraging reminder I needed to read today as I forge through this life transition cycle. Or as I like to call it the "Hamster Wheel". Eventually, I'll figure out how to jump off ;)
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxlnu81vrAt1JoGcvQc8wrTguQeY6z87Tx5bJCDX0jSKyhcFJK

~Amanda

It took me years and years to learn that the way to jump off the hamster wheel is by an act of willingness to be happy.
In the past I had always wanted outside influences to change my state of mind,
but I learnt finally that it has to come from within.
In the end I could not even use my chemistry as an excuse for those depressions.
It was simply my old self kicking and screaming...
and negative thinking, cynicism, pessimism, bad outlook on life.
So I shut it up with the occasional gummy bear bag, or ice cream.

But just step into happiness was tough, and humor finally did it for me.
The wheel is still spinning now, but the hamster is dead.

[Carmen]

I loved Ouspenky's book Ulli. I've had it for years but only just read it. His journey, but also what was happening in Russia at the time is fascinating.

[ulli]

speaking of hamsters, and wheels

this one never fails

we've all seen it before, still funny though.


6G4uYZF1IG4

[ulli]

I loved Ouspenky's book Ulli. I've had it for years but only just read it. His journey, but also what was happening in Russia at the time is fascinating.


I wish I could read it again. I made several attempts, but my transformation took away my patience for books.

Im an internet freak now.

But at least it had the effect to speed up my ability to absorb and learn.

[Dennis Leahy]

speaking of hamsters, and wheels

this one never fails

we've all seen it before, still funny though.


6G4uYZF1IG4hahahahahahhaah

I think I'll post this on Fazebook, as a political race.

Thanks!

Dennis

[eaglespirit]

Growing Gold Yourself, from...whatever!!!

HZBCgPuvmzI

[Dennis Leahy]

Whatever the "end of days" is supposed to be, to me it marks merely transition.
There is no end, and there won't be a collective mass dying event.

Before I turned spiritual I lived a city life, full of stress and ambition,
only caring about worldly things and my own success.
Then came my awakening, and I knew I could not continue my old patterns. That was in the late seventies.
So the adjustment to my rebirth, the letting go of old habits, which I knew did not serve me well,
was really rather painful. But there was no end, ever. Only new beginnings.

Now Im living a life free from desires, always grateful,
and with the ability to manifest all that I need. Serene.
When I have a spell of discontent it's my lower self pining for the cheap thrills of my earlier life.
Knowing this I just ignore that voice, and get back to the Here and Now, my true home.
Ok, that's the story of one individual.

What is happening in the world at large is that the time has come for the collective
to go through the same type of transition, for humanity to wake up,
and experience such a period of massive changes, one individual at a time.

But it's not the end of the world, never. It is 'childhood's end', or the end of adolescence,
and the beginning of humanity becoming mature.

The meteors, tidal waves, comets, etc, are all inner dimensional harbingers of the changes which will happen as people make their adjustments on a large scale. Businesses will close, new relationships will be formed, house moves, etc...
Change change change.

Once I got safely to the other side, the life Im now living, I had to thank the divine hand for the miraculous guidance
that was made available during the darkest moments of my transition years. It became obvious that a higher intelligence knew what it was doing.

The same is now true for humanity at large. Mankind will not be left alone, to die, but must pass through these tests and trials to have its diverse limbs cemented together, to become one being.
Ulli,

A bigger "thank you" for this post than simply hitting the "Thanks" button is warranted. Cyberhug and cyber high-five and a great big "thank you!"

Dennis

[ulli]

speaking of hamsters, and wheels

this one never fails

we've all seen it before, still funny though.


6G4uYZF1IG4hahahahahahhaah

I think I'll post this on Fazebook, as a political race.

Thanks!

Dennis

Be my guest. Those are not my hamsters.
Besides, they love a good spin...hehe...

[eaglespirit]

. Or as I like to call it the "Hamster Wheel". Eventually, I'll figure out how to jump off ;)


~Amanda

here ya go. Run fast enough and eventually you'll get thrown off.
The question then becomes, do I get back on?



Nnnnooooooooooooo!!! : )

[Ernie Nemeth]

Just because, or for no reason at all...best cranked

MImX27J8wkg

It's a long way to nowhere
and i'm leaving very soon
on the way we pass so close
to the back side of the moon
hey join the traveler if you got nowhere to go
hang your head and take my hand
it's the only road i know
oh! lonely is the word, yeah yeah yeah!
i've been higher than stardust
i've been seen upon the sun
i used to count in millions then
but now i only count in one
come on, join the traveler
if you got nowhere to go
hang your head and take my hand
it's the only road i know
yeah, lonely is the word
got to be the saddest song i ever heard
yeah, lonely is the name
maybe life's a losing game

[Mark]

Greetings, villagers. Life is busy these days.

Manifesting seems to be a process of continual movement that is augmented by being able to pay attention to everything going on around me and being able to determine what is pertinent to moving forward and also what arises to take me in the wrong direction. And both seem to be occurring. Being able to differentiate between the two can be difficult if desires get in the way.

Once when I was younger I gave up a great job with a future for another job for more money. Seemed like a good decision at a time but ended up being terrible. A good lesson, one that brought me to the realization that following a path of inner fulfillment was much better than following one of economic gain. It literally came to the point where it was impossible for me to be able to stay someplace where I felt I no longer fit. This became so extreme, that I gave up a guaranteed job with no replacement in sight, leading to an extended period of unemployment.

Still being in the phase of life where economic concerns are still prevalent, small children to take care of, mortgages and car notes pressing, is the conundrum that leads most to accept situations that do not align with their self-perceived life-paths.

But living in times where so much is on the line, where we are not guaranteed a tomorrow that is somewhat similar to today gives rise to an even deeper state of cognitive dissonance.

If the world changes, how much will the world I've invested years or decades in creating, change? If the world changes, how much will I need to change to keep pace with it?

For me, the answer boils down to a small smile and a warm joy that births inside of me. To the realization that I have not invested my life in the accumulation of material possessions. That, if there is fundamental change, walking out into the world with only the clothes on my back would not present me with any internal difficulties. Or, perhaps it is the anarchist scorpio within me that seeks to bring order to outer chaos and conflict, that thrives in unstable and evolving conditions and environments. But, perhaps, it is what seems to be a certain knowledge that the world cannot continue as it is and it will change beyond recognition in our lifetimes.

And if it doesn't? Each moment will continue to bring its challenges and the peace that lies beyond will still beckon in the silent moments and the stillness of zen living. Personal and collective evolution will continue without dramatic and traumatic shifts and life will be in the details and the joys of total immersion in the now moment.

Come to think of it, that is the future, regardless.

So it is ALL good. No matter what.

[araucaria]

Just bumping this thread for Rakhyt's beautiful post #32581. Don't whatever you do wind back to the previous page with hamsters falling off treadmills, it would be like the people at the next table eating mussels while you're having dessert :)

[Calz]

Just bumping this thread for Rakhyt's beautiful post #32581. Don't whatever you do wind back to the previous page with hamsters falling off treadmills, it would be like the people at the next table eating mussels while you're having dessert :)

Yep that was good even for "Admin Dude" ...

[had not seen previous page ... but dares like that are hard to resist ...]

[araucaria]

Hi Caren, are you working night shift like Calz? Babysitting perhaps, good luck with that :rapture:

[Calz]

Every dog has his daze ... I am on vacation this week ...

From one of my fav albums from years gone by ...


JVqTZgxndXI


*** adding ***

More Peter Gabriel for those who share my appreciation ...


vLWbzJ1apXY

[transiten]

Hello Rahkyt and All of You!

So you're a scorpio like me; always enjoyed your posts

More so i've got Sun conj Pluto today, no wonder you pop up as i pop in for the first time in a long time. Also i just posted about "investing many years of your life" "keeping two or more feelings/thoughts in your mind simultaneously" etc but in another context concerning a thread about David Wilcocks latest blog.

I'm slowly recovering from Lymedisease and just "now" i had the energy to start to get rid of tons of stuff that has somehow entered my life:confused:
Here's a short poem by the Swedish poet Karin Boye (she was a lesbian who tragically took her own life in the middle of the last century)

Vad befriar människan?
Inte är det tingen
Prylar är ett satans band
När man vill lyfta vingen

What liberates man?
Not the objects
Odds and ends are the bonds of Satan
When you wish to take wing

[transiten]

That, if there is fundamental change, walking out into the world with only the clothes on my back would not present me with any internal difficulties. Or, perhaps it is the anarchist scorpio within me that seeks to bring order to outer chaos and conflict, that thrives in unstable and evolving conditions and environments. But, perhaps, it is what seems to be a certain knowledge that the world cannot continue as it is and it will change beyond recognition in our lifetimes.

And if it doesn't? Each moment will continue to bring its challenges and the peace that lies beyond will still beckon in the silent moments and the stillness of zen living. Personal and collective evolution will continue without dramatic and traumatic shifts and life will be in the details and the joys of total immersion in the now moment.

Come to think of it, that is the future, regardless.

So it is ALL good. No matter what.

"Ditto" was not enough, had to write 10 words or more...

[araucaria]

Here's a new angle on the Kate saga:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/mother-of-all-exclusives-the-duchess-of-cambridge-and-prince-george-pose-for-a-fashion-shoot-for-the-independent-ok-lookalikes-at-least-8751088.html

If one agency has 120 Kate lookalikes, how many does old William/Harry (forget which) use? More than one, at a guess. And which one had a baby last month? :)

[ulli]

Just bumping this thread for Rakhyt's beautiful post #32581. Don't whatever you do wind back to the previous page with hamsters falling off treadmills, it would be like the people at the next table eating mussels while you're having dessert :)

Thanks for bumping our hamsters, araucaria, and thus daring Calz.
Since all words are lies, according to a wise man at the Male Vanity thread, hamster videos are an honest substitute.
Rahkyt, take note.
And better still to make your statement via an honest hamster video than having a fake princess with a fake handbag as a trophy on your arm, or your Facebook page, for that matter. (Nudge, nudge- wink,wink)

[ulli]

That, if there is fundamental change, walking out into the world with only the clothes on my back would not present me with any internal difficulties. Or, perhaps it is the anarchist scorpio within me that seeks to bring order to outer chaos and conflict, that thrives in unstable and evolving conditions and environments. But, perhaps, it is what seems to be a certain knowledge that the world cannot continue as it is and it will change beyond recognition in our lifetimes.

And if it doesn't? Each moment will continue to bring its challenges and the peace that lies beyond will still beckon in the silent moments and the stillness of zen living. Personal and collective evolution will continue without dramatic and traumatic shifts and life will be in the details and the joys of total immersion in the now moment.

Come to think of it, that is the future, regardless.

So it is ALL good. No matter what.

"Ditto" was not enough, had to write 10 words or more...

So let's just spell it out again: IT'S ALL GOOD. At least in the HERE and NOW Villlage. (Not too sure about elsewhere...)

[araucaria]

Just bumping this thread for Rakhyt's beautiful post #32581. Don't whatever you do wind back to the previous page with hamsters falling off treadmills, it would be like the people at the next table eating mussels while you're having dessert :)

Thanks for bumping our hamsters, araucaria, and thus daring Calz.
Since all words are lies, according to a wise man at the Male Vanity thread, hamster videos are an honest substitute.
Rahkyt, take note.
And better still to make your statement via an honest hamster video than having a fake princess with a fake handbag as a trophy on your arm, or your Facebook page, for that matter. (Nudge, nudge- wink,wink)
I did not bump your hamsters Ulli, they fell out of their own accord.

Which just goes to show that words may not be all lies, but orders and recommendations are made to be flouted :)

[ulli]

Just bumping this thread for Rakhyt's beautiful post #32581. Don't whatever you do wind back to the previous page with hamsters falling off treadmills, it would be like the people at the next table eating mussels while you're having dessert :)

Thanks for bumping our hamsters, araucaria, and thus daring Calz.
Since all words are lies, according to a wise man at the Male Vanity thread, hamster videos are an honest substitute.
Rahkyt, take note.
And better still to make your statement via an honest hamster video than having a fake princess with a fake handbag as a trophy on your arm, or your Facebook page, for that matter. (Nudge, nudge- wink,wink)
I did not bump your hamsters Ulli, they fell out of their own accord.

Which just goes to show that words may not be all lies, but orders and recommendations are made to be flouted :)

Words stimulate physiological responses....
for instance
Lemon, lemon, lemon,
lemon without sugar.

Now observe your saliva flow. But of course it's a lie,
since we never get any lemons here in Costa Rica, only limes.

[ulli]

Every dog has his daze ... I am on vacation this week ...

From one of my fav albums from years gone by ...


JVqTZgxndXI


*** adding ***

More Peter Gabriel for those who share my appreciation ...


vLWbzJ1apXY

I've been wondering for years when would Sean Connery finally take on a role as a rock singer....

[Carmody]

Ah, those decans of astrology and those limited 36 different facial types.

Of course, as I make posts like my last few, the birds start to fly into the windows again. Nothing unusual there.

[donk]

Off to the coast...pacific ocean and sea lions! Been about a decade since I been to Newport.

I know one thing I've accumulated over the years: experiences. So stoked to get to share so many great ones with the boys.

The only thing worth gathering up in this incarnation is HERE & NOWS, hope y'all are having great ones...

[transiten]

Ah, those decans of astrology and those limited 36 different facial types.

Of course, as I make posts like my last few, the birds start to fly into the windows again. Nothing unusual there.

What birds? I just told my rescuestory of a sparrow hawk which some days ago crashed into our window....Sync sync, have to check your last post...

¤=[Post Update]=¤


Truth ... what a concept :doh:

Gs1QMyjXwjk

Well Calz i can barely catch up with my syncs nowadays, this song is one of a constant stream..thanx

[Mark]

I'm glad you're recovering, Transiten, I do not know much about lime disease except that it can be very serious and gotten from ticks. So your return to health is a real blessing indeed. When I was younger, I got a Scorpio tattoo on my upper right shoulder blade. Not someplace that could be visible unless I was shirtless, but my ode to a generation's preoccupation with body art. I thought it was pretty cool but never really considered what I was doing in a larger view. I knew that in some traditions, I'm thinking particularly of Judaism here, tattoo art was considered to be wrong but I never considered why.

The esoteric reasons why that might be the case only became clear when I saw the movie, "What the Bleep Do We Know", now many years ago. It was the scene where Amanda was lying in the bathtub after realizing the power of water and the power of intention. She had written affirmations all over her body and had immersed herself to take full advantage of the power of creative visualization. Tattoos are a marker of intention. Impressing into your skin, in your field, a belief, or a reality, image or idea that then "sets" itself, becomes an even firmer and inviolate part of your overall being.

I still appreciate tattoo art, may even get more. Maybe not, I seem to have no strong feelings either way. But when I look at some of the things that people put on their bodies these days, I really have to wonder if they realize what kind of reality for themselves they are imaging and intending into being. All of that said, to say, I guess I'm biased in the matter, but Scorpio is a pretty interesting star sign, one that I've perhaps over-identified with at times. It's just really really strong in me. Transformation seems to be my thing in this life. :)

Hmmm, Calz. Admin Dude. Thanks for the reminder, I might have to put that title back in use.

Ulli. My FB. LOL It has been quite the conundrum for me lately as you've seen. Btw, anyone who wants to connect there, I'm Rahkyt Redux, public profile. I generally share the things I find online of interest in science and mind, my blogs and videos and thoughts, as well as visual memes for mental/spiritual elevation. No hamster videos yet, maybe that would lighten things up a bit, eh?

[Sierra]

Which just goes to show that words may not be all lies, but orders and recommendations are made to be flouted :)

Ooh I LOVE that word flouted. I bet it is the first time it has been used on the H&N. :)

Transiten, glad to see you, and grateful you are feeling better! I've been shocked how many people in Avalon have Lyme disease.

Getting ready to spend the day at a lake up the road with my husband and sister. :)

Love, Sierra very greasy with sunscreen...

[Carmody]

Outside a bit today, at high noon. Very sunny. And Donk wanted music with the sounds of children. And Eaglespirit likes the native backbeat....So...:

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[ulli]

Received an e-mail just now full of pictures of painted or died dogs and cats...

not sure what to make of this trend.

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/3359582_f520.jpg

[CD7]

Uli if im not mistaken, I believe they have recently made this against the law to dye pets...not really liking the dye on this kitty..

[skippy]

sWpERZAIy3E

L_G3Fwd2A04

[Carmody]

gvLoVCIhmyE

[ulli]

Uli if im not mistaken, I believe they have recently made this against the law to dye pets...not really liking the dye on this kitty..

Are you talking about international law?
The photos I saw seem to be mostly from China,
where it appears anything goes,
as far as animals is concerned.

If they forbid the dying of pets
they might also consider not putting them in their soups.
I have seen some shocking stuff.


Also, I need to mention, I'm not in favor of messing with pets in any way, other than keeping them clean.
I also find most grooming excessive.

[ulli]

When the Villagers finally have a get together

it will be a beach party like this one:


http://i.imgur.com/Tx6SLCL.jpg

[thunder24]

Gjotnm_iXdI kewl !

talk about bringing an art to an art...

[CD7]

Uli if im not mistaken, I believe they have recently made this against the law to dye pets...not really liking the dye on this kitty..

Are you talking about international law?
The photos I saw seem to be mostly from China,
where it appears anything goes,
as far as animals is concerned.

If they forbid the dying of pets
they might also consider not putting them in their soups.
I have seen some shocking stuff.


Also, I need to mention, I'm not in favor of messing with pets in any way, other than keeping them clean.
I also find most grooming excessive.


Well Uli I can only speak for here in the US...im not certain about other countries?

[ulli]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/64304_10151532090362617_27251178_n.jpg

[araucaria]

Received an e-mail just now full of pictures of painted or died dogs and cats...

not sure what to make of this trend.

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/3359582_f520.jpg
When it sees this reflected in the double glazing it's going to go berserk.

('Berserk' for Sierra :) and in memory of my Dad who always used to pronounce it as a spondee)

[eaglespirit]

Ok...this is Your Village Lyrian Descendant/Ambassador who came here to help make things right and balanced, like all of You, (from Your Own Places in Your Own Ways : ) and soooo... gratefully waking up to his real mission here in 2007 sharing some Sunday morning Dream Stuff...
I know many of You have slept with crystals and such under Your pillow through the years...the past few nights my dreams have been phenomenal involving Loved Ones/ Family/Friends in past/present and future type scenarios of well, just fun and reunions and reconnections. I have put 2 sizable quartz crystals either side of my head under the pillow at eye/temple level...it has been, ummm, out of this world : )
...had a wonderful SUNday sungazing morn too!!!
Have a Great Day, All...Love, Love, Love from Lyra!!!

[1inMany]

Good morning, my friends. Am temporarily stuck in the city, car trouble, since yesterday. It is funny how this happened, like the Universe had a hand in it. Since Em and I live so far from civilization, shopping doesn't happen often. Which I have no problem with, haha. But it does make things like school clothes a bit of an adventure. So we set out with a plan, a strategy, to hit only certain stores on a very well thought out route, starting out by us and eventually ending up in the city. One day and done.

It worked quite well, this plan. Power shopping. We were at our last stop, decided we would head home, exhausted but feeling we had accomplished more than we normally would in three trips. Got in the car to head home, car wouldn't start.

As it worked itself out, we are reminded how much we have to be grateful for. Even though the old pos we just got for M wouldn't start, which was the back up plan, and even though Mike and Little One were two hours away in the country anxiously awaiting our arrival home.

I am reminded, blatently and unmistakably, Universe is taking care of us.

Grateful for a cool place, grateful to be in the midst of family, grateful to still have this place in the city, grateful to have learned how to create this shield, and grateful to be returning to the peace and quiet very shortly.

It is okay. Love to All,

[Jake]

Amazing how the universe works! Love it. Wouldn't have it any other way. A couple of weeks ago, the clutch went out on mee truck, as I was going over Snoqualmie pass. We were delayed just long enough for my wife and I to take a walk with the dogs. We found a small cave and huddled in it for fun. We had a blast! We did not make it to our appointment, but we found out later that the clinic that we were going to had shut down for the day. (some flooding damage, and they had to close for the day)

When we got back to the truck, and tried to engage the clutch,,, it was fine!! No problems. We simply drove home with huge grins. It has not happened since, and I have taken it to a shop to see if there are any problems, but nothing.

Love this universe!!! Jake.

[1inMany]

Yes, Jake, exactly! On Friday, I realized I was sending out entirely too much negativity about this trip...dread, anxiety, a bunch of knotted up crap. So I changed what I was sending out, I visualized the roads we would travel, visualized the stores, visualized how much fun Em and I would have since we can giggle for hours over thing most people don't even notice. I visualized the salespeople, the whole experience. And I sent out nothing but good stuff.

First store, Em must have tried on fifty shirts, no joke. Now normally, she would have gotten all upset and then I would have gotten upset, but instead we ended up with a whole bag full of stuff she adores :)

At about 3:00, we were wearing out. Had done jeans, shoes, and shirts. Had to finish up with some gym type shorts for marching band. It was about 105f, in the middle of the concrete jungle, no shade for miles, got into the car and put the key in, it turned over but wouldn't start. I looked at Em with a hint of panic, she looked back with the same. Took the key out, put it back in and it started right up. Now, if the Universe had not been taking care of us, we would have been stuck about 30 minutes away in the heat in the middle of thousands of people and their collective stress, in the heat of the day in Texas.

But no. Got real close to our house here, finished up, then the car died. Just so happened that K and her boyfriend were getting ready to go to a wedding, had just enough time to get us, and our haul, home where we would be fine. Funny, they left thinking we would go on home to the country. We grabbed the key, jumped in the pos, wouldn't even turn over. This morning? Pos started right up. Haha. Just to make sure we stayed here though, the pos (unbeknonst to us until the light of day) also had a flat tire. So the (obvious) reason it wouldn't start is because if it had I would have gotten stuck at night outside our neighborhood with a flat tire.

So, for whatever reason, and I do Trust there is a reason, we stayed put. There are so many more ways the Universe intervened, but that's enough sharing for one day.

Have an awesome day everyone :) I know we will...

[ulli]

Jake and 1inMany, both your stories remind me of my ancient convertible VW in Barbados. The gas gauge didn't work, and I would run out of gas quite frequently. The weird part was that it never happened when I was in the middle of nowhere...like some sugar cane field, which could have been dangerous, but always within feet of a gas station.
Or uphill from it, so I could just let it roll right in.

[ulli]

This gif is somewhere in this thread already...
many pages ago.

Araucaria commented on colliding galaxies...
on the Pattie Badass thread...how they don't really collide, but merge instead.
Which reminded me of this gif...
Cosmic dance....


http://irfu.cea.fr/Images/astImg/1384_5.gif

[ulli]

Getting warmer, oops cold...
getting warmer again...
oops....



http://i.imgur.com/So75PGv.gif

[TargeT]

Uli if im not mistaken, I believe they have recently made this against the law to dye pets...not really liking the dye on this kitty..

What the ****?

Is there a law on how many breaths I can take during a day?

Go check your tooth pasted, does it have Fluoride or SLS in it? that's FAR worse for you than a simple dye that men and women use(, especially in their elder years) quite often.



The insanity that this type of legislation represents baffles me.... and erodes what little faith in humanity I have left.

[Lefty Dave]

That's just too cool , Ulli ( Would love to see it sequence over the last 100 years) ... and that galaxy merge is great too..

You find the neatest stuff !!!!!!!!!!!

[ulli]

Uli if im not mistaken, I believe they have recently made this against the law to dye pets...not really liking the dye on this kitty..

What the ****?

Is there a law on how many breaths I can take during a day?

Go check your tooth pasted, does it have Fluoride or SLS in it? that's FAR worse for you than a simple dye that men and women use(, especially in their elder years) quite often.



The insanity that this type of legislation represents baffles me.... and erodes what little faith in humanity I have left.

I googled it...apparently the only state where it is illegal to dye dogs hair is Florida.

So now I have my own theory how that legislation came about...

Some people must have really gone overboard.....nothing better to do than pamper their pets to death.

[TargeT]

I googled it...apparently the only state where it is illegal to dye dogs hair is Florida.

So now I have my own theory how that legislation came about...

Some people must have really gone overboard.....nothing better to do than pamper their pets to death.

AHAHAHAHAHA

I have my own theory as well...

We hate most that which we see in ourselves, and FL,,,, well how many "blue hairs" live there again? I think that is THE #1 retirement state in the US.

oh what beautiful proof of humanities foibles...... or failings.

yes, this does nothing for my faith in the bulk of humanity.

[araucaria]

Jake and 1inMany, both your stories remind me of my ancient convertible VW in Barbados. The gas gauge didn't work, and I would run out of gas quite frequently. The weird part was that it never happened when I was in the middle of nowhere...like some sugar cane field, which could have been dangerous, but always within feet of a gas station.
Or uphill from it, so I could just let it roll right in.
Hi folks, I still the the Universe's message in all three cases is that mother Earth really does not like fracking motor cars :sick:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water

[araucaria]

This gif is somewhere in this thread already...
many pages ago.

Araucaria commented on colliding galaxies...
on the Pattie Badass thread...how they don't really collide, but merge instead.
Which reminded me of this gif...
Cosmic dance....


http://irfu.cea.fr/Images/astImg/1384_5.gif

Thanks Ulli. My main point (I maybe didn't make it) was that star systems would not collide, either (except for some initial discards) as in the animation on this page (sorry, it's sott.net - not planned).

http://www.sott.net/article/230480-Is-the-Sun-Part-of-a-Binary-Star-System-Six-Reasons-to-Consider

[ulli]

Been without electricity until now...
took a couple of hours to reconnect us.
Drunken driver hit a pole in Orosi.
Anyway, long enough for me to make a resolve
and fight my Avalon addiction and do some more work.
Did this set on Saturday, and will do more today with different stones, like agates.

http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o491/orosivalleyjewelry/8e9d123e921ef6817152742550a38b01_zps86666cd5.jpg

[transiten]

Beautiful Ulli!

Sync again, yesterday night a fuse went off and my computers and My KangenWatermachine and the light went off (the fridge and the stove and half of the apartment was Ok) i didn't dare to change the fuse in case something was wrong with the machines...

This morning i was searching a jewel box (don't do that very often) and found one ear-drop looking almost identical to yours wishing i hadn't lost the other one....

I had an electrician check everything at noon today and nothing is wrong???? I've been moving around my furniture since they're going to speed up my internet with fibre optics

[ulli]

Beautiful Ulli!

Sync again, yesterday night a fuse went off and my computers and My KangenWatermachine and the light went off (the fridge and the stove and half of the apartment was Ok) i didn't dare to change the fuse in case something was wrong with the machines...

This morning i was searching a jewel box (don't do that very often) and found one ear-drop looking almost identical to yours wishing i hadn't lost the other one....

I had an electrician check everything at noon today and nothing is wrong???? I've been moving around my furniture since they're going to speed up my internet with fibre optics

If you send me a picture of the lonely earring I can probably match it, and post it to you.

[Jake]

Good morning everyone.


In mye contrree,, drunk drivers do nott heet pole,,,, POLE HEET DRUNK DRIVER!!!

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4536/poleonaltezzagita.jpg

[ulli]

I'm in shock now. Spoke to the partner of my deceased friend.
Neither he nor the two machinists who worked with Simon for 40 years
were informed that he was cremated 10 days ago.
Understandably they are upset.
Of the dozens and dozens of Simons's white friends (all elite types)
apparently I was the only one who reached out to his black coworkers
with concern for their grief.
White minority life in the islands has meant integration for some,
while others withdrew into total seclusion. It's hard not to feel disgust.

[ulli]

Good morning everyone.


In mye contrree,, drunk drivers do nott heet pole,,,, POLE HEET DRUNK DRIVER!!!

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4536/poleonaltezzagita.jpg

Crying over the recent events in Barbados, and laughing over this picture.
Simon always used to make fun of the islanders victim mentality...so this picture was a message from him

Dee bus left me at dee bus stop
Dee knife cot me...
To which he would calmly reply, 'you mean you were late leaving your house', or 'you mean you cut yourself with that knife'.

Jake, big hug for sending me a channeled message from my friend there...you have no idea how much this meant to me...
More sobs....sniff...

[ulli]

And what does one make of this one?

Another island...

Long Island.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/09/06/alg_car_crash_home.jpg

[ulli]

Ok, back to positive thinking.
Cities will become food producers...

http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/03/terreform2.jpg

[ulli]

Staying with the green city theme for a bit...
(Hey, I might even move back there, if this were to materialize)

http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/03/terreform5.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

...feeling overwhelmed today. (Mentally), climbing a ladder, higher and higher, to get a new, current, relevant overview.

Dennis

[ulli]

A Barbados friend posted this on Facebook...and apologized about his anti-China rant.
I call it a pro-education rant...
all this is about people from different cultures learning about and respecting each others customs.

http://www.tealeafnation.com/2013/08/explaining-chinese-tourists-assault-on-wildlife/

[spiritwind]

I had to back up a couple pages just to catch up with the flow of things and started with Rahkyt’s beautiful post. Decided not to back up anymore so as to miss the hamsters. Thanks so much for the smiles and laughs this morning. Hamsters and psychedelic kitties. Hey Donk, your comment about going to Newport, Oregon made me laugh because I work at a KOA in Newport, WA and we got a call from someone on the road wanting to make a reservation. Said he was so many miles away and then when I got to the end and was giving directions we realized he was in Newport, Oregon! Beautiful jewelry Ulli, and also had to nod my head in understanding when 1inmany was talking about car trouble.

Had a fun day with several old-time friends yesterday and our 3 grandsons at the Little Diamond KOA. First time I’ve ever been out on a paddle boat. Good exercise.

Dennis, I can certainly relate to the overwhelmed feeling too as of late. Three more weeks of my grueling schedule. Counting the days.

Love to all.

[transiten]

Beautiful Ulli!

Sync again, yesterday night a fuse went off and my computers and My KangenWatermachine and the light went off (the fridge and the stove and half of the apartment was Ok) i didn't dare to change the fuse in case something was wrong with the machines...

This morning i was searching a jewel box (don't do that very often) and found one ear-drop looking almost identical to yours wishing i hadn't lost the other one....

I had an electrician check everything at noon today and nothing is wrong???? I've been moving around my furniture since they're going to speed up my internet with fibre optics

If you send me a picture of the lonely earring I can probably match it, and post it to you.

Thanx ulli, too busy at the moment clearing away "stuff" that somehow has piled up in my home:peep:, also the stone was more blue...

[Marianne]

http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o491/orosivalleyjewelry/8e9d123e921ef6817152742550a38b01_zps86666cd5.jpg

Crying over the recent events in Barbados, and laughing over this picture.
Simon always used to make fun of the islanders victim mentality...so this picture was a message from him.

Laughing and crying with you, dear Ulla.

... and plotting to get my ears re-pierced so I can wear this set. How did you know I wanted turquoise?

...feeling overwhelmed today. (Mentally), climbing a ladder, higher and higher, to get a new, current, relevant overview.
Dennis
Dennis, remember that picture Reilly posted many many pages ago, of the black and white drab wall and world littered with old junk, and a fellow climbing up the ladder above it all, just about to get a look at the Beyond ... all the Universe in its glory?
Tried to find it, it's not showing up ... you need to see it. Does anyone have it at hand?

[transiten]

... and plotting to get my ears re-pierced so I can wear this set. How did you know I wanted turquoise?
[quote=Dennis Leahy]...feeling overwhelmed today. (Mentally), climbing a ladder, higher and higher, to get a new, current, relevant overview.

the black and white drab wall and world littered with old junk, and a fellow climbing up the ladder above it all, just about to get a look at the Beyond ... all the Universe in its glory?


Sorry for bumping in but i don't have the time to read everything through just now.
Sync sync Dennis and Marainne, that's what i'm trying to do by clearing my home:peep:

[1inMany]

Let's see if this works...

http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/234/587/234587238_640.jpg

Yep :)

There ya go...

Much Love,

[1inMany]

Ulli, I love the green on those city buildings. That would ease so much...the pollution, the stress...and I, for one, would much rather walk around a town looking like that than a concrete jungle.

I must figure out the message with the cars. This morning, car number three wouldn't start. This is bizarre. I currently have car number four, and it is Mike's baby. All our cars are older so I can understand some maintenance issues, but all in the same weekend? It is truly odd. Must be a message in there somewhere. I hope the message is not that nature doesn't like cars, haha, because though this is more than likely true, we depend on them...and will continue to depend on them until we don't have to any more. As of this morning, I can't teleport Em to band practice. ;)

I've noticed my phone is going haywire, too. Surely, I mean surely, this all wouldn't be related, and wouldn't be caused by someone's energy. Would it?

Much Love,

[transiten]

1inMany,

The other day i told a colleague/friend of mine about some syncs i had with her and she told me one of hers concerning a musiscian Josefin Liftig (married to an American living here in Gothenburg). My colleague had been singing in a church and there was this woman who seemed to really enjoy the concert and came to thank her. My friend then asked her friends who all knew Josefin, including me. When i pop into this thread i see your face!!! You and Josefin could be twins:music::music:

[Dennis Leahy]

Animal totem...

3 times in the past weeks I have seen stunningly beautiful, metallic teal-green bees. The last one flew into my car when I opened the door, and proceeded to walk in a circular route on my seat. Somehow, I knew it would not sting me, so I put down my hand and let him walk onto my fingers. Once removed from the car, he did not want to fly away (unlike most of the bees and wasps I liberate from my house - they usually take right off.) This little guy just wanted to walk around on my hand. After a minute of this, I decided to give a gentle puff of air to help send him on his merry way. Nope. He just hunkered down, weathered the gust, and started walking around again. I was in the middle of a parking lot, no where near vegetation to coax him to go to, so I was finally able to coax him to walk on the luggage rack on top of my car (and assumed he was just fine, and departed whenever he wanted when I then drove away.)

More than once in the past, I have laughed when I let some tiny creature out of my house, thinking that it was probably highly sentient - possibly even a reincarnated Buddha. (Note to reincarnating Buddhas: please do not reincarnate as a mosquito!)

Well, this little guy was probably highly sentient. At least, we communicated. (Or, perhaps he was sentient and I am merely under the illusion that I am sentient.)

So, I guess I have a bee totem right now.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bee_guyana_fischer.jpg
(this isn't my friend - just a photo I found. My friend was uniformly metallic, neon, teal-green.)

Dennis

[Heather2017]

1inMany,

The other day i told a colleague/friend of mine about some syncs i had with her and she told me one of hers concerning a musiscian Josefin Liftig (married to an American living here in Gothenburg). My colleague had been singing in a church and there was this woman who seemed to really enjoy the concert and came to thank her. My friend then asked her friends who all knew Josefin, including me. When i pop into this thread i see your face!!! You and Josefin could be twins:music::music:


Yes, I see the resemblance between 1inMany and Josefin, who's on the far right here: http://www.eldrecords.se/sweindex/artister/qiyans.html

:biggrin:

[ulli]

Ulli, I love the green on those city buildings. That would ease so much...the pollution, the stress...and I, for one, would much rather walk around a town looking like that than a concrete jungle.

I must figure out the message with the cars. This morning, car number three wouldn't start. This is bizarre. I currently have car number four, and it is Mike's baby. All our cars are older so I can understand some maintenance issues, but all in the same weekend? It is truly odd. Must be a message in there somewhere. I hope the message is not that nature doesn't like cars, haha, because though this is more than likely true, we depend on them...and will continue to depend on them until we don't have to any more. As of this morning, I can't teleport Em to band practice. ;)

I've noticed my phone is going haywire, too. Surely, I mean surely, this all wouldn't be related, and wouldn't be caused by someone's energy. Would it?

Much Love,

This is my theory. Once a person has woken up and opened their mind to the supernatural world, especially the higher world, then an orderly unfoldment takes place...like, lesson 1, lesson 2, lesson 3, etc.

When I started to study astrology, reading a pile of books, all with great interest,
I suddenly would be meeting people of the same sign...
there would be the month of the Geminis.
Later on I would meet only Aquarians, etc.
This pattern went on for years.

I'm convinced that when one is observing one's dreams and thoughts,
paying close attention, then one will see the correlation, between the inner and outer, until eventually the biggest AHA! moment of all arrives...
that the self causes stuff.


Blockages of traffic, broken down cars...at the root is often either too much ambition and desire, or a real fear of what's ahead, so as to create the excuse for not going.
Meanwhile when things flow evenly its because one is in a state of inner equilibrium, with full intent on the goal.

There is that story in the bible, about Jonah on the ship in the storm.
And the other passengers figured out that the storm was caused by someone in their midst, so they threw dice...
and thus they discovered it came from Jonah's relationship with God (subconscious) and so they made him walk the plank,
to stop the storm.
So to that society the idea of stuff being caused by our own subconscious selves
was something quite normal and natural.

[transiten]

1inMany,

The other day i told a colleague/friend of mine about some syncs i had with her and she told me one of hers concerning a musiscian Josefin Liftig (married to an American living here in Gothenburg). My colleague had been singing in a church and there was this woman who seemed to really enjoy the concert and came to thank her. My friend then asked her friends who all knew Josefin, including me. When i pop into this thread i see your face!!! You and Josefin could be twins:music::music:


Yes, I see the resemblance between 1inMany and Josefin, who's on the far right here: http://www.eldrecords.se/sweindex/artister/qiyans.html

:biggrin:

Great! Thanx!

[PurpleLama]

http://www.eldrecords.se/sweindex/img/artistbilder/qiyanskrets.jpg

Having met 1inmany in real life, so to speak, I don't see the resemblance as much....

(she's way purtier than that.... awww)

[transiten]

????????? Purtier...what's that? Anyway they are lookalikes from the photos, thats my reference...don't ruin my synchronicities:(

[PurpleLama]

Prettier....

I am just making my good friend blush.... we can't see it, but I know it's there....

[1inMany]

That's interesting, Ulli. It got me to thinking. Last week, really late at night (for me), I had a big Aha moment. I saw connections between things that I never did before. And what came from this moment was seeing my intention, or something I really wanted, become reality, and I got this particular information/thing I wanted. It wasn't a material item, it was something I have wanted to understand for a long time, and something that is attainable through understanding. And several things all clicked together in this one moment, and I saw-for the first time ever, even though I have been watching for a while-that my intentions had an affect on my reality, on the real world I see.

And this weekend's trip showed this, too. I could have stressed and gone into this weekend creating a negative experience. But I set out to change the experience with positivity, projecting what I wanted to happen, thus intended to happen, and it did.

So, I'm looking at this car thing. Earlier in life, I could see this as a sign I needed to slow down. Stop for a moment. But now, I live at a more realistic pace. And in the past few weeks, I have been making huge headway on identifying the source of certain fears and have released many (ye old shadow work, methinks). But...since the problems with these cars were not serious (though so far one problem is going to cost $650), the message might be to stop and double check. Which I will gladly do :) And, if this has been a test of my balance, so far it remains in tact. Only very minor upset, and just for a moment. :)

Aw, geez, Reilly. You're just saying that because we both noticed the weird and impossible family resemblance in person. Bwahahaha. Thanks for saying so, just the same. And dangit, you know darned well I did blush...

Much Love,

[ulli]

Talking of high-rise buildings...
A man in Beijing spent six years building himself a mountain on top of an apartment block,
and the people who live below him are worried that the whole building will collapse.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2389974/Zhang-Lin-builds-mountain-apartment-block-Beijing-China-create-dream-penthouse.html

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2013/08/13/1226695/976401-topshots-china-economy-property-architecture-offbeat.jpg

[eaglespirit]

You Are ALL Beautiful!!!

[donk]

At PDX (great airport btw!), I breeze thru with my kids, don't go through the crazy scanner. Get our stuff together, look back, ness is in terrorist check--there's metal in her head (not from any surgery that she is conscious of). She is a little shook up, and definitely more interested in research I been doing on implants.

Life is strange

[Flash]

Animal totem...

3 times in the past weeks I have seen stunningly beautiful, metallic teal-green bees. The last one flew into my car when I opened the door, and proceeded to walk in a circular route on my seat. Somehow, I knew it would not sting me, so I put down my hand and let him walk onto my fingers. Once removed from the car, he did not want to fly away (unlike most of the bees and wasps I liberate from my house - they usually take right off.) This little guy just wanted to walk around on my hand. After a minute of this, I decided to give a gentle puff of air to help send him on his merry way. Nope. He just hunkered down, weathered the gust, and started walking around again. I was in the middle of a parking lot, no where near vegetation to coax him to go to, so I was finally able to coax him to walk on the luggage rack on top of my car (and assumed he was just fine, and departed whenever he wanted when I then drove away.)

More than once in the past, I have laughed when I let some tiny creature out of my house, thinking that it was probably highly sentient - possibly even a reincarnated Buddha. (Note to reincarnating Buddhas: please do not reincarnate as a mosquito!)

Well, this little guy was probably highly sentient. At least, we communicated. (Or, perhaps he was sentient and I am merely under the illusion that I am sentient.)

So, I guess I have a bee totem right now.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bee_guyana_fischer.jpg
(this isn't my friend - just a photo I found. My friend was uniformly metallic, neon, teal-green.)

Dennis

May be the bee sticked around because it was on a spying mission. Someone needed to know about the palm of your hand abilities lol. Have you thought of it? Come on, we are on a conspiracy forum, it cannot be just a cute little bee. Maybe it was this bee:

http://www.kebaili.com/misc_images/Bee_1A.gif

[Sierra]

Talking of high-rise buildings...
A man in Beijing spent six years building himself a mountain on top of an apartment block,
and the people who live below him are worried that the whole building will collapse.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2389974/Zhang-Lin-builds-mountain-apartment-block-Beijing-China-create-dream-penthouse.html

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2013/08/13/1226695/976401-topshots-china-economy-property-architecture-offbeat.jpg

How on earth (lol) did he get away with that?

Ulli, you make fabulous jewelry.

[Lalaji]

Interesting. Thank you! :-)

[araucaria]

Just heard on the radio: they have discovered that lab rats have a kind of NDE.

Now there were two directions to take this research. They might have explored the possibility of rats having a fom of consciousness closer to our own than previously thought. But no, the conclusion seems to be that we all... die like rats.

Uplifting as usual.

[araucaria]

Welcome Lalaji, there should be someone around somewhere, they all seem to have disappeared, but I'm sure there's not a bomb scare or anything like that. Make yourself comfortable :)

[1inMany]

Just heard on the radio: they have discovered that lab rats have a kind of NDE.

Now there were two directions to take this research. They might have explored the possibility of rats having a fom of consciousness closer to our own than previously thought. But no, the conclusion seems to be that we all... die like rats.

Uplifting as usual.

Maybe the moral of the story is not to live like rats... :)

Much Love,

oh, by the way donk, is there an update to that story? Are you guys going to look into the metal thing, find out what it is?

lilaji...:wave:

[ulli]

Morningggg...stretch...
Got woken up by this interview a friend sent me....
Blast from the past...
Syd Barrett and Roger Waters of the Pink Floyd being asked why their music is so loud

Zs-tSn-T5TQ

[Calz]

Syd Barrett and Roger Waters of the Pink Floyd being asked why their music is so loud



So our space brothren will see some value in humanity and not lose hope based on the "machine" ...


80V565zyJ94

[Carmody]

Just heard on the radio: they have discovered that lab rats have a kind of NDE.

Now there were two directions to take this research. They might have explored the possibility of rats having a fom of consciousness closer to our own than previously thought. But no, the conclusion seems to be that we all... die like rats.

Uplifting as usual.

That is the origins of scientific principle, when done by the engineering mind. The mind that would be a mid level rubber-stamp paper-pusher cleric, in the middle ages.

Bacon's inductivism, vs Descartes Deductive/rationalism. that the engineering mind works from negative projection of deductive reasoning into rationalism, and forces prediction from what has been written before.

It throws away observation in favor of what it knows.

This is not science, it is pure projected emotion, in the form of filtered and 'blind to it's origins' thought formation.

Descartes was trapped in the box and limited himself to the idea of only creating from what is the box.

Whereas Bacon threw the box away and observed, in full awareness that he, as a observation platform, shaped the view, and attempted to compensate for that.

Descartes failed to recognize the internal shaping aspect as projection into the formation of all that follows - for all the wordiness wasted on trying to cover that up. Negative proofing by forcing nature into expectations and projections, and all that.

Bacon was alchemical and Buddhist-open, in comparison.

Bacon's scientific revolution was an open and expanding universe, whereas Descartes' universe was a closed one forced by human desire.

Descartes' universe is doomed to fail, even though it tries to build ever more complex shapes from it's limited box bits. This is why you never let engineering minds drive mental revolutions, as they fold back on themselves.

But they can't see this, so they force as hard as they can for their box and walls, running roughshod over all the rest.

They make an excellent zipperhead warrior (as praetorian guard) for the academic machine.

Descartes ended up existing in projected dogma, not realizing that he did. Thus the appeal of an apparent openness - to the ultimately 'unaware of itself' closed mind. Very comfortable and easy to adopt.

when science has problems it has to retreat to the parent and ask what is going on. it has to retreat to philosophy, it's origin point. Scientific method and science is a minor subset of philosophy. Nothing more. Like all angry children, it does not want to talk to it's parent, it wants to figure it out on it's own. That's fine.

But it needs to understand it's origins.

The more difficult a problem to solve, the more basic, the more fundamental the mistake.

First... to realize the problem exists. Science fights to deal with the understanding that a fundamental problem exists.

And when it does, it must ask it's parent.... philosophy, 'Who am I?'

"Some of the most important debates in the history of scientific method center on: rationalism, especially as advocated by René Descartes; inductivism, which rose to particular prominence with Isaac Newton and his followers; and hypothetico-deductivism, which came to the fore in the early 19th century. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a debate over realism vs. antirealism was central to discussions of scientific method as powerful scientific theories extended beyond the realm of the observable, while in the mid-20th century some prominent philosophers argued against any universal rules of science at all." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_scientific_method)

If you create a rule, you've got rolling and expanding dogma as an ever increasing intrusion, and, over time...you are back to square one with written and inescapable religion.

[ulli]

Another announcement of imminent SHTF....

http://i.imgur.com/RLFGwl2.gif

[Calz]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3646008320/hC01B4294/


After a rocking week of vacation relaxing with my family ... then coming back to all the "news" on several fronts ... sometimes I wonder "why oh why didn't I take the blue pill" ...


http://www.freewebs.com/myscifi7/Cypher.jpg

[araucaria]

From the dictionary of forum abbreviations under SHTF: People in Sh!t Houses shouldn't Throw it at Fans

[Flash]

This one I understood Ulli by making it quite "picturesque" in my head. Cleaning afterward is something....;)

But hey, thanks anyhow for thinking of it, explanations could have been useful to me, it would be with other acronyms.

[meeradas]

[...] and, over time...you are back to square one with written and inescapable religion.

Bb7Gw1xtzns

[ulli]

I meant to comment on how the word fracking seems to have become integrated into mainstream urban lingo...
at first I thought araucaria was behind it, but it seems to have been around a bit longer...
whatever...it's one way of getting around the forums bad language censorship...

http://rlv.zcache.com/4_more_years_of_obama_are_you_fracking_insane_sticker-rfee2e2385bed4e09a934d16cadce19b4_v9waf_8byvr_512.jpg

[Calz]

What the frack ulli???

... don't be blaming the Libra's ... justice *will* follow ...

http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sotomayor-empathy-justice.jpg

[araucaria]

I meant to comment on how the word fracking seems to have become integrated into mainstream urban lingo...
at first I thought araucaria was behind it, but it seems to have been around a bit longer...
whatever...it's one way of getting around the forums bad language censorship...

http://rlv.zcache.com/4_more_years_of_obama_are_you_fracking_insane_sticker-rfee2e2385bed4e09a934d16cadce19b4_v9waf_8byvr_512.jpg
Not me, I am a polite person who uses it in the literal sense only - although the context might be somewhat ambiguous :)

[donk]

Welcome Lalaji, there should be someone around somewhere, they all seem to have disappeared, but I'm sure there's not a bomb scare or anything like that. Make yourself comfortable :)

Glad you're here, welcome!

[Ernie Nemeth]

I agree with you, Carmody. . I took a class in philosophy in college and Descarte was my first introduction to the world of philosophy. I could not agree with his conclusions. Although his teachings did lead out of the mire of over a hundred years of philosophical backwoods. And the dadaists that preceded him and Sarte that followed were like a breath of fresh air to the intellectuals of the day. Finally someone made the big leap, tying the promise of science and the industrial revolution to a philosophy that elevated them both to the heights of authority. Existentialism opened the door to a mind set allowing for the complete over-turning of previously held beliefs from centuries past. These guys killed God and then replaced him with the modern ego as the sole arbitor of reality! A neat trick, really.

After that course I began my own hunt for meaning, since philosophy seemed to have gone down the wrong road. After having spent many years developing my own philosophy, I did an extensive, albiet somewhat cursory, research into all philosophers down through the ages. Although some philosophers were close to my theories, only Kant remained standing at the end of my study. I had rediscovered many of Kant's interpretations by my own methods.


All of that lead me to understand that truth is not the domain of the well educated and the intellectual but is there to be tapped by any who wish it and put in the honest work. We do not need authority figures telling us what is what. What we do need is gate keepers and way showers to ensure we have access to all pertinent information to draw our own conclusions as best suits us individually.

In most cases truth is personal, not interpersonal until you get to the higher level truths.

[eaglespirit]

I am as high as a fracking cosmic kite : )

http://img.wallpapergang.com/11processed/cosmos%20nebula%20and%20stars.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

... Although some philosophers were close to my theories, only Kant remained standing at the end of my study. I had rediscovered many of Kant's interpretations by my own methods.

...
Perhaps YOU are Kant reincarnated? Could it be possible? Some would say, "It can!"; others might say..."It can't."

:~)

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day

[ulli]

... Although some philosophers were close to my theories, only Kant remained standing at the end of my study. I had rediscovered many of Kant's interpretations by my own methods.

...
Perhaps YOU are Kant reincarnated? Could it be possible? Some would say, "It can!"; others might say..."It can't."

:~)

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day

This one definitely calls for a John Cleese response.
Dennis, how could you!!

http://i.imgur.com/RLFGwl2.gif

[Ol' Roy]

Finally guys and gals,

There was a post about me saying my Uncle Lee was on the Apollo Project. Well this is true. His work was involved with the heating and AC. But he was in Birmingham, Alabama. As you know everything is compartmentalized. I talked to him a month ago all he told me that it worked. Sorry no story here. I don't know if he knew Stphen Greer's Uncle or not . My computer froze up during my post. Sorry to leave you hanging!

Love you guys,
Take care!

[Wind]

We all been playing those mind games forever...

IhhJqJV_u6M

[Mark]

Doesn't "fracking" come from Battlestar Galactica? I know they used it in the new one, I think they might have used it in the old one too.

[Dennis Leahy]

Let there be frak.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7KcpgQKo2I

Dennis

[Dennis Leahy]

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/GrowSomeSh1t.jpg

I sure am enjoying the lettuce harvest - and the salads.

Dennis

[Carmody]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17872-The-Question-of-Lithium--Alchemy-dimensions-shapeshifters-aliens-existence-reality..-&p=714704&viewfull=1#post714704

Study shows language can cause the invisible to be seen

[Calz]

Talking of high-rise buildings...
A man in Beijing spent six years building himself a mountain on top of an apartment block,
and the people who live below him are worried that the whole building will collapse.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2389974/Zhang-Lin-builds-mountain-apartment-block-Beijing-China-create-dream-penthouse.html

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2013/08/13/1226695/976401-topshots-china-economy-property-architecture-offbeat.jpg


No sooner does this come to the attention of the villagers ... than word comes of it's demise ...

__________________________


Doctor ordered to demolish 'mountain' built atop penthouse apartment in Beijing

By Le Li, Producer, NBC News

BEIJING – A doctor who spent six years and $130,000 transforming his penthouse apartment into a mountain retreat has been told to tear it down by officials who said the work was done without permission.

Zhang Biqing, who founded a chain of Chinese medicine clinics, bought the 26th-floor dwelling and then moved rocks, wooden panels and shrubbery to the roof using a service elevator.

The bizarre residence sits atop one of several high-rises in a very affluent corner of the city’s Haidian district.


http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20002377-doctor-ordered-to-demolish-mountain-built-atop-penthouse-apartment-in-beijing?lite

[araucaria]

... Although some philosophers were close to my theories, only Kant remained standing at the end of my study. I had rediscovered many of Kant's interpretations by my own methods.

...
Perhaps YOU are Kant reincarnated? Could it be possible? Some would say, "It can!"; others might say..."It can't."

:~)

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day
I love a bad pun Dennis. Can you Russell up a few more please? :)

[araucaria]

My computer froze up during my post.
Thanks for clearing up that little mystery Ol' Roy. We had a bit of fun while you were away. It sounds like your computer needs a heating/AC engineer :)

[araucaria]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17872-The-Question-of-Lithium--Alchemy-dimensions-shapeshifters-aliens-existence-reality..-&p=714704&viewfull=1#post714704

Study shows language can cause the invisible to be seen

[quote]Abstract
Linguistic labels (e.g., "chair") seem to activate visual properties of the objects to which they refer. Here we investigated whether language-based activation of visual representations can affect the ability to simply detect the presence of an object. We used continuous flash suppression to suppress visual awareness of familiar objects while they were continuously presented to one eye. Participants made simple detection decisions, indicating whether they saw any image. Hearing a verbal label before the simple detection task changed performance relative to an uninformative cue baseline. Valid labels improved performance relative to no-label baseline trials. Invalid labels decreased performance. Labels affected both sensitivity (d?) and response times. In addition, we found that the effectiveness of labels varied predictably as a function of the match between the shape of the stimulus and the shape denoted by the label. Together, the findings suggest that facilitated detection of invisible objects due to language occurs at a perceptual rather than semantic locus. We hypothesize that when information associated with verbal labels matches stimulus-driven activity, language can provide a boost to perception, propelling an otherwise invisible image into awareness.(/quote]

Actually Carmody I think this is a case of what in French is known as breaking down an open door. The main purpose of language after all is to be the finger pointing to the Moon, warning against hidden dangers. "Propelling the invisible into awareness" is another name for teaching. Language is the map of the territory; it is hardly surprising that we sometimes manage to navigate with its help.

There again, the main purpose of much of the research that gets funding these days seems to be breaking down open doors, in other words propelling the visible into awareness, i.e. stating the obvious.

Sorry if you found this helpful; I didn't, thass'all.

[eaglespirit]

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/GrowSomeSh1t.jpg

I sure am enjoying the lettuce harvest - and the salads.

Dennis

Dude!!! You look Happy as a Clam...errrrr, Rascally Rabbit : ) : ) : )

[Carmody]

[QUOTE=Carmody;714705]http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17872-The-Question-of-Lithium--Alchemy-dimensions-shapeshifters-aliens-existence-reality..-&p=714704&viewfull=1#post714704

Study shows language can cause the invisible to be seen


Abstract
Linguistic labels (e.g., "chair") seem to activate visual properties of the objects to which they refer. Here we investigated whether language-based activation of visual representations can affect the ability to simply detect the presence of an object. We used continuous flash suppression to suppress visual awareness of familiar objects while they were continuously presented to one eye. Participants made simple detection decisions, indicating whether they saw any image. Hearing a verbal label before the simple detection task changed performance relative to an uninformative cue baseline. Valid labels improved performance relative to no-label baseline trials. Invalid labels decreased performance. Labels affected both sensitivity (d?) and response times. In addition, we found that the effectiveness of labels varied predictably as a function of the match between the shape of the stimulus and the shape denoted by the label. Together, the findings suggest that facilitated detection of invisible objects due to language occurs at a perceptual rather than semantic locus. We hypothesize that when information associated with verbal labels matches stimulus-driven activity, language can provide a boost to perception, propelling an otherwise invisible image into awareness.(/quote]

Actually Carmody I think this is a case of what in French is known as breaking down an open door. The main purpose of language after all is to be the finger pointing to the Moon, warning against hidden dangers. "Propelling the invisible into awareness" is another name for teaching. Language is the map of the territory; it is hardly surprising that we sometimes manage to navigate with its help.

There again, the main purpose of much of the research that gets funding these days seems to be breaking down open doors, in other words propelling the visible into awareness, i.e. stating the obvious.

Sorry if you found this helpful; I didn't, thass'all.


If those systems work in one way, then they work in others.

We know that they do, as cognitive dissonance, the very point to be addressed, says it does not. Hoisted by it's own petard.

In this case, the research supports that people live in a state of not seeing things for what they are, and a state of cognitive dissonance.

We have science, indirectly telling people, flat out... that their minds and lives, how they live them, how the PTB work in the world of visuals and sound, how that all can -and is- lying to them, in a couched system of interaction.

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

[CD7]

... Although some philosophers were close to my theories, only Kant remained standing at the end of my study. I had rediscovered many of Kant's interpretations by my own methods.

...
Perhaps YOU are Kant reincarnated? Could it be possible? Some would say, "It can!"; others might say..."It can't."

:~)

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day
I love a bad pun Dennis. Can you Russell up a few more please? :)



Lettuce not pick on dennis!!

[araucaria]

[QUOTE=Carmody;714705]http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17872-The-Question-of-Lithium--Alchemy-dimensions-shapeshifters-aliens-existence-reality..-&p=714704&viewfull=1#post714704

Study shows language can cause the invisible to be seen


Abstract
Linguistic labels (e.g., "chair") seem to activate visual properties of the objects to which they refer. Here we investigated whether language-based activation of visual representations can affect the ability to simply detect the presence of an object. We used continuous flash suppression to suppress visual awareness of familiar objects while they were continuously presented to one eye. Participants made simple detection decisions, indicating whether they saw any image. Hearing a verbal label before the simple detection task changed performance relative to an uninformative cue baseline. Valid labels improved performance relative to no-label baseline trials. Invalid labels decreased performance. Labels affected both sensitivity (d?) and response times. In addition, we found that the effectiveness of labels varied predictably as a function of the match between the shape of the stimulus and the shape denoted by the label. Together, the findings suggest that facilitated detection of invisible objects due to language occurs at a perceptual rather than semantic locus. We hypothesize that when information associated with verbal labels matches stimulus-driven activity, language can provide a boost to perception, propelling an otherwise invisible image into awareness.(/quote]

Actually Carmody I think this is a case of what in French is known as breaking down an open door. The main purpose of language after all is to be the finger pointing to the Moon, warning against hidden dangers. "Propelling the invisible into awareness" is another name for teaching. Language is the map of the territory; it is hardly surprising that we sometimes manage to navigate with its help.

There again, the main purpose of much of the research that gets funding these days seems to be breaking down open doors, in other words propelling the visible into awareness, i.e. stating the obvious.

Sorry if you found this helpful; I didn't, thass'all.


If those systems work in one way, then they work in others.

We know that they do, as cognitive dissonance, the very point to be addressed, says it does not. Hoisted by it's own petard.

In this case, the research supports that people live in a state of not seeing things for what they are, and a state of cognitive dissonance.

We have science, indirectly telling people, flat out... that their minds and lives, how they live them, how the PTB work in the world of visuals and sound, how that all can -and is- lying to them, in a couched system of interaction.

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.
Sure Carmody, but those with a literate turn of mind will still be saying to their numerate friends, "What took you so long?"

[araucaria]

... Although some philosophers were close to my theories, only Kant remained standing at the end of my study. I had rediscovered many of Kant's interpretations by my own methods.

...
Perhaps YOU are Kant reincarnated? Could it be possible? Some would say, "It can!"; others might say..."It can't."

:~)

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day
I love a bad pun Dennis. Can you Russell up a few more please? :)



Lettuce not pick on dennis!!
Cos we mustn't spoil his salad days?

[Calz]

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day
I love a bad pun Dennis. Can you Russell up a few more please? :)



Lettuce not pick on dennis!!


Can we toss him instead??? :tongue1:


http://www.roflcat.com/images/cats/Lettuce_Hat.jpg

[ulli]

[QUOTE=Carmody;714705]http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17872-The-Question-of-Lithium--Alchemy-dimensions-shapeshifters-aliens-existence-reality..-&p=714704&viewfull=1#post714704

Study shows language can cause the invisible to be seen


Abstract
Linguistic labels (e.g., "chair") seem to activate visual properties of the objects to which they refer. Here we investigated whether language-based activation of visual representations can affect the ability to simply detect the presence of an object. We used continuous flash suppression to suppress visual awareness of familiar objects while they were continuously presented to one eye. Participants made simple detection decisions, indicating whether they saw any image. Hearing a verbal label before the simple detection task changed performance relative to an uninformative cue baseline. Valid labels improved performance relative to no-label baseline trials. Invalid labels decreased performance. Labels affected both sensitivity (d?) and response times. In addition, we found that the effectiveness of labels varied predictably as a function of the match between the shape of the stimulus and the shape denoted by the label. Together, the findings suggest that facilitated detection of invisible objects due to language occurs at a perceptual rather than semantic locus. We hypothesize that when information associated with verbal labels matches stimulus-driven activity, language can provide a boost to perception, propelling an otherwise invisible image into awareness.(/quote]

Actually Carmody I think this is a case of what in French is known as breaking down an open door. The main purpose of language after all is to be the finger pointing to the Moon, warning against hidden dangers. "Propelling the invisible into awareness" is another name for teaching. Language is the map of the territory; it is hardly surprising that we sometimes manage to navigate with its help.

There again, the main purpose of much of the research that gets funding these days seems to be breaking down open doors, in other words propelling the visible into awareness, i.e. stating the obvious.

Sorry if you found this helpful; I didn't, thass'all.


If those systems work in one way, then they work in others.

We know that they do, as cognitive dissonance, the very point to be addressed, says it does not. Hoisted by it's own petard.

In this case, the research supports that people live in a state of not seeing things for what they are, and a state of cognitive dissonance.

We have science, indirectly telling people, flat out... that their minds and lives, how they live them, how the PTB work in the world of visuals and sound, how that all can -and is- lying to them, in a couched system of interaction.

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

I can see a pattern in your recent posts.
And I'm assuming to know where you are running with this ball.
And I like it.
But then again, I could be wrong....
on with the observing....

[ulli]

Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

Sure Carmody, but those with a literate turn of mind will still be saying to their numerate friends, "What took you so long?"

To which he will duly reply:
'I've been pro-cat-inating.'


http://procatinator.com/images/tumblr_lee9z4mejl1qcn249o1_400.gif

[Jake]

I would be garden my harvest from bugs and monsantos... :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71n07Y_T1NU


BTW,,, Awesome shirt, Dennis... Ya hippie,,, :)

[Flash]

[QUOTE=Carmody;714705]http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17872-The-Question-of-Lithium--Alchemy-dimensions-shapeshifters-aliens-existence-reality..-&p=714704&viewfull=1#post714704

Study shows language can cause the invisible to be seen


Abstract
Linguistic labels (e.g., "chair") seem to activate visual properties of the objects to which they refer. Here we investigated whether language-based activation of visual representations can affect the ability to simply detect the presence of an object. We used continuous flash suppression to suppress visual awareness of familiar objects while they were continuously presented to one eye. Participants made simple detection decisions, indicating whether they saw any image. Hearing a verbal label before the simple detection task changed performance relative to an uninformative cue baseline. Valid labels improved performance relative to no-label baseline trials. Invalid labels decreased performance. Labels affected both sensitivity (d?) and response times. In addition, we found that the effectiveness of labels varied predictably as a function of the match between the shape of the stimulus and the shape denoted by the label. Together, the findings suggest that facilitated detection of invisible objects due to language occurs at a perceptual rather than semantic locus. We hypothesize that when information associated with verbal labels matches stimulus-driven activity, language can provide a boost to perception, propelling an otherwise invisible image into awareness.(/quote]

Actually Carmody I think this is a case of what in French is known as breaking down an open door. The main purpose of language after all is to be the finger pointing to the Moon, warning against hidden dangers. "Propelling the invisible into awareness" is another name for teaching. Language is the map of the territory; it is hardly surprising that we sometimes manage to navigate with its help.

There again, the main purpose of much of the research that gets funding these days seems to be breaking down open doors, in other words propelling the visible into awareness, i.e. stating the obvious.

Sorry if you found this helpful; I didn't, thass'all.


If those systems work in one way, then they work in others.

We know that they do, as cognitive dissonance, the very point to be addressed, says it does not. Hoisted by it's own petard.

In this case, the research supports that people live in a state of not seeing things for what they are, and a state of cognitive dissonance.

We have science, indirectly telling people, flat out... that their minds and lives, how they live them, how the PTB work in the world of visuals and sound, how that all can -and is- lying to them, in a couched system of interaction.

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

The magic word here (talking about language no! lol) is dissonance. If you can implant ideas/values/behaviors long enough for them to be tied to beliefs, which are usually not based on true here and now realities, through words, you create the dissonance and the senses, or reception channels, cannot work properly anymore. Beliefs will overtake reality/experience and will be very difficult to modify. You have created dissonance, which in turn, when enough of it is created, lead to a form of schizophrenia.

This is what happens to all fundamentalist beliefs (religious or not), to all national beliefs, personal beliefs network, etc. We become detach from reality.

So words help see the visible and invisible, but also help hide the visible. "There is mass destruction chemical weapons in Irak" syndrome, repeated enough times and tied to nationalistic beliefs.


Ulli:
I can see a pattern in your recent posts.
And I'm assuming to know where you are running with this ball.
And I like it.
But then again, I could be wrong....
on with the observing....



Oh yes, you are "titilling" (french word turned into English) my curiosity - where is he going???

[Flash]

http://www.leahyguitars.com/Imagez/Two/GrowSomeSh1t.jpg

I sure am enjoying the lettuce harvest - and the salads.

Dennis

Dude!!! You look Happy as a Clam...errrrr, Rascally Rabbit : ) : ) : )

You are truly beautiful. That is what biological salad does hey??? Hum..... I should have a garden.....


For your ears and for fun:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExW80sXsHs

[Flash]

Carmody: That was really all it took. When the researchers offered valid clues, the volunteers in the experiment began reporting being able to see the image being shown to one eye, despite being flashed in the other. In contrast, when given words that were not related to what was being shown, the volunteers were still not able to see the image right in front of their eye. This, the researchers contend, suggests that the brain does not separate processing of input information by type. Instead, it appears clear that there is some overlap. They suggest that the word cue causes the brain to "get ready" for what is to come next. If what was advertised does show, then the brain is ready to see it, despite the distraction offered to the other eye. If it doesn't, then the distraction overwhelms the senses causing the image to be ignored.


Something seems wrong to me with that study. It is like stating the obvious, of course there is synaptic links in between the senses and their representation, in the brain.This is very well acknowledge for Learning, to use multi-sensory inputs, many entrance doors, they are synergenistic.

Sound like some PhD students needed to have an easy reasearch to be able to complete their doctor degree.

What is tells me though, is that in order to ignore the information given, you have to overwhelm the sensory system with useless noise (just looking at this present forum sometimes makes you understand that it is well understood by the controlling elite). The information then is either rejected or goes straight to the unconscious. Link it with pre-existing beliefs (established prior) and you get unconscious reacting.

Eureka: this is why now that lots of advertising are wordless - new car adverts, shampoos adverts, etc. It makes it go to your unconscious.

[transiten]

Thanx Flash! Some incredibly talented singers I will surely share with my colleagues!

[PurpleLama]

My initial attempt at lacto-fermentation appears to be a success. This past sunday I packed the jar with okra, tomato, and basil, with a little onion and garlic, and this morning I opened it up and took a big whiff and it was all I could do not to grab a fork and dig in. It smelled quite delicious, which indicates a successful experiment, as my reading has informed me that if the experiment was a failure, one sniff and I would really, really know it.

[araucaria]

Dennis
p.s. sorry, I thought this was international bad pun day
I love a bad pun Dennis. Can you Russell up a few more please? :)



Lettuce not pick on dennis!!


Can we toss him instead??? :tongue1:


http://www.roflcat.com/images/cats/Lettuce_Hat.jpg
Calz, that lettuce leaf looks suspiciously like cabbage. Flash will make you a cream puff with that :)

[Flash]

You mistook the thread Aracuaria. LOL Cream puff with cabbage.... not sure.

[araucaria]

There is another side to this dissonance business. The history of music and poetry is the history of ever bolder dissonances, or to put it in a more positive light, expanding the domain of harmony with ever greater complexity. Art is about finding ways not to programme people with dissonances but to increase their sensitivity to complex harmonies. It is one painless way of learning how to deal with paradoxes.

Hence there is a positive side to this as well as the familiar negative one. There has to be, or how are you going to convince anyone that they are an infinite being having a finite experience. You cannot get to that point of understanding on a diet of pure consonance. The problem with cognitive dissonance is not the dissonance: it is the lack of cognitive sophistication to take it on board.




To which he will duly reply:
'I've been pro-cat-inating.'


OK, I did say I enjoyed a bad pun, but I think I've just changed my mind :)

[araucaria]

You mistook the thread Aracuaria. LOL Cream puff with cabbage.... not sure.
No mistake Flash, just telling our friends here what you said this morning: 'Ich bin ein chou à la crème', or words to that effect :)

[PurpleLama]

http://www.lolcats.com/images/u/07/27/lolcatsdotcomiudr9nfh0ztce7ar.jpg

[transiten]

Prettier....

I am just making my good friend blush.... we can't see it, but I know it's there....

Ha ha, now i realize it's you Purple Lama, you changed your avatar and i've been away for so long, also i only slept 4 hours so then my suspiscious scorpio traits tend to emerge:spy::peace:

[PurpleLama]

Yep, it's me....

and in keeping with all the pun we've been having....

http://mediacdn.snorgcontent.com/media/catalog/product/o/c/octopi_fullpic.jpg

[Carmody]

http://i.imgur.com/jNrVM.jpg

[donk]

Anybody know if you can rotate pics in the album?

[ulli]

Yep, it's me....

and in keeping with all the pun we've been having....

http://mediacdn.snorgcontent.com/media/catalog/product/o/c/octopi_fullpic.jpg



http://legacy-cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/122010/catpun-3.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

Dude!!! You look Happy as a Clam...errrrr, Rascally Rabbit : ) : ) : )


I would be garden my harvest from bugs and monsantos... :)


BTW,,, Awesome shirt, Dennis... Ya hippie,,, :)


You are truly beautiful. That is what biological salad does hey??? Hum..... I should have a garden.....

You know the feeling of when you hear your own voice recorded, and played back, it doesn't sound 'right', doesn't reflect how you hear yourself? The same often happens in photographs - people often don't feel like the photo portrays them "accurately" (even if only temporarily accurate.) That's one of the reasons I posted the image of me holding the heads of lettuce - I feel like that image did accurately capture a glimpse of me, at that moment in time. Earth connected. Proactive in changing the food paradigm to a healthful, organic one - starting at home. And, my daughter took the photo, so the vibe passed to her (passing the torch) is one of a love for gardening, success with 100% organic techniques, and maybe a bit of security via self-grown food. Plus, of course, me saying "I love you!" through my eyes to her.

Jake, my daughter made that tie-dye t-shirt for me, so it is extra special.

Flash, you're sweet! Yes, organic gardening will make you glow! :~)

Dennis
p.s. After that photo, those heads and a couple more were washed, torn, tossed with baby kale, spinach, and shredded carrots to form the basis of a huge bowl of salad. Then, we took about 8 smaller bowls, and filled them with other goodies for salads (chopped onions, garbanzos, walnuts, peppers, tomatoes, etc.) and took it all to a neighborhood gathering. One of the neighbors I hardly know said, "Oh, it's you! I heard there was an organic gardener somewhere in our neighborhood." Another said, "Come see my garden." and I got a chance to see her organic garden (no, I'm not really the only one), and she gave me a head of white and purple cauliflower. Several other neighbors asked about organic gardening, and a number of topics from organic gardening to alternative medicine - including a discussion with several people about cannabis oil - cooperative health food purchasing, permaculture landscaping, and even NSA domestic spying came up.

These are ALL new developments, as I have gone to this neighborhood get-together for 11 years. At least, people who may have been afraid to express these ideas are no longer afraid, and are open to learn more. People are awakening, and it is beautiful.

[ulli]

Carmody: That was really all it took. When the researchers offered valid clues, the volunteers in the experiment began reporting being able to see the image being shown to one eye, despite being flashed in the other. In contrast, when given words that were not related to what was being shown, the volunteers were still not able to see the image right in front of their eye. This, the researchers contend, suggests that the brain does not separate processing of input information by type. Instead, it appears clear that there is some overlap. They suggest that the word cue causes the brain to "get ready" for what is to come next. If what was advertised does show, then the brain is ready to see it, despite the distraction offered to the other eye. If it doesn't, then the distraction overwhelms the senses causing the image to be ignored.


Something seems wrong to me with that study. It is like stating the obvious, of course there is synaptic links in between the senses and their representation, in the brain.This is very well acknowledge for Learning, to use multi-sensory inputs, many entrance doors, they are synergenistic.

Sound like some PhD students needed to have an easy reasearch to be able to complete their doctor degree.

What is tells me though, is that in order to ignore the information given, you have to overwhelm the sensory system with useless noise (just looking at this present forum sometimes makes you understand that it is well understood by the controlling elite). The information then is either rejected or goes straight to the unconscious. Link it with pre-existing beliefs (established prior) and you get unconscious reacting.

Eureka: this is why now that lots of advertising are wordless - new car adverts, shampoos adverts, etc. It makes it go to your unconscious.

not to forget yours truly Here and Now, the subliminal magazine for hidden passages

http://www.hiddenpassages.com/images/misc/builder2.jpg

[PurpleLama]

Yep, it's me....

and in keeping with all the pun we've been having....

http://mediacdn.snorgcontent.com/media/catalog/product/o/c/octopi_fullpic.jpg



http://legacy-cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/122010/catpun-3.jpg

That is quite disturbing.

[Carmody]

of course, looking for an "octo pus" image, I find this 'la la la la..I'm not looking!' image

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/644517_102630819897273_169179966_n.jpg

[ThePythonicCow]

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

This provides a perspective on the value of humor, metaphor, and various other literary (linguistic) devices which convey meaning more than in just their pedantically literal aspect.

When developing new software concepts in my primary career, I relied heavily on metaphor as a means to hold in the linguistic portion of my mind some intuition that first came to me as an inarticulable awareness. The metaphors would provide a sort of verbal container for a form of these intuitions that I could develop to the point of being able to code and document them, and communicate them to others.

Similarly, comedians such as Bill Hicks and George Carlin provide a larger audience a means to articulate notions that don't fit in the mainstream conversation.

===

Main stream "experimental" physics is caught in a similar bind. "Experimental" means "we can measure it with our instruments" (which are made of matter, of course.) This puts "off limits" physics of an underlying ether, for only when that ether manifests as particles of mass or as alterations to mass can the instruments of conventional physics detect it.

Imagine studying aerodynamics while admitting of the existence only of birds, butterflies and airplanes ... not of the air itself!

Verbalized awareness is like manifest particles of mass ... the flotsam floating on the surface of a vast ocean for which there are no words.

[ulli]

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

This provides a perspective on the value of humor, metaphor, and various other literary (linguistic) devices which convey meaning more than in just their pedantically literal aspect.

When developing new software concepts in my primary career, I relied heavily on metaphor as a means to hold in the linguistic portion of my mind some intuition that first came to me as an inarticulable awareness. The metaphors would provide a sort of verbal container for a form of these intuitions that I could develop to the point of being able to code and document them, and communicate them to others.

Similarly, comedians such as Bill Hicks and George Carlin provide a larger audience a means to articulate notions that don't fit in the mainstream conversation.

===

Main stream "experimental" physics is caught in a similar bind. "Experimental" means "we can measure it with our instruments" (which are made of matter, of course.) This puts "off limits" physics of an underlying ether, for only when that ether manifests as particles of mass or as alterations to mass can the instruments of conventional physics detect it.

Imagine studying aerodynamics while admitting of the existence only of birds, butterflies and airplanes ... not of the air itself!

Verbalized awareness is like manifest particles of mass ... the flotsam floating on the surface of a vast ocean for which there are no words.


Wow, Paul, you just blew me away.
Pffffttttttt.....
Didn't know you had it in you.

[eaglespirit]

Again, we know that to be true. But now we are on the verge of proofs in this area (in this particular case), provided by one of the cornerstones of that system. Science.

That language, phrasing and visuals, can provide a block to perception. If it provides the aid, that is a very high chance that it can also provide the block.

If it works in one way, it works in the other. Basic deduction as applied to the data presented.

This provides a perspective on the value of humor, metaphor, and various other literary (linguistic) devices which convey meaning more than in just their pedantically literal aspect.

When developing new software concepts in my primary career, I relied heavily on metaphor as a means to hold in the linguistic portion of my mind some intuition that first came to me as an inarticulable awareness. The metaphors would provide a sort of verbal container for a form of these intuitions that I could develop to the point of being able to code and document them, and communicate them to others.

Similarly, comedians such as Bill Hicks and George Carlin provide a larger audience a means to articulate notions that don't fit in the mainstream conversation.

===

Main stream "experimental" physics is caught in a similar bind. "Experimental" means "we can measure it with our instruments" (which are made of matter, of course.) This puts "off limits" physics of an underlying ether, for only when that ether manifests as particles of mass or as alterations to mass can the instruments of conventional physics detect it.

Imagine studying aerodynamics while admitting of the existence only of birds, butterflies and airplanes ... not of the air itself!

Verbalized awareness is like manifest particles of mass ... the flotsam floating on the surface of a vast ocean for which there are no words.


Wow, Paul, you just blew me away.
Pffffttttttt.....
Didn't know you had it in you.

Verbalized awareness is like manifest particles of mass ... the flotsam floating on the surface of a vast ocean for which there are no words

That's because Paul is floating above the surface of the vast ocean...He does not talk about alot of things so as not to 'make' the things : )

[ulli]

In the eighties there was this newspaper who got 'The Far Side' cartoon captions mixed up with 'Dennis the Menace'


http://i.imgur.com/ao6Uq06.jpg


and another

http://i.imgur.com/SCKZKHA.jpg

[lookbeyond]

What a great photo of you Dennis, i think it should be framed for your Family,

Reguards lookbeyond

[araucaria]

When developing new software concepts in my primary career, I relied heavily on metaphor as a means to hold in the linguistic portion of my mind some intuition that first came to me as an inarticulable awareness. The metaphors would provide a sort of verbal container for a form of these intuitions that I could develop to the point of being able to code and document them, and communicate them to others.

Thanks Paul, that was a helluva post. it would be very helpful if you could give an example of what you were doing here. Metaphor is a bridging mechanism that takes you instantly from A to B, often a more abstract thing or notion to a more concrete one, so it makes sense that this should be how you went about memorizing(?) software structures.
What I meant by positive/negative dissonance is to do with the nature of the two points connected in this way. Dissonance depends on the distance bridged. A connection will be more or less unlikely. The simple analogy is easier to slide across, while Surrealist-type imagery is a much broader stretch, but possibly more worthwhile when it works. There is every step size in between.

The positive/negative parameter suggests that there are, as ever, two directions to go, say up or down. You can always choose between something uplifting or something downtreading. Hence there is nothing intrinsically nefarious about language: it is another imperfect tool that can be used either way. However it is a skill in its own right, and the great game-changer is that millions of people are today honing that skill on the Internet, the biggest revolution since the printing press provided written material other than the output of the monastic scriptoria. More often than not, this honing will involve discovering that aiming for the uplifting is the more successful strategy.

Concrete analogies of abstract concepts, although imperfect, provide insights and greater understanding. In fact all language does this. We have no non-metaphorical vocabulary for what goes on in our brains and minds. Whether you grasp, or take in, or com-prehend, or under-stand, or intuit (=contemplate), language has no way for us to take something on board other than in originally physical terms. All these expressions, which are only examples, have a metaphorical origin that has become irrelevant because we have moved on from grasping a mammoth.

[eaglespirit]

Ummmmm...I'm building a storage shed in cranberry bog / horse territory on the Cape...it will have a large double door for ease of storing and un-storing...very adaptable to change : )

[donk]

I was gonna post this on calz thread, as I felt like a fogie when my kids were making fun of me for liking these guys. Some of the older fogies round here might not appreciate how environmentally conscious they were and spiritual they became...I started listening and watching them when they were womanizing jokers having fun and watched them grow and mature...this one might have been a turning point, they definitely changed direction around this one...

teQqelBTw7g

Spilling a little brass monkey on the curb in memory of Adam Yauch (MCA), a great soul..

[Calz]

I was gonna post this on calz thread, as I felt like a fogie when my kids were making fun of me for liking these guys. Some of the older fogies round here might not appreciate how environmentally conscious they were and spiritual they became...I started listening and watching them when they were womanizing jokers having fun and watched them grow and mature...this one might have been a turning point, they definitely changed direction around this one...

teQqelBTw7g

Spilling a little brass monkey on the curb in memory of Adam Yauch (MCA), a great soul..


:lol:

I actually saw them in concert ... not cuz I liked them so much but because the gal I was dating at the time did.

Would elaborate further ... but no need to do the "womanizer" thang ... 17 years of marriage tends to settle one down a bit.

... and dats a good thang :)


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKAq8_mItZs/TcbjE_2-c3I/AAAAAAAAABk/h3w17SUH6zA/s1600/old-tattoo-man.jp

[donk]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKAq8_mItZs/TcbjE_2-c3I/AAAAAAAAABk/h3w17SUH6zA/s1600/old-tattoo-man.jp


NICE!! I saw them a couple of times…some better than others…”hip hop” is horrible live in a big venue…the civic center was the best!

Love the pic…since we’re putting faces out there, here’s mine…from left to right: Me (Phil), some guy that likes to go by “Nobody”, and Ness

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=22384&d=1376573831

Edited to get that sexy beast on the top of the page...

[Calz]

Love the pic…since we’re putting faces out there, here’s mine…from left to right: Me (Phil), some guy that likes to go by “Nobody”, and Ness



Excellent :thumb:

Quite the "Nobody" you have befriended.

[ulli]

I was gonna post this on calz thread, as I felt like a fogie when my kids were making fun of me for liking these guys. Some of the older fogies round here might not appreciate how environmentally conscious they were and spiritual they became...I started listening and watching them when they were womanizing jokers having fun and watched them grow and mature...this one might have been a turning point, they definitely changed direction around this one...

teQqelBTw7g

Spilling a little brass monkey on the curb in memory of Adam Yauch (MCA), a great soul..


:lol:

I actually saw them in concert ... not cuz I liked them so much but because the gal I was dating at the time did.

Would elaborate further ... but no need to do the "womanizer" thang ... 17 years of marriage tends to settle one down a bit.

... and dats a good thang :)


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKAq8_mItZs/TcbjE_2-c3I/AAAAAAAAABk/h3w17SUH6zA/s1600/old-tattoo-man.jp

Here I was, trying to come to terms with Bradley Manning being a cross-dresser,
and what that would imply...
and now this image...tattooed butterflies?
I've never been a piercer, nor a tattooer...
starting out in the fashion business I learnt early to leave room for change.


By the way, it's Mother's Day here in Costa Rica....

so Im wishing everyone who has played the role of mothering people and pets,
men and women alike, a Happy Mother's Day.

[Calz]

Here I was, trying to come to terms with Bradley Manning being a cross-dresser,
and what that would imply...
and now this image...tattooed butterflies?
I've never been a piercer, nor a tattooer...
starting out in the fashion business I learnt early to leave room for change.



Hee hee ... donk mentioned the "fogie" thread and the image was in support of that.

I will absolutely *not* bring in the "younger versions of such" with the piercing (and worse).


...


So before I get myself in any more trouble ... me thinks it's time to nod :sleep:

Night villagerz ...


jdr8OBQns3g

[ulli]

NICE!! I saw them a couple of times…some better than others…”hip hop” is horrible live in a big venue…the civic center was the best!

Love the pic…since we’re putting faces out there, here’s mine…from left to right: Me (Phil), some guy that likes to go by “Nobody”, and Ness

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=22384&d=1376573831

Edited to get that sexy beast on the top of the page...

Thanks for that picture, Donk. Interesting that you have nobody between you and Ness....
Always a sign of a healthy relationship.

[Calz]

Thanks for that picture, Donk. Interesting that you have nobody between you and Ness....
Always a sign of a healthy relationship.




Ouch ... please tell me punny timez are over or else I will have nightmares!


https://images.bookworld.com.au/images/bau/DVMNINO/DVMNINO/0/0/plain/my-name-is-nobody.jpg

(great movie btw ...)

[donk]

By the way, it's Mother's Day here in Costa Rica....

so Im wishing everyone who has played the role of mothering people and pets,
men and women alike, a Happy Mother's Day.

I was a single mother for about 6 years (and maybe longer, if you count while I was being daddy for my kids’ mom)…and lemme tell ya, it is soooo much easier being a male single momma…I watch in horror as women are expected to suck it up and do that job with no appreciation, while people bend over backwards to go outa their way to help me out or make sure me and the boys are taken care of.

More often than not, I was treated as some sort of super hero, just for not abandoning my kids. While all too often, I seen so many people look down with scorn (or at least ignored…with the expectations placed on them)…down on the poor moms taking responsibility. Sick double standard.

Love to all the momma’s out there, thanks for what you do!!

[CD7]

Humm funny calz you don't look like a smurf yoda...I pictured you a lot older and bluer---damn avatars!! tricky little tricksters



PS is there anyone who hasn't met james gilliand?? :p

[Flash]

Happy mother day Ulli

[Guest]

Beautiful clear sunny day on the mountain. The cooling trend is over with for now.

My computer is with the computer guy. He's working out a few kinks and putting in a new hard drive. I can't post any pictures. I have my phone.

Just navigated four days with two Cancers (1 of them a triple -moon, sun &ASC), a Scorpio and a Pisces. I'm a Leo....:eek:
Feeling water logged. Really not sure what it's about or what inside of me attracted all of the water.:bigfish: we're definitely all on different planes.


Love

Nora

[PurpleLama]

My mother-in-law, Lequita, is being sent to an ear/nose/throat doctor, to get an official diagnoses in order to then be sent to an oncologist. Please keep her, and lotusblossom, in your thoughts and prayers.

Thanks.

[CD7]

In the here and now...seems another layer closer..

as of late ive experienced the feelings of briefly seeing/feeling snipets of another time/space...(saying 'time/space' doesn't even relay wht I sense) its a sensation that has no known words tht I am aware of....

however very recently the snipets seem clearer and more tantalizingly tangible...it seems to be pieces of no known timeframe? But glorious indeed--wow so hard to put to words.

Its very disheartening because as I feel/see this very different 'time/space' it is met with despair---I find myself wanting it to be closer--for it not to go, in a sense? I use the words feel/see because it seems to be the closet to these words combined of what I experience...the feeling is unmatched in any known 'feeling' we have-- But this feeling is also combined with seeing visuals Again unmatched in anything we see here. Its quite something...ug

[ThePythonicCow]

Thanks Paul, that was a helluva post. it would be very helpful if you could give an example of what you were doing here.
You may regret asking that question :).

The last major contribution I made, which required several years to realize, from initial intuitive inkling to widely used, fully developed, supported, documented and evolving code, was cpusets, used in the Linux kernel to manage process placement on CPUs and memory banks:

Linux kernel code for cpusets (http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/kernel/cpuset.c)
Linux kernel documentation for cpusets (http://lwn.net/Articles/127936/")
User library support for cpusets (ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/cpusets/download/libcpuset.html)

The key organizing concept, the nesting of increasingly restrictive sets over an underlying domain of elements came to me using Boolean algebras for the metaphor. Cpusets have now been extended to other system resources besides CPU and memory, in a facility called cgroups.

Thanks to spending over a year immersed in Boolean algebras while writing a math thesis on the independence of the Axiom of Choice from the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem (https://eudml.org/doc/213795), I had an uncommon familiarity with these nesting set structures. To this day, that key concept, that each process belongs to exactly one cpuset or cgroup in any particular nested hierarchy, remains the key, unchallenged and simplifying concept behind cpusets and cgroups, which elevated them above the prior efforts.

At one point, perhaps about 2004, during the key effort to get Linus Torvalds to accept cpusets as the Linux kernel mechanism for managing process placement on multiple CPUs, myself and one other, a Frenchman named Simon Derr, with Bull, were competing against a major IBM project with perhaps 50 or 100 engineers, who were proposing an alternative design and implementation. The two of us won out over that large team, due to the elegance of our design and its minimal impact on the vital areas of kernel process scheduling and memory allocation, which are difficult to keep extremely fast on very large systems with thousands of processors and memory banks being managed by a single kernel.

The metaphor with Boolean algebras (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BooleanAlgebra.html) (which I knew with a solid, gut level, familiarity) was the the key insight for all that.

[donk]

Humm funny calz you don't look like a smurf yoda...I pictured you a lot older and bluer---damn avatars!! tricky little tricksters



PS is there anyone who hasn't met james gilliand?? :p

Probably...but they definitely should...

For a dude that communicates with interdimensional and extraterrestial beings, he's really down to earth :p

...and accessible, if you venture out to the PNW

[Carmody]

Thanks Paul, that was a helluva post. it would be very helpful if you could give an example of what you were doing here.
You may regret asking that question :).

The last major contribution I made, which required several years to realize, from initial intuitive inkling to widely used, fully developed, supported, documented and evolving code, was cpusets, used in the Linux kernel to manage process placement on CPUs and memory banks:

Linux kernel code for cpusets (http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/kernel/cpuset.c)
Linux kernel documentation for cpusets (http://lwn.net/Articles/127936/")
User library support for cpusets (ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/cpusets/download/libcpuset.html)

The key organizing concept, the nesting of increasingly restrictive sets over an underlying domain of elements came to me using Boolean algebras for the metaphor. Cpusets have now been extended to other system resources besides CPU and memory, in a facility called cgroups.

Thanks to spending over a year immersed in Boolean algebras while writing a math thesis on the independence of the Axiom of Choice from the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem (https://eudml.org/doc/213795), I had an uncommon familiarity with these nesting set structures. To this day, that key concept, that each process belongs to exactly one cpuset or cgroup in any particular nested hierarchy, remains the key, unchallenged and simplifying concept behind cpusets and cgroups, which elevated them above the prior efforts.

At one point, perhaps about 2004, during the key effort to get Linux Torvalds to accept cpusets as the Linux kernel mechanism for managing process placement on multiple CPUs, myself and one other, a Frenchman named Simon Derr, with Bull, were competing against a major IBM project with perhaps 50 or 100 engineers, who were proposing an alternative design and implementation. The two of us won out over that large team, due to the elegance of our design and its minimal impact on the vital areas of kernel process scheduling and memory allocation, which are difficult to keep extremely fast on very large systems with thousands of processors and memory banks being managed by a single kernel.

The metaphor with Boolean algebras (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BooleanAlgebra.html) (which I knew with a solid, gut level, familiarity) was the the key insight for all that.

(so, you'se sayin' then, that dah NSA is just a little bit... yer fault. Kinda. A bit. maybe. sorta. At least some of their hardware efficiency is.) :P

It was a coin, how they spent it, or what side they used.... is their issue.

[Flash]

If Araucaria does not regret he asked, I do regret he asked :confused: LOL




Thanks Paul, that was a helluva post. it would be very helpful if you could give an example of what you were doing here.
You may regret asking that question :).

The last major contribution I made, which required several years to realize, from initial intuitive inkling to widely used, fully developed, supported, documented and evolving code, was cpusets, used in the Linux kernel to manage process placement on CPUs and memory banks:

Linux kernel code for cpusets (http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/kernel/cpuset.c)
Linux kernel documentation for cpusets (http://lwn.net/Articles/127936/")
User library support for cpusets (ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/cpusets/download/libcpuset.html)

The key organizing concept, the nesting of increasingly restrictive sets over an underlying domain of elements came to me using Boolean algebras for the metaphor. Cpusets have now been extended to other system resources besides CPU and memory, in a facility called cgroups.

Thanks to spending over a year immersed in Boolean algebras while writing a math thesis on the independence of the Axiom of Choice from the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem (https://eudml.org/doc/213795), I had an uncommon familiarity with these nesting set structures. To this day, that key concept, that each process belongs to exactly one cpuset or cgroup in any particular nested hierarchy, remains the key, unchallenged and simplifying concept behind cpusets and cgroups, which elevated them above the prior efforts.

At one point, perhaps about 2004, during the key effort to get Linux Torvalds to accept cpusets as the Linux kernel mechanism for managing process placement on multiple CPUs, myself and one other, a Frenchman named Simon Derr, with Bull, were competing against a major IBM project with perhaps 50 or 100 engineers, who were proposing an alternative design and implementation. The two of us won out over that large team, due to the elegance of our design and its minimal impact on the vital areas of kernel process scheduling and memory allocation, which are difficult to keep extremely fast on very large systems with thousands of processors and memory banks being managed by a single kernel.

The metaphor with Boolean algebras (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BooleanAlgebra.html) (which I knew with a solid, gut level, familiarity) was the the key insight for all that.

[ThePythonicCow]

(so, you'se sayin' then, that dah NSA is just a little bit... yer fault. Kinda. A bit. maybe. sorta. At least some of their hardware efficiency is.) :P
Yup :).

I did my little part to help build that monster computer system in Utah.

[thunder24]

my grandmother had 7 teeth pulled today, awake is what i'v been told... she's 92... she just had some strokes and doesn't really "communicate".... the dentist did not hve the familys per-mission... and when asked after the fact said "sorry"....

The medication they gave her was ibprofin.... Whats wrong with the world....

[Dennis Leahy]

This is a wickedly clever, dry, funny clip from some new movie that a friend posted elsewhere - worth sharing with friends ...

V I S I O N E E R S
George goes to the doctor seeking a cure for having dreams.



The Doctor to George: "You seem like someone who follows orders well, you have a desire to please...you're a pleasant affable sort of fellow who doesn't seem to want much, perhaps just to be included. Judging from the somewhat dull look in your eyes, I would rate your intelligence at...average. All of which is good. The problem is your brain scans came back negative and so it's very difficult for me to make a diagnosis because you see, normally, passive men -- like yourself -- are not the sort of men who suffer from....dreams."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6VydXjJohw

Dennis

p.s. Happy Mother's Day to Ulli and all of the other incredible mothers "out there" - including my own.

[Calz]

Humm funny calz you don't look like a smurf yoda...I pictured you a lot older and bluer---damn avatars!! tricky little tricksters





Changing colors a Jedi trick it is ...

Just had a bad taco I did ...


http://yogeekonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Yoda.jpg

[araucaria]

If Araucaria does not regret he asked, I do regret he asked :confused: LOL

I'm with you Flash, but I certainly have no regrets. We now have it from the horse's mouth (wrong animal) that one Avalon mod does the work of, and better than, fifty.

And all this nesting (wrong animal again) suggests to me that the rest of the mod team are birds of the same feather.

But while we knew all that and are eternally grateful for it, Paul does illustrate my point about metaphor bridging one from "solid, gut level familiarity" into unknown territory whether for good (Linux users?) or not so good (NSA).

[Calz]

Unix can do that to people ... urrr ... ummm ... souls in whatever form they chose to identify themselves with.

Paul really rocks ... not sucking up ... simply acknowledging what we all know ...


http://gifs.gifbin.com/1237813336_cow-licking-dog.gif

http://gifs.gifbin.com/1237466918_cows.gif

http://www.funnypictures24.com/fp/funny_animated_pictures/funny_animated_picture_10.gif

[Calz]

Ahhhhh ... one of those songs that really hits the spot ... yum.


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[ulli]

Mothers Day yesterday meant more face to face conversations with the younger generation.
When they asked what first to study, or how did begin my research,
I suggested to look into Phil Schneider, and take it from there.

Investigate everything about him, before deciding whether he was a liar,
and disinformation agent, or whether he told the truth.
Just such an exercise would already be beneficial to someone waking up,
as their own intuition can then be developed.

And sure enough, synchronicities began to happen...and
just now my intuition directed me to this Avalon page,
which is packed with homework for someone setting out on this journey.

Twenty loaded posts...so now I'm sending this link to my English speaking nephews....
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?35186-Valiant-Thor-Jill-Donn&p=715623#post715623

[ulli]

For Calz...no hidden meaning , just plain funny:

http://i.imgur.com/EUevKlH.jpg

[Chester]

ZZZzzzzzzzzzapanin' Folks?

I just got this pic sent to me in e-mail from a friend who lives on the island of Curacao. I love Dallas, but I also really miss Curacao.

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[araucaria]

Here's a vid from CurtisW that I would thoroughly recommend

Here's a great clip of Joseph Campbell discussing the importance of metaphor-- and the powerful role that 'myth', as opposed to mere biography, can play in our lives.

Campbell would say the problem is essentially a literary one--a misreading of our mythology as literal truth, thus stripping it of its power to help us transcend the myth itself - for the ultimate purpose of touching the sublime power behind it.

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[ulli]

http://i.imgur.com/S1mrMKN.jpg

North Korea versus South Korea at night time.

[Dennis Leahy]

Wow, I'd love to say North Korea has better viewing of the stars, and are more in-tune with the land... but while those may be correct, this shows a nation held in check by (US and US-influenced) sanctions, and heavy-handed ruling, away from technology.

Dennis

[Calz]

For Calz...no hidden meaning , just plain funny:

http://i.imgur.com/EUevKlH.jpg

Yes ... yes ... funny it is ...

Hidden meaning ... yes ... yes.

Give a Libra a choice to make a decision about something that clearly goes both ways (with a mere typo) and drive them crazy you will ...


Know that you do ...


(btw - hi there villagerz)