Here and Now...What's Happening?

[RatRodRob...RRR]

Here and now ..just listened to a really funny female stand up comic. Which is quite rare, let's be honest.

Her name is Leonarda Jonie, and she spares NOBODY. To say she is vigorously anti-woke would be an understatement. She's out there letting it fly, and not giving one single f#ck. I can't believe I haven't heard of her till now. The video heading is MOST BANNED COMEDIAN, and having dug into her background a little, it's true. Even in the era of Trump she's having some difficulty with the cancel culture brigade.

She won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I view what she symbolizes as being far more important than her comedy. She couldn't have even existed a couple years ago.

13 minutes long. The video poster offers his 2 cents in small bits in the beginning, which is annoying, but the rest of the video plays mostly uninterrupted:
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She is very funny, i prolly laughed when i shoudnt have, but the one about woopi goldberg was hilarious, cheers Mike.
Ide not heard of this women before but glad i got to know about her, ill be YTing all night now.
Hey Mike there is this Aussie comedian that i only recently found and his sense of humor is just like Leonarda, he tells a story about taking his best mate to a brothel before he dies of MD....................RRR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsLwzXxeBe8

[RunningDeer]

You didn’t search for this. It FOUND YOU. (4:42)





Chase Hughes (https://www.youtube.com/@chasehughesofficial/videos)
679K subscribers
February 3, 2025




Come back.
An original work by Chase Hughes


qgw6iho4XFM




There was so much wonder
Joy didn’t need a reason
The laughter echoed in summer evenings
Excited just because the sun came up
Everything felt possible
You never questions whether you belonged

Please come back.

You didn’t need words to feel understood
The stars were closer, right?
The dreams that lived under your pillow
Barefoot through the grass
…before the world told you who to be
You didn’t need permission to feel this
When did your dreams get smaller than your fears?
When did you trade curiosity for caution?
They’ll remember your love - not your work
What if it’s okay to be absurdly forgiving of yourself?


Please come back.

Do you still feel the wonder you once had?
When did you stop believing you were enough?
The quiet spaces in your heart…are calling you back
That precious kid is still here
They don’t deserve this
You know it
The deathbed is waiting - don’t wait to live
Who were you before the world distracted you?
You’ve forgotten your real name
Say it
I’m me

Come back, please.

[Harmony]

Thank you Paula (Running Deer), what a lovely video. How wonderful and simple life was, (at least I thought so). There were places to explore where no one went, discoveries to be made with the kids in your own area. Cubbies to be built with the simplest of materials, and best of all our imaginations were huge and colourful and creative. The water was safe to swim in, adventure was around every corner, and I never really worried about "strange" people. Everyone was just who they were. https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/smilies/0705%20Heart.gif


I still love all the beauty that we share, each plant and creature and wonderous being, there is so much still to celebrate, and to nurture back to health, the way we want it.



Let it be so again:shooting star:






You didn’t search for this. It FOUND YOU. (4:42)






Chase Hughes (https://www.youtube.com/@chasehughesofficial/videos)
679K subscribers
February 3, 2025




Come back.
An original work by Chase Hughes

qgw6iho4XFM



There was so much wonder
Joy didn’t need a reason
The laughter echoed in summer evenings
Excited just because the sun came up
Everything felt possible
You never questions whether you belonged

Please come back.

You didn’t need words to feel understood
The stars were closer, right?
The dreams that lived under your pillow
Barefoot through the grass
…before the world told you who to be
You didn’t need permission to feel this
When did your dreams get smaller than your fears?
When did you trade curiosity for caution?
They’ll remember your love - not your work
What if it’s okay to be absurdly forgiving of yourself?


Please come back.

Do you still feel the wonder you once had?
When did you stop believing you were enough?
The quiet spaces in your heart…are calling you back
That precious kid is still here
They don’t deserve this
You know it
The deathbed is waiting - don’t wait to live
Who were you before the world distracted you?
You’ve forgotten your real name
Say it
I’m me

Come back, please.

[Strat]

I spent a lot of time fixing my truck lately. All of the front suspension was replaced with high quality parts, it was a big job, it took me a long time and a lot of money. But I'm happy I did it. So I've driven it twice now no problems. I went to take it out again and the transmission is acting up. It's really frustrating but I count my blessings, at least I live in a place with a fantastic supply chain and I can get the parts I need quickly.

I'm trying to stay positive but man is this testing me lol. Whoever first said it is right, "cars are pain."

[onevoice]

I spent a lot of time fixing my truck lately. All of the front suspension was replaced with high quality parts, it was a big job, it took me a long time and a lot of money. But I'm happy I did it. So I've driven it twice now no problems. I went to take it out again and the transmission is acting up. It's really frustrating but I count my blessings, at least I live in a place with a fantastic supply chain and I can get the parts I need quickly.

I'm trying to stay positive but man is this testing me lol. Whoever first said it is right, "cars are pain."

I remember replacing a water pump in an Altima sedan back in early 2000's. Those were the days when the engines were simpler and we could replace and service lot of the parts to the engine. I taught my nephew how to do it, and later he was able to replace that water pump again years later.

[Strat]

Funny you say that, water pump is on my to-do list. If you google image search what a water pump gasket looks like on a 2000 tacoma 2.4l it'll give you a chuckle if you have a childish sense of humor like I sometimes do lol. :silent:

Question for whoever this applies to:
As I mentioned earlier I'm changing the way I post on Avalon when it comes to certain topics. I write my post out in a word processor and then copy/paste it to Avalon. This works great for someone like me who has trouble getting all my thoughts in order (I still have trouble but it's much better this way). There is a small problem with formatting though. Last time I did this I wrote up my reply in LibreOffice, copy/pasted to Google Docs, then to Avalon. The format was really funky and needed some tweaking. Any of yall have experience with this and a better solution?

Thanks in advance!

[Bill Ryan]

a better solution?

Paste your text.
Click the little https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/editor/switchmode.png box at the top right of the post.
Then click the little https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/editor/removeformat.png box at the top LEFT of the post. That removes all formatting and restores everything to default.

:thumbsup:

[Strat]

a better solution?

Paste your text.
Click the little https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/editor/switchmode.png box at the top right of the post.
Then click the little https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/editor/removeformat.png box at the top LEFT of the post. That removes all formatting and restores everything to default.

:thumbsup:

Thank you, I'll give it a shot on my next big post. I'm writing one for my 'give your younger self advice' thread which hopefully will be done before the week is done. The standard font is different between libreoffice, google docs and avalon as well as other things like line spacing. So pasting was a bit funky lol but no biggy.


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Here's a feel good video for yall. I'm a sucker for these kinds of videos and I know some of yall are as well. A guy set up a sign "Free Hugs" and blindfolded himself to see how folks would react and how many would take him up on the offer.

VbT7pzbPjbM
(4:33 in length)

[Ernie Nemeth]

https://www.foxnews.com/health/woman-faces-risk-rare-spinal-condition-after-yoga-pose-led-slipped-discs

Startling story about a yoga pose that caused major damage to a student. The Bridge. It is an inverted, advanced pose.

The reason I was interested is because I also hurt myself badly last year and I wanted to know if it was the same pose. It was.

For me, I popped my hip bone right out of its socket. Luckily it popped back in right away. But it hurt for weeks afterwards.

I stopped doing all yoga after that. I only keep up my small morning routine that includes a few basic yoga poses.


So be careful. Yoga is a serious discipline with serious repercussion if trifled with.

She, like me, probably hadn't been properly prepared to do such an advanced pose. A bit of warm up is not enough. It takes months of devotion, practising every day, to even attempt the advanced poses.

But also, do not be scared off. Yoga is extremely beneficial and is for everyone if kept to a moderate level. Just do not try the advanced poses 'just for fun'.

[RunningDeer]

Thanks for the info, Ernie. https://i.imgur.com/gXR1YbU.gif


The Bridge

https://i.imgur.com/utiqK4W.png

https://www.foxnews.com/health/woman-faces-risk-rare-spinal-condition-after-yoga-pose-led-slipped-discs

[Ernie Nemeth]

Thanks for the info, Ernie. https://i.imgur.com/gXR1YbU.gif


The Bridge

https://i.imgur.com/utiqK4W.png

https://www.foxnews.com/health/woman-faces-risk-rare-spinal-condition-after-yoga-pose-led-slipped-discs

Startling story about a yoga pose that caused major damage to a student. The Bridge. It is an inverted, advanced pose.

The reason I was interested is because I also hurt myself badly last year and I wanted to know if it was the same pose. It was.

For me, I popped my hip bone right out of its socket. Luckily it popped back in right away. But it hurt for weeks afterwards.

I stopped doing all yoga after that. I only keep up my small morning routine that includes a few basic yoga poses.


So be careful. Yoga is a serious discipline with serious repercussion if trifled with.

She, like me, probably hadn't been properly prepared to do such an advanced pose. A bit of warm up is not enough. It takes months of devotion, practising every day, to even attempt the advanced poses.

But also, do not be scared off. Yoga is extremely beneficial and is for everyone if kept to a moderate level. Just do not try the advanced poses 'just for fun'.

Yes that's it! That is the first pose of a series, leading to a full inverted pose, with extension.

[RunningDeer]

Yes that's it! That is the first pose of a series, leading to a full inverted pose, with extension.
I participated in a yoga class called, “Gentle Yoga for the Elderly”. I still keep up with it at home but I do only the poses that I like and skip the yucky ones. https://i.imgur.com/c5j735x.gif

Chi Kung, Tai Chi, yoga, walks, dumb bells and sprints up my stairs round out what I do stay fit. The diversity helps me stay on task.


https://i.imgur.com/ndOLD4j.png

[meeradas]

Stood a bit bent over and had to cough.
Heard a snapping noise inside - thought "that's not good".
Hernia, left side. For fncks sake, who needs that...?


Here's some great ambient for Carmody (where is that rascal?) and all of us, incl. myself:

YQHe1egbtZQ

Obsidian Soundfields livestream (started May 22,2025); an audio-visual delicacy.

Have an awesome day/ night.

And:

"Get the guns!" (instruction out of dreamland, May 22,2025)

[Strat]

Maybe yall can help me find the name of someone:

I listened to an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show about a month ago of a woman who was close to Biden and worked for Legacy Media like CNN or something. She later became pushed out from her inner circle and relentlessly ridiculed for speaking out about issues with Biden. From what I recall she wasn't very critical at the time, just 'dared' to ask questions. She lost all her friends and her career path was permanently changed (IIRC). She spoke from personal experience about some of the people who were more or less doing a lot of his work for him. Basically it was a lot of young people. I don't remember the details of this interview and I want to look into her claims further. It was an important interview so I need to find her name. If anyone knows of her I'd appreciate it if you can post her name or send it to me. If I find it I'll post it in here as an update to this post as well as post it in the Shawn Ryan thread I made.

Much love, thanks in advance.

[Mike]

Maybe yall can help me find the name of someone:

I listened to an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show about a month ago of a woman who was close to Biden and worked for Legacy Media like CNN or something. She later became pushed out from her inner circle and relentlessly ridiculed for speaking out about issues with Biden. From what I recall she wasn't very critical at the time, just 'dared' to ask questions. She lost all her friends and her career path was permanently changed (IIRC). She spoke from personal experience about some of the people who were more or less doing a lot of his work for him. Basically it was a lot of young people. I don't remember the details of this interview and I want to look into her claims further. It was an important interview so I need to find her name. If anyone knows of her I'd appreciate it if you can post her name or send it to me. If I find it I'll post it in here as an update to this post as well as post it in the Shawn Ryan thread I made.

Much love, thanks in advance.

Lindy Li.

I watched the interview. I'd very much like to believe in her sincerity, but to me she comes off as one of the losers on Team A begging the winners of Team B to accept her into their ranks. It feels a little oily and sycophantic to me. Whether it's Shawn or Tucker or any of the other conservatives she speaks to, she approaches the interview with excessive flattery and a kind of feigned innocence and victimhood. Maybe I'm being too cynical, but I can't escape that feeling.

ZHXVeLVHWuY

[Bill Ryan]

Mod note from Bill:

I moved a couple of new posts about one man's remarkable solo ocean journey (with his cat!) to the Humans Are Amazing (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114087-Humans-Are-Amazing) thread, where that topic better belongs.

(No-one's ever fully defined the theme of this thread here, but it's really all about interesting, intriguing, or moving personal oddities that Avalon members think about, notice, or experience in their daily lives.)

:heart::grouphug::heart:

[Johnnycomelately]

Mod note from Bill:

I moved a couple of new posts about one man's remarkable solo ocean journey (with his cat!) to the Humans Are Amazing (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114087-Humans-Are-Amazing) thread, where that topic better belongs.

(No-one's ever fully defined the theme of this thread here, but it's really all about interesting, intriguing, or moving personal oddities that Avalon members think about, notice, or experience in their daily lives.)

:heart::grouphug::heart:

Humans are all amazing, in my opinion. So we could post all the people stories there? Nope, please.

These stories here are about how one guy is dealing with a dire physical prognosis, spinal structure is ~collapsing, and he was given 4 years iirc.

Def not Breaking News, but the Here and Now thread has always been about heart stories like this.

[meeradas]

10 min update on my fav beings on the planet, released today:

CLhtIupHdss

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Breathtaking. I could spend hours walking around here!

Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg, Germany:

1927454081146122304
https://x.com/ml19801208/status/1927454081146122304

[meeradas]

who thinks this world is strange?


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[Victoria]

Meeradas, that was so bizarre🤣Needed that...thank you.

I both love and cannot get over how strange life can be 😆this whole existence is such a series of surprises, ironies and coincidences...not to even begin with trying decipher what goes on in the minds around us...and where we all merge.

Here and now there are pigeons staring...55229

Write about wban and wireless technology only to find myself immersed in it hours later. As soon as I hit send...literally as soon as it was sent...a new spiral of weird ensued...such strange and amusing timing.55230
Thank you Avalon for being a place where we can share the bizarre however it unfolds and bounce ideas and theories off one another that would never be entertained elsewhere.

[Strat]

Maybe yall can help me find the name of someone:

I listened to an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show about a month ago of a woman who was close to Biden and worked for Legacy Media like CNN or something. She later became pushed out from her inner circle and relentlessly ridiculed for speaking out about issues with Biden. From what I recall she wasn't very critical at the time, just 'dared' to ask questions. She lost all her friends and her career path was permanently changed (IIRC). She spoke from personal experience about some of the people who were more or less doing a lot of his work for him. Basically it was a lot of young people. I don't remember the details of this interview and I want to look into her claims further. It was an important interview so I need to find her name. If anyone knows of her I'd appreciate it if you can post her name or send it to me. If I find it I'll post it in here as an update to this post as well as post it in the Shawn Ryan thread I made.

Much love, thanks in advance.

Lindy Li.

I watched the interview. I'd very much like to believe in her sincerity, but to me she comes off as one of the losers on Team A begging the winners of Team B to accept her into their ranks. It feels a little oily and sycophantic to me. Whether it's Shawn or Tucker or any of the other conservatives she speaks to, she approaches the interview with excessive flattery and a kind of feigned innocence and victimhood. Maybe I'm being too cynical, but I can't escape that feeling.

ZHXVeLVHWuY

That's definitely it, thank you.

I appreciate your perspective but I'm just lookin for raw data to get a more clear picture into how things were working behind the scenes. She's naming names and dates, that's all I'm after really. At the moment I don't see any reason to believe she's lying when she talks about these people.

[Mike]

hey Strat, I think she's telling the truth too. I'm glad she provided it. I just question her motivations.

[Strat]

hey Strat, I think she's telling the truth too. I'm glad she provided it. I just question her motivations.

Gotcha, we're more or less on the same page. If you find anything damming about her please let me know.


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There's another thread I want to post this in but I don't think it's an appropriate time for my jokes so I'll post it here:
(Video is 13 seconds in length, it's a reference from "Do The Right Thing" where people are told to calm down)
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Jokes aside one thing I've noticed after going through hurricanes is that after the storm people tend to come together. I look forward to that here.:heart:

[Ernie Nemeth]

I had forgotten the most welcoming fact about new friends - all my old stories and experiences are new to them.

Even better, if they were in your outer circle before, now you can get a new view on your own experiences from some one who was there and knows who you know.

It is a real pleasure to converse with them. I have never spent 4 hours on the phone, not even with my love interests.


(Most of my friends from the past are lost to TDS, and I need friends now more than ever because I have an overwhelming urge to connect since my wife's passing. It's lonely being alone when you're not used to it.)

[RunningDeer]

https://i.imgur.com/iAECADL.gif
I had an uncommon dream that I’d describe as soul-level healing. There was a familiarity to these people, but not in my conscious, waking life. Each played out a role of where I needed clarity, healing or forgiveness of myself.

The scenarios quickly played one after another, each with a slightly different version of the issue until the emotional reconciliation. There was no judgment from these dream partners. The gentle repetition allowed me to release the distortions. I saw how much of me was spent guarding old stories locked away.

:heart:


inner explosion



https://i.imgur.com/p7537az.jpg

[Harmony]

Thank you for sharing your dream Paula (RunningDeer), and it's meaning. I wonder if there is a clearing energy about :stars: On April 16th I had an unusual dream, the kind you know have a special meaning because they are accompanied by an energy transfer or change that you can't forget, Iike that expressed in your image above.:heart:


In my dream I was somehow on a vacation staying at someplace (that wasn't in real life) and I could feel stress and worry about things that I would also describe as past turmoil or stories we carry. As I was leaving, the owners of the residence (where there were many rooms), told me there was a healer visiting that was the hugging healer. As I was going up a ramp there were many people that coerced my walking path to where the healer was and I could not pass him and was confronted with the last thing I would consider a healer. It was a man in a dark coat and small black hat and sunglasses. Normally I would steer clear of a person, I think, like that. But I embraced him and he me, some kind of equalisation of energy passed through my body, some kind of letting go that felt profound. I felt a love and forgiveness from that man that seemed to feel compassion for all the pain life brings.


Your dream reminded me of that dream that I have wondered about. I think it was a release of things that are held within, things not done consciously, not evil deeds or anything, just ways that troubles from the past need a new outlook on their meanings (including a spiritual view). It felt like taking the gift that comes with things that were very difficult that we go through, and now need releasing, taking that gift that now has meaning when looking back, and move forward in a lighter way perhaps. :heart:


Also, I have been feeling since then and on a larger scale, that the world needs that same healing to move forward. We cannot change the past, we can learn from it and move forward with those gifts.


Maybe others have also had something like this lately?:rose:

[Mike]

I just cooked a ribeye steak to perfection, something I thought was impossible to do on the stove just a few short days ago.

This is probably common knowledge among everyone else, but I'm just learning it now: best way to cook a steak indoors is to sear each side for a couple mins(in butter), and then put it in the oven at 450 for 6 to 8 mins (for medium well'ish). I prefer fried onions on top, but that's neither here nor there.

This is a game changer for me, because I'd avoided steak for a while now due to how lousy it would come out most of the time. Now I've got a new option. Pretty cool:cool2:.

[Kryztian]

Happy Fathers to all fathers, and especially those who struggle to take care of their children and keep them safe from danger, as in Gaza (shown here) and in the rest of the world.




https://i.imgur.com/X6QBNDh.jpeg

[RatRodRob...RRR]

This isnt fiction, it happened and i damn well wish it hadnt.

There is a group of us ,7, that have kept intouch with eachother since school days, thats over 50yrs we have all been good mates.

Ill tell you a very brief rundown about what has happened first, then ill be asking for any knowledge on a particular result/injury from having the "jab".

Less than 3 weeks ago one of our group of blokes (ill change his name here to Ron) Ron, took his own life, he had his Wife and 3 kids, had moved into the country with a bunch of land and a nice two storey house, and his much loved Harley Davidson, and he bragged about having a ride on mower now to cut all his grass, he was happy, loved his family and then just did this......

He was parked in the country off the road, he then did the unthinkable, he poured petrol all over himself then took a freaking match and lit it while still sitting in his car.
He was found still alive in the fricken car and taken to Ballarat Hospital, too injured to be transported to the special burns unit in Melbourne, he was in induced coma and passed a few hours later.

I will stop there with the rest of the story and how it has effected everyone, its just so sad and unbelievable, no one saw it coming but the way he did it dont make sence.

Okay now my query, i know full well about the deaths and injuries directly associated to the receiving of the jab and all the follow up jabs, what i want to know is that, Can these vaccines effect someone mentally, enough to make you lose your s%$t and in a mad moment of crazy, you pour petrol all over yourself, just randomly out of the blue, hmm ok if for some unseen reason, you become homicidal, self immolation is the Worst way to end yourself, and then you dont even die there, but hrs later in Hossy, he had a gun and didnt use that, why not drive into a tree flatout, anything, anything else still would have been a tragedy, but to know he consciously had to go get the petrol, make sure he had matches, then sits in the car and carries the act out, how, there is no reason, nothing.

So im prolly clutching at straws here trying to get inside Rons head and why he did this senseless act, the only thing i hadnt considered up till recently is the "Jab", i have not heard of anyone having mental or suicidal tendencies after they had the juice, i think my mate was prolly juiced cause his beautiful wife works in the medical industry and was a supporter of the Vaccs, and im not judging her for that, she did what she thought to keep her family safe.

Im seeing a 4th neurologist at the mo, but i dont have a connection with him yet, like as when weve got to know each other and are comfortable with each other, and i Do Not wanna look like a non complying crazy anti vaxxer, and i dont trust Drs anyway, so im not gunna ask him if , as a Neurologist, if it can effect you neurologically

His wife and kids, and everyone else are shattered and bewildered, there has to be something that screwed with his head, and BTW im NOT looking for sympathy and condolences, just wanna try to get some answers.

RRR

[wondering]

RRR, I am so sorry to hear this, how devastating. How you all must love each other after all these years.

[RatRodRob...RRR]

RRR, I am so sorry to hear this, how devastating. How you all must love each other after all these years.

Everyone has moved out of my city of Geelong, so some blokes i wouldnt see for months or even a couple of years, but when we caught up it wasnt awkward at all, we just carry on like we saw each other yesterday.

I have a mate Trev, he was on a farm about a mile this side of Barwonheads and had atleast two bonfires every year, bonfire night drew many of us together where we could sit around the fire and yak and remember stuff from the past, but Trev moved to Portland bout 4 yrs ago so he dont have bonfires, but we still have a camp fire there occasionally , but Portland took me atleast 5hrs in my Kombi van and longer for some blokes to get there, and as a result we dont all catch up that often, but we keep in touch, i met some people at "Rons" funeral that i hadnt seen for 30 plus yrs, that was great.

RRR

[Bluegreen]

Sorry to hear that, Ratrod, prayers for the family. Can't say I've heard of that before but it would provide an explanation for all the crazies in the streets these days.

[RatRodRob...RRR]

Sorry to hear that, Ratrod, prayers for the family. Can't say I've heard of that before but it would provide an explanation for all the crazies in the streets these days.

Yeah BG there are defo some unhinged peeps out there, and more so since the whole BS crovid crap, but i dunno, just tryin to find answers.............................RRR

[Johnnycomelately]

This isnt fiction, it happened and i damn well wish it hadnt.

There is a group of us ,7, that have kept intouch with eachother since school days, thats over 50yrs we have all been good mates.

Ill tell you a very brief rundown about what has happened first, then ill be asking for any knowledge on a particular result/injury from having the "jab".

Less than 3 weeks ago one of our group of blokes (ill change his name here to Ron) Ron, took his own life, he had his Wife and 3 kids, had moved into the country with a bunch of land and a nice two storey house, and his much loved Harley Davidson, and he bragged about having a ride on mower now to cut all his grass, he was happy, loved his family and then just did this......

He was parked in the country off the road, he then did the unthinkable, he poured petrol all over himself then took a freaking match and lit it while still sitting in his car.
He was found still alive in the fricken car and taken to Ballarat Hospital, too injured to be transported to the special burns unit in Melbourne, he was in induced coma and passed a few hours later.

I will stop there with the rest of the story and how it has effected everyone, its just so sad and unbelievable, no one saw it coming but the way he did it dont make sence.

Okay now my query, i know full well about the deaths and injuries directly associated to the receiving of the jab and all the follow up jabs, what i want to know is that, Can these vaccines effect someone mentally, enough to make you lose your s%$t and in a mad moment of crazy, you pour petrol all over yourself, just randomly out of the blue, hmm ok if for some unseen reason, you become homicidal, self immolation is the Worst way to end yourself, and then you dont even die there, but hrs later in Hossy, he had a gun and didnt use that, why not drive into a tree flatout, anything, anything else still would have been a tragedy, but to know he consciously had to go get the petrol, make sure he had matches, then sits in the car and carries the act out, how, there is no reason, nothing.

So im prolly clutching at straws here trying to get inside Rons head and why he did this senseless act, the only thing i hadnt considered up till recently is the "Jab", i have not heard of anyone having mental or suicidal tendencies after they had the juice, i think my mate was prolly juiced cause his beautiful wife works in the medical industry and was a supporter of the Vaccs, and im not judging her for that, she did what she thought to keep her family safe.

Im seeing a 4th neurologist at the mo, but i dont have a connection with him yet, like as when weve got to know each other and are comfortable with each other, and i Do Not wanna look like a non complying crazy anti vaxxer, and i dont trust Drs anyway, so im not gunna ask him if , as a Neurologist, if it can effect you neurologically

His wife and kids, and everyone else are shattered and bewildered, there has to be something that screwed with his head, and BTW im NOT looking for sympathy and condolences, just wanna try to get some answers.

RRR

That’s a sad tale, mate. I feel for you, and the fellow’s family.

I don’t think, from your story, that there was anything you could have done to avert the situation. It’s the kind of thing that I look at with an impersonal lense. I don’t need to know the personal details, but just want to understand how things work.

[RatRodRob...RRR]

This isnt fiction, it happened and i damn well wish it hadnt.

There is a group of us ,7, that have kept intouch with eachother since school days, thats over 50yrs we have all been good mates.

Ill tell you a very brief rundown about what has happened first, then ill be asking for any knowledge on a particular result/injury from having the "jab".

Less than 3 weeks ago one of our group of blokes (ill change his name here to Ron) Ron, took his own life, he had his Wife and 3 kids, had moved into the country with a bunch of land and a nice two storey house, and his much loved Harley Davidson, and he bragged about having a ride on mower now to cut all his grass, he was happy, loved his family and then just did this......

He was parked in the country off the road, he then did the unthinkable, he poured petrol all over himself then took a freaking match and lit it while still sitting in his car.
He was found still alive in the fricken car and taken to Ballarat Hospital, too injured to be transported to the special burns unit in Melbourne, he was in induced coma and passed a few hours later.

I will stop there with the rest of the story and how it has effected everyone, its just so sad and unbelievable, no one saw it coming but the way he did it dont make sence.

Okay now my query, i know full well about the deaths and injuries directly associated to the receiving of the jab and all the follow up jabs, what i want to know is that, Can these vaccines effect someone mentally, enough to make you lose your s%$t and in a mad moment of crazy, you pour petrol all over yourself, just randomly out of the blue, hmm ok if for some unseen reason, you become homicidal, self immolation is the Worst way to end yourself, and then you dont even die there, but hrs later in Hossy, he had a gun and didnt use that, why not drive into a tree flatout, anything, anything else still would have been a tragedy, but to know he consciously had to go get the petrol, make sure he had matches, then sits in the car and carries the act out, how, there is no reason, nothing.

So im prolly clutching at straws here trying to get inside Rons head and why he did this senseless act, the only thing i hadnt considered up till recently is the "Jab", i have not heard of anyone having mental or suicidal tendencies after they had the juice, i think my mate was prolly juiced cause his beautiful wife works in the medical industry and was a supporter of the Vaccs, and im not judging her for that, she did what she thought to keep her family safe.

Im seeing a 4th neurologist at the mo, but i dont have a connection with him yet, like as when weve got to know each other and are comfortable with each other, and i Do Not wanna look like a non complying crazy anti vaxxer, and i dont trust Drs anyway, so im not gunna ask him if , as a Neurologist, if it can effect you neurologically

His wife and kids, and everyone else are shattered and bewildered, there has to be something that screwed with his head, and BTW im NOT looking for sympathy and condolences, just wanna try to get some answers.

RRR

That’s a sad tale, mate. I feel for you, and the fellow’s family.

I don’t think, from your story, that there was anything you could have done to avert the situation. It’s the kind of thing that I look at with an impersonal lense. I don’t need to know the personal details, but just want to understand how things work.

Yeah man not even his wife or kids saw ANYTHING wrong leading up to this, ive got a pic of him from yonks ago sitting on his Harley Davidson when he lived in Melbourne, ive stuck it on the wall behind my PC, i sometimes just stop and stare at it, its a really nice pic of him to remember him by.................................................RRR

[Mike]

Maybe someone can help...

I've begun a grounding (or "earthing") practice these last couple weeks, but these Florida ants are chewing up my feet bad. These suckers bite (or sting?) and it leaves these little itchy welts, and I've finally had enough. Doesn't matter where I go, they're there.

I've spent a small fortune on grounding sneakers, but I don't feel as good about the process when I wear them. Question is, is there any alternative? Is there any herbal ant repellent or anything I can put on my feet beforehand to keep them away? That sounds like a silly question, but I'm kinda desperate. Thanks.

[wondering]

Clearly the ants are working from the dark side, messing with your spiritual process!! Little beasts...I'll bet someone will know something that helps 🤞🤞

[JackMcThorn]

Maybe someone can help...

I've begun a grounding (or "earthing") practice these last couple weeks, but these Florida ants are chewing up my feet bad. These suckers bite (or sting?) and it leaves these little itchy welts, and I've finally had enough. Doesn't matter where I go, they're there.

I've spent a small fortune on grounding sneakers, but I don't feel as good about the process when I wear them. Question is, is there any alternative? Is there any herbal ant repellent or anything I can put on my feet beforehand to keep them away? That sounds like a silly question, but I'm kinda desperate. Thanks.

I'm dealing with my own tiny ant problem at the moment. I do not know if this will work but they do not like vinegar or cinnamon. This would be easy to apply to your feet [vinegar] and might be worth a try.

[Mike]

Maybe someone can help...

I've begun a grounding (or "earthing") practice these last couple weeks, but these Florida ants are chewing up my feet bad. These suckers bite (or sting?) and it leaves these little itchy welts, and I've finally had enough. Doesn't matter where I go, they're there.

I've spent a small fortune on grounding sneakers, but I don't feel as good about the process when I wear them. Question is, is there any alternative? Is there any herbal ant repellent or anything I can put on my feet beforehand to keep them away? That sounds like a silly question, but I'm kinda desperate. Thanks.

I'm dealing with my own tiny ant problem at the moment. I do not know if this will work but they do not like vinegar or cinnamon. This would be easy to apply to your feet [vinegar] and might be worth a try.


Thanks Jack:handshake:. Good idea. I do have a 50/50 apple cider vinegar and water solution in a spray bottle. I'll try that.

[Michel Leclerc]

Mike. Kitchen vinegar (not for food, for descaling, decalcification (save your cider one for salads)) – arthropods do not like it. 80°-degree alcohol they like even less (cf. wasp stings etc.). A soon as temperature allows it, I walk barefoot and/or sockless in straw or leather sandals (almost as good as “grounding”). Straw sandals soaked in alcohol: they will leave you alone I guess. Also: bare, leather, straw is sexier. (Heats your qi.) They may muster some awe for those upright gigantic praying mantises.

[Mike]

Mike. Kitchen vinegar (not for food, for descaling, decalcification (save your cider one for salads)) – arthropods do not like it. 80°-degree alcohol they like even less (cf. wasp stings etc.). A soon as temperature allows it, I walk barefoot and/or sockless in straw or leather sandals (almost as good as “grounding”). Straw sandals soaked in alcohol: they will leave you alone I guess. Also: bare, leather, straw is sexier. (Heats your qi.) They may muster some awe for those upright gigantic praying mantises.

Got it:thumbsup: So what I normally do is set up a lawn chair and just sit there for maybe 20 mins with my feet planted to the ground. I think what I'll do is just apply the vinegar you suggest with a spray bottle (while saving the good stuff for salads) directly on my bare feet and apply my bare feet to the earth without any sandals at all. I don't want to look too sexy Michel..God forbid I drop the soap in front of one those praying mantis' :)

[RunningDeer]

Maybe someone can help...

I've begun a grounding (or "earthing") practice these last couple weeks, but these Florida ants are chewing up my feet bad. These suckers bite (or sting?) and it leaves these little itchy welts, and I've finally had enough. Doesn't matter where I go, they're there.

I've spent a small fortune on grounding sneakers, but I don't feel as good about the process when I wear them. Question is, is there any alternative? Is there any herbal ant repellent or anything I can put on my feet beforehand to keep them away? That sounds like a silly question, but I'm kinda desperate. Thanks.




There are other forms of the Earth's natural electric charges. As you know, trees are excellent conductors of the Earth's energy due to their deep roots and moisture content. So hugging a tree or even leaning against it with bare skin contact can be a strong grounding experience.

Contact with leaves and living plants that grow directly in soil are other examples of earthing. Such as a walk in a field of tall grasses. The more direct and moisture-rich the contact, ie. barefoot on damp soil, the more effective the grounding.

Though not consider earthing, I experience energetic balancing with the Wind especially when done with intention, mindfulness, and by anchoring my awareness in the present and in my body. Wind is my friend. We work to clear the stagnant or negative energy in my body and its fields. It also helps me experience a greater connection with the natural elements.

:heart:

UPDATE: Oops. this doesn't answer your question about herbal ant repellent. I'll add my organic recipe for pesky flying things for when I walk. (now posted here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=1673981&viewfull=1#post1673981))

[Michel Leclerc]

..God forbid I drop the soap in front of one those praying mantis' :)

As they say in South America: ¡jajajajaja! (which in Dutch and German and Afrikaans would mean "yes yes yes yes yes!”).

(As far as I know, a loaf of soap is not a good ant repellent. Praying mantises even eat soap (like we eat bread, actually), they are not that much interested in the body parts presented to them instead.

[RunningDeer]

Question is, is there any alternative? Is there any herbal ant repellent or anything I can put on my feet beforehand to keep them away? That sounds like a silly question, but I'm kinda desperate. Thanks.
I don’t know about the kind of ants that eat Mike feet, but my natural bug spray works on horse flies, deer flies, and those tiny black flies also known as "buffalo gnats" and "turkey gnats’. I’d rate the spray as working 95%. Some pests will fly around a few times before they book out. I haven’t tested it beyond 30-45 minutes.



Recipe:

2 oz. bottle
Eucalyptus, Lemon, Citronella, and Peppermint essences

Add 10 drops of each in a 2 oz bottle and top it off with water. The recipe also includes a little bit of vodka. I find it still works without alcohol.

:heart:

[kerrielea]

If you sprinkle borax where they live, they will move to a new location.

[Bluegreen]

Maybe someone can help...

I've begun a grounding (or "earthing") practice these last couple weeks, but these Florida ants are chewing up my feet bad. These suckers bite (or sting?) and it leaves these little itchy welts, and I've finally had enough. Doesn't matter where I go, they're there.

Have you tried a golf course?

Any beaches nearby? Are they in the sand?

[Ernie Nemeth]

Try meditation in the middle of a mosquito swarm...maybe the universe is trying to tell you something.


Metric of poverty:
I have a friend who was born in Guyana, South America.
Their days were filled with danger.
During the day they had to stay within the fenced in areas because of wild dogs rampaging. No picnics in the wilderness...
To go to the 'latrine' was a 50/50 risk of death or mauling by the alligators...if you had to go to the bathroom at night, well, you needed a friend to hold the light and look for danger.
Their crops were continually ravaged by wild animals.
If for any reason you were stuck away from your home when night came you had to rush for cover in the nearest house, where if the people were feeling altruistic, they might send out a call to light small fires in the hearths so you could safely find your way home - there were no streetlights.
And every day they had to risk the alligators to get to the river to fish.

He arrived to a snowstorm in Toronto at age eight. It was the first time he had seen snow. The first time he saw tall buildings. It was the first time he slept in a bed. It was the first time in his life that he was not afraid.

It really made me think about how soft we are, how pampered, how jaded. Our philosophies are arrived at on a full stomach, already a minority position for most humans on this planet.
What a joke we are as a species. So wrong headed, so full of ourselves, so misguided. But worst of all we are all so judgmental, as if we have the right to judge because of our exalted status.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Is popular music on the verge of a renaissance? New talent is popping up all over the place (see the Graystones (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?129882-The-Graystones-the-preteen-group-that-s-breaking-the-internet) thread), but it's not happening in the mainstream, a captured entity six ways from Sunday, it's happening on social media, and in your local pub, club, and garages across the world.

Note below: it isn’t just suburban middle-class white kids either.

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https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/1940632848181944583

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https://x.com/TheParadoxBand1/status/1932539781462007837

[Bluegreen]

Very cool, Mark, and encouraging. Nominating for the Garage Band HOF:

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[meeradas]

I'd normally post sth like this on the "on topic"-thread,
but as it is here, now,
may it serve as kind of a time stamp:

[Ernie Nemeth]

There is nothing more rewarding to me than to pass on my skills as an expert electrician to a young and eager mind.

Often, though, it can backfire because, since they are only learning, whatever happens I am to blame.

That is why I tell them anything they do is like a signature declaring: this is my work. However, their signature is my signature as well.

So, I don't say, are you pleased with this work? I say, do you think I would be proud to call that work my own?

It is good to be at work again after 16 months...

[Edyta Radomska]

I’m new on the forum and I really like it here. I see many threads and topics that are close to me or that interest me. Would it be taken badly if I wanted to share my thoughts about consciousness?

This post was translated from Polish, as I don’t speak English. Please forgive any mistakes:ambis:

[ThePythonicCow]

Would it be taken badly if I wanted to share my thoughts about consciousness?
It would almost certainly be taken quite well ... go for it.

[RunningDeer]

I’m new on the forum and I really like it here. I see many threads and topics that are close to me or that interest me. Would it be taken badly if I wanted to share my thoughts about consciousness?

This post was translated from Polish, as I don’t speak English. Please forgive any mistakes:ambis:




Hello and welcome, Edyta Radomska. https://i.imgur.com/LAk0Fum.gif I look forward to what you have to share.


https://i.imgur.com/Fs7MqJQ.gif
:heart:

[Edyta Radomska]

I’m new on the forum and I really like it here. I see many threads and topics that are close to me or that interest me. Would it be taken badly if I wanted to share my thoughts about consciousness?

This post was translated from Polish, as I don’t speak English. Please forgive any mistakes:ambis:




Hello and welcome, Edyta Radomska. https://i.imgur.com/LAk0Fum.gif I look forward to what you have to share.


https://i.imgur.com/Fs7MqJQ.gif
:heart:

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?130041-Theory-of-the-Field-of-Consciousness&p=1676843&posted=1#post1676843

[RunningDeer]

I’ve been noticing subtle shifts in my thoughts, behaviors, and decisions about where to place my focus. There’s a quiet transformation. Something just beneath the surface that I can’t quite name. Some may relate when I say it feels like an inner knowing.

Lately (again), my dreams have been repetitive, blending moments with loved ones who are still here and those who have passed. In the dreams, I ask, “How can this be?” Is it preparing me for the loss of someone close? Or is it me? Are we reconnecting beyond this construct?

A lot of energy still gets tied up in the mind’s loop of old scenarios. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised by this pull towards consciously upgrading the mind, body, and spirit. It doesn’t feel like willpower so much as an internal recalibration. Maybe answering a long-forgotten appointment?

............. https://i.imgur.com/JC4ll0L.gif

I share the above as context for Erin’s video, “Schumann Update 7/17 | Change in the Air.” A few of her insights resonated directly. For example, last night I was about to sit down for dinner when I was suddenly hit by a wave of nausea but then it quickly passed.

I’ve been tracking the patterns. My sleep cycles often mirror what Erin reports about fluctuations in the Schumann Resonance and Earth’s electromagnetic frequency. Like how last evening I was wide awake between 2:00 and 4:00 am, and finally got up. I was sleepy enough by 6:00 am to catch a few more ZZZzzzzz.

https://i.imgur.com/u2d5YI1.gif There seems to be something energetic, biological, and spiritual that’s asking for my attention. Fingers crossed it keeps on keeping.

NOTE: I'm in agreement with Erin's POV on DNA upgrades.


https://i.imgur.com/axo5INQ.png

Erin: “…he wasn't showing me anything political so don't make it that. Okay? This is about personal stuff. This is about the awaken collective and moving into a greater connection with Source.”


Schumann Update 7/17 – Change in the Air. (7 min)

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[Harmony]

Running Deer (Paula). Yes I can say I have felt something very similar to what you descibed above in your post. Some kind of change in the air :heart:

[Edyta Radomska]

Yes… I also feel something is shifting — like a quiet presence that wasn’t there before. Hard to explain, but very real. There’s a sense of waiting, or listening, like something is gently approaching. I don’t try to name it, but I know it’s here.

[Ernie Nemeth]

I just want to wish my wife, wherever she may be, a very Happy Birthday. You would have been 61.
Your son and I will grieve your absence and celebrate your day without you.
And worry not, I will remember your son's birthday tomorrow for you.
I Miss you so.
I love you.
I await the time we can be together again.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

I could not see what this was until I saw the reveal. Can you?

(answer in next post)

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[onevoice]

I could not see what this was until I saw the reveal. Can you?

(answer in next post)

55471

I see 4 forks laying on top of a magenta towel.

[RunningDeer]

I could not see what this was until I saw the reveal. Can you?

(answer in next post)

55471

I see 4 forks laying on top of a magenta towel.

https://i.imgur.com/0cDRmDQ.gif
Same here. Once I stepped back from the computer screen.

[Mari]

I could not see what this was until I saw the reveal. Can you?

(answer in next post)

55471

I see 4 forks laying on top of a magenta towel.

So do I, at first glance...

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Well done! I stared at it for two minutes and didn't have a clue!

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https://x.com/rlopin/status/1947866167709675948

[Mike]

I thought it was 5 oddly shaped deodorizers hanging in a ship's bridge on a dreary day :)

[RatRodRob...RRR]

Well done! I stared at it for two minutes and didn't have a clue!

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https://x.com/rlopin/status/1947866167709675948

Well you can put me down as a fail.
Its says "This PICTURE will break your brain" , its talking about the PICTURE, not the video, so im ignoring the vid for answers, although i did play the vid several times but that made my brain hurt, so im goin back to the picture.

Nup got nothin, ive stared, squinted, tilted my head, looked at it crosseyed, looked at it upside down, looked at it 6 inches from the screen, looked at it 6 ft from the screen, looked at it through one eye and i have no clue............................................... R:scratch:RR

[Nasu]

Clearly I’m missing something. I just see some forks on a towel…..x…. N

[Harmony]

Clearly I’m missing something. I just see some forks on a towel…..x…. N


Some people tend to focus on the magenta towel being the closest item in the image.

Some people see the forks being the closest item in the image. If you see the towel shapes first and focus on those and then, like a camera's depth of field, you change your eye lens for looking in the distance when looking at the forks it will seem like an odd image you can't really make out. it's an optical illusion.

You may have noticed that when looking in a mirror that is only a foot or two from your eyes, looking into the mirror to see what is happening behind you, like out of a window, you still have to use your distance focusing even though the surface of the mirror is close and flat.

I love how the sidewalk artists create perspective tricks on your eyes, it can really play tricks with how we perceive things. :stars:

If you focused on the forks first, well you will wonder what's so interesting about these forks.:bigsmile:

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Some people tend to focus on the magenta towel being the closest item in the image.


Yes, that's where I got stuck, and seemingly a few others. It's a cool optical illusion, and reminds me of the 'what colour is this dress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress)' meme that went viral in 2015. It drove the world mental! I could never see anything but white and gold, and still do to this day (it's actually black and blue).

Thread: What color are you seeing on this dress? (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80259-What-color-are-you-seeing-on-this-dress)

https://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p170/nowiam/dress%20of%20destiny.jpg

[meeradas]

Blue Whale update, published today, by Dominic Biagini

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[onevoice]

Some people tend to focus on the magenta towel being the closest item in the image.


Yes, that's where I got stuck, and seemingly a few others. It's a cool optical illusion, and reminds me of the 'what colour is this dress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress)' meme that went viral in 2015. It drove the world mental! I could never see anything but white and gold, and still do to this day (it's actually black and blue).

Thread: What color are you seeing on this dress? (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80259-What-color-are-you-seeing-on-this-dress)

https://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p170/nowiam/dress%20of%20destiny.jpg
I downloaded this image and used the eyedropper tool in Adobe Photoshop tool to see what is the actual color in the dark bands. Most of the dark bands are in the mid-tones of the Bronze-Gold color spectrum. Most of the viewers on X seems to agree that the dark bands of this dress is Gold.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

My Mum just now (more or less verbatim)

"Such a terrible shame he (Trump -- 'that bully') didn't invite Zelensky to that meeting..."
Me: "Trump wants peace, not a ceasefire. He wanted to negotiate with Putin alone."
"I think it's a disgrace. Zelensky deserved to be there."
Me: "He'll meet with Trump at the White House next week."
"Well I don't trust him (Trump)."
Me: "Zelensky is the one you shouldn't trust."
(Shock!) "Why? I like Zelensky, I think he's a lovely man."

Cue the truth bombs
-- cares nothing for his people, has slaughtered a generation
-- petty dictator that cancels elections
-- deep state stooge and CIA asset
-- cocaine addict

(She looks at me like I'm insane).

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[Mike]

Mark it reminds me of my dad trying to warn me off raw milk for the 1000th time but then goes and gets his 800th booster shot. What can ya do?:)

[Ernie Nemeth]

My sympathies as well, Mark.

I was told early on that their minds were made up and to not spew facts or data at them and just keep my opinion to myself.
What I did not realize at the time is that legacy media and their stooges at other affiliates like sports commentators and talk show hosts were coaching their audience on the warning signs of Maga rhetoric. So as soon as they heard certain key phrases or arguments they immediately shut down their higher brain functions and went to the fall back position of mis-dis-mal-information to protect their minds...

Edit to add: I've lost a great deal of respect for their foolish and dangerous behavior. I no longer even care what happens to them. To me they are lost and broken humans, not worthy of my care or attention.I speak only trivialities with them now. I don't even try to be authentic with them - they do not deserve the respect.

[RunningDeer]

https://i.imgur.com/mN25nw8.png




https://i.imgur.com/NQamaue.gif Do you ever feel a bit exposed after posting too much? I’m having one of those days.

:heart:

[meeradas]

Whalewatching update from Domenic Biagini (9 mins; great footage as usual):

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[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Quite interesting little vid this. Top marks for dedication too.

Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
This YouTuber took a picture of himself every single day from when he was 25 until he was 47.

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https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1962115653357510943

[Bill Ryan]

Quite interesting little vid this. Top marks for dedication too.

Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
This YouTuber took a picture of himself every single day from when he was 25 until he was 47.

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https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1962115653357510943That's extraordinarily well done (if it's real, which I assume it is!) — watch his eyes and his right nostril as the frames flick through. They barely move at all, each time perfectly positioned in the image.

He's also aged well. It'd be such a fascinating visual human story if he continues to to this for another 22 years until he was 69, and then again till he was 91. :flower:

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

It's not AI, but I do suspect the framing is computer-assisted, needed to keep his face centered and perfectly aligned throughout. It is very well done.

[Matthew]

I've had enough of looking at the world decaying in slow motion, I always go a bit past my own limits. But it's fine, - every now and then I need to spend time seeing the rot of the world close up again, although it's not sustainable.

I'm going to spend my time focusing on being a street preacher, but one with a gentle live instrumental guitar with shimmer, and a low amp volume so it's passive, not really engaging with people, only a calm reading of the Bible, and Christian daily devotional content from websites. Lower volume means we don't try to ram ourselves in your ears. Anyway, there's good news outside the raw truth of our times. I'm backing off from posting about horrible truth for a little while and hitting the streets.


Why Don't We Wait Here, See What Happens?

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[RunningDeer]

That’s a truly inspiring idea, Matthew. https://i.imgur.com/3x9om0z.gif
Wishing you all the best. Until then, I’ll be on the lookout for hearing about your journey. :heart:


https://i.imgur.com/YechwdA.jpg


I've had enough of looking at the world decaying in slow motion, I always go a bit past my own limits. But it's fine, - every now and then I need to spend time seeing the rot of the world close up again, although it's not sustainable.

I'm going to spend my time focusing on being a street preacher, but one with a gentle live instrumental guitar with shimmer, and a low amp volume so it's passive, not really engaging with people, only a calm reading of the Bible, and Christian daily devotional content from websites. Lower volume means we don't try to ram ourselves in your ears. Anyway, there's good news outside the raw truth of our times. I'm backing off from posting about horrible truth for a little while and hitting the streets.


Why Don't We Wait Here, See What Happens?


GA4Ozqt7338

[wondering]

Way to go, Matthew!! Follow your gentle heart!

[Mike]

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[Gemma13]

I've had enough of looking at the world decaying in slow motion, I always go a bit past my own limits. But it's fine, - every now and then I need to spend time seeing the rot of the world close up again, although it's not sustainable.

I'm going to spend my time focusing on being a street preacher, but one with a gentle live instrumental guitar with shimmer, and a low amp volume so it's passive, not really engaging with people, only a calm reading of the Bible, and Christian daily devotional content from websites. Lower volume means we don't try to ram ourselves in your ears. Anyway, there's good news outside the raw truth of our times. I'm backing off from posting about horrible truth for a little while and hitting the streets.


Why Don't We Wait Here, See What Happens?

GA4Ozqt7338

:heart2::highfive::heart2:

[grapevine]

Song of the Mamuna Tribe of South Papua

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RfsK4AgMOo
This is what they were singing:

"Day by day we walk on, Our feet pressing The same earth
Our fathers and our fathers' fathers Walked day by day,
While they walked on. Day by day we walk on,
Hush, little ones, Don't tell the earth We love her yet.
We will sleep in her soon enough,
But for now we walk on."

[Mike Gorman]

Soon enough we shall be forgotten, passing like the rain on the mountain, our brief time under the stars, all our foolishness evaporated.

[RunningDeer]

Maybe someone can help...

I've begun a grounding (or "earthing") practice these last couple weeks, but these Florida ants are chewing up my feet bad. These suckers bite (or sting?) and it leaves these little itchy welts, and I've finally had enough. Doesn't matter where I go, they're there.

I've spent a small fortune on grounding sneakers, but I don't feel as good about the process when I wear them. Question is, is there any alternative? Is there any herbal ant repellent or anything I can put on my feet beforehand to keep them away? That sounds like a silly question, but I'm kinda desperate. Thanks.





There are other forms of the Earth's natural electric charges. As you know, trees are excellent conductors of the Earth's energy due to their deep roots and moisture content. So hugging a tree or even leaning against it with bare skin contact can be a strong grounding experience.

Contact with leaves and living plants that grow directly in soil are other examples of earthing. Such as a walk in a field of tall grasses. The more direct and moisture-rich the contact, ie. barefoot on damp soil, the more effective the grounding.

Though not consider earthing, I experience energetic balancing with the Wind especially when done with intention, mindfulness, and by anchoring my awareness in the present and in my body. Wind is my friend. We work to clear the stagnant or negative energy in my body and its fields. It also helps me experience a greater connection with the natural elements.

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https://i.imgur.com/iAECADL.gif Mike, I thought of you when this popped up on my news feed.


15 Ways To Ground Besides Grass - How Many Of These Do You Touch Daily? (Dr. Laura Koniver, MD) (9 min)


It’s a little too cold for me to go barefoot. I'm going to show you using my hand all the different surfaces out here that I can touch and still be grounded even when I don't want to go barefoot, even when I don't have a lawn to go sit on, or picnic on or go barefoot and even when I'm not at the beach. How else can we touch this earth and get grounded? It's easier than you think.




gravel
fern
moss
tile walkway
slate walkway
sidewalk
cement floor
pavers
brick
rocks
sand
flowers
trees
leaf
rooted tree
weeds, underbrush
one fingertip in water


There are so many wonderful ways to get instantly grounded to the earth outside, even when you have no lawn, no grass, no place to walk barefoot. Today I show you 15 different surfaces that I touch as I walk around all bundled up and warm with winter boots on. How many of these do you have access to each day?

You absolutely can get grounded -- outside! -- all year round, no matter what the weather. For more awesome grounding tips, including a free e-book on what the medical studies on grounding show, head over to my website at: http://www.intuition-physician.com


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[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Can you read this fluently, immediately, and without difficulty?

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[meat suit]

Yaeh esay, ncie one..

[Ewan]

With the recent assault on the Gaza Flotilla I venture that the rumours about Netanyahu were true.

He really did get a D- in his university course 'How to win friends and influence others'.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Adding this here for extra exposure, copied from Internet Censorship: So it continues... (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80790-Internet-Censorship-So-it-continues...).

Across PA, me and my fellow Brits are continuing to see a lot of "Content not viewable in Your Region' warnings, including on this page.

****

Just a heads up: if you're using Imgur (https://i.imgur.com)as an image host, know that your images won't be visible or viewable by members in the UK. Instead we see this:

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=56204&d=1759577333

It would be 'desirable', therefore, if at all possible, to use an alternative host for posting images on Avalon to ensure all members can see the image or graphic in question. Many such hosts are available. My recommendation: https://vgy.me/

Tintin posted about this elsewhere. This is the general thrust:



Imgur blocks access to UK users after regulator warned of fine: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

Effective September 30th :facepalm:


Image-hosting platform Imgur has blocked people in the UK from accessing its content.

Imgur is used by millions to make and share images such as memes across the web, particularly on Reddit and in online forums.

But UK users trying to access Imgur on Tuesday were met with an error message saying "content not available in your region" - with Imgur content shared on other websites also no longer showing.

The UK's data watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said it recently notified the platform's parent company, MediaLab AI, of plans to fine Imgur after probing its approach to age checks and use of children's personal data.

The BBC has approached MediaLab AI for comment.

A help article on Imgur's US website, seen by the BBC, states that "from September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available".

"UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users."

[ThePythonicCow]

Just a heads up: if you're using Imgur (https://i.imgur.com)as an image host, know that your images won't be visible or viewable by members in the UK.

Steve Gibson covers this in his weekly Security Now podcast, between the 1:15:13 to 1:30:34 marks of ...
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[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Wasn't sure where to post this. A human-interest story, not a warm, fuzzy one by any metric. In fact, quite the opposite

I felt something within me sink when I read it. Do we need any further reminders that the world we live in is broken, backward, sick? Possibly diseased with a rather grim prognosis? We see symptoms everywhere and every single day. What's one more lumped onto the pile, right?

In this case, it's about the kids. It's really always about the kids, isn't it? Because what sort of world will they inherit, and what the hell are they going to do with it? With stories like this, I don't feel very optimistic.

Travis Akers 🇺🇸
@travisakers
A message from a Kindergarten teacher:


After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.

2:00 PM · Oct 9, 2025 · 4.3M Views

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https://x.com/travisakers/status/1976271447606624314

[Bill Ryan]

Wasn't sure where to post this. A human-interest story, not a warm, fuzzy one by any metric. In fact, quite the opposite

I felt something within me sink when I read it. Do we need any further reminders that the world we live in is broken, backward, sick? Possibly diseased with a rather grim prognosis? We see symptoms everywhere and every single day. What's one more lumped onto the pile, right?

In this case, it's about the kids. It's really always about the kids, isn't it? Because what sort of world will they inherit, and what the hell are they going to do with it? With stories like this, I don't feel very optimistic.

Travis Akers 🇺🇸
@travisakers
A message from a Kindergarten teacher:
After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.2:00 PM · Oct 9, 2025 · 4.3M Views

1976271447606624314
https://x.com/travisakers/status/1976271447606624314Tough to read, and clearly that small thing was literally the very very last straw. The little six-year old's innocent comment struck home so deeply exactly because Clara feared it might be true.

This might warrant a new thread, all about the challenges that teachers now face. (I was one such for just a single year, long ago when I was 23, and that was enough even back then.)

A most interesting channel called Etacude English Teachers (https://www.youtube.com/@etacude/videos) features dozens of first-hand reports from US teachers who are quitting in droves because they can NOT deal with the students (of all ages) any more.

:focus:

[onawah]

Sadly, the dehumanization of public education started earlier than 40 years ago.
I was in 2nd grade in 1955 when I received the SV40 polio vaccine which was deadly to many worldwide, and to the "lucky" ones like me, merely meant a lifetime of fibromyalgia, neuropathy and hyper sensitivity (but also a near mental breakdown at the age of 7).
Being always a highly sensitive individual, I knew immediately there was something terribly wrong with it as I felt it wending its destructive way through my body.
I tried to explain that to my teacher, to the school nurse, to the principal and to my mother, but no one listened.
I had to consciously suppress the memory or I never would have been able to focus on anything else.
It wasn't until I was in my late twenties that the memory reemerged, but there was still nothing I could find that would explain what I had undergone, so I had to lock it all back up again in my subconscious.
It wasn't until I was in my 50s and had a doctor who was open to the holistic approach to medicine that I was given the information that I needed to begin jumping down rabbit holes.
I was only too, too right... :sad:


Wasn't sure where to post this. A human-interest story, not a warm, fuzzy one by any metric. In fact, quite the opposite

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Though things seem bleak, they are not as bleak as in 1944.

From a letter by JRR Tolkien in that year to his son Christopher, who, at the time, was stationed in Africa.


"I sometimes feel appalled at the thought of the sum total of human misery all over the world at the present moment: the millions parted, fretting, wasting in unprofitable days – quite apart from torture, pain, death, bereavement, injustice. If anguish were visible, almost the whole of this benighted planet would be enveloped in a dense dark vapour, shrouded from the amazed vision of the heavens! And the products of it all will be mainly evil – historically considered.

But the historical version is, of course, not the only one. All things and deeds have a value in themselves, apart from their 'causes' and 'effects'. No man can estimate what is really happening at the present sub specie aeternitatis. All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience, is that evil labours with vast power and perpetual success – in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. So it is in general, and so it is in our own lives.

But there is still some hope that things may be better for us, even on the temporal plane, in the mercy of God. And though we need all our natural human courage and guts (the vast sum of human courage and endurance is stupendous, isn't it?) and all our religious faith to face the evil that may befall us (as it befalls others, if God wills) still we may pray and hope. I do."

*
𝑠𝑢𝑏 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 = under the aspect of eternity, viewing things from a timeless perspective.)

https://dl6pgk4f88hky.cloudfront.net/2021/09/2019_16_tolkien-scaled.jpg

[meeradas]

Thinking along these lines:

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[gord]

A bit before sunrise here. Tired. I just edited a previous shell command in debian linux, ending up with "rm -rfv ~/.config" and hit enter without thinking. Can't find a recent backup yet......

:doh::ranger::doh:

[Bill Ryan]

A bit before sunrise here. Tired. I just edited a previous shell command in debian linux, ending up with "rm -rfv ~/.config" and hit enter without thinking. Can't find a recent backup yet......

:doh::ranger::doh:I don't know a thing about linux commands — but I assume that "rm" means remove. :worried: Does this mean you deleted something super-critical?

:bearhug:

[ThePythonicCow]

"rm -rfv ~/.config"

Does this mean you deleted something super-critical?
Welcome to the cult of the obsessive backers, gord.

(Gord removed all his custom, per-application, settings. All his favorite programs now behave "fresh out of the box", with no memory of how he might have tuned and adapted them over the years.)

[Alecs]

"rm -rfv ~/.config"

Does this mean you deleted something super-critical?
Welcome to the cult of the obsessive backers, gord.

(Gord removed all his custom, per-application, settings. All his favorite programs now behave "fresh out of the box", with no memory of how he might have tuned and adapted them over the years.)

Would the first answer on this webpage be of help?

I'm guessing 'rm' only removed the file's link, but the data's still there, unless something overwrote those blocks of data in the meantime.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/2677/recovering-accidentally-deleted-files/2680#2680

[ThePythonicCow]

Would the first answer on this webpage be of help?
The text of a single file, when you know a likely unique little bit of it, is likely still on your disk after you remove a single file. If it's a small file, under typically 4096 bytes, then the entire text would be in a single contiguous block on your drive, until some other new disk write overwrote it, and then, yes, if you're comfortable searching raw disk drive data for text, you might find that single file's text and recover it.

Your ~/.config subdirectory might have had thousands of files in it ... mine for example has over 100,000 files in it, tracking details of the configuration of over 200 commands that I've used and tweaked over the last decade, which was apparently the last time I did a clean scratch install.

Reconstructing most of that structure, getting all those files restored, by their proper name, with their proper contents (config files are usually quite fussy as to exactly what's in them and their exact syntax), is not a doable task in this lifetime, unless you can apply nation-state level resources.

If you've continued to use that system after that "rm" command, then it's not a doable task at all, ever, as random bits and pieces will have already been over written.

[gord]

A bit before sunrise here. Tired. I just edited a previous shell command in debian linux, ending up with "rm -rfv ~/.config" and hit enter without thinking. Can't find a recent backup yet......

:doh::ranger::doh:

This has turned out to be not nearly the disaster it could have been, though it will produce a great many annoyances, and probably for a long while.

Quite some time ago, I noticed two of the folders under ~/.config were growing rather large, so I moved all of that data to a different drive, and replaced the folders with links pointing to the other drive. So for those two, all I needed to do was recreate the two links. Those two folders currently contain 112117 files/folders totalling about 21G -- larger than my /home partition.

For the remainder, at least I have a list of the 5300 files/folders which were removed (totaling about 330M), since I keep 10000 lines of scrollback in my terminal window, which I copy/pasted into a text file.

I have a laptop which has a similar setup as the desktop, since I did fresh installs of the same version of debian on both about 1 week apart mostly modelling the laptop's setup after the desktop (BUT, two years ago!), so I copied that ~/.config over to another drive which I'll use as a reference for fixing issues on the desktop as they arise.

Serves me right for deciding to clear out some cruft in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep. :facepalm:

Did someone say something about consistently doing proper backups, and ensuring that they're useable?

It is what it is.

[Johnnycomelately]

Just had an idea how to mess with AI.

Everybody posts a sameish story, and that should get picked up.

I want a search for “banana mojo” to return lurid tales about “yellow tree-di*ks”.

[samsdice]

I can recommend Timeshift for regular backups and a decent filesystem (btrfs on linux, or zfs on bsd) - setting up a cron job is a good plan for this. I did the exact same thing a few years back (deleting my .config dir) so I feel your pain.

this is in response to Gord's post

[norman]

A litany of testimony / followed by a very likely explanation

America Is Falling Apart Right In Front of Our Eyes
A Homestead Journey - Oct 30, 2025

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( post depop' ) Universal High Income ?

Elites Have A SECRET Plan For Us
Sabby Sabs - Nov 4, 2025

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[Victoria]

56268
Here and now I'm reading threads on time slips (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?61394-Time-Shifts-Time-Slips&p=1122811&viewfull=1#post1122811) and the fallibility of human memory, while thinking back to all the days gone by, which reminded me of something that should have been important, but apparently wasn't enough to remember ...until just now...

Is it possible for a person to break their back and not remember it? A serious break, not degradation over time or a simple compression fracture... one that causes surgeons to question what type of accident you were in and exactly when you broke your back; how long ago you were treated, etc.

I don't have problems with range of motion, back pain or any memories of trauma to my spine... there is no time in my life that I can conceive of having broken my back.. but what's more puzzling is why I have never really thought about their questions until now.

So, I paused reading to call my mother... "Hi there, do you recall me ever being hospitalized or treated for a broken back?" ....

"No sweetheart, you've never had a broken back. I think I would remember that. A broken back is the most painful thing..."

(she fell from a cliff in her youth)

"Yeah, thanks...that's what I thought, too. I don't remember any point in my life when I could have significantly injured my back or have had any pain."

We chatter about being forgetful and childhood.

She adds, "I can still hear someone telling me as a little girl: Remember to forget and forget to remember...that's stayed with me all my life."

Well, great. This is perplexing and that doesn't sound like good advice to me. I don't like it at all. How much do we actually remember day to day and what kinds of things can make us forget that which perhaps should not be forgotten?

[norman]

. . . . How much do we actually remember day to day and what kinds of things can make us forget that which perhaps should not be forgotten?




That got me thinking.

Rightly or wrongly, it didn't take me long to arrive at what I think of as brain and mind real-estate function allocation.

We seem to evolve through rewritings of the allocation charting. The total remains roughly constant, assuming no destructive events, but perceived changes of engagement priorities or forced adaptation needs can rewrite regions of mental function and therefore can completely eliminate previously well established and well ordered mind functions.

A theoretical/pondering example of what I mean by reallocation might be a reallocation of whatever mental asset/real-estate used to handle telepathy to later becoming an abstractive and translational language development and language learning function. I must stress that I don't say that based on any kind of scientific research (if that were even possible), it's just a long term pondering topic I've pillow wrestled with for a decade or two.

Shifting slightly, but only slightly, to a different thing, I've noticed that my real-time consciousness appreciates, tracks and 'files away' a quite different memory-narrative from what it was doing decades ago. For one thing, my intuition is a very much bigger part than it used to be. I prefer the way it is now but I've let go of something that used to be up front and centre, all or most of the externally educated (or generated) labelling and defining and valuing.


. . . . . I seem to be creeping further and further away from dropping my mind's fridge magnet on the actual metal of your question, so I'll shut up.

[kerrielea]

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Here and now I'm reading threads on time slips (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?61394-Time-Shifts-Time-Slips&p=1122811&viewfull=1#post1122811) and the fallibility of human memory, while thinking back to all the days gone by, which reminded me of something that should have been important, but apparently wasn't enough to remember ...until just now...

Is it possible for a person to break their back and not remember it? A serious break, not degradation over time or a simple compression fracture... one that causes surgeons to question what type of accident you were in and exactly when you broke your back; how long ago you were treated, etc.

I don't have problems with range of motion, back pain or any memories of trauma to my spine... there is no time in my life that I can conceive of having broken my back.. but what's more puzzling is why I have never really thought about their questions until now.

So, I paused reading to call my mother... "Hi there, do you recall me ever being hospitalized or treated for a broken back?" ....

"No sweetheart, you've never had a broken back. I think I would remember that. A broken back is the most painful thing..."

(she fell from a cliff in her youth)

"Yeah, thanks...that's what I thought, too. I don't remember any point in my life when I could have significantly injured my back or have had any pain."

We chatter about being forgetful and childhood.

She adds, "I can still hear someone telling me as a little girl: Remember to forget and forget to remember...that's stayed with me all my life."

Well, great. This is perplexing and that doesn't sound like good advice to me. I don't like it at all. How much do we actually remember day to day and what kinds of things can make us forget that which perhaps should not be forgotten?

Are you ewilling to consider that this may be a recall from another life that you lived?